tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63467514766927942042024-03-13T05:37:45.746-06:00Jones TownJodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-82815923745278736212014-01-16T21:21:00.001-07:002014-01-16T21:21:35.839-07:00Happy Birthday Hannah #7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Hannah's birthday, she really wanted to go get a mani-pedi. No complaints here. We went to a place in town that has a kiddie chair. It looks like a huge bear. Its just her size and she can watch a movie too. It was kind of exciting though because they started the water in the tub and walked off and it overflowed all over the floor. I wasn't sure how to turn it off and finally the ladies came and cleaned up the mess. Oops! Here are her cute toes and fingernails.</div>
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Hannah wanted this M&M cake. It has m&m's on the outside and when you cut into it, more m&m's spill out. The poor cake was trying to break apart from the weight of the candy though. It was a pretty yummy cake though and she loved it!</div>
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We invited my family over and since its Liam's birthday too, we did a 2 for 1! Hannah and Liam are like twins separated at birth. They are 15 min. apart. They compliment each other too. </div>
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Hannah is so smart and loves music. She dances and sings and likes all things girly. </div>
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Happy Birthday Hannah girl!</div>
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First day of School 2013. </div>
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Garrett is in 6th grade at Ammon Elementary.</div>
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His teacher is Dr. Willey</div>
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What a handsome kid. New contacts for a new school year!</div>
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Ryan wishes he could go to school too! One more year buddy.</div>
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Hannah is in 1st grade the year. </div>
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Her teacher is Mrs. Stanger.</div>
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What a beautiful girl!</div>
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Look at those tan legs!</div>
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First day of school is always so exciting! Glad they are happy.</div>
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Here is Hannah, waiting in line to go into her new classroom.</div>
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Garrett gets to do crossing guard duty as a 6th grader. He thinks he is pretty big stuff!</div>
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Ryan is excited for them, but sad to see them go. Welcome to school, 2013!</div>
<br />Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-12107062552096785402014-01-16T20:38:00.000-07:002014-01-16T20:40:35.224-07:00Bear Lake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lately, we have tried to make a trip to Bear Lake every summer. This year we went camping with our friends the Hopkins and also met up with my brother Doug and his family, along with their friends Mark and Misty Richardson and Joyce and Carlan Mullen. Tons of fun. Doug brought a boat borrowed from a neighbor and we rented a stand up paddle board while we were down there. Here is proof I was on it. It was fun but took some getting used to and finding your balance. The very next day, though, I was kneeling on it and was kind of getting off/kinda getting bucked off and was in some pretty shallow water. I put my right leg down to catch myself and ended up twisting my left knee (still on the board) and spraining it. (MRI and Physical therapy to follow in the fall for me). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was still very fun to be at the lake. Warm water, not very many people, sand, sun, relaxation. My kind of fun. I love that it is so shallow that I don't worry too much about the kids.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids mostly hang out in the super shallow areas anyway. Its warmer there. Here is Karsten, Blake and Jayden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan in the warm water too! <br />
They played a lot on the boat and I have vidoes of that to prove it. Just can't figure out how to get them on here!<br />
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<br />Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-53496461639525283502014-01-16T20:21:00.003-07:002014-01-16T20:39:45.151-07:00Happy Birthday Blake #2<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My baby turned 2 on July 25. What a sweetheart! He is so into trucks and trains and anything with wheels. The bubble lawnmower from grandma was a big hit! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who can resist that face? He really wanted this rubbery alligator for his birthday so Garrett drew an alligator on his cake. He carries that thing everywhere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my kids. Look how tan they are! This is Blake's little train he got for his birthday. He loved it! It was hard to get all 4 kids to look the same way and not be silly. See Hannah's face? At two years old Blake is a sweet little boy. He loves doing whatever big brothers or his sister are doing. He loves animals, but only to look at in a book. Don't even think about bringing a live animal near him. If you ask him "who loves you?" He'll say "mommy do." or daddy do or whever is asking him at that time. He's clever that way. Well guess what Blake? Who loves you? Mommy do.</td></tr>
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One night I came home from work and found Blaine and the kids wrapping our dining room table in plastic wrap. The kids were so excited, asking if they could get out ice cream yet. I was confused but soon found out. We were going to all have some ice cream. Blaine dumped it on the table, poured chocolate sauce on it and everyone took a spoon and dug in.</div>
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The kids were loving this! Coolest dad ever!</div>
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I have to admit, it was lots of fun! And easy clean up-love that!</div>
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Happy Birthday to my Dad (in July!) The coolest guy I know!</div>
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Garrett turned 11 this year. On his birthday, we had a party out at the fishing pond. He invited his friends, we had lunch, did a little fishing and a lot of swimming. Perfect fun for 11 year old boys!</div>
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Garrett and Bridger</div>
