the gerratt family

Halloween Events

2011-10-31T16:02:00.012-06:00

Batman & Robin Batman
robin

can't decide chocolate or candy at our trunk or treat

Dots for me

suckers are my FAVORITE

Shaydon had a friend that he went to preschool last year with and they had this batman shield and mask. he played with it enough that they gave it to us because they never used it. Since that time he has said he wanted to be batman. It wasn't until we were on the plane to California and i thought of the idea to have Slater be Robin per Shaydon's coloring book. we had our trunk or treat on Friday night with chili and cornbread, a cookie walk and of course trunk or treating. Then on Monday we stayed home and went through our neighborhood. We aren't a very big subdivision and we don't get many trick or treaters so everyone gives you a handful of candy!! Or it seem popular to just leave you bucket of candy on the door step with a sign that says take 2 even when you are home :( We made it home to still pass out some candy and Shaydon like that too!! What a fun night, fun was had by all, missed you papa! Through the last week my dad called Shaydon and teased him that he was "the mayor of New York city and he need his help to fight the bad guy" Shaydon LOVED it and Nana called to say "Batman to the Rescue"

zumbathon

2011-10-29T22:50:00.000-06:00

Al & Dawn

My aunt dawn was diagnosed with breast cancer and is in treatment. They held a zumba fundraiser night to help raise money for her and another child who is battling cancer!! so many people donated and talked about there struggle and will power to win against cancer.

There were lots of people and my dad was there to hand out water to the participants.

i love this pix of them.

GO PINK

we love you aunt dawn!!

EKE.....

2011-10-28T11:39:00.001-06:00

so it's been awhile... beware lots of post to come.....

Halloween Package

2011-10-26T16:01:00.006-06:00

Thanks Grandma nana for my package i loved it!!

we ate our pirate popcorn for our afternoon snack that day.

you the best thanks for thinking of us!!

Tired

2011-10-19T16:00:00.004-06:00

i can't eat my sucker...

as soon as i took it out of his hand he wanted it back

i guess he was afraid i would eat it!

soccer

2011-10-15T15:59:00.009-06:00

still loving soccer and looks forward to saturday's at 11:30am

listening to what is next

hi look what i can do?

yep i am standing...just a new little trick i can do!! mom is way to excited about it!

Linder Farms Field Trip

2011-10-12T15:57:00.006-06:00

smile boys

crawling in the corn box

king of the hill

hanging out with sawyer one of his best friends according to shaydon!! We missed milo today!!

It was a fun morning. it started off with the hay bail maze station, tractor tire and hay bail tower, learning about pumpkins, hay bail rides, picked a pumpkin, petting zoo and finished with the corn box...that's a fun morning. we had popcorn and capri suns for a snack and a goodie bag too!!

.......Thanks Linder Farms......

no school

2011-10-06T15:55:00.007-06:00

so lets go play at one of our favorite places

planet kid.....who did we find there The Marlatts & Hessings!

what a fun morning!

they have a 2 and under area to play a slater loved it.

BLM Fire Helicopter

2011-10-04T15:53:00.008-06:00

It was the last (rainy) day the helicopter was on contract with the BLM so we went to see it, finally! Baring the bad weather. I have promised and wanted to show shaydon for months now and it finally worked out. We tried 2 other times and the helicopter went out on a fire as we were pulling in so we left our cookies and said we will try again. So yeah for the end of the season so we could see it. Shaydon was so excited. The pilot Bonnie showed us around, let us climb in, gave us a tour around the helicopter and she even took pix for us!! It was a quick trip with the rain but work it. Shaydon now wants to be a helicopter firefighter. He seems so interested in everything i love it!! They even gave the boys a BLM helicopter patch!

We will be sewing it on his bag shaydon explained all the way home.

Confrence weekend in McCall

2011-09-30T15:52:00.006-06:00

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

2011-09-26T22:30:00.001-06:00

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....

2011-09-25T15:50:00.006-06:00

1

2

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

2011-09-24T15:49:00.005-06:00

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

2011-09-23T15:46:00.004-06:00

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

2011-09-21T15:45:00.013-06:00

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

2011-09-17T15:41:00.003-06:00

rid'em cowboy!

1st corn on the cob

2011-09-16T15:35:00.007-06:00

i think he LOVED it!!

Delicious farm corn, thx ida-gold!

Dentist

2011-09-14T15:34:00.005-06:00

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

2011-09-13T15:32:00.003-06:00

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

2011-09-12T15:31:00.006-06:00

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

2011-09-10T15:31:00.007-06:00

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

2011-09-02T15:29:00.004-06:00

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!!!

Birds of Prey

2011-08-26T16:03:00.008-06:00

If you haven't gone you need too!!

Did you know its the only on in the US!!

What an AWESOME place and very kid friendly & educational

one of the birds in the demonstration

shaydon loving his mom....

he was even brave and asked a question?

What does that bird eat?

playing with the puppets

how BIG are your wings?

looking at the birds

snacks after we r done!!

Rebecca has a client who volunteers out at the birds of prey and she meet us for a personal tour!! how lucky r we!! I learned so much and the kids did too! Shaydon talks about how every bird comes from the birds of prey. Thanks Rebecca for the pictures and fun morning. Slater enjoyed himself too at 3 months old!!

