Flaming Gorg 2011!

A few weeks ago we went on our yearly vacation to Flaming Gorg. For those who are not familiar with were it is its in north east Utah on the boarder of Utah and Wyoming. We love going to the lake!

We go with Abe's family and it's always great time. We had tons of fun boating, fishing, eating, and playing. Although we did not catch many fish:) Also the food was fantastic. My favorite was when Abe made pizza in the dutch oven. I will have to do a post sometime with instructions. It really was fabulous. That night Kenzee and I made a peach raspberry cobbler that was the best thing ever!

Here is Zander getting ready for the trip on his Grandpa Fitch's boat

Zander absolutely LOVED the water. He would wake up and the first thing he would say is water! water! He wanted to go right out and get into the water and play. We camped right on the beach. The water was the highest we have ever seen it. It came up 10 feet while we were there so we had to move our camp site back after a few days. That was even knowing the water would come up and trying to plan enough space so we would not have to move.
I must say it was nice to get home were I did not have to make sure Zander was not eating sand, getting into something, crawling under things or running into the water.

We also took our little motor bikes. Abe took Zander on a little ride around our camp and the look on Zanders face was priceless. He felt so big being on the bike with his dad. He kept wanting to take the handle bars and steer. I think we may be in trouble with this kid:)

Here is Zander with his Uncle Andy and cousin Briggs. Andy took the boys out on a walk and had them running waving their arms! It was hilarious.


 And here are the boys just chillen at camp.


 




Here is Zander with his Grandpa Fitch . We got the boys this little boat that has a mesh bottom. They loved to float around and splash.




We took a boat ride up to the dam to see if the cosway was open letting a bunch of water into the river but it was closed, which was kind of a bummer. You can see how high the water is up the dam! It's nuts how much water they are getting and you could still see snow in the mountains.

Abe also took Zander out with him on a jet ski ride. Which again Zander loved. I think he fell asleep on one of the little rides. Abe had him steer a little and the next day Zander figured out which button started the jet ski by watching Abe do it.

The evenings were perfect and I loved the light! This is Abe's sister Kenzee and her family walking behind were we camped. I like that this pic is not totally sharp I think it gives it a dreamy look and I love the sun flair at the bottom.

Here I am with Zander looking out over the water. Two days after we took this picture the road we are on was covered by the water.

Here we are as a family. Zander always wants to swing when we both hold his hands so it was hard to get a picture of him walking:)

Vacations go by way to fast! We had a great week being away from work and just being together as a family!

Also check out the Komondor blog! The puppies are a week old and getting cuter and cuter

We have puppies!

Nessie had her pups this morning. We just got back from vacation yesterday so we were very happy she decided to wait until we were all home. When we woke up she had already had 7 of them. She ended up having two more but one did not make it. So we have a total of 8 puppies 3 female and 5 male. I am so proud of how well she is doing and what a great job she did!

You can see more pics on the komondor blog

Big News!

That's right we are expecting....... puppies!!!
Honestly this is a big surprise to use. We new Nessie could be going into heat soon but over the last week she has gotten huge. I had her into the vet at the end of May asking him what to look for. We did not want to breed her on her first time going into heat. So he went over things and when to separate the dogs. So when I thought she might be going into heat we separated the dogs for 2 weeks. We were really surprised to find out she was expecting. Here is the bigger surprise. We took her into the groomers yesterday and he said based on his experience she will probably have her puppies in the next 2 weeks!!! Unless she is having a really big litter, which komondors usually have 8 to 12 puppies. So she would already have had to be pregnant when I took her into the vet to ask him about what to look for. Really she showed no signs!!!

So I am starting a blog for Crombie and Nessie about everything komondor called Our Crazy Komondors. That way you can follow her through out the remainder of her pregnancy and then once she has the puppies you can follow them and see them grow! I will also be posting our experience in training and raising them and how great they are with Zander! Really these dogs are gentle giants. We are excited to be expecting our first litter and to become breeders. We will be the only breeders of Komondors in Utah. So if you are interested in a puppy or know of anyone who may be interested please send me an email or leave a comment. We will be taking deposits on the pups once they are born and will be able to go to a new loving family 8 weeks after they are born.

Here is the expecting momma! Look at her puppy bump!

After the groomers she looks totally different and her belly looks even bigger! We had them shave her totally down for the summer.
You can also get to the Komondor blog through the link on our sidebar:)

Happy 4th of July!

Hello Everyone I hope you are all having a lovely summer. We have been very busy enjoying the sunshine.

As of late Zander and I are hitting up Lagoon every Monday with my sister Megan, cousin Amanda and their kids. This last week my older sister Mindy and her family came to stay the summer so now they will be joining us! It is great to see Mindy she and her family live in Dubai so we only see them once a year or so. So to have them stay for two months is really exciting. Her husband was able to stay the first week but has to go back to work and will be back their last week to pick them up.

For Fathers Day I had this picture taken in Pioneer Village at Lagoon for Abe. He loved it!

Poor Zander had some allergies this day so his eyes are a little red. We only got 3 pics taken when he decided he was done playing dress up. At least we got a pretty good one. I also gave a copy to my dad and father-in-law.

Here are Abe and Zander at the Kaysville 4th of July paraid. We colored Zans hair for fun, he was very patriotic:) Also notice Abes lack of hair! He buzzed it all off. It was kinda an accident to cut it that short but, it's growing on both of us and he may even just keep it short since he is thinning more and more on top.

The weather was great for most of the paraid. It was overcast which made it nice although it was a bit muggie. Towards the end it started to sprinkle so we packed up and headed for the car which we made just in time before it really started coming down. The paraid was actually the end of our crazy 4th of July weekend. On Sat we had a BBQ at my uncles and swam in his pool with lots and lots of extended family and cousins. Zander had a blast in the pool! We then watched the Riverton Fireworks that night from my grandparents hill. Then on Sunday we celebrated the 4th with Abes family. Abe and his brother Andy took a trip up to Evanston and got some now legal fireworks! It was the best fireworks show I have ever been to. It was crazy to see which fireworks are now legal in Utah. We did get a visit from a very nice police man who said he enjoyed the show.

I am finding it harder and harder to take pictures while out and about so the paraid are the only pictures from the 4th I took. Zander is always on the go and I never have enough time to get a pic!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. I truly appreciate this great country which we live in and all the men and women who help to keep it this way.