April 2013

This was a busy month running to and from track meets, doctor appointments and other meetings.  Dad was also gone two weeks out of the month which was hard for everyone.

Keely turned 7 months old this month!

Declan had a bunch of medical issues going on this month that led us to take him to several doctors, even allergy testing (which came back negative).  He had come down with diarrhea that lasted a very long time and was breaking out into hives.

One of the first signs of spring...love me some daffodils!

Mom was finally out of the boot and was going to physical therapy twice a week.  However, there was a pain in the opposite side of the ankle.  It was mentioned to the doctor and he brushed it off.  The physical therapist was not happy with that and asked the DR to come and feel the popping while doing squats.  The DR then ordered mom to have an MRI on the ankle and it was discovered that there is a bone chip in the ankle joint that is causing the pain.  Now it is on to meeting with a specialist in Boise.

Chase and Trey participated on the West Minico track team this year.  It was fun to see them each compete in their events.  Trey ran the 100m, 100m hurdles, and the long jump.  Chase ran the 100m and threw shot-put and discus.  It was a lot of fun to watch each of them.  At the Jerome track meet Chase got 3rd overall for the 8th grade boys in the 100m (12:58 seconds).  For shot put he threw 39'5" which put him 1st for the boys and then for discus he threw 113' 11", beating 109", to get first place.  He was so excited!  Trey did great in his events as well.  He ended up getting third in the hurdles which was awesome because it was 6th and 7th grade boys combined.

Hanging out at the meet

Toward the end of the month the weather was warming up so after picking Zander up from Kindergarten we (Z, M, D, and K) would meet dad at a local park for lunch.  It was fun to see him during the day and the kids loved being able to play.  Keely and Declan both loved swinging.

Zander also lost his first tooth on April 28th.  He was so excited to get his tooth cake--we waited until dad got home from his business trip on May 1st to have the cake

And then of course a few random shots....

March 2013

We celebrated another birthday the first of this month.  Trey turned 12 on the 1st.  It is crazy to think that we now have another kid going to mutual and another boy passing the sacrament.  No more primary for Trey...he is pretty happy about that!  Both sets of grandparents came to support Trey when he was ordained a Deacon in the Aaronic preisthood.

The day after Trey's birthday Chase, Trey, Layton, and dad went to Magic Reservoir for some ice fishing with Grandpa Yearsley.  They had a great time!

This sweet little girl turned 6 months...

Because of mom's surgery hair cuts weren't done for a while.  Declan's before and after... (side note--as I am compiling this post the boys have all looked at the "before" pic of Declan and have asked me who it is)

 Dad and his little princess

Crazy Hair Day

 Mustache Day--McKay wanted to have a mustache like Zander and Layton (the face paint stained their skin so there was a mustache on their faces for at least day past washing)

We ordered 80 pounds of chicken to freeze...it was quite the job to trim it all and bag it into meal-size portions.  

Dad was so excited when the weather warmed up a bit because he was able to go out and till the garden.  Zander and McKay had fun following him with their big John Deere dump trucks (can I say those have been the best presents ever!  They have played with them more than any other toy.)

Over spring break we went up to Hamer for a couple days.  The littles (Z, M, D, K) and I hung out with grandma while dad and the bigs (C, T, L) went steel head fishing with Grandpa Yearsley.  Trey was so thrilled because he caught his first steel head.  Dad was a little envious seeing how he hasn't caught one of his own yet.

Here are just a couple fun pictures of the kids......

September 2012

Mud Fight!  What is it with boys and mud?  After the garden got watered the first Saturday afternoon in September the boys got into a mud fight.  What a mess, but they had a blast!  Zander didn't care much for the spray with the water hose to clean off--it was cold.  Ah, how I love well water! :)

 Hmm...I think Chase might have dished out more than he got!

 Layton showing off the damage

 Could you tell this was Trey?  Crazy...looks nothing like him!

 Zander stayed out of the thick of it, but wasn't safe enough to avoid the cold hose in order to set foot in the house

 

The day Keely and I came home from the hospital the boys decided to have a fish fry.  It was a bit overwhelming for me, to say the least, but the boys had fun cooking up all the fish that had caught this summer.

 

I wrote about the birth of Keely, but here are some pictures of her (& the fam) during her first month.  We love her so much!

 

 1 week old

 

 2 weeks old

 

3 weeks old

  

Football, football, and more football!!!  The months of September and October were full of football, Monday through Saturday.  I so enjoy watching the boys play football....even if it is at a freezing cold morning game or an even colder and windier night game.  I like to see them have fun.  To succeed.  To see their confidence grow. 

Chase played on the 8th grade team for West Minico.  Again, he was one of the tallest and biggest players on the team.  He played Tight End and Defensive End.  He made 1 touchdown and a TON of tackles.

 

Trey played Running Back, Defensive End and Tackle.  He was quite the little star this year making 1 interception and scoring about 17 touchdowns.

 

Layton played for the first time this year and while he didn't have the best coach yet he still had fun.  Especially after he become the center--meaning he got to hike the ball to the QB.  He did such a great job in this position!

 

Declan had fun putting on the boys' football gear.  The helmets were so heavy they usually made him topple over. :)

 

Although she never got out of the car seat or Moby wrap, Keely was the boys' biggest cheerleader