Happy Birthday to All of us!!

2011-08-24T16:08:00.005-06:00

California here we come!!

Mom was very brave to travel by herself (on her birthday) with two boys, but they did GREAT!! Shaydon as been wanting to go on a plane for i don't know how long!! It's all he talks about. So we asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said to go on a plane ride, so that is what we did! Poor nana get all of us for each of our birthdays. Mine 1st, Shaydon's 2nd and Scott's 3rd. We are going to have a fun 10 days.

Shaydon waiting to board our plane in Bosie

hanging out

fell asleep on our leg from Vegas to Burbank, finally

he hasn't fell asleep in my arms since he was a newborn!!

shaydon falling asleep, not!! he was way to excited.

Thanks to Nana for picking us up at the airport & the trouble we had filling out our lost bag report (an 1.5 hours later) and a $50.00 parking fee, ugh!!

Yep they lost it, all 4 bags!! plus i didn't have record of them...to make it worse, story below

At least i got it back at 11:00pm that night delivered.

okay funny story but not at the time.

I am a little OCD when it comes to traveling and keeping things where they belong. On our last leg from Vegas to Burbank we has an additional security check and had to get our our ID's aka our passports. Which are kept in my purse with the luggage tags that are stapled to the folder with the boarding passes. I set them in the umbrella of the stroller to have them out and available for the extra security check. So as i am walking and getting the stroller to the area before boarding the plane i have shaydon on the ground holding slater and my carry on bags just sitting there. I get the stroller put away and very thing and everyone loaded and get to our seats. FYI it a FULL flight. I realize that i left the passports in the umbrella of the stroller. So i think to myself what to do? I can't leave the kids and fight the rows of people filing on the plane so i just hit the call button for a flight attendant to come to me!! After about 10 minutes still no one has come and then i hear my name being called over the speaker so i turn tot he front of the plane and wave to get her attention that's ME!! So she brings me my passports that got turned in and all i could think about was how lucky i was to get the passports back. Didn't think that i would need the luggage tags that are stapled to the folder until i was looking for it in filling out the lost luggage report. UGH i didn't have them...no proof of me checking luggage let alone 4 of them. Well we did track all 3 of them down, (1 lost somewhere) but not after some confusion and supervisor help. It ws so confussing because i also had to check in the stroller on each leg and that was just too much for them to follow. So to say the least i had no idea what was coming to me at 11:00pm that night. whew...

Cassia County Fair

2011-08-20T22:54:00.005-06:00

papa with Slater waving

papa with Shaydon after the commercial building

Shaydon at the rodeo with grandpa gerratt and cousins

looking at the animals, his favorite part

its always a CRAZY week when we come to the fair. i have a love hate relationship with it. i love the memories, friends, fun and food of when i was a kid, but now i just come to work!! so most of my 12+ hours days are in the trailer making salads. i don't really like the kids down there because they are too hard to watch and work at the same time, but dad or papa loves them there so he can see them. the boys just get ice cream all day to eat. why wouldn't they like it! thank to mimi, grandma and grandpa gerratt, todd and brenda for helping me watch them. not only does shaydon come to burley but he goes to the fair, See's both (GREAT) grandma and grandpa's, aunts and uncles, goes to the farm and al's pizza. It's defiantly a full week and we rest for DAYS after!! i love that family is so close to help with them. thanks sooo much. another year done, check!

Friends

2011-08-16T22:47:00.002-06:00

Getting Warm

Tian Shaydon and Trey

Slater

2011-08-13T22:33:00.007-06:00

was fast asleep and i snuck into his room for a quick sleeping photo and as soon as i took it he looked right at me!!

5 seconds later he was fast asleep!!

notice the spot on his sheets? Well you guessed it he had a blow out earlier and i didn't notice he got it on his sheets. Most mothers would be upset, but not me.. YEAH!! He pooped!! And a blow out!! I know it's because of the laxative, but it's movement!! Way to go bud!!

spur of the monents

2011-08-12T22:18:00.003-06:00

at the mall play area after i did a few returns.

love these boys!

McCall, Idaho

2011-08-06T11:34:00.007-06:00

all the kids on Tinkerbell, one of their favorite things to do!

slater giving out kisses

eating our yummy desserts

baked bananas loaded with candy,cookies, marshmallows

well anything for that matter

ridding my trike

my scooter

hanging out pool side

spikes anyone?

lake time

nap time, for about 5 sec.

can you tell they are family?

sand turtle

love my boys

chill time, nice new sunglasses nic.

aunt yvonne playing with slater in the sand

Thanks to Eric and Yvonne for inviting us to McCall for a nice relaxing weekend. I brought up 4 projects and finished them all by Saturday! Amazing what i can get done when the kids play with their cousins. It was such a fun time and GREAT food too. I even slept in. Hope to do it again next summer!

FIRE

2011-08-02T11:33:00.006-06:00

Cheeseball! I am just so excited to be on a fire in the 9th hour..

not sure why i can't just smile normal, ugh having too much fun!

our helicopter came to help us

working on our hoselay!

Thanks to Lindsey and unit C for letting me come and play for a few days.

Got my qualifications renewed too, yeah!!

