Confrence weekend in McCall

the down's

and us (bledsoes joined in later too)

breakfast at the pancake house (introduced then to the cinnamon roll)

walked along the lake

watched some curling at the ice rink

nixon and slater

getting ready for the campfire, smoors and scary stories

slater enjoying the marshmallow

smoores are one of his favorites with Reese's like his mom

tyson was telling ghost/scary stories from is phone. technology these days. he had all 7 boys attention. ya you herd me right SEVEN! It was GREAT! Shaydon remembers part of the stories and re tells them. especially the one about the "harry toe" and "gotcha where i want you now i am going to eat you"

it was such a fun weekend i wish i could of participated more. I got sick and just slept most of the days away. so sorry girls thanks for helping/entertain with the boys!! Thanks to my brother juston for letting us use the cabin. It was perfect and so much room. Your the best! We watched conference and used some packets to help keep the boys interested, ate, learned about curling, watched movies and football, sat in the hot tub, crafted, played on the computer, napped, went exploring and did a scavenger hunt, sat in the hot tub, played hid and seek, relaxed, snacked, watched conference, blew out the sprinklers, cleaned and drove home with a Dr. Pepper in hand! Thanks scott and all the family's for such a fun weekend!! It was perfect - the flu!

slater

he loves to talk on the phone who doesn't right.

See his orange camo wrap!! We just got done seeing a GI specialist. So our new regiment is mirlax everyday for a month (1/2 cap) and pedisure 2X day as a snack for a month and see how it goes. He had his blood drawn and the nurse couldn't get it so we had to go to the hospital to get it done again. It's no secret that he doesn't poop and he is small. They think he might have ciliac (sp) decease allergic to gluten and a thyroid problem so we are having blood test done. They both came back negative so that is great and he gained 2lbs in a month!! He's 20 pounds at 16 months. They think because he was holding his poop cause it hurt to come out that he in turn doesn't eat cause he knows it have to come out. I don't think he understands that at 16 months, but that is what the doc say's. So we need to train his body that it doesn't hurt to poop so he will go all the time. so now for pooping it's either not going or it a blow out! So we play with the mirlax to get the right dose! So the pedisure is flavored milk it has 250 calories in an 8oz glass. it makes whole milk look like water!! He drinks it best out of a bottle so i can only assume what people are thinking when they see him at 17 months drinking out of a bottle chocolate, banana, strawberry, berry, vanilla milk!! Oh well!! Lets see what another month brings.

line up....

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it's hair cutting night (passed due)

didn't get a pix of shaydon or scott though

how do i keep there attention?

by watching Sunday night football, and the sucker helped!

dad couldn't be prouder (about the football)

I am a soccer mom

so funny. i don't know how i got this on video but i did!!

practicing the drills

slater watching from the side lines, snacking!

GO Lions!

so this was the 1st game/practice. they do 4 stations and different drills at each station. it's one hour long. after the 1st station shaydon says when are we going to play our game. by the 3rd station he said i am Bord. finally the 4th station they got to scrimmage each other. there are only 9 players on the team so they do 3 on 3. defiantly his favorite station.

HS Football

Borah High vs Boise High

yep i need a hair cut.....

Borah HS is where our boys would go to school

so excited to be here

the happy couple

really watching the game....which means there are sooo MANY questions

It was a fun Friday Night Family Night!! It was hard for Shaydon to understand why boise state was not playing on there field, but we tried to explain many times!! We didn't know when we decided to attend this game, but it was there homecoming game. One of our YW from the ward was up for homecoming queen and WON! It was very exciting. Also our neighbor was there as the band conductor/drum major i don't know the title, but it was fun to see her up leading the band. Our babysitter also plays in the band and shaydon kept saying which one is she? It was hard to tell them apart, but we tried. Go Shayla!! We lasted till the 4th quarter but slater was done and didn't want anything else to do with it!!

Thanks for a fun night family!!

