Jason and Penny Petersen and Boys

When life gives you lemons, we make lemonade

2011-06-07T21:53:00.001-07:00

We have had record snowfall this year, and a very cold "not yet summer", (I refuse to call it spring) then it heated up too quickly, so we have had some flooding here. We have been ok at our house so far, but the log home has seen a little bit of water, but we have been able to stop it before it got bad, some others haven't been so lucky;(
I thought we might as well have a little fun, so I pulled out my pontoon boat and let the kids ride down the burrow at the side of the road, they thought it was a ton of fun!

Tanner

Bryce

Austin

Sandbagging to try to keep the river somewhat in the channel and out of peoples houses

They had to cut out the road up the street from us because the 2 culverts couldn't handle all the water, this is usually just a small creek

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Heeber creeper

2011-05-20T08:14:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was a field trip day for Austin, we went to the Heeber creeper, it is an old train and they take a trip up and a little ways around Deer Creek reservoir, then switch the engine and come back to the station. The kids have a great time...

Austin is at a stage where he wants me to come on the trip, but he also wants to hang out with his friends, some moms think this is wrong, but I was fine with it, he sat close by and came to see me often, I enjoyed visiting with my friends, and watching him have fun! I think it is great to see him being independent and I am glad that he still wants me close by!
I also like that the teachers and the train people let the kids wander, they are so young and curious, I love the way their little minds take everything in, and they were really pretty good, I didn't see any kids out of control, so I thought it was a great day for them.
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Lots of water

2011-05-20T07:57:00.001-07:00

A couple of days ago, Jason and I took a drive up to Birch creek, a local reservoir, to check on the water situation....

- Not good. At the far end of the picture, is the damn, this area is below and is usually dry,
They call it the tub

This next picture is the tub overflowing

Good thing we have float tubes and a pontoon boat, we may end up needing them at our house...

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Playing catchup

2011-05-20T07:37:00.001-07:00

In April, Bryce and Tanner got started on the long and expensive process of straightening their teeth. BRACES

Typical Bryce, he fell asleep reading (by his choice) a science encyclopedia.

My mom with the flowers we gave her for mothers day.

Jason and the boys made me strawberry and chocolate crepes for mothers day breakfast

Putting the metal roof on the cabin (finally)

We have had flooding in woodruff, our culvert over at the cabin was smashed so the water started pooling around the cabin, we pulled the culvert out and that solved the problem for now, but I am a little nervous of what is to come when the weather warms up and the snow in the mountains really starts to melt!

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Austin's 9th birthday

2011-05-09T22:41:00.001-07:00

On April 2, Austin turned 9 years old, I can't believe my baby is getting so big! To celebrate, we got a hotel in Logan for 2 nights, and we had a party at Linda and larry's house (we also helped them re roof the back of the house) Jason's cousin Jessica came with her 2 girls, Megan and Lexi.

My mom and dad came down and brought my brothers 2 oldest girls, August and Addison with them. After the party, we went back to the hotel and let the kids swim.

They all had a blast, and made new friends, I think Addison found a new best friend in Megan!

It was a fun weekend spent celebrating, and enjoying family, (and a little elbow grease for the men up on the roof)

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Pig, pig, and 2 more pigs

2011-03-26T16:35:00.001-07:00

We went to the pig auction today to get our 4-H pigs for the boys. This will be Tanner and Bryce's 2nd year, and Austin's 1st. And he is pretty excited about it!

This is Tanners pig

This is Bryce's pig

#7 is Austin's pig

We still need to get one more for our alternate just in case any of the others die, or don't make weight. We are ready for another summer of pigs!

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Oryx hunt

2011-03-25T12:29:00.000-07:00

Jason drew out on an Oryx Hunt, he has been planning this trip for over a year now. It is on a missle range in New Mexico, and so being, they have some pretty strict policies, for this hunt. But I think it is one of the only places in the U.S. to hunt Oryx. Jason of course drew out the first year he put in for it (although some have been putting in for 20 yrs without drawing) He was only able to have 4 people in his party, him, his dad, a "guide", and he chose (with a little coaxing from me...which Tanner is still mad about" to take Bryce as his 4th person. they had a great time, and came home with a great Trophy.

And the Luck continues...

2011-03-25T12:08:00.000-07:00

Remember when I said that we went to the Evanston SFW banquet (where Tanner won the gun and hunt) because Jason wouldn't be here to attend the Logan one... Well, they had advertised the wrong date, so we were all able to go to it! We attend this every year, and always have a good time, Jason's Parents always go with us, and sometimes others attend as well. This year Jason's cousin and her husband came. Good food, Good friends, Good family... and Oh yea, our little group walked away with....

Tanner-

a box of clay pigeons and a thrower(sp)

a Basket Ball

a 5-bird hunt

2 fishing poles

Bryce-

a sling shot

a fishing pole

a 5-bird hunt

A GUN!!

Austin-

a pocket knife

a hunting video

Larry (Grandpa)

a Gun

a Magazine

Jessica-(Jason's Cousin)

a Gun

Me...

a floor mat :(

We did buy a couple of things from the silent auction, I got $500 worth of Taxidermy for $400, and we also bought a fishing package (pole, reel, net, fillet knife, and board) we gave the fillet knife to Eric (Jessica's hubby) cuz he pouts when he doesn't win anything, and the rest of the fishing stuff to Austin, cuz he was bummed that Tanner and Bryce kept winning stuff and he didn't.

All in all, it was a huge success! Can't wait until Next year!

This is Bryce with the Gun he won, it was really amazing, cuz it was one of the main prizes, and he only had 1 ticket in the bucket, and they had chosen him as the kid to come up and draw the tickets of the winners, and he drew his own, really though there was probably at least 200-300 tickets in the bucket, so there was no way he could cheat! It was fun for him to win. We didn't keep this gun, because it isn't a kids gun, we sold it to a friend, and he is going to go pick out his own gun later.

Dress up days

2011-03-16T02:34:00.001-07:00

It was a dress up week at school this week for Tanner and Bryce. Tanner doesn't like to dress up too much, unless it is sports related, but since Bryce is the student body VP, he dresses up, yesterday was nerd day...

Last fall, they also had a dress up week, and this was his caveman outfit

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Spring??? Maybe...

2011-03-12T23:13:00.001-08:00

We went to Lagan today, and the weather was so nice, we told the kids they had to play outside for at least an hour before going into the house at grandma and grandpa Petersen's. They didn't mind at all! Austin and Bryce played on the trampoline, and climbed the tree, while Tanner was busy with the basket ball hoop!