See you next year BLM.

Firefighting in Training

2011-08-01T11:32:00.003-06:00

always a silly pix

So i got called into work for BLM, Yea ~4 days on unit C

Shaydon wanted to try on my clothes & equipment.

He is really into dress up. I have a little problem saying that, but its true, at least he dresses up in male characters. It's also hard to explain to him that i was a firefighter for 12 years.

Just doesn't quite get it.

Movie Night

2011-07-29T11:32:00.003-06:00

or campout!! or both

Scott got a wild hair and got the tent and set it up for a movie and campout in our back yard. One of those spure of the moments...adventures for the summer.

We watched 101 dalmations with popcorn and soda. Poor slater was alread asleep by the time we got started. Scott couldn't find the rain fly so what were the chances of it raining? Good we got rained out about 3am. it was funny, but sad. Shaydon kept wondering how he got in his bed. "DAD what happened to our camp out?"

defiantly an adventure at the GERRATT house.

11pm

IVY

2011-07-23T11:31:00.007-06:00

is ONE..... Love~Love her outfit

Part of our present we gave...i hear she keeps them on too

Loving her cake

Playing on her new slide!!

13 months
Congrats to Brook and Toby they made it a year!!
It's cake from here, right?!! LOL

RS

2011-07-22T11:29:00.005-06:00

with Rebecca

It was going to be our girls night at RS, but they ended up kicking us out for the H2O Overload and we couldn't be in there. So much for riding the rides. It was a big night of Famous people though? Do you know who that is? We met him and got out photo with him. We fit right in the the teeny boppers!! I mean we are young at heart!!

sleepover

2011-07-22T11:27:00.008-06:00

With Landon: Shadydon has been waiting all summer for his very own sleep over

Started off at Planet Kid

It did take them a while to settle down, but they did.

I had the monitor on and was upstairs listening to them talking. It was so cute. Landon wanted his mom, but shaydon was being the adult and telling him that he could have his mom and trying to help him so he wasn't scared. They are such GREAT cousins.

went swimming on saturday. Bboth landon and shaydon had a little scare and went under as they got closer to the deep end. It was a little scary,but they did GREAT!

Landon was so tired he fell asleep in my arms!! shaydon never did that.

dad and slater at the pool.

Play dough after swimming at aunt Yvonne's

There Famous stance as we took Landon to his Chris's mom's for Sunday.

Thanks Landon for coming and playing and have a FUN 1st sleep over with Shaydon!!

Last Track Meet

2011-07-21T11:26:00.005-06:00

Waiting for his turn at the boys 50 yard dash

1st again... or just the 2nd time.

scott already thinks he is too "proud" i told him he is crazy he 3!!

we love you Shaydon!!

Swiming or Flying?

2011-07-20T11:25:00.003-06:00

No idea what he is doing...

LOL

Friends from Europe

2011-07-19T11:15:00.005-06:00

Frank & Nadia

at shaydon's swimming lessons

pedicures

mine and her's

Visiting Boise for a few days after being in Burley for a week

Pedicures
Shopping
Swimming
Crafting
Watch making
Eating
Visiting
(the best part)

Thanks for spending part of your 3 weeks with us!! We love you so much and wish you were closer. Looking forward to next fair time...hint hint....

Cleaning

2011-07-17T11:13:00.006-06:00

at Dr. Taylors

no cavities age 4 ~hooray~

Boise Twilight Criterium 2011

2011-07-16T10:58:00.009-06:00

We were right on a corner

enjoying some chips

got to know the police officer who was right next to us.
He was very generous to let shaydon "cop a ride"

walked down to Boise Center on the grove to play in ......

the fountains

it was hot!!!

shaydon said "mom that was so fun"

CHECK: the boise twilight criterium is something we have always wanted to go and do,but just never have. Well this year we were lucky enough to know someone who was racing! Our very own Justin Bledsoe!! It made it very exciting and fun! Dinner at the Brick Oven Bistro and dessert at Ben and Jerry's!! Thanks for saving seats Rebecca and what a STUD rider you have!! Congrats Justin!!!

Girls Night

2011-07-15T10:48:00.006-06:00

We went & had pedicures then dinner at Ling & Louies (GROSS) all for the HECK OF IT!!

yeah for us...

me, alisha, jessica and kelli

Track and Field

2011-07-14T13:48:00.009-06:00

shaydon's 1st fun meet.....at timberline hs

he participated in the 50 yard dash for the 3 year old

landon and him ran against each other!

shaydon 1st & Landon 2nd

i am such a proud aunt and mom

he already wants to go again

(if you have kids you know that they don't have a concept of time! only an hour before we left the house for the race did i tell him what we were going to do. so the next 2 hours tested my patience!!! he was so excited and asked so many questions i was about done before we even got started. we watch a few of the field events before the track events started and all he kept saying "was when is my race" so scott went and started to practice with him explaining all the rules and lane assignments. he asked more questions...until finally the other kids got there and they got all the questions. Gotta love my 3 year old)

slater enjoying himself

practicing for the big race....

