One of those days.........Weeks.............Months!!!

Ever had one of those days?



When it seems like the whole world is pushing down on your shoulders?

That's how my week has been!

I would love to relax, maybe even get one of these.......


Or take a nap here.................





Maybe someday, when this is finished.....

Soon, I tell myself, Soon I will be relaxing in the comfort of my new home!

Swim like a fish

Trent and Easton took swimming lessons last month.

(yes I am only bogging about it now, three weeks later)

They had such a great time. The really love the water, they must get that from me, being how Jason never learned how to swim. (that's right babe, your secret is out!)

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Their cousins, Xander and Tristan,

took them as well!

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It turns out that Trent is a very good swimmer, so good that he was bumped up to the next class on the first day of lessons. This isn't much of a surprise being that Trent is so adventurous and very athletic.

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It also turns out that Easton, is a class clown.

This isn't shocker to me either. I've always figured that Trent would be the brains of any operation and Easton would just be there for comic relief. Although he did very well and passed the class, he just kept the teachers very entertained while doing it.

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4 wheels on the 4th

This year for the 4th of July we headed for the hills. We usually stick around town and do the whole tradition of parades, and parks, and fireworks. But since we haven't had much of a chance to go camping this year we decided that we'd take the kids and join the rest of the Jones clan at our favorite spot, Cold Springs in the fish lake national forest.

We had so much fun, we rode 4-wheelers and fished and just hung out with our family. Trent and Easton caught a few fish and they thought that was the coolest thing. I had forgotten how much I LOVE our camp spot.

On the 4th we all packed up our coolers and 4-wheelers and made a day ride, by the time we got back to camp we had gone 70 miles. Talk about sore bum's, The boys were troopers and loved the whole thing. Sister rode on the razr with Papa and Gloria and was so happy to sit on Gloria's lap.

We had to cross several streams along the way and one of the times we took advantage of the cool water to wash off a little of the dust. We first started by just splashing through the river on the 4-wheelers, then one of the kids rolled up their pants and was wading in the water, little by little the clothes became more and more wet. By the end my boys were swimming in there unders and even a few of us adults were enjoying the water. It was so much fun to see the kids playing and I think the memory of the long 4-wheeler ride when we swam in the river will stick with them for a long time to come.