As you can see, they still have some snow, but at least they also have lots of grass showing, unlike woodruff, where we still have at least a foot of snow over the entire yard... Oh well, it was at least fun to pretend that spring was almost here!

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Love is spoken here

2011-03-04T07:34:00.001-08:00

Last night, we were all just relaxing around the house, enjoying the start of the weekend, I was watching T.V. when austin came upstairs wearing this mask and singing church songs.
I don't think they go together... What do u think?
The funny thing is, he wasn't trying to be funny, he was just playing around and happened to be singing some of his favorite songs!

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Like father, like son?? Maybe

2011-03-02T18:07:00.001-08:00

I swear, Jason has to be one of the luckiest guys (he married me right?) j/k anyways, he has won some amazing prizes, he has won guns, special hunts, and even a 4-wheeler. Well a couple of weeks ago we went to a sportsman's banquet in Evanston, we usually go to the one in Logan but Jason will be on one of those special hunts that he was "lucky" to draw out on, anyways he decided that he didn't want to miss out so he found out when the Evanston one was and got us tickets. The kids always enjoy going and it usually is a fun night. They had a special drawing for the kids and you guessed it, Tanner won the prize... It is a Ruger 280 gun, and an guided cow elk hunt with lodging in Idaho! He was sooo excited! So, is he going to take after his dad? He sure hopes so!

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Pajama day

2011-03-02T17:57:00.001-08:00

Today was Dr. Seuss's birthday, and to celebrate they had a
Pajama day at school where they could wear their pajamas, and at the end of the day got to watched a Dr. Seuss movie. Austin was so excited about it, that he got his pajamas on about 5:30 the day before just so that he was all ready for school. He also decided that he had to take his snuggle too.

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April Fools Day

2010-04-01T16:58:00.001-07:00

I don't know what I was thinking, but I got a wild hair and decided to do some April fools pranks on my family. It started out not so bad, in the morning, I put a few drops of food coloring in the bowls before I put the cereal in, then when the kids poured in the milk, it turned colors. That was pretty good. Bryce, was confused, and I think Tanner was scared, because I put pink in his, and he didn't know what it was.

Then I spent the day in Evanston getting stuff for Austin's Birthday Party (tomorrow) and for Easter, and the rest of the stuff for April Fools...

Cute Cupcakes don't you think...

It is really meatloaf with mashed potatoes on top. But Austin was fooled! Then for desert, we had chicken pot pies (pudding with candy)

This is what was so time consuming, because I had to shape all the candy to look like veggies!

Then I made Sushi (AKA rice crispy treats with gummy worms inside, and wrapped in fruit leather.

It was alot of work, but it made the day a little more special, (Jason is now Cleaning the Kitchen since I am tuckered out!)

Hunting Expo

2010-03-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

Last night, we went to a Hunting Expo in SLC they had all sorts of booths selling Hunting stuff, of course we had to stop at one for S. Africa, we would love to go on a safarii there! They also had lots of kid stuff, I wish I would have taken more/better pictures, but at least I did take some.

They had a Youth Fair, where the kids got to do some activities at different booths and get a stamp on their paper, then they turned it in for a prize, that is what these pics are from.

Then they had Yellowstone Bear World there with their new cubs that are only months old! They had 12 cubs this year, and they would rotate them so they weren't out all day. Of course Austin had to get the picture with them so that we could pet one.

A little Catch-up

2010-03-19T07:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I know I haven't blogged since our trip to Yellowstone back on Memorial weekend, but we have had a really busy year! I will quickly catch you up to speed.

Tanner has been in the O.R. 7 times since last June, but he is doing great! He had his tonsils out in June, then in August he started having some orthopedic surguries to straighten out his crooked foot. There were really only 3 surgeries, but they also took him into the O.R. to do 3 cast changes (there they stretched his foot and casted it that way to keep stretching it) then he got a pretty nasty infection and they had to take him in again to clean it out. He has been through a lot this year, but things are going really well now, his foot looks good. Although he missed out on playing football since he was in a cast, he got to be the team manager. He was really hoping to be able to play Basketball, but he got that nasty infection, and only recovered enough to play the last 2 games, but he was thrilled to do that!

Bryce has been loving middle school, now if we could just get him to remember to get his homework done, and TURNED IN! He really does well, as long as he can remember those 2 things! We continue to be amazed at his reading and writing skills, he wrote a persuasive essay on why we should get him a Nintendo DSI it was great, the teacher even emailed us and said how wonderful it was! Although, I still think he can make do with his regular Nintendo DS!

Austin loves school, life, and yes still Scooby Doo, Oh, and we can't forget his beloved Blankie! We are all really excited about his upcomming birthday and baptism! I can't believe he is almost 8 years old! I must really be getting old! He has asked for a bird this year, I don't really think so, but who knows, I am a sucker for pets!

Well, I think you are all caught up, sorry this is so long, I will try to do better now that I am not running to SLC 2-3 times a week, but who knows, something always seems to come up! We are excited for summer to get here and camping season to start, so lets start planning!!

Yellowstone

2009-09-27T17:52:00.001-07:00

I have been wanting to take the kids and go to Yellowstone for a few years now, but I am not good at planning things, something always comes up. So a few weeks ago, Jason was going hunting with his dad and my sister was still here from Korea and she is the expert at Yellowstone, so we decided to go.
We had so much fun, Tanner said it was better than Disneyland!
Now we want to go next summer with Jason and stay for a week!

Demo Derby

2009-09-27T17:48:00.000-07:00

Once again, we went to the Rich County Demolition Derby, it makes it that much funner when we know people that are in it! My sister Robyn was back visiting us from Korea so that was fun to have her there with us! ( I need to take pics of us more!)

Jackson Hole and the J-Bar

2009-09-27T17:40:00.000-07:00

One day, I had Cabin Fever and just wanted to get our of Rich Co. for a day. We decided to head up to Jackson hole and go to the J-Bar Ranch. It is a Chuckwagon style dinner with Cowboy poetry entertainment. I have been a couple of times but not for probably about 13 yrs. The kids had a blast, Tanner says that we have to go again.

Angie, does this make you think of Trisha Yearwood?