SOOO EXCITING...

at home with his new blue ribbon

Much needed hair cut

2011-07-13T10:44:00.001-06:00

Thanks Nicole

RoAriNg Springs & FriEnDS

2011-07-06T23:03:00.011-06:00

down the slide with the girls

After the slide with the girls

Slater playing with Macy & Bridger

all of us HOT mom's

Puppy love, i think!

not liking crawling on his own

thats better, you r close mom!!

Emily & Macy

Kelli & Bridger

I love our tradition with all these kids and Moms!

shopping

2011-07-06T23:00:00.004-06:00

one of our monday shopping trips

loved being with the bags in the big part of the cart

shaydon love being in the small area...crazy!

dunkley swimming lessons

2011-07-05T14:19:00.013-06:00

our special visitors from europe....frank & nadia

we started our two weeks of lessons today.

here is a video from his last day!!
he dove off the diving board and then did a few strokes!!
good job shaydon we are so proud of you..

to thanks to miss karen we gave her a jar of red swedish fishes with a tag:

"thanks for helping me learn to swim like a fish"

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T22:46:00.010-06:00

we started the day off early at our 4th of july ward breakfast. which was pretty good. then we spent the rest of the day at roaring springs. shaydon love it! what a day. we also had reagan and jeff visiting. so she came with us. fun was had by all.

this might be the only pix of us all summer

such a proud son with his dad

love my flag today

we ended the night at a friends with dinner and some fireworks. a very late night for the kids and for scott who has to work tomorrow!

thanks for having such a busy day today and doing what we wanted!!

love you.

FUN with dad

2011-07-04T15:25:00.003-06:00

These boyZ smile & laugh is all i needed today!! Thx guys!!

we have a.....

2011-07-03T22:43:00.004-06:00

crawler

(right after he crawled for the 1st time)

not too sure about it.

stay tune for some video...

someone went from .....

2011-07-03T15:06:00.004-06:00

rolling

to officially crawling...

a whole new world is upon us!!

Congrats Slater you are 14 months old!!

fedora

2011-07-02T22:40:00.004-06:00

love.love.love

the jack and jill fedora grandma nana got the boyZ

sprinklers

2011-06-27T15:50:00.007-06:00

FHE

it was still so warm on monday night that i suggested to run throught the sprinklers!

scott thought it was not such a big deal, but it was

shaydon love it...as you can see from the video he couldn't even talk he was so excited

there is a first for everything.

fishing

2011-06-25T15:06:00.006-06:00

papa has been telling shaydon that he is going to take him fishing for like a year now.....so he finally followed through and we drove to hagerman on a spur of the moment trip and went fishing with him...he went the night before and caught these big ones....

uncle tim, papa and shaydon

his little one he caught and rilled in

our fish at the end of the night.

what a fun time. dad had an auction in hagerman on saturday so we went down and visited him and went fishing for the evening at a friends pond. (he stocks it so shaydon was gareented to catch a fish) when we got there we had a hambuger 4pm, but by the time we left it was 9pm and everyone was hungry so we had soda and chips on the way home thanks to papa!! shaydon thought that was so cool. junk food for dinner! thanks to lamar for letting us fish in his pond. we hope to do it again, both the fishing and more of the spur of moment adventures this summer.

just living life in the moment & enjoying it!!

baby ethan is 2

2011-06-24T11:50:00.002-06:00

opening our gift, home made water balloons

ethan wearing the watch we made him

enjoying the messy cupcake

slater is starting to "like" the grass

happy birthday baby ethan

(can i still call him a baby?)

he had his party at phillip park

we enjoyed sandwiches, potato salad, fresh fruit, lemonade and cupcakes

thanks for the summer bucket as our thank you for coming

it's getting a lot of use already

Roaring Springs

2011-06-22T16:18:00.006-06:00

we had a surprise to day when we were at roaring springs...

LANDON

i got some pix of them trying to find the bugs on my camera lens..(thanks rebecca)

love these boys

a spur of the moment.....

2011-06-20T16:16:00.005-06:00

we have been trying to do a few random things this summer...

things we have never done before......

i asked shaydon what he wanted to do today and he said

" you know those cars at the mall i want to ride in one and not our stroller"

so we headed to the mall and went for a stroll, check....

the things that make kids happy!!

love you both!!

happy fathers day

2011-06-19T15:36:00.007-06:00

we sure love you dad!!

enjoy a few of your favorites: ruby red squirt, worms and straws and new lawn mower

you do so much for our little family and we just really appreciate it

we hope you feel special on your day

and

not to forget those grandparents too what would we do with out you?

it would be hard life, thanks for all you do too!

camp trey

2011-06-18T16:12:00.007-06:00

happy 6th birthday treyman...

fishing for some....

Swedish fish...the BEST kind if you ask me!!

we headed over to wilson lake in nampa late because i worked in the am for treys camping party. rebecca put a lot of time into the planing part and it turned out GREAT! they started with a name tag on a piece of wood as a necklace, decorated binoculars to look for birds on the hike into their camp spot, fished, opened presents, had lunch, took pictures and played red light green light got a goodies bag for coming and headed back to parent pick up spot. it was fun to see all the kids and stay and help with everything. our kids had a blast!! Thanks to the best bestie ever and for letting us be apart of a special time!!

