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!!!

Cassia County Fair

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!

Cassia Count Fair

shaydon and christian eating their daily snow cone

pretending to take a nap with papa

mimi loving on slater, she couldn't get enough of him

eating the melting ice cream

wow what a CRAZY 4 days. i forget how much work the fair is. 1st off thanks sooo much to mimi, todd and brenda, britni and the browns for helping me get through this week. i couldn't of done it with out them watching my kids. shaydon is potty training and slater taking a bottle is a lot of extra work besides just watching them. at home when slater needs to eat i just drop what i am doing and feed him. here it didn't work like that. all of the sudden i would look at the clock and i missed two pumping session and was soooo full. if it were up to papa he would have shaydon down there all day. it was just to stressful for me!! i was freaking out when i didn't know exactly where he was. last year he got lost and was in the jump house. he just wandered off. this year he stuck around better, but kept asking when he could go to the jump house. and papa would take him. also juston's son christian came up to help and he was sooo awesome. did i say how good of help he was?!! he was!!!! we couldn't of done it with out him. on one day it was just the two of us until 1:00pm because no-one else showed up for work. we missed him on saturday!! i could do with out a taco salad or chicken salad for awhile. it was fun to see people because i am a social butterfly, but it was hard to talk when i was in the trailer working the whole time. my favorite thing was the fried OREO's!! yummm my mouth is watering just talking about them. i did get the recipe this year. we didn't run out of ice cream or salads. shaydon still ask when we are going back to the fair. he doesn't get that it only come 1 X a year. scott was on a BOYS camping trip so he did get here until sat late afternoon. sure could of used his help. (where is my girls trip?) i stayed with mimi this trip and it was a lot of fun. it's been since i was a little girl that i stayed at her house. we reminisced about the old days when she would do my hair in ringlets and make me toast with hot coco (nesquick), travel to pocatello eat steak. i sure love my mimi. i also went to aubry jones baby shower for about 5 minutes. i got her a boy present and she is having a girl. how do you like that? where is my mind?!! well the earliest i went to bed was 1:00am and the latest was 3am and back up at 8:00. i don't know how i did it, but i did. had lots of aches and pains on sunday.

until next year cassia county fair, farewell!!!

Uncle Ben, Shaydon and Bailey headed to the carnival

love the hat

bye bye shaydon

papa and shaydon

..... mom needs a break, so since we were in burley over the 4th we decided to leave shaydon with papa & mimi and todd & brenda. it was a very need break and i am proud of myself for doing it, but i knew he was in good care!! there were lots of rhino rides, trips to the farm and dairy, working with papa, jumping on the trampoline, checking water, riding on the chopper with cousin jake, receiving his very own chopper, playing with mimi's toys. he didn't want to come home. thanks to kenna for bring him back to boise on her way to roaring springs for the day. he was spoiled rotten all week thanks guys. it took a couple of day's to get him back on track i felt so mean!! I guess that is what aunts & uncles grandmas & grandpa's are for!! thanks sooo much for a much needed break.

Happy Birthday

Papa

We decided to surprise papa for his special day and head to Burley for the weekend & also help with a big auction he had (the Burley community sale). We went down on Friday night and got into Burley about 9:30pm. We had pizza for dinner and tried to wake papa up, but he must of been so tired. Shaydon couldn't get him off the couch. Shaydon was up early with papa at 7:30AM. We worked the auction all day and then went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant and then had dessert at Mimi's. We bought a chocolate cream pie which is his favorite. Thanks to Barbara and Larry for watching Shaydon in the afternoon and getting him to take a nap. Also to Mimi for her hard work and patience. It sure was good to see and visit with everyone.

I didn't take out my camera once the whole trip so here is one from Christmas.

Love you dad and hope you had a GREAT day!!

p.s. we lost Shaydon at the auction for about 30 seconds and I was freaking out. I didn't know I could yell that loud. Those poor customers who were at the window saw it all unfold.

"I was just having fun climbing on the tractors, MOM" Shaydon said.

Burley

We always stop in b-town on our way to anything it kills three birds with one stone.

A needed break from the car, dinner at Al's and to see grand parents & great grandparents.

