Catching up

Ok, so I probably won't win any best blogger awards anytime soon. I can't believe it's been a whole summer and most of a fall since my last entry! Time flies! I will just sum up what I can remember of the summer. We had a great family reunion in June at Cortney's house in Burley. Went to the City of rocks, ate lots of great food, and just enjoyed lots of family time! I was a girls camp leader for our ward's awesome young women at Darby Girls camp. Had a blast with my other camp leaders and all the young women!! We did some camping this summer, not as much as we would have liked, but more than the last few summers! We love to camp in our family!!! Summer was short and we never got too hot which was awesome! I hate any temps over 85. I spent a lot of time this summer taking care of my grandparents in their home. What a wonderful opportunity that has been!! Entertaining, a little frustrating at times, but overall, wonderful experience. I have wonderful roots. I have thoroughly loved getting to know them a little better and loved having my kids get to know them too! School started in August, Bryer in 8th grade, Chet in 6th, and Presley in 1st grade. Next year, I will have one in high school, (yikes!!) and only one at home!! So crazy! I also ran in the Grand Teton Relay on a team of 12 from Ashton to Jackson. Sooo fun!! It was hard but what a sense of accomplishment and I cant wait to run next year again!! Fall has been absolutely beautiful as it always is in this beautiful valley, and relatively warm. Bryer shot his first bull elk yesterday and was so excited as were all of us!! Bryer and Chet both started wrestling and have thier first meet on Thursday in Challis! We are going to leave early and drive through Salmon and see a few friends first and I am soooo excited! I miss Salmon so much. Well that's a very vague quick summary of the last several months, but maybe I will get better! DOn't count on it but you never know!!!

Quick Note

I haven't posted in a while so i figured I would quickly run through the latest. We are fighting winter still snow on the ground almost every morning. YUCK! So ready to havea little spring weather. I would kill for even 50 degrees!

The kids are getting ready for school to be out and me too I must say. Presley is getting to be a pretty good reader and is doing great in kindergarten but is getting excited to be a first grader! Bryer and Chet are also doing well in school and just finished up spring wrestling. Chet has really improved and is enjoying wrestling more than he used to.

Bryer just turned 13 in march. Yikes! Kind of scary to have a teenager!! He is going to be moving pipe this summer for uncle Gary and is excited to make his own money.

Dawson is just doing his thing and is probably the happiest kid around. He loves everyone and is just a generally happy kid. He is my sweet heart!

Caleigh is just as cute as can be and of course rules the house. Terrible two's are very trying but the sweet moments kind of cancel out the terrible ones. We are so excited for summer to get here eventually so we can enjoy the outdoors.

I am missing Salmon weather, activities, and so many good friends, but it is alson nice to be back in Teton Valley again.

Its Been a While!

It has been a while since I have had a chance to post so here is a little update. Our bowling alley sold so we moved back to Tetonia over Christmas break. We miss Salmon so much but it is nice to be back by family and old friends. The kids were excited to meet up with thier old friends again. They both snowboarded for winter sports and love it. Presley made new friends and is doing so well in school as well as started violin lessons. All three boys are doing wrestling and enjoy that. It's Dawson's first year and he is so cute out there on the mat! Caleigh is going on her 5th day of going in the potty with only one accident!! Yay!! I HATE potty training!!! We bribed her and she is doing so well!!

So last night at bedtime the kids were asking if a guy from the area who has been missing had been found yet, and I said no and we talked about strangers. I said to Dawson, "Do you know what to do if someone you don't know comes up and asks you if you want to some candy or to see something in his car?" and he says, "Yes thank you!!" He was just as polite as could be and was not turning away free candy. We had a little laugh over that but hopefully got the point across after about strangers.

Last weekend I met my bowling team from Salmon in Twin and had such a great time seeing them again!! I even bowled my first 200 game ever!! It was so awesome! I stopped and saw Cortney's beautiful new home and visited them a little bit too. Had a great weekend.

The weekend before last, we went to Sun Valley to listen to my cousin David speak in church. He just got home from a mission in Connecticut, and it was so good to see and hear him speak. He served an awesome mission!! He has grown and learned so much. A lot of family was there and it was great to see everyone I hadn't seen in a long time! I have such amazing family!! So blessed!

Forgot

I just posted, but forgot to mention the funniest things Dawson has been saying lately. The other day he goes, "Mom, I know everything you know." Really..... Now he says it at least once a day. He also came up and told me, "Mom, I have more friends than Gerald." Gerald is one of the kids who works the machines in the back on league nights. TOO funny! He also lately has had some imaginary friends who to him are NOT imaginary. One is Airplane. And he talks about Airplane quite often. The other was Sally. She doesn't get mentioned very often. Anyways, forgot to blog that in my earlier post!