(on a side note its funny how sometime you have things planned and they just don't go as planned!! communication was just not there, and no matter how on time we tried to be it just didn't happen, things were assumed, things forgot, drama, cranky kids okay adults too, so it was a good day to have such a good friend and be there to help each other and know that it's just not you! thanks for always being there for me & i am glad others have a bad day once and awhile too.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREY!!!

ps. the best part of the day also came when scott and i got a date day after the party. how great was it to have her watch the kids for us, for a couple of hours of alone time! Sonic happy hour.....

Thanks Justin and Rebecca. We love you guys so much!

Meridian Dairy Day's Parade

2011-06-17T22:32:00.007-06:00

thanks to landon for the invitaion to the parade.

it's been awhile since we hasve been to one.

he wasen't sure what to do!!

Good thing landon brought a candy bag.

it was pretty warm and slater had fun too!

Thanks again brook and landon for the fun evening!!

do you think they like to be like eachother? copy cats.....

the day has come!!!

2011-06-14T21:27:00.007-06:00

for shaydon to officially get his cast off!!!

do you think he is excited? it still looks a little bent to me, you? Well it is! the ulna is bent and will straighten as he grows.

YEAH for both (all) of us!

Regardless of weather we r headed to Roaring springs today!!!

We invited his favorest person to join us and she did!! Thanks Andi and family!

This has been a long time coming and he is way excited.

ps the dreaded words of the doctor were now you still need to be careful for the next 2-3 weeks. Don't let him climb on things or run!! what 3 year old boy doesn't do those things?! it was a stressful couple of weeks, but i think we made it! We did!

andi and shaydon warming up

shaydon and kemper riding knee pad and pitch black

enjoying some fun in the sun

it was a good day!! very chilly,but they had fun!!

1st campfire

2011-06-13T21:13:00.010-06:00

of the season.....
shaydon really wanted to do smoores for dessert so we did!!

Dad finished mowing the lawn while we got started!!!

Reeses have been my favorite candy bar for awhile now and i love Reese's smoores!!

I think it was beginner luck, but i think i roasted the best marshmallow ever?

Sater was in bed & i felt bad that he missed out on it!! Next time buddy!!!

visitors from TX

2011-06-09T20:58:00.005-06:00

a friend from HS came from TX to visits us and some other friends for a few days.

They stayed with us and the kids love it okay shaydon love it. Slater doesn't know any better.

Thanks Stacy & Rodney for a fun weekend full of golf, dinner, shopping, touring down town, BBQ, java stops and playing with the kids.

It was good to see you!!

Rodney, slater and shaydon

checking out the iron man race down town ringing his cow bell

Freezer Jam

2011-06-03T20:48:00.006-06:00

what a fun day of making strawberry freezer jam.

i did two batches at a time and it kept me on my toes.

i bought 15 frozen pounds from the church canary and i still have a 5lbs left.

i didn't do near enough last year to last us so i hope this will do.

it was nice to do all of this while slater was sleeping and shaydon was out of town!

1st

2011-05-27T22:06:00.007-06:00

ribs

love them... sucked them clean

i think he just loves food!!!

Dr. Shay

2011-05-26T21:58:00.004-06:00

Cast off

back on :(

3 more weeks

some how i didn't take a pix of the new neon orange cast!!

GO BSU!!

Happy REAL Birthday

2011-05-25T16:38:00.007-06:00

The dessert table

slaters cupcake

thank you's

a few of the special guest

kissing my birthday boy!!!

singing happy birthay

shortly after he finished his cupcake

Happy Birthday SLATER

graduation

2011-05-23T21:27:00.007-06:00

for shaydon at active mind preschool

2011 graduation class

shaydon gerratt (youngest in the class)

love that boy!!

it was so windy!!

sorry for the bad quality, but her you go grandmas

the kids had fun playing and eating pizza and dessert

Thanks Mrs. Darci for such a GREAT school year

Especially being so patience with our little boy

welcome home

2011-05-22T21:18:00.006-06:00

bailey and slater

waiting to leave for church

slater

to larry and barbara from there mission in germany.

we missed them tons and are excited to make up some lost time.
what a fun and exciting weekend with all the family in town.

we love you and thx for the party weekend.

our little star........

2011-05-21T20:50:00.008-06:00

is ONE

ready

GONE

i think he LOVED it

it worked out perfectly that we were in burley this weekend so we had a tradition of dinner and cake and ice cream at Al's Pizza like when i was a little girl!! I love those memories!! thanks to the hunts, the gerratts, the becks, the widmeyers too for attending the celebration.

its always fun to be with family and celebrate special occasions
i think slaters smile says it all..
we sure love this addition to our family
&
can't imagine life with out him!!

funeral weekday

2011-05-17T23:19:00.008-06:00

the flowers were beautiful

the casket was beautiful

at the burial site

saying bye bye to mimi

this one is crashed out while having a snack before we head back to boise for the night

it is always sad to have to meet with family (sometime it seems like the only time we get to see them) on such a sad moment in time, but we are so grateful for our plan of salvation to see grandma great again!! shaydon did so well with all aspects of his 1st death in either of our family's. we showed him pix of them together and talked about seeing her in heaven some day. "jesus is taking care of her right now" he wanted to see her in the casket and asked why her eyes were closed? he said he will miss her as we all will. happy she gets to see her husband again!! since i am posting this sooo long after the fact i can tell you a story of when shaydon went in to get his 1st cast off. we got there a little early and we were sitting in the truck he said in a really sad low voice "i wish grandma great would be here with me? i said she is sweet heart she is looking at you from heaven. he said to me but her eyes were closed, MOM?!!! so we talked about how the body is here on earth and the spirit goes to heaven and he was okay with it and new she was going to help him be soo brave!! i just love the sweetness of shaydon's personality. i love you!!

