My lil Racoon!

I got this outfit for Kamdyn and I just love it! Had to share the pics!

Hurdsman Grandkids

This is all the kids on Ryan's side of the family. They are (from right to left) Keaton and Kamdyn, Kyler, Travyn, Kyce, Brooklyn, Nate, MaShayla and Cody, Natalie.

Robert and Kyler

This is a true story of friendship that has a tragic ending. There once was a boy named Kyler. He was a very loving boy that all the animals loved. One day, at the Carpenter family reunion, he found a grasshopper. He named him Robert. All day long that lil grasshopper hung out with Kyler, just sitting on his shirt or head. They had so much fun that day. Well that evening, a storm came. And it got really dark & really cold. It was too cold for poor Robert & he died. Kyler cried & cried until he fell asleep. But while Robert was alive, he found a lifelong friend in Kyler!

My family....

We took this pic at our family reunion. We are only missing 5 of us. Tim, Dana, John, Hailee, and Camryn. Hopefully next time we can get everyone!

Class is in Session!!

MaShayla and Keaton went back to school on Aug. 26th. They were a lil bit excited to say the least, the very least! LOL!! Even Keaton was ready to go back! MaShayla is in 4th grade this year and has Mr. Argyle and Keaton is in 2nd grade and has Mr. Erickson. We are VERY thrilled and thankful for those teachers. They are both in our ward and AWESOME AWESOME teachers!!

Mirror Lake and Provo River Falls

On Monday we decided to go to Park City....the only thing was, we decided to take the LONG way. So we went to Evanston with our lil family and one "adopted" daughter, Abbey. Got gas and lunch at McDonalds then headed out past the movie theaters and through Hilliard. Traveled up to Mirror Lake and let the kids play in the water for a minute and took some pictures.

Then we traveled a lil further up the road to Provo River falls. It is absolutely beautiful there! Very awesome! Ryan kept saying this is so awesome, this is so neat! I told him I was going to count how many times he said awesome that day. He didn't think I was very funny!! LOL!!

Then we traveled from there through the rest of wasatch national forest and there was a moose right there on the side of the road. So I got out and took pics. Honestly, this moose wasn't further than 20 feet away from me! Then we went into Kamas and up to Park City. It only took us 4.5 hours to get to Prak City but the drive was beautiful!!

Family Pics..

So I decided we needed some fam pics with lil Kam in them so I did our own in our front yard. Not the best but they turned out ok.

2 months old already??

I can't believe Kamdyn is already 2 months old! Where has the time gone?!! On the 12th he weighed 12 lbs. 9 oz and was 23" long. I can't believe how big he is getting!!

MaShayla's 1st styles review!

This was MaShayla's first year modleing in 4-H. She did very well and I was very proud of her. Her quilt also took Reserve Champion but I don't have a pic of it yet....

Mountain Trip

On August 1st we decide to take a trip to the mountains and have a picnic lunch. It was a lot of fun and the kids thought it was the neatest thing. We are truly blessed to have such beautiful country so close! We started out by going to state line dam, then we went to marsh lake and ate lunch and let the kids play in the water. Then back in the expedition and up to china meadows, then back down and to bridger lake. Then we took the turn off to Henry's fork and turned and came home through Lonetree. It was quite a trip but VERY fun!

What Kamdyn did most of the trip....