Fence/Yard/Dogs

2009-09-27T17:26:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this summer we really have been working hard on our yard. We have gotten the grass growing good, and then we broke down and put up a fence, we will be paying off Home Depot for a while on that one, but it is oh so worth it! I have been wanting a fence like this one for 15 years!

Jason loves trees, so when he found out that our favorite nursery in Logan was having all their trees at 50% off, well that put him over the edge! We bought and HE (and a helper) planted 21 trees and 5 bushes!

Then we got the dogs! For all you that know us, we have a little ankle biter miniature schnauzer we have had for a year, but we have always had to put her on a chain because we don't want her to get ran over like our last dog, hence the fence! Well, this summer, the neighbor dog addopted Jason as her own, but since she wasn't ours, Jason wanted one like her so a friend of ours gave us a ranch dog pup. well, 2 days later the neighbor told us we may as well keep his dog since she wouldn't stay over at his place anymore. so now we have 3 dogs. But that is not the end of the story. now it is a month and a half later, and guess what, that dog is pregnant, due any day now! so if anyone wants a ranch dog pup, let me know!!!

Petersen Reunion '09

2009-07-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

We went to Jason's Petersen Family Reunion this last weekend, and I have to say, it was the best reunion I have been to! Thanks Randy for putting it together!
This year they had reserved a park that is very secluded, which really helps out with keeping an eye on the kids, and we had camping, skeet shooting, numerous card games going on, we went bowling and tons of great food! To end it all, we had the usuall waterfight starting with Jason and his cousin's daughter Kaylee, when will she ever learn, that Jason always has the upper hand?

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Camping at Palisades

2009-07-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

In June we found out that our oldest son Tanner will be having surgery on Aug. 5 and he will have casts on his feet for 10 weeks, so we have been trying to fit all of our summer into July!

WE HAVE BEEN BUSY!

We have had swimming lessons, and golf lessons, and have gone camping and had family reunions all in the last few weeks, so here are some of the pictures from our camping trip to Palisades.

I thought these canoes looked neat Red White and Blue

A view of Beautiful Palisades!

This is why I have always loved Palisades!

Jason bought the boys some float tubes, so they were able to try them out, unfortunatly, Jason didn't get much fishing done, because he had to help the boys, and they only caught 1 fish, but they had fun!

Tanner and Jason

Mom and Dad and my Great-Grandma (GG) came up and ate dinner with us one night, it was great! I was so glad that they could come and have some outdoor fun with us! These are the memories I want my kids to have!

Mom and G.G.

Tanner with a very content look on his face!

Dad, Bryce, Mom, Austin, Tanner and G.G.

Austin loves his marshmallows, he couldn't just do one at a time, he had to do 3!

G. G. decided that she wanted a hot dog (even though we just ate KFC...poor G.G., she got sick on the way home!)

Austin was so tired, but he didn't want the day to end, so he fell asleep on the camp chair! We did move him to the trailer later!

Day Trip

2009-07-11T07:27:00.001-07:00

Last week, we decided to take a road trip, Jason loves history, and he had been wanting to go to Paris, Id and go through the tabernacle there, they give tours of it. So I thought if we were headed that way anyways, let's to to Minnetonka Cave. It was really fun, the tabernacle was really cool, it is so neat to see the architecture in it!
The Cave about did me in! 888 steps! with a really steep section of 71 stairs they call the stairway to heaven! They have a guide take you through it, it has lights all along the way so you don't even need a flashlight, but you do need a jacket, because it is a constant 40 degrees in the cave. They think that this cave may be 150 miles long! That would make it the longest known cave in the world! My legs felt like jello when we were done, but it was worth it! After the cave, we decided to drive into Montpellier to eat dinner. There is a little pizza place there that we really like so we stopped and ate dinner, then we drove through a little town called Dingle and around the East side of Bear Lake to come home, it was a fun day out with the family! I think we are going to try to go to Fossil Bute Monument by Kemmerer sometime in the next couple of weeks.

This is the Paris, ID tabernacle

The entrance to the Cave

formations inside the cave

The three sisters

Can you see George Washington?

The stairway to Heaven

The family!

Pizza! This is a desert Pizza that we love!

Austin being goofy as usual!

4th of July

2009-07-11T07:02:00.001-07:00

We went to I.F. for the 4th as usual this year, it was kindof a bummer, because only one of my siblings was able to be there, but it was good to see her, and other family! We had a couple of BBQ's and they were fun I love to be able to visit with family that I only see 1-2 times a year (if that) We were going to skip the parade, but Bryce and Austin wanted to go, so we walked down, and got our seats, about 1/2 way through the parade (1 hr) I asked the kids if they wanted to go back to the house and they agreed (yea) so that was enough for me. That night we went to the fireworks, which are always awsome in I.F. We were late, but actually had a great view! Next year I think we are going to try to camp at Heise Hot springs, where they have swimming pools and water slide tubes, a golf course, camping, and fishing. Then just go into I.F. on the 4th for the family BBQ's and fireworks!

We did get to spend a few hours with my bro. Brandons girls, before they left for Utah.

Mom pulled out the sidewalk chalk and the kids had fun tracing thier bodies, then decorating there, here is Addison Painting her pink legs

Tanner is tracing August

My mom also pulled out the 4th of July tattoos that she bought, August and Austin had fun putting them all over thier bodies! Austin even had one behind his ear!

The fireworks were awsome as usual! we had a mixup with vehicles, and my camera got left at the house in our van, so these were from my iphone, but I think they turned out pretty good for a phone!

Update

2009-06-14T14:39:00.001-07:00

This week has been a little on the boring side, I took Tanner to Logan Monday to get his tonsils out, (I promised him I would not blog the picture I took of him in his hospital pj's) things went well there, until I got sick sick sick, Jason had stayed home because Bryce had been sick over the weekend and still didn't feel up to par. So I was stuck at the hospital with Tanner and no help, until my in laws called and said they would take us to their house and Jason could meet us there (there was no way I could drive 1 1/2 hrs home) then my father in law and Tanner got sick that evening (poor Tanner) anyways, we did make it home (barely) only to have Austin get sick on Friday, and my poor mother in law also got sick on Friday, this thing must be very aggressively contagious!! hopefully we are on the mend now, Jason is the only one who hasn't gotten it. I have sprayed my whole house with Lysol!

Tanner is doing better, I think we are over the hump, he does pretty good during the day, but early in the morning we wakes up hurting pretty bad until we get the pain meds going again. His big problem is that he is so hungry, but can't really eat anything substantial!