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The whole crew: Noah in back, Karsten, Topher, Garrett & Bridger in the boat, Colton floating in the front.</div>
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The boys swam and swam and swam. We had a hard time getting them out, they were having so much fun!</div>
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After dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe, we went back home and enjoyed the fabulously warm evening. Grandma and Grandpa Purcell came over and showered Garrett with some fun t-shirts and new church clothes! Garrett got his other presents from the family as well, including getting contact lenses! (I was so excited when I got contacts and Garrett was very excited too! He had an eye doctor appointment the next day!)</div>
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Hannah got Garrett some Jones soda, his favorite!</div>
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Grandma and Grandpa had dinner of leftover sandwich (from the birthday lunch at the pond). I had to include this picture of my dad talking to Blake. Its classic! Overall, Garrett had a great birthday spent with family and friends! Happy 11th birthday Garrett!!</div>
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Right after Memorial Day, the weather got real warm. Hey, when you are used to 60 degree weather, high 70's feel like a heat wave. I can't remember how warm it was this day but it was in the 80's at least. Time to break out the kiddie pool, water slide and lawn chairs for sure.</div>
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The kids sure thought it was warm enough to be playing in the water and lounging in the sun. Me too!</div>
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I love seeing my kids hang out together like this! </div>
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Love these guys, especially like this. Playing together, hanging out in the sun! </div>
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We love summer around here and this was just a small taste of how much we lived in swim suits this summer!</div>
<br />Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-46607105115095115582013-09-16T11:56:00.001-06:002013-09-16T11:56:22.696-06:00Garrett's Arrow of Light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In May, Garrett received his <a href="http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Arrow_of_Light_award">Arrow of Light</a> award. </div>
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They had a special ceremony for it. There is a wonderful family in our district that puts on a great ceremony, filled with lots of Native American stuff and explains everything to the boys. Very cool.</div>
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This is the group that puts it on. You could get your picture taken with them. Garrett was kind of embarrssed to do this but I'm glad he did. I think its a great picture!</div>
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Later that month, our pack had a bridging ceremony for the boys turning 11. Garrett got a new scout shirt and a new neckerchief for this event. There is a lady in our ward who has hand painted the neckerchiefs for many many years for the scouts. No two are alike. I am glad Garrett was able to have one of these special items. Here is Garrett with Grandma Purcell who came for the bridging ceremony.</div>
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Garrett with Mom and Dad. We are so proud of him. As a webelos scout, he earned all 20 activity pins. That's a huge accomplishment and we know he'll do well as an 11 year old scout and beyond!</div>
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In April, Blaine's sister Rachelle got married up near Seattle Washington. Blaine, along with his sister Shareese and brother Clifton, his wife Jenn and their sons Brandon and Gavin drove up to see her get married. It was a quick trip and while they had a good time, they were exhausted when they got home. I could not go because I had to work. Here is Rachelle with her husband Darren.</div>
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During the time they were in Washington, there was a tulip festival going on. They drove around and saw fields of flowers-daffodils and tulips everywhere. I wish I could have been there to see it!</div>
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Field of daffodils. It was raining, obviously.</div>
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Pretty barn with tulip fields.</div>
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Rows and rows of tulips.</div>
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They went to this place called Tulip Town. Little Holland knock off, I think.</div>
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More tulips. I love seeing all the colors.</div>
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So pretty!!</div>
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I wish my garden looked like this in the spring!</div>
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We spent the last couple days of spring break visiting Blaine's parents in Burley. The kids had fun doing farm stuff and helping Grandma and Grandpa Jones.</div>
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Garrett helped Grandma Jones move chickens from one coop to another. Interesting work.</div>
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What a good helper. This is right before this chicken got away and started running all over the yard. Luckily, cousin Christopher was right there and is a fast chicken catcher! Could have made for an interesting day otherwise. I didn't want to grab it.</div>
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The weather was so nice that we decided to go to the park. We went to visit Shareese at the Library in Rupert, got some ice cream and then went to Story Book Park in Burley. We used to take Garrett there when he was about Blake's age. Younger even. </div>
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Ryan had a great time playing on the toys and of course found the boat to drive.</div>
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We had an Easter Egg hunt, thanks to Aunt JaNene and Grandma Jones!</div>
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And, we aquired the newest member of the family, Elsie the cow. She is actually my dad's cow and is now very tame. The kids love going over to see her be milked and have learned a lot about where milk comes from, what raw milk tastes like, how to skim the cream off the milk and what happens if you don't get all the cream off. Fun times.</div>
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It was a great spring break and we are so thankful for all the family who let us crash with them!</div>
