Happy Fathers Day!

All about our Dad... According to us...

Answers provided by Easton age 4 1/2

What does Daddy do for work? Boring Stuff

What does Daddy do when he is home? Do Teamwork on Mario with me

What is your favorite thing about Dad? I use Teamwork with him on Mario

What makes Daddy happy? He loves me

What is Dad's favorite food? Hamburgers

What is Daddy good at? Jumping and running

What's Daddy's favorite drink? Pepsi

Who are Daddy's favorite boys in the whole world? Easton and Mason

What is Daddy's favorite T.V. Show? Hockey

What do you want to tell Daddy on Father's Day? Happy Father's Day!

What is Father's Day for? For Daddy and to give them presents

What do you want to be when you are a Daddy? An artist

Answers provided by Mason age 2 1/2

What does Daddy do for work? He is a race car driver

What does Daddy do when he is home? He is a crazy driver

What is your favorite thing about Dad? He is a crazy driver

What makes Dad happy? Green

What is Daddy's favorite food? Green Food

What is Daddy good at? Beating the Dragon Game (Wii How to Train Your Dragon)

What's Daddy's favorite drink? Chocolate Milk

Who are Daddy's favorite boys in the whole world? Me and Easton

What is Daddy's favorite T.V. Show? The Big Barnacle Show (Spongebob)

What do you want to tell Dad on Father's Day? Thanks Dad

Why is Father's Day for? To say happy

What do you want to be when you are a Daddy? Give me a present

We love you soo much Justin! Thanks for being an amazing Dad and Husband!!!

This week has been super busy! Between the funeral for Gardner, and getting ready for my first coupon class, I am so ready for a break! Good thing that this week we are heading to Vernal to go to Stock Show for 3 days!

This week Easton and Mason's cow had a baby. They were both super excited and whenever we go down to feed they have to find it, pet it, and make sure that it is okay. Justin and I took the boys to the Musuem. At first they were super scared and kept begging us to go home. They weren't too sure of the dinosaur bones! But after some persuasion and encouragement they decided that it wasn't too bad. They especially liked the part where they got to dig for dinosaur bones.

Mason has been such a stinker to get to sleep. He stays in his crib and everything, but he is constantly needing a drink, something to eat, a hug, a toy to sleep with, or he is just jumping on the bed. The other night I was losing my patience really fast and told him that if he didn't stop jumping I was going to throw his crib in the garbage. Mason quickly muttered under his breath to Easton, "Mommy and Daddy aren't strong enough to throw my crib in the garbage." Honestly, what are we going to do with him!?!

Easton had his 2nd t-ball game this week. It went very well, and was very cold... As always he is always doing something crazy. Although this time, he did catch quite a few ground balls and he has improved on his running greatly! This was my last week of school, Justin on the other hand, finished last week. It was so nice to have him home to help with the boys. I know that they loved playing with him. Justin even took them to Richfield for the day while they were waiting for our fourwheeler to be fixed. Easton came home and told me he had a lot of fun.

Justin and I also helped chaperone the graduation party. It was fun to hang out with the other teachers and husbands, and watch the students having fun.

Saturday we went out with Jessica, Ty, Trace, and Tacey to Cedar Mountain. I hadn't been out there for quite a long time. I forgot how beautiful it is. The kids all had fun roasting hotdogs, and exploring.

I love these guys:) Isn't she the cutest EVER?!?

Last Thursday (20th) was my birthday. I had a very amazing day. The whole faculty sang to me after lunch. Supposedly my face turned red, but I don't ever believe anything my students say. After I got home I took pictures of my cousin and his cute family. That evening Justin cooked me dinner of crab and BBQ porkchops and then suprised me with tickets to Tarzan in Tuachan. I can't wait to go see it!

Also, we have had a Blow Snake that has been wandering around the yard. We finally caught it and my cousins took it home with them. I didn't want it getting into my chicken coop. Anyways that was a week ago, and yesterday it showed back up. This thing had to have crawled close to 2 miles and crossed a main highway to get back here. Now I have to find it and haul it even farther away.

T-Ball

Easton had his first T-Ball game last night. He is on Team Red, many of his teammates are friends from Pre-school- which may or may not be a good thing-! He actually hit the ball both times with the coach pitching it to him! He needs to work on his running. He also needs to work on spending more time paying attention and less time filling his mitt full of dirt:)

This picture is for you Uncle Bryan... No matter how hard we tried his hat kept turning to the side.

And this little guy kept yelling, "Easton you gotta play harder!" Because you know, Mase is Easton's biggest fan! This video is of Easton hitting the homerun to get all the runners in:) Yes, we know he takes the longest path possible everytime to get to 2nd base. AND Yes, we know we need to work on running :) But all that matters is that he is having fun!!!

Downs and Ups

This week has been a crazy one. One with some downs and ups.

