Rasmussen Clan

Fun at the Rasmussen House

2011-12-04T20:48:00.000-08:00

What would you think we do for fun here with Shawna in charge? You guessed it, we run on the treadmill.

Jump On It

2011-12-04T20:33:00.001-08:00

Recently we went to Jump on It which is basically a warehouse full of trampolines. As you can see, the boys loved it.

Aggie Blue

2011-12-04T20:27:00.000-08:00

I swore none of my kids would ever be dressed in blue team colors, but I guess if it's going to happen, Aggie blue isn't as bad.

Silver Lake Fishing

2011-12-04T20:15:00.000-08:00

I know this post is late; we have some catching up to do. Late this fall, we took the boys fishing up to Silver Lake. Fortunately the fishing was fast and furious, and each of the boys were able to catch about 10 fish each. They were all small, but fun to catch.

Riding the Mower with Great Grandpa Whitesides

2011-08-07T09:42:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went over to Grandpa Whitesides, and he let us play with the riding lawn mower. Jake and Gavin had a blast.

Sophie's Muscles

2011-08-07T09:40:00.001-07:00

Sophie has learned to flex her muscles. She's almost old enough to start Shawna's fitness boot camp.

Jake & T-Ball

2011-08-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

Jake just finished up his first year of T-ball. The first chapter of many years of baseball, if his mom has any say in it.

Ahoy Mateys!

2011-05-22T16:03:00.001-07:00

Jake found a plastic sword this week out on a walk, and Shawna decided to help the kids dress up as pirates this week. What a fun mom.

Birthday Tent

2011-05-22T15:56:00.000-07:00

Jacob got a new tent from Great Grandma Rasmussen this week. Combined with his new sleeping bag from Grandma Seamons, it has been a tent party every night this week. I wonder if the boys will ever sleep in their beds again.

Gavin Dancing

2011-05-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

Recently Mommy has been giving Gavin dancing lessons. You can tell the lessons are really starting to pay off. He has almost surpassed his teacher.

Happy Birthday Jacob!

2011-05-15T09:32:00.000-07:00

Jacob turned 6 this week. We were able to go up to Bear Lake and celebrate with Grandma and Grandpa Seamons, Great Grandma and Grandpa Whitesides. Uncle Bret, Aunt Sara and Samantha were also there.

Sophie in her Easter Dress

2011-05-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

Here's Sophie, happy as can be, ready for church in her new easter dress. Thanks Grandma Rasmussen:).

Easter Egg Hunts

2011-05-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

This year, I think our boys went on at least 5 easter egg hunts. This hunt was at Uncle Marq and Aunt Lynzie's house.

Dr. Gavin

2011-05-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Gavin loves to draw germs. Recently he decided that he wanted to be a doctor, and asked mom to help him dress up like one. Here's the result. Looks just like our real doctor.

Sophie in St. George

2011-05-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here's Sophie ready for church, enjoying the sun in St. George

Zions National Park

2011-05-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

Shawna, Jake & Gavin on a hike at Zions National Park

Jake & Gavin at Redcliffs

2011-05-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

Nice little pose from our boys on the Red Cliffs Trail near Leeds

Jake's First Fish - Lilly Lake

2009-10-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

So I've taken Jake fishing a few times now, but up until this last trip, we haven't been able to catch one. We passed a small lake on the way down called Lilly Lake. We only had 15 minutes, but we threw the line in anyways. Jake was able to catch his first fish. He reeled it in all by himself. Hopefully this is the first of many fish.

Bald Mountain Hike

2009-10-04T18:34:00.000-07:00

Another view of the Bald Mountain hike

Bald Mountain Hike

2009-10-04T18:31:00.000-07:00

Supposedly, this last Tuesday was supposed to be the last good hiking day of the year. We decided to go up and hike Bald Mountain in the Uintas. You can tell I didn't spend a whole lot of time adjusting the camera, but you can at least see us, right? I you look closely you can see the lakes in the background.

Denice & Zeke

2009-10-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Here is Denice and Zeke at Triple Falls

2009-10-04T18:26:00.000-07:00

Here is Triple Falls

Triple Falls, Oregon

2009-10-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here recently I was able to go up to Oregon to see Denice and her family. She was nice enough to take us up to Triple Falls. The hike was beautiful. The trail actually went behind one of the falls. Here is Dad & Mom Rasmussen.

4 Wheeler Ride

2009-10-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

Here Uncle Bret is taking all of his nephews and his niece on a 4 wheeler ride. This picture was taken at Grandma and Grandpa Seamons' house in Burley.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

2009-10-04T18:05:00.000-07:00

Late this summer we were able to go to the open house at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. We went with our friends the Landivars. The temple is beautiful as you can tell by the picture.

