The 4th of July!

The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays!
If you can't tell by how we are all dressed in our
RED, WHITE, & BLUE!
We don't do anything extreme on the the fourth
but the traditional BBQ and fireworks.
Our BBQ was at my parents house, we had my mom's
side of the family come over this year and it was fun to
be with everyone. We always like to watch for the F16
fighter jets that fly over the stadium of fire. This year was
really neat they came right over my mom's house and
they came slow enough that we could see them really good.
It was way cool!

After dinner we went over to Thanksgiving Point for their
Fireworks! Wow, if we would have known that our kids would
be as scared of them as they were we would have stayed farther
away. We did have a good spot that was right under them and
between the loud noise they make and the kids thinking that
they were going to fall on them, lets just say that we left early.
As we left we stop ed and the kids did like seeing them from
a distance and so in the end they did like them somewhat and
we did beat the traffic jam afterwards.


Halie, Gavin, & Grady looked so cute in their patriotic outfits!
I am so grateful for our Freedom and our Country!
Wow, it is so hard these days to get a good family picture.
To get all three kids to smile is a joke and to even get them
to look is hard enough.
Oh well, I still thought this was a cute picture.

Branson's Blog

Here is the link to a blog that was made to honor Branson Jack Call.

www.bransonjackcall.com

You can also access this by the link under family and friends.

Branson Jack Call

Natalie and Rob Call, (Jed's sister and brother-in-law) Have been awaiting the day to have a child of their own. They have been through a lot in the past 6 years. Branson Jack Call was scheduled to come on July 1st 2008. The day before that they went in for a routine visit and the doctors couldn't find little Branson's heartbeat. This has been a very hard thing to understand and to know what our Heavenly Father has in store. Natalie and Rob are so grateful to all of the prayers and thoughts that have been given in their behalf. Listed below is the information about the funeral that will be on Thursday July 17th, 2008 in Richfield, Utah. Any of you that plan on attending if you would please let me know so that I can give a ballpark headcount for the dinner afterwards. Thank you again for all of your love and prayers.

Branson Jack Call
On July 1st, 2008 the pure, sweet spirit of Branson was called back to his Heavenly Father. He valiantly returned to serve his special mission. We will forever be changed by his example and spirit that has touched our lives.

Branson is survived by:
His parents, John Robert and Natalie Anderson Call
Grandparents, Gordon and Jackie Anderson;
Russell and Kimberly Call
Great Grandparents, Jack and Ardella Kyhl
Dean Anderson
John and Leola Skouson
Don and Laree Call
And many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
He was proceeded in death by his great-grandmother Anita Anderson.

Memorial Services will be held on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Magleby Mortuary. Friends and Family can call at the mortuary between 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Richfield City Cemetery.

Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary

Our Trip to Flaming Gorge

Last week we took a trip with my family and some friends that I grew up with to Flaming Gorge. It was such a good time and great to get away for a few days. Although it was a long trip in getting there. It is about a four to five hour drive and lets just say it took us around nine and then when we arrived they had given up our campsite to someone else. Wow, don't mess with us after we had been in the car all day and we are tired and now we have to set up camp in the dark. We had to go to another campsite for the first night and then we moved back to the original site for the remaining four nights. On the way we stopped in Vernal and went to the dinosaur museum. The kids needed to get out of the car and we had some time to waist while my dad fixed the broken boat trailer wheel. Once we got there and settled the fun began. We are lucky enough to have a boat that my dad has had since he was a teenager. This boat is now thirty years old, but hey it works great and it can pull around a skier or two! It was a blast! My kids have not been out on the boat much and so Halie (of course) was very scared and nervous that we would tip over whenever we stopped and the boat would rock back and forth. Gavin took a little bit of convincing that it was going to be okay after his experience at Yuba Lake, but after a little bit he was loving watching all of the boys get out there and ski, wake board, and tube. Jed had a good time as well. His goal was to learn how to slalom. This is where you start out on two skies and once you get comfortable you kick off one of the skies and put both feet into one ski. After many crashes and swallowing a bucket or two of water he did it! He was so excited and his victory picture is in the collage above. We were there on a Sunday and so after church we went to the Flaming Gorge Dam and took the tour. It was very interesting and very pretty up there. My dad bought his grand kids some fish food, because at one point in the tour you can feed the fish that are in the Green River. The kids really enjoyed that. I realized on this trip just how much you do for your kids entertainment and enjoyment! Sleeping in the car and then a tent for five nights with my four month old that doesn't stop moving in the night is not my idea of a great time. My parents friends that went have kids too but they are all older. Although Halie and Gavin loved thinking that they were as old as the other kids are. They had fun at night playing hide and seek and sitting by the campfire. Camping is a lot of work but a lot of fun. I love my family and was grateful for the fun time that we had making some memories that hopefully they will remember.

