Happy birthday Presley!

Yesterday was Presley's birthday. She is now 5 years old!! Time flies I tell ya! She had a fun day I think, a few minor dramatic moments, but that's pretty normal on any given day for her. Dawson scooped some frosting off the cake before dinner and smudged her name and she sobbed "Dawson ruined my cake!" Hardly ruined but I guess it was trauma for her. Girls are great! She is a good girl and there is no one she doesn't like, she loves ballet and gymnastics but isn't afraid to wrestle her brothers. She loves animals and playing babies and actually anything that involves make- believe. She is a pretty good helper most of the time, there are those dramatic moments however where she believes we treat her like Cinderella. We sure love her and wouldn't trade her for anyone or anything in the world. We will be in Teton tomarrow for Bryer's district wrestles and hope to see family and friends!!

NoVeMbeR

Bryer has been wrestling in some different places with the middle school and doing really well. Tuesday we were in Sugar and today in Challis. Next week Shelley and then Teton for districts. Crazy how grown up he is getting. Chet started basketball and that keeps us busy between he and Bryer. I love basketball and am so glad they are doing it this time of year instead of the same time as freestyle wrestling in the spring! Now I can enjoy one of my kids playing basketball. He does really well and is quite good at handling the ball. November is a crazy month at the alley, so I feel as though I am just constantly running. Life is good though, our realtor is showing our house tomarrow morning so maybe something will happen there.

Happy Halloween!

Well here we are getting ready for Halloween! Can't believe it! The kids are excited and all ready for trick or treating! Presley had her Halloween party for dance and we had a ward halloween party last week. We are all warmed up for the real deal I guess! We carved pumpkins last week and this week for FHE we made Halloween cupcakes. Last weekend we went up to the Valley for Jentri and Bonnie's birthdays. We had a good (short) time there and went to the terror under the tetons. What a blast! David was in it and did such a good job scaring people they invited him back! Don't know if he'll make it, but he has a new found talent! Excellent job on a first year Tyler and Lyndsey! Bryer had his first wrestling match of the year yesterday and was tied with his apponent but then got pinned in the last seconds. He only had one match as the only team yesterday was Challis. I love to watch my kids as they grow and get into sports. Dawson and Caleigh haven't felt well today, hopefully we can keep everyone else healthy and get them better by Halloween. Hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!!

Dawson is 3!

So Dawson turned three on Monday! Can't believe it! He is my baby boy and getting so big. He had a great birthday. He got a pedal bike (with training wheels) that he loves, and some trucks and horses. We went to the park Monday night and had enchiladas (lalaladas if you ask Dawson) and cake and played on the toys. He had a great day! He wanted a motor bike cake and I didn't have a mold or guide or anything, so I was trying to wing it. Didn't look professional by any means but I guess it somewhat resemled a motor bike, Bryer helped me and Dawson seemed satisified!
Also this last week Caleigh has learned to crawl and is getting around quite well. She pulled herself up on the mop bucket yesterday and tipped it over and went shooting across the kitchen floor with all the water like a body surfer, it was so funny! She was only in a diaper and she slid a good 4 feet. Can't believe she is getting so big. She loves her dad and doesn't want anything to do with me when he is around. Daddy's girl for sure!

We haven't dropped off the planet!

Wow it has been a long time since my last blog! We are back in Salmon for the school year and bowling season. Moved into a rental house that is in the first ward we were in when we first moved here. Our leagues have started, well most of them, and the others will start in the next few weeks. The kids are back in school and have awesome teachers this year. Can't believe I have a sixth grader! Getting old! Presley is back in dance and gymnastics and loving that of course. Bryer is in gymnastics this year as well. We had a great summer, enjoyed being in our own house for a while, had some really fun reunions, a little camping, lots of fun. We went to the blackfoot fair last weekend and had fun there. The kids are growing like crazy, Dawson is finally talking and we understand most of what he says. He is a character. Caleigh is so sweet and happy all the time. She rolls and sits and is almost crawling. She gets on all fours androcks but that's as far as she gets. I will post some pictures next week of some of our summer activities. Can't think of anything else amazing that has happened to us so I'll quit for now.

4th of July Weekend

We had a great 4th of July weekend camping here in Salmon with Mark and Jenny Murri and their kids. We went to the parade, rode around on the wheelers and bikes, saw some elk, went to the lake. Just had a blast. At Wallace lake the fish were jumping like crazy and it was just the right temperature. The kids waded in and had fun. We went to the demolition derby on the 4th and David and Mark were in the balloon bust. David was driving the four wheeler and Mark was the "hitter". Armed with a plastic bat, all the "hitters" try and pop the balloon taped to each of the "hitter's" helmets. The last team with their balloon still unpopped is the winner. It gets really crazy and is a hoot to watch. David and Mark got third because Mark's balloon blew off going around a corner. They were kind of bummed because they were doing really good. Oh well there's always next year! We had a blast and the weekend went by way too fast, but thanksMurri's for coming up to play!