Birthday Girl!!!

on March 9th Ellyn turned the big 4.....she loved the whole day being about her.....she was counting down to this day for probably 2 months.....every day she would ask if it was her birthday yet.....finally it came!!!!
We made it very simple....her favorite place....McDonalds....with her favorite color cupcakes...blue.

Happy Birthday Yellin Ellyn!!! we love ya!!!

Vegas!!!

During February Nick and I got some major Cabin Fever and decided to go to Vegas for the week.....I didn't take a whole lot of pictures....mainly just at the wax museum and the Temple....
We did a lot walking and went to Chris Angel-mind freak magic guy....it was mostly nice just to relax and not have to be anywhere at anytime......




I loved the Temple part of the trip...very beautiful inside....I think this was my favorite part of the trip....

Ohhh BaBy!!!!

Call me cRaZy but here is baby #5.......Due September 2, 2011....Somedays i feel extremely crazy and other days i feel like were doing the right thing..(multiplying and replenishing the earth)haha!!! so now we are gonna break the tie = 2 boys vs. 2 girls)...wonder what its gonna be....i think we've decided to wait till its born to find out what it is...just to keep the excitement going...!!!!

winter.....

I think the older i get the wimpier i get with the COLD......brr. i am not a fan of cold, but i still try to have some fun with the kids outside......

This year Grandma bought this little snow coach...we have been loving it...Ive even enjoyed it, it actually rides quite nice....lots of fun...

The nice thing about it is we can stuff a bunch of kids in it and they love it!!!

Nick and i were wasting time one day and decided to drive up to the farm...We saw this massive snow bank and had to stop for a pic.....we thought it was pretty cool!!!

Christmas Breakfast!!!

We had such a great surprise this Christmas. We all were a little bummed that my little brother Clint wouldn't be able to celebrate Christmas with us for a second year in a row. He has been in California at an Air force base preparing to head out to Afghanistan the first part of January...but after talking to him on Christmas eve wishing him a merry Christmas, feeling bad for him and us, and hoping he had something to do for Christmas.....the best surprise ever. Christmas Eve my parents were sitting home and in walked Clint.....My moms tears were unstoppable..so sweet!!!

Every Christmas morning we have a Christmas breakfast with my family...this year it was at my house...that is one tradition i am hoping lasts forever!!!

This picture is of all my brothers and sister....it was great to have all of us and our families together.

Birthdays and Baptism!!!

We have had quite some fun celebrating Natalies birthday...she turned the Big 8....The year we celebrated Natalie and Seirras birthday with the merrills at the bowling alley...that is a great place to have birthday parties....they made the girls feel really special for their birthday!!!
Nat also got another party with the Jensens...pizza, cake and icecream at our house....

Nat also had a little friend party this year. I took them to get manicures and then to the cocoa bean(best cupcake around) Nat had alot of fun....

Dec. 4th was also a special day for Nat....Nick baptized her...i just can't believe i have one old enough to baptize...it was a very neat experience for her,even though the fonts hot water heater was broke.....it didn't seem to bother Nat at all....

December 6th. Nick turned the big 30!!! and i pulled off a super surprise party for him...i was so glad it worked out the way i had planned...thanks to all the friends and family who was able to help pull this off....He had no clue!!!

Happy birthday!!!

Halloween 2010

I know its a little late for our Halloween Post, But I guess it's ok right?

This year the three older kids had decided what they were going to be for Halloween on their own. So i had Grant left to decide for???....So anyways, driving truck this year in the potatoes is where I came up with the idea Grant could be a Sack of Potatoes....Easy, Cheap, Fast, and Adorable!!!

Here is Nat as a Punk Rocker....We had a lot of fun thinking up ideas for hers......Wes was a Vampire....(one of his obsessions along with Wolves)...

...girly as can be and blue being her favorite color, She decided on a sweet little Blue Butterfly!!!

Love him and his Scary Teeth!!!


We Went to a Straw Maze a little while before Halloween and the kids loved it...i'm not a real big fan of them...i think because i stress too much about Fires!!! i know crazy but really it's not a good thought.

Here's Ellyn and my mom!!!

