Girlie Camp

I had a BLAST at girl's camp this year...after all the hard work and preparation, it came and went. My mom came up Monday to stay with the kids. THANK YOU MOMMMMM!!! Tuesday morning we packed up and got on our way to Scout Mountain. When we got there, I was a bit sad to see the camp spot that I had reserved...I think EVERYONE was sad to see it. There was not enough space at all for five tents. If yo take a crowd...DO NOT GET #18. So, after camp was all set up and dinner was being prepared, we as leaders decided to make an executive decision and move camp sites. This was not something the girls were excited to do, bue they did it and we were all very glad we did. So, about 8 we made dinner and had smores after that. I gave devotional that night on being all that you can be using Pres. Hinckley's Way to Be book. It turned out nicely. Oh, I would like to thank my Aunt Dee for bringing us wood. I must say that is the only thing I forgot...so I think I did okay. Besides, who would have thought you had to take wood to a forrest!!!!

Wednesday we certified, completed 32 hygeine kits for the distribution center, worked on skits and our scrapbooks. I wasn't sure how the books would be taken, but they all embraced the idea and made some super cute pages. We had a lot of free time and the girls like that, too. Bishop john gave the devotional on choosing to have a testimony. It was great. He related a story of two girls who lived in the same neighborhood, who were the same age, who attended the same meetings and had parents who were active members. One grew up and got married in the temple. She is very active and has a strong love for hte Lord. The other one has no direction in her life and has strayed off the straight and narrow path. What was the difference? One chose to have a testimony and to let Heavenly Father be a part of her life...the other one did not. I really loved that devotional.

Thursday was hike day. Bishop John made Mickey Mouse pancakes for all of us. We got ready to hike with our Priesthood leaders Brother Chugg and Brother Havens. Kathy Schell came,too. The requirement was 5 miles, but Bro Chugg felt he needed to take us on a 16 mile hike. The girls were great sports and only murmured a little. It wasn't that bed...HAHAHA! Abby sprained her ankle, but made it down the mountain. We all cleaned up and got ready for testimony night. Kathy gave the devotional on having the right tools for a testimony. It was great! The testimonies born that night were incredible. Every girl bore her testimony...some of thankfulness and some of trials, some of family and some of the gospel. Before they bore their testimony, they turned on a little tealight candle thing and we got to see the light shine on their faces. It was so beautiful to see this group of 10 girls form together and unite. It was an amazing experience and I will not ever forget it. I have grown to love each of those girls individually. I learned so much from each one.

Friday we ate omlets and took down camp. On the way home we stopped at Tastee Treet and had icecream. I picked up a scotch and soda and space burger for Mom. We were excited to get home, and I am still unloading things...the coolers are done, but the rest will have to wait. I forgot to mention our cam friends...two little skunks. They were cute, and suprisingly enough not stinky. Too bad I didn't get a picture of fear they would spray. Speaking of pictures...here you go!

The Jelly Fish song

Our compass orientation

The Skit: Modern Day Good Samaritan

Scrappin'

Eating Kelsey's stir fry

Marshmallows around the fire

One of the views from the hike

Us on the hike

Campfire our last night

I got choked up...the girls awarded me the Real Numero Uno award. I had no idea what I was getting into when I was called, but the Lord provided and I was able to get it all done. Thanks you to all of those who helped!!! There is no way I could have done this without you! Troy: Thanks for taking the kids all those nights! Thanks for driving us up and back! Mom: Thanks for taking my kids! It is a lot and I really appreciate it! Dad: Thanks for letting me have mom! All the past and present YW leaders who have helped! I love you all!!!!!

Sunday afternoon

Troy took the kids to Grovers while my mom and I stayed home to scrapbook. Thanks, Babe!

Cute cousins! Tevan, Adalyn, Daeson and Mieley

Zoo with Gma Cindy and Papa Ty

Grandpa and the boys on the tiger











Feeding the new baby camel

Grandma Cindy and Tevie

The super cute bears..the best part of the Zoo!!!

Tevan Ty's bday

This is the day before I had Tevan. My family came for a visit. These are my brothers...no, none of them are expecting! :)

This is Tevan the day he was born. The nurse was NOT very nice and I wanted to slap her, but I restrained. Tevan remained un-named for a few days until we could agree on something. But he was very sweet!