Halloween and Such

So I am totally slackin on the Blog! And trying to type with Caleigh's help so bear with me here! The last few months have been so busy with school, Dawson's birthday, Chet was in football, Bryer is now in wrestling, Halloween, scouts, etc. etc. I am posting pictures of all the above.
I was put in as young womens president in September so that doesn't keep me nearly busy enough......... NOT! So added on top of everything else...... We are a pretty busy family.
Bryer got his first deer, a buck and was so excited.
All the kids except for Caleigh are in gymnastics and Presley is also in ballet. They are all doing awesome! The boys also started youth league bowling yesterday.
David was able to take a day this week and go fishing, he caught two nice ones. One to mount and the other to eat! Yum! I do love fish I guess that comes from a long line of fisherman, Dad Grandpa and so on! I wish David had more time to go so we could stock our freezer with fish.
This monthe we are looking forward to Presley's 6th birthay. CAN"T believe she will be 6! Also one of my 2 favorite holiday's THANKSGIVING! Yay, I love Thanksgiving! My other favorite holiday is Christmas and coming up so quickly! But not to rush, I am so Thankful this month for all we have and we do have so much! We were able to rent a nice home that we fit into with our family of 7. It has really been a blessing to me to have more room and clean water and all the things that go along with a home! We are all healthy and are lucky to have each other. The bowling alley is doing well and we are able to have the things we need. We live in a beautiful state and are so blessed with all the freedoms we enjoy and usually take for granted. David and I both have wonderful families that we get to see more often than some. Wow that is just skimming the surface, but I wanted to touch on some things that I have been thinking of lately.
Anyhow, hope everyone reading this is having as wonderful a fall as we are! We really have been spoiled with beautiful colors and perfect temps! LOVE it!

August

We are trying to get a few last things done before school starts and summer is officially over. David and I just got back from a few days in Montana for our 13th anniverssary. We dropped the kids at Mitch and Bonnie's on Thursday night and headed in to Yellowstone. We got there about 11 and spent the next hour trying to find a motel. They were all booked except for one that was $190. We declined the offer and decided we could handle a night in the car. We drove into the park and pulled off by the river and tried to sleep. We had switche Bonnie outfits so she would have more room to meet us Sunday with the kids. Her car is nice but not the best for sleeping in..... We were up and going by 6 which gave us a ton of time Friday to just enjoy each other and different sights of Yellowstone, and over to Livingston. The nest few days we just drove to different sights and places and had so much fun. I missed the kids like crazy and would love to take them back to different places in the next few weeks. They had a blast with Nana and Papa who took them camping, and school shopping and to aunt Nancy's for much needed hair cuts! Thanks in-laws for taking such good care of our kids!!!!

School starts in 8 days and we are going to try to get to the river a few times as the pool just closed for the season and finish up school shopping. Pres can't wait and had so much fun school shopping with nana and papa, "It was like a fashion show mom!" she said of trying on clothes and buying a lot at once. The boys had fun shopping but are less than thrilled about starting school.

We had a great weekend and are just gearing up reality after a sweet weekend!

Summer stuff

Hey all! We are trying to hurry and enjoy what is left of our summer. We have been trying to hit the pool as much as we can which the kids LOVE. Dawson is our fish, he has yet to have a lesson, but the kid is under water swimming more than he is up! It is so funny he loves it!! We are so lucky to have the pool so close. We have also been to the river a couple of times. Our friends live right on the river so we have been down playing in their backyard and swimming there as well. SO FUN!!! The weather has actually been awesome this summer not too dreadfully hot!! I hate the heat and anything above 90 makes me crazy, so this has been a great summer weather wise so far.

We have been picking raspberries at our house as well as a friends house so I am also trying to get freezer jam done. YUMMY!

Let's see Bryer left on Tuesday for scout camp, they are in the bighorn crags mountains (not sure where that's at for sure) and that's been a challenge for me because though he has been away from me for more than a few days, it has never been without a way to talk to him anytime I wanted! We had a huge wind/rain/thunder/lightening storm yesterday afternoon here and I really started to worry for him. He is in good hands though as the leaders are all great capable guys. Still....... it's been hard to have him gone. Ok so I am feeling a little like grandma Robson a little on the worry wart side! Only a little though right?! Oh well he is my baby!!! He will be home tomarrow. Can't wait!

School starts on the 30th so we will try to get as much done before then as we can. Our 13th anniversary is coming up on the 23rd and we are going to try and get away for a few days, not sure where yet.

Almost done with co-ed softball yay! It gets old after a while.

I am missing going hucklberrying (sp?) in Tetonia a ton! My body must be programmed for hucklberries this time of year cuz I sure am craving them! Hope you Valley people are getting lots! There are pretty much NONE in Salmon.

Caleigh is talking a ton now and it is so cute to hear her yell Bya, Det, Peyeeeee, Da, mom, dad, bear (our dog). She is too funny! Her favorite thing is to ride the horse. The boys saddle the horses almost every day and ride around and she screams when we take her off she LOVES it. She is growing much to fast for me. I hate it. But she sure is cute! I'm just sayin'! I got lucky there cause all my kids are pretty darn great!!

Chet is also growing up faster than I keep up with, he will be in Jr. high this year cause the 5th grade is in the middle school. WEIRD!! He can also play football this year which he wants to do, but I'm not sold on the idea because he is so skinny! We will have to start on some protien shakes or something! Too bad I don't have that problem!

Let's see I think that's it for today, sorry about my novel today maybe I should blog more often so my posts wouldn't be so long........ Hope everyone is enjoying the last month or so of your summer!!

If you want some awesome inspiration, read my cousin David's missionary blog. HE ROCKS! He is the best missionary ever and I love reading his letters! Hope my kids turn out that great!