4 R Kids

Britnee Turns ONE

2011-03-02T14:23:00.005-07:00

Its always crazy to me how fast my kids grow up. Britnee turned one In January and as you can see the time has gone on with out me blogging about my kids. Britnee was the one special little spirit that was needed in out home to make us complete. After we had Jaren we thought we were done. How can you go wrong with 2 boys and 2 girls. I just knew that about after 2 years that there was one more waiting to come. Once we decided it didn't take long before we knew that there was no going back. Britnee was born January 26, 2010. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces. 20 inches long She was a perfect addition to our now Family of SEVEN geesh that sounds like a lot of us. Ryan has always had that same look with all of his kiddos. The look of pure Love. It always amazes me how you can instantly fall in love over and over again.

Our coming home!

Uncle Tyler he has always been great with the kids. But he said that she is tooo small. She does look tiny in his arms.

Britnee learning to hold her head up. WOW were did that tiny baby go. I have always love this picture.

Her first lick of Ice Cream. We went to Yellowstone National Park and that is were she had her first taste.

This was Christmas Day. She was so funny. She finally got to get on Jarens new car and thought she was hilarious. Looks like she has her bags and is ready to go.

Always finding some place to relax while all the kids are at school. It gets pretty quiet when it is just her and me.

I had decided that since she was my last baby and my last first birthday we were going to make it a big deal. So we had the whole family over for chicken, salads, rolls, cake and ice cream for her birthday. I thought that this cake fit her to a "T" she is a little on the Princess side of the spectrum.

This is the finished products her cupcakes and Princess cake.

Grandma gave her a cute little baby doll for her birthday. She loves babies.

I think that this was her first taste of icing. Cause the look on her face is kinda funny.

After looking at these pictures she has sure grown up since we had our pictures done. I guess it is time to up date them. But i thought that this was cute any way.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BABY BRITNEE ANN!!

Kenadee's 12th Birthday

2011-02-03T08:41:00.003-07:00

I know my last post was in September and it is now February. So i will just post some of the most important events that have happened in our lives. Kenadee turned 12. Wow how the time has gone so quickly. I am amazed at how are kids all look so alike. This is Kenadee and it looks like Britnee. I guess that is a good thing. But just looking at the baby pictures i have a hard time telling them all apart.

Kenadee has turned into a beautiful young women. I am not sure how that happened because i didn't think that i was that old. But here is the proof. She is my life saver. I feel bad that being the oldest there is a lot of responsibility's that is placed on the oldest like always having to be the one that sets the example for all the other kids, Having to babysit all the time so Ryan and i can go on dates. They are suppose to be the one that makes sure everyone else is doing what they are suppose to be doing. When Ryan was gone to North Dakota she was the one that had to take on all the other responsibilities like being the sound board for me when things were tuff. She is a great strength to me and i couldn't have asked for a better kid. how grateful we are to have been blessed with such a great kid. I know that i don't tell her enough how grateful i am for her. We love her and is so blessed.
She has a great sense of humor and can come back with the funniest thing. It always take me a few days to have some thing to say back. So she didn't get her smarts for me.

I think that the next time we have to go shopping i will take Dallin with me again. He picked out this outfit for Kenadee. I think that he did a pretty darn good job.
Emalee so proud of the gift for Kenadee. A water bottle.

Crazy to think that she is in Young Womens now. GEESH!!!

She wanted a Volley ball Birthday Cake so this was the best that i could come up with.

Happy Birthday My Sweet Kenadee.

Preschool/Football

2010-09-17T08:52:00.004-06:00

This year Dallin is Playing Grid Kid Football. It is really scary but fun to watch him play. Some times it is really hard not to be a mom that is too vocal. I would hate to embarrass my child. Dallin is having a good time playing. They won their last game. Dallin is a line backer, kick off return, and kick off. So he gets a lot of play time. When they first started they didn't have there jerseys so on the back of Dallins it said Jr Gonzalas. That was kinda fun. But it sure made it hard to know who's kids are who. He has a couple of games left of the season. So wish them luck.

Jaren started preschool this year. I wasn't so sure that he was ready but i think that he will be fine. So far he is doing good. When i drop him off he cries but the teacher assured me that he doesn't cry for very long and then he decides that he is fine. It is kinda nice that it is just Britnee, Ryan and I for a couple of hours. Jaren and Emalee get home with in 30 min of each other. Jaren totally cracks me up he has quite the sense of humor. He is always doing something funny. First day of School.

First Day of School

2010-09-14T10:27:00.002-06:00

WOW I am slow. Here it is any way. The kids started school in August 25. They were so excited. I really don't think that i am that old, But Kenadee informs me that i am that old. She is going into the 6th grade this year. She is really liking it. She is getting so big and getting so pretty. She is a wonderful helper to me. I told her that she couldn't go to school any more because what was i going to do with out her. I am so use to having her help me. But of course she told me no way. It is weird to think that she will be in Junior High next Year. HHHHHHAAAAAAAAA

Dallin is going into the 4th grade. Him and Kenadee are both in the Kershaw school. It is so weird to think that i have kids that are getting into the older schools. He is loving school. We really like his teacher. He is such a good kid and always very loving to me. That is nice that he likes me.

Emalee is in Kindergarten. Where has the time gone she is getting so big way to fast. She is a wonderful helper with Britnee also. I think that it is a good thing that my kids are great little helpers. There are days that it comes in very handy. She is really liking school.

On the first day of school for the Kindergartners the moms get to ride the bus with them. YAA for me. I am not sure why i did she told me that she didn't need me to. But we did it any way. I totally felt the love i am telling ya. WOW when do your kids realize that they don't need ya any more? I think she realized that it was a good thing because once we got there she was nervous, Because the older two are at the other school so there was no one to help her. But she has done great.

Some needed UPDATES

2010-09-10T10:44:00.004-06:00

So this is a pretty good story that i must tell. Kenadee and Dallin did their 4-H pigs this year and all they could talk about was getting a big blue Ribbon. This spring Valleywide gave away some fancy chickens. They were FREE all you had to do was raise them and then take them back at the time of the fair. Well Emalee kept saying that she wanted to show her Chicken. The other kids kept telling her that she didn't get to show her chicken. And of course if you know Emalee she would argue with them until she thought that she was right. WELL as you can see After we dropped the chickens off and came back the next day to feed all the animals that we had there There we found on one of Emalee's chickens was a GREAT BIG RIBBON. Kenadee and Dallin couldn't believe there eyes. They kept saying that it wasn't fair it is just a dumb chicken. BBBHHHAAAAAAA i thought that it was the funniest thing ever. Emalee was so proud of her Ribbon.I guess that teaches them.Dallin showing his Pig. They both did a great job.

Kenadee showing her pig.

This picture totally cracks me up, Jaren has decided that he is scared to ride in the buggy. So i thought that it would be funny to get a picture of him. I am not kidding when i say he screams like a girl. But you can tell that we are going pretty fast if you look at his hair.

And occasionally i have to pull the Buggy out and ride it around the yard.

One of the fun things that we did this summer is that we were invited up to Lovells cabin. That was a lot of fun. There is a water slide, a zip line, golfing and there was also two great big slides that come down the side of one of the hills. The kids had a lot of fun. This is Dallin coming down the slide We went with the Larsen's. Mandy, Britnee and I enjoying the sun.

Ryan decided that he wanted to have a little fun with the kids.

Kelton and Dallin racing down the slide. I am not sure who is having more fun.

Kenadee on the zip line.

Robinson Family Reunion

2010-08-16T14:56:00.002-06:00

We had the annual Family reunion in Newdale with the Robinson's. It is always a good time, good food, and a good laugh. They always do the water balloons, then they had little crafts for the kids to do. And of Course Food to eat. I just had to post this picture I thought that the look on Cieras (spelling?)face was priceless.

I guess when you are the odd man out you are bound to get it from every direction. I don't think that you are ever to old to have your sisters love on you??? RIGHT. We all got a good laugh at the expense of Larid.

You just never know when it could be the last Family Photo. Sometime little moments like this are very priceless. We were all very happy to see Grandpa Robinson at the reunion. This is a wonderful group of people and i am very blessed to be able to call them my Family.

My Funny Honey:)

2010-08-16T13:48:00.002-06:00

Sometime, every now and again, This crazy side of Ryan comes out. I just happen to be on the ball and had my camera close. Ryan was blowing up the tubes for swimming and the little electric blower that i had blew up. So Ryan thought that he would try to blow it up himself. Sometime i really can't believe how crazy that he is. Ryan has Church meetings in the morning before church. They must be really hard on him. He always comes home ready for a nap. Usually just in time to take one with Britnee.

The kids decided that they wanted to sleep out on the deck so we told them to go for it. Well of course when one decides they want to do it they all want to. These pictures are mixed up. So this one is in the morning. We were shocked that all 4 of them made it through the night.

The night Before. All snuggled in. Kenadee wanted to sleep on the deck with no mattress. the other 3 slept on the queen size air mattress. Ryan snuck out before they woke up to get the picture. I thought that they would have woke up when the sun came up. They didn't wow they made it thought the night.

Swimming Lessons/ CRAWLING

2010-08-16T09:00:00.002-06:00

Well Here it is Britnee Crawling. Why do they have to grow up so fast? She just looks to small to be doing that. She is such a sweet baby. She was a nice finish to our family.

I know that this is a really bad picture. It is Kenadee at swimming lessons. We do swimming up at Green Canyon. It is for 1 week. They are in the class that starts at 9:00 am, so it goes for 1 hour then they have 1hour out then another hour in. It makes for a long week. But the kids really love it. Kenadee is doing so good.

Dallin always posing for the camera. I am surprised how much he has improved from last year. He is a little water bug also. They have so much.

This was Emalee's first year. I wondered if she would be scared or wouldn't go in. But it wasn't that way at all. She was so excited to get in the water every time. We had a fun week at swimming.

Round the Farm

2010-08-16T08:42:00.002-06:00

Several Sundays ago we had Sunday Dinner at our house. So we always end up out with the pigs and horse. Brett trying to put Jaren on the cow. He wasn't so sure that he liked it.

Our Sunday Child. First time holding a pig. She is so sweet, She got married in the end of July. (Joyce Stinson)
Emalee and Aubree riding our horse.

Joyce and Brin Also on the horse. Ryan has to lead her other wise i don't know what she would do.