This is Tevan about day 4. What a cute little boy! I love him sooo much!

We had a great time at the party. Peggy brought some delicious watermelon! YUMYUM!

This is the Diego cake I made. It took about 5 hours. I used the Wilton pan, but I was so mad that I was required to make 1/4 c yellow frosting and used maybe 1/2 tsp. It was like that with a lot of the colors. Very frustrating...but it made the cake look cute.

While we sang to Daeson, he grinned from ear to ear. It was the funniest thing. What a ham.

He blew out all but one candle at first, but he got it eventually.

He wouldn't eat a lot of cake, but I sure dished it up! He got the whole Diego face.

We had him sit in a circle with his presents around him. He had a hard time opening presents. He wanted to play with each one individually. He loved all of them...

five minutes each present!

But the gift that won his heart was the Handy Manny tool box that sings. We had to open that right up. He even slept with the tools the first night and the whole toolbox the second night!!

Troy's aunt Linda and Uncle Dick came and told me this was Tevie's present...I was hoping they were kidding, but told them no thanks anyway. Daeson was devastated. "Why can't we take the puppy home?" Let's just say that if I add one more thing to my list, I will SCREAM!!!!! And a dog is a big item to add!

One hot mamma

Oaky, so maybe not HOT, but Troy took this pic of the boys and I...

Feeding the ducks

We fed the ducks some bread. the kids loved it. THis is in fron of the falls.





What a cute and growing boy!

Race Statistics

I was wrong...I thought I was 13 in my age group, and I was 18. I was standing kinda far back and couldn't see very well. So, not 13. But, I will take it! The fastest girl in my category was 53:33.2 and the slowest was 1:51:41.0. If any of you are interested in the times of other racers, go to www.dammarathon.com and click on races, scroll down to race results and then 2009. It is neat to see all the results. I really wanted to do the one Saturday, but I cannot find a sitter. I am still battling my cold, so I probably would not do well. I am super bummed!!! I hate having to find sitters. Oh, well. It would be nice to be able to run with my kids! Have a happy day!

Finally some pics!

This is me after my first 10K (6.2 miles)...I ran it in 1 hr 13 min. I was proud of myself considering the route was very hilly. I only walked 5 steps, then I ran the rest of the way.










Daeson and our new addition: Molly. She is three months old and our friend Cal gave her to us for the kid's birthdays.











Twenty nine. It is here. I am actually excited to get older...older means wiser, right? Troy was not feeling well, so I took the boys to pick out my cake. It was tricky because I cannot have chocolate, so it was vanilla.











My super cute niece, Brooke. This is her birthday #4. We love you Princess.













This one is for you, Mom. I know you really wanted to be there, so I got this super cute pic of her for you.











Daeson with Molly, the day after we got her.










Tevan, Daeson, Mahanna and I went to the Zoo. It was a blast. We were gone for about four hours.












Tevan lost his britches while playing. It was so cute to see him play. He's getting so big!










See how big?











These are the two new sloth bears at the Zoo. They are brothers. The cutest little bears you'll ever see.














THis is Mahanna, Daeson and Tevan at the petting zoo area. They loved the goats.










We got a trampoline from Richard and Peggy for Christmas and set it up for Daeson's party. I don't have any pics from the party, so if anyone got any, please send them!!! The boys and I got our swim suits on and jumped with the sprinkler under the tramp. It was so much fun! It's great to act like a kid again!














Daeson wanted to go swimming for his bday, so after Chuck-a-rama, we went to Adam and Kayla's pool to swim. Dani and Todd went too. It was fun. The red around Daeson's eyes is from his goggles...the paint/coloring rubbed off on him.

I didn't swim this time, so Troy had to do the honors. They had a great time.

Tevan was a daredevil with the water, he was willing to jump in at any given time.

This is us at chuck-a-rama. It is Daeson's fave place to eat. Lucky us! We are holding up #4 because that is how old he is now. He can hardly believe it.

For Memorial Day we went to Virginia City. I love VC. It is a little ghost town in MT. This is actually in Ennis, they have a small park there we always stop at.

After the Train ride to Nevada City, the conductor took us to see the big steam train. Very cool...it was our own private tour.

