Trick-or-Treat

Happy Halloween to everyone. This year has been a lot of fun with the kids. Every Thursday we attend story hour at the library. This Thursday the kids all dressed in their costumes and we trick-or-treated a couple of the high school classes. After the library we went down to Poky and trick-or-treated my moms work like we do every year. Tonight we will be taking the kids to snake rivers carnival. I hope they have fun because we have never taken them to one. This year Paxton is a cowboy because I already had everything and Tessa in her words is a bumbabee, translated bumblebee. I think they are really cute. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween.

Tessa's B-day

I know that I am late wishing my little girl a happy birthday, but I thought I would share with all of you the fun that she had. We spent the 17th with my mom her at the house because Chad was away hunting and Kate (Grammy) brought over her birthday gift. Chad got home late that night so we celebrated with him after church. She was able to open all of her gifts from daddy and I on sunday and we also had her cake that day. It has been such a crazy month that we were unable to have a family birthday for her. We just could not find a day that worked for most everyone. Hope you all enjoy the pictures. Tons of love from us all. The last picture is of Tessa going into her color me play house.

Our Daddy

Paxton and Tessa are always excided to see their daddy when he gets home from work. To them is seems like forever. When they hear Chad open the door they both go running to him yelling DADDY. Yesterday they both were hugging Chad when he came home so Chad just picked both of them up at the same time. I asked Chad who he was going to do that when he has a third child. He told me he just will.
We love you so much Chad.

Chuckars Game

Last night we went and watched the Idaho Falls Chuckars baseball game. We were able to sit where there was no very many people . Most of the people that were around us were sitting down in the grass. Tim had said that it would be really good seats and that maybe we would get a foul ball. He said that they are really good about giving the foul balls to little kids. Well not long into the game a foul ball was hit our way and Tim told the guy that picked it up that we had a little guy so they tossed it to him for Paxton. We all had a really great time and maybe we will return for another game soon.Paxton and his foul ball.We will be taking off for camping tomorrow and coming back on Friday evening so I will post more from our trip when we get back.

Garden Update

Our garden has been doing really well. We have about 6 tomato plants out of the 8 that have started producing tomatoes, squash that is producing its flowers, broccoli and cauliflower that are both doing really well, and peas and green beans that have plenty on them ready to pick. Last night while Chad went to irrigate I went out and picked green beans. This is the 1st picking and to my amazement there was a lot more than I had expected.

Tessa Helping

I was working on the laundry yesterday and when I took the clothes out of the washer to put them in the drier Tessa decided that she needed to help. Instead of putting new clothes in the washer she got in instead. What a wonderful memory.

Ultrasound Video

I'M A GIRL!!!!!!
Hope you all enjoy watching me.

4 Wheeling with Daddy

The other night Chad fired up the 4wheeler to take Paxton for a ride after seeing how many fence post we would need to build a fence to let the animals graze the pasture. Paxton has a lot of fun riding the 4wheeler with Chad and of course you can't take one kid with out giving the other one a ride also. Paxton and Tessa both got to ride with daddy alone and the Chad took both of them for a little ride. Don't worry mom Chad was careful and went slow with them. Hope all is well with everyone.

Update

I hope that you all had a great 4th of July. Me and the family went camping over the weekend and we had a blast. I will put photos of our trip up once I get them off of Chads camera. My pregnancy is going really well now. I am starting to feel a lot better and not as tired. I will be going to the doctor on the 17th for my 20 week appt. We will have an ultrasound that morning so we will know very soon what we will be having. I will update with ultrasound pictures at that time. I am really excited to be able to know what we are having so we can start deciding on a name and so Paxton can now if he get what he wants-- a baby brother. Hope all is well with everyone. Check back later for camping pictures.

Blackfoot Pride Days

Last weekend was the start of Blackfoot Pride Days. It is a time filled with fun events for families and tons of stuff for the kids to do. I had my mom come up on Friday night after work, since Chad had to teach a make-up class. We went to Rupe's Night to have dinner and let the kids play. During this evening at Rupe's they set up air filled toys and a rock climbing wall for the kids to play on. This is all free to the kids. Paxton started out in the little kid jumping pit and did great. When he got done he asked if he could do the big slide. I was a little leary to let him because it was so big and I didn't want him to chicken out half way up so we went to the next big thing which was the obsitcal course. He did really well and was so excited and really wanted to try the big slide so I said okay and told him that he had to go all the way up and come down. He told me okay and got in line. I did not have my camera at the time because I forgot that it was in my car, but the look on his face when he came down the first time was nothing but terror. To my amazement he wanted to go again. He went down at least 20 times. I sure wish Chad could have been there to see him. He would have been so proud. Paxton was also brave enough to try the rock wall.

