Summer Catch-up Continued

 We had a backyard bbq--roasting hot dogs & marshmallows in a wheelbarrow.

 Grandpa, Zane & Carter

 Callum made a nice, shaded eating place with his tent fly.

 Brienna & David

 Callum roasting a peanut.  Silly kid!

 Janna Lee, Ashlee & David

 Me cooking a "biscuit on a stick".  We just use canned biscuits, wrap it around pinching it closed at the top & then slowly cook it.  

 when they are done, you can squeeze some butter in it & also some honey.

 Running thru the sprinkler to cool down.

 Ashlee sitting on the spinkler

And finally Emmalee's turn.

General Conference "Smart Cookie" treats & Ben on his Bike

 Each General Conference, I make the primary kids conference booklets to work on while they listen to conference.  And then the next Sunday, the kids report to me what they learned/their favorite talk/favorite apostle/story they heard.  Then I have some sort of a treat for them.  And in our ward, it is always Fast Sunday, so I hate to have goodies for them to eat at church.  This time I made cookies--but put them in baggies so they could take them home.

I love that my "older church kiddos" came to me with what they learned/enjoyed about conference.  Even Bodie May (recently returned missionary) came to me with a conference fact (he really just wanted the cookies & tried to take his sister's--Maggie's--from her).

I was so proud of my kids (younger 2).  They both chose to watch Saturday morning (playing bingo, working on their booklets & putting the apostles in order).  Emmalee pretty much watched all 4 sessions with me, and Ben did pretty good for both days.

 Ben has been working on riding his bike by himself, and could go a few feet without help a few weeks ago.  Then we got a little busy, and his tire was flat & needed a new tube.  Rusty fixed his tire Wednesday, so since then, Brienna has been helping him ride.

 He is officially an independent bike rider--he looks pretty proud of himself!

 He can even turn and turn around at the end of the street without stopping or getting off his bike.

My cute "little man"

And he is my typical little boy--has to ride right through the only puddle on the street.  I can't believe my little "baby boy" can ride a bike--and even more unbelievable:  He turns 5 in about 3 weeks!!!  

Hunting Trip--Oct. 12, 2013

 Rusty and the boys went hunting on Saturday.  They left about 6:30 am, but "quietly" asked me "where is...." a few times before 6.  Needless to say, I was up early.

 No wonder they didn't get anything--Callum!!  They went up Van Noy canyon (near Stoddard campground about 20 miles north of Dubois).

 Okay--that's better.  Callum uses an eye patch when he shoots.

 They didn't see any deer that could take a clear shot at (saw a couple dozen in trees or too far away), but...

 Four elk walked just on the other side of the tree behind Callum.  

It freaked Callum out a bit.  Rusty said the elk were 5-8 yards from them.  I would have been a little nervous too!

They will go out again next weekend--Rusty & Callum on Friday (Zane has a football game) & then they'll all go out on Saturday again.

Fun in Lander--July 2013

Golf from the Dollar Store.

Cousin David was a trooper & played with Benjamin all the time.  Ben loved playing with David!

Emmalee & Brienna playing outside.

Playing with the giant smiley ball.

Benjamin pretending to sleep on Grandma's couch.

Ben & Brienna--"chillaxing"

Playing Trouble with David

Carter asked me for a haircut.

"Oops"==Gotcha!

De-Junking, Senior Night, & Football in Fairfield

 The kids didn't have school on Thursday, Oct. 3rd so I took advantage of having babysitters & piled all our "junk" (aka--clothes stored in the shed) to the church.  I needed a place to spread out & sort so I could get rid of  a lot of clothe.  This was my pile for DI (plus 2 garbage sacks to throw out). Ended up with 14 bags of clothes.

 I finished earlier than expected, and so I decided to tackle the toys--CRAZY me!  So I brought all the toys to the church too & finally quit about 8 pm.  I wasn't finished, so I went back Friday morning for about 3 hours.  I threw about 1 garbage sack away, and gave about 4 bags to DI (our thrift store in IF).  Rusty & I went to town on Friday on a date (ate at China Buffet) & so we loaded up the bags to haul to DI (and of course other shopping).

 Thursday was Senior night for volleyball.  Brienna has been the manager this year, so they recognized her also.  She received a towel & wash cloth set, a signed volleyball, and a framed collage of pictures of the team & her.  Rusty got a gatorade & I received flowers.

 They still look beautiful (Sunday night)

On Friday, Oct. 11th, I drove to Idaho Falls, got my hair cut, went to Chesbro's & bought some new piano music, and then did a bit of shopping.  Then I drove across the state to Fairfiled, ID (Camas County) to watch the boys play football. 

 I love that #61!

 I video the games, so I have very few still pictures of Zane.  

They played hard, but lost 18-25.  It was a great game & was fun to watch.  Zane came home with me so he could drive & get some "night" driving for his hours on his learner's permit.  We stopped at Arco & ate a sandwich (The Eddin's family was there so we got to visit with them).