Well Here's the video of this crazy kid! Turn off the music at the bottom of this page, his voice is hysterical.

Muddy Smile from Meghan Vargason on Vimeo.

Turkey Hunting

Anders was the only one in the family (including extended family) that drew out a turkey tag.  Anders was so excited and he and his dad had so much fun together.  They count it as one of their best weekends together, ever!!!  After Anders got his turkey, they spent the rest of the day 4-wheeling at the sand dunes.  After arriving home that night, Bret and Anders had turkey kabobs.  They were a little too "fresh" for mom!!  Its so fun to see them so happy together.  What a great kid!!!!

STUCK!!!

Turkey Camp

Wyoming Easter

Easter in Utah is usually cold enough.  Not like the California Easters I remember, but Easter in Wyoming is another story entirely!  It's always cold, snow on the ground and most times wet and muddy as well.  The Bonus? FAMILY!!  The kids always have a ball-no matter! (so do we!)

Easter in Wyoming

Eggs From Grandma's Chickens

Feeding Grandma's Chickens (look at that follow through!)

Those poor Chickens were huddled in the corner, scared of Hans "feeding" them

Hans knows where Grandma's gummy bear stash is

organization from a mom of 6!!

Holy Cow!  Dying eggs with 5 boys, 5 and under.  Talk about stressful!

Pre-EASTER at G&G Howard's

Look at those beautiful skirts (well not too close!  I made them)

Finn had the most eggs.  He went for the obvious, easy to get eggs.

Tait, however, went for the challenging, hard to get eggs.  He ended up with very few.

We had dinner at grandma and grandpa Howard's the week before Easter.  We celebrated Grandpa's birthday as well as had an Easter Egg Hunt.  Typical of Utah Easters, it was still brown but the kids had fun.  I think uncle Brett and uncle Mike had fun hiding eggs for the kids as well!!!

MUD!!

Are you kidding me?  Look at that face.  It says, "I'm adorable, I'm entertaining, I keep mom hoppin' and LOOK OUT- here I come."  He is truly a menace but with that smile how can you be mad?  Hans had been outside in the typical Utah spring playing on the mounds of snow.  YES SNOW!  The snow was melting however and the edges of each pile was surrounded by mud.  I love this picture and the video is even better!!!  I'll try and post the video later!

My Beautiful 9 Year Old

Elli is 9!

ice cream sandwich cookies in case you were wondering

A new necklace with the most adorable fish charm from grandma

Awesome pouch and journal from Uncle Brett

SCHOOL SUPPLIES for the future TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Ice Fishing With Dad

How Cute Are These Boys?

Hans was scared of the fish in the tent

BEFORE Hans' leg went in the hole and he got soaked.  Fortunately with the heater inside the tent it's a balmy 60+ degrees.  It was a LONG day for Bret but worth the excitement in the anticipation and certainly worth those smiles!!

Christmas Break at the Ranch

Arriving at the ranch after the very well traveled 4 hour drive!!

Is that Pepper?  Anders and Anna riding the newly trained Pepper.

This happened several times.  Tait loves to curl up with grandpa on the couch.

Hans

Finn

Garrett and Anders

Anna playing with her cousins

Does it look like 8 degrees?  Grandma had lots of cocoa ready for very cold grandkids!

I LOVE Tait's smile in this picture!!!!

COUSINS!!