{September in a Nutshell!}

We spent a lot of time as a family and enjoying the last little bit of time before school time and activities start into full swing.

We took a drive up to Hailey/Sun Valley, ID the first weekend and stopped off at Craters of the Moon to look at all the lava rock.



 

 

We also made a stop at a playground there :)

 

The kids LOVE 4-wheeling so we decided to take two camping trips up to Moody Creek (our backyard pretty much)...There was sooo much mud and rain but that made it that much more fun! 

 

Brayden and Kaydree have been wanting to learn how to ride their dirtbike so Austin and our friend taught them how...Brayden's first go at it was a bit intense haha. He kept pulling on the throttle instead of the brake!

 

Kaydree did super good!

And what would camping be without taget shooting :) Jaxton wanted his chance but settled for watching. 

 

 

AND......SCHOOL STARTED on Sept 5th!!! Brayden is officially a Kindergartener and Kaydree is in First Grade! They absolutely love school and the bus rides too!

So what was left for me and my sidekick to do???

Potty training was on my to-do list..we succeeded for the first week then went backwards...but he's so dang cute with little undies on...we are still working on it though :)



 

Bowling Night!! The kids just get better and better!!! 

 

Picture Day!! They are growing up :(

{OH BABY!.......}

Look who gets his turn to be a BIG BROTHER!

THAT'S RIGHT!.....BABY #4 is in the making :)

We are currently 14 weeks along and so excited!!

October 19th we are scheduled for an ultrasound to find out

if this baby will be a brother or a sister :)

Our due date is on or before March 20th... 2 days before Kaydree's 7th Birthday :)

We finally told the kids on Monday night and asked Kaydree and Brayden to read what Jaxton's shirt said...We asked them if they understood what that meant for Jaxton to be a big brother and Brayden replied. "Well, he is a BIG 2 year old"! hahaha...it was pretty funny. They are super excited though and announced it to all of their friends at school.

 

I have been super tired and way nauseous this time around but no throwing up.....and this week I seem to be feeling so much better :) We are so excited for this new addition to our family :)

{End of Summer!!!~ August}

AUGUST was about a whole lot of fun before fall and the school year.....and well...I think we pretty much COVERED that!!! :)

 

On August 4th, Austin and I, his parents, 2 sisters, and brother in law all hiked up Palisades lakes...there were so many spectacular views. We ended up hiking a total of 11 miles!! 

 

 On the 11th, Austin's cousin Emily took Kaydree and I on our 1st ever float trip!!!

I have been dying to go for the past 8 years! We floated along the dry bed (our back yard) for a few miles....it was a ton of fun!

 

August 16th the kids and I drove up to Island Park for the day to visit Daddy at work building a cabin and to take a swim in the lake :) 

 

 

 

On August 20th we took a family trip down to Lagoon!!!

The kids had a blast and are getting tall enough that they are able to ride on a lot of rides!!

 

 

 

Brayden started playing NFL flag football and loves it!! He is on the Minnesota Vikings!!

 

 

Jaxton and our dog Marley have become quite good friends....

he walks around saying "come here boy" :)

 

On August 27th, my twin sister Traci went into have a double masectomy to get rid of the stage 3 breast cancer she learned she had......it was a bittersweet day. We are glad she is doing much better now :)

 

 Kaydree and her best friend Kiah......We spent at least one day a week for the whole summer with her and her mom and little sister. They have become such good friends of ours :)

 

 

 AND>>>>>>>>>>

That's right!! School has begun!!! This was meet the teacher day on August 30th.

Brayden is in Kindergarten with Mrs. Garrido (Mrs. G)

 

Kaydree is now in 1st grade!!!! She has Mrs. Richardson

 

There is the rest of our summer in a nutshell!!!! :)



{4th of July~ness}

July was so much fun!!! It started off with celebrating my very good friend's 40th birthday up in Island Park. Boys will be boys and the older boys decided to hunt down a squirrel....Brayden and Bradyn were thrilled to be the recipients of the eyeballs!! hehe

4th of July is always a fun filled day,,,starting with the parade! The sun was right in their eyes for this pic :)

Waiting for the fireworks and sun to go down we enjoyed some sno cones :)

Two days after we headed to CA to move my parents up here to Idaho!!! They sold their house in one week!! It happened all so fast! They are living with us until Austin completes building their new home!.......We of course had to make a mini family vacation so we headed to San Diego and Sea World :)

Kaydree had to pose by the cinderella horse and carriage :)

And what a happy ending to any long fun filled day :) Priceless!

Sea World was a blast!! It wasn't even crowded and Kaydree, Brayden, and I braved it and went on the Rapids ride where we got soaked :)

We made a quick stop at the San Diego Temple before heading back home :)

It was a short trip in CA and a long 23hr haul back home with our truck, 30ft trailer, and my parents whole life :) But we made it back all safe :)

 

Kaydree continued with dance doing the summer session and still loves it!

Kaydree and her best friend Kiah on their last day of dance practice :)

Jaxton turned 2 1/2 this month and started it out with his own idea of not wanting to take naps or go to sleep at night.......he would rather keep me company. Who can resist this cute face?? :)

We finally made it to the spray park this year!! We have been to Rigby Lake a couple times a week for the whole summer but they sure enjoyed the slides here :)