This is Aunt Marlene with all the little monsters, minus one... Cameron.
He did not want to be in the picture. So I did what any good Aunt would do. I chased him down and trapped him behind the TV. Got a good smile out of it though. :)
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Cousins, Cousins Everywhere
Aunt Marlene came up from Arkansas to babysit Uncle Evan and Aunt Esther's kids while they went to be Ma and Pa on Trek. She had them for 4 days in all their craziness. Then we crashed the place on the last day when Evan and Esther came home.
This is Aunt Marlene with all the little monsters, minus one... Cameron.
He did not want to be in the picture. So I did what any good Aunt would do. I chased him down and trapped him behind the TV. Got a good smile out of it though. :)
This is Aunt Marlene with all the little monsters, minus one... Cameron.
He did not want to be in the picture. So I did what any good Aunt would do. I chased him down and trapped him behind the TV. Got a good smile out of it though. :)
Wooden Indian
There is an artist somewhere in American that researched all the Native American Indian Tribes. Then he went to each state took one of their indigenous trees and carved the head of an Indian that was native to that state. This Indian Head sits at the corner of Ammon-Lincoln Rd and Hwy 26, in Idaho Falls, ID.
Fishing with Papa
All the lines are cast.
Aspen decided to cast into the tree and not the water, Papa did an excellent job of extracting her line. We teased her the rest of the day that we were Fishing not Birding.
After about 6 no go bites on London's line, Phoenix was the first to catch a fish. He actually caught 2 but they both got away at the last minute.
Though a few minutes later Phoenix's fish came floating to the surface. But they were not wasted. Amazingly enough Idaho has Pelicans, they swam in for a free meal.
Miss April
Jared's little sister, Emily, has the oldest cat in the world, she's 15. She's so friendly, is an outside cat, loves to have her belly scratched and is so nice to kids. Best of all, EVERY dog in the neighborhood is terrified of her, and I don't think one of them weighs under 75 lbs. She gets them when their pups and they come to check her out, practically scratches their noses off. But hey, they never bother her again.
Ground Squirrel Hunting
So first we fed the Ground Squirrels, then the boys went onto a friends Ranch and shot over 1,000 of them. There is a crazy infestation of these rodents and they are wreaking havoc on the fields. These boys had fun! And yes, Phoenix is crying, it was just too long of a hunt for a 4 year old. But he did shoot a few first. London was better with the pistol than the rifle.
Tauphas Park Zoo
Idaho Falls, ID has the best Zoo for little kids with little legs. They've got all the best: Tigers, Bears, Lions, Monkey...etc. But it's a tiny zoo so kids don't have that far to go and still get to see it all. The boys went hunting today so us girls picked up a few 2nd Cousins and had a girls day at the zoo. So much fun.
Pictured: Aspen, Alysa, Sicily, Erin and Me in the back (in case you forgot what I look like).
Erin with the crazy Peacock that was flirting with the Wallaby's.
Pictured: Aspen, Alysa, Sicily, Erin and Me in the back (in case you forgot what I look like).
Erin with the crazy Peacock that was flirting with the Wallaby's.
Great Grandmas House
My Grandparents passed away many years ago. But Jared's Grandparents are all still alive and kicking. This is Great Grandma Walker, Jared's Dad's Mom. She is the sweetest, kindest, most accepting woman I have ever met. And she loves our kids, which makes her #1 in my book
Great Grandma Walker has an enormous garden of vegetables and flowers. Aspen took MANY, MANY shots of all her beautiful flowers. This is one of her Poppies, they were everywhere.
Last but not least the best toy in the world. Not sure what it's called exactly but the marbles roll back and forth, back and forth. And when you have a metal bucket with about 100 marbles this toy gets rather loud. Therefore they were all banished to the computer room where there was a door. :)
Great Grandma Walker has an enormous garden of vegetables and flowers. Aspen took MANY, MANY shots of all her beautiful flowers. This is one of her Poppies, they were everywhere.
