Camping with the family

Our family went camping the end of September in Mill B. It was beautiful! I have never been camping in the fall before. I think we will have to do it more often. (Just maybe not when Travis is helping to gather the cattle from off the mountain for the winter next time.) The main reason I don't usually go when they are gathering the cattle is because I am incredibly allergic to cows and horses...I get hives...can't breathe..the whole shabang. The association does this every year, but usually Travis just goes up early in the morning and comes home late at night for the whole weekend. I decided that it might be fun to join the others that were camping that weekend. (Which ended up only being Dawnette, JL, Troy, JT and our family in our own camp.) I figured it could be possible to keep everyone that was "contaminated" out of my trailer (Travis would just drive home and shower and change his clothes..I know..how nice). Anyway, it worked really well the first night. The next day after Mckay went with them on the cattle drive he came into the trailer without showering or changing his clothes and took a nap in the back. Needless to say, when we were packing up to go home, my right eye was swollen shut, my whole body was an itchy mess, and I could barely breathe. Fun stuff! Other than that last part, we had a great time!

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I thought our family was a big camping family, but this year we only went three times, and one of those times we only went up to visit other campers! I'm hoping next year we have more time to go. It is the perfect way to get away from everything! This next scrap book is our first camping trip of the year over the 24th of July. We went up with all of Travis's family. The kids all had a super time together!

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The Perfect Day to go to the Zoo!

My sister and I have only one child left at home while the others are at school, and they are not old enough for preschool yet. So we took just them to the zoo. What a relaxing day! I usually have at least three kids I am trying to keep track of. One was not bad at all. It also helps when it is a beautiful day and there are no crowds! Anyway, we had a great time. The baby elephant -Zuri- is darling and we wanted to stay and watch it the whole day. The tiger cubs were cute too, but we couldn't see them very well in the bushes, so I took a picture of their picture (it was too cute not to!) We haven't been there for a long time, and this was the first time we got to go on their animal carousel. You don't need to buy a ticket for the parents if you are just going on to hold your child up (which is necessary because they do not have belts to buckle around them.) Whitney and Cole were excited to see all the animals and played really cute together! It's hard to go to the zoo on such a nice day like that, because I will probably not be so willing to go any other time except September/October when there is no excessive heat and barely anyone there!

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We also had a fun time with my grandma Guernsey over the weekend. The Jamestown assisted living place where she lives always has the funnest things planned for little kids to spend time with the residents. This time it was their fall carnival. The kids had a blast and loved playing the games over and over again to get more tickets, because that means more prizes of course! It was really funny at the magic show (which was interesting at first and then it just kept on going...)I asked my grandma how she was doing and in a really loud voice she said, "Well, I'm BORED!!" So then we left, apparently she liked the games and fun outside better.

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The first day of school, or Christmas?

Last night if you came ove to my house, you would have thought it was Christmas Eve! For some reason, Kelsey and Tyson were so excited for the first day of school! More than I remember any other year for any of my kids. They were so excited that they were even being excessively nice to each other, it was funny! But I loved it! They sat their clothes out and helped to pack their luches, which they were REALLY excited about, took their showers and got in their PJs way early. Their anticipation for today was contagious I have to say. I started getting excited for them to leave too! Just kidding, but yeah it is kind of nice today. So I hope they have a great day at school and that it is not a big let down!

And away they go, a little early, but they have been awake and ready for the past hour! "Can we go now?" was Tyson's favorite phrase this morning. I wonder how long this will last? My guess...two more days.



Mckay was even a good sport this morning and let me take his picture. He leaves for the bus at 7:15 in the morning and notice those shoes in the background. That is Kelsey, all dressed and ready to run out the door, even though she does not leave for another hour. Funny!






We went to the open house at our new high school on Saturday. Oh my gosh! It is HUGE! And beautiful! I wish I had a big picture of the front of it. Anyway, my kids were really excited to see it. When we got there Day's Market was handing out balloons, free hot dogs, drinks, chicken strips, and ice cream. Who doesn't love free lunch! We had gone early enough that there was barely anyone there. After we ate the kids decided they wanted their faces painted, so we went and stood in line. The lady that was painting their faces was amazing. Of course that meant 10 minutes per child, so the line went very slow even though it wasn't long. However the kids loved the results! She's hired for our next family party for sure! I was blown away at how nice this school is. It almost makes me wish I was a freshman all over again. My kids are definitely lucky to be able to go there. Mckay only has one more year, Yikes!

Whitney sat very still.


Tyson really wanted to be Darth Vader, but apparently that is copy writed or something.


Check out the main gym. I have a feeling it is going to be packed for the first game!


Oh, and there are two other gyms like this one.


This room reminds me of college English, but it is just one of their lecture rooms.


Gold's gym apparently moved in also. Just kidding, but these kids have no reason not to be in shape, that's for sure!


Thought I'd add another cute face panting picture!