Scott's Birthday

 

Really quick,  I thought I would just show you an example of just how DUMB our dog is.  We bought her a dog bed to lay on in the winter (NEVER waisting my money again!) To her it is not a bed, it is a toy.  She has managed to rip a hole in it and her favorite pastime is to get more of the stuffing out...

 

 

So after she is done ripping the stuffing out of it, dragging and flipping it around, she finally lays on it...

 

Like a normal dog.  This is only after at least an hour and she is completely bored. UGH!

 

 

Scott's birthday (Dec 27th)

 

 I was SO excited to give him this cute owl I could hardly stand it! He loves owls!

Scott is such a goof ball, in this picture he opened a Doug Andrus semi truck (replica) or "Doug-ie Trucks" as we call them. Scott has always had a thing for semi trucks, but when Casey married Kristy that all changed.  Doug Andrus Distributing is Kristy's dad's trucking company and are Scott's #1 favorite trucks. Scott always has his eyes pealed for a "Doug-ie Truck" and if you ever venture out on the roads away from home he will always ask you if you saw any "Doug-ie Trucks"

 One happy camper...

What about you? Have you seen a "Doug-ie truck"?

Lately

Friday Oct 7:
We said good bye to our puppies. We were giving them away for free and they were gone in 45 min!!!! I was shocked.  It was an emotional day, excitement, worry, sadness. I was excited to send them to new homes, 4 dogs was starting to wear on me. Oh and the dog food we went through there at the end...they would have eaten us out of house and home. I was worried about the new owners...would they take care of them and be kind to them? Sadness- oh the tears that were shed!! Poor Braiden had a hard HARD time letting them go, I'll admit I shed a couple too. There at the end I thought for a second about keeping one...but just for a second. One man said to us, "The most expensive thing in the world is a free puppy." HA HA we got a good laugh out of that one.

Here they are, all washed up and ready to go.

Here's some animal arithmetic for ya: in a period of 7 weeks we went from 1 dog + 2 kitties + 3 puppies - 1 kitty - another kitty - three puppies and now were back to 1 dog again.

Nate's Birthday Oct 11:

I made these little jars of pumpkin cream pie for everyone at his office, I got the idea from the Crafting Chicks Yummy!

Dinner with his parents at the Drift Inn! Yummy!

His very own camp chef. Do you like my wrapping paper?

 Oh and the German chocolate cake (from scratch) is a must! Yummy!

Aren't  birthdays Yummy?

Oct 12 Brody's last football game:

Oct 15th Braiden's last game:
He's #75-
The one who's hiking the ball-
the one with the grey sleeves.

It was fun... what are we going to do with ourselves now that football is over???

After Braiden's game we met up with Christopher and the kids at the straw maze.

Bella and Joslyn

Hudson played on the slide all night.

Scott driving a go-cart.

Brody and Ethan

Braiden was nice enough to give his baby sis a ride.

My kids were not interested in going through the haunted maze so we will have to go back in the daytime for the regular maze.

Joslyn's First Haircut

Joslyn got her first haircut yesterday.

 Now she is not a baby anymore :(

We chopped off all her sweet curls...it had to be done, it was a ratty - uneven mess.

It totally turned her into a little girl.

SNIFF!

Good News: This morning when I got her out of the tub the curls were still there, they were just shorter. :) I round brushed it again today because it's nice for a change.

Joslyn is really into bandaids lately, I have to be careful and leave that door shut or she will get into them and bug me for a "bam-A" until I put one on her.

She loves flip-flops and I mean LOVES! She wears them around the house ALL the time no matter whose they are.

You can tell she has brothers that are into football because she sees a football game on TV and exclaims, "football!" The funniest thing ever though is when she says "down" and squats down, then "hike" and takes off running.  Oh dear me!  

Speaking of football, it has consumed our lives lately, it's been fun though.

Braiden LOVES the game, he is on the yellow team and he is playing center (?) anyway he is the one who "hikes" the ball.  He also plays defensive tackle, so by the end of the game is he worn out and happy as a clam.

Brody is also playing flag football and having a great time.

All Hudson gets to do is watch, pretty soon buddy, pretty soon!

Last call on the puppies, they will be 6 weeks old on Saturday so we will be saying goodbye. sniff sniff (not!)

Puppies-Bottom Braces and Stitches

I may be no good at kitties, but I AM good at puppies, look how cute they are!!

My trusty assistant-yeah he's pretty cute too!

The puppies are so funny they are starting to do all the little things that puppies do. "Play" with each other, bark, wag their tails, shake their heads, scratch their ears and escape from the kennel (not to bad though, they won't go far from mama.) They are 3.5 weeks old now, we better find good homes for them soon before we get too attached!

Yesterday was one of those days.  Presidency meetings, dentist appointments, Orthodontist appointments and football games and hardly enough time in between each to take a breath.  We were settling into the after school routine, of snacks and trying to get homework done.  I went outside for a minute to take care of the puppies, so Brody decided he could be sneaky and open the box that came in the mail.  I  heard screaming and crying coming from inside and not the arguing and fighting kind, the "something's wrong" kind. I ran in to find Brody's little arm (and everything else) covered in blood I grabbed a towel and tried to clean it up enough to see how bad it was...yup we're going to need stitches. : (

It wasn't a long cut but it was deep. He got two stitches, it looks to me like he could have used two more? No?