Ryan's 37th Birthday

2010-08-16T08:19:00.004-06:00

GEESH, It has been a while since i posted. So i Guess i will just get started. Ryan's birthday was July 17. So for his birthday he wanted to take the kids to West Yellowstone Park. The pics are a little scrambled so i Will try to get the right and not to confused. This is going through the park. So pretty. We live so close to something so amazing and we have never taken the kids there. Ryan and i haven't been there since we were little. Birthday Breakfast. Breakfast Burritos.

My Crazy Dallin.

Road Trip and all still smiling.

OPPS Pictures out of place. Dallins gift to Ryan.

The falls in the park. It had just rained before we got there so it was so pretty and every things looked so clean.

Old Faithful.

Britnee having her first ice cream cone. She loved it.

Here is the swing set finally finished.

A little of this and a little of that

2010-07-13T21:52:00.005-06:00

Time sure flies when your having fun. Not really much happens at my house other than the little silly things. Sometimes i happen to get my camera out just in time to catch those silly moments. Like Jaren playing dress up with Emalee. But of course he had to add a little bit of the boy in him in this stunning outfit.
Rub-a-dub-dub three little kiddos in a tub. Some day i am sure they won't find this picture as adorable as i do.

Jaren and Dallin riding our horse that is not broke. She did very good for never being ridden.

For the 4th of July we went up to grandma and grandpa's house for fireworks. They always know how to throw a party.

Dallin and Charlotte (pig) getting her first Bath.

Kenadee and Daisy(pig) Also have her first bath. These are there 4-H Pigs.

We went to the BYU livestock center where they had a jackpot. That is where they show there pigs and get judge on them. It just helps so that when the fair comes that they know what they are suppose to be doing. I hope!

I can't believe how big Britnee is getting. She is rolling over now.

OPPS! I guess that she can't be left alone any more.

The parts and pieces to our new swing set.

And this is my wonderful Building crew, they look so thrilled don't they.

My SWEET little Jaren.

I guess there was a fire out by the INL. This is what the clouds looked like by our house. It was a little weird.

Kinda Pretty though.

What is Different????

2010-06-09T20:22:00.002-06:00

Can you see anything that is Different??????????

FINALLY after almost 3 years i finally got my braces off today. There is no better feeling than to feel how smooth my teeth are. It is so weird. I can't tell you how glad i am to finally have that done. Now for the retainer, that is weird and to have a big glob of plastic in the roof of my mouth is very hard to get use to. But i will take it. YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHOTT WHOOOOTT

FLOODING

2010-06-08T09:37:00.002-06:00

With all the rain and Sub we have finally gotten our self into some deep water. Kenadee showing just how deep the water really is. There is nothing that we can do to stop the water. Our poor animals might have to be moved to higher ground. I have decided that today i will be going into town and buying some water boots. There is no way to get out and feed the animals with out getting my feet soaking wet. I am just hoping that the weather will warm up to help dry everything out. We are suppose to have an Elders Quorum party at our house i hope that everyone brings there swimming suits. Wish us luck!

Preschool Graduation

2010-05-20T17:33:00.003-06:00

Today was Emalee's last day of Preschool and then next year on to Kindergarten. For there graduation they did a little play The little Red Hen. She had one of the parts that she was the narrator. She did fabulous on her part that she had to memorize. This is in her little preschool room. It is a fun set up for the kids. Emalee's Teacher's sister Noel does pictures so for the preschool they had her come and take pictures of the kids. I thought that Emalee's turned out cute so i bought them.

How Cute have them dressed up in Graduation outfits.

This is of Emalee doing her part in the play.

Her little preschool class. Emalee had a great year and enjoyed all that she did. It was kinda sad to think that she is done with preschool. That means that she is growing up and moving on to the big school. I don't know how i am going to like that. Thanks Mrs. D for the great school year!

Emalee's 5th Birthday

2010-05-19T20:04:00.005-06:00

How the time has gone. Emalee May was born on this day 5 years ago. It seems just like yesterday that she was born. She is a little piece of Heaven. I love her so much and i am very grateful that she is in our family. I guess time stops for no one. She is the sweetest little girl. She definitely came with an attitude. But she is always looking out for her little brother and sister. She is wonderful with Britnee. And she will be the first one to tell you that you are wrong. HAHA. She is so smart, loving, and kind. Emalee at 4 days old.

Sporting her new head band.

She does very well at riding a bike with no training wheels. Ryan thought that it would be best to get her a bike that she can grow in to. It is a little big but she does great.

Emalee is so funny she wanted new underwear for her birthday. So that is what she got. Jaren thinking that they are so cute i am sure.

She also asked for a barbie. With that barbie came some press on nails. They lasted a whole whopping 10 minutes before they fell off and she lost interest in them.

We invited the grandparents over for supper. For supper Emalee wanted French dip sandwiches and salads. How easy is that. Then we ordered her a blizzard ice cream cake. She picked Snickers. Once again how easy was that. I think that they are all noticing that i haven't made there cakes this year because they all at the same time announced that it wasn't homemade.

Blowing out the candles.

This adorable outfit is from Grandma Robinson.

Some barbies and new outfits from grandma and grandpa Beddes.

And i thought that this was so Blog Worthy. Notice Dallin Playing with the Barbies. Also notice that there are no other girls playing with him. BHAAAAAA.

Ok they decided that after Dallin got caught that they all wanted to play.

I hope that Emalee had a wonderful day some where in all the day Emalee, Kenadee, and I went and got our hair cut. She was excited. Emalee is a very sweet girl. We love you Emalee May. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

A few Random Pictures

2010-05-17T12:44:00.002-06:00

I have taken a few pictures but just haven't posted them so here is a little of what has been going on. Britnee has gotten so big it just amazes me how fast they grow. She is almost 4 months. Its always a fight to see who gets the beaters, bowl and spoon.

Jaren and a neighbor Girl. We went to the Zoo with Emalee's preschool class. I rented a little wagon for him and who ever wanted a ride. The weather was great when we went.

Kenadee and Britnee being a little silly. Dallins cowboy hat.

And this is our dumbest dog. The second year in a row. We had to take him to the vet to get all the quills pulled out of his face. NASTY! It took the vet 1 hour and three of them working on him to get all of the quills out. Next time i will just pay the vet the $75.00 And dig the whole myself for what it cost us this time to have it done.

Jaren mowing the lawn. He is so funny. He will go all over the yard with it.

Ryan, Dallin, And Jaren playing up at the farm this is how they looked when they came home from planting grain. My cute little farm boys. Just like there daddy.

And this is what happens when daddy brings them home at 11:00. Not a happy camper.

My sweet baby. I guess it is time for a little tummy time. She didn't last very long before she got mad.

Trip to Texas

2010-05-05T10:32:00.008-06:00

This is a really long post so i hope that you will enjoy looking at these pictures as much as i did. I went to Texas to see my little brother graduate from the Air Force. What an experience it was to see how It is ran. We left Tuesday morning for SLC and Flew to Denver and then on to San Antonio. I am very grateful that i have a wonderful Husband that was so willing to tend all 5 of our kiddos. He did a wonderful job. And when i came home he said to me that he was so grateful for everything that i do. That was the best thing that he has ever said to me. I was so grateful that i was able to take this opportunity to go and support Tyler. I know that he was very grateful that i came. When it came to tell him goodbye it was like leaving behind one of my kids. I don't know if was because i was being a cry baby or not but he made it through my mom and Makell and then when he got to me he said that i got him. We looked at each other and we were both crying. That was the worst part of the whole trip. But now he is able to call anytime after 4. I talked to him and he was at the Pentagon and then the next day off to Virginia. Then after a few days they were sending him back to Lackland. There he will do his training. This picture is out the window of the airplane Just as the sun was setting. I thought that it was beautiful. This is the Denver Airport. It was huge.

This is my Grandma Biorn and me waiting for the plane to land.

My mom and Makell (Tyler Women).

On Wednesday we had the whole day to waste so we went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. It was really good. If you want a big grease burger and fries this was the place. They also so i have heard have one in Idaho Falls. But this was the sign that they had up when you walk in. We found this very amusing.

So the second day in to the trip Ryan sent me this picture of my baby. We were in the mall and it was a good thing that Courtney was there to lend me some moral support. I just stood there and cried. I think that being married to Ryan has made me a little more tender hearted.

On Wednesday as well we went to a Wildlife Ranch were they have some exotic animals. We figured we had nothing else to do so we went there. It was like a Bear World you just drove through and they gave us a little bag of food to feed to the animals that were not behind fences. These are Rhinos.

Baby Giraffe

A VERY friendly Zebra. I think he wanted the food we had.

This was one mean Ostrich. He would come up the the car and peek at the windows.

Thursday morning we were at the Lackland Air Force Base by 6:30 a.m. That is 5:30 our time. They had a Briefing at 7:00 for the Families. That is when they gave us all the rules. They made it very clear what we could and couldn't do with our Airmen. Like there is a difference between Base pass and Town pass. And that we were not to confuse the two. They are not to drive. No Drinking and smoking. And no Talking on the Phone while Driving. And do not park where you shouldn't. They gave us some statistics on the Airmen that have made it to this point. 75% of 18-25 year old adolescences CAN NOT join the Air Force due to Financial problems, Medical, or some other personnel reasons. 15% that do get in DON'T Make it through Basic Training. So that Leaves 10% That actually make it. So they said that we should be very proud that our Airman Made it through. Which we are so very Proud of Tyler. After that we were able to watch them do the Airman's Run. That was pretty sobering. WOW when i first saw Tyler i couldn't believe that that was my little brother. Then they had a Coin Ceremony. They are given a Coin that is about the size of a 50 cent piece. They are to have it with them at all times. It shows that they have integrity and that they are a part of the United States Air Force. This pictures is while we are waiting for them to run past.

This is after the Coin Ceremony.

Sorry got the pictures mixed up. They Had to stand in this formation until there Family came and found them. It was such a relief to be able to give him a hug. I don't think that there was a dry eye. At least for me. Tyler is in the second row right in the middle of the picture.

This picture is on Friday. They had 745 Graduating. And they have graduations every weekend. This is at the Parade Fields.

This is at the end of the Parade. They have to do the Honorary Walk in front of the Superior Officers. It was really Neat to watch.

After Graduation Mom and Tyler. Great Smirk

He was able to show us his dorms. He said that the bed under his was empty. He said that the guy that started out there some time in the middle of training disappeared so his was the party bed. That is were everyone folded there laundry.

Everything had its place.

This is at the River Walk.

This is the Alamo.

This is at Sea World. The Crazy ride that everyone talked me into riding. It was very frightening.

Sea world a little show with the Seals.

Feeding the Seals. Yep i Touched a dead fish.