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Clifton and Jenn took us for a picnic on our second day with them. We went into the canyon in Buhl near a fish hatchery. It was a gorgeous area and so warm for March. (At least for us). Here is Brandon on a huge rock.</div>
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After lunch we went to the viewing window at the hatchery. It was so cool and there were tons of fish in the pond. We were feeding them crackers and stuff so they were swarming near the window up above. </div>
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There was a grassy hill near the pond and the kids loved rolling down it. It was such a nice day and almost hot. We were loving it. Everything was green and the flowers were in bloom. </div>
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Ryan and Blake going back up the hill. See the daffodils in bloom? Loved it!</div>
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Cool alligator parking sign with the whole family!</div>
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Then we took a little scenic drive through Thousand Springs and Hagerman to Malad Gorge. Its this super deep gorge and there is a waterfall down there somewhere. </div>
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You walked across this metal bridge that is over the gorge. It is a little bouncy when everyone gets on. The freeway runs right next to it. Underneath us here is a waterfall. </div>
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After you cross the bridge, there is a path and you get a better scenic view of the waterfall. That brown strip at the top is the bridge we walked across. Very cool!</div>
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We had so much fun these two days with Clifton and Jenn and their family! Thanks so much for having us!</div>
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This year for Spring break we decided to take a little time off and go visit family. We went to Jerome to stay a few days with Blaine's brother Clifton and his family. We had lots of fun while there. The first day we went to Boise to the Discovery Center. It was great and everything is hands on. Its fun for kids and adults!</div>
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Ryan is listening to the radio through this can. It sounded different depending on what size can you put on the magnet. Very cool!</div>
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Blake is pushing a button that sends a metal ring shooting into the sky. I think this one was about vibration. You were supposed to see if you could hold the ring in place while the button was pushed. Good luck with that.</div>
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This exhibit had air blowing up and you had different shaped balls to see how they floated. The football floating in the air was really cool.</div>
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This was probably my favorite one. The kids are using a pulley system to pull up huge bubbles. </div>
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Blaine is on the other side blowing the bubble towards the kids. They were pretty strong bubbles but will pop on you. So fun!</div>
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This was mechanical legs. They represented the muscles in your legs. You had to make them work together to pedal the bike. Not as easy as you would think.</div>
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This was another favorite. It was a pedal powered generator. You had to pedal as hard as you could to turn on all three lights, one at a time. It was like pedaling your bike in first gear all the time-no resistance. I got all three lights on but it was harder than it looks.</div>
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Garrett and Brandon built an arch. Its fun because you build it on the table and then stand it up and hope it doesn't come crashing down. Good job guys! They did have some help from one of the volunteers there. Those folks are awesome. They help you if needed and are able to explain everything.</div>
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Even the sign for the discovery center is cool!</div>
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Afterwards, we went to the park next door and had a picnic. It was a little chilly but still fun. Aunt Jenn took the kids to feed the ducks and geese. I think there is a goose close and Hannah is getting nervous.</div>
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Now Blake is nervous. Geese hiss at you, you know.</div>
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Next we went to the old Idaho State Penitentiary. The kids were getting tired but it was still fun.</div>
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Its a self guided tour. Lots of cool facts were displayed.</div>
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A view of the cells from the outside. There were three stories of them. These ones were 2 to a cell.</div>
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The women had a separate ward, built by women, I think.</div>
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All over there were stories about different inmates. Here is one of the women. Cuckoo!</div>
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It was very fun and interesting there and we could have spend A LOT more time there. They were closing and they announce that its time to go unless you want to be an overnight guest. No thanks!</div>
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Last night after Blaine got home from work, we had family home evening. This doesn't happen as often as it should or as often as the kids would like but it happened last night. I assigned Garrett the lesson. He chose a lesson on The Title of Liberty from the Book of Mormon. I was so proud of him. He prepared the lesson and even had a visual aid. (He loves this story because he had a great primary teacher last year who brought in a shirt, ripped it and wrote on it. Garrett will never forget it.) Garrett's visual aid was a white t-shirt turned inside out and he has printed out the words that were on the Title of Liberty and taped them on his shirt (so as not to ruin it, he said) and placed it on his wooden sword. He held it up while he read us a story about it. The other kids thought it was pretty cool. I thought it was pretty cool! I'm so proud of this kid!<br />
