Shopping with Alli

Shopping in Salt Lake is something Alli and I look forward to every year we started this tradition after Lindsay's husband was in an accident and passed away in 2006 she needed to get away and we had such a good trip we've been doing it ever since it reminds me of my Mom, my Grandma, and my Aunt Brenda always going and having such a good time.  This picture is of Alli on the way down so bored taking pictures of herself:)

Alli and Olivia (Lindsay's sisters daughter)

Taylor and Alli at the restaraunt waiting for a table and once again taking pictures of themselves.

again!

and again!

This is also one of the traditions is to have the girls take their pictures with this statue in the hotel lobby.  Its hard to belive Alli and Taylor were only 6 when we came the first time:)

Alli always dancing (even if its with a statue)

so beautiful!

And then we come home to boys practicing football and Hudson (my nephew) cheering them on!!!

County Fair

This was a new experience for us we had the kids in 4h this year they have raised pigs all summer and now at the fair they get to show them and sell them here we are washing them ya Talonnie did most of the work:)  we all had fun though

Then we had to clip their ears

and their tail:)

and the rest of their body it was quite the experience trying to shave them all:)

Here is Alli and Squiggy

This was the first day of the fair we took our pigs to get weighed in Squiggy weighed 258 and Butch weighed 277 and of course Alli had to decorate her pen she's such a dork she wanted me to go buy zebra striped everything to decorate with we settled with some streamers and balloons:)

Alli and Trey just before showing their pig they did such a good job for their first year they got blue ribbons for everything they did

Alli and Squiggy

Trey and Butch

Masyn (my nephew) and Ninja

Then after the first night they had a little rodeo for kids (and adults that wanted to) so Alli raced barrels and poles she did really good this is her on Duke good looking kid on a good looking horse!

Finally the last night of the fair they sold their pigs at the auction Alli got $900 for hers and Trey got $800 which is really good they were so excited! We are having them pay us back for the pigs and give some for tithing and a little in savings and the rest is theirs.  Allis is planning on school shopping (I'm not letting her spend the whole thing on clothes haha) and Trey wants to buy a new motorcycle we'll see what happens.

Kade, Hagen, and Swade riding the train at the fair

Kades Birthday

My Mom and Dad sent Kade a Million Dollars for his birthday (thanks Mom) he thought that was the coolest except we still dont know how much its really worth

He loves Baseball so I baked a cake in a bowl turned out pretty cute I thought:)

Of course he wanted Boise State stuff

Alli got him an Avengers poster

I let him pick what he wanted for breakfast and Dinner so he got pancakes, sausage, and eggs we call him the sausage king at our house cause he can eat  ALOT of them, then he wanted steak and macaroni and cheese for dinner.

And now he's a BOY SCOUT!!! Love you Kade!

Girl Stuff

Alli and I got gift certificates to Paul Mitchell hair school to get a free scalp treatment for helping Bev at her fashion show at BYU-I it was so nice I love people playing with my hair (miss you Mom)

Island Park

We have loved spending time up at the cabin in Island Park its peaceful there, the kids seem to get along better there, I get to do puzzles there:), we have family come hang out there, I wish there was more time to spend there.

This last time we went Nate and Dionne came to stay with us we havent seen them for a while it was nice to hang out with her she always amazes me she is the strongest person I have ever met she hasnt been able to see since high school and there is nothing she cant do she is raising 3 kids that just tells you how amazing she is.:)

Gordon, Wendy, Tiff, Clint, Nate, Dionne, and all the kids it was a pretty fun weekend this is one of my favorite things to do is sit by the fire

Kades is obsessed with fire he will spend hours out there even during the day:)

rafting on the river

This moose walked right through our yard the kids were in the back of the pickup freaking out cause he was so close it was pretty cool.