Thermopolis...

This weekend we spent some time in Thermpolis, WY with Darrell's dad. We went to the Dinosaur Museum, watched Jurrasic Park and ate popcorn, played with their dog Miko and just visited a bit with a couple of crazy old people (LITERALLY! HAHA!) Below are some pics!

Molly...

Over the weekend we visited with Molly again. Here are some new pics so you can see how our baby has grown! She's coming home mid week next week.

She's so dang cute! She was loving it up! She's bigger than her brothers and sisters, she seems to be the one who is exploring everything, her fat little tail wags like crazy when you're petting her and she loves to give kisses (which is ok as a puppy cuz of puppy breath and all but I'll have to break her of that habit quick!) Since the kids have next Thursday and Friday off I think we'll get her Wednesday afternoon and start right away with the potty training and such! Come by and meet our new addition!

OUCH! Sunburn after effects...

So, it's been a couple days since I burned my face giving me the racoon look (if you don't know what I'm talking about look at the post below). Now instead of racoon I look like this...

All dry and scaly! YUCK! I hate this stage of sunburns! Come to think of it they just suck in general!

Great Weekend!

Our family had a great weekend! First the girls and I cleaned house Saturday morning while Darrell worked a little at the store. Then he came home and we hung out and watched a little tv, nothing too noteworthy, just hanging out together was nice. We drove to Park City for the evening and had dinner, walked up and down Main Street then headed home the long way through Heber and Provo Canyon. It was chilly so we got hot chocolate and had a nice drive home. On Sunday Darrell took me for a wonderful ride on the bike. We went up through Park City, ate breakfast at a little place on Main Street and warmed up a bit, then went through Heber, Midway, Wallsburg, down Provo Canyon to Sundance and did the Alpine Loop! It took all morning and part of the afternoon but it was really fun just the 2 of us hanging out together while the kids stayed home and played wii and computer games. After that we went to visit our baby Molly (more pics of her coming soon!) and then went for another ride around the valley, ate dinner at Olive Garden at the District and then came home for a fun movie night! We relaxed most of the weekend with eachother and it was great! The only problem is I can't seem to remember SUNSCREEN! And now I look like this...

Except of course I'm red and white, not black. I either need to learn to apply sunscreen or stop wearing my sunglasses so much!

Have a good day!

Our new addition...

Meet Molly, the newest addition to the Byers family!

She's just a few weeks old so we can't bring her home for another 3-4 weeks but we already just love her to death! Hope my baby girl Pooski loves her too!

Camping with the Byers Fam!!

When Susan wanted to go camping Labor Day Weekend I thought we'd never find a spot! I'm so glad that she didn't give up on looking for reservations! She found a great campground just up Diamond Fork Canyon (about 9 miles up Spanish Fork Canyon) and we had a great time!

We left Friday after the kids got out of school, drove to the canyon, got our camp set up and had a fabulous dinner. Saturday morning we started off with breakfast, hanging out and playing around and then decided to take the 2.5 mile hike to the hot pools and let the kids swim. Unfortunately it started raining a few minutes after we arrived, and the thunder and lightning were frightful so we got all the kids back out of the water, dried off and dressed and then just as we were getting ready to leave it stopped raining (Bummer!) and then we started the 2.5 mile hike back down the mountain. It was still a lot of fun! We saw several snakes and lizards! We got back to camp and had another wonderful dinner followed by roasted starbursts (a new thing Susan introduced us to!) and then got the kids in bed and the adults and kids 12 and over roasted marshmallows! SO MUCH FUN! Really my favorite part of camping was hanging out by the campfire each night for a little bit with everyone, telling stories, playing word games, singing and then after awhile putting the younger kids to bed and staying up with the older kids and adults! Sunday the guys and older kids went target shooting, I stayed back and read my book, hung out in the hammock and just relaxed. And then Monday we hung out a little, cleaned up and came home. We had such a fun time, I can't wait to do it again!

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My last "Are you in" craft

So I finally finished my last "Are you in" craft! I had such a blast making tutus and this canopy with Becky and Kiersti. I'm so glad that we sisters can get together and have fun doing this kind of stuff and that Bryan married someone we get along with so well! Enough of that, I'm about to cry...

Anyway, here it is, the cool canopy I made for my friend Jenny Warner (of course when her kids play with it I bet it won't be in the bathroom but I don't really have anywhere else to hang it!) I hope Jenny will take pics of her kids enjoying it (HINT, HINT!) and post them on her blog for all to see!

Both projects made were sewing free, NO SEWING whatsoever! I found this canopy in a Family Fun magazine and instructions can be found at familyfun.com and search cool canopy! Enjoy Jenny!