Last but not least the best toy in the world. Not sure what it's called exactly but the marbles roll back and forth, back and forth. And when you have a metal bucket with about 100 marbles this toy gets rather loud. Therefore they were all banished to the computer room where there was a door. :)
Friday, June 26, 2009
Swinging on the Willow
This is always a fun past time at every Grandmas house. My Grandma had a ditch close by we would dam up and flood the yard. Adds a bit more adventure to the swing. Great Grandma Walker has one too but it was just a bit too cold today for swim suits.
Chase those Cows
Great Grandpa Walker has the coolest house in the world. After seeing hundreds of cows on our drive up to Idaho we finally got to get in the middle of them. Better yet, we got to chase them on the 4-Wheeler. G-Grandpa is the best, he took all the kids out then let me take Sicily who laughed and giggled over every bump we hit. I even got us stuck in a mud puddle for a few minutes.
Top off the visit with a pretend ride on the tractor and these city kids could be farm folk soon.
French Braid
It's finally long enough. So glad we've reached the length that we can actually do something with her hair.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Titanic
The Museum of Idaho has an awesome exhibit on the Titanic till Sept. We loved it. I was able to take all 4 of my kids through and they learned a ton and actually enjoyed it as much as I did.
At the entrance instead of a regular ticket you were given a boarding pass with all the information on one of the actual passengers of the Titanic. Info included: Name, age, if they were a 1st 2nd or 3rd class passenger, who they traveled with, where they were coming from, where they were going and why, and even a note on the end telling about their feelings before the voyage. London's person was told by a vagabond that she would soon take a long journey, there would be tragedy but she would be saved.
After you went through the entire display they had a wall listing all the passengers and crew with the names of who lived and who died. With our 4 tickets mine was the only one that died. She was a mistress to a man traveling with his children. But Aspens woman and 7 year old daughter survived, but the man next to us had the name of their husband and he didn't make it.
It was so sad to learn about these people and what really happened. They evacuated women and children first but when you looked on the death list more than half of the 1st class survived, about even on the 2nd class, but maybe only 20% of the 3rd class made it, almost all the crew went down with the ship, more than of the 3rd class.
One woman wouldn't let them evacuate her because they wouldn't let her 2 teenage boys go with her because they were considered men. She was the only surviving female to be pulled from the water.
They had an actual iceberg you could touch. It said the temperature of the ice was 31 degrees, the temperature of the water these people jumped into was 29 degrees. Almost all of them were dead of hypothermia within 20 mins.
It's so sad to me that people then, and now, think the technology we have, and the things we can construct with it, as indestructible. Nothing can surpass the hand of God.
At the entrance instead of a regular ticket you were given a boarding pass with all the information on one of the actual passengers of the Titanic. Info included: Name, age, if they were a 1st 2nd or 3rd class passenger, who they traveled with, where they were coming from, where they were going and why, and even a note on the end telling about their feelings before the voyage. London's person was told by a vagabond that she would soon take a long journey, there would be tragedy but she would be saved.
After you went through the entire display they had a wall listing all the passengers and crew with the names of who lived and who died. With our 4 tickets mine was the only one that died. She was a mistress to a man traveling with his children. But Aspens woman and 7 year old daughter survived, but the man next to us had the name of their husband and he didn't make it.
It was so sad to learn about these people and what really happened. They evacuated women and children first but when you looked on the death list more than half of the 1st class survived, about even on the 2nd class, but maybe only 20% of the 3rd class made it, almost all the crew went down with the ship, more than of the 3rd class.
One woman wouldn't let them evacuate her because they wouldn't let her 2 teenage boys go with her because they were considered men. She was the only surviving female to be pulled from the water.
They had an actual iceberg you could touch. It said the temperature of the ice was 31 degrees, the temperature of the water these people jumped into was 29 degrees. Almost all of them were dead of hypothermia within 20 mins.
