Every Family has a story...: October 2013

Yes, I have been nominated for the laziest blogger of the year award... and I won! 7 months without a word or photo! I am THAT good. Anyway, here is a super speed rundown. Some videos and photos for your enjoyment! :) They aren't totally in chronological order so sorry if that drives you crazy. I was (of course) too lazy to fix all that! Well, good luck and happy reading/viewing. This is the longest blog post in history so if you need to, just take it a little at a time and come back for more then next day. Pace yourselves! :)

Brysen had his first birthday back in March and these were his party guests!

Before cake...

After cake! :)

Someone is happy about his first motorcycle! :)

Brylee's first mechanical bull ride! Yee-Haw!

And for Seffy... and for Grace! So fun to play with cousins!

Paint a rock... and FOCUS!

First haircut by a professional...

Before... After! Thanks Kritsy Fairbanks!

Then came EASTER! Yay for the Richmond Easter Egg hunt! Brylee loved it.

Brysen obviously didn't really get it. :)

For Easter we went out to Malta (right after the easter eggs in Richmond of course!). Sue and Joe have made Easter into a MAJOR holiday in this family and it seriously is SOOO Fun!

To start it off, the cousins all went hiking at City of Rocks.

Deryk, Braden, and I braved Bath Rock.

Braden went all the way up to the tippy top... crazy man!

If you zoom in a little on that shot, you can see me huddled in a ball on the rock. I'm... let's say slightly afraid of heights. haha.

Then we did an Easter photo shoot for the kiddies.

These Cute cousins were so loving picture day!

My cute cute boy.

And this face explains why there are 500 pix of Brylee and only 4 of Brysen. He was... less than enthused about photos.

After our photo shoot, it was time for the great kids easter hunt! Grandma Sue GOES ALL OUT!

And all the kiddies love it! And the adults love it too! Here is a video of the adult hunt: food, eggs filled with MONEY, toys, games, prizes... the list goes on! It's like a jungle out there. Every man for himself! Ready GO!

Found this cute pic of G-ma Beyler. Love her!

Then Logan City demolished our old house. It was way fun to watch! Here's a before, during and after. You'd never even know there was ever a house there now!

Black and White Days Carnival in Richmond!

Then track season at Preston High School. 2 of my kids placed at State! Kennidee in Pole Vault and Matt in High Jump!

Just 2 cute pics of Bry!

Lots of swimming this summer. Look at that boys' belly hangover! Haha.

Trampoline with sprinklers was a weekly event... As was sticking tongues out for pictures! :)

And of course, the magical slip n slide. We combined forces with the next door neighbors and put together 70 feet of slide and a pool at the end! So awesome!

And we had lots of fun on weird toys at parks...

Brylee also learned how to ride a bike without training wheels! go Brylee go!

Brysen learned some tricks too.

And we spent lots of time with Grama Blanche and Bapa Leon. These kids sure know how to make G-ma work! It is so fun to live close to them!

My lovely roses! Had to share them :)

Brylee and her drinking buddy. haha

Brysen experiencing the country life.

Eating the 500th popsicle this summer with our friend Seth! So fun to have Kathy and Seth come see us.

In June, Braden and I were Ma and Pa for Trek. This is our awesome family!

Extreme Signs Baby!

Baby Addison's baby blessing.

She is such a babe!

Beautiful girl.

All the great grands with G&G Stoddard

All the great grands with G&G Astle

Then we had Grandma Stoddard's 80th birthday! I cannot believe she's 80! She is so excellent!

And later, took a fishing trip in Malta. The kids had a great time learning how to fish with Daddy!

Spent some time with Grandma Barrett. Brylee loves all her Grandmas!

G-ma Beyler's 80th bday! Brylee loves g-ma despite the look on her face in this photo. Haha.

Now and update on Camping! We bought this cute little camper back in June and took her out a few times.

Then we decided to fix her up and sell her. Here's what she looked like when we were done.

So then we bought a bigger camper and went out in that one! We really had a lot of fun camping this summer!

This is a very sad photo of the day Brysen got stung by a wasp on his lip! We discovered he's allergic when his lip swelled up like a balloon! Poor little man! After a popsickle, the swelling went away and he was fine.

This is Aiden Keck - my best friend Jessica Keck's oldest kid. He is one of Brylee's besties and one of the cutest boys in the world! Listen to these giggles!

And this is Hadley Keck - Jessica's middle child. Aren't they so cute together! I love these kids to death!

Moving on to the next big holiday recap. 4th of July! Started out with fireworks in Logan. Party on daddy!

Then we went camping in Idaho with my family to celebrate the 4th with the cousins!

There was motorcycle and 4wheeler riding, horseback riding, and even trailer riding to and from the canoes. Lol.

Aunt Whitty was sweet enuf to bring up here horsey for all the kids to have a ride.

Again, Brysen was less than enthused.

Then awesome Grandpa Dave had a brilliant idea to mow out a spot in a field where we could play kickball! It was A BLAST! Everyone had lots and lots of fun running and kicking and tripping and laughing. Here are some pics from that.

This is one of my favorite photos in the world. Baby Addi loves G-ma Blanche!

Then it was on to the splash park to finish out a wonderful 4th of July weekend! Thanks family!

Late in July, Chick-Fil-A did a dress up like a cow day so guess who was there! These cute little moo-ers! Haha

Then we had the BEYLER REUNION! This event is always a big smash! It was so fun this year. We went to Kelly Canyon ski lodge. We had a watermelon carving contest. These are the winners! Kenzie and Sherri with their awesome turtle.

There were balloon hats and animals...

Oh and real animals too! We found a bat in one room!

Tehre was a cupcake contest. G-ma won best tasting...

And Tarl won best in show! They were little cheeseburgers1! (Not a great photo but they were sooo awesome!)

I made the "Despicable Me" minions. didn't win but had to show how cute they are!

There was a Rook tourny. Marty and Randy won (but Austin and I were a very close second! lol)

We also went golfing. The 2 winners - Doug with the lowest score and Austin with the highest! Austy and I actually tied for the worst, but I will just photo humiliate him alone :)

And there were those fun little cart toys.

Karaoke night was also a big hit. Here's the older cousins singing their hearts out. That Taylor Swift is an inspiration. haha.

Sue did a great job and everyone had so much fun!

In august, found this little friend in the back yard... AH!!!!!!

Sent Bridger out to find it... all he found were squirrels. But we never did see the snake again. Whew!

This is about 1/4 of my apple harvest. Made some yummy things out of the green ones... now I need to do the red ones!

We also had some pumpkins... This is how a real country family harvests pumpkins! Four wheeler style. :)

We live next door to the cutest family - The Palmers. This is Hudson. He and Brylee are such cute little friends and play together all the time. Huddy's older sisters desided to get them all dressed up and do a wedding photo shoot for them! Cutest thing ever. Here are some of the photos of their big day!

A few weeks ago, we decided to redo our entryway. this is before.

And this is after! Braden is amazing! He put up a wall, put in French doors and shadow boxing. So fun! He now has an office he can work from home in... if he ever decides to do that.