Don't you just love it

....when your trying to have dinner and your kids are running a muck? So here we have Parker playing with the hamburger buns which she tore into tiny bits. Look at here concentrating, I think she's trying to figure it out lol.

But wait here is another bun that is still entact! I guess she felt she needed to feel a part of dinner?

And then there's Payton! My sweet loving son. Sam didn't think I should post this but if you have kids then you'll understand. Payton got mad because after I took the plate away from Parker he thought it would be funny to do the same thing, but I did not and so I got mad took it away and this is what happened!...

and then this cause he got mad cause I was taking his pic! I just couldn't resist though. After I think about the situation and even though I was mad at the time, it is kind of funny now, or maybe not funny but a bit amusing!

So all in all it was a wonderful family dinner. Oh yeah and did I mention that after we did finally sit down to eat my drink got tipped over by my over curious daughter. I'm just glad we weren't in public!

Goin to West Yellowstone!

On the last day of my grandmother and aunts trip we took a road trip to West Yellowstone and then to Jackson Hole! Of course by the time we got to Jackson it was getting late and it was raining so we really didn't get to do much there but eat dinner and buy Payton a new pair of pants because his diaper soaked through his pants he had been wearing. So needless to say we have no pictures from Jackson! But here are the pics from W. Yellowstone. We had a good time, we got to see buffalo roaming down the road and then in a feild.

Above is some pictures from hot springs I guess. I can't remember what they were called but it was pretty neat. If you look at the pool of water in the background you can see how blue the water was. I've never seen anything like it! Then to the left is "Old Faithful"! While we were waiting for the old man to blow we experience quite a storm with lightning and thunder and rain! My grandmother and Aunt loved it and they can't wait to come again next year!!

Bear World

While my grandmother and Aunt were here visiting from Arizona we went to Yellowstone's Bear World! We had so much fun I was shocked. I've lived here now for three years and we always pass it on the freeway and I never thought it looked that fun especially for what they charge to get in. But as we entered I realized how wrong I was about this local animal park. As we entered they told us to keep to keep our windows rolled up at all times which was interesting I guess. Of course we did not follow the rules for the first part of the park....

here is the mountain goats. It is a mother and her two babies,one from this year and one from last!
This is the Albino Elk. The mother had something like one in ten million or one million (I forget) chance of having an albino baby!
Here's where we realized we better keep our windows up for sure!! When we entered into the bear part of the park the lady told us not to stop or we would have some hitch hikers for sure so we kept yelling at my grandmother to keep going when she would slow down cause these guys get close! They had 32 bears in there just wandering around. Two grizzlies and 30 black bears!
Payton really wanted this guy! But opted for something smaller.
The baby bears. If you wanted to you could actually feed them but it was expensive so we just watched. They were so cute and really playful! I guess I can kind of understand why people would go up to them lol!!



Payton was being a little stinker and wouldn't take the pic with me so I'm all alone:(
Payton feeding the ducks and fish!

In the petting zoo. They had a pot billy pig and deer and goats. It was pretty neat. Never thought we would ever get to pet deer.

Riding the rides. We were lucky there were no other kids there that day so Payton got to ride the rides all by himself and didn't have to wait in line. The girls were really nice there and just followed him to any ride he wanted to go on at that time.


The Curator Tour!

This was really fun. We all loaded up on the white truck and we each got a tray of food to feed to the animals. This here is the buffalo that they just got a week ago!

These guys were so stinkin cute! The guide lady told us that over the years that these guys figured out that the better the tricks they did the better treats they got so this guy was clapping at us and sitting on his bum!
This was our last stop on the tour and so by this time all the bears were following us.
And lastly the moose. The guide told us that fish and game found him tangled in a fence and so they brought him to Bear World and put him in the petting zoo but then he got bigger than the kids so they put him out near it. She said its funny cause he doesn't realize he's a moose so he likes being near the kids and thats why they put him there!
We had a lot of fun and I think I would recommend for those with families or not to go check it out and you could really make a full day of it!

Our new addition!

Well I guess we are following suit with the Hodge family and just adopted this pretty girl from the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter. We have had her now for three days and she is the cutest thing! Her name is Haley and actually that was the name they gave her and so we just kept it. Haley is three months old and so sweet. I still can't believe someone would take her to the pound. She is a Border Collie Mix and very smart. Payton loves her and Parker has her moments. I think that when Haley learns not to jump Parker will really love her but right now Haley just gets so excited to see her that she jumps all over her and so Parker gets upset. Overall though we are so excited over our new addition to our family and I would recommend to anyone looking for an animal to first go to your local Animal Shelter first because there are a lot of sweet dogs and cats there that need homes that are just as good and any pure bred dog or cat!!

Parkers eating cereal!

I was very nervous about this invevitable step in my daughters life because when it was time for Payton to start eating rice cereal he did not like it! So needless to say as the time got closer for me to have to start giving the rice cereal to Parker I was a little hesitant because I didn't know how she was going to react, but......





she loved it!!! So now every night before bed she has a bowl of cereal and some of mommies milk and goes to bed! She is such a good baby and we are so blessed to have her in our family.

You've got to spend money to save money,

...so this morning Natalie was great and invited me to go with this group of people (one of them being Kimber) to go super early-super saving grocery shopping at Albertsons!! I got up at like 4:45 am and we got to the store about 5:30ish. I couldn't believe it, first of all there was quite a group of people there already and they were like sprinting down the aisles, it was kind of crazy!! I am not a morning person at all but after somewhat figuring out how the whole coupon process works I actually did really good, at least for my first time. Everyone was really helpful and patient which made things a little easier also. I would like to continue going and hopefully I will be able to get the hang of things to where I can just fly threw the store and get what I need. We didn't get done until like 7:30 and I barely made it home in time for Sam to go to work (SORRY BABE). Although I don't think he was upset after I told him how much I saved going this morning. I probably could have a done a little better but everyone said it was pretty good for my first time so that was good for the ego! So do you want to know how much I saved????


I spent $50 and SAVED $170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crazy huh? Thanks Kimber and Natalie! I actually had a lot of fun even though it was super early in the morning but it was totally worth it. And you know what some of the girls that kind of started this I guess is doing a class and teaching newbees like me how to do it and be good at it so I might do it! If anyones interested and don't know Kimber and Natalie I can give you their number although I warn you it sounds as if their class is filling up so you might be put on a waiting list.

All in all it was a great experience and I kind of can't wait to do it again next week and see what kind of great deals there will be!

Russ' New toy!

So my brother in law got a new toy and so of course we all had to go out and try it out! Of course when I say we I'm not really talking about me cause there's no way I'd get on that thing I know I would probably kill myself so for my childrens sake I declined the ride. We ended up taking it a ways from my in-laws over by the river and my two brothers in-law, father in-law and Sam all took turns taking it for a spin, while my mother in-law Kitty and the kids and I watched. Of course Payton found something boyish to do and threw rocks into the river! Over all it was pretty fun and no one got hurt so that was a plus!! Of course none of them wore the helmet they brought,even Sam. I was getting on his case about it and everything but it didn't work. I guess I didn't do that good of a job.

My father in-law Brian!

Payton throwing the rocks into the river. It must have been fun cause he did it the whole time we were there!