It's so sad to me that people then, and now, think the technology we have, and the things we can construct with it, as indestructible. Nothing can surpass the hand of God.
Flat Tire
This backwards posting always messes me up.
Today we got to see some wonderful friends from Hobbs, NM that moved up here to Shelley, ID. Great visit, loads of fun. We thought we were done and I was heading off to McDonald's before our next event and the car started to make a funny noise. Now if you've been in much of ID you'll notice lots of the roads are gravel. So I thought it was just the rocks in the wheel well. Well further on away from their home I just wasn't sure that's what it was. A little indicator light had come on on my dashboard on the way to their house telling me my tire was low, this has happened in the past so I thought nothing of it. But when the car started with the funny noises we stopped to take a look. Half a mile from Janet's house it didn't look this bad, but when I turned around and made it back this is what we found.
Not just flat, completely mutilated. The rim was ok though, thank goodness, but the tire was definitely a gonner.
Janet called her most WONDERFUL husband, Jordan, at work and he was AWESOME!!! Jacked up the car, took my tire in, bought me a new one, jacked it up some more, put the new tire on and sent me on my way.
Our overall visit was extended, which was just fine with me. Kids got Mac and Cheese instead of McDonald's and got to play some more on the little farm, which was just fine with them. I just want to say THANK YOU to Jordan for taking a nice LONG lunch break to SAVE THE DAY for me and my little family.
Today we got to see some wonderful friends from Hobbs, NM that moved up here to Shelley, ID. Great visit, loads of fun. We thought we were done and I was heading off to McDonald's before our next event and the car started to make a funny noise. Now if you've been in much of ID you'll notice lots of the roads are gravel. So I thought it was just the rocks in the wheel well. Well further on away from their home I just wasn't sure that's what it was. A little indicator light had come on on my dashboard on the way to their house telling me my tire was low, this has happened in the past so I thought nothing of it. But when the car started with the funny noises we stopped to take a look. Half a mile from Janet's house it didn't look this bad, but when I turned around and made it back this is what we found.
Not just flat, completely mutilated. The rim was ok though, thank goodness, but the tire was definitely a gonner.
Janet called her most WONDERFUL husband, Jordan, at work and he was AWESOME!!! Jacked up the car, took my tire in, bought me a new one, jacked it up some more, put the new tire on and sent me on my way.
Our overall visit was extended, which was just fine with me. Kids got Mac and Cheese instead of McDonald's and got to play some more on the little farm, which was just fine with them. I just want to say THANK YOU to Jordan for taking a nice LONG lunch break to SAVE THE DAY for me and my little family.Now, so you don't think Jared knows what to do in this situation, he does, but he was not a lot of help today seeing as he's in BOSTON for work. So Jordan was definitely the HERO of the day. Thanks again Jordan!
Friends, Family and animals
Apparently a lot of our friends from all over live in the Idaho Falls, ID area. So since we're here for a week we thought it best to go door to door to see all those we know.
First was my sister Amy's bestest friend growing up, Katy Larson Searle. Who has the cutest little girls ever. My kids had LOADS of fun with them jumping on the trampoline, playing Wii and best of all throwing dirt clods at each other off the hill in the unfinished neighbors back yard. Fun visit and excited to see them every time we come home.
Next in line was Janet Evans from Hobbs, NM. She moved up her almost 2 years ago and has been freezing her butt off ever since. She's a NM born, and this ID weather can almost do you in. We had such a fun time with her little family and loved catching up. They have sort of a mini farm going on. Something like 26 chickens, new baby chics, cats and kittens everywhere. My kids are such city kids, so sad, that they loved every minute of it. Even got Sicily to pet an animal and not freak out.
Now my boys do have pretty nasty allergies to cats but Phoenix did amazingly well with these little kittens.
Chasing them was the best part. 1 Mama and 3 kittens.
Aspen LOVED the kitty's till one really took a liking to her. I think it was trying to make it on top of her head. Love the face!
