The Taylor side of my family

Yeah my family is very complicated. Now this weekend was the Taylor side of me. Two of my three half siblings came to camp for a night. I have two step on the Borgstrom side. Three step on the Taylor side and three half on the Taylor side. Then I also have three whole siblings. Way too crazy and complicated if you ask me.

We had a great camping trip at Smith and Morehouse Reservoir camping area. It's up past Kamas and was a ton of fun. We camped right next to a stream. The boys had the most fun playing in that water. On Friday we went hiking up a great little trail. Here are some shots.




Are they not a cute couple. This is my "whole" older brother Chad and his wife Jessica with their first born little girl Jozie.

I call this picture...
On The Path of Life.

BEAR LAKE

Last week when the weatherman said "that was the end of cold weather, summer is here." We set a date for the fallowing week to go to Bear Lake. Which turned out to be yesterday. I seem to always be the first amongst our Woodruff friends to go check out the lake. Well I got to tell you...

"the Lake is prefect, come jump in."

After soaking up a ton of sun on the beach I got in the water and it was great. I swam and swam. Then got in again and then got in again. Ohhhhh Man! the Lake was absolutely wonderful. We had so much fun. We plan on being at the lake everyday we can this summer. So if anyone wants to come up, we'll be going to Bear Lake on Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursday. Then if we don't leave town to go camping we will be there on Fridays and Saturdays. Here are some great pictures of the day.
The drive from our Woodruff neighborhood to Bear Lake is about 30 minutes. We live where there is sagebrush and cows everywhere. Then past Randolph we drive through a little canyon. Just as we reach the end the valley comes into sight and there it is, Bear Lake! In all it's glorious blue water and sandy beaches. I love that sight every time we drive in. We had a lot of fun and I am so very grateful it's the beginning of the summer. I know we'll be back. So bye for now but we will return soon.

Father's Day Weekend

We went down to Hooper to wish Richard a Happy Father's Day. He still flood irrigates, which turned out to be a lot of fun. Here are some great shots...



Now it's time to clean up. The best and funniest is with hose in the yard. Look closely at the boys faces. It's freezing cold water. Taylor gets to go first.

Now it's cousin Zachary's turn.
Last but not any warmer, Cameron's turn.
Next time we're down and Richard is flooding we will have Aaron's skim board. Then it will be the dad's having the most fun. Then at the end of the day I'll be taking pictures of the dads getting hosed off by their sons.

The 1st annual Borgstom Family Reunion

What makes up a family?
Marriage? Blood? Time and effort? Love?
Can you cut someone out of your family?

Because I have a lot of different kinds of relationships in my life, so the question of who is my family comes up in my mind a lot. I would love to get a response from everyone. Here is the question....
What makes a family a family?

Saturday I was able to go to The First Annual Borgstrom Family Reunion. It was so much fun. You see after my parents got a divorce, around 1982 my mom married a good man by the name of Mike Borgstrom, in 1987. Then introducing a whole butch of good people that I could call family. Then in 1997 I married Aaron and we lived in Salt Lake City for 7 years without much mediate family members around. Our friends and extended family were the ones there to love, help, and support where blood was not. So I ask you again what is it that makes someone a family member, support, effort, love, or not it's just blood and marriage? Then I ask you what is stronger... blood OR support?

Here are some great pictures of Saturday's fun. Aunt LouAnn was in charge of the games and we really had a lot of fun. There was great food and thanks you Brad for the house and yard to do it all in. Sheila started the whole idea and made it happen. The Borgstrom people are so nice, sincere, genuine, and the most positive people I know.

Potato Sack Race Three Legged Race

Water Balloon Volleyball turned Water Fight!

After all that fun, we all were sitting around winning prices and talking. While Mason and his cuz'n (Micheal) were checking out this cooler. The pictures will tell the story. Take a look...

Micheal is Kristianna's son. Kristianna is my step dad's (Mike) daughter. So in 1982 I got a sister one year older and a bother (Scott) one year younger. Micheal and Mason were buddies the whole 4 1/2 hour family reunion. They really had a good time together and always do. They stayed in this cooler for at least 45 minutes. Until Mason decided to get his whole body inside. Micheal did not think that was fair because he couldn't fit too.
Don't you love Micheal's red curly hair? We all do. Here is a picture of everyone that could come. We missed Chad, Jessica, Jozie, Josh, Melissa, Scott, and Glenda. I left the picture large so you can click on it to blow it up if you like.