We all have Cabin Fever pretty bad now, so Jason took Bryce out fishing a couple of times, it was nice for them to have some one on one time together and it gave Jason a chance to patiently teach him how to fish on a river. Jason took this picture with his I-phone on one of the outings, I love it! I love the look on Bryce's face!

Testicle Festival '09

2009-05-30T00:37:00.000-07:00

9th Annual Testicle Festival
Ok, so if you aren't from around here, let me explain... We have this little festival here that is actually a huge fundraiser for usually a child in need. This year it is for a little boy who has cancer. It is called the Testicle Festival, and yes we live in a ranching community and yes, they serve Rocky Mt. Oysters. but for the most part, it is rodeo events, and a golf tournament, and this year they had a benefit auction. My friend Amanda's husband started it 9 yrs ago, and it has grown larger every year. We proudly wear our festival shirts and hats, and enjoy all that the festival has to offer. No I don't eat the Oysters, but Tanner and Austin do. Yuck!! Here is the link to the website if you want to know more.
http://www.blackgoldcattletesticlefestival.com/

Here is Bryce displaying this years shirt I don't know why this turned out so blurry but you get the idea! (yes, we had another mishap, this time with a door frame, it probably could have been glued, but I didn't dare take him to the clinic, so I just used butterfly tape, It is beginning to look like a repeat of last year)

This is the back of the shirt

Tanner and Bryce trying to catch a rabbit. It is Tanner's last year, the announcer asked if he was too old (because he is so tall 5'8")

Austin "Muttin Bustin"

You can see Austin coming down behind this kid

(I loved this shot)

Saddle Bronc Riding

Bull Riding

Summer Begins...

2009-05-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

Well, Summer Vacation is officially here, along with our first set of stitches for this year. Yes it was Austin this time. A rock met his head! Last summer we started with Bryce and stitches, and proceeded to have 3 broken arms and one of my knee surgeries so we are hoping this year doesn't follow suit. Although we already have Tanner scheduled to have his tonsils out on June 8th.

Oh well, I guess it is the life with boys! I am just so grateful for good insurance!

Here are some pictures of Austin's head wound. Although if you are squeamish, you may not want to look at them.

Austin on the Car ride to the clinic

And there it is

waiting for the doc.

All stitched up!

3 new posts

2009-05-17T07:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I have been a slacker, as usual but here are 3 new posts, if you get sick of camping posts, you might just have to ignore my blog for about 4 months!
Natalie, all these pictures were taken with my Nikon D60 so you can see if you like it or not.
I love it!

2nd Camping Trip-Soda Lake

2009-05-17T07:02:00.000-07:00

This weekend, we went to Soda Lake by Pinedale Wy

When Jason and I were first married, we went to this lake in Wy with some good friends, the wives weren't very impressed with the scenery! But we had fun and when we found out what the fish were biting on, we had a blast catching a ton of fish!! It was so much fun!

For 15 yrs Jason has wanted to go back so we finally did! It is about 3-31/2 hrs away, so it isn't close by, but we got up there, and set everything up, but the fish weren't biting, but we had fun just camping, then in the morning Jason caught a nice brown, but you can only keep 1 fish per day per fishing license, so he threw it back so we could catch more, but we didn't catch anymore! Not for lack of trying though! The Game Warden stopped by and Jason talked to him. He told Jason that when we were there 15 yrs ago the lake had about 40,000 fish, now only about 3,000 mostly due to winter kill! He said there are still some huge fish, but they are hard to catch. Bummer!

It was still fun to go as a family without TV, Internet, Video Games, House work! etc.

If anyone wants to go camping, give us a call, we have caught the bug!

Soda Lake

Jason and Tanner and Austin fishing (can you see them?)

Hanging out in the Trailer
When I was a kid, we loved to play cribbage (Angie) while Camping, so now I am teaching my kids to play Bryce and I had a lot of fun, Tanner is starting to learn!

Jason fishing
the kids thought it looks like he is walking on water (he has his hip boots on and he is standing on a rock

good form Austin!

Bryce fishing

Bryce put on Jason's hip boots so he could go out in the water, but they were a little too big for him, and he tripped and fell in!

Good thing he could take a warm shower!

Getting ready to leave, even Misty was ready to go!

1St camping trip of the season

2009-05-17T06:46:00.000-07:00

We finally got the chance to try out our new trailer last weekend!

We just went up the road about 20 min.to Woodruff Crick (if you live here, you have to say crick not creek!) so we could be close to home if anything went wrong we could just run home. But we had so much fun! we were the only ones around, we didn't see anybody else the whole time we were there!

We had a campfire, road 4-wheelers, and motorcycle, and fished and the kids hiked up a steep hill to get to some rocks (see pics below) it was a great weekend to spend as a family!

Our trailer

Bryce riding the mini motorcycle

He is really good!

You can see the boys hiking up the Hill

They reached the top

Roasting Marshmallows YUM

(Are you getting hungry yet?)

Tanner Fishing

Jason Helping Bryce and Austin fishing

The Zoo

2009-05-17T06:34:00.000-07:00

I went with Bryce for a field trip to Hogle Zoo a couple of weeks ago it was great weather, and we had fun walking around and seeing the animals

Bryce

The Craziest animals of all!
Daniewl, Bryce, and Britt

These two monkeys were so fun to watch them play!

I loved this Red Panda!

The Girraffe is my Favorite!

2009-04-19T06:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I got tagged on this one. His is my 6th folder 6th picture.

It is of when Jason and I went to the Jazz game a few months ago, we had 3rd row seats. It was great to get away, and the seats were awsome! I tag anybody who wants to do this one.

It's a small world!

2009-04-10T08:54:00.001-07:00

Ok, this is the last one on Disneyland, I am sure you are all getting sick of hearing about it, but this was one I just have to share!

