Memorial Day

Every Memorial Day we visit the cemetaries of those close to us who have passed. It's always such a great time to remember them and to spend time with family. We always BBQ, ride the 4 wheelers, and hang out as a family.

Kamryn visiting her older sister and brother. It's such a sweet time to visit our sister's kids at the cemetary. After explaining to Kaydree that her 2 cousins passed away because they were too little and went to live with Heavenly Father she said, "But I wanted to play with them". We told her that she probably did before she came here to live with us and we know she will get to play with them again someday. What a sweet thought.

The kids always add some cute decorations. We added a bunch of pinwheels and Kaydree and Brayden made them some pictures and put them on popsicle sticks. The pictures were before we added everything.

Older sister Mckinna, 9 days old

Older brother Kurtis, 5 days old. He doesn't have a headstone quite yet.

After all of our festivities were over we went to the store and bought the kids a doughnut. Brayden's was blue........do I need to say more. It looked and acted like paint. :) He told me it was so yummy. That's all that counts!!! Oh, and I can't forget to mention his best pal, "Blue Bear".

We bought Land!!!

This past Friday we splurged and bought some LAND for our new future home!! We are so excited!! It's 3 acres(not 10 like we originally wanted, we realized it would be way too much work!) and is perfect for my yard, gardens, play area, shop, cows, horses, dogs, cats, and whatever else we think we may need later on. It's not too far away from our past houses and is located in Ucon/Idaho Falls, east of the highway off of 65th and 129th. There are just a few houses on the mile block and it's very peaceful. We even get to have a bridge to cross the ditch/canal. :)

Here's what else we've been up to:

On Friday we sodded our last house...and yes, I'm jealous. :)

I'm sure our old neighbors love us!

We also finished our downstairs mantle and handrail!

Brayden had fun driving the new homeowners car

while we laid sod! Thanks guys!

And yes, Kaydree finally learned to pedal forwards!!

This is our neighbor's horse, Wendy. The kids love her!!

Our 20x20 Garden before:

Austin's idea of tilling! :)

And Brayden and Daddy playing around diggin' up more holes!!

After pics. to come.......

Awesomeness v. Not-so-awesomeness

Awesomeness describes this:

My old hairdryer which I had for only around 10 months just quit working one day, so I thought I'd try my luck and called Conair telling them all about my dilemma and upcoming dlemmas due to this tragedy.......and for only $3 they sent me this in the mail!!!!!!!!

YAY!! And it's PINK!!

Not-so-awesomeness describes this:

2 kids, 4 days, non-stop puking, non-stop diarhea, a smelly house, a puked on daddy, mommy, carseat, car, rug, carpet, sink, 5 x bedding, 6+ loads of laundry(does not include everyday laundry), tons of crying, no eating, gallons of 7 up, a million cartoons and movies,

and a doctor who says,

"Oh, it's just a stomach virus".....HELP!!!!! Will it ever end!!!!!!

Trip to Utah

Our trip to Utah this week turned out to be pretty fun! Austin's brother is doing well now after having to have his heart surgery twice since the first one didn't go as well and he is home now starting the recovery process. He is such a brave kid! Primary's is such a beautiful hospital and is made fun for every one. The kids had a blast there.

His brother Aaron always gets the hook up: a doctor of his had a connection to East High of Highschool musical and was able to get him a hat, shirt, sweatshirt, backback, varsity letter, and more. He loves that movie!!!



We stayed in hotels while there and the kids really enjoyed swimming and staying up late eating popcorn and watching cartoons and animal planet (since we still use rabbit ears).


We made a trip to the mall too and actually let the kids play on the toys!! I don't want to make it a habit though. :)

We were able to visit my sister Traci and go to the park. Traci and I also went to my all time favoritest place ever TAIPAN!! and I managed to not buy anything for myself...I do have big plans for when my house is finished though :).

Kind of a scary pic of me!! Sorry!!



And then Friday we headed up to Logan for Austin's cousin Amanda's sealing, and it was such a beautiful day!!!







The 3 grandkids!

Kaydree and cousin Kamryn

And the best for Last!! MY HOT hubby!!

Late Birthday Pics!

For Brayden's birthday, I decided to do the John Deere tractor theme. Brayden loves tractors and loves his daddy to take him for rides in daddy's tractor. He had a blast with his birthday cake too!!

We had grandma make sure he didn't burn himself trying to steal the tractors off!

Everyone knows Brayden pretty well and gave him all tractors and cars!!

And inside his tricylce seat, this is what we found!! We had to laugh! Rocks, tree branches, and daddy's tape measure. I was wondering why it was so heavy! :)