Favorite Song

My mom's current calling is the Primary Chorister and yesterday she informed me of a pretty comical story about Wyatt. Apparently they had a few extra minutes to kill so she asked some of the kids what their favorite Primary song was to sing. Wyatt raised his hand and informed his grandma that he wanted to sing his favorite song "The Big Green Tractor Song". He was pretty frustrated with her when she wouldn't sing his favorite song in Primary :).

Wyatt and Livvy absolutely LOVE this song for some reason and have listened to it over and over and over- Thank you Aunt Hailey :). Livvy has nearly every word memorized and recognizes it from the first three chords and always yells "MOM- this is the big green tractor song- TURN IT UP!"

So for your listening and viewing enjoyment:

Turner Family Reunion at Downata Hot Springs/Twin Lakes

Last week we went from Island Park straight to Downata Hot Springs near Preston ID for the Turner Family Reunion. We had a great time seeing lots of family we don't see nearly often enough and swimming swimming swimming. We spent one full day at Twin Lakes and the kids loved playing on the beach.

Amber and Afton soaking up some rays with the kiddos- Tori and I (the preggos) enjoyed most of the day in the shade :)

Weston and Wyatt throwing rocks- Beware!
Laramie helped some of the girl cousins build some fun sand castles. Livvy is quite the construction boss I'll have you know.

Even my Grandparents got into the water fun- my Grandma and Grandpa Beck had also come up to spend some time with us there and Grandpa took a turn on the jet-ski.
Shelby and Wyatt went for a run on the tube behind the jet-ski and yes, they did fall off. I was kinda worried on the beach, but it didn't seem to bother Wyatt at all.
Livvy saved Daddy's shoes for him when the waves carried them away from the beach. Isn't her pink life jacket so dang cute?
Then my Grandma Turner went for a ride on the jet-ski behind Hailey. Go Grandma!
The rest of the time we spent at Downata Hot Springs swimming and enjoying the fun slides. Wyatt LOVED them big and small and really thought he was hot stuff going down them. The first time he went down the large one, he giggled the entire way down. Every time that he would shoot out the bottom he would already be saying "Can we do it again?"

Such a fun family reunion. As I look at the calendar and see that the time for summer is quickly coming to a close, I'm so glad that we got to have these fun little getaways to make some memories with our family. All work and no play make the Scoffields dull you know!

Island Park with the Scoffields

This last week was a busy one for us. It started by the kids going to visit Aunt Hailey and Uncle Blake in Rexburg for a couple days. Hailey has all kinds of fun pics she is supposed to send me, so when she does, I'll post them. They partied from sun-up to sun-down there. They loved every minute of it- so thanks guys!

Then on Friday Shelby and I loaded up the trailer and headed to Rexburg to pick up the kids and then we continued on to Island Park to camp with Shelby's extended family and a few friends. I didn't have my camera out very much because it poured on us the first two days we were there. Bummer! Normally we love doing outdoor things at Island Park like canoeing the river, 4-wheeler rides- floating the Box River Rapids, but this year we hid under the canopies and shivered alot. The coldest day we did load up in the truck and head for Yellowstone. I have never been to Yellowstone and neither have my kids, so we were excited. Here Wyatt and Livvy are showing off their 'maps' to all the animals we hoped to see, but didn't :). But living where we do, we see animals all the time, so we got over it.

We stopped at the Paint Pots and walked around to see the different hot pots. Wyatt thought they were really cool with the bubbly mud and pretty blue water with lots of steam.


Then we headed up to Old Faithful and had lunch and shopped a bit. Livvy was pretty excited to watch the giant fountain explode. She couldn't even turn around from watching it for a quick family picture.The sun did come out on Sunday finally. Aunt Nancy braided all of the girl's hair and they all looked so cute being the same.
Then Auntie Em planned a fun surprise for the kids in which she pretended the Sugar Plum Fairy had invaded our camp and left lots of candy hidden in the woods. The kids loved finding it. Uncle Steven helped Wyatt out quite a bit because he only wanted the candy that was hidden high up in the trees.



I love camping with Shelby's family and wished we could have stayed longer to enjoy the sunshine that came after we left- but we were headed off to the Turner Family Reunion on Monday at Downata Hot Springs and Twin Lakes.....more fun adventures to follow!

