Caleb's Philosophy on Marriage

After Todd & Morgan got married, I brought home a picture of the two of them. One morning before school, Caleb and I were sitting on the couch and he was looking at the picture. He's asking me questions about getting whiskers when he gets older and important things for a 5 year old. He then says to me, "will I get married someday?" I said sure you will just make sure and pick a girl who loves Jesus. He sits for a minute and then looks at me and says, "will you help me find a girl?" I told him of course I would (I don't think at 20 he will think that it's a great idea that his mom help but for now it's great). Then he says Todd picked good, Morgan loves Jesus. Jeff picked good because Tausha loves Jesus and Grandpa picked really really good because Grandma loves Jesus and she buys us stuff. I laughed so hard. All the important things!

The weekend we went to Lagoon we also went to Hill Airforce Base, the kids liked the planes outside but there was a lot inside and they got tired before we could finish but it was really neat. I think when they get a little older we will go back again.





This was our trip to Lagoon, the kids get really tired of me taking pictures and half the time I can't get them to smile and stand still. They drive me crazy!!!!

So, my goal this year is to keep my blog updated more often than every 6 months. I'm hoping it goes better than my goals to lose weight!!!!

The slide show is from our trip this summer to Yellowstone, Lewis and Clark Caverns, and then Virginia City. We had the best time!!! We loaded up in a 15 passenger van that we rented and away we went. We spent a weekend together and my dad survived and is even willing to do it again. Although, I believe he was grateful at night to go to his room and be grounded there for the evening. If you have never been to Lewis and Clark Cavens, I highly recommend it. The kids had a great time, even the little ones and it was fun for us old people too. Enjoy!

Our trip to Jackson

We spent the day in Jackson when Jeff & Tausha came to visit. We had a fun day. We all went down the Alpine slide and the kids would have spent all day doing that. The only down side is it costs a lot of money to keep going down and since we were on a budget that day we had to say no. The picture with Todd's hand in the air is him beating Jeff to the bottom. There is discussion mostly from Jeff that Todd didn't win but for all standing at the bottom (which was all of us) Todd won barely. They are like a pair of little kids. I was a bad picture taker that day, for some reason I didn't get any of Jeff and Tausha. Sorry guys.

Here he is with all his loot. He is such a good kid and happy most of the time. I will sure miss having a baby around but I think unfortunately he will always be that because he is the last. Thanks to all the family that came it was a fun day.

Caleb turns 5

This was Caleb's birthday party. We went to the splash park in Rexburg. It would have been great except we chose the day that was cold and windy. Not much fun for little kids. Especially mine, they don't like to be cold.

We have officially broke in all the new memebers of the family! This is Jeff & Tausha and the ride we took to Mesa Falls. We had a great time. Fortunately for the newbies we have a great horse that just takes care of whoever is on him. We never worry about him doing anything crazy and when something crazy happens then he just waits until its over and the does his thing and keeps the safe.

Soccer is in full swing and both Austin and Kaitlyn are playing this year. It is Austin's second year and he is more confident than Kaitlyn. Hopefully next year she will want to kick the ball more. It has been fun to watch them play, although we have a tendancy to yell from the sidelines to much. Nothing bad we just get very involved. I'm sure some day we will be very embarassing to them all.

This was Todd's girlfriend Morgan's first horse ride ever. We took her up to Harriman State Park and had a great time. We are grateful we have a horse that just takes care of whoever we put on him. Not only was it a great time but we got to stop at Big Judd's and have pastrami burgers, real fries and ice cream. Yummi, love that place.

I have officially become the world's worst blogger! Oh well, it is summer and I can't keep up with anything. I will try to cover what has been going on in the last couple of months right now. First set of pictures are of our newest addition to the family. Goatie is his name and he is a goat. We decided to get a goat because we are not a dog family and we told Megan she could get something, so here is her something. I like him for the most part, except when he eats my flowers or climbs on my van. Which he has been known to do on occasion. He thinks it is quite awesome to be king of the world or at least king of the van world. This day John was irrigating the field and we always end up with a big lake in the back which the kids think is a great swimming pool. So being great parents, we let them swim in the poopy irrigation water. Yeah us!!!

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In the last picture I told John I was taking a picture so he sucked in and I started laughing so Austin did it too. It was funny and then John told me not to post it. I have selective listening skills like my kids.