Lately to help the kids "pay attention" during scripture time we have been asking them questions to see if they understand. Tonight we were reading the story of Ammon protecting the King's Sheep in Alma. Deidra asked Liberty if she knew what a flock is (we told her what they are two nights ago). She answered, "Yes, it's that stuff you put in your teeth to clean it." Not quite what we taught her, but that's a pretty good answer. Atleast she is aware of her hygeine.

May 27, 2007.

This was one of the highlights of our day. On our way up to Mamoth, we got to see a mama bear with her two cubs as they came down out of a tree. It is amazing what good climbers those tiny little bears are. they were so cute too, you just wanted to hold one! We're glad they came down from the tree, it made them easier for us to see, but also possible for the kids to see (some of them were having a hard time spotting them up in the tree).

May 27, 2007.

We were lucky enough to get to see a river otter eat his lunch today. We hiked up to Trout lake today, it's a great hike and hasn't disappointed us yet in our quest to see wildlife. The kids also thought the bridge over the waterfall was great.

May 27, 2007

When we stopped for lunch today, we found five little monkeys hanging out in the trees, aren't they cute!! Brylee really got into this camping thing and loved hiking around our picnic area, what a go-getter.

May 26, 2007

Yellowstone lake was a definate hit with the kids. They got to throw rocks in the water and uncle Bryon enjoyed showing them all how to skip rocks.

May 25, 2007

Everyone had to bundle up in the morning and evenings, but otherwise it was very comfortable temperatures for this trip, yeah!!!!

May 25, 2007.

We're on our way to Yellowstone. The kids are soooo excited. Teepee set up went quite well, Kade and Dad are really starting to get the hang of it.

May 24, 2007

Every year we are in Yellowstone for the Memorial Weekend and can't seem to make it to the graves, so this year I took the kids to my sister's grave and my Grandpa's grave on Thursday. It was a fun experience to share some memories with my kids.

May 14, 2007.

We found this horse for Brylee at D.I. today. Liberty and Kayson helped me give it a new paint job and then I gave it some new hair. It looks pretty good now and Brylee loves it. She can really get that thing going!

May 11, 2007.

Brylee loves her new sandles from Grammy. She begs to wear them regardless of whatever else she is or isn't wearing:)

May 7th, 2007.

First icecream cones of the season, the kids were so excited!

May 6, 2007.
We celebrated Kainoa's birthday a day late today. He is 30!!!! We enjoyed cake and ice cream and
then the cousins went to play together while the adults played games. It was a fun night.

May 3, 2007.

Kade and I went to Kansas for a job interview. We didn't have a lot of time for sightseeing, but we did at least get to go to the Liberty Jail. I also took this picture of the Liberty city limit sign just so Liberty could see it.

May 2007.

My flower gardens are coming along quite nicely this year i'm very excited to see the progress!

April 8, 2007.

Easter Morning at Grandma and Grandpa Farley's house. The Easter Bunny found us!! Everyone found lots of yummy treats in the bunny baskets and then had a nice day going to church and enjoying a nice meal together.

April 7, 2007.

Coloring Easter Eggs at Grandma and Grandpa Farley's house. The kids enjoyed this annual tradition and mom enjoyed it 'cuz there were so many helpers that she didn't have to sit there and color five dozen eggs, yeah!!!

March 2007.

Liberty and Kayson have been having fun playing Woody and Bullseye. It's pretty funny 'cuz Kayson is so tall that he has to walk his feet along as Liberty crawls. What a pair of goofballs!

May 18, 2007

Here is Brylee's tooth picture that grammy has been requesting. Brylee got her two bottom teeth and then that top one on the left came and just didn't quite match up. Since this picture she now has another matching tooth on the upper right. She looks like Goofy!

June 7, 2007

Well, somebody is enjoying my gardening efforts! The other night while i was weeding in my flower beds, i got to watch this humming bird moth enjoy a little treat before bed. I thought it was a hummingbird, but then realized it had too many parts to be a bird, so we looked it up and found out that it was a moth. It still flutters it's wings very quickly and hovers over the flowers like a hummingbird and is very pretty so it was a lot of fun to see.

April 1, 2007.

Codi is engaged!!! Codi and Kainoa have been dating for the last few months and today he popped the question. We don't know details yet, but thought we'd get his picture up so everyone could see what he looks like. Congratulations Codi!!!

March 15, 2007.

We bought winnie the pooh and mickey mouse kites today. It was a great day to try them out. The kids loved it. I didn't think Brylee would understand or have much fun with it. But, she giggled and yelled up to the kites the whole time. She even had a few turns herself at flying the kite. Liberty was able to do it herself pretyy well and kayson did pretty good with a little instruction from dad.

March 13, 2007.

Brylee's 1st Birthday. She started the day off enjoying some yummy birthday cake batter. Then grammy and grampy came for dinner-the kids had fun playing with grammy in their rooms. Next everyone we had aunts and unlces and friends come for cake and gift opening. Brylee had fun with all of the gifts, but had to fight for a look at them since her sibblings were eager to open them for her and then play with them for her (so nice). She also enjoyed her cake and icecream, but insisted on eating it with a spoon-so prim and proper! She finished the day off with a nice soak in the tub (to get all of the icecream and cake out of her hair).

March 10, 2007.

Codi participated in the iron chef competition her Young Singles Adult Branch held. Here is her creation, two layers of brownie with a whole carton of icecream in between. The brownie's had carmel and walnuts in them. And then to finish making it pretty she shaved chocolate from a candybar into curls and placed them on top. It was so yummy! We got the leftovers when she got home.

March 13, 2007.

We were digging up our parking spot so that we could dump more gravel in there in preperation for a new parking pad. Bad idea! The dirt was still too wet so the tractor's were sinking. They ended up putting it all back and then said they would have to come back after it dried out. What a mess!

March 8, 2007?

Our first day out on the trampoline this year! The kids were so excited. If you look closely you will see we were still trying to melt off the snow on this side of the house though, brrrr. At least the temperature was feeling pleasant.

March 4th, 2007.

We went shopping for new spring dresses yesterday. Kayson doesn't have his spring clothes yet but he wanted to be in the picture anyway. We will be getting him a pink tie (he says it is his favorite color) and maybe some black slacks and then we'll get a picture of him.