Pitt Family Adventures

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Brady

Brady hanging out on the floor. He is close to learning to crawl, won't be long.

A Wilde visit

Brady with Uncle Jaren.

Brady hanging at the lake. Don't they just make the coolest things for babies now!

Jenna wakeboarding!

Jenna and Joanna tubing.

Dad succeeded in helping them off.

Broc, Joanna and Brady were able to spend a couple of days with us after a family reunion that they attended in Bear Lake. We of course headed up to Pineview and had a lake day.

This picture didn't turn out to hot, I forgot to wear my glasses again, but the summer posts would not be complete without the release of the final Harry Potter book. We preordered two copies and they came Saturday about 2:00, by Sunday night Jaren and I had finished and The books were passed on to Doug and Jonas. So glad that wicked rumors of Harry dying were not true. I threatened to burn all my copies if she killed off the hero in a children's series. I thought I might even take a picture and send it to JK Rowling herself.

High Adventure Trip

Well, I sent a camera with the boys but they were so busy with all the fun filled activities at Flaming Gorge that they forgot to take pictures. But, they must have had a good time because this was the result. They must have really great youth leaders to tire out Jonas!

Pioneer Day

One of the things that Jaren and Jonas really like here is that fireworks are legal with certain holidays, Pioneer Day being one of them. I was really lame and forgot the camera when the Isom kids were here on the Fouth of July so this is dedicated to the Fourth and our Pioneers. Notice Doug can't help but over see and make sure everything is safe. Hope you all had great holidays this summer.

Jaren's Eagle

Jaren delivering the completed school kits.
The receipt for his donation. ALL DONE!

Grandma Goodner helping to sew the school kit bags.

Shelby helped too! A side note from Mama is that she also learned to appreciate a Bernina! That's my girl!

All the supplies gathered for the school kits. Our ward was wonderful with donations and thanks to all that helped with this!

Ian and Dane loading the bags. Dane had just got his mission call to Melbourne, Australia the week of the project and we got to hear all about what he already had learned. #1 that they say Melbun, not how it looks.

All the guys that came to help, It went really fast and we had pizza after.

Jaren recently finished his Eagle Project. It took a while to get organized with the house and everything with the move, but he is so glad to have it done. He loves to read so he chose to do school kits for third world nations with the LDS Humanitarian Center. It was cool to see his 57 kits added to the hundreds they had there waiting to be shipped. They are very particular about what goes in them and how the bags are made, for the very purpose of being used for a full year. It was a great project and we are proud of his efforts to help others. Thanks again to all who helped!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

New Braces

Jonas and Jaren both have braces so I figured we would show off their soon to be straight smiles. Jonas only as them on the top right now, the bottom will come later. Now they just need to remmeber to brush, brush, and brush some more.

My "Three Nephites"

Absolutely one of our favorite visitors is Cole Tyler, we have been blessed enough to have him come several times and this summer he came in time to attend our stakes youth conference with Jonas. They needed to dress in Book of Mormon costumes, so this is a picture of my "Three Nephites" all ready to go. Of course after three days without a bath the after picture is a little tired looking and dirty. Love those black toes, although Cole must have doesn't something for his to look so much better. This seemed to be a great experience and just from the highlights I heard a real testimony builder, complete with Christ coming to the Americas at 1:30 am when of course it would be pitch black dark. Thanks Cole for coming! He and Jonas then headed off for EFY in Provo and they were both smiling when I picked them up so I guess it was good.

Isom kids come for a visit

You can see Lagoon from our house and Shelby and I saw our house from the sky ride.
Shelby made this Patriotic Jello for the Fourth of July!

Well, just about everything we did I forgot the camera or it just didn't work to take it. We went to Lagoon, Cherry Hill, Pineview Reservoir,Fireworks, to see Ratatoille (not sure of the spelling), back to Cherry Hill, another movie Transformers with Papa, the Nickelkade in Provo, more Fireworks, and several trips to Artic Circle for ice cream cones. They also helped with Jaren's Eagle project, especially Shelby, but that is another post. Oh, when all the kids were here, we also made an attempt at tie dying, but I am not sure they turned out as well as I would have liked. Of course, I shouldn't forget Garin's solo in primary either, great job, everyone was so impressed that you would do it and feel so comfortable with our primary. We enjoyed every second that they were here and can't wait till they can come again. Janelle took pictures at the lake and I figured that I wouldn't duplicate, so you can check out her blog to see the lake fun.

New pool table

Yippee! We got a new pool table to fill up that huge space at the end of the basement. Garin and Shelby liked to play after a little instruction, not exactly built for small children to use, but these two are tall enough and were super careful. The boys are enjoying it!

Hunter Education

Jonas needed to take the Hunter Education course to hunt this year, so I figured I would take it to. Even though technically I am way to old to have to, since my birthday is before they started requiring them. At our first class I found out that I also needed to pass a shooting test, whoa, wait a minute, I haven't shot a gun for thirty years. But I bucked up and lo and behold I passed, and Jonas and I finished the course with a tied score. It was actually quite interesting and we plan on going to target practice again, especially since we can go just five minutes to this place up on the hill. This is Jonas with his certificate, all ready for the hunt this year.

Service pie

For a mutual activity they did a Service Scavenger Hunt, at Sister Orison's house, the team Jonas was on weeded and planted four flats of flowers. Her grandaughter was visiting and when the youth finished she told her grandma that they should get to take some rhubarb home. So Shauna cut some and gave it to the team. No one really knew what to do with it except Jonas and he jumped on the chance to take it home and use it. Here are his results, a scrumptious Strawberry Rhubarb pie. His dad was very pleased with his efforts! Jaren team actually won a prize, each got a can of cleanser. It was a great activity and they both had the best time as their teams scanned the neighborhood looking for good deeds to do.

Saturn smoothies

Jonas made these Saturn smoothies and wanted to take a picture. They get their name from the garnish. They were yummy for dessert. Jaren made a mango smoothie the next sunday but didn't think it qualified for a picture. They were both wonderful and they have tons more recipes to try.

Spring storm

We got a little spring storm which was a delight and we were excited to get. We had put out a bird feeder and Jonas and I got a kick out of nothing seemed to stop the birds. They have kept us busy refilling it and we now have finches, doves, quail, and some really cute little blue buntings. The hail came in the evening and as we were in the kitchen it sounded like we were in a popcorn popper so we checked out what was happening and found 1/2 inch hail on the back deck. That is the largest hail we have ever seen so we took a picture. I might add, I hope not to see any bigger!

Mother's Day

Jenna and Casey had just moved back to Provo before Mother's Day so they came up for dinner. It was great to see them and of course thanks to all my wonderful children who took the time to call and send cards, this mom greatly appreciated it.

Easter eggs

No matter how old the boys get, I still can't resist dying eggs. These are the only pictures I remembered to take at Easter. The boys dyed an egg for each person with their name on it for place markers. Grandma Goodner, Grandpa Goodner, and Great Grandma Gigi came for dinner and we had a great day and they loved the eggs the boys did for them.

Jonas' Birthday

Happy 15th Birthday to Jonas, we celebrated with his favorite cake and he couldn't wait to dig in!

Spring is Here!

We didn't have much of a winter, just real cold in January and not much snow. But a Hyacinth I planted after last Easter came up and smelled Heavenly. The cherry orchards were also in full bloom and I thought this was a cool shot with the church building behind the orchard. The cherries will be ready in July and we buy them from a little stand which is called the "Cherry Pit", they set it up right by the road and they are delicious. We can hardly wait!