Duck Creek

Brady and Colin found logs, they were so strong, they carried them back to the cabin to throw them around.

Adult game playing, and yes I am sure Marcus is making that face on purpose!!

The Chicken Squakers, Super Grandma Cusick brought a craft for the kids, these things really sound like chickens! We made them when I was little with grandma, and now she has made then with my kids too, she is the BEST! (courtney helped too!!)

The boys caught 5 horney toads, all tiny, and yes I brougth them all home! I, who refuses any pets, now have these things, as well as crickets in my house. I have yet to touch them. Brady put one in the fish bowl last night, he thought he had killed it and was so happy when he realized it was not dead!

Jeff caught this fish!!! It was huge! We let it go, but not until I drove back to the cabin for a camera! When he first jerked the pole the fish pulled so hard that his reel broke off the fishing pole. So with Heidi holding the pole Jeff backed up and reeled as fast as he could, Colin and I ran to get the net, adn Marcus grabbed the thing when it came out of the water! We were all very excited, clapping and making fools of oueselves! It was pretty fun.

The two smallest Cusick's, Cody and Krew. The are about 2 months apart, and both such sweet good babies!

My Family, I LOVE these BOYS! btw, the hike was very short, as the BYU vs. OU game was on in 10 minutes.... Even on vacation Jeff can't miss a game....needless to say after the BYU win he was a very 'happy camper'!!

The Cusick family (now just my parents kids) had our first official family reunion last weekend. We went to a cabin in Duck Creek, above Cedar City. We had such a great time, forget about all the mice in the ceiling, and the not sleeping because we have too many babies, it was a blast!

My Boys

Brady has a new hobby, he likes to draw pictures of himself! They both laid on this paper to be traced, then colored in their own faces, etc. It's pretty funny to see where Brady puts eyes and noses, he does a pretty good job!
Zach loves the garbage.... he'll take food, paper dishes, whatever, out of it. This is the go-gurt box. He dug it out and thought it looked like a cool hat! He was so proud of himself!

Brady is our fish baby, here he is in goggles looking up at me! I asked him lask week what he was going to do as a talent for our family reunion. "oh, just my sick moves", he followed that up with a short break dance....pretty funny kid!

Utah Trip

Went to Utah for my ten year reunion, had alot of fun with Family!

Herriman has a lake....kind of....a retention pond you can swim in. It is so fun. We went with Sorenson's (and my sis!) the kids had a blast.
Courtney and her two babies

Colby & Beaners

On the way home we stopped at Thanks Giving Point. Their petting zoo is the best, there were 2 baby cows and a baby pony. Brady loved the ponies, but was terrified of the bigger horses! Zach wanted to be in the pens with all of the animals.

Lainey Bug

Fish Lake

My family reunion every year is in Fish LakeUT, we love it! This year we bought a tent trailer, which was awesome, except that we had two leaks in the roof. We used Costco diapers and duct tape to fix it, worked like a jem!
My boys waiting out the rain!

Brady went fishing for the first time, they went from 7 am - noon! He caught the bigger of the two fish, but would not touch it.... "This fish has teeth, mom!" this was as close as he'd get to it! But he loved watching it be gutted, sick! We kept it in foil in the garage freezer for weeks, he'd show it to everyone who came over.

Here we all are on our boat ride. Brady drove the boat, and Zach leaned over the edge, a little too scary for me, it was a short ride.

Zach's famous 'Mad Face'. He would yell, "mama!" and do the face, but as soon as I looked at him he'd laugh so hard the face was ruined!

We had so much fun. I didn't really see Brady all week, he played with friends at our camp site, and cousins at the motels. (he learned to say, "I hate you!" which was the only down side!)

Jeff fished, and I sat around with cousins all week, nothing better.

4th, again!

(out of order) After the dinner we all stayed at the church and watched the city's fireworks. Which was perfect because we were a few blocks from the fireworks, so there was very little noise, but the view was amazing! Zach loved the fireworks, just like the rodeo he was a spas, he learend to say, "POP, and Boom!" He was pooped by the time we left!

The Wards in AZ got together and had a great BBQ, and kids parade around the church house, I totally remember doing this as a kid, so I was very excited! We decorated scooters, and headed out!

Brady had to wait for the pledge of allegiance, and raising of the flag. He popped 4 of his balloons in the process.

And yes, I was part of the parade, I pulled Brady the last lenght of the square!

Thanks to Jeremy and Emily for letting us stay with them, we had such a great time! (minus the not sleeping, but thats my kids' fault)!

4th, still...

Brady figured out how to stick his Flags in his hat, which was pretty creative I thought!

Zachine really liked the animals in the parade, and he also waved his flag quite a bit!

Who is that?? You are correct, Senator McCain!! And guess what? I SHOOK HIS HAND!!! It was like meeting a celebraty. and also the closest I am sure, I will ever get to someone who was almost in the White House... I was a little overly excited, too bad Jeff missed getting ME in the shot!

The only down side was that there weren't any floats, and there was no candy!!! WHAT!!??

4th of July and Senator Mccain

Prescott Arizona is a beautiful little town, and where we spent the 4th this year, with Jeff's Brother Jeremy and his family. I was so much fun! We went the the Rodeo, half of us left early, kids, ya know! But the boys liked what they did see.

When the horses first came out Zach about died he was so excited! He screamed, jumped up and down and clapped and pointed like a crazy person! Oh, and he attacked Jer's head, I guess it was in the way! Sorry Jer!

We went on a hike, which was beautiful. Brady loved it until he faked ( i think ) a tummy ache on the way out. Lucky his dad is so nice and carried him!

There was a couple in the hike with metal detectors, they had found a bunch of bullet shells, and let the kids choose one each, thanks!

Gracie, Brady, and Whitney, mountain climbers extraordinaires!