Off to the flood plains of Missouri

So me and the kids are off to see my dad and my second mother, Shirley in the great state of Missouri. We are hoping we don't float away with all the water they have there right now. Shirley says their side of the state is pretty dry so we'll see in 4 days! Chad will be home alone for two weeks and for his birthday- the house to himself is the best present he could get. RIGHT? Just Kidding! I asked my brother-in-law and Chad's sister to take him to dinner for his birthday and some how it turned into go cart racing, and a full day of 4-wheeling with just the boys! Well if you see my husband wish him Happy Birthday for us and I will be putting my Missouri pictures on my blog while I am there so Chad can keep tabs on us. See you all when we get home!

Real Soccer game with a bunch of CRAZY boys!

As you might know by now Chad is coaching Austin's comp soccer team and UYSA gave the team tickets to the Real game last night. Chad and my boys have been to the games before but it was my first time. The game was great but it was a little stressful because we picked up boys at almost every train station. Chad had to keep telling me to calm down- you know men they don't worry about things like kids getting left behind at a train station by themselves. Once we got all the boys picked up on the train I had a blast! Chad was getting a little irritated with misbehaving 11 and 12 year old boys but my seat was up further by my neighbors so I was just enjoying the game. Security even had to tell the boys to settle down! Real won 2 to 0 against Columbus Crew and I was told they are now in first place. PRETTY COOL!!

Nature Hike up Waterfall Canyon

So me and my neighbor are starting to run out of stuff to keep our kids occupied so we decided to hike up waterfall canyon in ogden. The bottom picture is right before we took off on our 2 hour hike. I was a little worried about taking London but she did well and I only had to pick her up twice- to cross the water and when a whole bunch of bees made Braden cry she freaked out and wouldn't go past them. Usually Chad has to carry her every where so this was a HUGE day for her! That rattle snake was on the trail. It had been beaten to death but still- eww! I have never seen a snake that close except in cages so I was a little freaked out when we still had to go up the trail and back down. Of course all the boys had sticks so I told them they had to beat any snakes we found.It was beautiful at the top but very slippery so I was holding on to a rock as I took pictures. Going down was pretty scary because you had lots of oppurtunities to fall. London says she only fell twice because if she fell holding her stick the other times didn't count- but her dirty butt told another story! She had dirt on her face, her hands, dirt every where! Overall it was a good trip for us to get the kids out although London did fall apart about 5 minutes to the end of the hike and kept crying til I fed her. She is like her mother- if you don't feed us Carver women we get a bit moody!(It rearranged my pictues so the fourth picture is at the end and the bottom is at the beginning of the hike.)

BIG day for London!

So we have been trying to get London excited to take her training wheels off but she has been a little resistant to say the least. So we told her today was the day! She was hysterical the whole time! Don't let the pictures fool ya - she is crying the whole time and then she gave up and went and sat on the stairs. My daughter is going to be a teenager before she learns to ride without training wheels! The picture of Austin is him passed out because I have been trying to run with him and Braden to get ready for the fall season of football and soccer. We have only been running a mile and he is still dead! Me and Braden beat him by 5 minutes, but just so he doesn't look bad Chad ran today and finished just as slow and he stopped a couple of times. He said he was staying back to motivate Austin. Ya, okay! Hopefully by next week we will be going longer and faster.

The fourth of July with family!

So my friend Brandy told me how to do these cool slide shows. They were a fun way to show our family pictures from the fourth of July. We started the day with Chad's sister Tristin and her family at the parade. I had to show a couple of pictures from the parade because only in the country would you see a cowboy riding a bison. The bison did not look too happy! We also had the General Lee and tons of pretty rodeo queens, which London loves to see. She also went nuts for the cheerleaders. Austin could have cared less about the parade he said he'd rather be reading a book at home- he is a grumpy pre-teen what can I say. Braden was practicing his football moves on little kids trying to get to the candy before him. He does not mess around when it comes to candy! After the parade we went over to the park for pony rides and the kids went down the blow up slide at least 30 times! Later in the day we went to my sister Cami's for a barbeque with our family and her husbands family. For those of you who have known me for a while you might recognize Michael and Tiffany, they were our foster brother and sister. They lived with us when we were all growing up and now they have kids of their own. Michael's daughter is beautiful! Tiffany's little baby was only about 6 months old and really didn't like the wind we had yesterday. She is married now and stays at home with their adorable baby- I always knew she would be a good mom because she was always taking care of her brother and sister. While we were waiting for fireworks on our deck later in the night Chad started a poker game with Matt, Lewis, and Robyn. I think overall Lewis was the big winner of the night. I just hung out with Robyn's baby Journey- she has dark hair and blue eyes! Her parents better watch out! Overall a great holiday hope you all had a great day with your families too! Happy Fourth of July!

Fourth of July!

This is how we do the 4th in the country!