Fun random times at the Dyars

St. George Trip

We took a fun trip to St. George last week. We stopped in Green River for two days, Devin did a canyoneering trip in San Rafael Swells while the kids and I stayed in a hotel where we swam, ate and slept. We then drove to St. George. The first night we stayed at my dad's cabin where it is MUCH cooler just 20 minutes out if St. George! Kaya and Kasen rode on the four wheelers with Dad and Grandpa, Kaya loved it but Kasen wasn't too sure about it. Dev worked up at a facility in Zion during the week, while we hung out at Grandpa's house and swam a lot! I was able to visit my high school friend Jodi and her three kids. Tina and Nana Marsh drove down from Salt Lake with Kamree, Kade, Ashton and Averee, the kids had a blast together and I enjoyed my time with Tina and Marsha. That weekend Devin's buddies from college came down and they did a 12 hours canyoneering trip in Zion, it had 20+ repels and lots of cold water. We walked up the narrows to meet them at then end. Kaya and Kasen thought it was pretty cool to see dad all geared up, they were super excited to see him come down the river. We also took the kids up to the Emerald Pools in Zion, it is a 2.6 mile hike and they both pretty much hiked it themselves, I was quite impressed with their little legs! All in All we had a great time, I love spending time with my dad, and the kids just LOVE their Grandpa!! We drove for 12 hours only stopping once for dinner on the way home. The kids did so great, I was so proud of them. They are troopers!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great time over Memorial Day weekend, although there were a few fun adventures to go along with it. We went to John Martin Reservoir. We had never been there before so we booked a campsite over the Internet and hoped for the best. When we got there it was a barren campsite with no trees, you could see and hear all the neighbor campers, and lots of wind. We have a huge tent so trying to set it up in the wind, well it turns into a bit of a parachute, which makes for cranky parents. We got out on the lake pretty quick and had a great time driving around. The lake is really pretty and pretty good size for Colorado. I decided I needed to get in and ski, I have been itching to do so since we got the boat. Well the water was FREEZING! I have skied in cold water before and this topped it all off! The wind kicked up and I ended up skiing in what felt like the freaking ocean! We pulled the boat in and got back to our campsite and make dinner in the wind. The next day was absolutely beautiful! It was the perfect day to be on the lake, sun, no wind. We all skied on great water, played on the beach, ate lunch without wind and had an amazing time. That night at about midnight the wind picked up, it was so hard I had never heard wind so hard in a tent before. I was sure we were in a tornado or there was aliens out there or something :). Tonya's tent blew down and she ended up sleeping in the boat poor girl! There was a group of people who were so loud, I guess part of being in a camp ground. Anyways, overall we had a great time, the kids LOVED it!! Enjoy the pics! There are few random ones there at the end...

Kaya's First Dance Recital

Our little princess

Kaya loves to dress up! She got a new princess dress from Oma for Easter and pretty much lives in it.

Potty Training

So we decided to do the intensive 3 day potty training party this weekend with Kasen. He is only 20 months old, but was showing all the signs so we thought why not try (Kaya was 19 months old). He is doing so great!! We started on Saturday and have had no accidents for two days now. He is even telling us "potty" (most of the time). We are so proud of our little guy! Doesn't he look cute in his boxer briefs! No reason to put pants on, just more laundry for me!

We are excited to finally get our blog up and running, I hope you enjoy the pictures. They are all of the kids, but that is what you want to look at anyway, right!