November!

I don't have too many pictures for November. We celebrated Tyrel's birthday by making him a cake out of no-bake cookies and get bought himself a hunting bow. I got him a few t-shirts for our cruise. We got our first skiff of snow that the kids died to play in, but didn't last. We had Thanksgiving with Tyrel's family which was fun, but I forgot my Camera!!! We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Tyrel's aunt and uncles house and had quite a bit of family there. We then had to come home that night because Tyrel had to work the weekend. We had just enough time Friday to get some things done and go buy a tree. We usually go cut our own down, but with Tyrel's schedule and our cruise he wouldn't be home again until the Sunday before Christmas so we went and bought a real one frome the store. It may not have had the story behind it, but it sure was beautiful and smelled wonderful and it made it to Christmas

October

With October came cooler weather, more soccer, and halloween!! We had fun carving our pumpkins from our garden. Peyton kept eating the pumpkin like a watermelon and Cooper had fun being able to carve the pumpkin by himself this year. Halloween weekend was full of trick or treating, costume contests, trunk or treat, and eating candy. Also I was able to be a part of a fall festival put on by the missionaries. It was a dinner and tour of the church for the community. I was in charge of the youth programs of the church and explaining them to those who came. It was a neat experiance and no one argued with me. I mean what parents argues with you when you explain to them good whole activities that their children could be doing instead of hanging out doing who knows what!! It was also a month of getting stuff ready for winter. Boys stacked wood, I cleaned up my garden and flower beds.

September

September was full of Soccer and some more camping. Cooper and Trip played soccer this year. They both loved it!! They were aggressive and go getters!! Trip had about 3 goals his first game. I think 3 were in the other goal and 3 in his, but he still had fun!! He would stand there like he was waiting his turn and the second the coach told him to kick it and go get it he was off!! Cooper had fun as always. It was the bigger kid this year and I had to rein him in a few times for getting too aggressive with smaller kids. I liked when a team had another other kids that would kind of push him back. It was good for him!!
Then on weekend in September we met up with some friends of ours from Utah in Moab to go camping, Jeremey and Jamie Lucas and their 3 kids. It was a blast. All of our kids had fun together, we hikes arches national park, went swimming, and just had a good time camping together. We hope to do it every year!!

August- Washington

After Frisco I took the kids to Denver where we caught a flight to Spokane to spend two weeks with my family. We had a blast swimming, camping, driving to Seattle for my nieces baby blessing, and going to Ephrata for Brindy's wedding. It was an exhausting trip. My mom had us on the go the whole time. Wish we would have gotten more time to just hang at the lake at my mom and dad's but it was still fun!! Cooper had a blast playing with all his cousins. There are not too many Trip's age so he spent the time feeling left out. Cooper struggled the two weeks trying to keep up with his cousins and pretending he wasn't exhausted!! At my mom's house were some of my nephew's and Trip kept asking my nephew Cade what his name was. Finally Cade got sick of telling him so he just said my name is Bob Kelso and from that point on that name stuck and Trip called him that the whole time!! Peyton was so conveniently in her 18mo clingy stage that she wouldn't go to anyone the whole Trip except Bob Kelso! We camped for 4 days with my brother Clayne and his family. I coudln't beleive my boys made it the whole week sleeping in a tent with the boys. Especially Trip being 3! It was so nice to go home for a while!!

August- Frisco

In August we took a month off!! First we headed to Frisco to spend some time with Tyrel. For about the past year Tyrel has been working in Leadville, CO which is a whole 1 hr closer to home. So it only takes him 6hrs!! His condo is in a town called Frisco. A big skiing area. We had fun exploring Frisco, Breckenridge, and other surrounding towns while Tyrel went to work. All these towns are full of paved bike trails. I felt guilty being the only one at the park who actually dared to drive my car there!! These pictures are from a gondola ride we took up a mountain and on the top they have summer adventure parks. Would have been more fun if our kids were older!!

Coming Soon...

An update on what we have been up too since July!!!! I got way behing when I went to Washington for a month in August and then Soccer in September and who knows in October and then my computer crashing the middle of October. I refused to buy a new computer (which was way overdue) until after Thanksgiving when all the sales are out there. So now that I am back from my 7 days cruise with Tyrel and my sister and her husband, my computer has been delivered and hooked up. So stay tuned for updates from the last 4 months with lots of pictures!!!! Hope you all have been well!!

Kids Are Funny

Funny things said lately in our house.

Mom:Trip Would you like a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch?
Trip: No, I would like a boy cheese sandwich.
Mom: Oh, so what is Peyton having for lunch then?
Trip: A Girl Cheese sandwich!!

