Dan and Lindsay Snell: Summer

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Camping in the Snow?? What the heck?

We went camping over Labor Day Weekend to Georgetown. Saturday was sooo much fun. We went to Bear Lake and played on the beach. We played beach football with all the couples. I'm pretty sure the Snells' and the Frasures' won! The guys worked on the cabin and put up the walls, and started the roof. Sunday was Crystal's birthday. My cousin Kali and G & G Irish came up for the afternoon. It started raining and the wind started to blow. Grandpa Delmar about got blown away with the rain canopy. It rained and rained and rained. We ate dinner in the rain, we cooked Crystal's pumpkin dessert in the rain, and we went to bed with it raining. It rained most of the night, and in the morning we woke up to it snowing. YES, SNOWING!!! We decided to pack up and get the heck out of there. The guys cleaned up camp in the snow, and then as we were leaving, the sun came out and it looked like it was going to be a nice day? It figures!!

Grandpa Irish with Jentri.

My cutie pie!!

My cousin Kali!

Grandma Irish with Allie.

The guys cleaning up camp in the snow!

We all burried Dan in the sand. Look close, the kids are standing on him!!

Jentri and her Papa!! She was attached to Papa all weekend!

Bailey the big helper. She sitting on one of the new walls.

Jentri and Papa!

The guys working on the cabin!

Jentri at the beach!

Dexter at the beach!

Three of the four~two year olds!

Bailey at the beach!

The boys eating their lunch, or sand if you are Easton!

Poor Brynlee, McCoy got her with sand!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Bear Lake!!!

We went with Dan's family to Bear Lake!!!
The first weekend Josh and Cassie were there with their kids, and Grandma Becky. We spent lots of time at the beach, boated with Uncle Gary and Aunt Amber's boat, and hung out with their family. We had lots of fun!!!

What cute kids!!

Dexter playing frisbee with Dan and Uncle Josh!

The second weekend we went with Grandma Becky and went to dinner, Dan skiied Saturday morning, we watched Aunt Amber finish her 50 mile bike ride around Bear Lake!! What a woman!!!! That afternoon, we drug the kids through the Bear Lake Parade of Homes. They were so awesome. The best part was the Demolition Derby. The kids were so excited. They loved it. Amber saved us seats in the very front, middle of the arena so that we would get dirty!! We got really dirty!!!!!!!!

Grandma Becky and the kids waiting at the race!

Great Job Amber!

Dexter and Jordan at the Demolition Derby!

My little princess!

My little sweatheart!

Aunt Amber with Jentri!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

"Fart Start"

We have been watching the Olympics every night with the kids. The other night we were watching Track and Field and there was a "false start," by one of the runners. Bailey wanting to know more about what was happening, got tongue tied and asked what a "Fart Start" was instead of a "False Start." Kids say the darndest things!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Tut-tut....it looks like rain!!!

The top of Farmington Canyon!

The mountain lake!

Dan has been working 50-65 hour weeks the past few weeks. My kids are getting tired of it, so Bailey wanted to do a surprise for him. Friday night we surprised him with a little over night camping trip to Farmington Canyon. We stopped at the store for chicken and cereal for breakfast. Gourmet!! Then headed to the mountains. Our trip started out great! We were eating our chicken, and Dexter asks Dan, "Dad am I eating a chicken leg or arm?" Dan and I laugh and he tells him, "a leg." Five minutes later, he asks, "Is Bailey eating a leg or an arm?" Crazy kids! We ate our dinner, went on a drive and found some natural mountain lakes, and saw a moose.

We went back to our campground and Crystal and Jeff had come to make smores!! Crystal and Jeff left about 10:00, and we started getting the kids ready for bed. We were squished in our little cheapy tent, but we were having fun. The kids fell asleep fast, and about that time we started to hear....drip, drip. I kept thinking it was going to only sprinkle, but it began to get more intense. Dan and I were wondering if the tent was going to hold up. I had decided to try to go to sleep, and about that time, a loud thunder hit and rocked the whole mountain. Soon followed lightning strikes, and Dan sat up and said, "We're out of here!" So we grabbed the kids, put them in the car, grabbed blankets, sleeping bags, and pillows and didn't know what to do with the tent. By this time, the tent and both of us were completely saturated!! So we left it! We got home, spread out the wet bedding and crawled into our own beds. I felt bad for Bailey and told her we were sorry we had to go home. She said, "it's ok, we still get to eat cereal for breakfast!!" This was a lot of work for her only concern to be the cold cereal for breakfast! The next morning we got up ate our cold cereal and headed back for the soggy tent. What a crazy 12 hours!!!