Thanksgiving, Alice, Barn Clean Up and Birthday

Susan, Shelly, Sharon and Grandma headed off to see Alice. Here are a few pictures they took.

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I had a great time with my preschoolers. We all dressed up like pilgrims or Indians and had a huge feast. Here are some pics of me and my kids.

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Here are some pictures that grandma took of Thanksgiving Dinner in Milford. I heard you guys had a great time. Maybe next time we'll be hangin' with you. This year I was in charge of my side of the family. It went really well.

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Grandma asked for a clean-up, so a clean-up we had. Thanks to all of you who showed up and participated in it. The lot looks so much bigger with things organized, hauled off, and burned. the food and the visiting was great too.

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for grandpa's birthday this year we had family over to our house for apple pie. I love that tradition. Happy memories came along with it. The next day we went to the cemetery with grandma and had cake and ice cream. Going to the cemetery is a happy time for us. Lots of smiles and stories.

I've tried to teach my children respect for others and objects/things. We were all minding our P's and Q's and until I look over at Jack, and he was riding grandpa's headstone line a bucking bull. I about died, in fear of what grandma would think. She simply smiled and said, "I be grandpa is looking down smiling right now. I bet he is happy that you guys are enjoying his birthday." I needed to hear that. Grandma is so loving and understanding. How grateful I am to be a part of this family. Thanks to all of you.

Bryce Canyon

Halloween 2009

Here is my little family! I know Lori told my how to turn the pics, but it won't work on my computer. You'll just have to turn your head (LOL) We had Little Red Riding Hood, Cowboy Casek, Mountain Lion Hunter Bo (who got attacked) and Ladybug Miley.






Halloween 2009

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We all met at Mom and Dad's and took pictures of the kids. Here is my Hunter Bo with Loni. My Cowboy Casek with Zombie Jase And my three little cuties (Casek, Miley, and Bo)

Above: Our girls - Kiley, Loni, and Miley

I let Bo dress up for Casek's Costume Parade on Friday. That day he wanted to be a cowboy.

Here are my kids carving Pumpkins. They had so much fun and I got lots of pics. Unfortunately, I was playing with my camera and deleted them all. Luckily I had emailed these four to mom, so I did have them. Miley loved it. She would dig in the pumpkin and try to eat the guts, then she would yell at the boys and the pumpkins. We had lots of fun (ecspecially with our powered pumpkin carvers)

Here is Miley digging in her pumpkin while cussing it.

Bo was such a critter. Those of you that know Bo well, know that he strips down to his underwear the minute we are home. It doesn't matter what time of day, if we are home he is in his underwear. He doesn't even mind to answer the door like that. He was pulling faces and having a blast carving the pumkins.

Casek had so much fun too. He is getting so big and hardly needed any help from his mom this year.

Casek's teacher (who we love) emailed some of the class pics she took of Casek and his class.

Here are all the little boys in the class (who had arrived back from lunch)

Here are the kids who were back for the party.
Some were a little late, so we didn't get one with the whole class, but almost. We had to talk the boys into letting the girls pose with them.




It was a great Halloween and we had lots of fun.

Deer Hunt/ Halloween

Here are some pics that I took at the Deer Hunt. We had such a great time with all of you up there. Thanks for coming up and sharing the weekend with us. These are some of my children's most favorite memories.

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My parents entered the MTC today. They will be there just 10 days and then are off to the Dominican Republic. I am so proud of them. This is something that they have wanted to do for as long as I can remember. Hopefully someday John and I will be able to do the same thing. Just 547 more days and we will have a great reuniting.

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This is what we all dressed up like for Halloween. We had a cowgirl, 2 bull riders, a tiger, a witch and a spider man.

Madison was a fairy princess for preschool. You have to love the changing of all the costumes. I think that is half the fun of Halloween....................................................................

I was in charge of a fund raiser for our school this year (last 3 years). It is a Spooktacular Fun Run/Walk. There is a Freaky 5K, a Monster Mile and a Spooky Sprint. L, H and C all one their age division for the mile and sprint. I was mighty proud of them.

Here we are running the mile.

L passed H at the finish line. H wasn't too thrilled by it, but was a good sport.

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We had fun carving pumpkins this year. Even little j took his turn. He hated the guts of the pumpkin. He would pull his hand out and say, "Ooooo."

Here are our results.

Halloween Fun

Deer Hunt 2009

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I realize it is only half of the front yard, but heck...I will take what I can get. I am lovin' it!

Labor Day Weekend

The kids weren't in school Friday, so we decided to hike to Molly's Nipple. We went the back way, since we had little ones. We didn't exactly know where we were going, so we called Sharon for directions. When she found out we were hiking it, she too decided to join us. It was quite enjoyable, except for the heebie jeebies that I got from my fear of falling and dying from high heights.

Sharon took Harry and Lincoln down the front of it and hiked down. To our surprise they beat us back down into town.
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H and L participated in the Peach Day's Rodeo. H rode a bull for the first time, while L did Muttin' Bustin. H rode for 4.5 seconds before getting bucked off. I was so proud of him.

There were 37 kids signed up for Muttin' Bustin. I signed up C and M, but they weren't one of the 20 who were drawn. L held on for dear life and ended up winning it. He was so proud. You should have seen his cocky little walk after receiving the coveted buckle.

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Here we are watching the Peach Day's Parade. It was a good one. The kids got all the candy they wanted and we saw many people that we knew. One being Aunt Shelly. We were so proud to shout and cheer for her.

Happy Labor Day to you all.

Happy Belated Birthday Kirsten!!! August 20th

Casek's First Day of First Grade

Bo, Miley, and I walked Casek into class. Bo is in such a great mood today, as you can tell (Maybe he will miss his brother!)

