First day of school Pictures

These were mostly after school which is now a Dittmer thing, instead of the morning.  Early morning seminary made that choice for us.

Long Lake

We took the kids (sans Jacob who was in drivers ed) to Long Lake for our first and last beach visit for 2011.  It was superb!  Hot, not many people, warm water.  Fun!

New cut

Allison got the cutest haircut today.  

I LOVE it.  

Thanks Kristy!

My new love.

I've always wanted one and couldn't pass up a fantastic clearance at Lowes last week.  It was supposed to be an easy install, but it took Justin half the day...there are always complications.  It was nice to clean under the over too.  

I wasn't sure how it would work with the shorter kids, but so far so good.  Ammon has yet to use it, which is probably a good thing.
It is tempting to want to buy new appliances (dryer and oven) but both work okay.  Our oven had my favorite burner not working for the past couple of years and it was finally fixed last Saturday.  No complaints from me anymore.  Thanks my handyman, Justin!!

Scouts

Isaac is working on his bicycling merit badge.  Today is his final 25 mile ride then he (and Jacob) has the whopping 50 miler left.

Debut

What the family has been waiting for....

Need to add this one of me and Camille.  Love her.

Mom and Dad

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This family photo event was surprisingly painless.  We had everyone in attendance minus Bruce's wife, Lynette, Kirsten, and Justin.  Not a bad turn out.   

These were taken on Old Main Hill on USU.

Day 3 Uintah's

Still alive.  I didn't get much sleep either night so far.  For some reason, I couldn't fall/stay asleep and my hips hurt mighty bad.  Plus Ammon woke up 2/3 nights with night terrors in the boys tent.  The first of those nights he came to sleep with Allison and I.  Our tent is small.  But I got so see the stars and they were breathtaking.  Literally.  So there was a happy moment to being woken up in the night time.

 Nate added some excitement on Saturday morning.  He was practicing with a funky sling shot that Grandpa brought.  He nailed himself with a fist sized rock in the shin.  We heard this thump sound, Nate kinda acted hurt, but macho, then he kept going and flung another rock.  Then he noticed the blood.  There was lots of it.  He hobbled over to the fire and everyone was like - whoahhhhhh.  uh.

 Shawn was great, the Eagle scout that he is.  He had a nice first aid kit to the rescue.  Plus Bruce had a razor to shave off Nate's hair for the bandage.  It was a small hole, but very deep.  He was sooooo stinking lucky it wasn't worse. 

 Shawn made a teeter totter for the kids.  LOVE!
Here's a short video clip.

I even tried it for a minute.  

Bruce enjoying his fish.

 Dad has a small notebook he keeps in his back pack to write about his adventures.  Nates accident was jotted down soon after. Grandpa couldn't wait.

 Dax brought a regular sling shot.

 Campsite.

Yes I did fish.  And I caught one!  It only took about three hours, but it was a first for me.  No, I did not touch it, and yes I did put it back.  And it was a small trout.  Any more questions?

 Light sticks.

 

Day 4 Going Home

We got packed up in a very decent hour, and left our site by 9:30 AM.  

Hiking out was a breeze.  Hiking over fallen logs and rocks uphill was tough, but not a problem for us!  No whining by any of the kids the entire four day camping trip.  I'm so glad my kids got to spend lots of time with their cousins they rarely see.

Made it back to the cars and drove a couple hours.

We ate at Pizza Hut then back to Logan by around 4.  About two minutes after we pulled in, Justin drove up.  We hadn't seen him for three weeks.  !!!