Fish, Fish, and More Fish!!

Brad, James, and Rob went fishing up at New Fork Lake and caught 12 fish. They had so much fun catching them, but now the work started because now they have to gut and clan them. But Sam smoked the fish and we ate good that night!!

The boys had way too much fun helping. Sammy, Colby, and Kyler got all 12 fish out of the live well with their bare hands.

Here are the men at work!

Katrina had to catch one and Jaden had to help her! It was pretty cute.

Here are the boys and Trina showing off their catch!

Memorial Day Fun!

We had a great weekend at Powder Wash, which is right on the Wyoming-Colorado border. Brad's family and my family got together and 4 wheeled the whole weekend. It did rain one day, but we stopped and made a fire and dried out and then went right back at it.

This is my family who stopped to take a lunch break. It really wasn't that cold which was nice. We had a great day. They just got into dutch oven cooking and made some awesome food.

This is Brad's family chillin at the fire. This night we ate a deep fried chicken and it was great!

Of coarse Brad had to bring his guns so he is helping Jaden shoot his first gun. Sammy and Colby all got their turns as well.

This is Jessie shooting her first gun as well. Doesn't she look professional??? She did not want me to blog about it, but we had too because it's pay back for all of those jokes on my expense, haha! Can you believe that she had never shot a gun before, Zane was pretty disgusted that this was the case, but now she can say she has done it!

Jaden and Alyxis playing in the dirt. I think I got the worst mother of the year award because I put sunscreen on both of my kids but on Lyxi I missed around her eyes. She looked so awful. She had swollen eyes and they were bright red, I felt soooo bad. I guess the only good thing that comes from this is that it will never happen again. Overall, we had a great weekend full of eating good food, good company, and beautiful country.

Random Picts!

This picture was Lyxi's first ponytail! She looked so cute so we had to document it!

This picture is hilarious we had to blog about it! The day before her birthday we went to my parents house and we had a mini birthday party! She had a little piece of cake and devoured the whole thing. She was even licking the plate. It was so funny. She loved it!

This picture is in our backyard and Grandpa Lowell and Grandma Mary gave us chairs for the kids. They were loving them and felt important because they had their own chairs!

Jaden was not very happy that I had to find my camera to take a picture of this! He had grabbed a yogurt from the fridge and was sitting down to eat it. Well somehow he did a flip off of the chair, the yogurt flew up in the air and landed on his head. We were cracking up, but he was very mad if you can't tell.

This is just a random picture of Lyxi in the swimming pool. She loved being in the water.

Mullet Mania!

Lyxi getting her first hair cut. Alyxis was starting to get quite the mullet! Even though she doesn't have much hair, the back was getting pretty long. So we decided to get the scissors out. We didn't cut much but she looks so much better. We put her in the sink, she played in the water and did really well!

Lyxi's 1st Birthday!!!

Alyxis is now one year old! I can not believe how time flies. We all had a great time at her party. All the family was there that could attend and we enjoyed every minute of it! This is when we were singing Happy Birthday!




This is Lyxi eating her cake! She devoured it and loved it.


We had a flower party and this is her cake that I attempted to make! It ended up turning out pretty cute.

Don't look too close at the pinata, it is supposed to be a flower. Alyxis got the first hit!

Here is Lyxi opening her presents(actually I think Jaden opened all of them for her) but she had no idea and loved playing with the paper! Thanks to everyone for all of the fun presents and for being there on her big Day!

In the last few weeks Lyxi is starting to get quite the personality! He is starting to talk alot and we are loving it. She can say mama, dada, dog, hi, boo, and bye. She can clap and finally wave bye bye. She does the funniest thing where we say ahhhhh boo, and she will repeat it and the hair on her forehead flaps in the wind, it is so cute! She loves riding on the 4 wheeler and loves the dogs.

We are so grateful to have Lyxi apart of our lives, she blesses us everyday. We can't wait to see her develop and grow and learn new things. We LOVE you Alyxis!

Kids Say The Darndest Things!

Jaden has become quite the communicator. He says things that just floor me and Brad. We just have to sit back and laugh. Here are some of those stories.....

