WY Antelope day

If you have some free time let Kiersten tell you the tale of this hunt. It is quite amusing to watch and listen to him explain it. I really enjoyed it and I did my best not to laugh and offend him! He is quite the story teller and really gets into it~ Great job Kiersten. Make sure to write your story down so we will have it later on too. I have to agree with Kiley, you sure have "a dad smile"

Happy birthday boys!

So, all of our birthdays have now past by....

Kiersten and Kiley are officially 16! We started the day in Dry Fork at the "run into fall" a 5 mile run. Kiley signed up, and he took 3rd place for the men's division. How cool is that for his first 5 mile race? Good job Ki, we are so proud of you! I was so thankful to be back in town and be able to cheer him on at the finish line. Kael, Kim, Kiersten, Judy and Chuck also got to congratulate him on his wonderful race. (thanks a million Chuck for escorting me back to Vernal safely to be here!!)

Then we headed to the newly re-opened water slide. The boys were very excited as it was a surprise and they didn't know we were going with some friends and family. (there were not many in attendance due to all the sickness in Vernal, but they loved every second of being there with the people that were able to attend) They were most excited that they were able to persuade their dad into joining them. They got LOTS of mail (thank you so much to everyone that participated they said they enjoyed all the mail) and gifts but I think that was the best gift they got and they really enjoyed him "playing" with them. Kiley even told him that he should be required to "play" with them at least once a day. LOL It was very windy for a bit but they were troopers and still made the time worth while even while freezing!


They gave us their best muscle pose and then also their best nerd pose. I think they have them both perfected to a tee!

Kael is officially 1! He is also a professional walker too. He was walking quite well before his first birthday. As expected he didn't get much joy out of opening gifts, but he has really enjoyed all the great things he got after the fact. Kim made him a special cake made with Zylitol instead of sugar (not that you would have known, it was DELICIOUS!) and he really enjoyed every bite he got. Then as with every other meal he made sure the animals were given their fair share. The dogs were put outside (as it is not good for them) and BFK loved getting it all to himself. HE LOVED IT!


Happy happy birthday boys!!!

A little fun from the summer now school has begun

We had a chance to spend a few days with The Wimmer's. We had lots of fun. Chuck has wanted to smear us on the floor playing raquetball so we did it twice and it was so much fun. He definitely kicked my butt. I am just happy I finally got a pic of them, they always escape without me catching them somehow.




As you can tell, Kael keeps Toni very busy at her house helping out!

Kiersten chooses not to go anywhere with us, so I have very few recent pics of him. He thought it would be fun to have a nice scar on his knee by kicking a fence. I told him when I was little I had to sleep in the tub at our motels since there were not enough beds. He thought he would try it too but he shouldn't have done it on a trip we actually had a bed for him :-)

Playing at the park. (no Kiersten)

Playing on the machines at the mall. (notice Kiersten chose not to join us again)

Just looking cool!

Kael took third place in the baby show at the 2009 Uintah County Fair. This is the only pic I have to show he was even there. How sad is that? Oh well, he got a cool fishing hat, trophy and fishing game. (Yeah Kiersten came too!)

4th of July

The parade.... it actually went pretty well. Kael didn't mind the sirens but he did not like the big rigs blowing their horns. When that kept happening we decided we had seen enough and left. Besides, we had seen the jets and isn't that the only reason for showing up at the Vernal 4th of July parade?

After the parade we left to head for Provo. We had tickets for the Stadium of Fire! Kael and I stayed at our motel for the night since I didn't know if all the sound, lights and booms would go over too well with him and I decided better safe than sorry. Besides, now I have a Stadium of Fire ticket for my scrap book right? We went to the top of the parking garage with mom and Chuck and watched the fireworks ourselves. It was great company and I am so thankful they came to join us! Thank you!! Of course my camera was in my car and every time I could have gotten a pic of them too it completely slipped my mind. I think I am getting way too old, I can't remember anything! Just know that mom and Chuck were there and we had a great time! Maybe I will actually remember the pic next time~ Kim and the boys really seemed to enjoy the Stadium of Fire and I think they were really glad they went.

We talked the Allred's into having dinner with us on the 3rd (before they left for their big trip, I think of you daily and I hope you are having the time of your lives!) so for tradition we had to light some fireworks. The whole purpose was to rid us of a box of firecrackers but we still have most of them left. Guess we have to do it again when you return!! Kiersten and Kiley had made it home from their week long soccer trip and they were able to join us for dinner. It was really fun and I enjoyed the family time~

Syree, Slade and Sabreya came to help us with a few fireworks. They are such great kids! I would have to guess that Kiley really likes this picture so maybe someone will think he has a really big growth spurt. (he is standing on the curb)

Smelly chocolate buckets

We found some buckets to use in our food storage, only problem is they needed cleaned. They were filled with different things but most of them had chocolate fondant. When we first got them, YUM they smelled so good. After the days kept going by (months) they began to lose the yummy smell. Our house looked like a true redneck home with buckets lying everywhere. Here is a pic of some of them after the goopy stuff had already been removed and were ready for power wash. (Keep in mind, there are still buckets laying all over the grass and we now have chocolate grass for Kael to play)

The boys job was to scoop out the "goop" left in the buckets. It was a mess and they had "goop" everywhere! (See our lovely chocolate covered grass?)

Now on to the power wash. I was so proud of Kim for enduring the sun and the heat! I think he rather enjoyed the continuous water shower to keep him cool too~ (bags on his legs to help keep his feet dry, remind me of the woolly boots they use in Star Wars, too cute) What a work out too as I can only imagine.

Lets build a box to try and help hold the buckets.....

The box must not have worked too great, he went back to using the shooting bench! I am very relieved the buckets are now done. Once we get the clean buckets out of the yard maybe our neighbors will not think we are quite so trashy! LOL After a 2nd straight day of washing buckets I am eager to see if Kim is walking today.... time will tell~

More news

Kael is growing out of a few things and we have not gotten our non food storage room put back together to be used yet so everything is just sitting around. It does not look like the cat minds at all. He enjoys Kael's chair stuffed away in the corner and you can find him there most times of day. I wonder if we will ever get it back? Thank heavens for removeable covers and washing machines! Maybe some time I will turn on the vibrating action and see how he likes that! It should be fun to watch for me anyway!

Kiersten and Kiley got to go with our stake youth to the new temple open house. They seemed to love their trip. Kiersten sent us this picture on his phone stating "The new house of the Lord" They were very thrilled to get to go in the celestial room and the sealing rooms. To quote them "It was awesome!" What a beautiful temple!

You may notice some changes to Kiersten's room. He was "secretly got" by some friends and they gave him a new entrance and a new messier room. I honestly did not think that it being messier was possible. (I will always have to keep in mind that it can be worse) I do not think that he really thought it was very funny that he had to clean it all up by himself and there were multiple people to cause the damage. After a few days of confetti being spread though the house by feet and animals enough was enough and he had to buckle down and get it taken care of. Thank you Kiersten and your room looks much better since you cleaned more than just their mess.