I haven't seen or played with little chicks in such a long time. We had chickens growing up, it was the best. Phoenix was a bit nervous at first till Jed, Janets 6 year old, showed him you just karate chop them and that scares them off.
Sicily liked the cute chickys.
First was my sister Amy's bestest friend growing up, Katy Larson Searle. Who has the cutest little girls ever. My kids had LOADS of fun with them jumping on the trampoline, playing Wii and best of all throwing dirt clods at each other off the hill in the unfinished neighbors back yard. Fun visit and excited to see them every time we come home.
Next in line was Janet Evans from Hobbs, NM. She moved up her almost 2 years ago and has been freezing her butt off ever since. She's a NM born, and this ID weather can almost do you in. We had such a fun time with her little family and loved catching up. They have sort of a mini farm going on. Something like 26 chickens, new baby chics, cats and kittens everywhere. My kids are such city kids, so sad, that they loved every minute of it. Even got Sicily to pet an animal and not freak out.
Now my boys do have pretty nasty allergies to cats but Phoenix did amazingly well with these little kittens.
Chasing them was the best part. 1 Mama and 3 kittens.
Aspen LOVED the kitty's till one really took a liking to her. I think it was trying to make it on top of her head. Love the face!
I haven't seen or played with little chicks in such a long time. We had chickens growing up, it was the best. Phoenix was a bit nervous at first till Jed, Janets 6 year old, showed him you just karate chop them and that scares them off.
Sicily liked the cute chickys.
Baby Memphis
We have a few new additions in our family. This is the first, little Memphis. He's just the cutest fat little baby ever. His Mommy, Katy Jared's sis, is just the best. She is so proud of her little man and does such a good job attending to his every whim. Such a lucky little guy.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
5 min Diaper Change
This is what the older ones found to do while we changed a quick bum. Amazing how fast they got up there.
Ground Squirrel Pit Stop
Of all the Rest Stops we stopped at this was the funnest. These crazy Ground Squirrels were everywhere. They'd come right up in your lap, let you pet them and were just the cutest. Towards the end of our loaf of bread though they started to chitter rather loud and all took off for their holes. When we looked around there was a lady walking her dog. Supper cool that they communicate like that.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sam Houston
This freakishly huge statue of Sam Houston is on Interstate 45, North of Houston. Jared didn't want to stop but I thought it was the coolest thing, so we had to get a shot. That's us tiny people at the bottom.For those of you that don't know Sam Houston was the first Governor of Houston.
Rain, Rain Go Away
Too much rain for your own good, is not good. There is just too much rain on this road to be desired.Jared made us a wonderful picnic to enjoy on the road yesturday, but no dry areas to enjoy it. Around lunch time today the rain let up. But it was none too warm. 50ish at the least. Now some of you may say that's warm but me and my poor kiddos have not been in "cold" weather for a very long time. Enjoy our picnic.
On the Road Again
Well folks, we are on our way. For the next month we will no longer be in Texas. I'll try my best to keep a running log of all the craziness our little family gets up to.
To start things off right we've already had some adventures. True to form Jared did his best to get the first ticket of the vacation. 78 in a 65!! Not much you say, but it adds up to about $145 fine. Dang those cops.
Next on the trip the joy of a hit and run in the Pizza Hut Parking lot. Nice swipe on the front drivers side bumper. So this time we called the cops, and they kindly gave us a Claim Number so we can declare Uninsured Motorist at $250 instead of Collision at $1000.
Following this beauty I was pulled over for 70 in a 60. But unlike Jared, I, also true to form, only received a warning. Jared was infuriated. LOVE IT!!
So begins our excursion. Eventually we are headed all the way up to Washington. We'll keep our fingers crossed for no more Cops!
To start things off right we've already had some adventures. True to form Jared did his best to get the first ticket of the vacation. 78 in a 65!! Not much you say, but it adds up to about $145 fine. Dang those cops.
