San Fransista

I had a great time visiting Sarah a couple weeks ago. I flew down down for a long weekend to help her ring in the big 3-0! And I mean BIG!! It was off the hook! (J/K)
This was my favorite part. Sarah and I rented this thing and went on a 3 hour guided tour! The car told us where to go, and told stories about the places we were passing. It even told us jokes! It was awesome! Well worth the money!

We looked hot in our helmets. Proof.

Liz came up from San Diego to help us par-tay! It was fun!
Taking Sarah out for a birthday lunch...
Happy Birthday to you!!
Liz- you crazy girl! Loved it!

Ward Halloween Party!

Tonight was the Benson 2nd Ward Halloween Party! The kids had a blast! There was a huge "Haunted Trail" down in the river bottoms, which the kids loved. (Except Xander- he wouldn't even come with us. He still cries in the Dinosaur Museum! Shh.... Don't tell him I told you that!) Anyways, they had a cakewalk, penny toss, and fishing game, as well as dinner. It was a great time. Here are a few pictures of the boys before we left...

Xander
Dallin
Elijah

New Kit On The Block...

Look how cute this kitten is that we found in the barn today! It can't even walk yet! I hope it makes it through the cold weather!

P.S. Stay away from it Alecia!! J/K

Bear Lake at the Cabin

We went shooting, while others were out on the 4 wheelers. Lookin' good Kesia!


Scary, I know. But he just turned 9! He's all mature now!
Dad and the boys... (minus Dallin-he was all funned out already.) Elijah fell asleep on the rough 4 wheel rides 2 days in a row! Crazy.
Xan, Isaac, Jordan, Elijah, Joe, Josh & Brynja on the top of the trail!

Isaac and Dallin... AGAIN!

Isaac: "I'm a genius!"
Dallin: "I'm more genius than you are!!"

Overheard from Isaac..

I was cleaning the kitchen as Isaac was sitting at the "Homework Station" trying to finish his homework. Meanwhile, Dallin is leaning over Isaac's shoulder making these horribly obnoxious noises. So Isaac says, "Dallin, stop that! It's annoying!" But, of course, Dallin doesn't quit, so I say, "Dallin, when someone asks you to stop then you need to stop." Then Isaac adds in "Yeah Dallin, you should know by now that everyone's sick of your stupid antics."


Oh boy, the mind of a 7 year old....

Idea's Please...

I have been having lots of days lately where I have been sitting around, just letting the time and day slip away. I have just been lazy and tired!! Help me!! So, I pose this question to all of you---
What do you do that helps you get things done when you have those days??? I need ideas!
I have a lot I need to get to work on!! Please help!!

Basketball Time!!

Isaac had his first game tonight! I was a little worried at first because as soon as he got the ball he just held it and ran to the other end of the court!! No dribbling or anything!! It was hilarious! Things got better as the game progressed, and he made a basket near the end!! (I haven't figured out the settings on my camers, so I keep getting crappy pictures. Sorry!)

What is up with my kids???

I got a letter sent home with Dallin today that simply stated:
"Dallin turned off the lights on the other boys in the bathroom."
So, I read it out loud to him to see what he had to say for himself and all he says is:
"I didn't want to go to recess anyways."

Aaah!! These kids are crazy! Where did they get their manners??

Isaac's Football Game

So, this took me forever to post. Isaac's first football game was the day after Xander's and he did GREAT! He scored 2 touch-downs in the 1st game. He is so fast the other kids couldn't touch him! Good Job Isaac!!

My Garden...

I didn't have much room to work with this year for my garden. (I know what you're thinking- don't you have 6 acres??) Yes, but it wasn't ready in time to start planting come spring. So I used a raised bed that the previous homeowner already had around the side of the house. It's about 2 feet by 4 feet. Elijah just picked one of my carrots, and I had to share. How cute is this?

Flag Football!!

Yesterday was Xander's 1st Flag Football Game! He was so excited! He's been wanting to try football for a while now, but I think tackle football is a hideous idea for kids younger than like junior high, when they can better know when it's okay to tackle and not. Or when they can control their anger a little bit better. But, ANYWAYS... Smithfield Rec started Flag Football this year so I was willing to let Xan try that out. For the first few plays, he'd block his people then just kind of stand there wondering what he should do. But, if you know Xander, you know it only takes a minute for him to really grasp anything!! We finally got a new camera, so here's a few pictures and a quick video clip of his nice moves. (It's funny to watch. Once he realizes what to do, it takes no effort on his part to pull the flags off.)

MORE BEAR LAKE PHOTOS...

