Brennan's Swimming 2011

Brennan did great in his swimming class. He loves the dolphin kick and his front crawl is getting stronger.

2011 Greenwell Family Reunion

June 23-26, 2011 was the Greenwell Family Reunion. This year is was at the North Fork campground in Ogden canyon. There were 225 people there, tons of trailers and lots of fun. Brennan had a blast riding his bike around. We only saw him when he was hungry :)

Here are a few pics from the campsite.

We put some ankle glow sticks on Caleb and it worked great! When it got dark we could see him wherever he went.

Women Artists

Last night I was watching a documentary about women artists.
"Who does she think she is?"
It was so eye opening. I loved the strong women that were featured in the film.

People on the streets were asked to name 5 female artists - and no one could!
At the school of Visual Arts 80% of the students are female, yet 70 - 80% of artists featured in galleries and museums are male.

Volcano in Syracuse, UT

My boys and their friends have been working hard on our volcano hot spot in our back yard. They are getting really creative. Derek usually works on the bridges and lakes while Brennan engineers the eruptions. Jack digs new roadways. Caleb is the little destroyer and he loves to throw things into the lakes. It's so fun to see how much the boys enjoy playing in the sand creating their own world.

Derek Asleep

All three boys were playing on our mattress watching TV.  The next minute Derek is asleep. I'm not sure how he managed to sleep through all the bouncing and hitting!

Sand Head to Toe

Caleb got in the sand again.
This time head to toe. Bath time here we come, again!

Camping with the Kotters

We had a fun three-day camping trip (June 9-12) with our old friends, Jayson and Selina Kotter. We first met them when we lived in Clearfield (10 yrs. ago). We've stayed friends since then and we were excited to go camping together. They have two boys, Kaiden and Paxton, and they also have a trailer. We went camping up Ogden Canyon in the North Fork campground. It was amazing! Beautiful and right next to our campsite was a wooded area which the boys quickly claimed as their FORT. The boys had a blast making a "camp fire" in their fort and collecting sticks to use as weapons. Derek informed me that they had "two bathrooms in their fort." I said, "Wow, two bathrooms." And yes, as it goes with boys, Brennan comments, "Well mom, it's just too far to walk all the way to the trailer." I guess a designated spot is better than no designation at all, right?

As soon as we got to camp, Brennan and Shaun take-off on their bikes. First Shaun wrecks and the next morning Brennan wrecks. We had it down to a science. Wash, alcohol wipes, neosporin, and bandaids. Derek tripped and was proud that he had a scrape too.

Kaiden caught a fuzzy caterpillar and Derek loved just looking at it.

Caleb discovered root beer. He LOVES it. 

He'd walk around camp looking for open cans.

I loved the red and blue jammies. 

I could see Caleb very easily through all the brush.

Jayson had an infected toe. We convinced him to soak it in Epson salt and by the second day, he didn't have to limp all over camp anymore.

Caleb's BFF, Ryan Boyer. Ryan was one of the priests when Clint was Young Men's President. Ryan is great with kids and Caleb was just a baby when we started having Ryan and the other YM over on Sunday nights. Ryan always holds Caleb and Caleb adores Ryan. 

Derek thought the fire was tooooo hot!

"I'm just sitting here, minding my own business."  Caleb

Quick, grab the can and drink as much as you can, as fast as you can.

"I hope no one sees me and takes this can of root beer away from me!" 

Caleb, 2 yrs. old