Steven and Nancy's Wedding

I finally got some pictures from the wedding of Shelby's little brother Steven to Nancy in June. None of these are from the actual wedding photographer- but from Shelby's cousin Adam who just took some random shots for us. Thanks Adam!
The Open House in Tremonton was held the night before the wedding. The above picture is Livvy running around with Taylee and Jocee- two of her favorite girls ever.


The Scoffield Fam with Grandpa Christensen and below is our family complete with the cut-out of Elder Shane Scoffield who we missed so bad, but will be home in a few months!

Two little piggies finally slowed down enough to eat and below is Fallon and Laramie- my two little sisters who came for the weekend to chase boys and help babysit my monkeys. I don't know what I would have done without you guys- you're the best!
Hailey and Blake- crazy newlyweds :)
The next day at the temple-


Wyatt and Livvy just wanted to watch the waterfalls and fountains- in case you can't tell from all of our faces, it was scorching hot, but really beautiful.




Hopefully we'll get all the pictures from the photographer soon so that you can see some more- I know that those of you who live further away and didnt' get to go have been waiting for some pictures- but at least now you have a taste!

Day Trip to Trinity Lakes

Last Saturday Shelby and I decided that we had to get out of town and do something fun. He had heard a lot about Trinity Lakes that are located north of Anderson Reservoir and wanted to go check them out. It sounded like a great day to me. We drove for just over 2 hours, but this was the view that awaited us. It was beautiful there and the lakes were seriously on the tip top of the tallest mountain.

The kids loved to 'fish'. We didn't get there until almost lunch time, so most of the fish had quit biting, but we did catch two smaller ones that the kids thought were 'awesome'.

My studly husband- there's just something really wonderful about a father who sincerely enjoys spending time and building memories with his family. It does it for me every time :)


The kids finally couldn't stand it anymore and they had to get in the freezing water. So they stripped and climbed in. It didn't really last longer than 15 minutes or so, but it cooled them off.

Wyatt got a little crazy with his fishing skills and one time this is where his pole ended up. Daddy was nice enough to wade in and save it for him.

After a few hours we headed back down the mountain to Anderson Reservoir and spent the afternoon laying on the beach and swimming with the kids. I think we wore Daddy out though because he had to take a quick 'refresher' nap on the beach before he could swim with us. :)

It was such a fun day that reminded me that even though we're both so crazy busy right now with church stuff, family things, etc. It's still possible to make fun memories and enjoy the summer without it taking more than a few hours.

Mud Pig Wrestling

Last week Fallon and Laramie signed up to participate in the Mud Pig Wrestling for the Lincoln County Fair- I thought it sounded hilarious so we loaded up the kids and headed over to watch them. It was extremely hot out, but as you can tell Weston, Wyatt and Livvy didn't mind. Wyatt could hardly stand it because he wanted to wrestle in the mud so bad- I said maybe next year- we'll see :).

Watching the Garden Grow....

Since this is the first year I've been serious about the garden, instead of just doing it because Shelby wanted to, I'm quite proud of the results. As you can see from the above pic, we have lots growing, and only a few weeds. There are also melons, pumpkins, and zucchini that you can't see on the other side of the corn. The only problem- we've been infested with voles in our garden. NASTY little creatures that look like a large mouse to me. They creep me out. They ate two of my zucchini and I was only able to save 1. I've put poison out, but does anyone else have any experience with these little devils? I could use some tips.

Fun in the backyard

Wyatt and Livvy love to ride together on Wyatt's 4-wheeler. They go everywhere on it together and Wyatt has gotten so good at controlling it that I don't have to worry about him handling it safely. He can even back it up through the gate in our yard without touching.

Our family didn't have a tramp until after I moved out of the house, but I remember jumping on friend's tramps with the sprinkler on. Wyatt and Livvy love to do it on almost a daily basis. However, sometimes instead of wearing bathing suits, they strip naked. I do not know why- but they love it. So I apologize for the peep show if you drive by- luckily we live in the sticks. Wyatt often does unintentional back flips and Livvy absolutely cannot jump without her tongue out.- Just like her Daddy.

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