Sea World Entrance Watching Shamu

Courtney and Layne Do they look tired?

This is at the park that we hung out at when we were on Base. It was so nice they had all the little play areas under the canopies. There were three little areas that were for certain age groups not that it really mattered.

On Saturday night Tyler got some tickets to a Baseball game. If he went to the game then he could stay out later. If not then he had to be back by 8:00. So the game gave him an extra 2 hours with us.

I took this picture of Makell on our way home at the Airport. Adorable

3 Months Come and Gone

2010-04-26T14:35:00.002-06:00

I Can't believe how quickly the time has gone. Britnee is 3 months old today. She is getting so big. Ryan says that she is getting to the fun stage were she interacts with us. She smiles and laughs and talks to us. I love it. I hope that i am enjoying her as much as possible. Crazy how quickly time flies. Here is a little look into how adorable she is.

What has been going on!

2010-04-22T09:27:00.002-06:00

On Friday we had a neighbor call and invite us to go on a helicopter ride. Dallin had wrestling and chose to go do that. So grandma Robinson took Dallin to that while the rest of us went. It was fun. So then on Sunday our neighbor came up to me at church and asked if i could bring Dallin over on Monday and they would give him a ride. Well Dallin didn't get of the bus like we thought he was going to, Kenadee said that he had scouts and so he went to scouts instead. Well the Helicopter doesn't wait for no one. So we sent Emalee and Kenadee again they were so excited and loved it, again. So the tiny little speck that you can see is Emalee and Kenadee in the Helicopter. We have some fabulous neighbors. They were flying over the house.

While we were waiting to see the helicopter Jaren figured out a way to come up with his own ride.

Last night when we got all that rain Kenadee went outside and took this picture of what she thought were worms. I don't think that she realized that they weren't worms. But none the less she thought that it was gross.

And then in between rain and wind storms Ryan and Greg another one of our neighbors were trying to get the tar paper and metal on the roof of our chicken coop so the chickens and the calf milk that we have in there don't get wet. One side of the coop is for the chickens and the other is for the feed and what ever else ryan decides goes in there.

Our Crazy life

2010-04-09T15:19:00.004-06:00

Kenadee did the Scholastic Bowl at school. I guess it is a big deal. They have to be picked in the subject. She was picked in Science. She did good. It is a good learning experience for her. We are so proud of her for making into it. Good job Kenadee

Ryan and the kids making a chicken coop.
Jaren Eating his Favorite. PUDDING

Ryan getting Sunday dinner ready. I have to say that i am a very lucky person to have such a wonder husband. He is always doing things like this to help me out. He is so helpful with the kids and is always taking them to town so that i can get a nap in. Thanks Ryan for putting up with me and the kids. Love you tons.

Dallin and his little scout group with there Pine Wood Derby cars. They have so much fun racing their cars.

Jaren must have been really tired. Or his yogurt wasn't really that great.

New PETS

2010-03-19T14:53:00.002-06:00

We decided that we go through a lot of eggs. So we took the kids to Valleywide and they got 15 little chicks. So far we have only lost 1. I guess that is good. Hopefully it goes good. Wish us luck.

Getting so Big

2010-03-16T11:30:00.002-06:00

It is amazing how quickly my kids have grown up Britnee is getting so big. She is smiling like crazy and holding her head up pretty go now. I think that she is just adorable. Until about 11:30 pm then she is ether really good or completely the opposite. She could just cry and cry. She did that one night from 9- 3:30. I thought that i was going to scream right along with her. Some days are good others make me appreciate the good days and pray for the good days. But i guess this will pass and she will be all grown before i know it.

Emalee can sure make her smile.

Britnee's Blessing

2010-03-08T17:28:00.003-07:00

Yesterday we blessed our precious little Britnee. Ryan did a wonderful job on the blessing. It was so wonderful to see all of our Grandparents there supporting us. I thought that Britnee was absolutely beautiful. She did so great through the whole day. The Afghan that is behind her my mom made. She has made everyone of my kids one for there blessings. I guess when my kids get on there own they will each have there own blessing outfits and blankets.

I finally have a picture of my wonderful kids and they are all smiling.

I am so very grateful to have a picture of great grandma and grandpa Robinson with Britnee.

Geesh don't the men in this picture have a little bit of the same genes.

Great-grandpa Robinson, Grandpa Robinson, Ryan and Britnee, Great-grandpa Biorn, Great-Grandpa Beddes, And Grandpa Beddes. What an amazing site to see all of them in the circle.

Just so you all know there is no pulling teeth to get dad to hold Britnee. He did it very willingly. Dad has definitely come around with holding his grand kids. My kids love him they always call him little boy. What a great day it was. I am very grateful to have the family that we have. I am even more grateful for my kids and the special little spirits that they are.

Dallins 9th birthday

2010-03-08T16:28:00.002-07:00

Dallin's Had his ninth birthday on March 2. I am a little slow in posting. I think half the problem is i like to sit and hold my baby. Dallin is a great kid. He is so smart and fun going. You give that kid a new attachment to his trucks or tractors and he is totally happy. For his birthday he wanted to go to wrestling practice and with it being a school night that didn't leave much room for anything else. I think he had a great day. I think that i am very blessed to have Dallin in our Family. He is a great kid. We love you Dallin and Happy Birthday!

WHAT MY KIDDOS FIND ENTERTAINING

2010-03-01T16:07:00.002-07:00

Emalee and Jaren were obviously bored today. They emptied the toy box and climbed right on in. After a while they decided that it was dark and went and found a flashlight, Smart. They thought that they were so funny. We will see how funny it is when they get to pick up all the toys.

Jaren blowing out his Candles

2010-03-01T14:49:00.002-07:00

I think he was a little excited!

Jaren's 3rd Birthday

2010-03-01T14:28:00.002-07:00

Where does the time go? Jaren had his Birthday on Saturday. He is a sweet little boy. So easy going. We are very grateful to have him. He is always smiling. It may be a goofy smile but it is still a smile.

We invited grandma and grandpa's over for cake and ice cream. We also thought that it would be very appropriate to invite one of Jarens most favorite people in our ward the Jensen Family. Jaren loves Stacy the mom. They have an on going joke, they call each other the alligator. So for his Birthday she gave him a big stuffed alligator and a small one for the bath. He loves them.

He is so grown up. What a hansom little dude.

His new love is Bob the Builder.

And of course TRACTORS!

When we potty trained Jaren Grandma Robinson brought over some small animals, every time he went potty in the toilet he got to pick one of these animals. Well needless to say it worked so we ended up having to but more animals to keep up the incentive for the potty. So for his Birthday he got a horse trailer to haul all the animals.

Too Cute

2010-02-21T21:10:00.002-07:00

I have a neighbor that made these adorable little hats for Britnee. The yarn is this fuzzy stuff that i got from Porters. I think that it worked out great for me if i buy the yarn then my neighbor said that she would make them for me. I think that she look so adorable in them.

This is for you Courtney!!!

2010-02-20T12:06:00.003-07:00

I Guess it has been a while since i put any pictures on. And Courtney was wanting to see how much Britnee has changed. So here is a little update on what we have been doing the last 3 weeks.

Jaren is so funny he wants to hold Britnee and that last for like maybe two seconds. But he is great to fetch a diaper or the wipes. That is so nice to have great little helpers.

We had a dinner at my mom for Tyler before he left. This was the first time that my Grandparents have seen Britnee so i guess we killed to birds with one stone. Grandma Beddes is so sweet and kind it is nice to see that she enjoyed holding her.

Just a random picture of my Boys. Lucky for them they live with a lot of girls, HAHA.

And here is my baby doing the duty finally. Yep i think that i am crazy for potty training just after having a baby. But well worth it. It is no fun changing two diapers let a lone one that is like changing a big kid diaper. He is doing ok we usually have an accident at least once a day. But it will come i am sure.

My sweet baby thanks to Grandma and Chelsea we have this adorable outfit.

Jaren and his goofy smile i think that he has this smile in all of the pictures.

Emalee and Jaren having a good time with the little sister. They are so wonderful to help hold her, bath her and change her diaper i think they are almost trained....... maybe not.

Grandpa Robinson's first time seeing Britnee.

Hmmmm i think this picture looks familiar only a few years in the making. I have a picture just like this one of Ryan, Emalee and Jaren. WOW that is weird.

Coming Home

2010-01-29T20:32:00.004-07:00

All dressed and ready to go home to face the rest of the crew

She looks so small in the car seat!

Kenadee is a great helper

Jaren finally held Britnee not sure what he thought about it?

Mom and Dad came to visit

Britnee and her first bath she didn't like it! Jaren started out with me helping but pretty soon he had gathered up all his blankets and went and found Ryan and wanted to be held cause he said Britnee was crying and he didn't like it

All dressed for the day!

Tyler says she is to small

Enough said!!

Britnee Ann

2010-01-27T09:15:00.004-07:00

Wow It all happened so quickly. I was to be induced at 7:30 a.m. and of course i was bumped. I got a phone call from the hospital to be up there as soon as possible. I got there at about 10:50. Four tries later they got my IV in and the PIT started. By this time it was 11:50. My midwife came at 1:00 and broke my water and i was dilated to a four. At 2:29 p.m. Britnee Ann was born. She weighed 7 pounds 1 oz. and 20 inches long. She is a beautiful baby. I think that she looks like Emalee. But that could all change.

The proud Daddy.

First bath.

This is the look of fear that he is about to be replaced. But i think that is going to totally love her when we get home.

Dallin is so funny. He couldn't wait to hold her. He is a great big brother.

As soon as Emalee got to the hospital she was right up on the bed to hold Britnee.

Kenadee is going to be a huge help to me. I am so grateful for her.

Baby update

2010-01-20T14:35:00.002-07:00

So i had a doctor's appointment today, and i was really hoping for some great news. The news that i got was that i am 80% effaced and dilated to a 3. Ryan threatened our midwife that he was NOT going to deliver this baby. Having Jaren as fast as we did i think put the fear in him that he could have almost had to deliver him. I am just hoping to be at the hospital for at least an hour before this one is delivered. So i guess WISH US LUCK! Or better yet Ryan.

Sunrise

2010-01-15T18:10:00.001-07:00

Well i guess if you get up early enough then you get to see the sunrise. Ryan took these pictures on Tuesday Morning after he took the kids to the bus. I thought that they were really pretty and thought that i would share a little bit of the morning.

