Hunter's Big Catch!

Jay & my Dad take Hunter & Easton fishing a lot in the summer time. The boys absolutely love it and I enjoy the time to myself. Hunter loves to fish and always tells them that he's a better fisherman then they are. This time, it proved to be true. After he casted, hooked and reeled the fish in, the first thing out of his mouth was, "Dad, it looks like I got a keeper!" He was so excited, needless to say, he kept him and he is getting it mounted. When they took him to the taxidermist, the fish weighed 11.5 lbs. and was 30 1/2 inches long. Lucky for me, one more dead animal to hang on the wall!




I love this picture!

Thanksgiving

This year we were able to spend the weekend before Thanksgiving at Jay's parents house. The kids had a blast but missed Reno and Hailey. Jay's mom cooked a wonderful dinner and it was nice to go and relax for a couple days. I'm so thankful for such a wonderful family on both sides. We have the most amazing parents and grandparents. I'm so thankful for my Husband and my little family. My kids are such a wonderful blessing in my life.




Hunter was showing off his lack of teeth!- I call him the toothless wonder and he's loving the song "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."
For Thanksgiving day, we went to my parents house and I ate until I rolled to the car! My mom always make enough for an army and I usually take it upon myself to try and finish everything!

Halloween Fun!

This Halloween was quite eventful!- First, we went to the EPA gym in Pocatello, we were able to rent it for a couple hours and the kids had a blast!





We were then off to the Trunk or Treat at the church!-




We then, went to my Grandma & Grandpa's house! Every year we go and take pics with them- My kids get so excited to show them their costumes!







After we left my grandparents house, Jay decided since it was the last day of my sister's deer tag, we should take a detour and see if we could see any deer of the side of the road. So not even an hour later, we were taking these pictures!- Luckily, she made a good shot and it was not off the road to far. Casey was so excited, it was the first deer she had ever shot and was quite proud of herself! We were still able to go trick-or-treating it was just a little later then planned!

Soccer Game = COLD

We went to 3 Soccer games on Saturday!- It was so cold! I love to watch my boys play so I had a hard time sitting in the car with Mackie. I decided to bundle her up and brave the weather. She did okay at the start but, it didn't last very long! Even in the cold, Hunter and Easton played so good!- Hunter made 6 goals and Easton had 2!- It is so much fun to watch them learn and improve at each game!

Mesa Falls!

Jay was out of town last weekend and Courtney and her family were going to Ashton for the weekend to stay at Nate's moms cabin/barn. She invited us and I was a little worried about going, I decided to go take my kids and they did great! I invited my brother Jake and his little boy, Tristan to go along. On the way home we decided, since I had never been to Mesa Falls to take a little detour and go.





The kids loved it, Jake thought we should go on to Yellowstone and make a day of it. I opted out, with 4 kids it didn't sound like that much fun!

Next best thing to Lagoon!

We told are kids all year that we would take them to Lagoon!- When September came, we figured it probably wasn't going to happen. So, we took them to the Blackfoot fair instead! I'm sure Lagoon would have been a lot more fun and probably less expensive, but they had fun and that's all that matters, right??





I was so sick by the end of the day, it's a true sign that I am definetly getting old!!

Mighty deer hunter!

I drew on a "coveted (by men) deer tag, a really, really good deer hunt!" Jay says. So we hunted a few different days and passed up several big bucks. One morning we went out hunting and Jay said,"get off your horse." So I got off, he then told me to look at the deer, I said, "I can't see them." He told me to get my scope up, so I did as he said and got my scope up. I then shot and was then he asked what I was shooting at. I said,"the deer that you told me to put my scope on!" Come to find out, it was a really big 2 point!- oops!! He was not real impressed. I felt bad because Tyson and Brett had spent alot of time helping us. Luckily, the hunt was over and we made it back in time for breakfast!!


You can tell in the picture that Jay was not real thrilled!- He didn't even want to take pictures but Tyson convinced him, it would be a good laugh in the future! You can see he was alot happier with his mule then his wife!!

Camping Fun!

We went to Island Park camping this last week. It was so nice to get away from everything and enjoy the outdoors. My kids loved having both sets of grandparents there. Jay's parents came down and stayed a couple nights and we all had a great time. Grandma Jo even got in the Tube! She lost her sunglasses but had a blast.

The kids loved tubing, they all have so much fun together- we are so lucky to have family and friends so close! Mackie loves being on the boat- however it's a little harder now that she's walking and wants to get down the whole time!




We stayed at Buffalo campground and the kids loved it. They rode their bikes all over and could fish right off the bridge. I used it more for a photo shoot!




We all enjoyed sitting around the campfire and roasting marshmellows in the evening. Jay helped Mackie roast her first marshmellow and it was the cutest thing, she loved it!




We had so much fun, but the kids were exhausted by the time we were ready to come home!