Park Day: Splash Pad Edition

A few weeks ago, I met Jenny and Kamie and all the kiddos at the park. Again, who knew these awesome parks even existed? I am always amazed to find such cool places in my little town. This park had a playground, big field, and SPLASH PAD! FUN! Even the little kids were able to play in the water.

I had some camera fun and tried to get some good pictures of all the kids. They were playing non-stop so it was a little difficult to get good ones, but I like what I ended up with! (Not to mention the difficulty of getting a picture of each kid without a hundred other kids running through the picture or in the background- it was a busy day!)

Claire

Harrison

Reagan- She seriously doesn't stop running- ever! Kamie is a champion Chaser. I didn't get one picture of her standing still!

Brad- I rarely take pictures of Brad because he is old enough to just go out and play on his own! I was glad I got this one!

Other pictures:

Kamie and the "twins"

I can't believe how many kids thought it was fun to just sit on top of the spray!

Reagan and Harrison didn't necessarily want to get hit by the spray, but liked covering them up

Caught in the act!!!!

The Safe Zone- with mom

All wrapped up!

Matt... the Cold-Hearted Killer

I haven't posted a "Matt Moment" in quite a while. They happen all the time, and I always think about posting something, but never seem to remember them when I am online.

We were at Randy and Jenny's for our weekly dinner when Randy and Tim see some birds in the backyard. Apparently these birds have been eating the strawberries. The boys run to go get Randy's BB gun and of course, Matt is the one to start shooting the birds. He hits one of the birds on his first shot and it starts flipping around and flying like crazy, obviously dying. It eventually just lands on the ground and stays still. Matt grabs a shovel to go pick up the bird and throw it away, when the bird starts flipping up again! Not dead! What does Matt do? Hits the bird with the shovel until it dies. I swear, I saw it happen in slow motion. The second he lifted that shovel over his head, I think I screamed out loud and covered my eyes. Ugh. Disgusting!

The next day I get a text from Jenny that says:
"My kids are outside playing capture the bird, shoot it, pull off its feathers, and sell the body parts! NICE! Lol!"

I could kill Matt!

Flashback Friday- When we were just friends...

Back in 2007, Matt and I were still just friends, but we spent almost every second of that summer together, also with Lance and his friends. I even got the boys to be all crafty and we made shirts to wear to the new Harry Potter movie. Eric's shirt says "I heart Hermione," Matt's shirt says "I'm with Harry," Lance's shirt says "Harry who?" and my shirt says "I snogged Harry." This was just one of a bunch of crazy things we did that summer!

These pictures are of Eric, Kelton, and Matt playing Rock Band at my dad's house. That was one of the funniest nights ever!

Do you see how different Matt used to look? He used to get dressed all fancy every day, never wore hats, always did his hair, and had that disgusting sole patch! Ew! That is one thing I am glad has changed!

Here is a small moment of our hilarious fun!

Summer Times... so far!

The past few weeks of summer have been amazing! Everyone is always jealous that I don't have to work at all in the summer, and I have to admit, it is so fun! Every week, Jenny and I take the kids to a park somewhere in the valley. A whole bunch of other moms show up and we have lunch and let the kids go crazy! I can't believe how cool the parks are! So far this summer we have been to Mack Park in Smithfield, which was so fun, and to the park next to the zoo! Yes, we have a zoo in Logan. It was so fun to walk around with the kids. I was laughing because pretty much every animal in the zoo was something that Matt has killed, or would like to kill- elk, deer, ducks, geese, coyotes, even turkeys! Harrison learned how to communicate with the peacock and was screaming at it! It was hilarious.

This week, Randy and Jenny went on trek and Matt and I got to babysit for a few hours. I filled up the pool in the backyard and we played outside. Matt made up a fun water game for the kids to play, and couldn't resist getting in a few splashes himself. When Harrison woke up from his nap, he had a fun time playing in the water, as long as it wasn't being splashed on his face!

The kids all taking a break from the cold hose water...

Matt poked holes in the bottom of the cups for a game for Brad and Claire, and Harrison figured out that he could water the sidewalk with it! It kept him entertained for so long! I swear I'm never paying for toys for my kids! Cups are just as fun!

After swimming, we took the kids out to Tim and Kamie's, where they were going to stay for a couple days. Matt and Brad helped uncle Tim pick up bales of hay from the field, and eventually Harrison, Claire, and I were out driving the truck to help out too! Matt came home with scratches up and down his arms from picking up hay because he didn't wear his farming clothes! Seriously, living out there would be every kid's dream! I can't wait for my kids to get to play out there one day!

Camping up Logan Canyon

Matt and I have had a hand-me-down tent since we got married. It has been to Lake Powell, Jackson Hole, and many other camping places throughout Utah. After getting soaked inside the tent last fall at Jackson (we were literally bailing water out of the tent with a dust pan), Matt and I decided it was time to buy ourselves a new one!

This was the first time we have used our new tent, and we love it! We went up Logan canyon and camped with Randy and Jenny and a whole bunch of Randy's cronies. There were kids running around everywhere and lots of noise, but it was a really fun couple of days.

In true Fischer style, Matt helped create this mega-fire. There were so many people camping that we couldn't all fit around the regular sized fire, so they put two fires together to make the giant fire!

 Todd and Melissa came up to camp and stayed the entire time while Matt and I were there! It is so fun to have such good friends and was also fun to make some new ones this trip!

Brad has had his dirt bike for over a year now and Claire has been itching to try it out. A few of the kids had their own bikes and there was one small enough for Claire to try! Randy gave Claire some lessons and in no time she was cruising all over! I think it's time to buy another bike! She was awesome!

Camping always seems to bring out the dirtiest kids! This picture doesn't even do justice to how much dirt Claire had caked on her face and hands and everywhere else! The nice thing about having a trailer is that the kids get all cleaned up in the tub every night, only to get dirty again the next day!

Harrison even felt the need to share some dirt with Matt!

Bonding time with Harrison. He and Matt have a special connection as they both share a name:
Matthew Jorgen- Harrison Mathias

Our "Cheese!" faces

Snuggling!

Overall, the new tent was a great purchase! Even though we FROZE our butts off the first night (I didn't plan for it to be sooo cold!), we had a great couple of days camping and are so excited for more this summer!

My Addiction... I can't get enough

Matt's Birthday Present

Last year, I totally forgot about Matt's birthday. We were in the middle of moving, and getting new jobs, and going on vacation, and it just got lost in the shuffle. Well this year I was not going to let that happen. I even got him his birthday present early. He has been wanting an RSL jersey for a while, and wanting to go to a game for even longer, so we did both! We went to Fanzz and bought him a jersey and I bought tickets to the game against the San Jose Earthquakes on June 1. We drove down to Salt Lake and went to the game. I cannot believe what an amazing stadium RSL has right in Sandy! And the game was even better! RSL scored three goals in the first half and ended up winning 3-0 in a great game! It was a beautiful night, with perfect weather, and I was so glad that Matt and I could have so much fun celebrating his birthday!

On a side note- Matt was starving after the game so we stopped at Del Taco in Saratoga Springs to get some late night food. Matt got in line... and almost AN HOUR LATER we got our food! It was ridiculous! Just two girls were working and it was crazy busy. Matt was sooooo mad! We were wishing there had been an emergency exit or runaway truck ramp or SOMETHING so we could have escaped from that line! Maybe drive-through places make those drive-throughs with no exit to trap you in case you change your mind.... WELL YOU CAN'T!