Saturday was another fun filled day for Blackfoot Pride Days. They have more things for the kids to do and also a lot of venders set up at Jensen's Grove( which is the lake at Blackfoot). The funnest thing that Chad and I like to go for is the Snow Machince Races on the Lake. Yes they really do drive their snow machines on the water. It is really fun to watch. They have a lot of them that sink because they let up on their gas. This year we were only able to go for about an hour and a half due to getting rain out. The snow machiners kept racing because they get wet anyways but we left because we were getting drenched. It is a really great time for families and tons of fun if you ever get a chance to go you should.

Popcicles and Fun

Yesterday was a really nice day so I decicded that after Tessa's nap I would let the kids have a popcicle for snack. I am such a nice mom and they don't even know it yet. Tessa tried a popcicle last year and really did not care for it and Paxton would only eat about half of one. I was curious to see how they would do this year. I was shocked to see that both Tessa and Paxton ate all of their popcicle and Dixie our dog even tried helping Tessa with hers although I did not get a picture of it. We had a really fun time playing out side even though I could only stay out for a about an hour and a half due to the heat and being pregnant. Hope you all have a great Memorial Weekend.

Miss Accident Prone

Well Tessa is at it again. It seem that the nickname boo-boo that I have given her is really hold true to its name. Yesterday evening Tessa was trying to climb our bar stools, which she has done so many times before, as she was pulling herself up she tipped the stool over on top of her self and landed on the tile floor with the stool on top of her. She was crying and I thought that she was just stuck until I picked the stool up off of her and noticed that she was bleeding. I called Chad and scared him half to death by telling him that she split her head and need to get home right now. Well it looked a lot worse than what it really was. We took her into the urgent care and she got three stiches above her right eye and also has a black eye from the stool. I did not take my camera with me because in a time of panic you don't think of it, so here are a couple of pictures of Tessa after we got home. I will post new picks of her when we go to get the stiches removed on Tuesday. Tessa is doing great right now, running around and being her normal self. Love to all.

Stuck in the mud

Ever feel like you are stuck in the mud and not going anywhere. Well that is how Tessa felt here. We flood irrigated around the house for the first time since we moved here and so this morning there were lots of mud puddles. This is what can happen when you take your eyes off of a 1 1/2 year old. They get stuck in the mud. Ha Ha







And this is what happens when you just lift here out. Here shoes stay right there stuck in the mud. This led to a whole new change of cloths. Hope all of you are doing well.
bye for now
chad

Starting the Garden

Wow, two posts in one day.
Chad and I started the garden on Saturday after baby animal days. We got all of the green beans planted and some of the peas. We also got a few tomato plants, cucumbers, squash and corn planted. We still have a lot more to do, and we will probably do the rest this Saturday if the weather is nice. Here are a few pictures of the all the kids helping us. I hope that life is treating you all well.

Baby Animal Days

Okay, so I know it has been a really long time since I last updated. A lot has happened since the last one. Most of you know that Chad and I are expecting our third child at the beginning of December. Life has been pretty rough with this pregnancy. I have been dealing with morning sickness all day long and I am finally starting to feel better for most of the day.
Last Saturday it was Baby Animal Days in at the Eastern Idaho State Fair Grounds. My mom was watching Kris' kids so we decided to let the go see all of the animals. The kids had a blast. There were all kinds of animals. The kids also got there faces painted. Tessa decided she did not want to get hers done.Here is a goat that just loved attention.Here the kids are learning how to milk a cow. Don't worry it is not a real cow. Here is pictures of the kid's face paintings. The boys all got snakes and Brooklyn got a flower done by grandma. I am so glad that we went. It was a great experiance for the kids.

Tessa's Boo-Boo

On Tuesday night I was brushing Sadie after her bath so she did not get tangles and the kids were sitting by me when Tessa started to cry. I could not figure out what she was crying about and then I looked at the side of her hand and this is what I saw. Some how she had touched the fireplace. This picture is from yesterday. She does not like any one to touch it. I can totally understand. We have started putting burn cream on it and keeping it wrapped so it won't get infected. Here are a few pictures of mommy doctoring up her hand. She is doing pretty well.