pics for 4-h camp

my stupid computer wouldnt let me download pictures so here I try again.

4-H Camp

Oh this was Sawyer's first year to 4-H camp. I was a bit nervous about sending. I found out that his friend Brecon was going but to Madison Co. rather than Fremont Co. I also found out that Madison Co. went swimming to Green Canyon on the way home. So yup it was a no brainer, we sent him with Madison. They went the first week in June so here in S. East Idaho it is still early spring. It rained and rained. When we were waiting for the bus it was raining. Good thing he had rain boots. Jaren went and bought him a poncho before they left. Once they got up there it didn't rain on them. It was really hard to watch my baby get on the bus and not even seem a tiny bit upset about having to leave his mother for 3 whole days!!! When I was younger I remember getting sooo homesick for my momma. Apparently I didn't pass that trait on to my children. We decided to drive up to Alpine Wyo. to camp to see Sawyer and surprise him. They were just coming down from a hike so he were just sitting on the side of the trail.....Sawyer walks past us and says "oh hi" and kept right on walking. I know he was happy to see us but we were kind of interrupting "his" time. He really really really had fun. Even now about 2 months later he will say. I sure hope I can go to 4-H camp again next year. Such a good boy!

Mother's Day

So I'm a bit behind. Better late than never is my motto. For Mother's Day my momma took us girls to the spa in Idaho Falls. It was divine!!! We got pedicures and deep tissue massage's. My arm and fingers had been falling asleep for a couple of weeks prior to this and the deep tissue did the trick. It was such a fun day. I loved it. They had food to snack on while we waited and champagne if you wanted so my mom wanted. When we were all done and they took us back to the dressing room we all started to get dressed. After a few minutes we started to wonder where mom was....well we found her still in her robe a good 20 minutes later drinking champagne and relaxing on a couch in the waiting room. She had no idea that we were all dressed and waiting for her but couldn't find her. It was so funny!!! Sometimes I wonder if she is truly blonde. Moments like that help me see that she just may be Heathers real mom. Just kidding Heather. Sometimes you just live up to your blonde roots. Anyway it was a super fun day. I love to get girl time in with my favorite girls. Thanks Mom, you rock as always!

Kindergarten Graduation

Yep its official, Keller graduated from Kindergarten. It was a little touch and go there for awhile. Hahaha just kidding. He did great. His grades were great. He had all Satisfactory's with a few needs improvements on things like focusing (shocking) and talking during class (even more shocking). We were so proud of him. He was the cutest little grad around. They did a nice little program and his letter was "h" His teacher was Mrs. Hughes and she is moving up to 1st grade next year. So its a good thing that he liked her and more importantly that she knows how to deal with him. One thing that she did this year (she was Sawyers teacher as well)is she made a CD full of pictures that she had taken thru-out the year and put it to music. What a tear jerker. Oh my I will save that priceless DVD forever. It makes me tear up just thinking about it. Priceless gift from her. Here is a picture of her, Keller and his BFF Kaleb (of course I mean school BFF if we are talking BFF's Ryker takes the cake) anywho, they are two little peas in a pod. What a big boy. Next year a full day of school. What are Dylan and I going to do with ourselves???

Buffalo Springs

If anyone is at all familiar with Jaren, they know how much the man loves to go on a drive. So one sunny Sunday Jaren decided to find Buffalo Springs in Island Park. The boys love an adventure they just hate the drive to get to the adventure. As soon as we got out of the car they were exploring. Every time we looked at Keller he was casting a spell on something. Poor nature its a good thing magic isn't real (Keller says that all the time) I just think I have the cutest kids ever!!! And boy they love there dad. In the spring they just don't see him much so they love Sundays with dad. We explored this little area. If you have a chance to go to Buffalo Springs take it. It was a very pretty little place. We hiked around a bit and had fun. The boys kept saying lets go on a bigger adventure. Boys I just love them. If you would have told me I would be saying that 20 years ago, I wouldn't have believed you. I thought I just wanted girls, maybe one boy but defiantly girls. I'm sure glad Heavenly Father doesn't give us everything we "think" we want.

Baseball

This was Sawyer's first year playing baseball. He never really wanted to in past years and it was just another thing to do so I didn't push it. Our poor kids, Jaren and I just are not sports people. Sure we love to snowboard, camp and all that kind of stuff but when it comes to organized team sports we just aren't that into it. So we have not pushed our kids. I started them in gymnastics so they could burn some extra energy and I always heard that it helps the brain develop and it helps them learn dedication. Anyway, I guess what I am trying to say is gymnastics is a sport just a bit different from baseball. He loved it!!! He was on a team with kids from school and scouts so I think that helped. They have all played for a few years and he was a newbie. He loves to be on a team. He practiced and practiced. We had to saddle soap up the new mitt and then put it under his bed for a weekend in hopes that it would loosen up. He didn't play as much in the beginning as he did in the end. I really think he improved over the season. If we keep working with him he might get to be good at it. Next year, we are going to take a month off of gymnastics so he can really concentrate on baseball. Here are some pics of one of his first games. I will post more later and I have a few of Keller at knot hole (t-ball and baseball mixed) Thanks for looking!

Were back!!!!

Ya ya I know that it has been forever since I posted something. But to my defense we have been swamped! Fertilizer season is just about over, baseball season is over, scouts are just about over (for the summer) and school is out. Soy has picked up an extra 3-4 hours at gymnastics so we are still running him around for that and he still has piano. Keller just started piano also. So far so good (knock on wood for that). We have not been camping yet. I cant believe that one myself. But if our kids keep acting the way they do during sacerment meeting we wont be going all summer. The deal is if your naughty in church not camping the next weekend. You guessed it that's why we have not been yet. It also helps that Jaren really has been working so its a good excuse to torture the boys with. Life has been way busy and I have to remind myself that they are only young once and its not going to kill me if I have an extremely filthy house. Some day it will be clean again. The weather has not helped us feel like its summer break yet either. I guess when my house is clean the weather will turn nice....maybe I should clean my house then. Anyway here are some random pics. Keller had to pass his letter and sounds to pass kindergarten. He really didn't like practicing them so all of the Harry Potter stuff got taken away until he passed his tests. So during that time he fell into a speed racer stage. (should I be worried that he has to be obsessed with something all the time???) I walked down to the basement and this is what I found. Keller had gotten one of Jarens snow machine helmets and he was sitting in the playschool cop car and he was racing along with the movie Speed Racer. What a kid. I really don't know where he came from. I thought it was way funny. Well thanks for looking and hopefully I will get a few more things posted.