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......

October 2012 (part 1)

The boys enjoying helping can applesauce because they get to eat the "poo" (apple skins) as it comes out of the Kitchen Aid.  Matt stopped in Caldwell on his way home from Washington and purchased a bunch of Golden Delicious apples from the church orchards.  They were delicious . . . definitely my favorite apples to do sauce because they are SO sweet.

 

Keely ONE month old

 

Keely 5 weeks old

We had some dirt from Bishop Hansen's potato fields brought in to fill in some places on the yard.  A pile of dirt means FUN at our house.  Layton, Zander, and McKay had fun burying Trey. (Trey looks so young)

 

 Some random pictures

 

 

Chase and Matt went deer hunting with grandpa Yearsley and a kid from our ward (Luke Hansen) down by Bliss.  They saw a small group of deer and were all ready to shoot, but didn't because Luke couldn't see the deer. 

 

Keely was blessed by dad on October 14, 2012.  Both of our families came to support us in this (minus Jaron who was still on his mission and Jon--we missed you two).  It was a beautiful blessing and a gorgeous day.

It was exciting to be able to use the blessing dress I had purchased while pregnant with Layton.

 



Easter weekend

We decided to drive to Hamer to celebrate Easter with Matt's family. The plan was to leave after going to the Easter Egg hunt in Rupert, but we woke up to 3 inches of snow and miserably cold wind so we decided to forego the hunt. Instead, Ben and Lisa invited us to stop at their house to have an egg hunt inside....much better than freezing outside and only getting a couple eggs. Then onto G&G Yearsley's hosue where we spent the weekend listening to conference, playing games, coloring eggs, egg hunting, and just being together.

Chase got in a weird mood and decided to dress up like a nerd (funny boy)

L-A-G-O-O-N-!

The second day of our trip to Utah was spent at Lagoon! The boys and I had been looking forward to Lagoon for quite some time. Matt wasn't too thrilled about it but he seemed to have a good time (I hope). During October Lagoon does Frightmares. They decorate everything with fun Halloween things, have walk-through haunted houses, and people dressed in costumes. It is a lot of fun. It is the best time of year to attend Lagoon in my opinion, due to the cooler weather, shorter lines (typically), and fun things going on.

We invited several families to join us, but they were unable to go so we asked Grandpa and Grandma Yearsley. It was fun to have them with us. Both of the rides in the pics below got us wet...Grandma was soaked after Rattlesnake Rapids.

We had fun running from ride to ride. Unfortunately as the day wore on more and MORE people came and the lines became REALLY long, but we still had a great time. We even got Matt to go on some rides, a small miracle really!

After riding the Samuri (below) Chase was DONE with the big rides. He didn't care so much for spinning upside down high in the air. However, at the end of the day he said that Samuri was his favorite ride.

Trey ended up being my ride buddy. He wanted to try all the big rides and so we did. He really liked Blast-off and Re-Entry, but his favorite (mine as well) was WICKED! I wish I had a picture of it because it goes straight up then straight down follwed by corkscrew all while going 55 mph. What a rush!

Zander and McKay were so good all day. They hung out in their strollers watching everyone go on rides. We did take Zander on the carousel, but he screamed so he didn't go on anymore. His favorite thing was watching people do the Sky Coaster. He thought it was fun to see them fly through the air. He didn't care for the costumed people too much. Aren't those cool costumes!?!

New Years

We spent New Year's Eve with Grandpa and Grandma Yearsley. We spent the evening eating yummy food (breadsticks, pizza, spinach dip, candy, etc) and playing games. We turned on the TV when it came time for the ball to drop and then rang in the New Year with sparkling cider. The kids braved the cold to go outside and light sparklers and spray silly string at each other. Then the kids settled down to watch a movie. Matt and I went to bed but I guess the kids were up until after 2:00 am! I think next year we will trick the boys and watch the ball drop on Eastern Time so they can have a decent bedtime.




New Year's Day the kids again braved the bitter cold and went for a snowmobile ride with grandpa. Brrr. Due to the extreme cold the traditional pinata was done inside and everyone got a chance (adults included). I wish I had a video of Matt crazily attacking the pinata. It was awesome! We finished of the day with our traditional burrito dinner. It was a great day! It is so nice to live close enough to family to be able to make quick trips like this.