visitors

2011-05-15T22:54:00.003-06:00

we were a big group at outback tonight.

i couldn't remember the last time i ate there, but i love the awesome blossom!!

it's always a treat when they come to town. not only do we love to spend time with them we got free time away from the kids. we went to the movie source code! thanks for allowing us to spend some much needed time together! see you next time love you! we r looking forward to reagan being here for the summer!

what is in full swing?

2011-05-14T22:37:00.003-06:00

YARD SALES

this was about the 4th weekend i have gotten to go!

not pictured: snow shovel, 2 bag of fertilizer, kids table and 4 chairs

what a day......this is the most stuff i have EVER bought in one day of yard saling in my life. i pretty much felt guilty and stoped going to houses because i was in the car and wouldn't be able to get it home. not very often do you find that many yard sales with boy stuff. it was very exciting that I had to call my friend rebecca and my mom to celebrate with. they reassured me me i didn't over spend! i can't even list everything i got, but i will say that i spent $63.00 for about 85 items & paid about 50 cents per item. CRAZY huh!! here are a few of my favorites:

3 melissa and doug puzzles and a shopping cart cover for slater, north face jacket and tie for scott, tonz of hurley/quicksilver clothes for shaydon to grow into & a cardigan and sweatshirt for me! not to mention some stuff for bailey!

good thing our neighborhood is having a yard sale next weekend!

Gladys Garner

2011-05-12T23:07:00.006-06:00

Scott's grandmother passed away today, barbara's mother. She was a wonderful lady and great example to everyone! We will miss her, but know she is excited to see her husband!

We are greatful for all she had done for us!

McDonalds

2011-05-12T22:26:00.007-06:00

shaydon~slater~landon

hugs good-bye

we met landon & mollie at mickey d's for lunch and let the kids eat & play! wasn't sure how shaydon would do with his broken arm. we haven't been back to a "play" place since! it didn't seem to slow him down. thanks for the invite it was fun to see you guys & catch up!!

we love you!!!

indoor smore's

2011-05-05T22:19:00.004-06:00

i promised shaydon dessert for eating so well at dinner and i let him choose what he wanted. he wanted smore's in the fire pit! i said okay not realizing that scott wasn't going to be home to get everything ready. so last minute instead of canceling on him i talked him into indoor smore's. he thought it was GREAT!

photo shoot

2011-05-05T16:22:00.003-06:00

for mothers day turn disaster.....

self photography

me and my boyZ

slater

shaydon

my boyZ

here is where it went bad.....

started with the grass for slater & shaydon

and ended with shaydon falling into the fountain/waterfall with his week old cast!! ugh...

I said a few things i shouldn't of on the temple grounds... I am going to hell!!

spent the rest of the afternoon with the blow dryer in the bathroom

and trying to get a 3 year old to sit still... man his he testing me!

i guess it is funny if you look at it like that, but it the moment it was not funny!

mrs darci

2011-05-04T16:18:00.004-06:00

thanks a bunch for teaching me (shaydon)

katie, shaydon and mrs. darci

you are the BEST mrs. darci

i love all the things you are teaching me and for being so patience with me

just wanted you to know YOU are special!!

special visitors

2011-04-30T16:06:00.008-06:00

grandma gerratt and slater

grandpa playing with the boyz.

sleeping at willow creek grill good thing slater was awake!!

what a weekend. our surprise package arrived on friday evening larry and barbara. wendy also came from SLC. we all headed our to erics for a BBQ and visiting. the kids had lots of fun together. stayed way too late, but lots of fun. zack taught shaydon all about football. breakdown, wrap and pull. dad is proud!! thanks zack. all the boys went early on saturday to zack and nic football games. i worked and then meet them out to erics house. watched to reruns of kate and will wedding. took a little nap. scott helped his parents look for a car. we went to dinner at my favorite place willow creek grill. shaydon was so tired that he literally fell asleep at the dinner table and didn't move when he got in and out of the car 6 times before we got home for the night. CRAZY guy. Those cousins wore him out!!! how fun it was to see the boyz interact with them. it was like they never left!! how special.

goodwill

2011-04-28T14:59:00.007-06:00

we have a JAR for times when mom is just to busy to pay tonz of attention to little shaydon!!

thanks to skip to my lou for such a great idea... we use it all the time

one of the tickets said to clean out your toys to donate....

shaydon was soooo excited about doing this.

i am very proud of you, this was done with no wining or moaning

& then kept on me about taking it to the goodwill until we did!

Thanks for keeping me accountable too!!

Love you MOM!

the BIG day

2011-04-27T14:37:00.012-06:00

CAST day

no more splint

it sure itches...

get ready...

set......

go......

all done, thanks Dr. Shay

sharing the moment with brother...

flying kites

2011-04-25T14:21:00.006-06:00

with papa.....or at least trying.....

happy as a clam.....