Casek started First Grade today. He was so excited and a little nervous about having to go all day.

Over the 24th of July weekend, we had a reunion with my side of the family. It was held up Cedar Mountain, in a place called Deer Haven. It was beautiful and tons of fun. Here we are all.

Me and my siblings.

Our cute little Slack Family

Just in case you were all wondering....yes, J and I are still in love. Isn't he the most handsome hubbie one could ever have? .................................................................

Slack Family Reunion Photos

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Getting Wood off of Cedar Mountain.

Montana

We drove through Yellowstone on Saturday and saw lots of wildlife. And spent the night in Livingston Montana. Sharon went to church at the only ward their on Sunday. Then we went on the road to Uncle Bill's and spent Sunday touring their place. We stayed the night with Bill Grace and Alan. We took off Monday to Glacier national park and drove to the top of Logan Pass. We turned around and drove for a couple of hours and camped at one of the many lakes

Road trip

We took off from Hurricane and drove up I-15 to Idaho. We stopped in Idaho Falls and Rexburg and stopped for the night at Island Park Reservoir

Larry's Garden

The day grandma finally took pictures of the garden was the day Cindy decided to blow up the water slide in the back yard and invite everyone over. Always fun at grandma and grandpa's!!

The peas out of the garden were a great treat on a hot day of swimming.

Dad's been busy with his garden at his house too. Him and Chad have set up all the watering system using more recycled pipe and soaker hose.

These pictures were taken two weeks ago. The corn and tomatoes have really taken off since then!!

More home projects for Jen and Kasey

We decided to put a swamp cooler in this year since the house is already up to 85* during the day. We pulled out an old chimney hoping the cooler could run down the shaft.

Turn your head sideways!!=) This is in the boys room upstairs where the chimney ran through. We added 4 sq. feet to the room by framing this back in.

And decided the better option was to drop the cooler into the stairway!! Hopefully we will finish it up this Mon. and Tues. when KC is off work!!!!

Milford Community Garden

It is hard to tell from these pictures how huge this garden really is! Dad's ward decided it would be a good idea to do a community garden this year. One of the members donated his land for use out by the rodeo grounds. Dad recycled some old pipe from the pig farm for sprinklers and irrigation. The ward purchased the rest.

They've planted corn, tomatoes, beets, peppers, squash, peas, and red potatoes. Anyone in the community is invited to come and help maintain and all will benefit from harvest.

Dad and Mom have spent a lot of time and energy getting things going and making sure everything gets done. Even Chad and Wade help out a ton and have learned all about gardening!!

Jen's Family Camp Trip to Beaver Mnts.

We went camping to the Beaver Mountains this last Wed. and Thurs. We had to much fun!!! Kasey "rescued" a brand new baby duck that had gotten washed out of its nest. Since we couldn't find the nest we got to bring him home. He was so cute! Unfortunatlly, the altitude change was too much for him and he didn't make it in Milford.

The boys had fun hiking, playing in the creek, shooting BB gun's, and catching anything they could get their hands on.

The rocks were more slippery than Jase realized. He went waist deep into the freezing run off water and couldn't get back up!

With help from the dog and his little brother, Cole caught this baby chipmunk before I could even get the tent set up!!

Our first camp trip of the summer and it couldn't have been better!

Mama Mary's Cabin

We went to the ranch for John's birthday. We had a lot of good fun. John was especially excited when he shot a crow. Those darn things have put many holes in the screens up there, and left way too many poops on the front porch, benches and chairs. When he saw that crow fly over head, I had never seen him run so fast to get Aunt Jan's gun out of the closet. After one shot, down the crow fell. It was awesome.

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I also loved these pics I took of Curits and Loyd's hay.

Happy Late Birthday Bo

Happy Happy Birthday Bo! Bo turned 5 on June 25. He had a great birthday party, even though it stormed and more people couldn't make it then those that could come. We went to the park and had hotdogs, cake, and presents. We played there for a couple hours and then we rented the swimming pool for a hour. We had lots of fun and Bo was spoiled rotten! Bo is a little fish. Here he is trying to climb out, so that he could dive right back in.
Here are the girls. Loni Sue and Miley are the best of friends. Loni takes great care of Miley and is so cute with her. Miley loved her first swim!


Here is my Bo with one of his prize presents!


Trying to Blow out the candle before the wind did.

Here Bo is with his birthday cake. We went to Mike's and ordered it. He picked it out all by himself and could hardly wait until we got to pick it up.

I love you, my big five year old

Casek's Kindergarten Graduation (Better Late Then Never)

Casek Graduated from Kindergarten this year!!! He looked so dang cute singing and preforming a little skit. Grandma Susan and Grandpa Larry weren't able to go and watch, so they sent their camera home with us. Well I forgot to charge the battery up, so it kept dying. Well Casek insisted that I record the whole thing for Grandma and Grandpa. I had to keep changing the battery with the second one and sqeezing out all the power they could muster. When they finally crashed, I had to hold the camera up on him the whole time even though they weren't on. I put it down once, so that I could use my camera to take a picture, and he cussed me to get the camera back up. Luckily he picked the front row for us to sit on. Casek just got done with a little skit and was walking back to his seat.
Casek had to say a part on the microphone and then hold it for all the little girls sitting next to him.


Casek and his friend would sometimes watch their parents instead of the teacher at the end of songs, so they would stay standing when the other kids were all sitting. (It was so dang cute)

Casek is singing all about America. It was his favorite song.

I don't think I have ever seen a cuter Kindergartner. He was such a cutie. I love you Casek!