What we've been up to

4th of July

Grandma and Paige and Mindi and Elly Ryan waiting for fireworks Coleman and Elly blowing bubbles

The kids playing on the hill

My Sweet Paige

Pictures of camping at Island Park

Elly holding Trixie! Ryan just chillin' Bailee holding Paige

Cole and Elly lookin' cute Crystal, Cole, and Richard relaxing Jordan and Cole playing in the dirt

Just some pics while everyone was still dressed up from church

Me and the kids Daddy's girl The kids

Hanging out by the pool in the back yard

Water Girl Happy Baby

Well I haven't posted anything for a little while, so I will give you a little update on what we've been doing. We have had a blast this summer except for a few mishaps (Jordan breaking his arm and CSI Auto Repair putting oil in our brake system and ruining everything that has to do with our brakes). We enjoyed having Mindi come out for the week of the 4th of July. The kids really loved playing with her. We had so much fun camping with Richard, Crystal, and their family, Dean and Sherrey, and my mom and Charles. We went up to Island park and played on Henry's Lake! It was so much fun and so beautiful up there. A few weeks before that we went camping at the Palisades with Dean, Sherrey, and Grandma White hair. We've used the boat alot (almost every weekend). Like I said, we have had a blast.

I have had the opportunity to do some things that I really enjoy such as reading, and learning new things (such as water ski, making bread and jam, and I am in the process of learning how to wakeboard). I need to have Ryan take some pics of my water skiing so I can prove to you all that I can actually do it!

Ryan is working hard as ever at INL (I guess I should say he goes to work, I'm not sure if they actually do anything while they are there, LOL) He has enjoyed his boat and wants to take it out any chance he gets. In fact we are going up to Bear Lake in a week and a half and he is soooo excited. We all are!

Jordan, as most of you know, broke his arm playing on the monkey bars. But strangely enough it hasn't slowed him down no matter how many times we try to keep him calm. I guess that's the boy in him. He wants to be out of the cast. He is a good boy and has been helping me weed the garden and pick raspberries. I need all the help I can get.

Elly is still our little monkey. She has now mastered climbing up the wall in the doorway. I'll try to put a video of in on here. It is funny! She keeps us laughing. (you might have to cock your head a little to see it right side up. I couldn't figure out how to turn it.

Paige is growing like a weed. She is about 15 lbs. now and is rolling over so well. She'll be crawling soon. YIKES! She is still the best baby ever. Still sleeps through the night and smiles ALL the time!

Jordan's Broken Arm!

Well, we started this weekend by going up to Island Park to go camping, we had a blast. We had decided to come home on Saturday so that we could attend our ward activity, since we are on the committee. When we got there, that's when all the excitement began. We hadn't even been there 5 minutes when someone told us that Jordan was hurt. I said out loud that he was fine, until I saw what had happened. His wrist looked like rubber. It was gross. We knew then and there that something was wrong, either dislocated or broken. Turns out it was indeed broken. We took him to Community Care where they X-Rayed his hand. They told us he had broken both bones in his wrist and they were also out of place. They gave him a shot into his bone that numbed the area so they could put it back into place and cast it. It is not a permanent cast yet! They x-rayed it again and it is not quite in place, but they are going to let the orthopedic surgeon look at it and put it back in the correct place and then put a permanent cast on it. I couldn't watch as they gave him the shot and put it into place, so Ryan stayed with him. I took Elly out into the waiting room and played puzzles. A few of the ward members kept Paige while we took him. We have a wonderful ward who looks out for us! As we talked with Jordan, we found out that he was playing on the monkey bars and fell off, and landed on his wrist. I did the same thing when I was his age. I was 5 years old and I was at my kindergarten open house. Andy and I were chicken fighting on the mokey bars and I couldn't hold on any longer. I fell and broke my right arm just like Jordan. I showed him the picture and he thought that was pretty cool.

What a FUN Weekend!

I can put her hair in 2 pony tails now! WooHoo!

These few pictures are the ones I took to give to
the fathers for Father's Day!



I am holding Jasper and Chewy! Our 2 brindle puppies.

Jordan holding Jasper and Elly holding Zoe

Jordan with Jasper again. I think he likes this
puppy best. Good thing he is going to our friend.
We will get to see him alot!