This is us in the way to NC. It was a cute ride and the boys loved every second of it. It was beautiful the way there, but the way back was chilly.

This is the Boise Zoo. We went a few weekends ago to see some friends...Harley and Kelly. Thanks again for the visit! The kids loved the Zoo.

Kayla, Daeson, Bray, and Tevan after seeing Diego. How cute.

This is us with Diego. The paper is a picture Daeson drew/painted a few days before the trip. He gave it to Diego...it is a map. Tevan did not want to leave Diego's side.

The kids finger painted the other day, what a mess! But it is fun to see their creativity.

I love washable paints!

We finally got Daeson a big bed. He was grown out of the toddler bed. So, we found this on craig's list and bought a new mattress for it. He is so excited...Troy and I can actually lay by him at night now and be comfy. I cannot believe he is four and growing so big. Right before my eyes!

All the pictures are in reverse order...I started with the most recent. So, they go back. But Tory finally got my comp done and we are ready to go. It is a much faster computer than the old one. Thanks, babe for getting it done! I will post more as I get them. I have kinda slowed in the picture taking. I have several that need scrapped. Have fun...we are off to the Zoo.

Twenty-nine

Today is the day I get to say I'm 29. It has been a sweet 29 so far...Troy and the boys took me to IHOP for strawberry crepes. YUMMMMMY! The waitress said she recognized me from somewhere, and I did her, but for the life of either of us we could not figure out from where. Oh well.

Troy sent cake and ice cream out last night to his mom and dad's. He was sick so the boys and I went. Thanks for the fun gifts everyone! I know I will have fun with
the gift cards/money.

So, I guess we will see how the rest of the day goes. I have laundry, camp and a kitchen to clean. I also need to run four-five miles today because my race is in 5 days. I opted the 10 K so in September I do the half. I am nervous. Troy and I drove the route and it is about four miles up hill...2 miles down. YIKES. But, I will do it if it kills me!!!

So, I am officially 29 and I have had a yummy breakfast and a wonderful serenade this morning by uncle Kent. A fun party last night and another fun party tonight! I am a blessed and happy girl today! Thanks mom and dad for deciding to have another child! I am grateful for all you have done for me in the last 29 years!

Daeson turned 4!

So, Troy is going to fix my computer today...maybe. Anyway, once again pictures are going to have to wait. However, we had a great day. On his actual birthday, we went to Chuck-A-Rama and then went swimming. He got a pretty relaxing day...even a coupon book. It was fun, thanks Adam and Kayla for letting us go swimming in your pool! Then next day was his party. We worked hard...Grandpa and Grandma Smith came early to help:THANK YOU!!!! Troy, Paul and Papa set up the trampoline we got from Grandpa and Grandma Blue for Christmas. We were all so excited! We have been waiting for it for a LONG time to get set up! My mom and I ran to get the pinata fillings, cupcakes and pizza. I ordered the cupcakes and pizza from Sam's and it worked really well!! Not too bad priced either. We were late coming home because of traffic...in IF? Yes! Woodruff was completely blocked off to two lanes...backed up to 17th! It was horrible. But, we got home and had a great time. Daeson had a few meltdowns, but we survived. We played pin the tail on the donkey, broke a pinata and played on the trampoline and swing sets. It was great. We had a great turn out, thanks to all who made it! Harley, Kelly, Bray and Kayla from Boise, Gabe and Bastian, Josh, Chelsea, Gavin, and Kylie, Adam, Mieley, and Adalyn, Gram Grover, Grandpa and Grandma Blue and Kaden, Papa Ty and Mama Cindy, Jaden, Jess, Carlie, Brooke, and Carson, Justin and Hailey, Jon, Austin and Cameron, Mahanna and Bianca, Kara, Jaimen, Alexis, and Rachel, Paul and Makiah, Dave, Jen and Chloe, Todd, Danielle, Ryker, and Sadie. Troy, Daeson, Tevan and Myself were there (sorry if I missed someone). It was super fun...60 cupcakes, 10 pizzas and 2 watermelons later we cleaned up. The pinata was a hit...literally. It was so hard to break it...even Uncle Adam and Kaden couldn't break it! We are so proud of Daeson. He is such a great kid. I am so blessed to have him in our family. We love you Daeson, we cannot believe you are 4! What a big boy! I love you more than life itself!