Funny

I came into the kitchen this morning and my two year old had gotten into the brownies. I said to him "why did you get that all over you" he said "I didn't, it got all over me first". Funny how changing the words around made it the brownies fault and not his!

Kids Summer Pics

 Check out those piercing blue eyes! Can you see the trouble brewing!

 This is my little goofball he can always make me laugh!

 My mini me I only got one that resembles my side of the family!

 My handsome little helper boy, Always finding a way to Help someone out!

 My sweet daughter that helps add the femininity to our family that is so desperately needed in this house full of rough boys.

Wow when did this guy get so old, I can't believe he is in Junior High already. He keeps us laughing.

Blessed to SHOUT

I was tackling my endless loads of laundry today and feeling very frustrated that I had to spray SHOUT on almost everything I was washing. (Wondering if I should by stock in the company) I started to realize that if I didn't use SHOUT that would probably mean that I didn't have children. My attitude changed and I was suddenly glad that I go through so much of this Stain Remover because it means, I have been blessed with 6 amazing children that cause me to have to endlessly SHOUT!

Swimming Lessons

 We usually take swimming lessons when we are in Missouri for the Summer but we scheduled it wrong this year. I put them in lessons at Rexburg Rapids and was really impressed. We did the 8:00 a.m. and 8:40a.m. lessons. She happened to be the only one in her class so she got private lessons for group price.

 He only had 2 other kids in his class with 2 teachers. He had a blast.

These two were in a class together and only had one other kid with 2 teachers. They said the water was really warm.

Winding down Summer

Our oldest started football. I can't believe he is in Junior High this year. I think that makes me feel old.

 We took the kids to Lava to float the river we had tons of fun!

 The youngest wasn't quite sure about it he kept saying it was fun ,but when we asked him if he wanted to go again he said not now!

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home

 Chris surprised her and made it back into town just in time to go to her Daddy Daughter party with her. She was planning on taking her uncle and was super excited when he showed up!

 We like to go up to the mountains and hang out on Sunday afternoons. I love how messy the kids get so fast.  His face was dirty so he tried to wipe it off with his hand. Yes thats a handprint. HA HA!

 He was so excited about his perfectly roasted marshmallows he made for me!Notice how dirty his hands are.

 He wanted to keep roasting marshmallows but he was to full to eat this last one!

Chillaxin!

Girls Camp

I got the opportunity to be the camp director for our ward!  I was feeling very inadequate for the job but It was a great experience. We are blessed with an amazing Young Womens Presidency that was so helpful. We Had 23 girls and 10 leaders it was such a fun uplifting experience. We went to Paris Idaho. We floated the river at Lava,went through the Minnetonka cave,swam at Bear Lake,did some fun skits, ate lots of yummy food. Our bishopric came up the last night and made us dutch oven pizza and gave us a great devotional. Overall it was an awesome week!

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 My sisters and sisters-in-law. I had so much fun with these ladies. We would all squish into a vehicle and make midnight runs to Walmart, Sonic and a gas station that had Dr Pepper slushies. I wish we lived closer to everyone so we could hang out more often.

We brought my nephew James back with us for the Summer. He was so excited when we got to this sign he made me get a picture!He is such a sweetheart we have really enjoyed having him with us!

More Missouri

 We had so much fun in Missouri. We got to reconnect with cousins.

 Ate lots of Grandpas corn. The best corn ever. It is seriously so yummy and sweet!

 This guy usually disappeared on the farm somewhere but I happened to catch a pic of him.

 They all loved catching crawdads and boiling and eating them. Or playing with them.

 We ate lots of yummy BBQ foods!

We played in the creek at the Trout Farm.

Eating a crawdad.

June 2012 New Mexico/Missouri

We headed out to Missouri the first week in June. We stopped in New Mexico to drop off Chris at a job and then the kids and I drove the 14 hours to my parents. Thank goodness for Dr.Pepper and sunflower seeds. While we were in New Mexico we went to the Indian Ruins,they were pretty cool.

 I love when I can capture sweet moments like this. Gav was afraid Treag was going to fall while he was running down this trail, so he ran up and took his hand.

 The kids thought it was so cool that  someone could carve a home into the mountainside.

 Pretty amazing sight to see.

 While we were in Missouri Chris was able to join us after the New Mexico job for a few days. We were able to get a picture of all the siblings and their spouses.Here is the crazy group. One of my sister inlaws is expecting so when this baby comes my parents will have 2 dozen grandkids.

My Dad and Mom and  my siblings. We haven't all been together in awhile,so it was fun to be together again for a few days.

Dinosaurs and Spelling Bees

 Grandpa and Grandma Harris took us all to the Dinosaur Museum it was a fun time!

 Brylei got first place in the school Spelling Bee and got to go to the District one and ended up getting 3rd place. We are so proud of our sweet little girl. She is growing up way to fast though!

Gavins 1st Pinewood Derby

 Gavin had his pinewood derby. Chris helped him make this cool truck it didn't do to bad!

 Waiting for his truck to come down the track.

 The race is on!

I thought this was a cute picture of Raz and Chris, watching the derby!

Running

So my goal this year was to start running. Why? I'm not real sure I just made it one of my new years resolutions. I got started a little late though and have only been doing it for about 2 weeks. For those of you that know me well. I am not a runner. I excercise often but it's usually just toning stuff like situps and pushups.When I first started I could barely make it a 1/4 mile now I am up to a mile. It sounds really wimpy I know but for me it is a huge victory and eventually I want to run farther. Right now though I am just working on making improvements on how fast I can run a mile with my best time so far being 9 min and 32 seconds. I really don't even know if that is good but Its the best I can do so far. I have not decided if I like to run or not. I know I feel good when I get back to my house and I'm glad I went. So for now I will keep putting on my running shoes and keep pushing myself out the door!

Easter Fun

Chris's sister came up from Boise. We all met at Grandpa and Grandmas. It's always fun when they come up and we all get together and have fun!Grandpa and Grandma with all their Grandkids.

We decorated Easter eggs while they were here. We were smart and did it outside.

What we've been up to

We went bowling one of the few days Chris was in town. The Easter bunny happened to be there so we had to say HI!

Bryhton tried to send himslf down the lane.

Declan was a little dissapointed in his turn.

Brylei just wanted to look good while she was bowling .

Gavin was just chillin waiting for his turn while he sipped a soda.

Treagan had to have the orange ball even though it was to big.

Razden was so funny he got a strike his first time and turned around with his thumb in the air and yelled "Oh Yeah Baby"!

Everyone wanted to help Raz.

Chris has been gone since about the end of February. He was able to come home for a couple of days between jobs and so since he was gone on our Anniversary we had my sister watch the kids and escaped to the Black Swan for a night!

We got bored one Saturday and decided to make a batch of coconut flavored lipgloss. It has chocolate in it so my little guy kept wanting to eat it. It does taste yummy if you lick your lips.

My mom used to make these homemade wheat thins and they were always one of our favorite snacks. My kids really like them also, so we make them often! They are super fast and easy. I am not a fan of cold cereal. It's expensive and 10 min later the kids are hungry again. This has become a family favorite. My kids actually request for me to make this hot cereal in the mornings. We just cook it up and add milk and a little brown sugar. They even usually ask for seconds!

We had an easter egg hunt in the snow. I forgot to put my card in my camera and thought I was snapping pics all along, so I only got one of Raz.Brylei started volleybal and is loving it.