Honey Harvest!

This is our second year harvesting our honey! Dan's becoming quite the bee keeper!  The crazy thing is how much he enjoys it, even after the inevitable bee stings that come with the job!  We all got together at Nate and Christy's garage again, they are so nice to let us invade for the day!  Then Dan and Nate worked hard spinning the honey combs.  It was a little slow going this year because it was cooler which makes the honey thicker so it doesn't flow as fast.  Nate and Christy made yummy, yummy scones which we dipped into our fresh honey!  Dan's like the 'Little Red Hen' in this area, because he does all the hard work and I just enjoy the spoils!!  It's nice to switch roles for once!!  We got 10 gallons of honey, and should get a little more, because he's got another hive to harvest which wasn't quite capped full.  Our honey is darker and richer in color this year.  We've wondered where those little bees have been?

We've Had a Fun Summer!

 Summer has left and fall has finally creeped in and brought with it that sweet fall smell and coolness to the air! What a sigh of relief fall always seems to be.  I live in the perfect place for me, I do not love the heat, so Cache Valley and it's crisp springs and falls, and bitter cold winters is definately the place for me!! We've had such a fun summer! We were able to go on some bike rides and a few canyon camp overnighters!  We love doing both with friends!  Here we are with Matt and Jen and their kids!  Dan bought us a little pop up camper which has been so nice this summer to be able to sleep in it instead of a tent!  It has made camping with kids so much easier!

 

Our drive home!

  After staying in Palm Springs we drove back to St. George and stayed overnight then played the next day before going home!  Our kids did so good in the car!  Such a long drive for little ones!  Sophia did pretty good also!  On the last stretch she was sick of it!  Grandma Brenchley had sent some fun crafts to do in the car, and I had tons of crayons, activity books and DVD's.  The road trip couldn't have gone any better! 

Legoland!

 Legoland was amazing!  We did Legoland on Tuesday and then headed out to stay at Dan's cousin's house in Palm Springs.  This was my kids favorite thing in California, we had so much fun, and were able to do almost everything that was there!  Legoland has a swim resort, and aquarium which was really fun.  There were all sorts of aquariums with fun lego guys in scuba gear and submarines so fun! We didn't do the swim resort, but there is a swim park inside the original Legoland anyway, where you can swim and play with the water!  Sophia and I did it while we waited for the kids to go on a ride!  I am so glad we did Legoland this visit, it was perfect for my age kids.  Brodyn did his first big roller coaster!  I laughed the entire ride because at the start he was just chattering his little head off but as soon as we hit the first big dip, he went silent and was pretty silent the rest of the ride! I think it really surprised him! It made him nervous but afterwards he loved it and went again with Dan!