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.

 



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

 

 

Summer: Month TWO!!

July was a busy month at our house . . . it seemed like we were running almost the entire month.  We were still able to squeeze some fun in though.  The first week Chase and Trey spent at the Burley pool working on the requirements for the swimming merit badge.  Chase was able to finish it and Trey has one requirement left.   

We had a pretty low-key 4th of July which was great!  We went to the Rupert 4th of July parade that morning, and it was HOT!!  I was really good to make sure that everyone got sunblock on . . . everyone that is except for me.  I put it on my face and arms, but completely forgot my legs and they go fried (enough that I could hardly walk the following day).  The little boys loved seeing all the tractors, fire trucks, police cars, and horses. 

We went to lunch at Burger King and then picked up our fireworks on the way home.  The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and swimming in the pool.  That night we let off our fireworks.  The older three boys were more interested in lighting the fireworks than actually watching them.  It is going to be interesting when we have ALL six boys each wanting to light the fireworks. 

Chase went to Scout Camp at Camp Bradley during the second week. He was able to earn 8 more merit badges as well as do some fishing with his Scout Master. He had a great time!

The third and fourth weeks were full of dentist appointments for cleanings and fillings, doctor appointments, and swimming lessons.  We told Chase that because he had completed the swimming merit badge that he didn't need to take swimming lessons, which he was more than excited about. So he got to stay home and take care of Declan, which was much appreciated because there was no way that Declan would have sat for an hour.   The boys did great in swimming lessons and all passed their classes and will move up to the next class next summer. 

We spent an evening bucking hay bales.  Can I just say how nice it is to have boys that are strong enough to do a good chunk of the work now . . . especially since I was unable to help out this year other than drive.  After the work was all done we finished off the night with homemade chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches and italian sodas.

July was also filled with fun in the pool, canning beets, a bike wreck (Chase), fixing a car, and lots of fishing!  It was a great month!

 

 

Summer: Month One

I have been having a hard time keeping up with blog posts lately . . . slacker, I know.  In order to get caught up and hopefully stay that way this will be a general post of things that went on in June, month ONE of summer.  Which amazingly is already a week behind us as we are already into month TWO, where does the time go? 

FHE treats--chocolate lip and moustache suckers!

Chase off to NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) for a week at Camp Bradley. 

  Closet cubbies in the little boys' room that Trey built for one of his projects for his Family Life merit badge.  He did such an awesome job!  I love the shelves!

Mmmmm....summer's first S'MORES!

  

Spray plane . . . they love to watch it fly over

  

Swimming in the flooded field

  

Sneak peek at baby K

  

Cuddle time with mom 

Fun shower gifts for baby K

We also had reunions, trips to both Boise and Hamer, and baby room projects, but pictures are yet to come of the room . . . still a work in progress!