Razden Blaze

We are so glad our little guy Razden is here.He arrived at 11:59 on Dec 15th weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long.

Finished craft project

Here are the rest of the letters, I got them all done and now the creative side of my brain is very tired,It is after all quite small.HE HE HE! I didn't do the baby's yet because I'm not quite sure about the theme of his room.

Letter Craft

My sister in law Nikki made me these huge letters to put in my kids rooms so I decorated them. I only have two done so far Gavin and Brylei's but I thought they turned out so cute!

Wrestling 09

The kids had so much fun in wrestling this year and it was so fun to watch them too!
Declan usually takes a nap during the day and didn't get one yesterday he was so tired but he still won one of his matches,Gavin won one and Bryhton kicked butt and won both of his he is getting to be such a good athlete!We are so proud of our kids and their determintaion!

Gavin Student of the Month

Gavin got student of the month at school for October he was so excited!He says he is the only one in his class that listens and does what he is supposed to!LoL It's funny the things that kids come up with!

Wrestling

Just got back from another wrestling match, the boys get two matches each time. They each one their first match so they all got second place tonight.They are looking really good this year I wish I had pictures but my camera took a dump and I haven't made it out to look for a new one yet. It's so fun to watch them all especially my 4 year old Declan he thinks it's so fun and just grins the whole time. We do have a wrestling mat in our basement! That was my idea (Yeah Right)Chris would put them wall to wall if I would let him what a nut!He is really excited for the High School season this year he had a bunch of kids come out for weigh ins, lots of new freshmen.

First day of Fall

Today is the first day of fall. I have to say it is one of my favorite times of year!Bring out the sweaters, simmer up a pot of homemade soup, bake some homemade bread. It definately feels like Fall today. The sun is shining and it's beautiful outside but there is a slight chill in the air. I also love fall because I have found that I really enjoy canning,jams,jellies,applesauce,pears,peaches and I tried pickles this year just because someone gave me a whole bucket of cucumbers!

Prego hormones

MOnday Chris's mom had us come over for a bbq I decided that I would make a couple of pies to take so I tried a new recipe for a lemonade cheesecake and then I made a chocolate peanut butter pie that I really like but haven't made for years,I even made the crust homemade, We got into the car to go and Bryhton picked it up and held it above his head for some reason, I don't know,and it slid right out of the pan and
all over the seat of the car. There was no saving it I just started bawling and Chris started laughing and I was trying to stop crying because it was just a pie but I just kept crying and Chris said "are you going to be okay" and then I was laughing and crying at the same time.Oh the joys of being pregnant and these dang over sensitive hormones!I guess Bryhton was just trying to save me from all of the fat and calories!

My prego pic 25 weeks

I will be 25 weeks tomorrow, Bryhton asked why I didn't put any pics on the blog of my belly so he took this one today! I think I only have one other picture of me being pregnant, and that was with Treagan.

Happy Birthday Declan

Declan's 4th birthday is tomorrow so we celebrated it today while we were at Grandma Jeanne's for dinner. He said he wanted a construction site on his cake so between Chris and I this is what we were able to create Happy Birthday Declan we love you Tons!
Declan licked the frosting bowl after we made it so his face is really dirty.I think he had fun!

Wow Short Summer

Wow this summer went so fast!My kids started school today I have three in this year.Gavin has all day kindergarten, Tues,Thur and every other Friday so that will be different. I am so sad ,I miss them already. They are so fun to have around and such big helpers!

Bryhton's photos

Photo shoot

Esther and I took the kids to the park and got some cute pictures we didn't get Bryhtons yet because he was at football practice so we will do his soon!

How did he do that

I gave Treagan a bowl of cherries and set him out on the porch to eat them I folded some laundry and then glanced out the window to check on him, I was really glad I put him outside to eat them!

Oh Boy!

I went for my ultrasound this morning and we are having another boy! We are excited!Due date Dec 22, Declan was for sure it was a girl and he started crying and said I don't want another brother it was so cute!

Hunting for Huckleberries

Chris and I decided to take the kids on a little adventure yesterday we went up into the woods hunting for huckleberries. I had never been but Chris has several times so I didn't really know what to expect. It was definately a hunt we hiked up into the woods (no trail) and found some bushes you have to look real close to see the berries they are hidden under the branches the kids thought it was so fun Treagan kept parking himself in front of a bush and would eat until they were all gone. The problem was there were all kinds of berries we didn't know so we had to watch him really close to make sure he wasn't eating poison berries we hunted and picked for about 2 hours and came home with about 5 cups which is enough to make 1 batch of jam, seems like a lot of work for little reward but the jam is delicious.My camera is broke at the moment so I didn't get any pictures! Declan was helping me pick and said mom why did heavenly father make these yummy berries and hide them in the forest he could have just made them grow in our yard! Good question!