Boxer puppies

2010-01-15T15:20:00.002-07:00

Well here is what i have left of the puppies. And we are also getting rid of the mom. She is a good dog, she just needs to be in a home that she is the only dog. She doesn't need us for company because she has the other dogs. She is very shy and timid. But friendly once you get her to come to you. She is a good looking dog

These are the male puppies. There is one Brindle. He is in the middle.

These are the females. There is one brindle here as well. She is on the outside.

Christmas Day

2010-01-01T16:14:00.002-07:00

Christmas morning started at my house at 5:30 when i got up to tell Kenadee to go back to bed. GRRR Then after that It was really 7:30. I went into the kids rooms with the Video camera to wake them up. Then my Dad, mom and, Tyler came over to participate in the opening of the gift at our house. I think they enjoyed themselves. I got a quick picture of dad taking off his boots. While we attempted the clean up my dad fixed me my favorite. DAD's Pancakes.That was a great treat. I didn't get any pictures of Ryan opening his he got a new Ice Cream maker and a new office chair that was well needed. I am very excited to learn to make some homemade Ice Cream.

Jaren was really fun this year. Everything to him was wonderful and exciting. He got his own grain set with all the works. Trucks, combine, graineries, a tractor, and a grain chopper that hooks to the back of his tractor.

Jaren also got some new John Deere boots. They have been great. And he totally loves them

Kenadee showing her new stuff that she has gotten. Some embroidery stuff and a new book and some new pjs

Dallin also got some new boots as well. He had been asking for them for a long time. Along with a new belt buckle.

Kenadee's main gift was a new needed Bike. The only bad thing is that she will have to wait until the spring to ride it. That is the down fall to having a birthday and christmas in the same month.

Emalee and her cousin Aubree showing us their new dresses that grandma Robinson gave to them. I noticed that when I was putting the pictures on the blog that i didn't get any pictures of Emalee opening any of her gifts. I felt bad. But she also got some new boots that are really cute and some new clothes, legos, and a baby carrier, and some games for her little leapster that is like a DS. They all got some new PJS.

Chelsea and Emalee being Silly. But it is still a great picture of the two of them. They were taking the picture so it is a little close that is why. We were able to spend the rest of the day at Grandma and Grandpa Robinson House for Christmas. That is always a great time. I hope that everyone had as wonderful for a Christmas as we did. Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve

2009-12-30T18:27:00.002-07:00

I guess i didn't get a picture of everyone with Santa. But these are a few of the pictures that i was able to get. I thought that Melanie looked so thrilled to be on Santa's lap.

This is Makell Hymas. She is just one of Tylers "Friend". But we all know.
Tyler is Having a great time i think. I can't believe that he is already graduated and leaving to go into the Air Force in February. HMM I think that i might really miss him. I think i will change the subject know.

Sorry Hidee the picture wasn't very good.

Reeyce looks like she is not so sure of Santa.

Hailey also enjoying Santa's company and the gifts that he brought.

Paige, how funny is she, totally cheesing it.

Christmas Eve

2009-12-30T10:48:00.003-07:00

This year for Christmas Eve my grandparents and all my siblings excepts for Courtney, were able to be at my mom and dads. I thought that this was a really good picture of them with Santa. There is always good food and more good food.

Here is my Brothers and sisters.

Here is all the Grandkids. We are only missing Ethan (courtneys little guy) And my baby and Courtney's baby. What a rowdy bunch of kids. But geesh what a great looking group of kids.

I guess we all get to have a chance with Santa even me.

Emalee and Santa. When he first came in she climbed up on my lap and looked at me and said that isn't the real Santa, the real Santa doesn't have glasses. HUH mom. I asked her if she was sure about that? She just smiled and shrugged her shoulders.Emalee is my little fireball and says and does what ever she thinks.

Dallin was a little excited i think.

Jaren could careless if he went close to him. He liked to look at him from a distance. He was excited about the Santa!

Kenadee liked the idea of just getting a gift from him i think. She just giggled a lot.

A little bit of December in review

2009-12-28T15:40:00.002-07:00

Every now and again as Ryan would put it i like to be Betty Crocker. I thought that it would be fun to teach the kids to dip Carmel's and turtles. I think they just liked licking the chocolate off their fingers. It was a lot of work but i think they had fun.

I guess when you have dogs you never know what they are going to drag in. LITERALLY We thought the dogs had a cat pinned under the wheel barrel. One of the dogs finally got brave and dragged it out. Well as you can see it was not a cat. We had to google it to find out what it was. It is a muskrat. And they are even more ugly in person. And bigger.

I decided that i needed to get some unfinished projects done. Some of these projects are tying some blankets for the kids. I had bought the fabric at walmart about a year ago. The kids were able to pick there own. Guess who got to help???? HAHA

What a good guy. We were able to get two of them done before Christmas so that we could put the frames down for Christmas so that it wasn't so messy. Did i mention that it was by midnight Christmas eve. That was cutting it close.

Emalee's preschool had a little Christmas Program it was so cute. They did little songs and some nursery rhymes. They were really cute. It lasted only about 30 minutes, which was perfect.

And last but not least Dallin had to have a tooth pulled. You can see the cavity on the bottom of the tooth and the roots are sticking up. The Dentist said that they had to pull pretty hard to get this one out cause the roots were so spread out. The picture totally doesn't do it justice, i was shocked when i saw the tooth. I am hoping that this is a lesson learned for Dallin that he needs to do a better job at brushing his teeth.

Kenadee's 11th Birthday

2009-12-07T16:14:00.002-07:00

WOW I can't believe that Kenadee is already 11. Where has the time gone. She wanted very simple things for her Birthday this year. She wanted a Bumble watch. Well it is a watch that i made for her. Which i think is just as good. And it turned out pretty darn cute i thought.

She also got this cool little perfume case that i got from Mary Kay. You just rub your wrist on it, instead of spraying the perfume. I thought that might be kind of handy.

Here she is opening her watch. She was very happy with it.

And a Bumpit. I have no idea if they really work but she was wanting one. She is always trying to make her hair puffy in the back and i am not very good at making her long hair puffy. For supper i asked her what she wanted and i was a little surprised when she said that she wanted Tator Tot casserole. HMM i guess i shouldn't complain i just thought that she would have picked something different. For her cake she wanted homemade chocolate cupcakes and ice cream. How much more easier can you get than that. Kenadee has always been a great kid and easy to please. We are very grateful to have her in our home. She is a huge help to me and her siblings. Happy Birthday Kenadee We love you.

Christmas Program

2009-12-07T16:02:00.003-07:00

Hmm what do you say about the Elementary Christmas Program.The program was on December 3. It is that time of year again. This was Dallin's last year doing the program. I thought that we would get a break but i guess we will be doing the program for the next several years. Hopefully they come up with something new.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-07T15:53:00.002-07:00

I am a little slow, better than never. For Preschool Emalee had to dress up as a Pilgrim or an Indian. She choose a Pilgrim. This was the best i could come up with. We made the hat from construction paper and she wore a apron that i had in the cupboard. So i guess we did pretty good.

They have arrived!

2009-11-20T09:02:00.002-07:00

Our Boxer, Shay had her puppies last night. We thought that she would have about 4-5 puppies because she was so small. Well, she just kept going and we ended up with 8 puppies. 6 girls and 2 boys. So for she has been a good mom and taking good care of them. Wish us luck with all those Puppies

Dallin gets his bobcat

2009-11-02T18:18:00.002-07:00

Dallin finally was able to get his Bobcat in scouts. He was so excited. Along with his bobcat badge he got another badge for helping pass out the flyer's for scouting for food. He totally loves going to scouts. Getting the Bobcat badge.

October odd and ends

2009-11-02T17:37:00.002-07:00

For Preschool Emalee had to make a monster. She decided that she wanted to use ribbon. So here is her ribbon monster. And then i guess it had to come eventually, i had my 31st birthday. The kids made me a chocolate chip zucchini cake. It was wonderful.

Here is this years Sweet Retreat group. We did a lot of fun things this year. We made watches, had some good food, learned how to dip Carmel's and fondant, and had more good food.

And then one morning we woke to this. SNOW!!

Pumpkins FOR SALE

2009-10-01T15:40:00.002-06:00

We have officially picked the pumpkins. And Yes they really are for sale. They are at my house now. We have plenty to go around. We are going to sale them for any where from $2.00-$4.00 a pumpkin.

This is only half of them. We still have to get the rest out of the pit up at the farm. There is about 2-3 more pickup loads for us to go get. They should ripen pretty quick now that they have been cut. We have some that are ripe and some that need to ripen. But it is still 3weeks until Halloween. So come and get the pick of the crop while they still last.

Grain Harvest

2009-10-01T15:12:00.002-06:00

This year has been kinda a crazy year to cut grain. I think that i was kinda bad luck. First i broke the U-joint on the header, then we had to put a new tire on the combine, then the gear box on the combine burned up, then a bearing went out, then a screw went went loose and moved a shaft to make things not work right. All of this all while i was in the combine. A total of 6 days that we were not able to cut and 3 for rain but luck for me i couldn't control the weather. Bad Year for me and the combine. I think that Larid would have liked to throw his hat down on me. Just for anyone who is interested this Combine is FOR SALE!!!!! These are a few pics that Ryan took when he came up to trade me off. This is a combine we have in our back yard. Jaren i guess felt left out today because i didn't take him. He found other ways to get his fill of cutting grain. Funny kid.

You can see Jaren standing in the front of the steering wheel. Happy to see dad come and rescue us.

This is the after affects of a long harvest. Geesh i was so tired. Ryan thought it was funny cause i have a fly swatter in one hand. FUNNY FUNNY him.

Emalee's first day of Preschool

2009-09-11T09:51:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was Emalee first day of Preschool. She was so excited. They preschool that we have her in this year is a new one and is one of my neighbors. I was very impressed with how well organized everything is. She has a binder that has all the information in it for the month of what they are going to learn. There is a news letter that she does and she is having a blog that we as parents can look at and see what is going on. That will be very nice. I can't even express how excited she was when she came home. I think that this year is going to be a great year.

