Our Family: Lizard Hunting Labor Day Fun...

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September 03, 2013

Lizard Hunting Labor Day Fun...

Labor Day was fun this year, most years we head up to Parowan and go to the fair and then the nicks grandparents house but this year we just wanted something different and wanted to just let the boys get out and have some fun!!

We bought them each a paint ball gun and they have been wanting to go hunting so we thought we would head up to three peaks for the afternoon and let them "hunt". We loaded the guns and headed out over the rocks, kaylin saw the first one and BLASTED it...its tail went flying off and it ran for cover! we then found one and kiptin got his gun and blasted that one, it didnt get away...they shot a few more and kept their "TROPHY'S" in a bag. We came across this HUGE one and nick and i shot it about 50 times but that old thing wasnt giving up...nick and kaylin caught him and we decided to let the poor thing go after a few pictures with the BEAST.

The boys had so much fun and said they cant wait to go again this weekend!

We then headed off to see the "Planes" movie with the boys and grandma and papa haslem...then got some pizza and krave frozen yogurt after that.

Grandpa decided that he wanted to take the boys up for an air plane ride so we headed to the airport and they to fly the plane with dad and grandpa...this was kiptin's first time up in a little air plane but they said he loved it!!

Kaylin's Funnies!

set up: nick and kaylin are playing video games.

"your not very good dad, you should let me show you how to do it"

"Iam really snart, i know stuff " (snart: meaning smart)

set up: kaylin wants to sleep in our bed.

"kaylin you need to sleep in your own big boy bed"

"but that is my 3 year old bed and I'm 4 so now I can sleep in this bed with you. its a 4 year old bed"

set up: kiptin pulled the filter off the vacume and I couldn't figure out how to put it back on.

"oh mom why did you take this off, let me fix it"

"no kaylin leave it alone, let daddy fix it"

"I can do it...see mom, fixed"

(a very stupid mom moment for sure...its sad when your 4yr old is smarter then you)

“One’s life….cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free….Therefore, how can you and I really expect to guide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ Real faith….is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.” Neal A. Maxwell