Grant wasn't too sure about this, but atleast there is some sort of a smile...

Girlies are Girlies....silly as ever.....Nat and T!!!

This year we decided to hang with my family for Trick-or-Treating... Every year after we it the trunk or treat they go up to a place in Island Park.....called Haunted Harriman!!!! so so Fun!!! it involves: Wagon rides, trick-or-treating from cabin to cabin, Hot chocolate, cookies, games for the kids, spooks, and of course FREE!!!! It was great for us and great for the Kids!!!

Uncle whit and Grant getting ready for the wagon ride....

Ellyn is trying to scare Grant....Grant loves every minute of it!!

To Blog or Not to Blog????

I can't help but go back and forth, back and forth on whether to keep blogging... I have mixed emotions on it all the time...I debate between thinking blogging is just a place to brag and i really don't want to be known to do that...But then i look at alot of other blogs and realize how great of a journal it is...not for everyone else, but for ME!!! So there is my answer. To Blog!!!

So after the busy summer things have sorta slowed down...I'm kinda getting a little bit of order back into my life...
This is the first day of school....boy oh boy was Wes excited to get on that bus...He tells me that was the best part of the Day!!! As for Nat she couldn't wait to meet her teacher. I had to throw this picture in for a lovely memory for me...Brotherly Love...Wes is reading a tractor book to Grant...i can already tell Grant is going to be a die hard John Deere man just like Wes!!!

Our Favorite place to go during Fall....the Duck Park!!! Look at that they are eating the bread right out of my hands...it is so funny to watch these ducks attack...and i mean literally attack!!

And again another year has come and gone....this year has to be the fasted potato harvest ever...the weather was awesome during it, and i even drove truck this year...YIKES!!! I managed...it was so much fun, and so many great memories.

Finnally.....a little bit of this and a little bit of that

So i have been needing to update for a while....life has been incredibly busy...but fun....hopefully i will be able to keep up after this time....so here we go....a little of May, June, and July.....

-newest member of our family....oh yes..there are definitely days that i wonder why oh why did i add this to my busy life....but it always ends up me loving this little tyke....Rosco...he is such a cutie!!! Memorial day weekend started out to be a bummer...we were suppose to go camping with the Riley's, but the rain took over...so we ended up going to Jason's dads cabin and we let the fun begin from there...
one day we went to Big Springs and fed the fish

we went and drove around Quake Lake...that is always a fun little drive for us!!! there is so much to see and so much to read about...

We went on a four wheeler ride....brrrr!!! so so cold and there was quite a bit of snow the higher we got...we also saw Grizzly bear tracks(that's when i said i'm getting the heck outta here)

This summer Wes has finally decided it's OK to ride his dirt bike without the training wheels...I'm very impressed with how fast he has learned how to ride that....he loves it!!!

Grant has learned quite a bit from our puppy...those two together are the funniest thing ever...they fight like crazy...i just have to sit back and laugh as they work it out!!!

this is the sky during a fire out in the dessert....very eerie feeling!!!

Some of our friends invited us over to cook some Sm ores and to let the kids play...they loved it!!!

4th of July...we watched the parade in Rexburg, Nat was in it with Dance Addiction...I thought she looked super adorable!!!

4wheeler ride with the Jensen's....we went to Webster dam and had a picnic...fun day even though i wrecked.

Date night boating....we thought it would be something different to go boating for a date night...it was a little weird without the kids in the boat, but it was a lot of fun....

Boating with some friends....we boated to a little grassy area and let the kids play...was a lot of fun!!

Boating with the Jensens....

Ross Park....quite the day...we got there just in time for it to close down for a couple of hours because of a thunder storm...since we drove so far for this we decided to wait it out...glad we did cause the kids had a blast!!!

Wes's T-ball

Wes had his first T-ball game the other day and it was so fun to watch..and he was lucky enough to be on the same team as his best bud/cousin Lyv....I can't believe Wes is already old enough to start playing sports....I wish i would have worked with him a little before cause he had NO CLUE which way to run....but no biggy...it was a blast to watch....hilarious!!! i love this little guy...he is always bringing excitement into our home.