It's a Girl

2009-09-10T08:19:00.002-06:00

Well here it is we are having a little girl!! That is the tie breaker for our not so little family. We went girl, boy, girl, boy and now girl. The only concern that i have is that every time we have had a girl Ryan has had some sort of surgery right after the baby was born. First it was his back then when we had Emalee it was his appendix. I am hoping that it will go smoothly for him. Just to let you all in on the story of our little bundle of joy, we didn't tell anyone until i was almost 5 months along. That was mostly due to not feeling well and some problems in the beginning. I had had some bleeding that i thought was not normal so after the second ultrasound because i insisted that there was something wrong they found that i was actually caring twins and was in the process of losing one of them. It sounds weird but i was much relieved that they found the reason for the bleeding. Not so much that i was losing one of them but grateful that i still had at least one. Morning, noon, and night sickness have plagued me for 3 1/2 months i am feeling a lot better and am grateful that Ryan was here to pickup were i couldn't. When we finally told the kids the first thing Emalee said was i have the perfect name for the baby...BAMBEE. I was a little caught of guard by the name and told her that she would probably have to come up with a different name. She agreed after a few days that it was not a cute name. We thankfully got out of that one. We asked the kids if they would like to come with us to the Ultrasound that they all thought that was exciting. Emalee thought that they were going to take the baby out because i told her that she would be able to see the baby. We had to explain that was not the case. She still remembers Nathan and so she also asked if the baby would have to stay in the hospital like he did. I said i hope not. But they said that all looked good and everything is looking great.

This is the little Girl parts!!

Cute little Foot!!

A 3-D Kinda cool. It looks so tiny and scrony the arm is up by the face and you can see the ribs. Not that uncommon for my kids though.

Flag Football

2009-09-03T09:19:00.002-06:00

Dallin is totally in love with playing Football. This is his 3rd year of playing Flag Football. He is quick kid when he wants to be. Dallin is in the white shirt with Green flags and Black shorts.
Here is the fabulous hand off. In this game Dallin made two touch downs. It is getting better to watch him play because he understands the game now and knows what needs to be done. I am sure that there will be many more entries, this is only his first game. The nice thing about it is that it only goes for about a month. But during that month Dallin is like a kid in a candy store.

Canning

2009-09-02T22:58:00.002-06:00

I had a lady in my ward send out an email that she has Chokecherries if anyone was interested in picking them. I totally jumped all over that. So i decided that canning in two is always more fun then doing it alone. I asked Kathy if she was interested in some? And she jumped all over it to. We went and picked them on two different times and were able to get two 5 gallon buckets. The second one was not as full as the first but still we felt like that would be good. We got a lot more than what we thought we would get. But if any thing we were in good company. It made for a long day, but well worth the chokecherry syrup and jelly that we were able to get.

On another day Kathy asked if i would come up to her house and pick her apples while she was gone to Burley. So i took one morning and went up and picked the apples, then went to the garden and picked the beans, zucchini, some onions, and the cucumbers. So here is the finished product of all my labors of the day. In this picture is the apple sauce and some Sweet pickles. I didn't get a picture of the beans but that is a whole nother project that i did on a different day. Along with that Ryan went back up to the garden and was able to get more cucumbers and Kathy let us pick her cucumbers and i was able to get some Dill Pickles as well. So i think that the only thing i have left to can for this year is Salsa, Peaches, and some freezer corn(which is really yummy). Wish me luck!

First Day of School

2009-09-02T22:08:00.002-06:00

Today is the first day of school. Which is really August 20. I think the kids were really excited, i think that when summer finally hits they are ready for summer but when the end of summer comes they are so bored and tired of doing things like weeding around the dog house they are totally ready to go back to school. Dallin is going into the 3rd grade. I can't believe how quickly time flies. Dallin i think has a way with getting all his friends in his class. Poor teacher. He is a good kid though, i am not worried. He is getting so big and is getting very hansom.

Kenadee is in the 5th grade. WOW 2 more years and she will be in JR high. I am so not ready for that. GEESH. She is becoming quite the little lady.

So on the first day the kids wanted to ride there bikes to the end of the road to catch the bus. I asked them do you want me to follow you down there so i can take a picture of you getting on the bus? As they are running out the door, they said NO gee mom what would people think? I at that moment realized that my kids are growing up and are learning to do things with out me. Even if i don't want them to. So i took this picture of them riding off to catch the bus. I came back and told Ryan and he just laughed at me, and told me that i would just have to get use to that. I don't think that is going to be very easy. Geesh were is the sensitivity these days.

Hard workers.... NOT

2009-09-02T21:54:00.002-06:00

Ryan decided that the kids needed some thing to do, since they were so bored. So there job was to go out and pull all the weeds around the dog house. Well that job ended up taking them most of the morning and into the afternoon. As you can see if they would just pull the weeds they would get done a lot quicker. Talk about diddle doddle. And then you get these two who are just trying to entertain themselves so they don't have to go and help.

Jaren and Emalee found these hats in the garage, they are Kenadee and Dallins and they have been there for a few years. But you would think that they had just gotten a toy by how excited they were to find these new treasures. Funny how kids can find something old and think that they are totally something new. Kids are great.

Computer Problems

2009-08-30T16:50:00.001-06:00

Sorry my computer is giving me problems so i haven't been able to update the blog. When i get the mouse fixed i will be doing some major updating.

Kenadee's 4-H Pig

2009-08-17T13:05:00.003-06:00

On the 12th-15th of August Kenadee had her pig at the Madison County Fair. She had to have it washed and ready to go on Wednesday so that it could be there before 6:00pm. This picture is of her washing him at home so that she could take him over that night.

I took this picture Thursday morning. Thursday morning she had to be there for the showing of the pig. They had to be in white shirts to show them before the judge. The judging that morning was for a couple of different things. The first was for showmanship. Which is basically how well they can lead the pig around the arena and keep control of the pig. That was a challenge. They separate them by if this is there first year or there 5th year. So that was nice. Kenadee's pig just wanted to put his head in the dirt and root once she would get him out of the dirt she could lead him pretty good until he got back to the fence. The second time they had to show the pig it was for quality. And that can all depend on what the judge might like better for the pig so it is kinda a guessing game on what to buy in the spring.

This is Kenadee leading Pepper around the arena. I might be a little bias but she was the prettiest one out there. I am so proud of her she did a great job. You can't see everyone else but there is about 10 other kids and there pigs in the arena at the same time. So if you can imagine trying to control your pig with 10 other pigs in there to that is really hard.

Saturday was when all the kids that brought animal were able to sale at the auction. So this is her selling her pig.
If you have ever been to an auction the auctioneer is kinda hard to understand because he is saying it so fast. At first the bidding began at $300.00 and i thought that she would maybe only get $400.00 because that is what most of them went for. Well next thing i knew the bidding was up to $700.00 It went up really fast so i started paying more attention to who was doing the bidding. Richard Larsen, Ray Barney(who was bidding for Grandma Robinson) and my DAD. The bidding ended at $925.00. By the time it was all said and done my Dad was the proud owner of Kenadee's Pig. I was so SHOCKED. I just sat there and cried and gave my dad the biggest hug. All i can say is WOW.

My dad left right after that and so i wasn't able to get a picture of him with Kenadee and her pig. My mom was there and so i made sure that at least on of the them was there to get the picture since she is also one of the proud owners of a fabulous pig. Kenadee had a great time doing 4-H and she is excited to do it again next year. I think that it was a great learning experience for her and us. It was fun but a lot of work to run in everyday twice a day to feed the pig and make sure he ha water. We are looking forward to it next year.

Update on Garden

2009-08-03T15:06:00.002-06:00

I am sure that everyone is dying to know about the garden. It is doing really good almost to good. This picture is of some of the pumpkins and corn, peas, beans, onions, and squash on the far right. Emalee and Jaren standing in front of the pumpkins. One of the many times that we have been up there and weeded. I have to admit the weeding has not been as bad as you would think. We have kept them under control so when we do go up it is not bad.

This is a view of the Garden looking down on it from the butte.

All the many Pumpkins that are growing up there. Saturday when we went up to pick peas you could see all the big orange blossoms that are growing and we even have little pumpkins that are about the size of a apricot. It is very exciting to watch them all grow. Wish us luck.

Ryan's 36th Birthday

2009-07-20T15:51:00.002-06:00

Ryan's birthday was on July 17. I am a little slow at posting but better late than never, right. He was so thrilled to have his picture taken with his Birthday crown. Unfortunately his birthday was on a work day so he had to work. But at least it was on a Friday that is a plus. Ryan threatened that i had better not plan a party so we all teased him that we had invited the neighbors and all the family and to make it even more fun i had rented a blowup play place that kids jump in, and we were having clowns, balloons, streamers, and a little petting zoo. And since we were on a roll he put in is two bits of what he wanted he wanted a great big cake that a person jumps out of, HAHA. He had to settle for these 4 clowns and these gifts that the kids and i got him.

And the cake wasn't a big cake that a person could jump out of, But i think that he was ok with this cake that i made for him. He wanted it to be a 4020 tractor so this was as close as i could get it. turned out pretty good for an amateur cake decorator.

For his birthday supper i made Lasagna. Other than that we had a pretty quiet night Ryan's mom came for cake and ice cream. And then we went to the sand Dunes for a ride in the Buggy. I think that he had an ok Birthday even if he didn't get the great big party.

Jaren is so ready to help blow out the candles.

4-H Pigs

2009-07-07T15:15:00.002-06:00

Sorry i haven' posted for a while so i hope you will bear with me. Keep scrolling i think there are about 5-6 posts. HAVE FUN!
really have to give Kenadee some credit, she actually gets in with her pigs. Today they weight the pigs to see where they all were and i think that Ryan and Kenadee were sweating bullets. But they got some good news her pig that she named pepper weighed in at 191. And Salt was 143. She has two, though one is for back up in case the other one doesn't make weight. They have to weight 230 by the end of August. WOW that is amazing to me. Just last month they weighed 130 and 100. So that is pretty good. Ry said they have gained about 2 1/2 pounds a day since the last weigh in. These are pictures of Kenadee bathing her pigs. I guess pigs have to be clean!!! Pepper is pretty good he lets Kenadee pet and wash him. I am more amazed that she will do it.

Sand Dunes

2009-07-07T14:28:00.007-06:00

4th of July

2009-07-07T14:01:00.002-06:00

On the 4th of July Ryan took us to the Sand Dunes in the Morning/Noon. We got out to Chokcherry and the whole time Emalee kept asking if we were on chok yet. Well when we got there there was no one there. We thought that maybe there was something going on somewhere else that we were missing out on. Ryan says that this picture is proof that Kenadee got her glare from me. HAHA

After we were done Ry went up to help his dad for a couple of hours while i got the kids ready for the day and make what needed to be made for the Barbecue at my mom's. The food is always wonderful, We had Hamburgers, salads, homemade root beer, and Strawberry shortcake. I think that we were all so full. Before we ate I had Melanie my sister take a picture of us before Jaren decided to get dirty. Which could happen at any moment.

Jaren's first time with Sparklers. Not sure about them. But he found the noisy ones a little nerve wracking. But never cried which was a plus.