Ewww! Yucky! Sorry to gross you out.

I think he learned his lesson about playing with knives.

I was joking with the ER staff that my other son had a football game in just a little bit so I hoped that I wouldn't be back in later. Well after Brody got all fixed up we made it to Braiden's game only 10 min late!! Pretty good! We were in the second half and J was getting restless so I was chasing her up and down the bleachers I glanced up to see all the players on one knee (that means that someone is hurt) I didn't see what happened so I stopped... pretty soon #75 comes limping off the field, WHAT #75! That's Braiden!! ugh! He was fine, thank goodness, he got a drink, toughed up and was back out playing within 5 min. Gave his momma's heart a little start though!

Braiden got his bottom braces yesterday, he was excited because now he could do alternating colors, he chose orange and blue...GO Broncos!

Puppies & The First Day of School!!

Ivy had her puppies early Saturday morning.  She had a small litter of only 4 (fine with me) but the runt didn't make it (so sad) so we have three little black puppies that are fat and happy.

Notice the swimming pool? My brother wonders why we are trying to drown them. (hehe)  She had her puppies in there so clean up was a breeze (sorry probably TMI) and now it keeps those little fatties nice and contained, I even layed a nice scrap of carpet inside so it would be soft and cozy.

Puppy anyone????

Today was the first day of school, the boys claimed that they didn't want to go back, but I could tell this morning that they were excited.

Braiden started 4th grade and Brody started 1st grade.

Off they go!



This is when I started bawling, I'm telling you this never gets any easier, it's sad to see them go. I wonder if I will still cry when they are in High School?

More Summer Fun

Baseball {check}
Swimming lessons {check}
Impromptu trip to Challis {check}

My grandpa has a cabin in Challis and we decided to go up there for the weekend with mom, dad & Scott and Christopher and his kids. The place is a time capsule from the 70's it's great!!

1983

Here is a picture of me when I was about 3 years old, we spent Easter there one year as a family, looking through my photo album I've noticed one thing. The decor has not changed. One. Bit. 27 years later I return to find the same table cloth on the table and that same ole barstool...see.

OK so I messed up and used the gold barstool instead of the burnt orange barstool but you get the picture.

Happy Hudson 3 years old.

Joslyn is not interested in getting her picture taken.

Give her the baba and the bebe and she's much more willing.

Cuddles with Regan - I love having Regan around she is a great babysitter...now if only she lived a little bit closer to me.

One day Brody and Bella played together building fires ALL morning (not kidding) the little pyros. I loved watching them play together- friends and cousins.

On a nature walk we spotted a baby deer in the cemetery.

See him under the lilac bush? The kids thought it was great.

One day we went to Challis hot springs for some swimming. The boys rode 4 wheelers all over and had a blast-while mom, Regan and I did some (ahem) decluttering :) We have our work cut out for us in that dept. We had a blast and we are excited to come back, it's nice to have a place to get away to even if it is a cluttered time capsule from the 70's.

A weekend stay at the Sun Valley Lodge for the ISDA Annual Conference  {check} I have one word. Awesome.

Annual Redfish Lake camping trip {check}

I love this picture...taken from our campground, we had a beautiful view.  It was a rainy and sometimes thunderstormy camping trip. Glad I wasn't tenting it or I would have been going home, party pooper- I know.

The sister-in-law tube ride was so MUCH FUN!!! The sun peeked out of the clouds for a few hours so we hopped onto the tube!

The boys got a turn!

Joslyn had fun playing in the sand.

We did have rain but we didn't have bear scares like last year so that was a plus.  The boys love love love coming to Redfish and are always so sad to leave. :(

Injured dog {double check} OH poor POOR Ivy!! So this wasn't in the plans but I took Ivy to my mom's while we were in Sun Valley so she could take care of her. I thought she would have fun with Atticus (mom's dog) and going out on the farm with my dad. Well she did have fun until my sheltered, not used to riding in the back of a pickup dog decided to jump OUT of the moving vehicle.  Mom and dad took her to the vet and found out that she broke her leg. She had to have surgery to put in a pin to hold the bone together. Oh and she is going to have puppies in about 10 days oh that poor miserable dog, can you imagine!!

A HUGE thank you goes out to my mom and neighbors who nursed our dog back to health while we were camping!!!

Back to school shopping {check} The kids are all geared up for school, we registered on Thurs. and they start in 1 week. Two kids in school all day- that will be weird, I will miss my helpers. Braiden got to pick up his football equipment last week and he starts practice on Tuesday we are so excited for football season!

WSWS

What She Wore Sunday

Sis had to get some back to school clothes too! :)

We have 1 week to squeeze every last drop of fun that's left in this summer vacation, so far we've done pretty good!