The Boise ZOO

Shaydon's class at Active Mind preschool

mean face

checking out the king of the zoo or not

sliding with sawyer and Timmy

Slater enjoying the animal crackers too
(i think he needs a hair cut)

shaydon snack

loved the monkeys
This was the 1st field trip of the year, thx miss darcy
bingo and the animal hat are so fun

we sure wish ethan would of come with us!!

Fun with dad part 2

rid'em cowboy!

1st corn on the cob

i think he LOVED it!!

Delicious farm corn, thx ida-gold!

Dentist

blue suckers

ya he fell asleep...scary exhausted after his morning

This is one of those days i can't wait till its over. I had to go to the dentist for crown lengthening. Didn't really know what it entailed, but my friend Rebecca had to go to the dentist too. So we coordinated out appointments and watched each others kids. Well at least that is how it was suppose to go. My apt was 1st so i dropped off the kids at settlers park with the stroller only to meet them back there i an hour to switch so Rebecca could go to her apt. and then lunch after for my birthday. One of our traditions. Well my apt. we longer and hour longer. Who knew it was basically oral surgery and i have 4 stitches, a dead mouth and 4 advil later. I could hardly talk. Plus my phone died!! So she took 4 boys to her apt. I didn't know where her apt was and couldn't call her. I had an idea where it was, but still couldn't find her to help relieve her with the 4 boys. Finally i found a random guy at an office building walking to his car and asked him to use his phone to try and call, but she didn't answer my call (tried 3 times) and i left a message to meet here at the local library that was close. So i waited and waited and finally we meet. I was in tears my mouth hurting and feeling so guilty that she ended up taking all 4 with her!! So the pix of the boys with suckers are how she bribed them to be so good at her dental apt and Tian got to ride in my "monster" truck and we headed off to Carls Jr. to eat. i had a milk shake!! Sorry to the Bledsoes for my dang DENTAL apt. I do hate the dentist if you didn't know. I should of just married one for the amount of work that i have had done or maybe i should just find one to trade with although that would take me till i am dead to repay them or maybe i should just be grateful i have dental ins and max it out year after year!! Anyway I am soo grateful for Rebecca and being such a good friend and being so understanding!! That is why she is my BESTIE!!!

ps my new idea is that offices should have a daycare at offices so you don't have to find a babysitter to watch your kids!! Fred Meyer has one for heaven sakes.

Freezer Corn

before

after
One of the BEST things about marring Scott is the benefits of being in the family and the delicious crops from the farm. I will be honest i don't know the difference between corn and types and old vs new vs fresh. It's corn on the cob and taste delicious. About 6 years ago while i was fighting fire i came home from a fire late and Scott had frozen corn!! WOW was i impressed. it only took me 6 years later to finally do it myself. Thanks to Larry for shucking the corn and Barbara and Mimi giving me a quick lesson on blanching and freezing. It only took me less than 2 hours 9after the kids went to bed) and i had all this for the freezer. Scott was impressed and now we will have yummy corn all winter!!

Quick trip to Burley

Shaydon absolutely loves the farm. He talks about it often and really knows more about farming, equipment and how things work than i do. He tells his friends all about tractors especially green tractors the BEST ones and the fields, talking on the radio. Thanks to grandpa gerratt, uncle todd and cousin Jake for all of his knowledge. Grandpa was going out plowing when we were here so shaydon pack a few snack and some water and was off to the field with grandpa. I pick him up for lunch with mimi and papa at Al's!! It was a short trip but did lots today. Thanks everyone for a fun filled day!!!

Happy Birthday Tian

Tian, Chucky and Shaydon

Loves to drive anything

airhocky with Trey

3-2-1


dancing for extra tickets!!

Happy Birthday toTian!
Thanks for letting us be apart of it.
it was a fun few hours!

1st Day of Preschool

He is very excited for his 2nd year at Mrs. Darci Active Mind Preschool.

We will be carpooling with the Larson's.

We have the moring drop off!

Wish us Luck we are not usually out of bed by 8:00am

Good thing Shaydon loves school!!!