Moonshine Arch

This morning we ventured out to Moonshine Arch, which is just past Steinaker Reservoir. The temperature was a nice mid 40's, which could not be better for this time of year and this part of the country. Jace brought along his good friend Jordan.

Picture from under the arch.

There were some wind tunnel/caves adjacent to the arch that the boys loved to climb and explore.

Jace and Jordan kept asking if they could climb around on different parts; however one time they disappeared and by the time Zack and I caught up with them we found them on top of the arch. Below is a pic of Jace and Jordan on top of the arch before I made them get down.

This past week Jace and Zack have been watching a lot of the Man vs Wild episodes. In the show Bear Grylls is a maniac and climbs up all sorts of mountains. Apparently this show has influenced Zack, because he was fearless around cliffs and wanted to climb up every mountain we came to. At times he made me real nervous, so I would follow him and hold onto the loop of his backpack.

After exploring the arch a bit we hiked up over the face of the mountain and tried to find a different way back to our truck.

We ended up hiking/running down the face of this mountain, which did not look to bad while we were on it. Once we got to the bottom we looked back and could not believe what we had just come down.

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Tyson-2 months old

I am a little late posting this but here are Tyson's 2 month growth stats:
Weight: 10 lbs 13 oz (20th %)
Height: 23 inches (42%)
Head: They didn't tell me the size but his head is only in the 30 %. Both Jace and Zack's heads were in the 90-100%.He is doing really well and the doctor said everything looks great! We gave him his first haircut/trim 2 weeks ago. Before we cut his hair I measured it and it was 2 inches long!

Tyson loves his jumper! He was jumping and laughing so I went to get my camera. I came back just minutes later and this was how I found him. Poor guy was all jumped out and sleeping.

Fishing with Trent and Kinnedi

Last weekend Trent brought his family out to Vernal to visit us. Justin and Trent decided to take the older 3 kids fishing in his drift boat. They had fun and caught a few fish. I mostly had to do this post to show the picture of of Trent trying to get Kinnedi to kiss the fish, it is too funny!

What a sweet dad!

Trent with his catch of the day

Jace and Justin with the fish they caught. Out of all the kids, Jace being the oldest, he was the one who kept asking to go home. Thanks Trent and Candice for bringing your cute girls and coming to visit us! We loved having you here!

Tyson's Blessing

Tyson Carter Watkins- We blessed Tyson last Sunday and are grateful to all of our family who came out to Vernal for the blessing. We really appreciate all the support! We are so lucky to have a sweet little baby in our home. Tyson has been a very happy, peaceful baby. I love the special sweet spirit that babies have. Its amazing to think that he came straight from heaven and we are so grateful that he came to us.


The Watkins Family

The Carter Family

More pics of my cute boys

My aunt needed a family picture for a project she was doing and wanted one with Tyson it it. She needed it right away so we figured this was good enough for now. Hopefully we will get a better family picture soon!
Tyson has the craziest hair! I wash it and comb it down and this is how it dries, it literally stands straight up! I love it!

Zack's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Zack! He turned 3 on July 20th, and is no longer my baby. Its amazing how much they seem to grow up once you have a new baby. Zack is a very active little boy who loves to play with Jace and now Tyson. He is so much fun to have around and makes us laugh all the time.

More Pics of Tyson

As requested, here are some more pictures of our little boy Tyson and of course his big brothers.

As soon as Jace and Zack woke up they climbed into our bed to check on Tyson. They wanted him to wake up so bad so they could hold him. It was so cute!

Jace took this picture, you don't see much, but you do see how much hair he has



Justin took this picture the day we got home from the hospital. I never would have thought to compare a baby to a basketball, but it is pretty cool to show how small Tyson really his.

Tyson Carter Watkins

Tyson was born Thursday night at 11:59 pm and weighed in at a whopping 6.9 lbs and was 19 inches long. As you can see he has a lot of dark hair just like our other two boys and ofcourse he got Tiffanys eyes. Both Tiffany and Tyson are doing quite well.

Jace was super excited to get to the hospital to see his new baby brother. Jace ended up waking Zack up early so he would not have to wait any longer.

We had a baby sitter lined up encase Tiffany went early, however our sitter is also a maternity nurse and ended up working this night. We were a bit worried about what to do with our boys but thankfully my mom and dad were able to drive up Thursday night and stay the night with Jace and Zack.

Jace catches a BIG fish

Justin took the boys fishing this afternoon and Jace ended up catching this big fish that was almost 23 inches long! Jace hooked and brought in this fish all by himself. For the whole story see Justins fishing blog.

It's a Boy

Most of you already know we are having another boy and we are very excited. I got the official ultrasound today and everything looks great. He is still very active. The guy doing the ultrasound said it was really cool to see a baby that active during an ultrasound. He also did a 3-d ultrasound which was way cool! Here is baby#3
Isn't that so cool! I think it is just precious!

Jace's first wrestling tournament

Jace started wrestling the beginning of March and had his first tournament last Saturday. This is the video of Jace pinning his component. Not too bad for his first time wrestling.

Grandma and Grandpa Watkins, Randy, Abby and Joslynn came out to Vernal to spend the weekend with us. They came to the wrestling meet to cheer Jace on. It was fun having them stay overnight and play all day Saturday.

Happy 6th Birthday Jace!!!

We started Jace's birthday celebrations at Grandma and Grandpa Carters. Jace has been wanting to go swimming in their hot tub so they heated it up and the cousins got in. As soon as they turned the bubbles on Zack wanted out. They had a lot of fun!

We then went and played their bowling arcade game downstairs. It had been a long time since anyone had played it. Jace and Kinnedi were the winners.
We then went over the Grandma and Grandpa Watkins for a big multi-birthday celebration. He shared the party with Matt, Abby, Joye and Grandma. He had tons of fun playing with his cousins.


Jace had his best friends Jordan and Becca over for his birthday. They each got a rocket shooter and had wars shooting each other and popping the balloons.
We have enjoyed have Jace in our family for the past 6 years! He is such a sweet and loving boy! He is always ready to have fun and loves playing with his family and much as his friends. We love you Jace!