REST OF THE SUMMER

 The rest of our summer was a whirlwind but we enjoyed the warm weather and the bountiful harvest.

Talon especially loved the corn, that's all he ate all of august.

He still plays in the chicken coop, the birds wonder why he is in their cage.

Talon loves driving Grandma and Grandpa Wheeler's four wheeler thing.  

 And the Jeep.

Talon's getting crazier and crazier, he is all boy.

 He has also learned to pick his nose and thinks it's really funny.

Tyler taught Talon how to fish, they caught a shoe.

 He LOVES his trucks!

 A family picture at Ross Park!

In the middle of July I did a triathlon with caitlin, Ryan, Lisa and her cousins.  It was really fun and I got to try out my birthday present- A Wet Suit! 

Also in July Talon's cousins came down from Washington to go to Green Canyon.  We went and visited Eggiman's barn, they had so much fun.

And we had a great water fight started by Kambree wanted to get Tyler wet, it ended with us all getting drenched and sprinklers underneath the tramp.

 Tyler got wiped out from it and fell asleep so Kambree and Carter stuck bugs on his face, they thought it was pretty funny.

Talon is still loving his couch.

 And here is to the end of Summer.  

Martin's Cove

 Our Stake on a trek to Martin's Cove in July  and we got called to be a Ma and Pa three weeks before because a couple couldn't go anymore.  I was a little nervous to spend a whole week being in charge of teenagers.  I have known a lot of people who have been to  Martin's Cove and have loved the experience so I was excited for that part. It was a fun challenging and growing experience.

Here are the girls in our group, I am in the middle.  Tyler and I kept getting mistakened for youth.  We almost got in trouble for holding hands!

A couple boys thought it was cool to make sweat marks with the water bottle, It was pretty entertaining. 

Most of the boys in our group except for one.

Our group got sick of pulling the cart so they roped another leader and he became our ox.

Tyler the Pa.  

We walked 25 miles altogther, 14 of them in one day.  For Tyler and I it wasn't hard. I cannot imagine walking that 14 miles in the circumstances the saints had with no food and zero degree temperatures.  You could feel the spirit so strong in the cove, over Rocky Ridge and many other parts of the trail.  I am so grateful for the early saints and for their faith and fortitude.  

Our Little Man

 Talon is now 16 Months!!  We love him so much.  He is such a happy laid back boy who loves throwing chickens, "driving" his car like a crazy man, climbing anything and everything, singing and dancing to music and talking in his own language all the time.  

 He loves to go on walks, you better watch out because he is not afraid to leave you but if he really wants you to go with him he will grab you and drag you along with him.

This is the classic Talon look, when he does this you know he's in a good mood.

Bleach blonde hair and sun tanned skin, this boy loves being outside. 

Just Chillin

I bought this couch at a yard sale, it has been the best purchase I've made in a long time.  Talon loves it, he sits in it all the time acting like he is soo cool.  He won't just sit in it either he stands a little ways away and scoots back to it.

We also like the couch.  Popsicles are another new favorite of Talon's. 

Fourth of July

 For the Fourth of July we went camping with my parents at Riverside Campground in Island Park.

It was a lot of fun and we did so much.  Talon was content walking into the road, luckily there wasn't hardly any traffic.

 Dave came up and we biked a new trail he found, which was mostly up hill for a really really long ways but it was very pretty.  This is Dad and Dave at the top of the steep climb.

 And here is Talon loving playing in the dirt and of course walking on a trail.

 I love this picture, his face is so goofy.  Grandpa gave him a walkie talkie and talked to him through it, Talon thought it was so cool.

 Tyler got up early one morning and caught the biggest fish he has ever caught.  It was 16 in. 

 Daddy showing Talon his fish.  This was the first time Talon has touched a fish, well I should say hitting a fish because he just hit it and poked its eyes.

Tyler, Mom and I rode down to warm river. Beautiful trail!  The river is crystal clear and the views of it is perfect from up above on the trail. And the trail is flat or downhill which was nice after the other one we did.

Tyler's First time to Upper Mesa Falls!

The last day Dad, Tyler and I rafted a section of the river and fished.  Tyler caught one and I caught one!

On our way home we bought some fireworks and lit them off with everyone else in the neighborhood.  Every time Talon would hear the BOOM he would say "WOW,"  he didn't even have to see the firework.  The best was when he was throwing a tantrum when he heard the boom he stopped said "WOW" then went back to screaming and crying.

A Home for the Chickens

   Our chickens started roosting on our Breaker Box at night so we decided it   was time for a chicken coop.

 It is also Talon's new favorite playhouse.

Talon's First Mountain

The Last week of June we climbed the 8th tallest mountain in Idaho, Mount Hyndman.  We decided to make it an overnighter and try backpacking with Talon which worked out pretty good. We got a really late start (hiking in the dark) and didn't make it as far as we wanted. We only made it 2 miles in. The next morning we climbed to the top and back to the car (11 miles). Talon did Awesome!! It was so fun to take along.

Here is Talon in the morning, not to happy to be awake.

 Give him a little food and he's great!

 Talon taking a break from hiking up the trail happy as can be.

 There was the prettiest river that cascaded along the trail!  The views this trail offered were amazing.  One of the prettiest hikes I have been on in a long time.

 Talon fell asleep and his head was wobbling everywhere, so to keep it in one place we put my bandana around his head and tied it to the pack, it made him look like a hospital patient.

 Taking a break  while scrambling up the last steep section of the mountain.  

Talon had a lot of fun throwing rock.

The Top of Hyndman!! 

 The hike back down.

   One time we stopped to rest and Talon just took off, he'd hike a ways than turn around and wave bye, laugh, turned and kept going. He did that over and over again, we just sat and laughed til we realized he wasn't going to stop and wait for us.

Talon's first experience sledding down a mountain. Enjoy, don't get too worried it's safer than it looks.