1st campfire

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

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

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

ribs

love them... sucked them clean

i think he just loves food!!!

Dr. Shay

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

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

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

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........

is ONE

ready

GO

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

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

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?

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

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!

read more about her life here:

http://www.magicvalley.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_3ef3e7cb-4159-5757-a96b-68acef8744bb.html

McDonalds

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

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

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

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!!