Sliding Rock

2009-10-04T17:54:00.000-07:00

We were able to take Jake and Gavin up to Sliding Rock in Alpine. I has been a good 15 years since I've been up there. The water was just as cold as I remember it. Good thing it was such a hot day. Even Gavin went down once with Daddy. The picture shows Shawna and Jake about to go in the pool.

Summer Time Fun

2009-10-04T16:17:00.001-07:00

Okay, I have some catching up to do. I'll post some pictures from the summer since it is apparently over now. The first pictures are from a fishing trip up to Tibble Fork with Grandma and Grandpa Rasmussen (along with everyone else in Utah County). Unfortunately, we didn't catch any fish, but we did have a lot of fun.

2009-05-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

Here is an updated picture of the family. Kim was nice enough to take some pictures of the family at Wheeler Farm.

2009-05-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a long time. I'll try to do better. This weekend was Fathers & Sons. I decided to try to be brave and bring both Jacob and Gavin. Not the best of ideas. Gavin ended up going home at 4:45 in the morning after waking up screaming and I couldn't calm him down. Luckily home was less than 45 minutes away. I took him home and was back by the time the early risers were starting to get up.

Jacob had a blast. He was able to run around with all of the kids. His favorite part was roasting marshmallows. Imagine that.

Even though it was a rough morning, we had a lot of fun.

Sugar Bowl

2009-01-08T14:10:00.001-08:00

Okay, so I really spoiled myself and went to the Sugar bowl in New Orleans. I went down with Grandma Rasmussen, my mom and dad (good old family trip).

The game was amazing. I went hopeful for a victory, but was more than spoiled with the best game I have ever been to. Who knows when we'll be able to see a game like that again.

Shawna spent the New Year in Bear Lake with the Seamons.

One of the places we ate at was called Crazy Lobster. They had what they called a seafood bucket where they brought out all of this seafood all in a big bowl. Here are the before and after pictures of the bowl. I spilled Dr. Pepper on my pants just as we were leaving so it looked like I peed my pants. At least this time it was just Dr. Pepper.

Christmas 2008 (2)

2009-01-08T14:04:00.000-08:00

Jake and Gavin were able to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Seamons at the yearly get together at the Burley church.

Food was really good, and Shawna was able to beat me at one on one in basketball, again, but what else is new?

Christmas 2008

2009-01-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was spent at the Seamons house up in Burley. Seems like it was a blizzard up there the entire time we were there. Several cars got stuck in the drifts in front of the house.

As far as presents go, Jake got a race track for all of his cars, and Gavin got a Diego Big Wheel. Jake of course loved his track. Gavin likes his big wheel too, but his legs aren't quite long enough yet to reach the pedals. For now he just scoots around.

Thriller

2008-10-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

Recently Shawna and some of her friends out here decided they were going to participate in the local talent show. With Halloween coming up, they decided that they were going to do thriller. Here are some pictures to prove it.

Halloween Party!

2008-10-19T14:56:00.000-07:00

Recently some of our neighbors had a Halloween party for all of the kids. Here are some pictures to enjoy. Shawna was trying to be a cowboy, but turned more into Chuck Norris with the beard. Jake got to wear his Red Dinosaur costume that has become his daily outfit. He won't even take it off to go to bed at night.

Walking in mommy's shoes

2008-10-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

One of Gavin's favorite things to do is to find our shoes and put them on. Here he is walking around in Mommy's shoes. He was more than happy to strike some poses for us.

This second picture was during conference. He saw the conductor waving his arms during one of the hymns and starting waving his arms right along. Shawna was into the hymn too.

Utah Michigan Game

2008-09-01T19:44:00.001-07:00

Okay, any of you who know me know what a Utah nut I am, and when I found out that Utah was going to the Big House to play Michigan, I had to go. I went with my neighbors (also die hard Utah fans) Tony Child and Dan Applegate. It was a very good game, and though the Utes almost gave it away, Utah ended up winning the contest. I was one of 108,481 fans that were at this game. Unreal.

Little Rascals

2008-08-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

So one of our kids favorite things to do now is to get into the cupboard when Dad isn't looking to find something good to eat. Notice I said Dad because Mom usually isn't home when this happens. Today's treat was hot chocolate mix. Yummy!
Other regular favorites are Ice Cream and anything that is sweet left in child's reach (including all of the upper cupboards). I've already learned to hide my Hot Tamales but it seems Shawna is getting good at finding my stashes as well as the boys.

Island Park

2008-08-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

Okay all of you doubters. I'm ready for my second post. This weekend we all traveled up to Island Park with Shawna's family and stayed in a cabin on Bill's Island. It was nice to get away from everything and relax some. This picture was of everyone at Big Springs, where we went to feed the fish. However, it turned into feeding the seagulls as the birds ate all of the food before the fish could get to it.

Rasmussen Family

2008-07-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

This is the most recent picture that I have of our family. I'll try to update it soon, but this blogging thing is new to me, and I'm just trying to get the hang of it.