Memorial Day at Payson Lakes

I've been wanting to get a canoe lately (I know, kind of weird), but I have such good memories of canoeing when I was little and at girls camp.  I want my kids to have that kind of fun.  So we packed everybody up, stopped at Subway and headed up to Payson Lakes to check it out and see if we would really want a canoe.  Jackson was positive it was going to be stupid and boring, and Abby complained that it was too far away (40 minutes), but Krew was just happy to be out of the house.  As you can see, it was not stupid and boring!  The kids had a blast and threw and skipped rocks for two solid hours!!  As we were getting ready to leave, a nice family asked us if we wanted to take their canoe out, so Darren took all the big kids for a ride (I of course stayed with Paisley).  They loved it!  It's so pretty up there.  Now we know we definitely need to get a canoe!

Yes, that is snow in the background!

(I can't figure out how to take out the underline, and why is it blue?)

Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

We were bored Saturday and decided to go out to the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine.  It was fun and best of all...cheap!  I was surprised at how much fun our kids had, they were amazed at the huge trucks, well, we all were.  If you haven't been there, I recommend it.

Standing in front of the tire they use on the huge dump trucks!  12ft 6in tall!  Each tire costs $25,000! And each truck has 6 tires.  Holy Cow!  Oh, by the way, Jackson's friend Logan Herrick is the extra kid in the picture.

Jackson watching the trucks 

Jackson, Abby and Krew

Darren and the kids in front of an old mining loader and car.Darren looks like a superhero ready to take flight!

Reading about all the different minerals found in the rocks mined there.  They were fascinated!

5th Grade 10 mile hike

The 5th graders at Abby's school do a 10 mile hike every year in May. I was lucky enough to be able to go with them on Friday. We had sooooo much fun. I packed Paisley (as you can see) and she was an absolute angel. The only time she fussed was when we stopped for lunch and I took her out of the carrier to change her diaper and feed her, but when we were traveling she didn't make one peep the entire 10 miles. I was so proud of her! what a little trooper she was. Abby also did excellent, not one complaint out of her either. It was a great day, a little windy and chilly on the way back, but over all, so awesome! It was a great day for the Judd girls! GOOD TIMES!

Abby and her teacher Ms Schwaiger

Abby and her friend Sydni

So, I have a little escape artist on my hands again.  Krew has figured out every way possible to sneak out of the house (usually when I am preoccupied!).  He usually goes out the back sliding door and has figured out how to open the gate to the front yard and away he goes!  I was upstairs cleaning this morning and thought he was downstairs watching a movie, when I look out the window and see him running down the middle of the street, bare foot, carrying one shoe!  Jackson used to do this kind of stuff all the time, although he started at a much earlier age (1year).  I'm not sure how I'm going to accomplish anything while we go through this phase...ahhh, the joy of 2 year olds!

It's a major award!

 The first grade had an awards assembly on Friday and presented a handful of students with different awards.  Jackson was presented an award for his excellent reading, and love for books.  We are so proud of him!  The best part for Jackson was the Burger King coupon for a free burger.  Love it!