Happy Belated Pioneer Day!

Monique, Tom's sister, decided we should all celebrate Pioneer Day. It was a great idea. The kids husked corn and we made butter. We even had fish for lunch. Here are several pictures of us shaking our creme to make our butter. The kids loved it and so did Tom.

I love it too. The butter tasted so good. I think I might start making my butter now. There is not salt or any other stuff put in it. I don't know if it is healthier but it seems like it would be. Plus you get a good arm work out every time you need more butter. I may be crasy but I might keep making my own. If you haven't made homemade butter, all you do is get creme and shake for about 20 minutes. It was way cool. Thanks Monique!

Was everyone I know born in July?

I'm not even gonna try to list everyone I know born in July because I will definitely leave someone out and tick them off. Let me just say that like half of my family has July birthdays. So happy birthday to everyone born in July.

However, I can't just leave it at that, see, because Natalie's birthday was July 11th. Yes, I know that has come and gone, but we were camping that weekend, so lay off. Anyway, I just wanted to take a minute to wish Natalie a happy birthday and to tell her to just make up her mind as to what she wants already! Natalie is an awesome wife and an amazing mother. I've never met a more patient person in my life. Seriously, it drives me crazy at times. How can one person put up with so much crap from one guy for so long? Anyway, I love her and know you do too, so call her and wish her a happy birthday. She won't care that you're a week late (yeah, she's that patient).




Gosh, I used to be so good with words..... what the crap happened?

Oregon

We made it home from Oregon. We had a great time. Here is Tom being amazed at how berries grow wild on the side of the road! This is taken at a rest stop on our way to Oregon.

We got to go to an orchard a pick berries. This is one thing that I am jealous that we do not have in AZ. You can go pick fresh raspberries and for a bucket full pay only $5.
Brecken loved the berries but he would not eat any that we not the perfect shape.
Karsten kept eating the berries off the ground. A little dirt don't hurt!
We went to a fountain and let the kids play. This was a cool fountain because the water came in and out like waves.
We ventured up to the coast for the 4th of July. It was beautiful. The boys loved the ocean. They loved running away from the waves. They didn't realize that in Oregon there are "Sneaker Waves". You think that you are far away from the wave but it just sneaks up on you. First Karsten went in! (Here is my lovely boot protection!)Then Brecken! The water was cold. Luckily we brought another set of clothes to change into.We all loved the beach. We even got the fire some of our own fireworks out into the ocean after dark.

Here are a few fun and funny stories about our trip:

1. Tom got 2 speeding tickets. Therefore driving cost the same amount as flying.

2. We hiked 2 miles to get to the beach. We had no idea it took that long to get there. It was fun though.

3. We ventured to a new beach for our firework show and got our car stuck in the sand.

4. Tom learned that you can not put 3 morters (fireworks) in a shooter at the same time.

5. The Columbia river is about 100 miles and is beautiful to drive by.

6. Brecken learned the "Scare Crow" baseball throwing technique from his cousins and still sleeps with his mit that they gave him.

We had a great time on our trip.

Fun in Utah

We are having a great time on our trip to Utah and Oregon. On our way up to Oregon we decided to stay a few days at my Grandma's in Utah. It is so beautiful up here. The weather is in the high 80s and nice and green. We enjoyed a few days with family and we are now on to the next part of our trip.
Heres the boys playing farm with my cousin Kevin. Kevin was a great play mate.
Oh how we love our Grandma Mary. She gives the boys rides and plays with them all the time. We also love our Papa Kurt, he too plays with the boys. (His picture didn't make it in the running for the blog.)

We are having a relaxing time and enjoying the beautiful weather. Can't wait for our next adventure. We should arrive in Oregon in about a 12 hour car ride. The boys did great on the way to Utah. Hopefully it is the same for Oregon.

What Moms Will Do for Their Children

I decided not to show you the nasty pictures of my nasty toe. Needless to say I broke my big right toe. Heres the story. I was getting Karsten off of a really high barstool chair and it started to fall over. Of course I held on to Karsten and the chair landed on my toe. It hurt so bad I buckled over and knocked Karsten's face into the counter. He was okay but crying. My toe hurt so bad I thought I was going to throw up. I debated on going to see the doctor because I always heard there is nothing you can do about a broken toe. I waited until the next day and decided I better go because it still really hurt. The doctor put a whole in the nail and drained a lot of blood out to relieve some of the pressure. Then he sent me for x-rays. I didn't find out until this morning that my toe is broken. Now I get to hobble around on a hard splint shoe for 4-6 weeks.

Anyways we leave to Utah and Oregon for 10 days tomorrow. I am excited to see our family. It will be a little interesting wearing my new shoe!!

Finally a New Post!

I have had some requests from several people to update our Blog. We have been really busy lately. About two weeks ago, Tom and I were priviledged to go on our stakes 4th year hike for Girls Camp. There were 17 girls and 4 leaders. We hiked 4 miles into a river raveen and camped by a little river. It was lots of fun. Some of the girls went swimming. The next day we hiked out of the raveen about 2 miles. One mile was straight up hill. It was a hard hike. We were rewarded that night by a nice steak dinner. The next morning we went canoeing. I had a great time. Tom was done with 14 yr old girls by the 3rd day. I wouldn't be surprised if he was asked to do it again, he would.

We have been also renevating Tom's parents back court yard and bathroom to get ready for Tom's Dad to come home. If you want to see pictures Megan has some great ones. Tom's dad, Bob, came home about two weeks ago. He is still not doing well but he enjoys being at home.

We also have been doing alot of swimming lately. I have felt like the worst mother ever because I enrolled Brecken in swim lessons. He hates it. He has always hated getting his face wet. He is taking a 2wk class that is four days a week. This is our first week. He is actually learning how to swim but still asks me every morning if he has to go to swim lessons. I don't know if he will ever like it.

Before todays swim lessons, Brecken was throwing a big fit about going. When we were almost there he finally stopped crying. We walked into swim lessons and everyone was out of the pool. Swim lessons had been cancelled because someone pooped in the pool. The teacher told Brecken what happened and he looked at me and said,"I am so happy!!" He didn't have to go to swim lessons today!

I feel like an awful mother making him go but it is really important that he knows how to swim. At least we only have 4 more lessons. I also think it is funny that Brecken is crying that he has to go to swim lessons and Karsten is crying because he can't go to swim lessons. Next year I will definitely enroll him.

Anyways, this is what is going on in the Bogle family. Sorry about the lack of photos but I can't seem to get me wireless photos to come up. When I can I will post some. I did have a few pictures that I can put up. Enjoy!