5th in Lewiston

I think we invited ourselves up to Lewiston this year! It is SO much fun and it's tradition (although I do want to try out Lander one year too!). We woke up the kids and packed them in the car, we hoped GK would fall back asleep because he'd been out so late all weekend, but not a chance. We got there JUST in time.

The parade was awesome, not too long but TONS of candy! All the girls on the floats were beautiful, Anthony hooked up GK with a shirt that would fit the poor kid.

(I had made GK & Bentley matching shirts w/o trying them on. Gk's said it was a 2T/3T, well he was sporting his bare midriff! Lesson learned!)

We went to the carnival and waited 45 minutes (I'm sure I'm exaggerating) for a pony ride.

GK Loved it!

Then we went to the red, white, & blue party. It was a blast & there was so much good food. GK had a blast in all the blow up toys & balls. Bentley slept the whole time!

Jenn & Patrick tried to teeter totter, but she's no match for Patrick so Brandon hopped on to help and we all heard some cracking of the wood and Patrick was off that thing before you could say "Liberty"!

We all headed back to Anthony & CeCille's for a much needed nap. Even Yogi took a nap.

Then on our way out of town we stopped at the farm to give Trevor his birthday present and check out the cows. Gk was so funny. Brandon took him into the pregnant cow place and GK was "casting the demons out". The were totally shy of a little 2 year old boy! We walked over and saw som

e more cows and some horses too.

But I think GK's favorite part of the farm was when Garrick brought out the tractor. I wasn't sure how he would do. He loves to look at them but he gets kinda scared. Brandon went with him and said he loved it. GK cried and ran after it when Garrick was putting it away.

Thanks Hall family for putting up with us again! We just love your family!

The Farm & The Hunt

It is now a tradition that every year we spend the first weekend in November up in Beautiful Lewiston. Jenn is from Lewiston, her parents are so gracious to let us crash there. They are so generous to share their home with us. They also feed us such good food. We are so spoiled! Brandon and Patrick get to hunt on some farms because of Jenn's Dad. So we really get the royal treatment.

On Friday night we had dinner and they boys had to run some errands (hunting license & making sure Brandon's workers had everything they needed) so Jenn, CeCille, and I got our craft on! We Mod Podge'd some wooden blocks for Christmas!

I didn't wake up early enough to see the boys off before they went hunting. Jenn went to get her hair done and Cecille and I took G.K. to the farm. It was so much fun. G.K. and I loved it. The cows were so cute. I just love cows. I think we have a special bond because I don't eat them and they can sense that. Jenn's brother owns a dairy farm so there are cows that are babies, pregnant, and milking. Garrick was so sweet to answer all of my questions. I had a lot, my only experience with farming is on Farmville on Facebook.

These are some of the best behaved kids, and some of the smartest I've ever met. They taught me a lot about cows. I never knew what a heffer was, only you didn't want to be called one. They were so cute with G.K. showing him everything. I think a farm is a great place to grow up. They are really hard workers.

The cows were kind of scared of G.K. but the horses were really friendly. I was holding G.K. up to them and he was petting them and even put his head on the horses nose. It was so cute. He pointed to the horses eye and said Eye. Usually what he says is so random but he know what he was saying.

We went back and met up with the hunters who had seen a lot of bids but only shot one. CeCille made us a yummy lunch and Patrick and Brandon took Kyle out to go shooting. I think was as much a treat for Patrick and Brandon as it was for Kyle. They shot a few targets but Garrick (Jenn's bro that has the farm) needed some pidgin's "taken care of". So they had a blast! Boys love to shoot things. Jenn and I played with a marble game for at least an hour. It was really a lot of fun, I think I need to write to Santa for one.

On the way home we went to Firehouse Pizza. It was so yummy, and of course we all ate way too much.

We had a great weekend! Thanks everyone for being so hospitable and welcoming us again!

Pheasant Hunting

This last weekend Patrick and Brandon were going pheasant hunting up in Lewiston. 

And the sweet Hall family were making SpudNuts and they let G.K. and I tag along to learn how.

We had so much fun. I seriously LoVe Lewiston. It is so much fun!

Cecille (Jenn's Mom) is the sweetest, she works so hard and is such a good example of how I can be a better Mom, Wife, and person. She is a really good cook.

She fed us so much and it was so yummy I really feel indebted to her. 

Well Spudnuts are doughnuts that have potato in them,

but they taste the same to me as regular doughnuts.

We had a pretty awesome system Jenn cooked the doughnuts

Emily and Holly put the icing on them and sweet little Hanna put the sprinkles on top.

Hanna was so cute! She really liked her job and eating the sprinkles.

There were a lot more doughnuts, we ate quite a few

I felt like such a Homer, I was drooling all over them so I had to eat those.

My favorite were the doughnut holes because they were smaller but I think I ate 20.

This is everyone that helped in the prouction.

G.K., Holly, Trever, Cecille, Jenn,

Rachel, Hanna, Katelyn, and Emily.

Katelyn and Rachel were big helpers with GK for me. 

Poor Patrick and Brandon were really really tired.

Patrick really wants a bird dog now. But we already have a dog.

They probably walked 12 miles or more. 

They left just before 7:00 (Patrick woke up around 5:00 and woke up Brandon to go because the clock was off in our room. He was so excited he couldn't go back to sleep.)

Jason and Quenton met them and they hunted all over Lewiston, then to Menden. 

They came back had a doughnut and took out Kyle (Jenn's nephew).

They had so much fun but they were totally worthless when we went out to dinner to Firehouse Pizza. I love that place. Dinner was so good but we had to get a trizookie to share after.

On Sunday we went to church (Do you know they have messengers in sacrament meeting?) then had a delicious dinner. 

Thanks again Anthony and Cecille for your hospitality!

and Jenn and Brandon, we had an awesome weekend!

Hunting in Lewiston

This weekend we had such a good time. Patrick and I went with Jenn and Brandon to Lewiston, Utah. It was Jenn's Mom Cecille's birthday ( Happy Birthday!) and Brandon went with Patrick on his first hunting trip since he has completed Hunter Safety. We had dinner at Maddox's on the way up and I think Patrick will write in his journal about that. Brandon and Patrick both shot the pheasant, they saw 4 and 1 hen. I think they had a really good time, they got chased by a bunch of cows and were really scared. Anyway Thanks Brandon and Jenn, and Anthony and Cecille for helping us have such an awesome time!

The 4th of July

We went with Brandon and Jenn to Lewiston for a classic 4th of July! We did it all from the 5k to the fireworks! We had so much fun.

I couldn't think of a better way to thank you than putting pictures of you asleep on the internet! But it really was the perfect laid back small town 4th of July, I can see why it is Jenn's favorite holiday! Thanks you guys!