Our dad!

I just wanted to pay tribute to Ben a few days late. But better late than never huh! He really is a good dad to the boys and I have really appreciated all his help with them.

I'm learning to ride my two wheeler bike Mom!

A few of Jeremy's older friends have been learning to ride their new bikes without training wheels and Jeremy wanted in on that. So a couple of days ago, I took off his training wheels and attempted to help him learn. I (Jen) was taught how to ride my bike by my dad before he died, so I thought it should be Ben to teach Jeremy. But Ben was busy working in Salt Lake the day I took his training whells off, so I attempted to teach Jeremy. I think Jeremy did pretty well for his first time. We practiced again the next morning but then yesterday night, Ben was finally able to help Jeremy and alas, away Jeremy went. Ben is a born bike rider and Jeremy has his genes. Jeremy is still having problems getting the bike started but once he's on, away he goes. Here's some pictures of last night and also some of Alex getting a ride from a little neighbor girl. After two days of practicing riding his bike, Jeremy is now going up & down the sidewalk about 5 house lengths, turning around in a driveway & coming back the other way. He has a hang of riding a bike really well so far.

Swimming!!!

Jeremy just completed his first Red Cross swimming course. He passed with flying colors. He is quite the daredevil too! Here's a few pictures from his first day at swimming, the last day of his class and then we also went swimming with his best friend Jack. Alex isn't too keen on the water but he will get there!

Fishing at Barker Trout Farm in North Ogden

This was the Saturday morning excursion for Fathers Day weekend.
Grandpa took Dad (Ben) & Jeremy & Alex (& cousins Jacob, Aaron, Zack & Travis) fishing.

Little Alex, only two (2), caught 3 fish. Two of them he caught by going back & forth with the fish in one of the ponds by himself. The 2nd fish he caught he let go of the
pole & I (Ben) saw the pole just barely poking out of the water & I reached in to get the pole & as I pulled it out of the water I could tell a fish was on the other end.

I was trying to help Jeremy get a fish & took him to the big fish pond & we couldn't get one there either. So Alex had a pole & by fun he was walking back & forth and caught a fish by dragging the line in the deep water. This was the biggest fish of the day.

Playgroup at the Ogden Nature Center

Here are some pictures from a playgroup we attended this week. We went out to the Ogden Nature Center and where able to see some fun birds and even some deer.

BEES!!! BUZZZZZ!!!

We had quite an exciting adventure right here in the front of our house. We discovered that a hive of honey bees had made a hive in a bush to the side of our house. We called an exterminator and found out that they would cost almost $100 to come and kill the bees and couldn't come until the next day. They suggested calling a honey bee farmer, who usually come and get the bees for free because they are happy to add them to their collection to make honey. So we tracked a farmer down and he and his son came out, extracted the bees and where even nice enough to leave us with a bottle of the honey they make. They started making the honey because of the cost of buying it and have made a little business with it!

Memorial Day!

This year for Memorial Day, we were able to visit graves from Jen's side of the family. With the price of gas, going down to Salt Lake to see Ben's side of the family was pretty costly so we felt like when we are down in Salt Lake for something else, we would visit the graves. So we headed to Brigham City, where Jen's parents and little brother Jeremy (who Jeremy is named after) are buried. Then we went to North Ogden, where Jen's mom's parents are buried and finally to South Ogden, where Jen's dad's parents are buried. We love those who have passed on before us and honor their memories! Also, on the morning of Memorial Day, it was very rainy and the boys went outside in between the rain storms and without me knowing, had decided to play in some puddles. So trying to learn from other parents suggestions, instead of getting mad, I let the boys play to their hearts' content and have a ball! I even videotaped it!