The Blueberries

It is official...I am now a soccer mom! I say that with pride because Macie is quite the soccer player. She even scored the first goal for the team! Her team consists of some of the neighborhood girls and they have an absolute ball (no pun intended)!

Macie and Madi doing a few drills before the game started.

Paden wanted to play too, so he brought his soccer ball, "shin guards", elbow pads and helmet. He was a little disappointed when they escorted him off the field so the game could start.

Macie is number 7 like John Elway Daddy tells her...

Macie getting ready to kick off.

Team cheer at the end of the game!

Two Dollar Tuesdays Rock!

The whole month of August the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point has $2 Tuesdays. We took advantage of one of those Tuesdays (along with the rest of Utah!)

Madi, Tyli and Mylie joined us!

The two stroller buddies...

Paden riding some sort of dino...

At first I thought we were at Universal Studios and then read that sharks used to be this big!

Have ya missed me?

We have been extremely crazy here at the Chamberlain house and I am finally getting around to updating the old blog so here we go....

La Platta: we took our camping trailer out the 2nd weekend in August. This is where my parents camp the entire summer. Although it was August, it was freezing cold. It even rained a little on us. We had a great time! La Platta is an old silver mining town that now is just a place for people to camp and party...they do have old mines and cabins from the old established town.

A valley overlooking South Fork. It really is beautiful

This is the phone tree...the only place you can get phone reception in the whole dang place...You will often see people stopped here checking their cell phones.

Paden at the old silver mines.

Mom and Hadlie freezing their tails off!

Macie and Paden learned how to put sticks in the fire (Sorry Smokey).

Our new tent trailer!!

We bought (as Paden calls it) a "New, old tent trailer". To break it in, we went up to Raspberry Days at Bear Lake...actually we stayed in Montpelier. We went up to Jackson Hole on Friday and on Saturday we went into Bear Lake to shop and hang out and hung out in the trailer until just before dinner time. Then we found an old-time photo place and decided to go take a crack at that. After that, most of us went up to Star Valley, Afton to hike up to Periodic Springs. It was one of the most beautiful hikes I have ever gone on! Here are some pictures from our jaunt!

This baby is in immaculate condition!

Johnson & Johnson, I think I found your next baby model! Isn't she cute?

This Buffalo wandered into Jackson Hole and decided to graze on Paden's hair...

This is one mean looking bear!

We found this Indian just hanging out in an alley...he kind of freaks you out if you don't know he is there.

Here is Macie at the base of the Periodic Springs Hike.

Hadlie and I starting the hike.

This is half way up the hike, look how blue the water is, it was so pretty.

This is the top of Periodic Springs.. In the late summer through winter, this water stops and restarts every 12-18 minutes.

I would recommend this hike to anyone who happens through Afton on their way to Jackson...it was a fairly easy hike (about 1 mile) and beautiful the entire way up!

Stay tuned for more adventures with our new trailer...

Lagoon Trail

Today Paden, Hadlie and I walked Lagoon Trail. Here are a few pictures under this cool looking bridge.

What have we been up to you ask...

June and July may as well be December for us...not because of the cold weather, but because we are so stinking busy and spend so much money in these months! Here are a few of the many things that have happened since I last blogged (out of order, but you get the idea)...

Paden's Madagascar Pool Party...we celebrated Paden's 4th birthday at Grandpa's pool! The highlights are in this collage which consist of swimming, a hot dog bar, some awesome presents, and a new 4-wheeler for Paden!

We spent a couple weeks rennovating the kids' rooms. We switched the girls room with Paden's because it was bigger. It gave me a chance to paint and redecorate! There are still a few things I want to add, but I need to save up for them!

Father's Day and Ben's b-day always land in the same week, along with both my dad and stepdad's birthdays as well. The little picture is of a "lawn mower" cupcake that the kids made for all the dad's on Father's Day...Take special note of Ben's awesome tie that Macie made him in her Summer Safari Preschool. (Thanks for the laugh Jodi!)

And last, but certainly not least...Macie learned to ride a bike without her training wheels!!! She keeps on telling us, "Mom and Dad, I am just so proud of myself!" She is doing great and is getting better every day!

I hope you enjoyed this little insight into our busy summer. There are quite a few more things that have happened, but come on, I don't want to overwhelm you or me for that matter!

S'more Please!

Ben got a fire pit for his birthday along with a few other staples...marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate! We spent the night out on our deck cooking up messes and having a great time!

The fire pit smelled just like we were out camping.

Macie loved eating the S'mores...you can tell by her sticky face,

Hadlie stuck to the graham crackers...

and Paden stuck to the Marshmallows.

I tried one and forgot how yummy they actually are. All of you dieters out there will be sad to hear that I had a second one because the first just wasn't enough!