We have lawn

We might have to invest in a riding lawn mower.This is our front and side yard all finished and our back yard where we buried our trampoline which is the best thing we have done yet.

Looks like alot of work

We were offered a really good deal on sod and decided to accept so first thing Tuesday morning this truck arrived, We ordered about 10,000 feet and We are pretty sure we ended up with alot more than that. We were planning on doing our front yard and a little of the side and ended up being able to do the whole front and side yard thats alot of lawn to mow. We with the help of some family and some very kind neighbors laid 22 palletts of sod in two days.Sore knees hands ,arms, and some very bright sunburns later we have a beautiful yard. Thank You so much to all of you who helped.

Yeah its Summer

So we started off the Summer with a camping trip on memorial weekend we luck out and have exclusive access to the ski hill so we made a little spot up on the hill by one of the lifts. The kids had a great time Treagan loved the fire and the marshmallows not the smores he didn't care for the chocolate and the graham crackers. the kids hiked up and down the hill, we got rained on three or four times and then we took the filthy children home and they turned the bath water black it was great!

Daycare

So last summer I decided to do daycare out of my home I started out watching a few neighborhood kids and then people started calling me I now have 10 on most days some days I have a couple of dropins Friday we did an egg hunt and I had 15 it was crazy so this is the reason I don't have much time for posting This is a picture I got when they wanted to go exploring so we took a walk!Some day I may be blogging from a mental institution, ha ha ha!

Spring has not sprung!

We woke up this morning to this nasty white stuff everywhere I don't mind it in December or even february but when it is falling in April it really ticks me off!So March has come and gone and still in Idaho SPRING HAS NOT SPRUNG! Anyway moving on to the next picture, we went to Boise a couple of weekends ago and had so much fun with Chris's sister and her family we went to the warhawk museum,the kids buried each other in the sandbox,Treagan went fishing in the humidifier,we ate lots of yummy food and got to relax and visit it was such a nice weekend Thank you Wes and Nikki for your hospitality! Can't wait to see you again!

kids pics

Nikki did a really good job with these pictures the sun was really bright against the snow so a few of the kids were squinting.

More kids pics

Amazing bed builder

Nikki my sister inlaw came up from Boise this last weekend,She had me buy some wood and she built Brylei this amazing bedframe,She drew up the plans on a piece of paper and just started building I was very impressed and Brylei loves it.Thanks a ton Nikki!

Declan Photo shoot

My sister inlaw Nikki did a photo shoot of my kids this weekend she did such a good job she is still editing the rest of the pictures but here are Declans! Thanks Nikki

Good Times

Where is daddy's cell phone?

We had a great start to our Monday morning Chris was searcing the house for his phone and could not find it anywhere,finally I grabbed my phone and started calling his.We could hear a faint ringing noise and could not figure out where it was coming from,We asked Treagan where did you put daddys phone and he kept going into the bathroom, finally instead of dragging him out we followed him in where the ringing got considerably louder and we started looking in drawers and cupboards and then we looked at each other and started busting up laughing when we realized it was coming from inside the toilet,It had been flushed! We had to disassemble the whole toilet and use a snake to finally dislodge the phone luckily Chris had bought a water proof phone because of his landscaping job and It works just fine screen and all Treagan just thougt it needed to be tested! We cleaned it very well of course!

Missouri Trip

We were able to go home for Christmas, we have not been home for Christmas since we got married almost 11 years ago!It was good to see everyone again we got to be at My Brother Byron and His new wife Elisa's wedding and also my sister Hannah and her new husband Chuck decided to get married while everyone was there.We are happy to have these two wonderful people become a part of our family!My oldest sister Amber was the only sibling not home and we really missed seeing them,but we had a great time.As always thanks to DAD and MOM for letting us all come take over your house for the parties!!THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

Merry Cristmas!

Brylei's Baptism

Brylei was baptized yesterday she had lots of friends and family come.I can't believe she is 8 already time is sure flying!Aunt Cheer made her a special baptism dress.

Halloween Fun

We had such a fun halloween Chris and I decided to dress up as super heroes My sister Cheer made the capes they turned out really cool! Bryhton was a flying monkey from the wizard of oz,Brylei was a good witch, Gavin was a gorilla, Declan was a spider and Treagan was a skunk!

How do you stop a climber?

Treagan is my little monkey I'm not sure how to keep him from climbing!The one day I was bringing groceries in and went out for another load when I came back in he had climbed on the table and broken the whole dozen eggs he knew he was in trouble! any ideas?

Happy Birthday Brylei and Gavin

Happy Birthday to Brylei and Gavin Brylei turned 8 on Monday and Gavin turned 5 on Tuesday.They are both getting so big Brylei is taking dance again this year and Gavin just started wrestling and had his first match on his bday. We had fun making fall treats for all the neighbors caramel chocolate apples yummy we ended up making several batches.

