Final Summer Trip

We took the kids for one last overnight trip to Salt Lake last weekend.  Rick's getting ready to hunt and needed to run to Scheels for supplies.  Yup you heard right I didn't say Cabelas.  Scheels has become our new favorite store, customer service is much better, and they have a ferris wheel.  Need I say more?!?!  We took a trip to the zoo so we could show Rick the dinosaurs, and the new exhibits.  The water fountain cracks me up.  Not only because I have scared the poop out of Clint when he drinks and I say "It's gonna bite you!!!"  But also because now he does it that to his sister.  What a sweet brother helping his sister get a drink (even if he is torturing her at the same time)!

The male gorilla was especially fun.  He was laying by the glass and the kids played a game of peek a boo with him.  

The dinosaurs all over the park were robotic and were pretty exciting to watch.  I think these treats would be pretty yummy don't you?

A trip to the zoo isn't complete without a ride on the train.  

What a fun weekend we had.  But now we are faced with going back to school.  I think Katie'd rather be eaten by a Grizzly!  

Are you ready for some football?

Football season has begun.  Yes its preseason, but in this house when the Packers play the Copsey's are watching.  Who is your favorite team?

Summer in a nutshell

This summer passed us in a blink of an eye!  I look back at pictures and am reminded that we did a lot this summer!  Katie played on the Rock Springs Storm team again this year.  This is our traveling team.  She loves it and we love it too.  This year she decided she wanted to try catching.  She's pretty good at it, and her coach is awesome and let her play a few innings on the traveling team.

She had so much fun with this group of girls.  A team like this makes for life long friendships.

 The team took 3rd at state.  Hopefully it won't be so darn rainy and next year they will take #1!!!

 We made the drive out to California this year for a super quick trip (we were only out for one week), and spent a couple of days playing in the lake.  Katie worked on her dive and had a more than decent one when we were done.

 Clint got his dive on too.  More of a belly flop, but wow he is persistent and made us laugh!

 He got to drive the boat.  It was a thrill for him and terrifying for us.  Just kidding.  Last time we were out you couldn't get that boy on the boat or in the water.  What a difference being a 5 year old makes!

 Abby was exhausted in this picture.  She too played hard in the water, and loved going for boat rides.

The kids always had their goofy on this summer.

Clint couldn't wait to get down and dirty with Grammie and Papa's tractors.  This was how we'd find him most evenings!

Clint and Abby were both welcomed into the Church this summer when they were baptized.  The did such a good job and Father preformed a wonderful ceremony!

It was such a quick trip after only 7 days we were sadly headed back home, and Katie and Rick both wondered, "Will we ever get to California?"

We had to get home so I could be a Godmother myself to this sweet boy Brady.   It was an extreme honor that I wouldn't have missed for the world!

We ended the summer with yet another sport season.  Clint and Abby both got to play soccer.  They aren't quite sure what to do in this sport except to run, kick a ball (when they can get a chance), and come to the sidelines for a drink of water.  Clint was goalie occasionally and they both enjoyed getting tangled in the nets.  It was probably one of the funniest soccer seasons Rick and I have ever encountered.

Someday these kids will perfect the Copsey pose.  Goofy.