It was about 8:00 at night and Jaden was watching cartoons on our bed. Without shutting the TV off, I grabbed him and we did the bedtime thing. I shut his door and went downstairs. One and a half hours later Brad came home and said, "Where is Jaden?" I said, "He should be in bed." So I went to look for him and the little stinker had snuck out of his bed and was watching TV in our room for almost 2 hours. So I proceed to put him back in bed. About ten minutes later I hear a pitter patter on the floor, so I go upstairs and he ran out to the kitchen, got himself a bagel and ran back to bed before I got upstairs. I guess he was hungry! Brad and I had to laugh because he is so sneaky.

Jaden was at Grandmas house with Sammy and Colby and they had all the lights off downstairs. They would grab their flashlights and go downstairs to look for monsters and ghosts. They would scare themselves and run back upstairs and Jaden would yell, "Monsters, Ghosts!" Sammy and Colby would scare each other and Jaden wouldn't dare go as far as his cousins because it was too scary. So after that experience he loves to grab his binoculars, look out the window and say, "I see monsters, hurry get down." So he gets down on all fours and "hides" from the monsters. It is pretty cute!

The other day I accidentally scratched his face, he looked at me and said, "Say sorry Mom!" Like, Hello Mom, what are you thinking. So I said sorry, and then he said, "It's okay mom!" He is getting quite the mouth on him! He has learned the "Shut Up" word and we are having to deal with that one already. He is like a sponge and now more than ever Brad and I are having to watch what we say.

Out in our front yard there is a pheasant(rooster) and some hens that run around. Jaden loves to look for them.Jaden loves doing anything with his Daddy. Since Daddy loves hunting so much we taught him all of the animal sounds including an elk, (which is so cute to hear). The first time he had ever seen the rooster, the first thing that he said was, "I need my gun!" Brad and I just about had a heart attack! It was hilarious.

Jaden can speak spanish from watching Diego and Dora! He loves Diego. He can say, "ayudame" which is help me, he can say "sube" which is climb, and he can say "arescate" ( I don't know how to spell it, but bear with me) which means rescuer. He can say a few numbers in spanish as well. He is such a smart little guy!

Alyxis has become little miss destructo. I can not leave the toilet paper on the dispenser because she unrolls the whole entire roll and then leaves. She likes to make the mess, but not be in it! She is always in the toilet, because she has a brother, so we are constantly having to shut the bathroom door. Lyxi can not leave my plant alone. All of the leaves are completely gone on the bottom half. We had to move the plant.

Lyxi has quite the little attitude already. She throws her little fits and then is fine. She can not stand it when Jaden gets too close to her. Jaden just tries to love her a little too much. So she always bats him away when he gets close.

Lyxi is just now getting teeth and she is two weeks away from being one year old. She is pretty good about gumming everything, it just has to be in small pieces. So now she had her two bottom teeth, Yeah!!

***Some things I have learned from my bay girl*****

Life should be relaxed and mellow, slow down.

A smile can brighten any ones day.

Everything is better with food :)

It is fun to be girly, wear bows, and do hair (even though she only has a little to work with).

A mothers love is unconditional!

Easter Fun!

I love this time of year, to reflect on what our Savior did for us! Because of him I have a beautiful family and a great husband! I am truely greatful for His atoning sacrifice for me.

We had a great weekend! We colored easter eggs on Thursday. That gave us a new meaning to "color." We gave Alyxis one egg to play with and by the end she had it destroyed and color all over everywhere! It was all over the floor, the countertop, and themselves. Jaden was old enough to get what was going on and he had a blast. He colored the eggs and by the end he was blue from head to toe!

We woke up on Sunday and had a yummy breakfast and the kids got presents from their grandmas! The Easter bunny didn't come until after church (which is at 1:00)! We wanted to take Easter pictures, but by the time we got home from church the kids were both asleep. So we waited for them to wake up and Jaden was so excited that the Easter bunny finally came, and we forgot to take pictures. He loved collecting the eggs and he got all of them by himself. Alyxis just had fun playing with the eggs! My mom made Lyxi's easter dress and it was so cute! (Grandma Chris got her a beautiful dress that she wore prior to Easter, but in our hast to do everything we didn't get the picture taken:(

But here are a few pictures of our weekend!