Emalee also enjoying her Sparkler.

Everyone starting their sparklers, what a smoky mess it was. We had a wonderful day and we are so grateful for the freedoms that we have and the family that we have been blessed with. I am so very grateful for my own little family and the blessings that have come into out lives from the Gospel. This all wouldn't be worth it if we didn't have our Families.

Ryan's Crazy Garden

2009-07-07T13:45:00.003-06:00

Well i am sure that you are all dying to know how the garden is doing?? The top picture is of all the pumpkins there are about nine rows of them. About 4 rows of Corn, about 40 cucumbers plants, YEP 40 plants, HMMM, Carrots, Beans, Peas, 2 different kinds of Onions, Popcorn, Squash, Potatoes, and 2 different kinds of Lettuce. Yep all of that came up. NOW WHAT?????? We went up on Friday and Hoed the garden it took us about 2 1/2 Hours. We didn't go down each of the rows just around the plants and Ryan said he would figure something else for that.

Swimming Lessons

2009-07-07T13:25:00.002-06:00

Kenadee and Dallin were able to do swimming lessons up at Green Canyon. They are like little fish up there in the water. It is about a 25 min. Drive for me, but it is totally due able. I take snacks and a blanket and the kids if it is nice ride there bikes around the camp grounds. This year was a little more rainy than in the years past but it was ok. It just wasn't so blasted hot and miserable. The kids had a good time. Kenadee passed level 5 and Dallin passed level 4. Next year Emalee is signed up to start. She is very excited. Kenadee is in the top picture and Dallin is in the bottom picture.

Crazy Weather

2009-07-07T13:16:00.002-06:00

So this last month we had the most crazy weather. We had to move our animals for a few weeks over to Brett's so that they really wouldn't have to learn how to swim. This is in our backyard. It is the pasture that has our 1 horse and 7 cows in it until the rain literally brought the sub way up and flooded out our pasture.

We even had hail one day that covered our deck so it looked white. This picture is just some of the Hail.

The pasture looks like a river.

Baseball

2009-07-07T12:54:00.002-06:00

Well i am a little slow at posting pictures of our summer so far. This Dallin playing machine pitch. When he slows down and really watches the ball he can hit a pretty good ball out there. If you look close you can see the ball almost in contact with the bat. PRETTY good picture i thought.(thanks to Ryan)

Another good hit!!

Ok, Kenadee is a girl and would rather pick flowers than watch for the ball. All thought she is looking at the ball in this picture. Which the ball is clear in the heck up there.

And this is the picture that totally cracks Ryan and I up if you can blow up the picture she is looking the opposite way of the ball. NOT even looking for the ball to come....HMMMM what is wrong with this picture??? She had fun thought and by the end she could hit the ball way out there.

She just hit the ball and made it to first base.

Brooks Robinson

2009-06-19T17:06:00.003-06:00

Brett and Hannah had their baby this morning around six. She was very lucky and went in this morning around 4am and had him by 6:00am. Very quick. He weighed 6 lbs 11 oz 19 1/2 inches long. All went well. I think that he also has the Robinson nose. I think that we will go see them tonight and see how they are doing. CONGRATULATIONS Brett and Hannah.

Conn Harman

2009-06-18T17:02:00.003-06:00

Chelsea and Jake Had their baby this morning around 5:00 A.M. He Weight a whopping 5lbs 12oz. 19 inches long. I think that the mom and dad are grateful to have him here. Coming into the world was a little exciting. She needed to be started because of high blood pressure. So they admitted her and 2 days later he decided to grace them with his presence. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice and Jake said that he was as blue as could be. They finally got him going and every thing is going good, the last that we heard. He looks wonderful in this picture. We can't wait to see him. CONGRATULATIONS Chelsea and Jake.

Kenadee's Gymnastic Recital

2009-05-31T18:57:00.003-06:00

To go along with Chelsea's and Jake's big day Kenadee had a gymnastic recital that night at 6:00. So after we were done at the Temple we raced home to attend the recital. Kenadee did a great job. She was able to get 5 back hand springs in a row for the first time at the recital. That was really neat. It is on the video if i counted them right. It was a very long day but i am grateful that we were able to attend all that needed to be attended. After we took Kenadee to DQ for her favorite Shrimp Basket. Makell Hymas watched the kids during the day and did all the chasing for Kenadee and did her hair for the recital. She did a great job on her hair. Then we went and got the kids at my moms. We all slept in the next morning. This isn't the video that i wanted but i couldn't get the other one to down load but it still shows her doing her back hand springs.

A great Day

2009-05-31T18:38:00.003-06:00

Yesterday we went to Twin Falls to go through a session with Chelsea and Jake. Then after they were sealed. Jake's Grandpa Harman did the sealing and he did wonderful. I am so glad that we were able to be there for there very special day. I think that every thing was so wonderful. And even if Chelsea doesn't think so she looks so cute, She totally glowed yesterday. The best part was that we were all able to be there. Marc and Shannon came from St Louise, All of us from Rexburg and Justin and Amy came from Boise. How neat It was to see us all There. Thanks Chelsea and Jake for the invite and having a very special day for us to all come together in one place, THE TEMPLE.

Our Crazy idea

2009-05-28T13:29:00.003-06:00

Well here it is our 1 acre garden. YEP you read that correctly 1 acre Garden. Ryan wanted to try a Pumpkin Patch so he got the seeds in the winter and has been waiting very patiently to get them planted. So he realized that there was a lot of land there so we needed to fill it up with something. In our garden we have CORN, PEAS, BEANS, ONIONS, CUCUMBERS, LETTUCE, ROMAN LETTUCE, and of course PUMPKINS. They should be all size of Pumpkins. Once we got started we realized it really was a BIG garden. Wish us luck!!!

Memorial weekend

2009-05-28T12:13:00.002-06:00

We Finally were able to take the Dune Buggy out to the dunes.Tyler left for Virgina so i wanted to make sure that he had a ride before he left on Tuesday. This spring we put a new motor in it. HOLY COW!! It totally picked up and went. We were able to climb Chokcherry with 6 of us in it with no problems. I think that this year we are going to be able to use it a lot with no worries. I think that Tyler had fun to. In this pictures it is Ryan, Tyler, Kenadee, Dallin, and Kaylie one of Kenadees Friends.

This is Ryan and Tyler Climbing Chokcherry with ease. HAHA I actually had fun doing it. It was scary last year. We never knew if we would make it.

I guess 4-wheelers and Dune Buggies are a bred apart from one another.Dune Buggies on one side and 4-wheelers on another.

Getting ready to climb one of the big bowls.

That is Ryan on the right. It is steeper than it looks once you start to climb. It takes your breath away. Most of the climbing we did was in second gear. Even Chok. At one point Ryan was going so fast that i had to turn my head to take a breath. It was a lot of Fun.

More pics of the Graduation

2009-05-22T08:23:00.004-06:00

Sorry about the posting i didn't realize that i had so many pictures that i wanted to share so they are kinda messed up so just keep scrolling and you will find more information.SORRY.

Tyler and his girlfriend Makell Hymas.
Grandma and Grandpa Beddes With Tyler. That was so nice that they were able to make it.

Some of the Family that was able to make it. Hidee was there with her kids but she left before we got the pictures.

Tyler and some of his Friends.

The proud dad and Tyler.

Tyler's Graduation

2009-05-22T07:59:00.003-06:00

What an Amazing Graduation it was last night. This is the before picture. Lucky for me i was early enough to get a before picture of Tyler. I thought that i held together pretty good at this point. I t started at 7:00. They had all the valevictorians speak and they did a great job. Then they had the class history and i found out that my little brother and his friends are a little mischevious. That was fun to listen to.
Then it was time for the big moment. Even at this point i did pretty good to suck it up and not cry. WOW is he really that old enough.

Here is Tyler all Graduated. Diploma in hand.

Ok i must admit when it was all said and done. And i was walking across the gym and saw him, I totally fell apart. When he hugged me that was all it took. He laughed at me. I told him that i was a reck thanks to him. GEESH. I finally pulled myself together and he left me so i could go find the rest of the family.

I guess i can say that i got some of my emotions from my dad he looked the same way i did. A MESS

Mr. Fix It

2009-05-22T07:50:00.002-06:00

This is how i found Jaren the other day. I thought that it was pretty funny. I guess he is learning something by going up to the farm. Dallin has this tool box that has odd and end tools in it, and Jaren has figured out that he can open it and play with the tools. This has become a regular occurrence finding him trying to fix something.

Emalee's 4th Birthday

2009-05-19T22:00:00.004-06:00

Today is Emalee's 4th Birthday. I can not believe how quickly time flies. She has always been a sweet little angel. We have been so blessed to have her in our home. She has the cutes sense of humor. And is always wanting to be so helpful (even if the help is not wanted). She had preschool today so last night we did her VIP poster and made cup cakes for her class. She was so excited to be able to pick from the birthday box at school. After School we went and got one of her friends, Hallie and had a play day. When we called to see if Hallie could come and play Emalee wanted to do all the calling and asking. That was kinda funny. She did do pretty good. We went to McDonald's for lunch and then came back to the house and let the kids enjoy there time together. I think that they were all pretty tired at the end of the day.

Emalee and Hallie opening her gifts from mom and dad.

This year Emalee wanted a Strawberry Shortcake cake. Well i didn't find one so she said that her next choice was a princess cake. I guess this will have to do. Not to shabby i thought.

I think that Emalee had a pretty good day from the reaction on her face. Grandma Beddes and Grandma Robinson both stopped in and spoiled Emalee. She totally loved the gift from them. Thanks grandparents for the wonderful gifts. I can never express how grateful i am for the wonderful family that i have been given. I am truly blessed. Happy 4th Birthday Emalee.