Next on the trip the joy of a hit and run in the Pizza Hut Parking lot. Nice swipe on the front drivers side bumper. So this time we called the cops, and they kindly gave us a Claim Number so we can declare Uninsured Motorist at $250 instead of Collision at $1000.Following this beauty I was pulled over for 70 in a 60. But unlike Jared, I, also true to form, only received a warning. Jared was infuriated. LOVE IT!!
So begins our excursion. Eventually we are headed all the way up to Washington. We'll keep our fingers crossed for no more Cops!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Last Day of School
Kids got out at 10:45 today. Not really sure what they did at school but they seemed to be glad they're done. They were all VERY excited to have Mac & Cheese for lunch. London and Aspen never get this unless it's Mom and Dad's date night, Phoenix on the other hand has it at least 3 x's a week, definitely a favorite.
This is Aspens Mac & Cheese, still not healed.
After lunch we headed straight for the pool before little ones nap times. LOVE the pool! So nice to get wet.
Tonight we'll go out for dinner, probably Chilies or Italian. Then headed to a free Karate class. And probably top the night off with a movie.
Summer's just begun, but you gotta love it.
This is Aspens Mac & Cheese, still not healed.
After lunch we headed straight for the pool before little ones nap times. LOVE the pool! So nice to get wet.Tonight we'll go out for dinner, probably Chilies or Italian. Then headed to a free Karate class. And probably top the night off with a movie.
Summer's just begun, but you gotta love it.
Sick Bubbas
My little girls have not been feeling well for the past few days.
Our little Sicily took the brunt of everything. I finally took her to the Dr when her temperature spiked to 101. Here's a list of the diagnosis:
Bronchitis
Mouth Ulcers (many Cankers, caused blisters on the thumb she sucks)
Heat Rash on her bottom (may have been an allergic reaction to Huggies)
Ant/Mosquito/Flea bites all over her legs (dog now on Frontline)
Ear Infection
She's been on Azithromycin for 3 days now and is feeling SOOOO much better.
Aspen on the other hand has only 1 problem. OH but it's a big one. And when I say big I mean BIG! Check out that Canker on her tongue. She hasn't been able to talk for about 4 days, and cries whenever she trys to eat. I made her a mashed potato shake the other night for dinner. By putting the straw way back in her mouth it didn't hurt her poor tongue. Major flashbacks of Wisdom Teeth.
Our little Sicily took the brunt of everything. I finally took her to the Dr when her temperature spiked to 101. Here's a list of the diagnosis:
Bronchitis
Mouth Ulcers (many Cankers, caused blisters on the thumb she sucks)
Heat Rash on her bottom (may have been an allergic reaction to Huggies)
Ant/Mosquito/Flea bites all over her legs (dog now on Frontline)
Ear Infection
She's been on Azithromycin for 3 days now and is feeling SOOOO much better.
Aspen on the other hand has only 1 problem. OH but it's a big one. And when I say big I mean BIG! Check out that Canker on her tongue. She hasn't been able to talk for about 4 days, and cries whenever she trys to eat. I made her a mashed potato shake the other night for dinner. By putting the straw way back in her mouth it didn't hurt her poor tongue. Major flashbacks of Wisdom Teeth.
Houston Astros
Jared got an invite from a friend in the Ward to go to a Houston Astros game. Now he's not a huge fan of baseball (I am) but you can't pass up a good opportunity when it's stareing you in the face. They had box seats, catering and good times. Notice the price on these tickets, our friend didn't pay for them either, we love when our jobs give us the best.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Field Day
This is the funnest day of the year. Sack races, water relays, Magician (doves and bunnies and everything), movies, friends and fun.
London came home absolutely disgusting. Apparently he rolled in a muck hole, one big muddy grass stain.
Aspen came home and promptly crashed on the couch for and hour and a half. She was wiped out.
London came home absolutely disgusting. Apparently he rolled in a muck hole, one big muddy grass stain.
Aspen came home and promptly crashed on the couch for and hour and a half. She was wiped out.
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