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The rest of FHE was pretty standard, we read a scripture, sang a song, played a game and had treats. It was a great night overall and the kids had fun. I am still so impressed with my oldest, though. What a great boy he is and what a great missionary he'll be!!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-80952334283313736772013-02-15T18:15:00.000-07:002013-02-15T18:17:09.447-07:00Jammin' Out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />We all love music around here, especially Blake. He starts dancing and wiggling to any music. He especially loves <a href="http://www.walkofftheearth.com/home">Walk off the Earth</a>. (We all do). He will sit very still and watch their videos. Funny baby! Future drummer. I think I'll buy stock in earplugs (to wear during drum practice, LOL!).</div>
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Valentine's Day 2013 turned out to be a really great day. The kids were in good moods because they were excited about class parties and the dinner surprise I had planned for them. I was excited because I'd actually planned something in advance and knew they'd love it!</div>
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Our dinner table looked like this. Tablecloth and everything. The kids' treats were on their plates along with Valentines from Grandma. The kids were very excited to see their treats, especially the bottle of red stuff and the red and white striped straws.</div>
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The day before I'd put together these bottles of Love Potion No. 9 for them. (Not that they know what that means-anybody seen the movie-but they loved it!).</div>
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The night before, I put this together and had it in the car for Blaine to find when he got in to go to work. A little snack he could munch on during the day. I think he liked it. </div>
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For dinner we had chicken enchiladas with sweet rice and for dessert, we had molten lava cakes. Blake was helping me by licking the measuring cup I used to scoop the batter with. Yummy and dark chocolatey!</div>
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We're so glad when Daddy comes home! (We waited for him for dinner and by the time he gets home at 8, kids and Mommies start to melt down. We need our Daddy and dinner). </div>
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My sweet, funny, crazy, loud, loving, best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me, Valentines!</div>
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Wow! Time has just flown and our life has been busy and crazy and crazy busy! We had awesome holidays and New Year and are just settling in to our new and improved crazy schedule!</div>
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At the end of November, they changed our ward boundaries. I became the new Primary President (eek!) and Blaine is the first counselor in the Elders Quorum presidency. Our kids now think we live at the church and go to many meetings. (We kinda do.)</div>
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Christmas Eve brought new and old traditions. We were going to go visit my Grandma Cook and made it about halfway there before we decided the weather was too nasty and the roads were too slick. We called her on the phone and sang to her for Christmas. We had fondue for dinner (new tradition) and opened our usual one present for Christmas Eve (old tradition).</div>
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Everyone all snuggly and warm in their new Christmas Eve pajamas!</div>
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Santa brought lots of great things, including a rocking chair for Blake. Each child has a chair with their name on it and a different picture. It is something they can keep and have when they have their own kids!</div>
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Garrett got a Red Ryder BB Gun. He was SO excited!</div>
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Blake trying out his new chair.</div>
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There were lots of homemade gifts this year. My super talented friend Jessica made each of the kids hats. The kids love them and wear them daily.</div>
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They match each of their coats and personalities.</div>
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Ryan is always green. </div>
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I made each of the kids a new blanket (with the help of my sister). The kids love them too, but who doesn't love a new soft and warm blanket to snuggle in?</div>
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Garrett showing off his blanket.</div>
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While we were getting ready to go to my parents' house on Christmas, Garrett had to try out his gun.</div>
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My dad's new hat. Its awesome and WARM!</div>
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We have had lots of snow and even had a snow day from school this year. There has been lots of opportunities to play in the snow with friends and cousins.</div>
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On New Years Eve, we got to open some Christmas presents from Blaine's sister and her family. She knew just the thing for each kid. Here is Ryan's apron with Thomas the Train stuff on it. (BIG HIT!!!) She made the aprons out of jeans. There is even a pocket. So cool!</div>
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Here is Hannah's apron. It is her favorite colors and things: pink, gold and has princesses on it. She was so excited!</div>
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Garrett got a chef's hat. He was so excited. They all were so pleased with their gifts and were more eager to help in the kitchen. </div>
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New years day we went sledding with friends out in New Sweeden. It was cold but fun!</div>
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This was the first time Blake got to get dressed up and go out in the snow. He loved it! I thought he would hate it because once he gets bundled up, he's kinda like Randy in "A Christmas Story". He can't put his arms down. Haha!</div>
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We hung out by the straw stack. It was warm, was a good wind block and kept the kids entertained because there was lots of stuff to climb on. Here is Ryan and Pearson waiting for their turn to sled.</div>
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I did not sled but was sporting my new cool hat from Christmas. I bought one for my dad and myself. They look funny but are oh, so warm!!</div>
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Ok, so that's what we've been up to lately. I am going to try to stay caught up better this year since this is my family journal. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and new years! We love you all!</div>
