Happy b-day to my blue-eyed boy!

Logan turned 4 on Nov. 16th. When we asked him where he wanted to go eat for dinner for his b-day(thinking he would for sure say McDonald's), we were surprised when he told us he wanted chinese food with fried rice and soy sauce. What 4 year old likes soy sauce, or any kid for that matter. He has always been such a treat to have in the family. He is such a little clown, always doing funny things and making us laugh. He was also my little girl when he was younger because of his curly hair. People would always say that my little girl was so cute. I would say thanks, but then say he's a boy! I never wanted to cut his hair because I was afraid the curls wouldn't come back. I got over it. When his hair starts to get long now, I can see that there is some wave in there still. He is also special because he's the only one of my kids with blue eyes(hence the title), I just love looking at pictures of him and everyday because of his beautiful eyes. He always has this look on his face when he looks up at me and I just melt. So happy birthday Logan. We love you!



P.S. He loves motorcycles if you can't tell!

8 Year Anniversary!

Tyrel and I had our anniversary on Nov. 10th. We headed toward Twin Falls, Idaho and went to Miracle Hot springs. It was really cold outside, but it was lots of fun and the water was so warm. We also ate at Cafe Rio for dinner. They have hardly any good restaurants close to home. It was a nice treat to get away for the evening while Grandma Brower watched the boys. Thanks Grandma! So now Tyrel and I have been married 8 years , but have been a couple for 10 years so it was our 10 year anniversary too. Wow! That makes me feel kinda old. I Just want to say how much I love and appreciate my husband Tyrel. He tries so hard to provide for our family and would do anything if it meant that me and our kids were taken care of. He helps out so much with the kids when I feel like I'm losing my mind and I need a break. I love you Tyrel. Thanks for being such a great husband and father and always working so hard for us!

Who needs Lagoon?

Halloween!

This year was our first Halloween up here in Idaho! It was lots of fun. The kids couldn't go trick or treating to each individual house since the houses are far apart, so we went to the church for some yummy dinner and then the famous "trunk or treat" where you go from car to car to get your candy. I made a big crock pot of homemade chili (props to my sister-in-law Dawna), it turned out really good! They had all kinds of different soups there. I had to sample them all. My favorite was probably the broccoli & cheese soup & the creamy, cheesy potato soup with chunks of bacon in it. It was so good!

Tyrel sporting my dad's old Marine uniform. It fit him really nicely. The pants were a tinsy bit short, but not bad at all. Lookin' good honey!

All dressed up! Spiderman, Eeyore, ninja! I think Luke wins the 1st place prize! Which he did by the way, at our best boy costume contest at the church for 0-3 years old. Yay Luke! He got a box of crayons and a Madagascar coloring book. His brothers are enjoying it more than he is since he likes to eat crayons still!:)

My flash didn't go off in this one. It was the best picture! Dang cameras. I'm glad you can still see it.

He's up and walking.......for now!

Another one of Tyrel's ways to entertain!

It's beginning to look a lot like .......Christmas?

We had our first snowfall of the year kinda early. It snowed on Sunday a couple of weeks ago. It snowed most of the day, but didn't stick for very long. The kids got on all their winter gear and went out and played in it for a while.

Happy birthday Luke!

One year ago on September 8, 2008, our sweet little Luke joined our family. He was anxious to get here and only took 5 1/2 hours of labor to arrive. He has been the sweetest, happiest, smiliest baby. We have enjoyed every month, week, day, hour, minute, and second he has been with us, and look forward to MANY more! We love you Luke. Happy birthday!

Mmmmmmmm!

I think Trinidee enjoyed the cake more than Luke!

Frosting faces!

After Tyrel mashed his face into the cake!

First day of Preschool!

Tuesday was Logan's first day of preschool. He didn't want to go at first, but saw all the fun stuff that they have to play with and then he was all for it!

CORN, CORN, CORN, and more CORN!

Last weekend I went over to my sister-in-law's house to help harvest corn and freeze it. We started at 9:00 AM and got done about 3:00 PM. I went over to her house the night before and helped them pick it. Bucket and bucket fulls of corn. It was really hot in her garage with the dutch oven cooker cooking all that corn, but it was well worth it. Now I have about 40 ziploc bags of corn on the cob corn in my freezer to eat all throughout the year, until next year and we do it again. Pretty soon I'll be canning peaches and doing some peach jam. I hear it's pretty good! Being up in Idaho has sure intoduced me to the whole canning thing, which is a good thing for my food storage shelves.

Step 1: pick the corn(sorry, no pictures of that). Here's one of Luke helping to shuck the corn instead. He's cuter anyway!

Step 2: shuck the corn(Greg and Angie)

Step 3: cook the corn, then place it into a cooler full of icewater to cool it off quickly.

Step 4: cut the corn off the cob then put the cut corn into BIG bowl.(Tyrel's mom Gwen)

Corn Clan

Step 5: bag the corn into ziploc bags for freezing.
Step 6: eat corn on the cob corn all year round. YUMMY!!!!

First day of Kindergarten!

I can't believe Easton has started Kindergarten. He seems so grown up, even though he's still only 5. He was so excited to go to school and ride the bus home. He loves going to school, and picking out what he's going to wear the next day. He's already made some new friends and likes his teacher Mrs. Mendenhall. I took a little video of him getting off the school bus. It was the second day of school. I tried to take a video on the 1st day, but there was a little mix up and the bus driver didn't know where Easton lived, but when Easton saw his house, he said "That's my house right there." So it's all good now and she knows where he lives.

City of Rocks

This past weekend my two brothers and their families came to Idaho to see our new/old house that we live in and to have some fun. We went to the good 'ol burley fair and ate good food and the famous yummy maple bars that are to die for. The kids rode on the rides at the carnival. We went to the farm and hung out, while having a marshmallow roast, with Sheree and Mike, Joy and Gil, Alisa and her kids, and Harmony. We also went to the City of Rocks one evening and climbed around on the rocks for a couple hours. It was tons of fun and it was hard to have my family leave and go back to their homes, cuz I don't get to see them as often as I used to. Thanks for making the drive over here, and we'll see ya when we see ya!

The kids loved climbing through this little tunnel in the rocks. It was their secret cave!

What handsome boys.

Luke loved trying to crawl all over the rocks. Tyrel helped him climb up & down.

Peekaboo!

Stayin' warm. It was actually a very cool weekend. It felt like late Sept. not mid August.

Kody and his little girl Jovi in her eskimo jacket.

Alisa, Dawna, & Katie. Sorry Alisa for cutting off part of your face.:)

That new fire pit that Harmony and some of Alisa's kids built was awesome.