(kite flying is one of my favorite things we did growing up.

we had lots of fields and a few did get into the power lines....yikes!! )

our old string kept breaking.....need to get new

everyone trying to get it up

no such luck........only about 3 seconds before the string would break

NEXT TIME PAPA.......

easter sunday

2011-04-24T14:55:00.009-06:00

what a good looken group, ugh....

(someday i will get everyone to smile at the same time, i look awful)

maybe subconsciously he is sad about his arm?

his 1st chocolate marshmellows egg, taking after his mom

all finished

look at that bucket! goodies

shaydons bucket, he loves his new glasses, how did the easter bunny know?

we were very lucky to spend easter with my dad. it was a low key weekend but fun.

kite flying, went to see a parade of homes, house in eagle, naps, and a traditional delicious dinner. ham, lime jello, garlic potatoes, sweet potato's, corn, rolls and strawberry shortcake. thanks to everyone for the easter stuff for the kids they are very spoiled by both set of grand parents & aunts!! there is so much candy around the house it's ridiculous. so much for the 10 lb's i need to loose. all of this is nice, but the real reason for easter is JESUS. we are very grateful for his sacrifice for us and everyone. we are grateful for our belief and do our best to teach that to our boys. we hope to be good examples to them. thanks to him for giving us the opportunity to be parents.

carl's jr.

2011-04-22T21:52:00.008-06:00

got the best of us today.....

we were enjoying a fun play date with cara, milo and ollie when shaydon started to cry & was holding his arm....as soon as i saw it i knew it was broken, it made me nauseous! call scott and went and pick him up from work and headed to the St. Lukes ER. THANKS to cara for keeping slater while we went.

Hooking up the IV to start the sedation meds.

he cried more at that than the broken arm!! i think cause he could see it.

waiting for him to wake up......

sure love this little boy!!!

loves that he gets to eat a Popsicle at the "hosspittle"

It was a packed room. Respiratory therapist, Nurse, Dr., Scott, Me, Slater and the x-ray machine. he had wires hooked up to his heart and oxygen in his nose. i am glad he was out of it cause it made me squirm... just at the sounds it made. he squirmed a little. he kept saying i am brave right? yep you are i said!!!

He sure got spoiled!!! he got to watch spider man on TV, got spider man stickers, a new hippopotamus book and a toy "ZIP". i am sure i will pay for it when the bill comes right? glad he is doing so well. the pain meds make him a little loopy and so talkative and i thought he asked a lot of questions before the meds. the x-rays were pretty bad. i am going to get a copy of it for his baby book.

we stopped at costco for a berry smoothie for the brave little man. i think we will all sleep well tonight. What an eventful day!! Scott said to me after we had the kids to bed "don't you think we have more drama than anyone we know?" LOL i know right........ or is this just life?? this is after our sump pump went out last week and our basement smells like poop....ugh..... :0)

4 teeth coming in at the same time.......

2011-04-18T21:46:00.005-06:00

what a trooper slater is!!

no wonder he had a double ear infection, snotty nose, fussy and drooling constantly!!!

oral gel has become our best friend!!

alli & maddi turn 5

2011-04-12T13:39:00.009-06:00

we haven't been able to go to their birthday celebration in 3 years because we are always gone out of town, but not this year!! thanks for inviting us it was lots of fun!!

cute little hobo bags i made each of them, filled with lip gloss, flower clips & candy

the girls

the Gerratts ~ the Hackings ~ the Andersons

social

2011-04-12T13:21:00.011-06:00

for the subdivision was at our house 4-6pm. everyone was to bring an appetizer and there baskets for our Easter egg hunt. we ended up having about 30 kids. they had lots of fun and even enjoyed the scavenger hunt after. we invited landon over for the fun and they both had lots of fun together. we ended up having to put the pirates swords away because they couldn't share, but that didn't stop them..... they were off the the sandbox!!! they are so good with each other. Thanks landon for coming & having some fun.

slater enjoyed the fun too

landon and shaydon

they always have to have a silly pix too.....

after everyone left scott became a horse and was giving rides & bucking them off. when i look at there smiles and realize how much fun they are having it makes me smile

LOL

i want to be a........

2011-04-08T13:08:00.007-06:00

fire fighter when i grow up.

i went to BLM to sign up as an AD and my friend brad was there and took shaydon out to see the engines & for a ride while i did my paper work!!

his smile says it all.

i am already hearing that all he wants for his birthday is a white fire hat like brad, he only has a red one and it's broke!!

thanks brad........

snow?

