Some things...

We have been busy, busy, busy. Here are just a few things we have been doing!

Christian and I got to help take the youth out boating for mutual. The water was so-so when we got out there and eventually turned really bad! We were stuck in a storm with 3 other boats where the rain was coming down in sheets and sheets and sheets of water! It was crazy! Lucky for us, we had cool and calm young men with us that weren't (or didn't appear to be) scared or worried. After the rain let up a bit, we headed back to the dock. It felt like razor blades were hitting out skin as we drove in the rain. when all the boats were back and accounted for, we bbq'ed and enjoyed the evening.

Carson catching some air on the tube!

Carson with his friends Jacob, Braxton, Jacob and Parker.

The Park County Fair came to Powell. We went with grandma Foulger over one afternoon to look at the animals and enjoy the fair food!

Travis found a toad in his window well. The boys returned it back to the window well only to not be able to find it the next day. They made a little grave for it and had a little ceremony. The next day when they went to check on the "grave" he was back! The toad had aparantly burrowed down under the soil so that they couldn't find it!

Rupert the horse

While we were out of town for District baseball, we went and looked at a horse in Lander that sounded like it would be a good kids horse. We drove out to look at it before Travis's game. Landon and Carson both gave it a try and liked it, so we decided to take it! Landon was beyond excited to finally have a horse! We picked it up Saturday after all of Travis's games and took it to it's new home in Grandpa Asay's pasture. We were hoping that it would have been early enough for the boys to ride him when we dropped him off, but it was dark. 

So, Monday for family home evening, they saddled up horses and went for a little ride to see how he did with other horses. They had a good ride, minus the flies and mosquitos!

Off to ride. Travis got to ride Rupert first since he wasn't there when we checked him out.

While they were on their ride, they discovered a nest of birds under a cow pie.

The people we bought him from said his name was Stan, and since that's grandpa Asay's name, we figured we had better change it. The Asay's tend to name their horses after the person they bought it from, and the man's name was Ryan. We have a friend whose name is Rupert Ryan, so we decided to call the horse Rupert.

Braces

Travis got his first round of braces off today! They look so good and I can't wait to see what his smile looks like after he gets the next round on and off, but that won't be for a couple of years...

Districts baseball

Travis's baseball season is officially over for this year. The Mustang's team competed at he Districts tournament this weekend in Riverton, winning the consolation bracket. It really wasn't the finish they wanted (we really should have finished in the top two), but they came back to end on a good note.

Our first game was played the weekend before in Powell against Riverton. We beat them 7-6 after being up 6-1 most of the game. Winning that game meant we didn't have to be in Riverton until Thursday for his game. Travis traveled down with Rael's so we could wait for Carson to get home from camp. He actually threw up in their car on the way down, but luckily they had enough time to recoup from being car sick before they played. We met up with Christian (who had been working in Riverton) and drove to Lander to look at horse before the game. 

They played against a good Cody team and lost 10-0. We really struggled to bat and that really hurt us.  That evening, they team got together for pizza for dinner.

Ready for some baseball!

 Friday, we ended up playing Rock Springs. We had played them two weeks earlier and beat them by mercy rule, so we figured they would win. They struggled again, and they ended up loosing 1-6. After loosing that game, the team had the option to be done, or continue to play in the consolation bracket. The boys decided they wanted to keep playing and would play more on Saturday. The boys had a blast hanging out together, swimming, playing whiffle ball and just running around being boys that day. In the evening, the league took all the boys (and families came along) to see the movie The Lion King and then took the boys out for dinner at Arby's.

Playing whiffle ball in the courtyard at the hotel.

Saturday, we started the day by watching the 12U team play in the Championship game and win it! After their game, the Mustang's played the same Riverton team we had played our first game of the tournament. They were able to beat them 4-0, which meant they played again, right after that game against Bridger Valley. The boys played well and beat them 16-0, making them the consolation bracket winners. It was great to see them end the season on a good note. They really had a great season and they were so fun to watch. I'm always thankful for the coaches that put so much time into coaching. Travis had some great coaches again this year and it really helped him to grow!

The ride to Lander to pick up the horse proved to be the best time for a nap!

Scout camp

Carson got back Thursday from scout camp. This year, the combined with another ward and decided to go to the Big Horns, over by Shell, to stay. They left Monday morning and were home Thursday afternoon, just in time for him to hop in the shower and take off for baseball.

It sounded like they had a good time and the food was really good! They got rained on one night, making their stuff wet, and had a moose come through camp another night. They did lots of fishing and even hiked way back into a lake to fish. Carson said he was able to catch 6 fish while they were there..not as many as last year. They also got to canoe, rappel, and just hang out. 

The lake they hiked up to fish in. Carson said the hike was really steep and long...

Picnic at 5 Springs

After church today, we ran up the mountain to have foil dinners with grandpa and grandma Foulger and Jason (Cassie was out of town). The boys had a blast being in the mountains exploring and building forts. We cooked and enjoyed our foil dinners just in time for a storm to come through and dump rain on us. We waited it out under a tree to try and stay dry. After it had passed, we cleaned up our campsite and then headed to hike up the falls at 5 Springs.

Landon on top of a huge rock by our campsite.

Travis built himself a pretty good little fort.

Dinner time!

Landon and I took a time out for some snuggles in the hammock.

 

Our family at the falls at 5 Springs

Geode hunting

For a family outing, we decided to head out into the hills and try to find some geodes. Christian's uncle, Eric, and shown him where he used to go and find geodes.  We searched around for a while before finding a couple of good ones. After geode hunting, we grilled some dogs for dinner and enjoyed the evening together.

Searching the hillside for geodes.

The boys caught a blue belly lizard and carried him around for quite a while before releasing him.

Found one!

There were lots of broken pieces of geodes all over. The boys had fun seeing the different kinds of crystals.

Another one!

Dry Head

 Today we helped grandpa Asay take his cows into Dry Head for their Summer pasture. Christian and three of his brothers left at 5:30 to get started. The rest of us left around 9 to catch up to them. It was super windy, but warm and the cows moved better than they have since I've been around (we were back around 3:30). The boys all rode horses (probably not as much as they wanted to because there are so many grandkids now) and 4-wheelers. We didn't do hamburgers this year, but we enjoyed grandma's special ham sandwiches for lunch.

The cows coming into Dead Man.

We get to come to the most beautiful place when we come here!

Landon with the horney toad cousin Chloe caught.

The push into the last gate!

My cowboys!