While we were at Disneyland,we used the ART (the bus system from Hotels to Disneyland) It worked out great, because they had a bunch of buses (I can't remember how many, but it was more that 12, maybe around 16) anyways, they all had their own rout, so that it wasn't very long, our bus was #3 it only stopped at 3 hotels, and Disneyland, our hotel was the middle one. Anyways, on our last day there, we had gone home in the middle of the day to rest, and let Austin take a nap because he REALLY needed one!! Anyways, Mom and me and Tanner and Bryce decided to head back to the park, while Jason and Austin took a break. When we went out to catch the bus, it had just left, but that was no big deal, because it came around about every 20 min. So we sat and waited, then when we got on we were the only passengers. There was only one other stop before we got dropped off at Disneyland. Well, here is where "It's a small world" comes in. When we stopped at this stop, 4 people got on. They are from our small town (of only about 160) It was funny because what are the chances? Of all the buses, all the routes, all the times of day, and we had just barely missed the last bus!! It was fun seeing them, and we all had a good laugh. Then again at the end of the day, we left Disneyland about 10 but the park doesn't close till 11 but we had had enough. When we got to bus 3 guess who else was there? Yep they were there again. I figure about 6% of our town was at Disneyland that day!!

It was fun to see you guys there!

Becky, Allie, Chelsie, and Heather on the Bus

Silhouettes

2009-04-10T08:39:00.000-07:00

When we were planning our trip to Disneyland, I told Jason there was one thing I especially wanted to do when we were in Disneyland, silhouettes.
When I was a kid and went there with my family, we had these done, there is a little shop on main street Disney, and I have always thought they were so cool, my mom still has these, and we were looking at them not too long ago, and seeing if we could tell who was who. Well, as you can tell, they still had the shop, and I was so excited! My mom even bought us the frames, because she said she always regretted not getting them when we had them done before, because they never actually made it on the wall, because she never found the right frames! Thanks mom!!

Can you tell who is who?

Austin and Jason's Birthday

2009-04-10T08:30:00.000-07:00

Austin and Jason's Birthdays are only 5 days apart, so we always have a combined birthday party. This year we got home from our vacation on Saturday, so we had the party on Sunday. My dad came down to pick up my mom, and Linda and Larry (Jason's Parents) came over, we wish we had more family that lived close, I miss the big family get togethers, but it was nice to have them come.

Jason's Uncle Scott makes these bears, so his parents had this one made for Jason for his Birthday

Bryce's Journal Pages

2009-04-06T12:18:00.000-07:00

One of Bryce's school assignments for while we were gone was to write a journal for our vacation. It is great! So I scanned it in and you can (try) to read it for yourself!

Bryce's Journal Pages 2

2009-04-06T12:12:00.000-07:00

Bryce's Jounal Pages Continued

Goofy's Dinner

2009-04-06T11:59:00.000-07:00

Thursday April 2, was Austin's 7th Birthday, we were still at Disneyland, and he thought the whole day was all his, he had to be the first person on every ride, and he thought he got to choose everything we did, needless to say, by noon we had had it!! We went back to the Hotel and made him take a nap wich he desperately needed! But then the afternoon went more smoothly. Our friend told us to make reservations for Goofy's dinner so we did, he failed to tell us how expensive it was!! It was really fun, the Characters were great, the food wasn't anything to talk about, but the service was great, and they made a big deal about Austin's Birthday! If you want to go, just be prepared to pay big time for it!

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2009-04-06T11:05:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, Wed., and Thursday, we were at Disneyland, and California Adventure. It was a ton of fun, but I don't know if my feet will ever be the same!
One of the fun things that we did was collect pins. You can purchase a lanyard, and pins in the shops, then whenever you see a Cast Member (worker) that has pins, you can trade with them. The thing that we didn't find out till Wed. night, was that there are certain pins that you can't buy, they only give them to the cast members to trade, they are called "Hidden Micky's" they have a little micky head shape on the pin and on the back it tells how many are in the set. So that made it even funner to trade with the Cast members, because we were now looking for the Hidden Micky pins. The kids had a ball with this, and were always on the look out for cast members with pins to trade.

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Universal Studios

2009-04-06T10:41:00.000-07:00

On Monday, we traveled up to Universal Studios, it was a great day, Austin was scared of the rides, he gets scared with movie type scary, not the acutal ride, but he finally refused to go on some, but we still had fun, the highlight was when we saw Scooby Doo and Shaggy!

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Ocean Fishing and the Pier

2009-04-06T10:31:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, March 29th, we just had a free day, Rebecca's boss owns a Pier in San Diego, so we went there, and Jason and the boys got to fish. we saw a Sea Lion, (I think that is what it was called) and they had fun, then we went to another Pier and saw some old ships. Austin was sick, so we didn't stay long, we just went back to the Hotel and let the kids swim.

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Sea World

2009-04-06T10:06:00.001-07:00

We spent Sat. March 28th at Sea World, my sisters April and Rebecca traveled to be with us, it was fun to see them, and Rebecca is an expert at Sea World, so that was fun to have her as our Tour Guide.
Here are only a few (not the 193) pictures that I took

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Duct Tape Day

2009-03-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

Last week Tanner informed me that this week was going to be a spirit week at school, being a boy, he didn't have too much info. He did get that one day was going to be Duct Tape Day. I have made a few things out of Duct tape, wallets, roses, and a bag, and they all turned out pretty well, so I googled some Duct Tape Projects and here is what we came up with.

We made a Hat
A reversible Vest (one side is red and black, the other side is silver and black)

and a Tie.

They all turned out pretty good, the Vest turned out really good. I thought I had seen a pattern somewhere, but I couldn't find it again, so I ended up having to do it free hand, but I think it turned out pretty good.

Tanner had to call his friend Joseph to find out what day was what (I guess Joseph pays better attention) anyways it was monday, and they chose a few of the best ones, and Tanner was one of them, he got a free BIG cany bar as a prize. YEA!

He thought it was pretty cool. Today was career day, we couldn't think of anything clever, but he wanted to dress up, so he just wore a Jazz Jersey. That is a career right?

Let's get Wild

2009-03-20T22:22:00.000-07:00

In Case you can't tell, this is a line of Cows walking in front of my house

And I did see so new baby calves today, so it must be spring

Ok, so living up here with all the cows, I guess I needed some excitement in my life, and since we now have a full fledged Salon in our tiny town, complete with a tanning bed, nails and pedicures, and soon to come facials along with the hair cuts, etc. I must have been just so excited, because I went extreme!! I just washed my face, and am ready for bed, and I am sure no one wants to see me like that, so you will all have to wait with anticipation for pictures of my new do, but at least you have advanced warning. (My dad says it looks Sassy)

Let's Go Fly A Kite

2009-03-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

Austin is on the edge of the grass, on the right side of the picture, and that is his lone kite up in the air.

Today Austin's class had a kite flying activity. Since he didn't dare take the kite on the bus with him, I told him I would bring it, (I secretly wanted to take pictures because I was in desperate need to blog about something).

