Wrestling

The boys wrestled at Challis last night and did so well! Chet got third and Bryer second. It was really fun to watch them they are both doing awesome and Chet is really improving and getting into it!! If he loses the other guy has to work pretty hard to get him, and he is so cute when he wins. He is a really good sport win or loss I love it! We were going to go to Mackey today but got home so late last night and Chet wasn't feeling that great, David either so we passed it up, but they have a match here in Salmon next Saturday. Tanner and Trey were at Challis with the Hill boys and they all did so well too! Little Trey is so cute out there! Just a smilin the whole time! So cute. I guess I am a lone ranger today and tomarrow, David took the kids up to the Beard's for Mitch's birthday, so I am here workin' and holdin' down the fort. Not complaining though, it's kinda nice to have a break from the kids and hubby even though I love and miss them so much when they are gone. The weather has been so great and so springy, I love it!! David got a job here in Salmon that will carry us through the summer and keep him hopping in the winters as well. We are so greatful to have work though as it is hard to come by these days. Now the trick is to find a house as we had planned on being in Tetonia again this summer, and the river guides move into the house we are renting now in June. Hope to find something we can be in pretty permanantly and then we will just rent our house that is not likely to sell. Just hope we can find renters!!

What's going on?

I really am over due for an update on this blog! Can't believe February is almost over! Let's see, so Caleigh turned one on the 26th of Jan. She had a fun day, she walked, cut her first 2 teeth, and had birthday cake and presents all in one day! She really went for it! She is so sweet and growing so fast. She now walks everywhere and is starting to try and run. I guess it's more of a fast side step because she is afraid of falling and it's so cute! She has a very high pitched scream right now that she uses to voice her opinion, let you know what she wants, lets you know she is happy, etc. It's all in that scream. Very annoying and having a hard time with how to break that one. Very inconvenient when in a very quiet sacrament meeting and she decides she wants anything or sees anything interesting. We spend a lot of time in the hall. It will be nice when she can talk rather than scream. She has started to nod yes and shake no so that's a start! The boys are wrestling and have their first meet Friday. Bryer is doing hunters safety this week. He also has mastered the round-off back handspring and can also do round-off double back handspring on the spring floor. Presley is still enjoying dance and gymnastics as well as preschool. She keeps saying "Can't I just go everyday?!" All too soon she will be doing just that, and I am not sure I'm ready to have her in school full time yet. All the kids are growing and time is flying. It's really feeling like spring here and it is so nice, well, except for the rotten mud of course!

Fun with Friends

A week ago today we went to Island Park with Carie and Rory, Jeremy and Jessica, and Eric and Anna. We had such a blast! We rented a cabin and went snowmobiling, got in the hot tub, ate a ton of great food and just had a great time. Mitch and Bonnie babysat and watched the bowling alley for us and we just had a great "date" weekend. It was so nice to just reconnect a little bit and enjoy the company of great friends!! We are so blessed to have wonderful family and friends. The weather was great and we had lots of fresh powder. I haven't been on the snowmobile for several years and it was so fun. Can't wait to do it again. Caleigh and I just celebrated our birthdays as well so it has been an eventful week! Caleigh had a great day and loved when we sang to her. She was very dainty with her cake and hardly made a mess, which is not nearly as entertaining as if she would have dug in and gotten all messy!! She started walking and cut two teeth that day as well. She just really went for it on her birthday!!! The boys start wrestling this week and Presley is learning her dances for the big recital in May, we are so busy but enjoying life and our awesome kids!!!

Happy New Year!!

Well here's to a new year!!! We had a wonderful December. It flew by but we enjoyed family and Christmas and a break from work and school. Christmas was spent in Tetonia and we had blast in the snow, and got to see all of our families! Santa found us there and the kids were so happy with all they got. The hardest part was loading up to come home. And of course the ever NOT so pleasant task of unloading and putting everything away! I hate that part. But we were so glad for some time in Tetonia. Sledding was a blast. Dawson was tearing up the hill and we all got a good laugh, he had NO fear and could have gone all day without a break!! So cute. We finally got some snow here in Salmon just in time for 2010! Not much but a decent start. Reflecting back on the year some highlights:
1. The birth of our fifth baby Caleigh. She is such a joy and so sweet. Can't imagine life without her!
2. Summer in the Valley.
3. A super fun family reunion.
4. Presley's first ballet recital.
5. Bryer's first year of wrestling with the school.
6. Chet playing basketball and minors baseball.
7. Dawson finally talking and just being his cute little self.
8. A really fun 4th of July with Mark and Jenny just enjoying friends and the great outdoors.
I am sure there is more that's just all I can think of right off the bat. I hope 2010 brings as much if not more happiness than 2009. Times can be hard so I am very thankful for our families and my faith to make it through this life. May everyone be as blessed as I am!!! Happy New Year!!!