Brad and his best friend Travis went to Alaska for a week to fish for Salmon and Halibut. This picture was taken on back woods lake you can only get to by float plane. They were fishing for Coho Salmon. Look to the left in this picture and you will see a grizzly also fishing, not even ten feet from the boat. Brad said the bears were as thick as the boats.

Here is a picture of a momma bear and her three cubs fishing on the lake not far from Brad and Travis's boat.

This is the float plane that the boys took to get to the lake. Brad and I flew on one of these planes when we were in Alaska two years ago...wow, I have never done anything as scary since!

Here it is! The first King Salmon Brad hooked! He landed this monster on the Kenai river, it weighed in at 45 pounds! The guy standing next to him is the fishing guide.

Another picture of Brad's giant fish!

This is a picture of the Halibut haul the boy's along with their shipmates came back to shore with. We now have about 70 pounds of fresh Halibut in our deep freezer.

And here they are... at the Salty Dog Saloon, to celebrate Travis's birthday! Apparently this saloon is world renowned for the hundreds of thousands of pairs of woman's underwear that decorate the interior walls. I wouldn't eat there...

Well... today we found out the gender of both babies. We are so excited to announce they are both girls! this picture is of baby B's spine.

This is baby A's profile, look at her little hand waiving to us.

Wyatt and Mommy on the boat 4th of July watching the fireworks. Cascade had the most incredible show and we had the best seats in town. Brad drove us out on the lake and we anchored right beneath the launch pad.

4th of July weekend on the water,
Wyatt driving the boat all by himself! Scary... we know, but it was the only way we were going to get him to try tubing.

Wyatt and Kirstin, cousins and best friends! After many trips out on the boat Wyatt finally tried tubing. We think he enjoyed it...

This 4th of July we went up to Donnely and rented a cabin with Brad's family. We took the boat out on the lake everyday. Brad's summer passion is wake surfing. He finally convinced one of the kids to ride with him behind the boat on the surf board. Kirstin (my niece) who is much more of a risk taker then the others jumped at the opportunity! For the rest of the weekend Brad couldn't get behind the boat without his sidekick... She is a natural!

Last weekend we decided to take Wyatt out to the dirt fields so he could ride his four wheeler. One of his favorite things to do is to watch the motor cross races. He asks us everyday to buy him a motor bike... I blame his father for creating this!

3 years old! What am I crazy?

Like father, like son. Daddy hit this big jump...so can I! Shortly after I took this picture Wyatt hit the same jump...full throttle, he then flew through the air like a little rag doll. My heart, of course stopped, then I ran over to him. Through the tears he pleaded for me to "put him back on his wheeler".

Wyatt in full gear!

Wyatt and daddy in the wave pool at roaring springs.

After a long morning of four wheeling and temperatures at 105 degrees we decided to go to roaring springs to cool off.

This picture reminds me of a young Brian Beckley. For those of you who don't know, there is a picture of Brad's brother Brian sitting on the toilet reading a Life magazine he was about the same age as Wyatt is in this photo. That picture sat in the bathroom of Brad's grandparents place on Henry's Lake for years.

I came around the corner the other day to find my son sitting on the potty with one of his dads hunting magazines, so naturally I ran for the camera!

The kids at the rodeo! Hunter (right) Kirstin (middle) Wyatt (left). Kelli and I (in true form) convinced ourselves that our kids needed new cowboy hats and boots for our trip to Rexburg... well they were going to be riding horses and attending the rodeo, we didn't want them to stand out!

Wyatt and grandpa Mark fishing up at Henry's Lake. The best fishing in the state! Wyatt's favorite part was driving the boat with grandpa. Go figure... if it's motorized our kid wants to be behind the wheel.

Wyatt riding his four wheeler at grandpa's. He was so excited to have all of the wide open space to ride!

Daddy and Wyatt riding grandpas tractor.

Wyatt riding "his horse cody" at grandpa Mark's and grandma Nola's.