They had both the 1st and 2nd graders flying kites, and they had the 5th graders there to help.

I really didn't have much to do, but take a few pictures. Bryce is in there somewhere, but he was off and gone so I didn't get any pictures of him.

A whole lot of Sick!

2009-03-04T07:01:00.000-08:00

Sick, Sick, Sick
Ok, so my whole household has been sick on and odd for about a month now, Tanner and Bryce had Strep a few weeks back, and I had them on antibiotics, but apparently Tanner forgot to finish his off (I guess that is what I get for letting him be responsible for taking it) but he was out of school for a few days then. Then about a week and a half ago, he got sick again, so I had him finish the meds, and luckily the doc had given us a few extra for the next time to start on, so he finnished those but had to miss a few more days of school, which he didn't mind, but I sure did! Then Austin started to not feel so good. Luckily he got over it without a trip to the doc. Then last weekend I came down with something and it kept me down all weekend but by monday I was feeling a little better so I went up to water aerobics... Bad idea!! I guess my lung capacity wasn't quite up there, but I didn't want to look like a wimp so I kept at it and I paid for it!! I was so sick the rest of the day!! Yesterday was a little better, but today, I still can't quite get the deep breaths in. To top it all off, Jason started comming down with it last night, so we went to town and bought more cough drops, and some Airborn and started him on it, hopefully he will get over it quickly! So needless to say, we haven't been up to much lately. Except, I am trying to plan our trip to disneyland, we are going at the end of the month, we are going to go to Seaword, and disneyland for sure, but if anyone has some wise advise, or suggestions, please let me know, I am kind-of shooting in the dark at this!!

1 a.m. Honking

2009-02-22T17:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, I was awoken again at 1 a.m. with honking and screaming!! I don't know why I am the only one in my household to wake up, but since I was informed (since last time) that I am supposed to flash my lights, I did so, but by the time I woke up and realized what had woken me up, I didn't have too much time to get to the front of the house and flash lights, but I hope the tail end of the entorage saw it.
Way to go Girl's B-Ball!! Let's hope this happens again in 2 weeks for the Boys!!
If you have no Idea what I am talking about, go to my post in November entitled 2 a.m. Honking

Shopping Day

2009-02-18T16:01:00.000-08:00

Ok, this is for all you skeptics who think I am a little odd with how I buy the Sunday paper just for the coupons, I went shopping today and I even went to Logan because Albertsons had some great sales!! With the sale prices, and my coupons, I bought $266.31 of groceries and I only paid $78.51, that means I saved $187.80.

I know, I am a cheap skate, but my pantry is stocked, and I am not broke (yet)

9 blogs in one day!!

2009-02-02T14:09:00.000-08:00

Wow, what a feat!! Check them all out, you may have to open the older posts since they wouldn't all fit on one page!! This is the intire month of January!!

Grab the popcorn!!

Buffallo Skull and Rug

2009-02-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

We finally got Jason's Buffallo Skull and Rug back from the taxidermist, they turned out great!!

I had to put his Bear skull and Buffallo Skull next to each other to show you how much bigger the Buffallo Skull is!!
Yes, the bear is on the left, and the Buffallo is on the right

Misty was curious!!

This is the rug. tail and all!!

Baby Pigs

2009-02-02T13:53:00.000-08:00

Our friends raise pigs and invited us over to see the new babies they had, they are so cute!!

These were some of the new babies
more new babies

these were some that were a little bit older

Thanks Amanda and Kalon for letting us come over!!

Bryce's Arrow of Light

2009-02-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

Bryce recieved his Arrow of Light award for Cub Scouts this month, we worked really hard and it payed off!!

We are so proud of him!!

Bishop Schulthess giving him his award

I don't know what that face is all about!!

With Bryce, we never know!!

Saying good-bye to cub scouts

Saying hello to Scouts!!

Utah Jazz

2009-02-02T13:34:00.000-08:00

Jason and I had the opportunity attend a Jazz game this month, we had tickets on the third row, dead center!! I have never sat so close before, it was so much fun!! I couldn't believe how tall the players really are!!

we had to strain our necks to look up at the jumbotron!

and of course Kyle Korver was nice to look at too!!

Little League Basket Ball

2009-02-02T13:19:00.000-08:00

It has started!! Every saterday we are traveling to games. Luckily Bryce and Tanner are on the same team, and Austin plays in the morning. They are all having alot of fun.

The team getting instructions from the Coach
Bryce with the ball

Nice block Bryce

And Tanner has the Ball

Get that rebound

Fogged in Bear Lake

2009-02-02T13:16:00.001-08:00

Durring the winter, Bear Lake often gets fogged in with the mountains surrounding it, it needs to get some strong winds to blow it all away. These pictures are comming down out of Logan Canyon, the lake is under all the clouds. I thought it looked neat.

Ice fishing

2009-02-02T13:06:00.000-08:00

One of our favorite things to do in the winter is to go Ice fishing. Jason got a new Ice hut for Christmas that holds 6 people!! It is huge, it sets up in about 1 minute. We had to try it out on Randolph Res. Bryce caught this fish.

Austin working the reel

It is really kind of neat to be able to look down in the hole.

Notice the nice heater, it keeps the hut toasty warm, sometimes we get too warm and start taking off our hats and coats!!

Bryce's Birthday

2009-02-02T13:02:00.000-08:00

Bryce turned 11 on Jan 7, I can't believe how old my kids are getting!!
he got lots of science kits, and we went to the planatarium in Salt lake (his choice not mine) The kids had fun!! But I decided next time someone gives my kids gross and disgusting science kits, we will wait till we go to their house to play with it!!

Playing in the snow

2009-02-02T12:54:00.000-08:00

My parents gave the kids some snow block molds, so they went out and tried to make a fort, but we really don't have too much snow, but they had fun being outside anyways, Misty even go into the action.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-29T13:53:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas again this year. It started out on Christmas eve at the Annual Christmas Eve program at the church, then we came home and ate dinner and opened the pajamas, then Christmas morning was filled with ripping paper, and lots of fun. Later we ventured out and drove to Hyrum to spend the rest of the day with Grandma and Grandpa Petersen and Aunt Shelly even dropped in. we played games and opened more presents. We spent the night there, as a huge snowstorm came in we were a little worried if we would get out the next day. We knew the snow was comming, so we drove our little red toyota, wich does great in the snow, but we are quite crowded in it. Anyways as morning came, we checked the road reports, and with blue skies we decided to head up to Idaho Falls. The roads were on and off good and bad, we did see about 5 vehicles off the road, but I think most of them were from the night before. We made it to Idaho Falls, and enjoyed spending time with family. We again opened presents, and just had a good time visiting, and the kids had a ball playing the Wii, and playing with cousins. We had a hotel, so the kids had fun swimming at the pool, then we came back on Sunday, and today I am spending my time digging out of our suitcases. All in all, it was a great Christmas. I hope you all had a merry one too.