TeeBall Season

Cameron was out playing Second Baseman

Taylor mostly plays First Base but today he played short stop.

HOME RUN !!!!!!!!!!!

I am ethereally enjoying this stage in their lives. I love watching them play and learn.

My life growing up in Texas was pretty good. I got to do a lot of stuff. Then I got married to a man that showed me all the stuff I've missed out on living in Texas. Mostly snowboarding and mountain biking. Life was great! We had so much fun together, hiking all over Utah. Three years into our marriage we had our first child. Our life and fun became watching him. Watching him laugh and learn at everything around him. Hiking, camping, biking, and everything else just got better.

Now it's been 11 years into our marriage we have three boys. Each day is a memory and experance far better then I thought raising a family would be. I could imagine a lot of love involved when raising a family but I didn't know it was going to be so much fun.

I have more fun watching them play teeball then if I was playing. Swimming in Bear Lake is way more fun when a child is holding so tight around your neck you know he is holding on for dear life, but at the same time laughing a giggling as each wave comes up on him. I love swinging on a swing set with a son swinging right next to me, as he is yelling, with a big smile across his face, "mom we're twins." I love basketball and didn't think I could love it more. Until last weekend when Taylor and I just shot around for an hour. I new he loved it too, because when we were leaving Taylor stopped, turned around, and said, "thanks mom, I love you." The only way I jump on our trampoline is with a child. When Mason in on with us we all have to sit down so he doesn't get hurt. Then Mason will jump as hard as he can. He doesn't weigh very much so he doesn't get very high in the air, so he will lift his knees to his chin with each bounce. This gives him the hight and excitement he likes. Because he is laughing and giggling so much we all can't help but laugh and giggle too. My day can not begin without a hug from each boy. Cameron loves to give them as much as he loves to receive them. He will even rub check to check with me until he has had enough. Then at the end of each day, even if Dad puts them to bed, I get a hug from each one again.

The Secret Bird Refudge

Ethan and Stephanie took us to this great park in Ogden. Taylor, Cameron, Mason, Aaron, and I all thought we had left Utah and found ourselves in Oregon or Washington. It was the coolest place. It had a main trail and then all these shoot offs the boys could go explore. Also a huge pond for birds to make their home, with bird houses built for them and islands created in the middle of the pond.

This picture is called Wait For Me by Mason Hull

Ethan wanted to see what the mother goose would do if he tried to get close. "hee hee"

Then later Ethan and Aaron started putting stuff they could find in the creek to see it float down. Ethan totally got caught up in the game. All 7 boys were dropping sticks and leaves up stream and then running to follow is down stream. Sometimes racing each other. At one point Stephanie and I heard Ethan yell " hey where's my stick!"

One night we even had a night with Carol and Richard in their backyard. This picture is too cute not to show it off. Cameron is always watching out for his younger brother Mason. We stayed at "Grandma and Grandpa's" until 10:00 sitting around the camp fire just chewing the fat. We had such a great week.

Fun w/Betsy

We hung out with our good friend Betsy at the Gateway Mall. We even got some ice cream. Mason was enjoying two ice-creams thanks to his older brother. They didn't mind. They were having too much fun in the water. OR trying not to get hit by the water.

At one point the clouds covered up the sun and it got kind of chilly. All the kids slowly got out of the fountain. It was just to cold to be in the water, except if you live in Woodruff and you came to play. Taylor and Cameron were the only ones that thought the water was fine. Not too cold at all. They didn't notice it get late. We didn't even get there until 6:00 PM and so come 7:30 at night the night air started to slow them down, a little. All they would do is lay out on the warm cement steps and the when warm enough run back into the fountain.






Melissa and Josh came to visit with us too. It was fun to catch up with them once and a while. When it was time to go Josh dared Melissa to run through the
fountains with him and try not to get wet. Half way through Melissa got bumped and yes wet. We expected nothing less.

Day at the Park with Grandma Borgstrom

Grandma came to play at the park with us. What a great sunny day it was. Or at least 30% chance it was. Sometime is started to sprinkle but we really didn't mind.
Josh and Jentry are the rock climbers in the family. Now I have one more, my Cam Ham Man.