<br />Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-11294770738489212822012-12-24T15:58:00.003-07:002012-12-24T15:58:48.756-07:00Happy Birthday Ryan!Ok, so I am just now getting around to posting something that happened exactly one month ago! Time has just flown since then. <br />
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My spunky little Ryan turned 4 on November 24. We had a quite little party with just us and it was lots of fun. Ryan was so excited to see all his presents wrapped in Thomas the Train paper. If you know this kid at all, you know he LOVES trains. He knows all about them and doesn't hesitate to tell you about them. <br /><br />
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What kid doesn't like to get candy? Ryan is our candy hound. He can sniff it out of any hiding spot! He is fun and mischievous and all "snips and snails". He is a tease and doesn't always like to do what he is asked but he has a good heart and is a really sweet little boy.</div>
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Ah, Thomas the Train tattoos. Sweet! Ryan loves to play school with Hannah, he knows his colors, numbers and letters and anything that starts with "R" must belong to him. </div>
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A loader that can be completely taken apart and put back together! Every little boy's dream toy!</div>
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So, because I loathe making and decorating cakes and it was so close to Thanksgiving, we chose to have cupcakes and the kids decorated them as they desired. Ryan loved putting googly eyes on his and loved eating them even more!</div>
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Ok some quick things about Ryan:</div>
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Favorite color: Green</div>
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Favorite food: candy, milk, bananas, apples, bread, and just about anything. He's not too picky.</div>
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Favorite toy: Thomas the trains, or any train for that matter</div>
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Height: 38 inches (10th percentile)</div>
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Weight: 33.2 pounds (10th percentile)</div>
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He is all boy. He spent the majority of the summer digging in my flower beds with trucks and shovels. He loves to be outside and to help in the yard. He is also my kitchen helper and taster of the dough. Any dough. He has a tender heart and is a good big brother to Blake. </div>
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He's always been our little guy, our challenge, our sweetheart, our tease, our child that I wonder if he'll make it to his next birthday. (Just kidding, kind of). We love this kid soooo much! Our family wouldn't be complete without him. Love you Ryan!!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-1917463497718782342012-10-31T22:23:00.002-06:002012-10-31T22:23:44.557-06:00Halloween 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We love Halloween around here and we usually have a few events leading up to the actual day. First off the year, the Halloween Carnival at the kids' school. Our friend Lorna is always in charge of the spook alley and we try to help out where we can. This year, Garrett was a glow-in-the-dark stick figure in one of the rooms of the spook alley. While he did that, I took Hannah, Ryan and Blake to the rest of the carnival. It was fun for all. </div>
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Here is Garrett all dressed and ready to go.</div>
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Here's what he looks like in the dark. It is a really cool effect and when there is a whole room full of these guys just standing there and then they start moving towards you, it can be a little creepy!</div>
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At the carnival they did face painting. Ryan got a handlebar mustache and beard (although his beard is dang near worn off by this point). Still lots of fun!</div>
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Carving pumpkins is a must. Here is Garrett and Blaine getting ready to gut the first one.</div>
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Ryan, showing how strong he is to lift up his pumpkin. </div>
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Miss Hannah scooping seeds.</div>
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The finished product. Yay!</div>
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Next up for fun activities is witches' night. Always a fun event hosted by my friend Lorna and her mother and sisters. This year Jessica came with me. Don't we look witchy? So much fun to get out with a large group of women, all dressed as witches. You should see the looks we get. This year one man asked if he could take a picture with a group of us. Lots of fun!</div>
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Here is my kiddos on Halloween, getting ready to go to the trunk-or-treat at our church. Hannah is a black cat, Blake is a monkey, Ryan is a skunk and Garrett is a Lego man. </div>
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After the trunk or treat, we headed over to my parent's house for trick or treating with the cousins. Doug and Kara always have the cutest group costumes. This year was Bert, Mary Poppins and two little chimney sweeps. Very cute!</div>
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Porter the tiger and Ryan the skunk. (Ryan kept calling it the stunk).</div>
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Garrett made this costume himself with help from his buddy, Topher. They each made one for themselves. Very creative boys! See those bright blue eyes peeking out!</div>
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Baby Bryndyn (little lamb with her bottle). When she first got to my mom's, she was actually chewing on that huge calf bottle. Funny!</div>
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My cute little skunk. Look at those big brown eyes. When we were out trick or treating, if you ask him what a skunk does, he would turn his little tail towards you and make a spraying sound. Nice. Who taught him that? </div>
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An attempt at a group picture with all the kids. Dang near impossible but worth a try. Here we have Beckie with Paige, Remi with Bryndyn, Lexie on the floor, Garrett, Jayson, Jonah, Hannah and Liam.</div>
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Halloween was a big success and as always, the brownies came and brought goodies! We had such a fun time this Halloween season! Thanks to all our friends and family who got to help us with it and share it with us!</div>