Kenadee's new look

2009-04-22T21:55:00.003-06:00

Here is Kenadees before and after pictures. Because her front teeth are back so far the two front teeth are the only ones that are connected to the wire. Maybe next month they will connect the four front teeth to the wires. She was so scared. But i think that the end results will be worth it. I think that it will make her even more beautiful. She was so brave. Just like her mom.HAHA

A day on the Farm

2009-04-22T21:29:00.004-06:00

So it is farming season again. Ryan asked if i would be willing to go up and help disk when he couldn't. So i am totally all over that. You can sit in the tractor and you can do and think what ever you would like with no one to bother you, it is great. Plus the kids are going to need summer clothes this year since i didn't buy them any last year. Anyway i decided to be totally brave and take Jaren with me yesterday. When i took him i thought that Ry would come and get him at noon when he went to get Emalee from Preschool. Well that didn't happen he called and said uhhh is he fine i am not sure what to say at this point... Well i can only imagine that if anybody knows Jaren you can imagine that i am pulling my hair out. But..... I do have to say that he was so good. Ryan ended up not coming until 6:00 p.m. and we went up at 10:30 a.m. That was a very long day for him. He was a good little trooper. We got out to move the pickup closer to the end of the field and when we climb back in he jumped right back into the drivers seat....he was already to drive. He really was a good little boy. How sweet he can be sometimes. today i took Emalee with me i think that she kinda drove me crazy, she kept asking are we done yet, i am bored, when is dad coming, how much more, are we done yet.....Jaren at least couldn't tell me he was bored he just had to endure it. Ryan said that from now on i can take Jaren and he would keep Emalee. She doesn't just wonder off like Jaren does. That gave me a good laugh.

Father like Son

2009-04-15T11:56:00.002-06:00

So here is kinda a funny moment in my life as being a mom. Yesterday for lunch Kenadee made mac and cheese. We gave Jaren his bowl like we always do and left him to eat it. When i came back into the room to clean up the tray i noticed that he had his finger up his nose. With a noodle in the other hand. So i kinda just watched him to see what he was up to and low and behold he was sticking the noodles up his nose. YUCK. I told Ryan to come here and look in his nose. You could see the tip of the noodle. I went and got some tweezers to get it out and in the mean time he had pushed it further up his nose. I was kinda worried what would it do cause an infection or would it just come out on his own??? When using the tweezers it would just break off little parts of the noodle and i wasn't sure how big of a noodle it was? We decided to leave it alone. Later that night i looked again while he was eating supper and you could see a little bit of the noodle but not a lot. Great idea hit me. I had Kenadee get a baby nose sucker. And the whole time we were looking up his nose he just laughed. Shocking i thought that he would have been fighting me. The first time we sucked some of the noodle in parts and pieces came out. Then the second time half the noodle and the kids all jumped back and started screaming and laughing and yelling that is DISGUSTING. He had shoved a whole Noodle up his nose. I guess Jaren is more like his dad than we all thought. When Ryan was little he did the same thing with a PEA. Kathy took him to the doctor to get it out. How funny is that.

Dallin's Baptism

2009-04-15T11:25:00.003-06:00

Sorry i am a little slow on all the events of the week. Life finally slowed down for a few minutes so i guess i will sit at the computer for a few minutes and do some updating.Well the day finally came and Dallin was baptised a member of the church. We are so proud of him that he wanted to do it. He was a little nervous though. This is a picture of Dallin and his dad before. Of course we had to have a family picture before as well.

This is the amazing group of people that came to Dallin's Baptism. I am so truly blessed. Ryan and i have a very amazing family. I am so grateful for all the love and support that was given to us on this very special day. All most all of our siblings were there, which is really amazing. It is to bad that i didn't think a little faster but in this picture there is four generations. I wish i had done that picture separate so that i had it. I guess you live and learn. WOW i am truly blessed.

Dallin's 1st Pine Wood Derby

2009-03-30T18:20:00.002-06:00

I truly can't believe that Dallin is old enough to be in Scouts. Where has the time gone. So this is Dallins first Pine Wood Derby. This is the car that him and his dad built. It is a Dune Buggy. He was so excited.

This is the track. Dallin was a little bummed that his car lost. But maybe next year he will do better. I told him that as long as he had fun that is all that mattered. I think that he had a good time.
This is the group of boys that we have in scouts right now with more on the way. There will be a big group by the end of the year. They have some great leaders right now that put a lot of time and work into it. For my first time at the pine wood it was pretty exciting. And just watching them i think was more fun. We had a good time.

My pet Calf

2009-03-30T17:38:00.003-06:00

Our new calf Lucky is now an orphan. Her mom died Wednesday from complications to the delivery. So i guess she needed a new mom and i think that she has picked me. I went out this morning to bottle feed her and she came running up to me like a lost puppy. She has figured out how to get out of the corral. So It was kinda funny. Then when i got done feeding her i tried to get her to go back into the corral. That was a no go. She followed me all the way back to the house. Emalee and Jaren were standing on the deck watching so i walked up there and she of course followed. She will let the kids pet her if they don't startle her. Now she just wonders around the yard like one of the dogs. She even comes up to the back door and moos for us to come out. I think we started something????HMMMM How do we stop this one!!!! I finally stopped and gave her a little attention. Plus i think she still wanted the bottle.

Emalee not so sure of her up on the deck. I never thought that i would have a pet Calf.

Poor Ryan

2009-03-19T20:38:00.002-06:00

Poor Ryan... On Saturday he started complaining that his back was starting to hurt. By that night he was in a lot of pain. So since then this is how you will find Ryan if you come over to our house. Either laying or kneeling on the floor. Sitting he says is a killer. Some times i have a hard time not laughing at him, when he comes into the room and he is crawling. I really do try but it is kinda funny. He has been to the quack twice and no luck. Yesterday and today i have given him a good rub down and was able to get the spot that has been bothering him to pop. Who needs a quack!!! He has me!!! And ya he was really hurting today after having pull the calf. oops

New Calf LUCKY

2009-03-19T20:17:00.003-06:00

This is the new Calf that was born yesterday. There is a little story behind this calf. My grandpa brought her to me on Saturday and said that he doesn't deal with teenage pregnancies. So me being the lucky one, i inherit these cows until they calve out. I thought that by the way she looked we would still have a month. Ryan noticed that she was just laying out there, so i went out to see. And sure enough she was laboring. I had to leave for about an hour to help with Kenadees achievement day. When it was about time for me to come home Ryan called and asked me if i was about done. I said i was just leaving. He told me that he needed my help pulling the calf. I was shocked and a little nervous. I have never seen a calf pulled. So this was all new for me. So a neighbor of ours came over to see a calf born(he is from Arizona, and has never been in the country life before) and ended up helping pull the calf. It started with him and Ryan pulling then Greg (neighbor) and I pulling. I felt so bad for the mom cow she bellard like nothing i had ever heard. She just laid there. Ryan went and borrow a calf puller from another neighbor, and with in seconds the calf was out. For how small the mom was the calf was very good sized. The mom is very sore, and it looks horrible if you ask me. The mom doesn't move to fast today but the mom and calf are good. We name the calf Lucky

Gigantic Dog

2009-03-14T18:02:00.002-06:00

So this is my gigantic dog, Meg. I haven't posted any pictures of her lately so i thought that it was time to put a few pictures up so you could see how big she has gotten. She like a miniature horse. But her personality is so mellow and she loves to just lay on the grass and bask in the sun. She may be big but she is the nicest dog and great with the kids. It took a lot to get one of her standing.

State Basketball

2009-03-09T16:22:00.002-06:00

This last weekend we went to Boise. Sugar made it to state basketball. They ended up with 3rd place. We stayed with Justin and Amy. They were great to let us all camp out at there house. There was my family of 6, then my mom and dad and Courtney and Ethan, and my grandma and Grandpa Beddes. That is a lot of people in one house.

This is the Team after they won 3rd place. I think they were a little excited.

Tyler is Number 10. I am so proud of Tyler he is a great kid. He played hard when he was able to play. And i just want him to know that we all love him and I am glad that he played so that i could take a trip to get Ryan out of the House. Thanks for the trip.

Dallins 8th Birthday

2009-03-09T15:51:00.002-06:00

Dallin had his 8th birthday on March 2. I know it was a week ago. Life has been kinda busy, i guess it is better late than never. I can't believe he is eight. He will be baptized on April 11. Just so you know those who live in places like St. Louise need to plan for a little trip i think about that time. HAHA. For his birthday he wanted a new Cat Tractor but i really didn't want to spend that much money. So i went down to the cat dealership in Idaho Falls and asked to see there book for toys. When i saw this truck i new that it was a toy for Dallin.

Dallin wanted a Blizzard Cake for his birthday. So i took him and let him pick one out. This one is a Snickers. It was really good.

Dallin is so funny, he knew that grandma Robinson would call and ask him what he wanted for his birthday . So when she called he knew what he wanted. A tractor for this company that he got his potato digger from. She also gave him a book that was published by John Deere. It looks really old but i am not sure how old. It is kinda cool.

Dallin and Jaren doing what they do best, being silly. I hope that Dallin had a great day and a happy Birthday.

Jarens 2nd Birthday

2009-02-28T12:10:00.002-07:00

I can't believe it my baby is 2 years old. How crazy the time goes. Jaren and Emalee started the day with cleaning off the spoons and beaters, from his Chocolate cake that i was making for him. I think that they really enjoyed it.

This is the finished product. It took me a couple of hours to get it done but that is OK. Every now and again I make the kids a birthday cake. Shocking even for me, It was homemade. I was really surprised how well the cake turned out and it was really good. I made sure that i didn't put to much frosting on the cake. I don't like lots of frosting.

For supper we had Hamburger Enchiladas and a green Salad, which i might say were very good. Jaren, Dallin, and Kelley waiting to get to blow out the candle on the cake. I think Kelley blew it out the first time so we lit it again and Jaren was so excited. I think he would have been really OK if we just kept on lighting the candle. We also had a Dairy Queen cake. It was a cookie dough blizzard cake, Ryan picked it out and there was nothing left.

Jaren is finally getting to open the presents. I was kinda surprised that he did it with everyone watching. sometimes he gets shy and won't do it. Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts. They were all great.

I think this is Jarens FAVORITE TOY, Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Beddes, And Tyler. It is a little hot wheels and it make all kind of noises. Which thinks is wonderful. It make a motorcycle sound like it is revving up, he pushes that button nonstop. I think by the time it was time for bed he was very ready. I hope that Jaren had a Happy Birthday.

Home made Chocolates

2009-02-13T13:29:00.002-07:00

So i had a crazy idea to make some home made chocolates. They have the fondants centers. There are about six different flavors. The Fondant is kinda like Kathy's fudge you pour it out on marble and then have to turn it. So it is a little time consuming. They turned out good. But i have to say that i probably won't do it again. It was a lot of work. This is what i gave to the ladies that i go visiting teaching to. These are definitely a labor of Love.

I love to see the Temple

2009-02-12T19:40:00.003-07:00

I thought that it was really neat that Emalee could sing i love to see the Temple. She is always singing it. She is also learning I am a Child of God. When she gets that one down i will record her and post it. She almost has it she skips a few words other than that she has it. It is so cute to hear her sing it. So here it is.

WOW where has the time gone???

2009-02-11T22:11:00.002-07:00

Tonight Tyler had a basketball game against Shelley. Very happy to say that we won. It was a fabulous game. Before the game started they had Senior night. That is when they make a big deal out of the people that are in the band, cheerleaders, or the basketball team. Well Tyler is a Senior this year. So I rarely get all emotional, But tonight was one of those rare occasions that i did. My baby brother is graduating this year. It was very hard for me to see him out there. For the Team they had bags for each of the boys and the parents go out with there sons. Well Jaren got away from us, and if you can only imagine how fast his little legs move it didn't take long for him to be out on the floor. He stood there looking at us and then back at Tyler. He choose Tyler. He ran strait out to Tyler and He scooped him up. Jaren gave Tyler a hug then Tyler put him down and he came right back to us. The tears at that point were nonstop. I am very proud of Tyler and I hope that he knows how much i loved going to his games. It is hard to believe that he is already 18. He should be the same age as Jaren. How Time flies. CONGRATULATION TYLER.

Monkey Cake

2009-02-09T20:13:00.002-07:00

This is the Monkey cake that Courtney and i Made for Ethan's 1st birthday. We did this Saturday Night. We started it at 10:00 and finished it at 1:30. We thought that it was kinda cute. I have decided that against my power i am getting to old to stay up that late. I am pretty sure that i am still younger that Ryan, by a long ways. By the way thanks Hannah for letting us use your pans.

Family of TEN

2009-02-09T17:41:00.003-07:00

This Weekend i had the pleasure of having Kim and Clynt's kids from Friday evening to Monday afternoon. If you are unsure of the amount of kids we each have that is 4 for me and 4 for Kim. I doubled in kids. WOW. It totally made me appreciate anybody with that many kids or more. I guess you do have to consider that most people have 1 kid at a time and they grow into their families. I suddenly had four more kids. Reagan is about 5 months and is a very happy baby. And she Sleeps through the night. She always woke up with a smile. Kim is very blessed. She was an angle for me. Jaren was a lot of help with her some times to much. Hailey was a lot of help with Reagan to, You would think that she was the second mom to her. And Slade and Teagan were good as well they would play with Dallin and i would never even see them unless they were hungry. Friday night we went to the Sugar Basketball Game. Tyler plays Varsity. It was a great game, They won South Fremont. My mom and Dad were there to help. It was kinda funny someone that knew my dad asked him on the way out if all these kids were mine and he told them no half belonged to another daughter. You could see the relief on his face. This is all the kids minus Jaren and Reagan who were napping. This is a great way to babysit.HAHA They don't dare move. Hope they aren't afraid of height.

Saturday i sent the kids outside to play in the new snow that we got. Ryan kept them well entertained as you could see by the tractor. He also pulled them with the 4-wheeler on the sled. They had a great time. They were all pretty tired that night. And no one fought me when it was time to go to bed.

Poor Teagan, He fell off the sled with Dallin and Slade. Teagan landed on the bottom and got a little snow rash. He came in well after it happened and just stood at the door with the most disgusted look on his face and said to me,"Ryan went to fast". I felt bad. I guess this is a good reason for me not to babysit. Your kids will go home wounded and afraid of heights. Then Sunday Rolled around and YES we took all TEN of yes to church. We go at 11:00. I must say that i am very proud of my self we were ready 15 min. before we needed to leave and 15 minutes early to church. YEP we were waiting to go by 10:30. Crazy. They day was a great success. After church i came home and made some Hamburger buns to take to my moms for Ethan birthday party. I think that by the time we made it back home i was very much ready for bed. Wow what a weekend. But as you can read i am still alive and able to tell you about it.

Normal updating

2009-01-23T15:46:00.002-07:00

Ryan gave me a bad time about it being so long since i have updated. So here it is, We are really boring people and not much has been going on. The kids are in school and so that leaves my days open for me to help Melanie when she calls. Nathan has been back in the hospital for the start of pneumonia. They were able to catch it soon enough that it had not quite turned into that. But he is home once again and doing fine they say that they will probable fight that until he is about 2. I have found a new Internet thing that takes up some of my time as well FACEBOOK. I have found people that i went to school with that i have not talked to for years. that is kinda fun. Well it was new for me any way. So there is my update. Really not much is going on it must be the first of the year. Hope everyone else has more going on then me, pretty boring really.

Christmas Day

2008-12-30T22:21:00.002-07:00

Christmas Day we went up to Ryan's mom and dads to open gifts. Great Grandma and Grandpa Robinson were able to join us which is always fun. Chelsea and Jake came home as you can see by the fabulous smile. Emalee loves Chelsea and Jake.

Wow Her first sewing machine. I Sure hope that it came with some free lessons. (for her and me) Thanks Grandma.

Funny little story behind this new hat from Chels and Jake. Chelsea called Emalee and asked her what she wanted for Christmas? Well i am not sure that Chels was prepared for the answer that Emalee gave her. She said,"I WANT A PINK HAT THAT SAYS EMALEE MAY ON IT"!! Later Chels asks me if that is really what she wants? I told her to give it a few days and ask her again. So she did and when Chelsea asked her again Emalee was very disgusted with her and said to chelsea"I TOLD YOU ALREADY I WANT A PINK HAT THAT SAYS EMALEE MAY ON IT"... Way to go Chelsea you made her day. What you can't see is on the back of the hat It says EMALEE MAY. YOUR THE BEST CHELSEA AND JAKE. Thanks for all the wonderful gifts. you can have us every year.HAHAHA

Jaren LOVING his new tractor from Chels and Jake.

Christmas morning

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Christmas morning came way to quickly. But the kids did sleep in until 8:30 After we told Kenadee to go back to bed at 6:30. The kids were so excited. This is in the process of the tornado of paper.

My Boys and there Tractors.

Kenadee and her new watch.

Emalee and Jaren opening a gift from Ryan and I. I think that Emalee did most of the unwrapping.

This is the gift that Ryan gave to me. It was the most beautiful picture. It fit perfectly in the stand that i bought severally months ago hoping for something to fill it. It really is fabulous. It is a Greg Olsen "Walk With Me".

Christmas Eve Party

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Kelley and Jessica with Santa. Grandma Biorn and Santa having a good old time.

Making the trains that Kenadee did for her achivement day project.

Ryan and Tyler Trying to have a good old time. Jaren and Reagan, Jaren has figured out that he likes to hold Reagan.

Family picture with Santa Clause. Jaren did not like the fact that his dad was not holding him.

Fun in the SNOW

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Jaren and Ryan are on the 4-wheeler and Kenadee, Dallin and Emalee are in the sled. They thought it was so much fun. And riding in the Tractor with the snow blower is the best part, i guess!!

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You are actually seeing Jaren being really good. How would that be to be able to sleep anywhere? Literally!!
Going for a ride in the bucket of the tractor. Must have been really soothing to him. We didn't even make it to the end of the road before he fell asleep.Funny little stinker!!

HE'S HOME

2008-12-24T15:14:00.002-07:00

Just to let everyone know that we have some wonderful news. Nathan Paul Davies came home today. He now weights just over 7 pounds. He is still on a little oxygen. But other than that he is doing great. What a wonderful Christmas present for Melanie and Danny. Thank you for all the prayers and blessings that you have all done for Nathan. He is truly a blessing and a miracle. CONGRATULATIONS Mel and Dan.

A Well needed Hair cut

2008-12-24T15:01:00.002-07:00

I finally gave Jaren a hair cut today. I think that my mother in law was kinda hint to me that he needed it done. She was so right. It is kinda sad, but it made him look a little boy and not a baby any more. He did ok in holding still. It is not the greatest hair cut but it is still a cut. He looks very hansom.

Poor Kitty

2008-12-18T22:29:00.001-07:00

Well i have a sad story and anyone who is a cat lover will find this rather upsetting so beware. We have a little black kitty that has adopted us. And it is even very friendly which is rather unusual for the cats that come around. Me not being a cat lover kinda got attached to this little kitty. Well Ryan went out this morning to get his pickup to go to town and to take Emalee to preschool. And when he came back into the house to get Ema he told me that he didn't think that the kitty was going to make it through the day! I was a little shock and said WHY? So hold your GASP!!! He found the kitty frozen by the tail hanging upside down on the fence by the cows water trough. At first he thought that it was dead, but then it meowed and he couldn't believe it. He thinks that it must have been trying to get a drink and got it's tail wet and foot. It was so cold last night that it probably froze it to the fence,(which is metal). So I asked him what he did with it and he said that he had to brake it's tail off to get it off the fence. Then he put it in the hay stack. So i asked him to bring it in so i could see how bad it was. It was bad. It's tail looked really funny and its foot had frost bite. At this point i didn't know what to do with it. So i put a old towel in a box and covered it up to get it to warm up. As soon as i did that it just started to purrrrr. Later in the day she finally got out of the box and that is when i could see how bad she really was. I knew for sure that at least all but one of her feet frost bitten and her tail and one of her ears. Ryan at that point told me that she needed to be put down. Ok I know that it is just a cat, but i started to cry and of course that makes Ryan tear up and so he asked me what i wanted to do? So after i regained my composure i told him that i would call the vet and see how much it would cost to fix her one leg. The leg was mangled looking and oozing.Growdy. So the vet told me about $150-$200.00. That was one place so i called another just out of curiosity, I was SHOCKED $450-$500.00. Ryan said NO WAY. So we agreed so that i could have a guilt free concunts he would take it to the vet and if the vet said that she was suffering then at least i could say that we tried. Ryan left the kitty there and the vet called me and told me that all but one little toe was frozen, so basically all of her extremities had severe frost bit. So i guess you know what had to be done. Emalee was asking were the kitty was and of course Dallin being so sensitive says "IT DIED EMA". She looked at me and no it didn't huh mom. So i told her that it went to heaven. She said WHY? So i told her that Heavenly Father needed another good kitty. And that seemed to have been ok because she said to me, next time we will have to have two nice kitties huh mom. She is so sweet. Kinda sad but i guess it is better than to let it suffer.

Never ending Job

2008-12-17T13:28:00.003-07:00

We have a little bit of snow now and Dallin thinks that it is great to go out and shovel the snow. I think that it is to get out of having to practice the piano. Of course he has to do it before he can go out.Maybe by the end of the winter he won't be so excited to shovel the snow. We will see.

He asked me the other day if i had posted the pictures on the blog yet. So i guess i should be a good mom and do it for him. He loves to look at the blog. He is really a great worker. He had it all done and then it snowed again. That is the top picture. It is just the deck that he is shoveling but that is ok. It is good to keep it cleaned off.