I just think she is beautiful!


This weekend was alot of fun! On Friday we were praying that we had good weather so that we could go boating. At first we didn't think it was going to happen but then it cleared up and we were able to go. It was a blast! I think it was a good investment to get a boat. We really enjoy it and look for any excuse to take it out.... so if anyone wants to come out, we'd love to take ya! That night was Ryan's 10 year reunion. We had a good time, I got to meet the people that Ryan hung out with during high school. They were alot of fun! We even stayed out till midnight (Thank-you mom for staying the night and getting the kids to bed for us). We really enjoyed ourselves. Then on Saturday, the fun continued. We took the kids to the park for the other half of the reunion. Poor Paige got burnt. She has blisters on her head. YIKES!!! I feel so bad. I learned my lesson. Then Sherrey tended the kids (Thank-you so much) and we took the boat out with Richard and Crystal and some of Ryan and Richard's friends. It was nice. We had a very busy weekend. We like those kind of weekends. Here are a couple pics of the kids that we took this weekend!

Just some pics!

Well I just wanted to update our blog and let you all know what has been going on. To tell you the truth it hasn't been much because there has been rain everyday. We just stay inside nowadays. We did take Paige camping for the first time 2 weekends ago. It was a lot of fun. We can't wait to do it again. One thing that was neat, is that while we were camping, the kids found a butterfly that wasn't flying cause it was so cold. We used the opportunity to take some close-ups of the butterfly. Candace got some awesome pics, hopefully she'll post them! I did get a couple of Paige with the butterfly. Also I got a couple of pics of Jordan and Elly who fell asleep in the car on the way home from camping. They just had too much fun! They were worn out!

Elly and her "Tiny Snake"

It was so cute... Elly comes running in the house so excited about finding a "tiny snake"! She just had to come in and show me. Here it is, her tiny snake..... yes a worm!

Our first litter of Pups!!!

We noticed that Jess was in labor early Saturday morning so we made sure that we kept an eye on her all day. Well early Sunday morning (2:00 am) her water broke and she started to have her pups. By the time she was done, she had 5 pups. 4 males (1 brindle, 1 dark brindle, one fawn, and 1 white)and 1 female (fawn). They are really cute! Jess is such a good mom and we are so excited to have puppoes to play with.

My little girl (The Monkey!!!)

For those of you who knew me when I was a little girl, you know that I would climb everything! One thing that I remember was that my Grandma Gardner had a huge flagpole in the front of her yard. Me, being the monkey that I was would climb to the top of it. I remember getting money and prizes from my family members who happened to be there when I climbed it! It was good times. Well here's something kinda fun. We have a firepole coming down from the kids' playhouse, and my little Elly loves to climb UP the firepole. She goes down as well, but it is fun to watch her go up. (Jordan can't do it, but little Elly can) It reminds me of when I used to climb the flagpole!

Springtime is here! HOORAY!

Our tulips! How pretty.

Elly with static hair and a runny nose! Now that is CRAZY looking!

My sweet Paige! She sure is growing!

Jordan and Elly at Blacktail Lake

The girls!

Elly sure does love her sister, but Paige isn't so sure!

The past few weeks have been absolutely beautiful! The weather has been so good that our flowers are coming up and the trees are getting their leaves. It makes the yard look so nice. I really enjoy our yard when everything is green and the weather is warm. The weather has been so nice that we have taken the boat out the last two Saturdays. Yesterday was the best one though. We went up to Blacktail Lake. It was nice, we had a picnic and then we went boating for a little while! I can't wait until the water warms up a little and then we can go skiing and tubing. Anyone who wants to go is welcome! We would like any excuse to take the boat out, it has been a good investment.

Today, we were getting ready for church and I thought it would be fun to get an "all girls" picture since I don't have many pictures with me and the kids. Usually I am the one taking the pictures. Also, I took some pictures of Paige a little while ago, she is changing so much! so I thought I'd post some more recent pics. She is such a sweetheart and I love her so much. Today at church one of the women who has a photo studio asked if she could take some pictures of Paige. She thought she was just so beautiful that she would like to use her in her portfolio. I thought that was pretty fun. That doesn't happen everyday (at least not to me).