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We grew a garden. Most things grew really well (beans, peas, tomatoes, onions, peppers, cucumbers), other things grew so-so (squash, potatoes, raspberries), and others not at all (pumpkins and carrots). We canned a bunch of stuff and ate fresh fruits and vegetables. We did not grow corn this year but enjoyed eating it all the same!</div>
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We went to Rigby Lake. We went a bunch of times.</div>
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Its close, its cheap, its shallow at the edges for little kids. We love it!</div>
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We went with Beckie 3 times, well I went with Beckie 3 times, my family went with her 4 times!</div>
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Beckie loves the lake. She likes to just float around and relax. Nice!</div>
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I also love that there is grass just behind the sandy area. Keeps you so much cleaner! Here is me, Beckie and Kara just chillin' on Labor day. Not many people here this day either. Awesome!</div>
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We snuggled clean, cute babies!</div>
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(Actually my kids spend a ton of time in the water. Garrett, Hannah and Ryan took swimming lessons this summer. In addition to pool time, lake time, running through the sprinkler time and bath time, my kids should have been little brown raisins this summer! Luckily, they were just brown!</div>
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We went boating with friends. Our awesome friends, the Coffmans invited us to go boating at Blacktail one night. We had a ton of fun and I actually rode the tube behind the boat. I'm pretty sure their daughter was videoing the whole thing and my face is probably a mix of laughing, sheer terror and screaming. I'm pretty sure there is some look of G-forces trying to push the skin off my face as we whipped around corners in the 3 man tube. Good times, right? :)</div>
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We went to a family reunion with Blaine's family. It was a lot of fun. We watched a movie outside one night-so much fun. The next day was lots of fun games and getting wet. They played a water kickball game that got everyone wet!</div>
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We played minute to win it type games. Here is Garrett and Lucy trying to get the cookie into their mouths without touching it. </div>
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Blaine's sister Rachelle has a couple milk goats (among other things) so we decided to have a turn at milking the goat. The kids loved it. Above is Hannah (with help from Rachelle) milking this very patient goat. Nice.</div>
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And, last but certainly not least, we mowed lawn. Once or twice a week from may to the end of September or so. Here is Blaine with Blake. The kids like to ride with us around the yard. Garrett is old enough that if we mow the edges, he can mow the rest. Awesome! Ah, as much work as it was, I'm kinda missing my green lawn and warm sunshine. </div>
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We had a great summer with lots of fun things seen and done! Can't wait until next summer!!</div>
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<br />Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-87839881121304538592012-10-28T18:03:00.003-06:002012-10-28T18:03:35.264-06:00Happy Birthday Hannah!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hannah turned 6 on September 8. I can't believe she is so old already. I took the day off work and we went to Rigby Lake (per her request) to spend the day with friends and family. </div>
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Hannah requested a Hello Kitty cake this year. Have I mentioned I hate making cakes? Anyway, I think it turned out pretty cute. She loved it, of course, and that is all that matters. </div>
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Her birthday was on a Saturday this year and the day was gorgeous! I am so glad we got to spend the day at the lake. It was warm, no wind and hardly anyone at the lake-even better! We had so much fun playing in the water. We took lunch for all and then after playing for most of the afternoon, we headed back to our house. Our awesome friends and family were there with us and I hope they had as much fun as we did! Hannah was so happy to have them there!</div>
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She got to open a present at the lake. It was a super soft stuffed dog and carrying case from our friends the Hopkins family. Thanks guys! She loves it! </div>
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Blowing out all 6 candles, surrounded by friends and family! </div>
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-she still loves pink and anything pink. </div>
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-she is in kindergarten, Mrs. Zaladonis is her teacher, and she LOVES school!</div>
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-while I can't remember how tall she is, she remembers that she weighs 42 pounds.</div>
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-she is just on the verge of reading like a pro. She is sounding out everything in sigh!.</div>
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-she is our little artist. she is always drawing pictures for us, her artwork is everywhere.</div>
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-her favorite foods are chicken rice casserole, watermelon, ramen noodles, apples, "banana cookies" (sliced bananas), baby carrots and no bake cookies. (all per her telling me so).</div>
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-she has long hair, its slightly past her waist. she wants to grow it out like Rapunzel. </div>
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-she is such an awesome helper around the house with Blake and Ryan and anything I need her to do.</div>
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Hannah's birthday was such a great day. I know she had a great time and felt loved. Thanks so much to all our friends and family who spent the day with us! We love you and we love this Hannah girl so much!!</div>
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So, I'm only a month behind posting things. That's how things seem to go lately. Anyway, the kids started school again on August 27, 2012. I was working that day so Blaine did the first day of school duties, including getting the requisite pictures. </div>