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Twilight

2008-11-26T09:06:00.000-08:00

So, my husband wasn't too thrilled about me wanting to drag him out thanksgiving weekend to go see Twilight, but he said he would go, (what a trooper), but on monday my friend Amanda called and said that she had seen it, but would like to go again, and they were showing it in Evanston, at 9:45 pm so we could go after the kids were in bed.

We decided to go, and we invited everyone we saw on tuesday, or tried to, it was so last minute, I am sorry if we didn't get to anyone who wanted to go, but we had about 12 ladies who went, it was so much fun just to get a night out with the girls, and watch the movie that we all enjoyed.

I loved it!! Of course, I tend to forget most of the book about a week after I read it, so I wasn't thinking about what was left out. Now I want to read the book again!

We decided that we need to do this about once a month (to keep our sanity) Girl's night out!!

If we missed you this time, but want to come next time, let me know!

Now I decided that I will try to drag my MIL and her sister to the movie on thanksgiving, I told Jason that him and his dad can take the kids to Madagascar! We'll see how it goes, but I definetley want to see it again!

2 a.m. Honking

2008-11-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

Most people if they woke up at 2am to honking, and screaming would grab the phone and dial 911, but living in a small community, this happens hopefully a few times a year, and it happened again this weekend. No it was not Halloween parnksters out smashing pumpkins, or anything.
Here is the story...
I was sound asleep, and something woke me up, at first I thought it may have been our puppy needing to go out (she does that sometimes), but as I laid there trying to get my mind to work, I reallized it was honking and screamming!! I turned to Jason who must have been awoken also, and said "We must have took state" then I turned around and went back to sleep.
Yes, whenever one of our High School teams takes state, no matter how late they roll into town, they drive the streets in a caravan honking and screaming, usually starting with the bus and all the athletes, then followed by the fans (aka parents) they are hanging out the windows and screaming, and honking their horns letting everyone know that they took state!!
All in all, I don't think too many people mind, we are just used to it. It didn't even wake any of my kids!!

Congratualtions Coach Stuart and her volleyball team!!!

Good luck Coach Brown, we hope to be awoken again when you take state football!!

October

2008-10-24T07:34:00.000-07:00

My sister Robyn has been after me to update my blog, so it may be a little long, we have had several things going on this last month. So grab your popcorn!!

First of all, Jason had a once in a lifetime Buffalo hunt that he drew out on. It was down in the Henry mountains in southern Utah, I wish we all could have gone, but it was about 8 hours away, and I couldn't take the kids all out of school for a whole week. (Jason was gone for 9 days)

Anyways, he had so much fun, it was a very difficult hunt because the area is so huge, and once they get spooked, they will travel up to about 20 miles. But on the second to the last day of the hunt he finally got one. If you have never had Buffalo meat, it is really good, it isn't gamey like deer or elk.

While Jason was gone, I had to hold down the fort, which wasn't easy, we had a huge project come to us the week before he left, and a new employee started the week he was gone, and all my kids came down with strep, then I even had to substitute for Jason one day. Needless to say, I was glad to have him back!!!

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Last week, the school held their annual Halloween carnival, I took Bryce and Austin. The kids get to dress in their Halloween costumes, and they have the gym set up with some blowup activities, and some carnival games. Then they had a Magician and Bryce got called up to be one of his assistants, he was thrilled. he got to make fire from his wand, and then a bunny appeared.

Bryce and Austin dressed up at the Carnival

Bryce doing the "guppy race" they have goldfish that they put in the gutters, and then they blow bubbles through a straw to get them to swim, and they race to see whose "guppy" passes the finish line first.

This is Bryce being the "Magician's assistant"

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Tanner Turned 12!!!

Ok, so I never had a hard time sending my kids off to Kindergarten, but for some reason turning 12, and getting the priesthood and going to mutual have really hit me hard, I can't believe he is that old.

We were going to go do something fun, but we had a death in the family and ended up going to a funeral instead, but Tanner and Jason have a cow elk hunt to go on in the next couple of weeks, since Tanner is now old enough to do so and he is excited about that. Then last Sunday, Jason's parents and Mine and Rebecca came over for a small party.

Also, the day before his birthday, he got to go to Salt Lake with his music class and see the Opera "Madame Butterfly" (I can't believe he is this old).

Tanner also started playing Middle School basketball (I can't believe he is this old) When I took him for his physical, they measured his height and he is 5'7", he is now taller then me (did I mention that I can't believe he is this old)!!! Games start next Friday so I am sure I will get some pictures of that and post them.

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Yesterday I took our puppy misty for a walk to pick up Bryce and Austin at the bus stop, which is right at the town park, so I let the kids play for a while, there was another family there too. Well Bryce was playing on the trapeze bar and fell off and ...yes, he broke his arm!!! That makes 3 broken arms this summer for our family, along with Bryce's stitches in June, and my knee surgery!!

It is a good thing we have had witnesses at all these accidents, or people would start to wonder what was going on.

Well are you done with your popcorn yet?

A new Puppy!!

2008-09-27T11:52:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-27T11:16:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

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)

2008-09-17T06:32:00.000-07:00

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!!

My Lucky Husband!!

2008-08-24T17:23:00.000-07:00

Last night was the Rich County Demolision Derby. We went last year and had fun, so this year we decided to try it again, Tanner especially has been looking forward to it ever since he found out they were giving away a 4-wheeler!

Anyways, as we were walking up to the gate to get out tickets, a couple of guys were walking down towards us, they asked us if we wanted tickets, so of course we said yes, they were some of the drivers and I guess they must get some tickets for free so they gave them to us!! that saved us about $30

I thought that was a good start to the night, then when we went in I bought 10 tickets for the 4-wheeler, I put Jason on 3, Bryce on 3, and Tanner on 4, (I didn't think I would do too well with my knee and Austin with his broken arm was a no go...I will explain later)

Anyways the derby gets started, and being a local, we knew some of the drivers, one of them happened to be one of our workers, but he got out in his first round. It was fun to watch him though, Better luck next year Landon!!

