Well I'm not sure where the time has gone! But with 6 children and all their different activities, farming, family activities, and just plain keeping up the house I just don't get anything done that is not a necessity. So I am blogging for the first time since May!! And since I am still limited on time I have downloaded a few pictures with little explanations but you get the idea. First of all Carson, Colton and Kade had swimming lessons this year at the Ammon Pool in Idaho Falls, with their cousins Carter and Maddie. I only put up picture of Carson, just to many to wait for the download!
Kade has had alot of fun this summer with his friend Lex riding horses, playing in their pond and just about anything else you can think of that little boys do!! This is a picture of them and the fairgrounds for a playday, they are in a bareback class! He was in a reining class(where you have to ride your horse in a pattern around cones running, trotting and walking) and took 1st place!! This was his first year even doing something like this, he is a true blue rider and may have just found what he loves!!
This is a picture of Kade's doctor(Dr. Morales) that has done all of his surgeries since he was a baby! He has wanted to come to Kade's families farm and see the dairy and he did this summer! It was really fun for him to see his doctor in a place other than the hospital! It was a lot of fun.
Our neighbors down the street have 4 boys that are all the same ages of my boys and they just had a baby girl the end of June, so now Kennedi has a little friend! The only one that is always left out is poor Mckenna, but she loves playing with these two adorable babies! So this is a picture of Kennedi and Kaylie.
We celebrated Mckenna's 13th Birthday on August 26! I can't believe I now have two teenagers living in my house! Makes me feel very old. But they are good kids! and I am so thankful for my Mckenna!! This is also a picture of her when she came up with a family night game where you have a tower of flour on a pan and you use a knife to cut away the flour and when the tower with the M&M falls you have to get the M&M with your mouth!! It was alot of fun! (Sorry the pictures are out of order but can't get it to move!) This is Mckenna on the first day of school, she is in the 8th grade at the Jr. High!
Quinton is in 9th grade which is still in the Jr. High but he goes early every morning to the High School for Jazz Band practice He is doing a great job and loves it alot. Colton is in the 1st grade and starting to learn to read. He is also growing just to darn fast! All he wants for Christmas is 2 front teeth!
Kade is the big man at the Elementary School in the 5th grade and has his best friend in his class this year, Lex Nef! I just hope he can keep things under control so he's not getting in trouble all the time! He is still the clown or entertainer of the family!
This is Carson waiting to go to school the first day he is in Kindergarten this year and doesn't go until 11:45a.m. so he has to wait around and play with Kennedi! But it doesn't seem to look like he minds!
And of course we couldn't take pictures without taking one of Kennedi too! And as you can see she will no longer keep her darling bows that we have in her hair anymore! But I still think she is adorable and sweet!
September 2,2011 We held the annual Jerry Hall Family Reunion this year's theme "Going the Distance"
Here is the whole clan ready to have some fun. We camped out in grandma and grandpa's backyard, ate great food, watched a movie on the shed, played games, had a family fun run, the guy's went paintballing by the river, and we played with playdough and made big bubbles with all the little kids, I think fun was had by all!!
Carson and Carter posing with all their glow in the dark bracelets and necklaces! These boys are so fun to watch play together, they are great friends!
This is where you usually find Heather and all the kids! Reading books! She is an awesome aunt and they all love her!
All fifteen grandkids lined up for the feet pictures Margaret like to have. This is the zoomed out version!
Margaret bought this airplane teeter totter for the kids and they all loved it and played on it for hours!
I also bought 2 more horses this summer, so my total is 3 now! So we took the family and went with our friends (Nef's) on a trail ride one day. It was alot of fun! My Kennedi loves to ride on the horses and this time it was just enough to rock her to sleep!
We also celebrated Colton's 7th birthday on September 13, 20011! Jeremy always is teasing his boys about dolls and dresses and he thought it would be funny to wrap Kennedi's dress and doll up for Colton. He got a good laugh but was most excited about his fishing pole! All of my boys like to fish so since my dad is not around to help teach them Jeremy better figure out how to go fishing and spend time with his boys!!
He wanted a backhoe birthday cake and this was my best attempt! Not to shabby!
It was red ribbon week at the Jr. High and this is Quinton's famous Nerd Day outfit!! I couldn't pass up posting this picture!
Kennedi also is starting to want to dress up and pretend! This is her in the cowgirl hat with her horse!
