So here is our week!!! On Thursday we left for Springerville for the 4th of July Celebration and my 10 year reunion! :( Yikes!! Anyways we were coming into Alpine and I thought we saw my dad in his dump truck, I looked at my phone and didn't have very good service so I decided not to call. Just then my phone rang and it was him. He had us pull over and took us to where he was working. And this is what he showed us! There were 14 huge Bull Elk laying under a tree. Shaffen decided to try to get closer and he an Covin got within 80-100 yards away before they even moved. This was a good excuse to get me a good camera because mine doesn't have a zoom. This is the best I could make it look without totally distorting it! Covin thought is was great until he noticed how big they were then he got nervous.
Later that evening when we got to my moms she told me that Richie was going to be going to cage fighting. I asked Richie if he had enough tickets for Shaffen to go. So that was the plan and I would stay home with the boys. Anyways he then told me that it was a benefit fight for one of my friends from high school's little boy who had a cancerous brain tumor. So I then wanted to go, luckily Richie had another ticket and I was able to go. It was way fun Nikki and Mandy, Richie, Shaffen and I got to go. I have never been to a cage fight before and I think I found a new addiction. Who would have thought that watching people fight and get beat up would be so fun! haha! I think there were about 8-10 fights and there were a few REALLY GOOD ones. Thank you Richie and Mandy for letting us tag along! :)
These are the kids waiting for the parade to start.........
Another picture because you can't see Conner in the other one! Crazy kid!
Cam (Shannon's little boy) Keenan holding Dex, Conner, Covin, Carsen, Kortni holding Faith(Shannon's little girl), Jaten and cut out is Bella.
Conner being whiny because it was too loud! 
We let Covin ride his bike to the parade from my moms and he just had to sit on it to watch the parade. Then he figured out that he couldn't get any candy while sitting on it!
Later that night we got to go to Show Low to watch Richie race. The boys were very proud that "Richie drives a race car!" Covin was a little confused that Richie didn't get to race every time and he had to take turns. 
Conner wanted nothing to do with wearing any type of ear protection. Oh well what do you do! :)
Covin loves these ear protectors he also gets to wear them when he goes shooting with his dad. And occasionally around the house when he doesn't want to hear what I a saying!
Covin had to go over to Richie's and show me all of his trophy's and then he got to sit in his car and pretend to drive it! He is very proud of all of Richie's trophy's "They are taller than me! I think he has like a thousand." Now Covin thinks that Shaffen needs a race car and he and Richie can go fast together! 
It was a rough week for Conner he never took any naps and we went to bed late and he got up at the crack of dawn! He fell asleep probably 10 minutes out of town. 
6 comments:
Misty,
By any chance was the benefit for Elwin Slade's little boy Keaton? Elwin is my cousin and I remember hearing about his little boy having surgery recently for a brain tumor. Just wondering.
Great pictures! We missed being up north for the 4th, but we'll be there next year.
Dana
We definitely need to be there next year! Our 4th sucked and it's one of my favorite holidays! We didn't have any parades we...no rodeo's no races and we missed the fireworks! They were to have fireworks between 8-9pm but because of thunder they didn't shoot them off until after 10:30pm when we had already left. Will is going to die when he see's those huge elk...awesome! Glad your reunion was fun. love ya!
I wish we would have gone to RV for the 4th. I can't believe you got to see all those elk...what are the chances??? We'll be up there next year for sure.
Those cage fights are soooo addicting. It's like you can't believe you're watching it and you can't turn away! Love the elk pictures. They really are amazing animals and how cool that they let you get so close.
WE really did have fun with you guys we are so glad you came. Sorry we weren't much fun. Hopefully our lives will get back to normal at some point very soon!! Love ya
Okay, like Scott hasn't been obsessing enough over his elk hunt comming up in September, now after I showed him your pics he is WAY obsessing and excited. Thanks. I'm gald you had a great fourth. I just love it up in Eager during the 4th. Everyone is so patriotic. Well be there next year. Yeah.
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