Before the final Heat, they drew for the 4-wheeler, but I guess I had better back up a little, when I was putting the names on the tickets, Jason caught me writing his name and chewed me out, he didn't want his name on it, I said it was too late!!

You guessed it, they called his name, but in this drawing, they call out 10 names and they all go down into the arena, and then they have a big trailer full of MUD with keys in it, they said that there were 5 keys, and only 1 went to the 4-wheeler, but the rest were for prizes. well back to the drawing of names, so Jason's was the first name called, so I pushed him into going down, of course all the people around us knew us so they helped me prod him along. so He emptied his pockets, new I-phone (yes Robyn you read that right), wallet, keys, money...then he headed down. just as he crossed the fence, they called his name again!! So he had his name in 3 times, and they drew it out twice. anyways they said he could get someone to go with him so of course Tanner went with. Well, they dug and dug, but nobody could find any keys...till about 5 min. later one guy found a key and it was the 4-wheeler one, but nobody else could find any more. They just ended up giving them all a towel and a t-shirt. Jason and Tanner don't think there really were any more keys anyways!! Needless to say they were muddy from head to toe. People were joking all around us that they could ride home in the back of thier trucks.

Sorry about all the specks, on the picture, there was so much dust in the air from the cars. But here are all the people whose names were called out, they are on the left in the middle of the arena waiting for the go signal so they can run and get into the trailer full of MUD.

Here they are all digging trying to find the keys, sorry I couldn't zoom in, but it was dark out, and I was lucky to get these couple of pictures, none of my others turned out.

As for the title of this post, Jason has won several things in the past few years, a gun, a 4-wheeler, and he has drawn out on several hard to draw hunts, so he is getting known for being lucky!!

Jam, Jam, Jam, and More Jam

2008-08-24T17:07:00.001-07:00

Well, the Bear Lake Raspberries were on, and I couldn't let the opportunity pass, so Yes I bought a flat. and what do I do with a flat of fresh fruit? Freezer Jam of course!!

I made 4 batches, each of them a little different, either it was a different pectin, or one batch I made you use jello instead of pectin, I haven't tried that batch yet, but as you can see, my family loves Homemade Jam!!! Thanks GG for teaching me how to make it, I will be sure to save you a jar!!

This is the batch from the Jello...

Today being Sunday, I decided we needed Fresh baked Bread with the Jam, and it was a huge hit as you can tell!!

Anyone getting hungry yet??

All Boy!!

2008-08-24T16:54:00.000-07:00

Austin broke his arm again on Wednesday, Jason had taken Tanner to football practice, and Austin went along to play on the playground, well being the boy that he is, he had to climb up ontop of the tunnel instead of going through it, Jason kept telling him to get down and not be ontop of it, but then a big gust of wind decided to do the job for him. Austin is such a tough kid that when he moans alot, you know something is wrong, I guess he cried a little, then just moaned. Jason called me at home and asked "Which arm was it that Austin broke?" (this is his second time) I knew it wasn't good. Anyways, I didn't want to take him to Evanston (only major emergencies go to Evanston) So I iced it up and gave him motrin, then a couple of hours later he was out riding his bike so I thought he must have just sprained it, but then the next day he was complaining, so we took him with me to Physical Therapy, and had the PT look at it, he told us that he thought it might be a buckle fracture and we should get it X-Rayed so we headed to Garden City and sure enough it was a buckle fracture, not an actual break, but the bone buckles up a little, so he needed a cast. They didn't have any of his favorite colors, he was bummed until they pulled out the Glow in the Dark cast, then he was thrilled. Like I said ALL BOY!!!

Lagoon 2008

2008-08-05T18:26:00.000-07:00

We had a blast at Lagoon, My mom and Dad, Brother and his two oldest daughters, August and Addison, Rebecca, and my family all went to Lagoon last Saturday, it was HOT, but not as crowded at I thought it would be on a Saturday. Check out the slide show for pictures of the day.

2008-08-05T18:24:00.001-07:00

'68 Chevelle SS

2008-07-31T07:41:00.000-07:00

When Jason was in High School, He bought this car and fixed it up with his dad, then when we got married his parents bought it from us so that we could have a down payment on our first house, His parents love this car and enjoy showing it at car shows, now they are researching its ownership history and it has been really neat, all the previous owners that they have found so far are thrilled to find out where it is now!! They are still trying to track down some more owner/s to complete the process, then they are going to create a book to have at shows. Pretty neat!! So they needed some pictures for the book with Jason, and with them so I took a few for them. Here it is.

Monte Cristo

2008-07-31T07:35:00.000-07:00

Sundays are always hard at our house, because we get bored! We have church early which is great, but since we don't have any family really close, we tend to get a little stir crazy, so a couple of weeks ago, we called Jason's Parents and asked if they wanted to meet us up Monte to have a little cook out, we didn't really plan too much, just grabbed some marshmallows, and a drink, and headed out. Larry and Linda met us at the top at a campground, the kids had fun playing in the fire, and running around, Austin even picked me some flowers. I love summer!!

Fun In the Sun

2008-07-31T07:30:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy this year, that last week was our first time to hit the lake. It is really so much fun!! The water is so warm, and the kids have a ball playing in it!! I think we might get to go again today Yipee!!

Boondocks fun

2008-07-17T15:10:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Jason said he wanted to take the kids to do something fun, we have been so busy putting our yard in, and working, that we haven't really done much, and it is already halfway through the summer. This is what Jason said " Let's take the kids to that place off the freeway just past Salt Lake, the one with the go carts" Ok, he thinks he is being sneeky, but I know my Husband well enough, Cabelas is only about 10 minutes further down the freeway!!

But we went to Boondocks, and had a blast!! The kids did the Bumper boats, the racetrack, the arcade, and Jason did the Laser tag with them, then all of us went of the Bumper boats again, and as we were in line, I staked out the best boat, it had the best water gun!! I was able to soak Jason and the kids without getting too wet!! I had a blast!!

Then of course since we were so close we had to go to Cabelas (What a coincidence) But I think I have that figured out, I came out with 2 pairs of shoes, and a few christmas presents. I think that this will me the new rule, if I have to endure going to Cabelas, I should at least get a new pair of shoes out of it!!