4th folder 4th picture tag

Gavin Declan and baby Treagan
I tag Nikki,Eileen,Jeanne,Aimee
Go to your pictures go to your 4th folder load the 4th photo and post to your blog!

Treagan potty training

Labor day weekend

We went down to Boise to my Grandma Sherwoods (Fowles) family reunion it was good to get to know some of our distant relatives, we were kept full with lots of good food and everyone was very friendly we visited and had lots of fun! My mom and dad and Hannah were able to come and we got to spend some quality time with them.They took us to the discovery museum it was really cool everything was hands on we all enjoyed it. We stayed at Nikki's house and got to visit with her late into the night we appreciate her letting us stay there we propably should have tipped her for being the maid too! We also got to stop and see Our friends the Prindles and visit for a little bit It's always good to see them! On the way home we stopped in Twin Falls and took the kids to see shoshone falls it is a beautiful place to see! We made it back home and now it's back to real life. We got a call this morning that Chris's Grandma Haws had passed away we will all miss her very much she was an amazing Women and a great example to all of us!

quotes to inspire

Yummy soft Pretzels Recipe

I found this delicious recipe for soft pretzels they are so good much better than the ones at the mall Try them with salt or sprinkle with cinnamon or sugar or dip them in a yummy cheese sauce so fast and easy!

Soft Pretzels

4 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tbl oil
about 4 cups flour
1/2 cup baking soda
4 cups hot water
Preheat oven to 400 Dissolve sugar and yeast in 1 1/4 cups warm water let sit till foamy,add sugar ,salt and oil. mix and add flour 1 cup at a time until forms a soft dough and pulls away from sides may need more or less flour.Let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size. roll out dough into thin ropes and shape like pretzels,set aside dissolve 1/2 cup baking soda in 4 cups Hot water dip each pretzel quickly and shake off then place on greased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 min or until lightly browned. Dip in melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar or salt.Very yummy! I doubled this and my children and the 3 I babysit gobbled them up!

Walking the dog

So I guess Treagan decided to take the dog for a walk OR is the dog walking him I'm not quite sure.Yes I am feeling guilty that the last two posts are just of Treagan!

Caught red handed

So Treagan loves powdered doughnuts as much as his mom does I put him in the car while I was helping chris carry something. The other kids were obviously not paying attention to him he climbed out of his carseat and got into the whole box of powdered doughnuts!

Gettin creative with my cricut

So my sister in law Nikki has made some really cool things with her cricut so I set mine up and have decided to get creative her is one of my creations

Fun in a tree

We have this park by our house that has this huge tree the kids love to go and climb in. I just happened to have my camera so I snapped a few shots of them while they were playing. Treagan walked all around the tree trying to figure out how to get up. he finally was able to get on the trunk!

the things kids say

The other day Declan and I were cleaning the yard and as he came to throw something away he said (in our family we have 3 boys 1 girl and 1 Bryhton) I started laughing then he said i'm really smart huh mom)!

Weekend at Bear Lake

We went down to bear lake this weekend I love this lake it is sooo beautiful and I vote it #1 kid friendly lake you can walk out forever and it doesn't get past your waist. Even Treagan crawled out quite a ways. Then we went to camp at our usual spot on the lake only to find it had been sold and they are building vacation homes on the lots. We were so upset but then we drove around and found this spot up in the mountains and we loved it. It was about 10 min from Bear lake in Paris Canyon and it was soo pretty a little stream ran right alongside our campsite we put our watermelon in it and it was nice and cool for breakfast. In the morning we went exploring and found the head of the spring, and then we took a little drive and found these ice caves it was cool to see so much snow and ice inside when it was 85 outside. We really enjoyed our weekend and loved seeing the kids having so much fun. It is amazing the beauty that has been created all around us if we take the time to slow down and look around!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREAGAN!

Happy birthday to Treagan he turned 1 yesterday I can't believe how fast that last year went WOW! He is starting to walk and thinks he is talking he says dog and mom and dad and tickle tickle and he says thank you really cute. Anyway enough bragging Happy Birthday Treagan we all love you!

Messes

Chase and Esther brought home these giant suckers for the kids they were very messy!
Treagan is getting into everything he is such a little mischief maker!

Our new house finally

LOOK MOM A MOOSE

We were headed to our house the other day and this moose was in a yard eating off a stack of hay the kids started yelling so loud I thought something was wrong. Mom stop the car stop stop.So I turned the car around and we had the camera so we snapped a few pictures this was almost in town!

We can't wait!

We are just a few weeks away from moving into our new house Chris has been busy laying tile and hardwood and I am so sick of painting I never want to see another paint brush or roller ever again! We haven't put the rock on the bottom yet we are waiting for the weather to warm up so we don't have to heat the outside!anyway here is our new house!