Thanks dad for entertaining Shaydon & dinner.

Shaydon sure loves his papa and mimi.

Thanks mimi for Shaydon's 2nd dinner, such a good eater.

He didn't quit talking about papa for 30 minutes once we got back into the truck.

"where papa"

Now on to Logan for the night, Shaydon fell asleep only with 45 minutes left of the drive.

Sealing

What a GREAT Day. My grandma got sealed to her husband "Doodle" and then also sealed to her daughter in the Twinfalls Temple at 9:00AM. It was a a special day because my grandma went to the temple for the 1st time when I went through. So I got to be a part of her special day too. I love you MIMI!! After we went to IHOP where mimi took us all to breakfast she is so wonderful. Thanks!!! It was also good to see all of the Becks. I was thinking about when we (cousins) grew up in Burley and how much fun we had at mimi's house. We did a lot together including getting sick. It's sad now that we are all in different parts of the US and our kids don't get the same experience.

We took up the whole back room

All who attended

• Debbie & Tim and Kayla
• Me and Twylla
• Dawn, Bruse and Justin
• Kortni, Hannah, Aliza and Piper
  Britni, Collin, Bridger, Branson and Broxton
  Korbi, Steven, Beck and Paisley
• Jakobi, Jax and Lizi
• Kalen
• Lenard, Debra and Grandpa Beck
• Mr. and Mrs. Stringham
• Tony Stringham

What a CRAZY week but a good week!

Our weekend

My dad came down on Wednesday and stayed for the day and then left on Thursday by 11AM. We Scott has a family Reunion on Friday and Saturday in Bear Lake. So grandpa talked me into letting Shaydon come home with him. Scott would come and get him on his way to Bear lake on Friday morning. It was hard to let go, but I did. It wasn't without some strict instruction from me though.

Waving bye to my baby:(

So I have been without my baby since Thurday morning. It is soooo weird to not have him attached to my hip. It's bitter sweet. So Thursday night Scott and I went out on a date. WOW I said date. It's the first since March. Dinner and a movie. PERFECT!!!

Scott left Friday Morning by 9:30AM. I didn't have much to do other than work. My uncle Jeff and cousin Regan came through Boise and stayed on Friday night with me. We had a BBQ and then hit Wal-mart at 11:30PM.

Well you might be thinking why aren't I going with them to the family reunion? I have a CE class that I am taking here in Boise. (which never happends) so I am not able to go. It was a GREAT class and am excited to start to use some of the techniques this week.

Scott had fun in Bear Lake with his family. I sent him with the camer and only got 10 pix, but better than nothing. They are all from their day at the beach.

Playing in the sand

waiding in the water all by himself, such a big boy.

Zack pulling Nic and Shaydon around

warming up with grandpa

IV> IV>Thanks again Scott for letting me stay and do my class. I missed you very much and am glad you are home safe and sound. Shaydon only has a few bumps, scraches and bruises & I didn't forget to pack something for them either, Yea!!! It was Scott's 1st trip with Shaydon alone and he survived.

Thanks for all the calls to keep me companyfor the weekend:)

Family BBQ

We had a GREAT BBQ today.

Potato salad, Pasta salad, Ribs, Salmon, hamburger and hot dogs with all the fix en's & Fresh cherries

Grandpa with Shaydon & Landon

Thanks to Brook for letting us have Landon, we miss him so much

Grandpa bought $100.00 in firework for the kids & they loved it!!

U OF I

Kalen Beck is graduating from the architecture program and we went to see his presentation of his thesis. He did a GREAT job and had a AWESOME project. It was also nice to see all the "Becks" we don't get together anymore with all of our schedules. My dad and Tim drove Mimi up to be there too.

Mimi with the newest great grandchild Liz

Me & Mimi

Mimi & Kalen with Liz


Shaydon slept through some of it

The worst part of the project taking criticism from local architects

spoiled

my dad "papa" let shaydon have anything

he gives him a sucker

we get the mess to clean up :)

fell asleep shortly after

helping papa count the money, someday he will know to put it into his pocket!!

shadyon is saying thank you.. could you tell?