"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." Gordon B. Hinckley

Oct 12, 2011

Kenna’s artwork

I love when kids start writing their name and drawing pictures of people, I think it is so cute. Here is Kenna’s artwork for the day.DSC_1199DSC_1200

Oct 10, 2011

Jaxon and the box

While I was doing peaches Jaxon would take the boxes that the peaches were in and they would keep him busy for hours, he loves his boxes!!DSC_0202DSC_0207DSC_0203DSC_0205

Jaxon and the tap shoe

Jaxon found Kenna’s tap shoe in her dance bag and he put in on and tapped all over the house. He loved the sound it made but he couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. He finally sat down and looked under his feet and he was so excited he knew what was making the noise! This little guy brings so much laughter into our home I love it!!DSC_1256

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Oct 6, 2011

Buddies

All I have to say about these picture is these two are the best of buddies and they always have fun no matter what they are doing!!

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Oct 5, 2011

Walk to school day

The school had a walk to school day where all the kids got to walk to school in the morning. My Mom came and got my kids and my brothers kids and walked with them. I felt so bad I didn’t get a picture before they left so I drove to the school and barely caught a picture of them walking. Then Grandma stayed and ate breakfast with them, they thought that was so fun.DSC_1223

Being Silly

Jaxon and Kenna are little buddies, they play all day together. They do silly things like finding my hospital buckets under the kitchen sink and playing in them. They laughed so hard at each other getting stuck in their buckets. Fun memories together. I sure love these two cuties, they are both at suck fun, busy ages.

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Maddy goes to a birthday party

Maddy got to go to her friend Tatelynn’s birthday party and she was so excited to go. She came home looking like this. They had a girls day and some older girls did their hair and nails and makeup!! Maddy has always wanted pink hair so today she got pink hair :)DSC_1276DSC_1278DSC_1279DSC_1280DSC_1281

Oct 1, 2011

Binky in the dishwasher

These pictures make me laugh so hard. I was doing dishes and I looked over and saw Jaxon loading my soap holder with his binky!!! He is such a big helper at our house. He makes big messes and always tries to clean them up with his blanky. He makes our lives interesting that’s for sure.DSC_0953DSC_0954DSC_0956DSC_0959

Little Man

Here’s my cute little man in the tub!! He loves the tub, he could sit in there for hours. He doesn’t even have to have any toys in there, he just loves the water. I can’t believe how big he has gotten lately, there are so many things about him I need to write down so I don’t forget. He is talking so much..he can say shoes, no, hat, peach, bread, B (Binky), B(Blanky), ball, sissy, go, bike, book, 1,2 and I am sure I am forgetting some. This little man loves to ride the motorbikes, play with balls, read stories, watch sesame street, barney, and dinosaur train. He loves his sisters and he loves to do anything that they are doing. He is very independent and wants to feed himself which is really hard for me because I don’t like messes so I try to feed him and he gets really mad. He is s super good sleeper and sleeps all the time and very rarely gives me any trouble when it’s time for bed or nap. He is so sweet but also has a wild side to him and every now and then he might just take a handful of hair out of his sisters heads!! He does not like church at all, he will not sit still and he is very loud, it is difficult to bring him. Jaxon loves to give lots of kisses to everyone and I love getting them from him. He tries to climb on everything so I am always chasing right behind him to save him from a huge bump on his head!!  He keeps me going all day long, but we love him so much!!

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Peaches and Pears and Corn!!!

This is what I have been busy with for the last couple weeks. You could say I became slightly addicted and now I don’t know what to do with my time because I have no peaches to do. I did a total of 80 quarts and 12 pints of peaches and 22 pints and 4 quarts of pears. My brother Jesse loves my peaches so I told him if he would buy his own peaches and bottles I would do some for him so I ended up doing 24 pints and 5 quarts of peaches for him. I also managed to do 74 bags of freezer corn and I had to put a lot of corn in my bags this year because I have added another big eater to my family (Jaxon) he eats everything all day long!!! I am so excited to have all of this done and to have my shells full of something besides cereal and green beans :) My family loves peaches and when we open one bottle we always have to open a second so it will be nice to have so many this winter. DSC_1197DSC_0004-2DSC_1193DSC_0698

Bear World

We have never been to Bear World but we drive by there all the time, so this time we drove by we got to stop. What a fun place to bring the kids, they loved it. There were 65 bears in the park, they were everywhere!! The rides were free and the kids enjoyed them. There were baby bears that you could feed and touch. The Elk were amazing and it was fun to see them up close. We could have spent a whole day here, so fun!!! DSC_0920DSC_0912DSC_0877DSC_0873DSC_0883DSC_0905DSC_0915

Baby Bears!!

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The rides!!

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