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Garrett is in the 5th grade this year. Wow! Time flies! I love to get pictures of them with their backpacks loaded down with all their school supplies. In years past, he had to lean forward to keep from falling over from his huge back pack. Not so much this year. He is getting so big and is such a great kid. </div>
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He wasn't too excited for school to start this year because his group of friends wasn't going to be at school with him this year. One of his friends is being home schooled, two go to a different school and another was in a grade below him. He was really nervous about getting a new group of friends to hang out with at school.</div>
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No worries, though. He is having a great year, likes his teacher, his buddy Topher moved from 4th grade to 5th grade and he has a good group of friends to hang out with. He has even discovered that he loves to play football. (Heaven help us!)</div>
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Miss Hannah started kindergarten this year. She was so excited to start school. She goes to afternoon kindergarten and has an awesome teacher. She also had a friend in her class that she knew already so it made her not feel quite as nervous. Look at her huge backpack. She also had a grocery bag full of school supplies too!</div>
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I am enjoying the school year, getting back into a schedule and a normalized rhythm of things. It makes me happy that my kids are such good kids, have great friends, great teachers and are loving school!</div>
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My baby Blake turned 1 on July 25. I can't believe he is 1 already. He seems so little. With the other kids, I was excited at each milestone (don't get me wrong, I'm very excited for each of Blake's milestones too!) but I have not pushed him as much as I may have pushed the others. I'm letting him be a baby just a little bit longer, I think. You don't want to walk by your first birthday like the others? OK. You still want a bottle? OK. Pacifier? OK. </div>
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Here is a picture of Blake the morning of his birthday. He may have just gotten up from a nap. Still has bed head. (On a side note, while I love my beautiful bay window in the kitchen, it makes for annoyingly bright pictures at times). Anyway, he is such a happy baby. Here he is showing you patty cake. He loves it, especially the rolling part. He says "roll, roll" with you and does the actions. Love it!</div>
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I decided to get a little creative and made monkey cupcakes for his birthday. I like the kids to have a cupcake for their first birthday so they can devour it by themselves. The cupcakes turned out so cute, even if my family thought they were cows. Still cute.</div>
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We gave him this walker toy for his birthday. Subtle push in the walking direction. He loves it and its so cute to see him walking around with it. He pulls himself up to things and walks around them and can even stand up in the middle of the floor and just stand there. He will walk holding one finger of yours but won't walk on his own. Silly baby!</div>
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Some things about Blake at age 1: He likes to think he is as big as the other kids and has as many teeth (he has 5). He likes to eat anything he can get his hands on, especially apples, bananas, watermelon, green beans, bread, corn dogs (see above), chips (scares me), popcorn (also scary), peaches, pears, etc., etc. He basically eats anything we hand him. As long as he can feed himself.</div>
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Here is his birthday cupcake complete with the candle. He had to be restrained to he didn't burn himself. He was very excited and not quite sure what was going on but figured if we put something on his high chair tray, it must be for him to eat.</div>
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Yep. Loved it!</div>
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See him eating this apple? There were no bites out of it when he found it. He went to town on it! No choking either. (knock on wood) He is not our choker child. Swallows lots of stuff. (His molars are now starting to come in so he is even more excited to eat stuff).</div>
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So happy to be left to eat his apple. See his cute little teeth? His front top teeth have a space between them. So cute. So sharp!</div>
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Some other things about Blake: </div>
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*He is our most easy going child (since Garrett).</div>
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*He loves music. He loves you to sing to him or to listen to music. He will dance to it or relax in your arms as you sing. Very handy during church.</div>
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*He is 30 inches tall (around the 50th percentile)</div>
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*He weighs 21 pounds, 13 ounces (around the 30th percentile)</div>
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*He loves his siblings and loves them to play with him. He does not, however, like to wrestle with them.</div>
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*He is a tease just like the rest of the kids.</div>
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*He will let you know in no uncertain terms whether he wants something offered to him or not. He bats it away if he doesn't want it. He has done this since day 1.</div>
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*He is a pincher with he sharp little nails. He will pinch the skin on your chest or neck with his little fingers. Ouch!</div>
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We love our little guy so much! He is such a happy baby and has been such a welcome addition to our family. We love watching him grow and are so glad he is part of our family. </div>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKE!</div>
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We took a trip to Bear Lake earlier this month. We went with our friends, Tyler and Jessica Hopkins and their 5 kids. We do a lot of things with them because our children are basically the same age and they play together really well. Anyway, I love Bear Lake and was really excited to go. We camped in the mountains and played at the lake-the best of both worlds! On the way to Bear Lake, we stopped at a little town called Georgetown for a potty break. There was a little park there with very cool toys. Toys my kids hadn't ever seen.</div>
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Remember these things? Ryan and Pearson loved them. They are the rocking/springing horse things. <br />
