A new Puppy!!

I finally broke Jason down enough to get another dog. Since our last one got hit by a car, we have been a little Leary about getting a new one, but we are finally ready, and I have been searching the classifieds for the perfect one.

We don't have a name for her yet, Jason has been out of town, and he likes to get in on the naming, so I told the kids we would have to wait, till tonight to name her.

She is a Miniature Schnauzer, she is 2 months old, and she is almost all black. She does have a little bit of white on her back feet, and a tiny patch on her chest.

Yes, I had to get a girl, we needed a little more female influence in this house, it has enough boys!!
I even bought her a cute little pink and brown dogie coat, and a little pink and black shirt, (that you can see in the pictures), it says "It's all about ME, deal with it"

Any suggestions on names before Jason gets home, leave comments!!

Fall Colors

I Love Fall!!

It is my favorite seasons!!


The kids are back in school, the air has a crisp chill to it, and I love the Colors!!


So for those of you who don't get the chance to see the fall colors much, here are some pictures I took in Logan Canyon this last week, I think we might head up Monte' today or tomorrow, I will see what they are like up there, and maybe publish more pics later.

Football Season

Football Season is here, and almost gone!!

Tanner is #86

Tanner loves to play football!! This year, he is in 6th grade, and they go to middle school for 6th grade here, so Tanner had the option of playing middle school football (they didn't have enough boys in the 7th and 8th grades) or Little League again, after discussing the options, he decided to stay in little league for 1 more year, and it has been a very good decision!! He has been able to play the whole game, offence and defence for most of the games!! He is the tallest kid on the team, and is about a head taller than any of the other players, so I keep pretty good track of him on the field.

Since we live in the middle of nowhere, we do have to travel to the away games, the closest one was about 45 min. away, the farthest a little over an hour. But luckily it only lasts 1 month and we have really enjoyed it!! And Tanner has really had fun and learned a ton!!

New Deck/Sleepover

A few weeks ago, Mom and Dad, April, Brandon, August and Addison, and Rebecca came up to help us build our deck. They had a slow start, and mom, April, and I did a great job supervising from the sidelines, but we got it about half done.

They all had stayed the night, the night before the big day, it was fun for the cousins to have a sleepover!!

When they were ready to leave, We found Addie asleep on the stairs, boy was she a bear when Brandon woke her up to get ready to go, I guess she cried for about an hour on the way home!!

All in all it was a fun day, and we can't wait to do it again!!

Moms 4x4 fun (and a couple of 2 wheels)

Ok, so my computer won't read my SD drive for some reason, so I had to steal a couple of pictures from a friend, but here is the story...

Last week, a bunch of moms from around here, went on a back country ride from here to the next town over, most of us were on 4 wheelers, but 2 were on motorcycles, it was so much fun!

We started out at a friends house, where everyone unloaded, or like me I live so close, that I was able to just ride my 4 wheeler over there, but we took the back roads, and through some cows, and went to Randolph. It was pretty cold, so we stopped at the store, and got some hot chocolate, and then went back. total, it took us about 3 hours, but that was stopping here and there, and then while we were in Randolph, we went to the park. But on the way back, we were in a little bit of a hurry and it only took us about 45 minutes. It was a much needed break for the week!! Some of the moms even brought their little kids (under age 3) and most of them really enjoyed it!!