COURTESY OF APRIL, HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES FROM OUR BEAR LAKE VACATION THIS YEAR...


ELIJAH AND SAMMY... HE LOVES ANIMALS!!
AND SWIMMING!!!
ME SHOWING OFF MY MAD SKILLS!!!
XANDER, JOSH AND JOE OUT FOR A SWIM...
CUTE ALIYAH RIDING HER BIKE OUT IN THE LAKE.
DALLIN AND ISAAC ASKING FOR TROUBLE...
ISAAC, ELIJAH, ALIYAH AND BRYNJA IN THE SHELL FILLED "HOT TUB".
ELIJAH PLAYING AND LOOKING CUTE!
MORE ELIJAH AND SAMMY!!

Which Disney Princess Are You?

"Charming and witty. You are always the first person to come up with a wisecrack. Sure, you have an attitude, but that's why people love you. You keep them on their toes. Sometimes you can be misleading, but always end up doing the right thing for the people you love."

You take the test!! I got this from my Sister-In-Law Jill's Blog. It was fun. Usually I don't take the time to do these things, but it only took a few seconds... I want to know who you are most like!
What Disney Princess Are You?

Bear Lake

Okay, so I gave Elijah our camera to play with, since it was broken, and I later found him walking around the house snapping pictures of all of us, so apparently our camera has 9 lives. Anyways, I was able to get some of the pictures off the camera from our Bear Lake Vacash. Sorry they're fuzzy, Hollie couldn't make it to take REAL pictures for us! :o)


Digging out the "hot tub".


When you gotta go, you gotta go. The bathrooms were too far for the newly potty trained. (By the way, first time in almost 9 years without having to change diapers!! Yeah!!)

Bear Lake 2008

So, we're back from our annual Bear Lake Vacation!! Unfortunately, during all the fun, our camera broke. But here's what you missed:
-Me sitting in my zero gravity chair on the beach. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Needless to say, It was awesome!!
Oh, yeah, there was also a lot of other fun and funny adventures we had! Including the time Josh & Xander drifted a 1/2 mile out to sea in the raft without any of us noticing... (Except the people next to us, who, when Jordan went after them, asked if we wanted him to go out with his jet-ski and tow them back in.) My camera broke right when I was trying to get a good picture of them being towed back to shore... It was funny, though. They were saying how fun and cool it was, until later when April got a confession that they were both screaming for us and crying on the raft. Poor guys! But, they learned their lesson. We told them an adult has to be with them on the boat!! But, what do you expect from 8 year old boys??
All in all, though, we had an awesome, relaxing time. The kids played in the water and sand all day, everyday, while the adults relaxed. We had a lot of fun playing family volleyball, in and out of the water, and lots of swimming. Hopefully April will post some of her pictures so I can steal them and put them on my blog!! We'll see!!

Pioneer Day!!

We had a great Pioneer Day this year! Jordan decided to take a day off of work and join us for the festivities at Willow Park. We started the day picking up my new furniture. (That was the highlight for me!) And then hit the parade!


We made it to the park just in time for the "candy cannon"!
Not that they got a lot of candy from it!! You can tell by the look on Xander's face!
They had a whole bunch of crafts and games for the kids, too. The boys got their hair sprayed red, white and blue. But, their favorite part was playing Drip, Drip, Drench! (Like Duck, Duck, Goose, but with sponges and water.)

Xander also entered the pie eating contest last minute! I didn't get a picture, but he got 3rd place!! He was still sad though because only 1st and 2nd place got prizes!!
Elijah looking cute, as always!!



Then, as it got dark, we did fireworks!! The boys LOVE FIREWORKS, so any chance we get we have to buy some!! It was a great (and long) day!

My new couches...

Posting pics of my new furniture, lame, I know, but Sarah wanted to see them because they were "African". Just kidding. I told her they were animal print and she just couldn't imagine, so I told her I'd take pictures for her...




By the way, these are going to be the basement "THEATER ROOM" couches, but I decided to use them upstairs until I get my black leather couches... :o) (Who knows when that'll be!)

Isaac's Tooth

So, last night Isaac finally got one of his front teeth out. He is so proud! Right away he said "Mom, you need to take a picture! And send it to Sarah, Grandma, Aidan..." (Trust me, the list went on and on.) So, I thought this would be the best (and easiest) way for me to spread the word for him. :o)

FYI: Isaac comes in as I'm posting this and says "What did you do to my picture? You made me look ridiculous. How did you make my ears so big? I look like Frodo!"
(Note: Unfortunately for him, I didn't do anything to the picture!!)