Brent's Wedding

My nephew, Brent, got married this last weekend to a great girl, Sara. It was fun to get together with my family for the weekend and hang out.

Parents of the groom, Kelly and Valee.

Boys monkeying around...

Ladies doing weird things in the photo booth they had set up. This was a quick shot through the curtain.

The girls...

Deer Valley & Park City Trip

Michelle and the kids went to Deer Valley with her parents while I was in Europe. Looks like they had a fun time together.

Catching Up - Ella's First Day of Preschool

Here's Ellie-bellie with her brothers on her first day of preschool. Let's not forget Mr. Rocko either.

And here she is with her BFF, Peytie.

Cowabunga Bay!

Michelle, the kids, and the nephews all took a day with Grandma and hit Cowabunga Bay to soak up the sun in the last days of summer. Looks like they had a great time.


Ella performing her "watch me, watch me..." while dunking herself underwater and practicing her swimming lessons. So cute.


This is Con and Dyl striking a pose before they get "striked" with tons of water dumping from one of the huge buckets.

The boys getting their "chill" on in the pool. Sometimes it's crazy to see how big they get and how fast they grow.

We should be able to get there maybe one more time before it shuts down... because I'm pretty sure they're not going to be running it in February.

What happens when family convenes...?

Beins Family Campout 2009 - Eight Mile Campground, Idaho

Another great campout this year over the 24th of July up in the mountains of Idaho. We had good food, good activities, and a little bit of craziness as always to go with it. We met Alease's boyfriend, went on bike rides and four-wheeler rides, hikes, runs, and did some fishing. All in all it was a great weekend for some relaxation.

Here's the fam getting our pose on.

Elvis and the kids going 4-wheelin

Kelly with the other load of kids

On the way home Conner and Easton got a pic in front of the "Devil's Handprint".

This is Elvis and I getting our morning bath out of the way. We're basically sitting at the beginning of the creek in a cold spring.

Me and the boys

Easton and Grandma

Can't wait for next year, too. Always a good time to get away and go rustic. We need to get a few more family members up there to make it complete, but it's still fun regardless.

Going up there makes me realize what a beautiful planet we live on and how lucky we are to be here.

Gateway and Silver/Twin Lakes - Sunday

This Sunday we had a family day. We went to Gateway with my sisters and their families and watched the kids play in the fountain and ate at the Pizza Kitchen. Then we said goodbye to them and then went hiking with Michelle's family up Big Cottonwood. It was a long, but fun day and we capped it off with dinner at Porcupine. (Which included calling the cops on some people who left their dog in their hot car... idiots).

All of us at Twin Lakes.

The boys strikin' a pose.

Some of us hiking up to the lake.

Elvis and Ella playing in the water.

Easton and Ben just chillin...

Me getting Ella acclimated.

Getting our mist on.

Easton enjoying himself in the water.

Too much fun that ended a busy weekend with family in town and a family reunion. We're also watching our nephew this week until I take him up with us to go camping this weekend. Good times...

Montana in July - Lazy Days

The time we spent up in Montana for a week flew by. While there we sat back, relaxed, and enjoyed being together as a family. It was good times indeed. Have fun looking through the pics...

Playing games by the river out front of the cabin.

Tucker loves Paula... so much he has to be in the hammock with her.
Tucker REALLY loves Allen, so much that he doesn't knock him off. :)Ella and HER Uncle Tony... she loves this guy.

The family photo in 2009. This is the best one we got... it was a long day.
Grandma and her girls.
Ella and the Grandmas.
Ella on the 4th in her Patriotic dress and earrings.
Watching fireworks down by Seeley Lake.
Conner posing by the river.
Conner and Sam playing planes by the river.
Easton and Preston hanging out by the river.
The gang going tubing down the Clearwater river. Good times.