I was folding up some clothes that Peyton out grew and putting them in a tote.
Cooper:Mom what you are doing with those girl clothes?
Mom: I am putting them in this tote, they are too small for Peyton.
Cooper:Oh, are you going to sell them?
Mom: No, I am going to save them just in case we need them again.
Cooper: Why? We aren't having another girl, you can sell those.


On the way our the door the other day.
Cooper: Mom are you getting Peyton dressed?
Mom: Yes!
Cooper: Well are you going to change your shirt?
Mom: No, I am all ready to go.
Cooper: Oh, cause that shirt doesn't look very good!

There is a positive to that last narrative. My children are actually really good at compliments and manners. They say thank you and please and always tell me how pretty I look when I get ready. They have learned that from their dad. So for Cooper to actually tell me I didn't look good makes me think all those other times that he told me I looked good, maybe I did. If he is willing to tell me when something doesn't look good then maybe their is more meaning behind his compliments and not just habit from hearing his dad.

The Garden Update

So I have really enjoyed my garden this year and I think what has made it the best is that my friend Elizabeth is doing it with me. She comes over once a week and we weed. Now that stuff is coming on we started at 8:30am this morning weeding, then picking green beans, cucumbers, and of course zucchini. We then moved into the house to can green beans, pickles, and this yummy vegetable relish, and shred more zucchini. I now have 40 quart bags in my freezer of zucchini and Elizabeth has some (not that much yet, because she is going to pick while I am gone for the next month)and I have given some to my neighbor. We only got 5 quarts of green beans, but they are just starting to come on so we will see how many she gets done while I am gone, and 8pints of pickles (which was our first picking), and 8pints of this yummy relish. She then left at 4pm. It was a long day. But I have definitely decided canning and gardening is fun when you do it with a friend. Oh yeah I just got a text from my friend saying her mother-in-law just called her to let her know zucchini was on sale at Safeway!!! She just laughed at her and said she had it coming out her ears!!

It's About Time!!!

Finally!! I finally got my ears pierced. I have never had a desire to get it done. It's not that I have been afraid or anything, I just didn't really care enough to do it. Even though they are done I am still not super super excited about it, but now it's done and it does look better than I thought. It was funny when I got it done I felt so grown up and 8 years old all at the same time!! So I guess I am officially coming into the grown up world!!

Crafit Fair!!

I am so bummed I forgot my camera. Last weekend was the craft fair where my sister-in-law Kristin and I sell our baby crafts. It was a lot of fun and I did better than last year!! I was also bummed Tyrel didn't have a camera. While I was at the craft fair all day, grandma watched Peyton and Tyrel took the two boys with his brothers horseback riding in the mountains. They are starting to get campsites ready for the fall hunting season. Tyrel has such good memories of riding all day in the mountains and I love that my boys are starting to make some of those memories too! They really enjoy riding and always come back with lots of stories!! I was impressed that even though they were gone all day they came back with huge grins still and not tired and crabby!!

My Do Nothing Day!!

I have been trying to fight this cold of sinus infection, canker sores in the back of my mouth, and coughing all night with no sleep so I decided Monday I would do nothing but rest so I could get rid of it. Apparently a Do Nothing Day for a mom still consists of laundry (somehow my kids were out of underwear when I just did laundry Thursday), feeding kids three meals, moving sprinklers, keeping my house picked up, running to town because State Farm needed something from me, watering my garden, visiting a family who is moving in my ward, and getting the slip n slide out for my kids!! Yikes if that was My Do Nothing Day, I am in for it today now that I have stuff to get done! Actually my friend volunteered to watch my kids all morning so I could finished my craft stuff for the craft fair this weekend!! All you mom's out there are awesome, even when we are trying to do nothing we are doing a million things!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

So lots of pictures for our 4th of July. I love going to Pagosa Springs for the 4th!! It was a fun filled weekend of Rodeo, a quick stop at a family reunion, breakfast at the church, parade, carnival, fireworks, I even played two games of volleyball, and lots of fun visiting with family and friends. We all had a good time and we are all exhausted. The kids took almost 4 hour naps today when we got home and I even took 1 1/2hr nap because I am getting sick, but we are beat!! Tyrel really does have a fun family.

New Craft

Who needs a new craft right?!! Well my friend showed me how to make these hair bows out of fabric and having tons of scrap fabric from my car seat canopies I decided to make a bunch of these and make some for the craft fair I am headed to in July and of course some for Peyton. I actually enjoy making these because they are simple to just sit and make while watching tv at night. I love projects I can do and watch a movie so I don't feel so guilty sitting and watching TV!! I am still experimenting with them. Just curious. How much would any of you pay for a bow like this