Talmage is Five

Brett is gone to China and my goal has been to totally catch up my blog while he's gone.  I don't think I'll make it, but hopefully I'll get a lot closer.  

The day after we came home, Talmage turned FIVE!

Grandma made the cake and Jethro helped make it look legit.

Trails and Trail Rides and Buffalo

So my lucky son Jethro got to go on a camp out with his cousins and Aunt Megan, Uncle Wyatt, and Grandpa.  They went to White Pine Lake and the kids (Danica, Myles, Garrett, and my cousin's daughter Julie) hiked while Dad, Wyatt, and Megan tested out their horses' packing abilities.

From all I heard they had a great time, I think they swam in the lake, and the horses had a good test run for this- their week-long pack ride in the Tetons:

It was fun to be there while Dad and Wyatt were getting geared up and weighing their packs and deciding how much sausage and jerky they could fit in the weight limit and then seeing their pictures and hearing about each of the delicious dinners they made.  :)

And that is officially the end of my pictures from our 2013 summer trip to the States.

But, I want to show some more cool pictures from just last week because they are so awesome.  My dad and Megan and Wyatt and my cousins Cody, Michael, and Clay went on a buffalo roundup on Antelope Island.  It would have been awesome to go with them.

Very pink post.

When we were in Utah, my sister-in-law Lindsay Ann planned some way fun fairy tale photo shoots for our little girls.

...if your idea of fun is making kids cry by making them get their puckered lips up close to a frog!!!  Ha ha.  Personally I had a grand time. :)

We had many ideas, but when they caught a live frog (I forget who caught it- Lindsay?), we had to go with The Frog Prince.

See how far Hailey wants to keep that frog from her?

That's a leeettle better.  ;)

The girls were sure cute all dolled up.

Hazel was the one who actually REALLY kissed the frog!  (Yes, we did bribe her-but she did it!)

Aww, I love those pretty girls!

Classic Cass.  I love that kid.

And then we did a little bit of Thumbelina.

Natalie was soooo cute!!  She totally stole the show.  So I'm just posting my favorite ones of her.

Princess and The Pea, of course.

Gah!!  She's soooo pretty!!  I love this picture!

What fun.