Cole's 1st Birthday!!

We were in Bear Lake for Weston's work during Cole's Birthday. It was pretty fun because we stayed in a Condo with two swimming pools and of course the lake right across the road. We had pretty much zero room in our car on the way with four kids crammed in there, but I insisted that we at least take Cole's present with us for his first birthday. A Tonka Truck, how fitting for our little monster!
Cole loved his new truck but he was pretty sure that it was a ride-on toy. He would lift up the bucket and straddle the base of the truck and push himself around. It was pretty funny.
Cole's Birthday cake was origianlly supposed to be a crocodile, but when I got started I realized that a snake would be much easier. Like the kid could care less about it. Kallie was sure excited though.
Cole dove right in to his smash cake and was very willing to share with anyone who would venture a taste!
Happy Birthday to our little man who we love so much and can't believe is a year old already!!

It's a Crime!!

Hadley, Jeter, Weston, & Cole
Jete & Cole playing a little follow the leader
The Cutest Boys Ever, Jeter and Cole!
Both the boys screamed the whole time,
Even with Cindy on with them!
Jeter has a rock in his mouth in this pic.
Faster Dude!!

So heres the deal, Weston's cousin/best buddy/childhood partner in crime, was here for nearly the whole month of July. We were so anxious to see Had, Cin and Jete. We didn't get to see them nearly as much as we would have liked to, but we did get to have dinner a few times and we went for a sweet ride on road bikes one night. We had so much fun with them and wish that their families wouldn't have hogged them so much. Just kidding! Anyways it was really good times, but here is the crime. Jeter is only 3 weeks older than our little Cole, they played so dang cute together. They followed each other around, ate rocks and dirt together (mostly Jeter), pushed each other in the cars (mostly Cole doing the pushing, Weston says Hadley was always the bossy one! J/k) and they also went for a horse ride together. They both pretty much hated that part. But all in all I think it is horrible that these two little boys were destined to be best buds and were torn apart at birth. (Had and Cin stopped at the hospital on their way to Ohio so that three week old Jeter and 12 hour old Cole could have their first pictures together. So here is our shoutout to Cole and Jeter for a happy life of togetherness away from each other. Just move home already guys!!

24 of July!!

Kallie and Cole at the Parade
Grandpa Crapo has the magic touch
Kallie on the giant slip and slide (wish I had a better pic of this)
Me & Kallie getting warm after the slide
Twin cousins; Trey and Trail with Cole

As you all know the twenty fourth of July here in St. Anthony is a really big deal. For us it starts at 7 am with the Fun Run, then to the parade and the rodeo, but last year we started a new tradition. The REDNECK WATER PARTY!! My mom has a huge sand volleyball pit that she floods and we play intense mud volleyball, we have more food than we know what to do with. (This year she got a cotton candy machine) All of my brothers and sisters invite their friends and my mom and dad invite some of theirs. We end up with a strange mix of people but have a ton of fun. Don't get too excited though, I haven't revealed the best part yet!! My baby brother Regg invented his own slip and slide. It is amazing, about the size of half a football field, not kidding!! My dad puts all of his hay in long plastic tube bags, Regg put one of these at the top of my moms lawn and it slopes downhill. He put a pipe at the top and we pump water out of the ditch for a steady flow. It was a huge hit two years in a row. So for those of you who were invited and didn't come, you totally missed out!!!

Crazy Baby!!

This is our crazy little man Cole. He is so dang funny, the difference between him and Kallie is astonishing. He is fearless and out of control. He has the cutest expressions and I just couldn't help posting these funny pictures!

Sand Dunes

On Monday night we decided last minute to go to the dunes for FHE. We had Weston's sister's two boys and we took our friends, Brooke and Daniel with us. It was a short trip, but we had a blast!! The kids had so much fun trying to squish the sand beetles. It was hilarious to see Kallie trying to keep up with the boys up and down the dunes. Kace is only a month older than her but he is twice her size. We just roasted some hot dogs and messed around and of course Wes and Dan had to race their four-wheelers to see whose is faster. (boys!!) Then we had our traditional mallow roasting contest which I always loose, I have no patience for such nonsense!!

The best part of the whole trip was this: I didn't have jackets for Hali's boys, so I had to improvise, I found an okay sweater for Chad (6 years old) but had nothing masculine at all for Kace (3 yrs). I got out one of Kallie's denim jackets, the only problem was it had pink snaps and pink stitching, I told Kace that it was a cowboy jacket and asked him if he was tough enough to wear pink!! I told him all of the cowboys wear jackets like this one. He was so excited and wore it no problem. He looked hilarious!!

July 10 2008

I have refused the idea of being a blogger for about a year now, but after being told what a loser I am multiple times I finally decided to give it a try. I don't know what the heck I am doing I am the biggest computer reject ever. Not to mention that the other day I decided to be a way awesome mom and let Kallie play computer games and as a result I no longer have a backspace key. As I am sitting here typing this, I am already realizing what a bad idea it is. I have recently given up my obsession of reading to be a better mom, too bad I have already yelled at them twice to quit bugging me while I am doing this.

I actually have a pretty awesome life, the kids and I spend our days playing outside in the ditch and the sprinkler with whoever we can convince that would be a fun thing to do for the day. As far as fun things we have done this summer, we don't have much to brag about. If we took a vacation that would mean Wes was lazy. (so he thinks) We did go to Vail, Oregon with some friends in May to help brand 1,000 head of cattle, that was totally Wes's idea of vacation, though the kids and I didn't quite agree. Wes felt bad for that so he signed himself up to do an audit for work in Bear Lake and that will be our vacation. No complaints here, I think I love his job more than he does.

Well I don't really know what to post so for anyone who sees this, that we haven't been in touch with for awhile, here are some facts about us!!!!

1. We have two kids, Kallie Jo 3yrs. Cole 11 months
2. We call Egin, Idaho our home
3. Weston is an accountant for Rudd & Company in Rexburg
4. I stay at home with the rugrats
5. Weston can't break himself free of the farm, this year he has corn and barley
6. We enjoy riding horses, four wheeling, and checking pivots as a family
7. Me and the kids like bike rides
8. Wes and I did the Dam Marathon Relay, (that was interesting)
9. I have recently read the "Fablehaven" series and loved it!!
10. cant think of anything else that you would care about