Our little entrepreneur

Jeremy and I are always discussing how to get Carter off the couch and playing outside so the other day after he and his friend Trek had been playing outside for most of the afternoon I decided I'd better go and see what they were doing that was keeping him occupied so well. Well I found the two of them sitting on the sidewalk with grocery bag clothes, holding this sign, in case you can't read it it says "Pleas give us money we are poor one qaurter." I was so proud.

They made a total of zero quarters (even with the sad faces). The moral of the story: Sell Lemonade, begging- not such a good idea.

3 days and counting

So, I'm not sure if I've ever been counting down for something as much as this- maybe my kids birth??? I can't really remember. Anyways, life is about to be awesome again with the new season of the Office starting this week- Yay!!!!! I would like to invite anyone who is as crazy into the office as us, or even if you just want to be like us, to come watch the season premiere at our house this Thursday. It starts at 8 but we are planning on watching the last episode of season four to get all primed (OK we've already watched it like five times in the last week but we'll watch it again for you.) So come around 7 and bring some snacks if you want. Kids are optional, we'll have ours playing in the playroom with strict rules not to bother us unless they see blood- jk- and yours are welcome to join them. Leave a comment on this post if you would like to come or let me know.

I Can't wait!! p.s. if anyone comes dressed as someone on the office (preferably Dwight) they will be my new found hero.

My little heartbreaker

Here is the conversation between me and Carter last week when I picked him up from school:

Carter- Mom, I need to tell you something. (much nervousness in his voice)

Me- What? (waiting to here what he had done wrong)

Carter- Today Tyler told me that she secretly liked me.

Me- (relief) Well, it doesn't sound like it's a secret any more.

Carter- that's not the problem, I didn't tell her about Julia. (his "girlfriend" of several years, she moved to Moab a year and a half ago but they have continued the long distance relationship)

Me- You probably don't need to tell her about Julia.

Carter- Well mom, now I'm going to have to break up with one of them.

Me- It's probably Ok to have two girlfriends in first grade.

Carter- It is??? YES!!!

Seriously, he's six!!! What do I have ahead of me?

Josh got his call

I bet you can't guess where he's going. OK I'll end the suspense, it's Paris France!!!! He is so excited. Everyone's been teasing him that he's going to get called to Idaho and I think he was really nervous that he would get called somewhere "uncool" like that. His first choice was France, he and my mom went there last June and had a blast. He has had four years of French, and according to Mr. Nielson he speaks better than any other student he's ever had- obviously he's forgotten about me, oh well. He doesn't leave until January 28th, which is a long wait. But at least he'll be here for Christmas. I can't wait to go pick him up in two years!!

Deco and Kera

This is an official invite to EVERYONE who know Deco and/or Kera and would like to join us on Saturday to help celebrate their marriage. If you'd like to come you can just leave a comment on this post to R.S.V.P.

Colorado- take two

After the weekend of fun with my family in Colorado we (my parents, Jeremy and I) decided we'd better go back and do a little maintainance on the cabin. So this weekend we went back and fixed a plumbing leak and treated the logs- way overdue for that. We let Camryn bring her friend Ryann and Carter brought his friend Trek. They played in the mud, built forts and had a war, rode horses and fourwheelers, played pool, roasted marshmellows and had a good time while the adults worked. It was a fun weekend again.

This is the result of Cam and Ryann's swimming- they were super cold and really hated that I made them go back to the creek and get cleaned off.

Carter and Trek made forts and had wars, we were really happy they both made it home in one peice.There was a recently killed bear at Ivins' Cabin, the kids were a little freaked out by it.

Carter and Trek were nice to let Logan tag along.Makin' Smores'

Logan, once again, just wanted to ride the "Soweeowoas" all dayI finally got Carter to ride Panda with me, for almost thirty seconds and then he was done.Trek was a regular cowboy, he loved riding the horse and wasn't afraid at all even though it was his first horseback ride ever.

A week with the Fam

Last week was a fun week spent with my family. On Wednesday and Thursday me, Marilyn, Heather, Noelle, and my mom did some food storage- we dry packed, we canned and then we spent an afternoon with my Grandma Black making her famous homemade donuts- all of these things made me realize how amazing my mom and grandma are, I was so exhausted at the end of those two days and I did a fraction of what they do every year for all their kids/grandkids, I will not use a bottle of taco sauce again without realizing how much time went into it.

Then on Friday we all headed out to the cabin in Colorado, in my opinion there isn't a prettier place on earth- OK maybe seven mile beach in Grand Cayman but the ranch in Colorado is definitely the prettiest place that I can drive to.

We all had such a good time, we rode four-wheelers, Logan's personal favorite.

We rode horses, Me and Cam's personal favorite.

Carter played a lot of computer, for a change, he also enjoyed playing outside and even started his own "Carving" club. We only let him use a plastic knife so his carving was severly limited but he still had fun.

The kids had fun boating on the fishing pond, except the boat kept "accidentally" tipping over. One night several of us went fishing while others went looking for bears, both were very unsuccesful. Below is a picture of Cam and Jeremy sitting watching for the bears.

Sunday was a rainy day, which bummed out the kids, but for me it wouldn't be a trip to Colorado if there wasn't at least one rainy day. Some people, I won't mention names, read books- BOARRRRRING!!

While others of us played a rousing game of SCUM- FUN!!!

All in all it was a fun weekend. My whole family was there, well Deco and Kera left their two dogs home but other than that there were 15 adults, 11 1/2 kids and 8 dogs, yeah that's right 8 dogs- probably 7 too many but they brought lots of entertainment too. Oreo and Halle (who are brother and sister) would have wrestling matches and the kids would each cheer for their favorites. It was a super fun week and I hope we can all do it next year, and the next, and the next. . . . . .