Farms and Mountains and Dinners and Fireworks

That sounds like enough to keep a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old busy for a week, don't ya think? We've been loving being home for most of the summer with daddy. Mommy broke down and worked for a few days this last week and while she worked, we played. On Tuesday daddy took us to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. We love it there. We saw some baby animals and some big animals. This one, although the sign says he was on a special diet, tried to eat Sam's shirt. I guess his diet was "Sam" or "shirt" or something like that. The sun was right in our eyes in the picture but daddy wanted this picture so we were trying. . .

Here we are in jail - hum, hopefully not a sign of things to come!

And feeding corn to the goats - a morning just can't get better than this!
Of course there were horse rides and more animals. We put some of the best pics in a collage for your viewing pleasure. Daddy also took us by the Dinosaur Museum after the farm for some time at the sand tables and the fossil digging area. After that he treated us to a yummy lunch at the cafe. A great day!Ever heard of "Where's Waldo"? Well try - "Where's Mason"? Hint: he's sleeping in his room. We had Grandpa and Grandma L. over for dinner on Wednesday night. Salmon and potatoes and fresh corn on the cob. Another perfect summer day! Then on Thursday mommy didn't have to work so we made our way up to Snowbird Ski Resort to spend the day. Our first activity was the tram up to the top of Hidden Peak at 11,000 feet. The valley = 100 degrees. The top of Hidden Peak = 59 degrees in the middle of the afternoon. You just can't beat that! We hiked around the top for awhile. It was so pretty and so cool. We found this big glacier to play on. Snow at the end of July. Amazing! Here's mommy and the boys on our hike. These sticks became "flags" for a snowbank. I bet you'll still be able to see them sticking up as the snow begins to fly again this winter.

Here's daddy and Sam enjoying the hike.

We packed a lunch and ate it on the top. We found this nice shady spot to eat and then it ended up being so cool we finally had to move to a sunny spot to warm up.

Here are some beautiful flower and landscape pictures daddy took on our hike.
Here's a great picture of Sam - he wanted to know if he had something stuck in his teeth? Funny guy!

We met the nicest Snowbird employee ever as we were getting ready to take the tram back down from the top. She let me and Sam drive the tram. How cool is that!Then she snapped this family picture just as the second tram was crossing our path.
After a much needed ice cream break, we did some fishing at Austin pond. Let's just say that Sam and I each caught more fish than we could count on one hand. It was a perfect fishing day!
This was the first fishing trip that Sam really got in to and he was loving it! He enjoyed the "reeling it in" part best of all and wanted to keep reeling even without a fish on the hook. You can definitely see his fish in this picture. He caught the biggest fish of the day too - a 3 pounder. There would be more pictures of our fish and of the two moose we saw at the playground if mommy hadn't forgotten to charge up the batteries on her camera before we left. We had a yummy dinner out on Saturday night for mommy and daddy's 17th anniversary (it was on Friday). Funny - they don't seem that old! Prime rib, potatoes, and for the kids - macaroni and cheese. Then we played outside until after dark. We did sidewalk chalk and bubbles. And then came the fireworks - ok - the sparklers and poppers. Super fun! We haven't been home on a Pioneer Day in forever so it was a good holiday.And here's a picture of mommy with her boys. Sam Alert: Howdy everybody. I just love summer - time outside hiking, fishing, playing, seeing animals . . . or whatever else we dream up. Time eating ice cream . . . Time at home with the family . . .And time just being me . . .