Strawberry Days 2008

We love it when Strawberry Days comes around. There are so many fun activities and fun things to see. We started off the week with the baby contest. I decided to go to the baby contest with some of my friends.

Here is Elise & Reed, Grady & me, & Amy & Savannah!

Even though they didn't win we think that they are pretty darn cute.

Our next activity was Huck Finn Day!

My kids look forward to going to Huck Finn Day because they have all kinds of fun games, pony rides, face painting and a pond to catch your own fish in. My kids were a little nervous about the real fish in the pond so they didn't do much swimming or looking for fish.

They loved the face painting and the little games.

Here is Halie waiting patiently for her turn at the fishing pond!

Here is Gavin enjoying his prize at the fishing pond game!

Here is my sweet and very happy baby just along for the ride!

Well we worked up an appetite after all of those fun games and all that we decided to go and get a burger at the burger stand at the carnival.

To our surprise we fell in love with the chef right away.

Sales must be a little slow!!!

Jed was very good to help out a friend that was

left to run the burger stand all on his own. What a guy!

Taking orders, and money and getting drinks and keeping all of the orders straight...

Piece of cake for the professional!

On Saturday we went to the Strawberry Days Parade! This is my kids favorite thing of course because they get lots of candy thrown at them. Halie loves to watch the princesses come on their pretty floats. (the royalty floats) We had a lot of fun even though it was a bit warm.

Our last and final activity of the week was the RODEO! This was the first rodeo that we have taken our kids to. They really enjoyed it and were entertained the entire time. We had a great week spending time together with family and friends.
Gavin with his uncle Jake!

My brother Matt and his wife Brooke and their little boy Jayden!

Father's Day Weekend and Our Big Scare!

Father's day weekend was such a blast. We went down to Richfield to spend Father's Day with Jed's family. It is always so much fun to go to Richfield and get away from our regular routine. Gordon and Jackie (Jed's mom and dad) are such great cooks. They both love to cook and plan meals that whenever we go to their home we are well fed and the food is always fabulous.
Father's Day is really special to me because I have the world's greatest dad. My dad has always been there for me whenever I need him. He is such a great role model as well. My dad has taught me so many valuble lessons in my life that have helped me. I love you dad!!!
I have been so blessed to have Jed as the Father to my children. He is so loving and caring. Halie and Gavin love it when daddy comes home. They love to stand around the corner in the kitchen and wait for him to come through the door so that they can scare him. Jed had a "dad moment" the day before Father's Day. This moment is not one that you want to have though. The Saturday before we went out to Yuba lake with Jed's older brother Dustin and his family, Jed's mom and dad, and his younger brother Ryan. We were out on the lake all day long. We all had such a great time. We set up camp on the side of the lake and took turns on the boat. At the end of the day we were all loaded up and ready to head to the dock. We decided to let the little boys have one more ride on the tube. Ryan wanted to ride with the three little boys. We started going and we were going a little too slow because the front of the tube caught the water and tipped the tube straight up. Everyone started to slide off of the tube. Gavin was in the middle so as he slid down the tube his leg got caught in the strap on the front of the tube. At first Gavin hit the water and just floated, and then all of a sudden he went under the water and was not coming up. I have never been so scared in my life. My little boy was caught under the water and could not get up. Well just as I was about to jump out of the boat Jed jumped over me and into the water. Jed's adrenaline kicked in pretty quick. Jed was to the tube in a matter of seconds although it felt like minutes to me. Jed had to pull Gavin out of the strap and then up out of the water. Gavin was pale and all that he would say was, " I falled in the water and swallowed lots of water mom." So as I held him the rest of the way back to the dock I was just waiting for him to throw up all of the water that he had swallowed, but he never did. He fell asleep instead. When we got to the car I woke him and he wanted some Cheetos and started throwing rocks again and everything was fine. We were so blessed that day. Our prayers were answered, that morning we prayed for safety and that is what we were so blessed to have. It all happened so fast that it is amazing to me how fast something tragic can happen. Jed was so grateful that day to be a dad and that his children were safe.