Summer Please Stay Longer!!

We have had a great summer.  We have been on a few camping trips, both boys played baseball, going on horse rides, Played with friends, Gone to scout camp, been up to the cabin, been to my moms Park City condo, taken swimming lessons, and of course spent time swimming!! We have been pretty busy this summer! We are looking forward to squeezing in a few more camping trips, going hunting, BIRTHDAYS for all 3 kids and some more horse riding.  We got a new horse named "General" he is a great kids horse and Gage has been riding him around town here.  His name is fitting for him because he is a BIG horse, aroung 16.5 hands tall and weighs probably 1500 lbs, but is gentle for the kids to ride.   Here are a couple pics of one camping trip we went on and took the horse and pony on... we also borrowed Korys brothers (Alexs) Donkey and Gage rode him (this was before we got General)   We went down to the mountains east of filmore to the Pavant mountain range, with Mike & Tiff and their kids and Grandpa Joe we also rode four wheelers!!  School starts in 10 days... can't believe it, but both boys are excited to see their friends every day again, and getting back into a routine wouldn't hurt any of us either!

Spring

I can"t wait for spring to officially get here,  so I can get peas planted in the garden and various other things started that have been waiting for winter to be over to get started on.   I cant wait to start going camping and other fun things like that too.  The kids are finished with being cooped up in the house.   WHERE ARE YOU SPRING??!!

Big Girl In The House

Well December flew by and so did January, Christmas was wonderful and we had a great New Year! Within that month we seem to have achieved major milestones in the last month. Happy to report we are now a diaper free home. I started potty training Macy the week before Christmas, and much to our excitement she did wonderful and really grasped the concept... within 2 weeks she would tell us when she needed to go potty, and now she can get herself onto the potty and does what she needs to!!

Also no more crib!

Katie and Mike found out they are expecting the first part of Aug, I told her she could have the crib and so it went and Macy moved into a queen size bed!!  The queen size is a little extreme but i got it for a great deal at a yard sale (only paid $25 for it and Katie was getting rid of a mattress) so I couldn't pass it up PLUS it is so much more comfortable than a toddler bed!!

Gage and Broc are still loving school and doing very well!  Kory recently reported he has another hernia :(  he tells the kids his guts are falling out.  That will be getting taken care of within the next month hopefully!!

ksl.com - Boat becomes unhitched on I-15, causes wreck

ksl.com - Boat becomes unhitched on I-15, causes wreck

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On our way home from Las Vegas this year we came upon this... We had my Brother-in-law with us who is a EMT and we were the first on the scene.

?? Blizzard ?? Chickens ??

Here we are once again at this WONDERFUL time of year.   The Christmas shopping is done and we are gearing up for a great winter. We were a little disappointed in the huge blizzard storm that was supposed to come last night, but also a little glad it wasn't worse than it was!!
Also the kids and I have started raising chickens... What the??  It all started on the fourth of July when Gage caught a chicken at the chicken scramble.  He caught a chicken, brought it home, named it KEVIN (the birds name on UP if you haven't seen it you need to) and let it go in the yard! If you dont know much about chickens it is hard to tell what gender they are until about 4-6 months...  Well one day around Halloween Gage was putting away some toys under my lilac bushes and found...

KEVINS LOOT

There were 20 eggs!  (Kevin's a GIRL)   Grandpa Heslop bought them from Gage for $5 and this is where it started.   I started reading about chickens and how they usually only lay eggs when they are happy and not alone.  I figured with winter coming things might change with Kevin's egg laying if he didn't have "friends" .  So to make a long story short, We now have a total of 7 young chickens and the kids have started selling the eggs to their Grandmas and Grandpas and saving the money!

I am thankful for my kids and the fun experiences we get into, and also Thankful for Kory for allowing us to get into them!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Monkeys

Well it is happening my baby is no longer my baby... she is officially a TODDLER!  This week was full of fun, we took the kids to the Zoo Saturday  instead of doing birthday parties (and spent time with family hehe)... We had a lot of fun.  It was Macys first time to the Zoo, she loved seeing the "epalant" and the monkeys and gorilla too.  Then On Monday Broc got to have his special day at kindergarten, Macy and I went and read his book about me to the kids... We carved pumpkins after school... Later that night we opened presents and had cupcakes.  Tuesday was Macy,s birthday she enjoyed the many phone calls and presents that were brought over, the best was when Broc came in with a gift bag full of candy he had gotten for his birthday, and gave his special present to Macy. What a GREAT big brother!  Happy birthday to two great kids!!  Oh and by the way we are now officially done with binkis!

I told them to look at the camera!

see the Tiger

Family Pictures

These are the newest pictures of us!

The Boys!

Macy was loving the flowers and not so much the pictures!

Best Buds!

Well, we are back into the swing of things here. Broc is now in Kindergarten, Gage in 3rd grade, which leaves Macy and Me at home  for a couple hours each day. Kory and I just celebrated our 11th anniversary on Sept 8, we ended up spending it up antelope hunting in Wyoming with Grandpa Joe, Mike and Tiff and kids, and Katie and Mike.  It is also Gages birthday on Sept 10 the day the hunt starts so this is an annual tradition that he looks forward to doing on his birthday. We had lots of fun!  

This is a picture of Broc just getting out of surgery

  In August just before school started Broc had surgery to remove his Tonsils and Adenoids, they also put tubes in his ears at the same time! Poor kid was pretty sore for a couple weeks, but hopefully it will help him this winter!

Eating Popsicle after surgery

Kory Drew out a Black Bear hunting tag for down in the La Sal Mountains by Moab.  He took the boys with him the last weekend in august and filled his tag the first day!! 

Five foot from nose to tail.

WHAT AN ADVENTUROUS SUMMER ITS BEEN!