2011-04-04T20:50:00.005-06:00

we went to the 1.00 store and shaydon wanted this pirate with a boat and treasure chest. so i told him if that is still what he wanted at the end of our shopping trip he could have it if he used his own money. he said he would pay me back when i got home. sure i said!!! But he did. the 1st thing he said when we walked in the door was i am going to go get your money mom. he came up with 1.00 to pay for his toy!! I can't believe he remembered!! Thanks for being honest shaydon!!

later that day it snowed....

i think it will be the last time before spring hits!!

laughing

2011-03-29T23:31:00.005-06:00

i totally got the tail end of shaydon making slater laugh, but it was so cute!! I kept thinking i need to be videoing this and thought he was going to stop at any moment!! he made reagan and i laugh too!!

monkey bizness

2011-03-29T21:14:00.005-06:00

shaydon loves the rock wall!! he didn't make it all the way to the top, but half way!

someday he wants to touch the "e" then he will get a special sticker just like kemper!!

thanks to the hessings and curtis for coming with us.

we packed a lunch and ate there and then played some more!!

because it was spring break it was really busy!

reagan

2011-03-26T21:07:00.007-06:00

we always have so much fun when reagan comes to town. she is GREAT with the kids! even watching them while i worked a couple days this week. this is her spring break and she wanted to spend it with us! she is also getting braces on Thursday. so our menu plan this week was to eat everything she wanted to eat that she might not eat because of her braces. we went to the mall and went shopping, monkey binzness to play, took naps, watch movies once the kids went to bed, tried out u-swirl yogurt (delicious), both went to the dentist. we also went to burley to help my dad with the burley community auction!! it was super busy and while we were there we took slater in and he had a double ear infection. he just had one 3 weeks ago! we had reagan back to go home with her mom on sunday by 1:00pm. it is always so fun to have her here.

Thanks for all she does for us while she is here what a GREAT cousin!!!

planet kid

2011-03-25T21:05:00.003-06:00

is one our our favorite places!!!

andi is one of our favorite friends to play with....

they have been friends since birth only 2weeks apart.

smiling for the camera

dear boyZ

2011-03-23T16:28:00.002-06:00

shaydon 3.5 years old

slater 10 months old

tummy sleeper these day's

sometimes, at night, after you've gone to bed...okay every night your daddy and i go check each one of you...just to watch you sleep...we love your different positions....the way you breath....the faces you make....making sure you have your "baby"....tucking you in one last time.....kissing your forehead......we quietly giggle about how cute we think you are...and try not to wake you up...and more often than not, i leave your room with a smile on my face.because i don't understand how we can love you so much...and i am so grateful you are ours. how did we get so lucky?

love~ mom & dad

(thx jess for the cute idea)

bsu

2011-03-21T20:58:00.005-06:00

had there last home game and we realized we haven't gone to one, so we headed out!!!

love my boyZ!!

we had lots of FUN minus the pouring rain, no parking and people who stole our seats!!

Oh & the lady who said i can't take pix.

thanks to the stranger for the free kid ticket THOUGH!!

date night

2011-03-19T20:53:00.006-06:00

it was our night to spend with the bledsoes so they could go out on a date.

we had lots of FUN!!

it started with playing downstairs and then making individual pizza with strawberries and juice then went down and made a fort with our new fort kit i made and watched scooby-doo.

we didn't get to dessert because they came home to early!!!

so we had fruit snacks instead!

we love these boys and are so glad we are friends with them

Thx bledsoes & stay out later way later next time.

happy st pattys day

2011-03-17T07:45:00.006-06:00

hope you all have a GREAT day!!

thx rebecca for the pix

your are truly a friend

nice day at the park

2011-03-12T20:06:00.009-07:00

dad & slater

shaydon who is notorious for not look at and the camera

do you think he like the swing?

he is so GREAT!!!

he makes us smile

1st slide for slater!!

we all had so much fun being outside for a couple of hours.

thx for the beak in weather mother nature, but you are a tease!!

we hope to be going here lots in the near future!

MONSTER TRUCK NIGHT

2011-03-11T22:32:00.003-07:00

landon & shaydon

shaydon & landon

are they not soo cute!! tyson and mollie took them to the monster truck night in nampa!! they had so much fun!! it was "really really LOUD mom," shaydon said. he loves playing with his monster trucks and kept saying they ran over cars and jumped over cars & went off jumps!! he loves his skull flag too. thanks tyson!!! it was a late night, but he loved it.

baby schnoor

2011-03-10T22:21:00.004-07:00

she doesn't have a name

she is sooo cute

and

we are glad there will be a girl around

congrats to the schnoor's

update

2011-03-08T21:22:00.001-07:00

Sommers
teaching in Relief Society the 4th Sunday conference talk
enjoying my thursday nights out
loving my massage work
trying to keep up on the house work
catching up on all undone projects before i start anymore
looking forward to the nice sunny weather

Scott
wearing many hats at his new job at St. Lukes
enjoys the new younger crowd at work
playing in a city league basketball team in playoffs now
loves to work out
the secretary in young men's at church
put up some new blinds in the garage

Shaydon
loving school his teacher said "he always tries his best"
still enjoys story time at the library
had his 1st sleepover
loves to help mom do anything around the house
can be a sweetheart/gentleman and switch to a whiner on a dime
using our "busy jar" a lot
loves primary and doesn't want to go to the 1st meeting Sacrament

Slater
sleeping through the night
always so happy
enjoying his tummy time more and more each day
picks up things with his pointer and thumb really good
loves food not just baby food, way more interested than shaydon ever was
started a play group

Roxy
needing attention
ate about 12 breast pads w/o the wrappers
getting up 2 times a night
put on a low fat diet
needs some exercise, come on weather
(do you think she is getting the shaft?)