Tuesday morning my dad came home from doing chores and said that my horse Raja had colic. This isn't unusual. She does it quite often. She is ALWAYS better within a few hours. I got ready and headed to work, and on my way looking into the corral and everything looked okay. My dad checked on her from the house a few times during the day and couldn't see her laying down anywhere so he figured everything was okay. I came home from school and looked over in the corral and had the thought "Raja is going to die really soon". I blew it off, and thought to myself, "ya right, she if fine." I got home and was just going to stay home instead of helping with chores because it was blowing pretty hard. Erik called me as soon as they got down to the horses and told me I better hurry down cause Raja was really bad. She has been dealing with the colic all day. She looked horrible. She had literally beat herself trying to get rid of the pain. We tried and tried to get her up to walk and she just didn't have the strength, she couldn't even hold her eyes open. After some extreme coaxing and a blessing from my dad and Erik, she jumped up, and I walked her around for 30 seconds maybe and then she was down again. This happened a few times. Then it seemed like she was starting to be make some improvement. We could get her up and she would stand, I had to literally hold her head up for her but at least she was standing. I was talking to her and telling her that she was my princess, and that she had to stick around for Easton to ride. She looked right in my eyes and started walking. She was trying so hard. Then it all just went down hill. She couldn't stand, she was trying so hard to, then she just died. It was awful... She was honestly more stubborn than a mule. She never did what you wanted, and up to the last minute of her life she was being stubborn. She was trying so hard to fight death. She was my first horse, and the one that taught me how to ride. Because of her I love riding, and I have a great passion for horses. She was one amazing horse, and one that is going to be greatly missed. This is with my dad, grandpa and Raja Me and Raja Star Erik with Raja Star and Gallant Guy

Me and My Baby

Easton had T-Ball practice this week. It was so fun to watch! My side honestly hurt from laughing so hard! If you want to have some good entertainment, let me know and I'll tell you when they play:)

Saturday Justin and I went and got my Bountiful Basket early in the morning and then came home and worked in the garden and around the yard. Then we packed lunches and headed up the canyon to have some fun! I love just being able to go in to our backyard for some good entertainment. They boys and fun eating cupcakes, hiking, and climbing rocks.

I know they aren't looking at me, but they were so proud to have their coats around their waist.

I am loving getting fresh fruit every week! I decided to make something with the Mango and found this awesome recipe. Go HERE to see the recipe. Anyways, this is some very yummy, easy salsa!

Mothers Day

I am finally getting around to posting from Mothers Day. I had a very nice calm day. Easton planted me a flower at church, I LOVE it. After dinner Justin and the boys disappeared. Easton told Justin that he wanted to pick my asparagus for Mothers Day! Most of them have froze but they did find a few. :) He is so sweet. That evening we went and fed the animals and moved water. On the way home we decided to stop and play in a tree for a while. Easton has been wanting to climb this tree for a while, and with a little help he was able to.

I Love These Guys! I just had to post this picture. Meah LOVES riding the fourwheeler. However trying to hold her, and a boy, and drive, and shift, and everything else isn't always easy. My dad has taught her how to ride in this basket on the front of the fourwheeler and she loves it! She never tries to jump out and loves letting her hair blow in the wind!!

*** Last night we got the boys ready for bed and went to give hugs and kisses. Easton came up to me and wrapped his arms around my neck and said, "Mom, I am SO glad that you don't have a beard!" Justin piped in, "ya me too". Honestly talk about random!

It's been so crazy lately, yet I haven't taken any pictures :( So I guess this is a little update.

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Justin took students to Logan for 3 days for State Contests. Prior to this he had been going in to the school super early each morning to practice with the different teams to get them all ready. Well all the practice paid off, because his students did amazingly well! He was so proud of them!

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While he was gone Mason got really sick. Mason is never one to complain, so when he started telling me he felt sick and that his ears hurt, I knew it was serious. Pretty soon he was throwing up every ten minutes. I called to get him into the doctor and they didn't have any openings. Well I wasn't going to drive 45 minutes with him throwing up, all by myself. So I went and sat in the clinic until they got him in :). I think after they saw how sick he was they decided to get me in. He ended up having an ear infection. They gave him a shot of antibiotics and he headed home. By the time we got home Mason was so sleepy. I couldn't keep him awake, he slept all day long, and then the entire night. He woke up the next day feeling better. Poor kid!

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We went to Tremonton this weekend for a baby blessing. The boys had a blast, and it was great to see everyone. We spent a lot of time just sitting around talking like we always do, laughing until our sides hurt, and playing a little poker:) We went to the Fun Park in Logan and had a blast. Mason and Easton cried for about a half hour after we headed home because they wanted to stay. Easton kept asking Justin why he had to get a new job that made us move away.

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Easton has had an imaginary friend for a long time now. Her name is Eckert. She is 5 years old, has brown hair, and her favorite color is blue. We always have to make room for her, make sure she has somewhere to sit, and Easton constantly tells stories that usually start, "When me and Eckert..." If you didn't know you would honestly think that this friend actually existed. Well the other day he come home from school and tells me that he has some sad news. I immediately think it is something with school but then he pops out with, "Mom, Eckert died." I ask, "She did? What happened?" He informs me, "She got shot by some bad guys." He talked about this for a long time. He was pretty sad about it and everything. Well I hadn't heard anything about Eckert until today. While driving to school he said, "Mom guess what? Eckert is came back to life." Great news!

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This afternoon we made some Gak. The boys had a great time playing with it. You can stretch it..

Roll it and squish it... Poke it... Use Christmas cookie cutters (all Mommy could find)...

... and you know, have a lot of fun making a mess:)