Flame of Doom Days

*Max came up with the title*

Alright, I am officially tickled out, out of breath, run ragged, messy, stuffed, and plain ol' exausted... Must mean the Heybornes were in town. Love this family to death! You've got my sis Trish, who is now preg, but great to talk to and reminisce and play intense games with. Then there's Kirby my brother in-law who's a great guy, and hilarious. He's also got great taste in music and a good sense of humor! Lastly my favorites of all (sorry trish and kirb, they win by a landslide), my niece and nephew, Sadie and Max (The Wolverine Ninja). These two are SO funny. I need a whole other post just to tell you about them. but they really are great kids. I love hangin with them. But they all know how to have a good time, and to have a good laugh. Too bad they have to live down in California. I miss them all the time! But when they do come down, you know it's going to be a blast! This time, we had a packed schedule.



Sunday: The Day of Rest

On Sunday, we went to church. Kirby and Trisha just flirted with each other throughout the meeting. Then you have Max playing "quietly" with his new action figures. He was shooting everyone who went up to the pulpit, and me...Then Sadie and I were playing with her new Littlest Pet Shop toys. It's almost her birthday, so when she took out her brochure of all the littlest pet shop toys, she pointed out to me what she didn't have... She didn't have that many. "Don't have, don't have.......Do have, don't have." And when she got to a new row, she would take a huge breath of air. Then when we got home, Max and I started to draw. He taught me how to draw Doc Oc, and I taught him how to draw a Ninja Turtle. Then after that as usual, we played some intense card games...I won.

Max's Doc Oc and Ninja Turtle



Monday: At Snowbird and Then Some

On Monday we went down to Snowbird. There, we did rock climbing, the bungee tramp, alpine slides, zipline, and rode the tram to the top of the mountain. The kids loved it there. It was a great day. Max said, it couldn't be any more perfect, unless he got a pet wolf there with him. Sorry Max, I don't think that will happen. It was fantastic weather. On the bungee tramp, Sadie and Max tried to do their first flips. Sadie, who was more courageous then Max at first got half way, but didn't get the concept of kicking your legs over...she was sooo close though. When Max finally tried to do his flip, i noticed he got a little stuck on his head. But, the trooper that kid is, he bounced on his head till he kicked his legs all the way and did his first flip. GOOD JOB MAX!! Then you have the kirbster...man alive, he worked towards a triple flip. But when he first landed it, his lady was no where around to impress... so of course he tried to do it again later but ruin his neck.....atta boy kirby! The alpine slides were a blast, Max beat me, but when i went down with sadie, man that speed demon had it pedal to the metal all the way down! After we got back home, it was time to cool off some how. What better than to run in the sprinklers. Mom and Dad said it was okay to go in clothing, but i don't think they realized how wet the kids wanted to get. After that we enjoyed a firework show, put on by myself of course..Poor little sadie thought it would be okay to touch the black stuff on her sparkler after it was done....Don't do that at home kids! Then it was off to bed.

Kirbster and I ridin the bull. However, i was on the bull longer, Trish just thought she was getting picture of me and started it at the end of my go.......


Tuesday: Enjoying the Wildlife

Well, today was a jam-packed day filled with awesomeness...quote from Max. We started off by goin to Cabellas to look at their animal displays. The kids thought it was awesome. But the tricky part came when Sadie asked if the animals were just statues. Funny Kirby looks to me to explain. I told him to just come out with the truth.

"well, you see honey, they aren't quite statues...they are real, but dead, so they aren't alive....you see they kill them and then kinda cut on the bottom and stuff them up to make them look alive...do you see what i am saying sadie lady?"

Very nicely put Kirby. It didn't seem to bother her much though, and max, the wise one already knew. After a fun walk through cabella's and after my ostrich sandwich (it was delicious!), we went camping! We went up to Tanner's Flats up in the canyon. We got a great little site right next to the water. The video is funny cuz max is explaing about the loudness of the water. But we went on very many adventures, saw some waterfalls, caught some fish, sang some songs. ("Amster-Amster...DAM-DAM-DAM") It was a blast! Some side notes, i found what appeared to be a piece of an elk's spine in the creek, sadie caught a deer that chased me off, and max was scared for his life that our tent would fall into the river while we were sleeping, which was no where near our tent. But the next day, the Heybornes left, and I can't wait to go see them in their habitat!

Max here is telling you about the river and how loud it is.