Annual Sorensen Yellowstone Trip

The 2010 Annual Sorensen Yellowstone Trip was a blast like always. We all took a cooler of food (except Grandma took 3?!?!?!?) loaded up and headed out.
The weather was snowy and cold. Grandpa choose to watch us walk the hot pots. Arizona has made him a little whimpy.
We tried to pose the boys at the petrified tree. Way to short of attention span only two stood still.
Obviously, Sorensens can't read the "Do Not Splash Sign!"
Mandie has a way of making us cringe. Ha Ha Ha. Love that girl!Here is our road side picnic. We froze our butts off but had fun doing it.
I wonder if Grandma even notices that Jake is climbing into the exhibit?
The group is checking out the geography of it all. Ryan is feeling a little under the weather. Can you tell?
Here is our only board walk of the day!
You can see how cold it is in this picture. Hello does that kid have a Mom no coat and no zipper?
Colton at the Dragon's Cauldron.
Suzy the pack horse for the not so baby Oaklen.
We did see wildlife in the park....just mostly in our cars (Grandpa, Grandma, Paul, Debra, Ashley, Brax, Suzy, Ryan, Colton, Dagen, Oaklen, Pam, Paul2, Courtney, Jordon, Dono, Dec, Zayd, Jay, Mandie, Tanner, Austen, and Jake). Thanks everyone for a fun time!

Dagen's 7th Birthday

The little man is finally 7. He had a great busy day! We started with a waffle breakfast. Then we opened presents before school. Then driven to school with ding dongs for the class. Me and Ry took him to McDonald's for lunch. Then picked him up from school. Then it was home to get ready for his friend party. Dagen choose a Blastoff Party. There was Dagen, Colton, Oaklen, Braxton, Tyler, Gibson, Griffin, Jace, Jaden, Elduardo, Grandma, and Grandpa. Lots of Fun! Happy Birthday Dagen! We Love you!

First Cabin Trip of the Year

The first trip up to the cabin is always a reminder of how much fun we have together...No people, no phones, and no rat race!!!

Colton got to drive the 4-wheeler all alone. You can see Ryan giving him the lecture...5 miles an hour, stay by the cabin, and turn the music down. lol

Oaklen cried everytime they would ride away without him. Dagen had a lot of fun riding too. That is before the stomach flu hit. Sorry little man.

By the end of the all the riding, dogging, and throwing up we where all tuckered out!

FBI Agent

Colton is getting so dang old. He hardly ever plays FBI anymore....so I had to snap this picture last time he actually did. Not sure how many more of those I will get.

No MORE!!!

For all of you who tell me we need one more baby.......

I am too damn old for this!!! However, Oaklen is a pure joy!!!!

Lost Tooth

Dagen finally lost his dangling tooth. Isn't he so cute!!! He turns 7 tomorrow time flies by when you are having fun!

What a Week?!?!?!?!

Ryan surprised us by taking us with him to Salt Lake for maintence on his plane. We got the boys up like normal, got ready for school, and told them we had to drop dad off at work. Then we loaded up and left. They boys were so excited. We spent the day with Micah and Kimberly's families. The kids had a great time. Then we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Smith. To our surprise we had a 3 day delay in maintence. We did not get back till Friday afternoon. Lucky boys missed 3 days of school. We had a fun time. Thanks Everyone!


This Saturday we got to spend the day with Tanner and Jake. We made playdough a big hit! Tanner said, "I made the best lunch ever", (a wonder what macaroni and cheese from a box can do for your reputation).

Colton participated in the District 91 Chess Tournament Saturday. He had lots of fun! He even came home with a certificate and a ribbon. Good job Colton!

A DAY AT THE FARM

This weekend we went to Baby Animal Day with the Southwicks. It is always an event.
Oaklen, Courtney, Declyn, Colton, Donovyn, Dagen, Pam, and Zaydryn at the end of our adventure.
Zyad, Colton, Dagen, Declyn holding baby geese. The first time they have done this without being afraid. Idaho is good for the boys.
Oaklen holding the bunny thanks to a great helper Courtney. Yeah, his parent's say he is a teenager, but a very helpful one as far as I could see.
Colton's one request was to ride the pony. He was able to get up all by himself.
Oaklen was so tired by this point I am not sure he even knew he was on a horse.
Dagen was a little nervous to try this.....BUT HE DID IT!! It was a GREAT DAY!!

Weekend at Auntie Pam's

Me and the boys spent a weekend at Auntie Pam's house. The boys play so hard there.
This is Oaklen's first time in a big boy swing. He loved it. Zayder was not so thrilled to have to share. Donovyn I am sure is not sticking his tongue out at his mother.
This is Courtney's Captin Morgan pose. Donovyn and Colton played in the hammock for hours even past dark. Declyn and Dagen dug in this dirt pile until their faces turned black. We played very hard and had a BLAST doing it. Thanks Southwick Family!

Everybody's FAKE BIRTHDAY!!!

Much to our suprise we showed up just in time for OUR FAKE BIRTHDAY Party! The house was decorated with balloons, streamers, and a poster of each of us! It even smelled like birthday cake. Zayd and Dagen enjoyed every bite of the cake and ice cream.
Declyn was so excited he couldn't sit still.
Auntie Pam, Oaklen, and Donovyn loved the yummy surprise! Auntie Pam even bought us all a present. "She Rocks!" according to Colton.
Everyone got the Birthday Song sang to them and then we each got a turn to blow out the candles.

Easter 2010

The boys were very excited for Easter. However, they were a little nervous the Easter Bunny wouldn't know where we had gone. So they left him a trail of chocolate outside the hotel door in hopes he would track us down.

Easter morning came and before they could check if the Easter Bunny found us they had to wake up Colton. No small feat .....remember he is related to his Dad.

Lucky for us he did find us and we were able to find all the Easter eggs.

And he left us a basket full of goodies!

My Little Sharks!

On springbreak my boys turned into.......Sharks! We swam every morning and every night. It was without fail the highlight of our Boise Springbreak.

Old Jail Tour

Does this look like spring to you?!?!?! Snow, Rain, and Freezing our butts off!! This was our trip to the old jail. If you know my boys, you will know that the coolest thing on earth is police, FBI, and spies. This was a huge hit with everyone.

Cool things we saw: solitary confinment, weapons made by the inmates, gallows, death row, jail cells, weapon display, etc...

One thing for sure I don't think we could be inmates, because those cells are just too small and we like our space.