Derick Favers!

Derick Favers from the Utah Jazz came down and spent an hour with the kids.  They played a game of lighting.  The kids who won that got to play against Derick.  Then they stood on one side of the gym if they thought he could make a shot and the other side if they thought he would miss it.  Mason thought he would miss it a couple of times when he made it so he had to do push ups.  Then he decided to change sides.

Then they got to ask him whatever questions they wanted to.

Then he signed a shirt for each of the kids and took a picture with them if they wanted one.

I had been harassing Elly about giving him a hug the whole time we were there.  When I was putting my camera away she finally did it.  I made her go back and give him one more so I could have a picture of it.

The kids thought it was pretty fun and they were excited to get a shirt.

Teichert Family Camp out!

My family had our annual camp out again this year.  The only compliant I heard was from the kids saying it wasn't long enough.  We did have to cut it a day short because of  five of our family members were going on trek.  Other then that the kids had a blast.  The first place the kids go when we get there is to the river.  They end up spending most of their time there.  They build damns and have all kinds of fun dunking and playing there.  We have found it is easiest to have them either put on a swimming suit or just wear their underwear, otherwise we go through a lot of clothes.

The start of the building!

The best part is my younger brothers are so good to get in and play and help the kids.  I think they are the brains behind the ideas.  The kids love these boys because of the time they spend doing these kinds of things with them.  

All the kids get in and play.

We always try and get all the kids to dunk.  This always turns into seeing who can dunk the most.  This year the kids had pretty good motivation.  My brother, Brock, told all the kids whoever dunked the most times in the river he would dunk that many times plus one more in Crystal Lake.  The kids really liked this idea.  The river is cold but Crystal Lake is freezing.  

Tyler ended up being the one with the most dunks.  He dunked 41 times.  He was very proud of himself because now Brock had to dunk 42 times in Crystal Lake.

If the dunked to many times in a row they would get a brain freeze.

Tyler, Ammon and Lochlyn spent a lot of time in the water building and dunking.

Our little family at Crystal Lake.  This lake is so clear you can see all the way to the bottom.  It is fed by springs, which makes it the best drinking water and very cold. 

This is most of my parents posterity at this point.  We are missing Micah, my sisters husband, who was with us most of the time and my brother, McKay, and his family that joined us later this day.  We have three pregnant girls in this picture.

Here are Grandpa and Grandma with all but four of the grand kids.  

Here Brock is making good on the promise he made to the kids.  It took him a while to dunk 42 times but it was so cold he had to come out for a minute and try and warm up.  Dad kept telling him it was good enough but Brock didn't want to be out done by the little kids.  It was crazy!

Elly loves Killian.  She tell me all the time she is going to marry him when she gets big.  She loves going up to play with him.

The group heading back down to camp.

Drake loved camping.  He could get as dirty as he wanted and nobody cared.  Those blue eyes are so pretty!

Mason was off playing most of the time.  He would come around when he was hungry or tired.

When we go camping the Tonka dump trucks get a lot of miles put on them.  The kids push them all over the place.

The kids were having fun shooting there BB guns through the covert to the pop cans they had set up on the other end.

Elly and Killian caught a worm and were calling it there fish.

These two are pretty funny together.  

The kids shooting the BB guns at a target.  It started to rain on us so we just finished loading up and head home.  

We had another great camping trip this year.  The kids are looking forward to next year but we better make it longer so they are all mad about it.  It is fun to listen to the kids talk about the camping trips from the years before and see the memories and friendships they are making.  They love being together and that is what makes it all worth it.

24th Celebration!

Every year we head to my home town for the 24th of July Celebration.  My kids love it as much as I did as a kid.  They get to spend the whole day playing with their cousins.  We start the morning off with the parade, which was the only thing I got pictures of.

We normally sit with all the cousins and relatives but this year we decided to sit in a spot where there weren't as many people so the kids could get candy without a ton of other people around them.

Waiting for the parade to start is very hard.  I don't know how many times I get asked if it is starting yet.

The neatest part of the parade is getting to see Elder L. Tom Perry and his wife.  This year Elder Perry was the speaker at the program which is after the parade.

Drake even got into picking up the candy off the street.

The kids were pretty cute waving at all the floats that go by.

The temple riders were putting the candy in the kids hands instead of throwing the candy at them.

This year Tyler wanted to ride a horse in the parade with my little brother, Ammon.  It is sad to see him getting to old to want to gather candy at parades.  He did look pretty cute on the horse though.

Ammon let him ride in front on the way back.

After the parade we go to the program and the kids go and play at someones house.  Then they serve lunch after, but we always just go home for lunch.  Then they have a football tournament, followed by the rodeo.  I wish I would have had my camera so I could have taken pictures.  Two of my brothers rode.  Tenor ended up getting second, I think.  When McKay rode all the little kids were so funny about it.  None of them wanted to watch because they didn't want to watch him die.  The day is finished off with a dance. We end up just staying home and visiting with family.

This has been a great family tradition for us.  It is a great time to see a bunch of family and friend that I went to school with.  The kids love going up for this and will for years to come.

The last Baseball Tournament!

The boys finally had their last baseball tournament.  So far this year they got second place, first place and didn't even place in on tournament.  They have had lots of fun with their team and coaches.  Drake has loved it too.  He loves going in the dug out and getting the boys helmets and wearing them everywhere or finding someones mitt and a ball to play with.

Tyler loves playing first base.  He does a pretty good job there too.

Cute little Drake loves to watch the games too.

Mason up to bat!

Mason on the run to first base.

Mason looked so cute out on the field.  He is so little but he doesn't seem to even notice.  He thinks he is just as big as everyone else.

Tyler up to bat!

Tyler thinking about running to second base.

Mason made it home!

Mason with his coaches!  They called him "Uh-huh."

Mason in right field.

Drake found more helmets.

The boys ended up winning this tournament.  The played Helper for the championship game.

The kids each got a shirt for winning.  When they called Mason's name he threw his hat on the ground while he was walking out to get his shirt.  It was pretty funny.

Our cute little team.  They were all pretty good with each other, which made it fun to watch them.  They had fun whether they were playing in the sunshine or the rain, which we played in a lot of rain.

We had fun but we are ready for a break from sports so we can enjoy our summer.