Welcome: Big Smokey Jack

This past weekend, we drove up to Pinedale, Wyoming to pick up our very newest member of our family: Big Smokey Jack!

While we were in Wyoming, we were able to see my Aunt Lainey, her husband Scott, and their two children Wilson and Kaycee...which was awesome!! After we picked the puppy up from our breeder, we drove down to Vernal to spend Easter with my family. It's was a fun and exciting weekend for all of us!!

Jess and I have been waiting very patiently for our newest addition...and now that we have him, we are so excited and thrilled to have such a cool dog in our lives!!


Smokey on Jess' lap driving to Vernal

We stopped above Flaming Geroge to play with Smokey and let him explore the junipers

Easter Sunday, Smokey's first four-wheeler ride

Chillin' under the camp table enjoying the shade

Smokey looking at Danni Girl like it's no big deal....I think she is a little nervous to have him around...she'll just have to get over it =)

nudie

My naked little boy...every kid has got to have one of these shots =) His little tush is so dang cute!

I don't know what it is about being naked for him, but as soon as I take that diaper off, he goes crazy, rolling and scooting around the room...maybe it's the freedom...the cool breeze?? idono?

Today he found a piece of plastic that Danni Girl must have dropped and he thought it was coolest toy ever!! KIDS! You buy them nice toys to play with, and they choose to play with a piece of plastic???

I had to take it away when he starting sucking on it though...

Before

After

and I'm the bad guy...? ghich!

I have a Kewpie doll for a son

This Kewpie doll was given to my by my Grandma Jean....it was one of my favorite dolls at her house when I was little...now I think I know why it was my favorite =)

Hiking/Scouting trip to Triassic

We wanted to go do something fun for the weekend, but didn't have much time since Jess had to be back in time to get ready for work at 10pm.
So Saturday, we hopped in the car and drove down to our favorite bouldering area called "Triassic" We mostly went down there to scout out new climbs and new areas, but we were able to hop on a couple of rocks.
We came to a quick conclusion that we really need to upgrade our child carrier to an official backpack instead of the little chest carrier that we currently have...Eider is getting BIG...very big! I could barely carry him...he looks so funny in the little carrier, but, since that was all we had, that is what we used! It was fun taking Eider out hiking...I hope he grows to love it as much as his parents!

As you can see, he is way too big to be in a chest carrier -- he is almost as big as me :)

Oh no...the obsession has started already!


Eider loves to stand


A rock full of little tiny pockets...it was fun to climb

Rock on!

Some petroglyphs we found out among the boulders - they were pretty faded, but still beautiful!

Fun with Eider

He loves to laugh...I love to hear him laugh!!!

I'm grateful to have this kind of love in my life =)

Peek-A-Boo!

Eider loves to play peek-a-boo...and so does his mom :)

Nothin' much new here...

How does that saying go...same sh*t-different day...ya thats kinda how this past week has been...nothing new to report, but I did take these great pictures of Eider:

Eider is into biting his bottom lip...it's pretty dang cute

I'm a thug - chu gotta a problem wit it?

Cutest picture ever!!!

OK...so what mom doesn't think that her babies are the cutest things ever!!! I happen to be one of those moms...

What kind of face is that?? He makes me smile...

Eider chillin' with some family

I've been meaning to post these pics for a while...here ya go family!!

Kenneth (my younger brother) and Eider when we went Jeepin' over to Wendover

Barry (my other younger brother) with Eider on a trip to Vernal not too long ago

Great Grandma Laraine with Eider on a short trip to Vernal

Finally! smiles...

Ok...so not really a smile, but how can that face not make YOU smile :)

Eider loves to smile! He is such a happy baby, even when he is sick! We are very blessed!

Laughing baby

Some of my favorite sounds in life have been rain falling in pine trees, birds chirping in the spring, fly line whizzing past my ear--and many more...
but one of my new favorite sounds has to be my baby laughing. Hearing him laugh makes my heart smile!

Pony Express trail fun!

I'm so glad I got my camera in time for this adventure....

This past weekend we took our new Jeep Liberty out to see what it is made of...True to the Jeep legacy, it out-preformed all of our expectations! It was so much fun, especially cuz we were keeping up with the big boys in their tripped-out  CJ and TJ Jeep wranglers! I will post the video we took later once I edit it all and collect it from everyone that took it...

At the beginning of the trail, letting the air out of our tires...our fancy tire pressure sensors did not like that one bit!

We were playing in the mud and snow sloshing around everywhere in our "jeep caravan" The pictures just does not do the road justice! It was thick, wet mud that got everywhere!!

It's got a mud grin!  This shot makes our Jeep look more "badass" then it is in real life...

After playing out on the salt flats in the mud and salt...that was cool, but I think the salt flats were meant more for fast cars than Jeeps...;)

The salt flats gang from left to right: Lisa with her three kids, George with his daughter, Makayla, Dennis, and Jess and I

Our Jeep after climbing up through a deep ravine (I will post a video of that when I get it edited down to a smaller size for this blog)

We took so many great pictures, they wouldn't all fit...so CLICK HERE to see all of our fun pics!

ENJOY!