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Ryan and Pearson also were very fond of the car swings. They wanted to go HIGH!<br />
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But the best of all was this-they had a merry-go-round! There are no parks near us that have a merry-go-round. The kids loved it! I even rode it a little but my head can't handle the spinning round and round like it used to. Haha!<br />
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All the kids hopped on for a ride and Tyler pushed them very fast. They loved it! Guess the safety nazi's hadn't visited this park yet. Love it!<br />
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Saturday we went to the lake. The weather was perfect and the kids loved it. Blake loved playing on the beach in the shallow pools. Actually all the kids did. Blake is my water baby. He did not mind the cooler water in the lake one bit. Blaine and I took him out there to float around with us and he splashed and splashed and then fell asleep in his floaty toy!<br />
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We brought our snorkel stuff as well. Garrett (L) and Topher really like using the snorkel gear. The water was not quite as clear as it has been in the past because there were so many people at the lake but it was still fun anyway.<br />
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Miss Hannah playing in the sand and sandy water. The water in these little pools was bathtub temperature.</div>
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Proof I was there!</div>
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Happy Baby!</div>
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When we got to the lake, we found a parking spot and a spot on the beach. Blaine started taking stuff down from the car and I look down to see him talking to a guy on the beach. Soon, a lady walks up and is talking to them. I look again thinking, that looks like Grant and Erica (Blaine's sister). Yup, it was. They were there with Grant's family. What are the odds?<br />
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Blake in his death jacket. Ok, its a life jacket but babies hate them and think you are trying to kill them while you are putting it on them, I'm sure.</div>
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Tyler and Jess brought her family's canoe. The kids had fun going out in the canoe. Blaine and Tyler went out with Garrett and Topher and swamped them. Then, they taught them how to get back in if that happens. Its a good learning area there because they could still touch bottom if they needed to. <br />
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On the way home we stopped for another potty break in Paris, Idaho. We stopped and took a tour of the tabernacle there. It is a beautiful building with lots of history.<br />
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The inside is gorgeous and has a beautiful pipe organ with wooden pipes. During the week, the organist gives a recital and tells about the organ.<br />
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The builder of the building used to be a shipbuilder. This is the ceiling. It is shaped like an upside down hull of a ship. Very cool.</div>
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We stopped for lunch and to see the geyser in Soda Springs and played at a park there. Saftey nazi's had not been there either because they had 2 merry-go-rounds! This one is set at an angle so as you come down, you speed up. I rode it with Blake for a little bit. Here he is loving it. Me, trying not to puke.<br />
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They had teeter-totters there too! So much fun! The kids loved them! Finding the right weight balance was interesting, though. See the three Hopkins kids on the green one? <br />
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Seriously a fun toy. I used to love them. There are no parks around here with these either!<br />
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We had such a fun time camping and playing with our friends. So glad we went and can't wait to do it next year!!!Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17903223337794218655noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346751476692794204.post-73970436540089605582012-07-23T13:34:00.001-06:002012-07-23T13:34:27.878-06:00Happy Birthday Garrett!Man, I am getting so behind in my posts. Anyway, we celebrated Garrett's birthday on June 27. He turned the big 1-0. Yep, 10. My baby is 10. WAAA!<div>
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Garrett is such a good kid and had a fun day. To start the day off, he went to Krupp Scout Hollow for day camp with his cub scout troop (which also includes all of his friends). Handy, eh? No need for a party, he got to run, jump, climb, shoot BB guns and lots of other fun stuff with his friends all day long. </div>
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When he got home, he set to work decorating his birthday cake. I made it to his specifications: chocolate cake in a rectangle pan, chocolate frosting. He would decorate with Legos. See below, the finished product all done by Garrett himself. Well, I wrote on it but Garrett probably could have done a better job! LOL! Cakes are not my forte.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you read what it says in Legos?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garrett got this shirt for his birthday, totally cracked us up!</td></tr>
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Garrett wanted a tent of his very own for his birthday, so we delivered. He was very excited and such a good sport after we tricked him, telling him that he was just getting a birthday card from us. <br />
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He set to work setting it up, right away. He even slept in it that night. Its a nice little tent and should last a while if he treats it nicely. The best part is he can set it up by himself! Yippee!<br />
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Next came singing and blowing out candles. Garrett was Mr. Independent (aka: pyro) this year and lit his own candles. He was able to blow them out in one breath! Go Garrett! <br />
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My big boy is going to be in the 5th grade this year! He loves to build things with legos, loves to draw and build his drawings. He loves to work on the farm with grandpa and is a great helper around the house. He is our chief lawn mower here and is a good babysitter to his siblings. He is a tenderhearted boy with a good head on his shoulders. His smile is infectious and we love this kid!!!<br />
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