BYU Game

 

My family is important to me!  It was so fun to take a weekend away as a family. We stopped in Rexburg to grab Jaden and headed down to Utah. The BYU Football game was a blast and the Cougar Tails were delicious. I know as my kids get older and start leaving the house, that eventually we won’t be able to do as many trips together.  So I EAT this up.  I’m so grateful that my kids have a strong relationship with each other.  It is so fun to watch them grow into little humans and then big humans.  They make me laugh and I love every minute I am with them!  

Trip to the ER

Poor Colter had a rough night last night. We had gotten back late from football practice and everyone was throwing in some dinner before bed. Colter reached for his cup and tumbled off of the stool. Unfortunately, he grabbed his glass on the way down and as it hit the floor it shattered in his hand. There was so much blood we weren't sure where it was coming from at first. When we looked a little closer we could see that he had almost severed the top of his left ring finger. We grabbed a handful of paper towels and ran out the door leaving the other three at home. We called Grandma Jones who made a quick response to be with the boys. She told us that before she had gotten there the three boys had said a prayer for Colter. Love those sweet boys!

Loooong story short, little buddy ended up with 7 stitches in one finger and several steri strips on another. He was such a trooper. He cried when they gave him the shots but waited quietly as the Dr. stitched up his tiny little finger. (I only cried a little too). He walked away with a big white bandage and a well deserved blue Popsicle.

Fruit, fruit, and more fruit

5 boxes of peaches + 5 boxes of pears =

54 jars of peaches, 45 jars of pears,

A lot to eat,




and some very sticky floors.

Ready to admit it

Okay, we have lived here for 2 years now. I guess it's time to admit, we don't live in Florida anymore. We really, really miss Florida. Having lived in 6 different states (since we were married) it is nice to say that we have loved them all, and there are some great things about living in Montana......

They don't call it Big Sky Country for nothing!















Another view from our back door....

It does snow for 8 months of the year......

Fishing is a must...

And of course.......

(more on this later)

Family Humor

T- It was not a great day today. Me- Oh no, what happened T- I do not like crushes. I won’t like crushes until I’m a teenager. Me- oh ya ? T- Daylin has a crush on me and I don’t like it. Me- I thought you liked Daylin. Isn’t she your friend? T- Yes, but I like her like 90%. Best Friends are 100%. Love is 1000%, and crushes are 1000000%.

F-15 Eagle Jet

We had an awesome opportunity last week. The Vice Commander of the 33rd fighter wing gave us a personal tour of a F-15 Eagle Jet. The boys were in heaven! What a great experience.

Celebrating 10 years!!!!

Laighton and I have been married ten years today!

Happy Anniversary Love!

Life has taken us on an adventurous ride and we have been enjoying every minute (well, most of the minutes). Here are a few things that we have been up to lately.

Colter is 4 1/2 months now. What a good little baby!!!

Colter in the bike trailer.


Kaelor on the tag-a-long!

Kaelor, my little handsome man.

Jaden took a few minutes to find the right size tool to put the training wheels back on his old bike for Kaelor. He did a good job too, they were on really tight.

Our back yard is literally a forest. The boys spend hours out there everyday building forts, discovering lizards, frogs, turtles, and some not so friendly bugs.

Trevin's last game was Friday. He had an awesome season playing third base. He averaged 2 runs a game and had several good outs at third.

Overall, life is good.

FAMILY PICTURES

PICTURES BY CASSIE JONES (she did amazing! Let's just say it's a little tricky to take pictures of boys that are surrounded by sand and water :). Also, the sun was setting so we had limited time. Colter didn't really like the wind either but at least you can see the back of his cute little head. :)

Brandon and Cassie came to visit for a week. We spent a few days at the beach, then cassie and I left the boys with "the boys" and headed to Orlando with a few of my crazy friends for Time Out (: It was so much fun!! Thanks Cassie!!

Colter's Blessing

We blessed Colter 2 weeks ago. (I'm a little behind on my blog). He looked so sweet in his little tux (Thanks Mom!) We were so excited to have Brandon and Cassie come for the blessing. Cassie took these cute pictures for me. Colter is such a blessing in our home. He has the cutest little smile and is loved by all of his big brothers.

7 days of crazy fun!

Disney World was a BLAST. Laighton's parents and sister (Emily) flew into Orlando and we spent 7 straight days at Disney World. It was awsome! We stayed in a 4 bedroom villa with a private pool. The boys are already planning our next Disney trip.

Day 1 Hollywood Studios

I think everyone's favorite ride was the 3-D Toy Story. Trevin and Jaden were not fans of Tower of Terror.

Day 2 Epcot

Our favorites at Epcot were talking to Crush (finding Nemo) and Soarin'

Day 3 Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom was AWESOME! The boys were excited to ride the Monorail (or as Kaelor says "mamarail). The boys loved Splash Mountain!

Day 4 Downtown Disney

At the Lego store they have huge life size characters built completely out of legos. Trevin is really getting good at legos.

Day 5 Animal Kingdom

Grandpa bought us a big turkey leg to share....YUMMY!



The new Mt. Everest ride was AWESOME. The boys had a lot of fun at the Bug's Life 3-D, too.

Day 6 Magic Kingdom & Hollywood again

Day 7 Sea World

Shamu!! Shamu!! (or Shampoo! Shampoo! - as Kaelor calls him). AMAZING!