The Humpherys

Monday, June 30, 2008

CATCH UP

There are SEVERAL new posts on here... I got a little behind as we have been busy (you'll see look through the posts)

While at work today Shawn sent me these pictures on my cell phone. He was helping his mother irrigate the field since Gerald is still up in the mountains. Of course my kids would end up in the ditch. If you look closely you will see that Hadley is still in her pajamas and her hair is not done. Shawn came to visit me at work afterwards and Hallie was also in her pj's with hair all amess. Just another reason why I need to be home with my children.

Quick trip to Targhee

While packing our camp, I had the bright idea to park the camp trailer and go visit Grandma & Grandpa Humpherys up at Grand Targhee. We stopped at a house on antelope flats and Shawn asked them if we could leave the trailer there for the afternoon and then we drove up to Driggs. It was a lot of fun. Hadley misses Sheila (she says its HER horse) and just wanted to ride her the whole time. She even just sat on her while she was eating between rides.

Hallie had so much fun playing in and on the deck of the cabin. She likes to take things and put them in another spot ie: pens, nails etc.

She also took a little/reluctanat ride on Sheila with Dad.

Hadley also took a ride on Reba the horse (Hayden's according to him).

Hayden was more interested in the 4 wheeler again, here he is helping Grandpa feed again.

Grandma was going home as well so the older kids wanted to ride with her. It was a nice drive home with the fighting kids with her. Actually they fell asleep in Swan Valley so she too had a pleasant drive. It was an all around great weekend. Once again, thankful for a wonderful family, the safety we had during our travels and the opportunities we have to see the beauty of the area we live in.

Humpherys Family Reunion 2008

We attended the Humpherys Family reunion this past weekend at Heise Camping ground. I really was not looking forward to the reunion this year (no offense Mary Lynn). We have been so busy and out of town for the last few weekends I kind of just wanted to get some things done around the house. I am so glad that we didn't miss it though. Every year I am amazed at what a wonderful family that we are a part of. Everyone is so nice and fun to be around. I have never felt anything but welcome around the Humpherys. Gerald and Tena were not able to attend as they are busy with a new business. Shane, Nicole and Nash are in Boston (we miss you guys) and Linda was just finishing up with girls camp for her ward, so we represented the Gerald Humpherys family on Friday night. On Saturday after breakfast we all went swimming, it was a lot of fun, the kids loved the slide there (a big green hydrotube). Hallie hates the water. After fighting with her for an hour crying in the pool we took her out and let her play on the grass. This she loved. Here are some pictures of her in her swimsuit eating licorice. Notice her black eye, she fell down and hit her head on the door jam. Shawn told everyone that I back handed her (not true):

Shawn got to do a little fishing (very little-poor guy) and I got to visit to my hearts content. Linda, Carter, Madison +2 friends got there around noon. We had a really nice lunch and then there was a pie eating contest. I don't know if I should be proud or embarrassed that my husband won. He ate the pie in about 30 seconds. It was hilarious. Here is the video of the contest.

and the aftermath (isn't he dead sexy):

This is Hadley filling up water balloons with her cousins Mercy, Ian and Porter (hope I spelled them all right).

The kids were so sad to leave on Sunday because they had so much fun playing with their cousins. It is so great that even if we only see one another once a year they are all buddies by the end of the visit.

Crooked Canyon Stables

Grandpa Humpherys has a new business this year- Crooked Canyon Stables. He is doing trail rides at the Grand Targhee Resort. Shawn, Hayden, Hadley and I went up there to retrieve some trailers for him on 6/22. It was a good little trip. We left right after church and Hallie stayed with Grandma. There was still quite a bit of snow up there. The kids instantly loved the place. Here is a picture of the corral area and the little cabin on the property:

Hayden had fun riding the 4-wheeler around the corral area. Shawn got a GPS that is also a 2-way radio for anniversary/father's day and he and Hayden had fun talking between it and Hayden's "walkie-talkie". Hayden had the radio while he was on riding around. We were sitting on the porch of the cabin when Hayden get's on the radio and says "Dad I'm stuck, Dad I'm stuck" (he has to say everything twice on the radio). He really was stuck too- right in the snow.

Dad and Grandpa were busy doing.. something but don't worry Mom to the rescue. Once free it was put to good use again by our children. They helped Grandpa feed the horses and had a blast doing that as well.

Before we left Grandpa was able to give us a tour of the resort and introduce us to everyone that he had met thus far. We are waiting for him to hook us up by the end of the summer with freebies.

10....big ones

On June 20th Shawn and I celebrated our anniversary. We have now been married for 10 years. Wow! I can hardly believe 2 things. 1- that we actually made it this long and 2- that it's really been 10 years. It seems like we just got married. Anyhoo, we decided to spend our anniversary at Lagoon. Now we just couldn't go to an amusement park without our kids so we decided to take the family with us. Heather came along as our babysitter for Hallie. We had a blast. The kids loved the rides and we snuck them on as many as we possibly could. We had snacks, visited the beach and just had a great time together. Shawn and I received a lot of slack from our co-workers for not doing something more romantic but we can do that at 20 years when our kids don't care about being with us. But for now I want to spend every chance possible with them. We spent the night in SLC and then did some shopping on Saturday before we went home. It was a great weekend and I'm so happy that I have such a great family to spend time with.

The kids with their icees: