Climbing

Our family had a great time this weekend in Logan. We always have so much fun with our friends, the Willis Family! Our kids are so funny together! Shari is my best friend. We are so complete opposites, but I don't know what I would do without her! She is always there for me. We even stayed for church so I could see Shari give her lesson in R.S. and it was so great. We survived Sacrament meeting with all the kids so now we know anything is possible!

We missed the boat for our annual climb up Logan Canyon,(darn snow!) so we headed to the rock climbing gym. I have never climbed in a gym before-but I loved it! I thought it was easier than the rock and was glad to be in the warmth!( I was freezing all weekend!) I ran out to the car to get my camera and the batteries were dead. :0( I am sure it is for the best because no pics of the view from the ground are good pics. (3 kids kills your figure!)

So despite 10 people( 6 kids, 6 years old and younger) in a very small 2 bedroom house for 3 days,we had a blast!

PLUS- I got to see my wonderful friend from High School, Kristen! I loved seeing her. She is one of the cutest people I know and miss that we do not get to hang out anymore. Her baby girl is so adorable! I miss you Kristen!!

Now we are home, Kent is in Spokane on another trip and we all have a cold. Back to reality! :0)

General Conference

I just love General Conference. The talks always seem to be directed to me! I love President Monson and his spirit. I know that he truly is a prophet of God. The talk that he gave about enjoying life where we are now was what I needed to hear. It can be hard when you are surrounded by dirty diapers, fighting kids and bills to take the time to enjoy life . I must admit that one of my favorites is Elder Bednar. I am sure it is because of my days at Ricks college. I love his messages and the way that he presents. I loved his talk about prayer, it is something that I really need to work on. My kids were fairly good (minimal fighting and running around) and I felt the spirit all weekend.

*Side note- I painted the girls room purple during the Saturday afternoon session and I love it!

My kiddos

My Baby!

Arrgh!

Today I officially win the worst mother of the year award! The first stupid event of the day happened when I locked the keys in the car. But that is not the bad part! The problem was Aly was asleep in the car, the car was parked in the sun, all the windows are up and the car was running- oh and did I mention that it wasn't even MY car? So I called my Parents (it is their car that I borrowed from my Brother at college who is using it while he car hunts) to see if there was a hide-a-key. My dad tells me that he gave it to my brother to "hide" when he took the car to college. So I try and reach my brother but he doesn't answer his phone because he is in class. Finally I get though to him and the hide-a-key is in his apartment in Rexburg. So my Dad calls again and tells me to fish a wire hanger through the door and try and roll down the window. Problem is all of my hangers are Plastic! So in the end I call the Police. They come over (by this time it has been almost a half an hour and I am getting a little nervous) and tell me that they don't unlock car doors any more and a lock smith is on the way. (Why didn't dispatch just tell me that and I would have called the lock smith myself?) So about the same time the police arrive the Elementary kids get off the bus. The bus stop just happens to be in front of our house so all the kids are standing in my drive way staring at the police car. ( I am sure they all told their mom's about the police at Chandler's house when they got home) When all was said and done, the lock smith came and Aly was fine. They didn't even charge me because there was a child in the locked car.
I could have lived with my stupidity if it had ended here! A couple of hours later I was doing laundry and the older kids were running in and out of the house. So I am in my room hanging clothes when the door bell rings and a lady hands me Aly and tells me she was in the middle of the street and she almost ran her over! I just starred at her in disbelief. Could I be any worse of a parent! We are the first house in the subdivision off of a pretty busy road and I am just so grateful that she wasn't hurt. To top that off she didn't have pants and was running around in her diaper with boogies running down her face! So now I am sure this neighbor ( whom I had never met until today) was shaking her head all the way home. So there you have it. I hesitate to even post this because I am so mortified to think that everyone will know my sad parenting abilities. I am just grateful that Heavenly Father loves me and is watching out for my family and that children have short-term memories!

P.S. Did I mention that Kent is in Spokane, so of course he missed out on all the fun. It is always better when he is around, he is a much better parent than me!

Duck Feeding Frenzy

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Fall Is in the Air

Sorry I have not posted in awhile. We have already had a busy September!
Over Labor day weekend we went camping in Star Valley with my family. It was fun.
Saturday day we went on our traditional family bike ride where we pick a canyon and just ride. I love enjoying the beauty that God created and I love it that we do it as a family. We usually have at least 6-10 bikes and four wheelers with us. We have been exploring the Valley this way for about 10 years and this is one of my favorite things and something that draws me back to Star Valley.
We also had a chance to go to the Eastern Idaho State Fair. Kent enjoys going to the fair because he always went as a kid since he is from the Blackfoot area. While we were there we told the kids we could ride one ride and so we picked the Ferris Wheel. We were headed to buy tickets when we realized it would almost cost our family $20 just to ride the ferris wheel. We did not want to spend that much on the ride because we still wanted to get fair food and other things. So we explained to the kids that it was too much money and they could just get some cotton candy or something. As we were turning to leave a family came up to us and asked us if we wanted some free tickets because they were headed to the Demolition Derby! They ended up giving us 60 tickets! That is $60 worth. So we did ride the Ferris Wheel as well as a few other ride and ended up giving 10 tickets away because Aly was ready for bed. It is comforting to know that there are kind people out there and Heavenly Father is watching out for us!
On September 7th- Kent turned 30! We had his family over for a dinner after church. With just his local family and my two brothers who live in Rexburg we had almost 40 people over for dinner! I can't believe that we are getting so old. We are grateful for where we are in our lives but definately have many more goals we want to accomplish! I am so grateful for my wonderful Husband!!! He is the best father and I know that he loves me!
I love the beauty and colors of Fall. The weather has been so great here! I HATE the allergies the Fall brings and the snow that is just around the corner. So for now I will just enjoy life one day at a time.



Chandler and Jaden

Grandpa teaching Chandler how to shoot

Baylee,Kezalee and Aly

Me and my Mom- yes we are camping, scary hair and no makeup!

Kent and Aly