Hiking in Coronado National Forest

Hallie, Carson & Taylor had a blast hiking! I got a little nervous at spots like this!

Jaime, Cayden, Carson, Hallie & Taylor hiking Coronado Peak Trail outside Sierra Vista.

The view from one angle at the top is of Sonora, Mexico. We had binoculars and were able to spot a few cities.

Jaime & Cayden taking in the view from the top of Coronado Peak (6864 ft. elevation).

Beautiful view of Montezuma Canyon!

Papa Bear is quite the hiker.

The kids rode down the winding mountain road in the back of Papa's truck. They loved every minute of it.

At the Coronado visitors museum Cayden & Taylor battled it out while dressed in armor like Coronado wore.

Carson was as happy as can be playing with this sword!

After the big hike we ate some real Mexican food at Tacho's Tacos in Bisbee, Arizona. The kids got them each a new grill! Nice!



At the beginning of January I took the three kids down to Sierra Vista for some fun with Papa Bear and the Haymore cousins. Sierra Vista is surrounded by mountains that have some great hiking trails. The weather was perfect, so my Dad and I packed the kids up and took them to explore the outdoors. The kids loved it so much that we went back a second day for another hike!

Christmas Night Celebration!

My Grandpa & Grandma Gilbert came from freezing Idaho to be with us on Christmas!
My three sisters, Mom, Grandma, Aunt DeAnn, and I before our BIG Christmas dinner!
Carson and Grandma filling their plates up! Look at all that shrimp.
Mark and I Christmas night! What an improvement from earlier in the day!
My cute Grandma & Grandpa eating their Christmas dinner.
Can you say addicted?
Uncle Kelvin giving Carson & Karlie rides in Grandpa's wheelchair! We can always count on Kelvin to keep the kids entertained.
Carson and family playing the Candy Bar game! I used to play this game at my Grandma's house as a kid!
Taylor, Carson, Hallie, and Cayden eating their candy bars they won! As if they needed anymore junk after getting a stocking full of it!
BINGO Time! This is a yearly family tradition!
All of us made out with some great gifts and gift certificates from our Christmas Bingo Night! Fun times for sure. Thanks Mom & George.

Christmas Fun!

Carson opening his one present on Christmas Eve!

Keira was in love after opening her Christmas Eve present! She took this new puppy to bed with her.

Cayden lucked out with another game for his Wii when he opened his gift on Christmas Eve! He tried everything to get me to let him stay up and play it late Christmas Eve!

Cayden up at 4:30 am Christmas Day playing His new Nintendo DS!

Carson was up as well at 4:30 am! He just couldn't wait to ride his new ATV that Santa brought him and rode it around the house until the sun came up! That explains all the black marks I'm finding on the walls:-)



Keira, Lucky, and her new Princess kitchen set!

Movie Man Mark was so excited to get his 2009 Harkins Movie Theater Loyalty T-Shirt and cup!

It doesn't get any scarier than this on Christmas Day!

The rest of Christmas morning Princess Keira dressed in her new Diamondbacks Jersey played Kitchen!

Papa Bear and Carson rode their bikes a ton Christmas Day! Check out Carson's new D-Back Jersey!

And of course Crazy Carson hit the streets and rode his ATV until the battery went dead!

Cayden spent Christmas Day mastering his new Mario Kart game for Wii!

Finally some Christmas pictures! What a fun Christmas we had! We felt truly blessed on Christmas Day!

Carson's Birthday Morning!

Is Carson excited or what? Top of Carson's Birthday Wish List was two Lightsaber Swords. Carson said "One for me, and the other for Cayden to fight me"! Great idea:-)

The Birthday Fairy delivered a huge cake to our front yard!

The Birthday Boy sporting his Birthday Crown at school!

Carson brought Birthday Doughnuts, and milk to share with all his friends at school!

Birthday Doughnuts are the best! Go Carson, it's your Birfday!

Birthday Celebration at Amazing Jake's!

The Birthday Crew ready to party at Amazing Jake's!

Cayden & Carson having too much fun on the Bumper Cars!

Cayden driving Carson super fast around the Go-Kart track!

Carson & Cayden making themselves sick on the mini coaster!

The Birthday Boy enjoying a ride on the Rio Grande Train.

Carson, Jaime, and Cayden up high on the Frog Hopper! Scary!

The Fryer Boys playing Laser Tag!






Carson's favorite part of the Rock Climbing Wall was the fun ride down!

No more than five minutes after we left Amazing Jake's .......the Birthday Boy was out for the night!
Food & Fun at Amazing Jake's was the way we celebrated Carson turning five! Carson, Cayden, Mark, and I were entertained and amused for hours! Being a Thursday night after the Holidays, we pretty much had the place to ourselves! Score! We rode the rides a million times, played a ton of video games, did miniature golf, and of course ate too much food from the delicious buffet! Carson loved every minute of his Birthday celebration and could of stayed at Amazing Jake's all night had we let him!

Little Tough Guy turns 5ive!

It is hard to believe that someone so SWEET.......
Someone so INNOCENT.........

Yet so CRAZY...............

So FUN..........

And, Oh-So-COOL.........is turning FIVE today!
Happy Birthday to our little "Tough Guy", Carson Jared Fryer! There is never a dull moment with Carson! You never know what he might do or say! He definitely keeps us on our toes! We love this sweet, innocent, crazy, fun, and oh-so-cool kid of ours!