Utah's Kennecott Copper mine's

I have lived in Utah all my life and this was the first time I had been to Kennecott. It was so cool. Kennecott is the biggest man made mine that can be seen form space. It is 2 3/4 miles across and 3/4 of a mile deep. Another fun fact is that the Salt Lake 2002 winter Olympic medals were made of Bronze, silver and gold. All from the Kennecott copper mines.Cool
The trucks hauling dirt
The kids, me, and my sisters Erin and Whitney in from of one of the truck tires. It was HUGE!!!
The kids looking over the mine

Hail storm 2010

After we got back form Kennecott we got home just in time. Right before this happened. It was CRAZY Just look at it.Check out the size of that piece of hail!
Look at the lawn. It was crazy. Utah doesn't have storms like this very often. Funny thing was this was the third hail storm that day.
An even bigger piece of hail!
The sky was beautiful after the storm.

Play house Disney

Maddy's obsession this summer was Play House Disney. She LOVED it!!! Here she is with James. He was such a good sport and watched it with here every morning.Donald, Micky and Minnie
Maddy's favorite. Minnie
Dancing to the "Hot Dog" song.

Dutch Store

My favorite candy is chocolate. When Ben and I went to Germany back in 2000 I was in heaven. Their chocolate is the best. Then my good friend Ruthie moved to Amsterdam and would send me chocolate. Then she moved to Canada. But I still had a connection because another friend, Laura still lived in Amsterdam. But this past summer Laura moved back to Texas. I was so sad that my chocolate connection was over. THEN.... When I was in Utah this summer my brother in law let me in on a little Pratt family secret. There is a Dutch store in Salt Lake the sells the yummy chocolate. YUMMY!!!!! Look at all that yummy goodness. :)
I took James with me when we went to the Dutch Store and he though these clogs were cool. So I let him take a picture.

Thanks for the secret Alex. I can't wait until next year. :)

Picking peas

One day my mom was out in the garden picking peas so Maddy decided to go help. :)Then she decided she needed a taste. Can't blame her. Home grown fresh from the garden peas are the best!
Mmmmmm
She liked them. :)
Isn't she the cuties baby ya all know. :) OK so I'm a little bias.

Grandpa's Garden

I can't believe it work. It took about 15 min to load but it worked. :)

Any ways this summer while in Utah the kids all had chores to do. On Tuesdays the boys chores were to help my dad do the yard work. Most of the time it was to help in the garden. Matthew picking weeds
James picking weeds
James looking at the tomatoes
My dad telling Matthew something. Probably to go check on the squash. :)
My dads garden has always been his pride and joy. I love going up there in the summer and eating straight form the garden. Love it!!!

Frustrating

My computer is being so frustrating! Ughhh. It wont let me up load pictures to my blog or facebook. I'm ready to through this thing out the window. I have a ton of stuff to blog about from our Utah trip.