The Clayson Clan

Family Pictures 2010

2010-10-07T09:49:00.001-07:00

In between sessions of conference this year, we went up to Cress Creek to get new family pictures. Our friends the Allens came and took them again. Mike always does a great job. I love how they turned out this year with all the fall colors. Thanks Mike!!

Kamber 6 yrs old

Boe 9 years old

Kamber is 6!!

2010-01-09T11:28:00.001-08:00

I can't believe my little girl is already 6! She is such a smart little girl. She loves kindergarten and is learing so much. She has tons of friends in her class because she is so sweet to everyone.

She really wanted a rainbow cake. So this is what she ended up with. Not the best cake I've ever made, but she loved it. She put all the hearts on it by herself.

She wanted to go ice skating for her birthday. So the Stokes and Allens and Nate and Cierra came. It was so much fun. I was suprised at how well she did.

Of course, we all fell down a couple of times.

Boe was really good at skating too. It was all so much fun!

The kids were impressed by how well I could skate. I told them I had lots of practice because I used to put on my mom's old skates and skate down our road.

I am so glad that Kamber is in our family. She is such a sweetie!!

Christmas

2010-01-09T11:23:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. Unfortunately I took mostly video and not many pictures. I haven't taken the time yet to take some still pictures off of the video. We went to Firth on Christmas Eve and had a yummy dinner and the kids got to open their jammies that Grandma Clayson made for them. Then we went home and to bed and got up in the morning and opened presents. Everyone was happy. Then we went into Idaho Falls and went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakel with Shay's family. Then we had dinner with them and played games. It was a great day.

Santa came to the library this year. We went with the Stokes and got to see him.

Boe asked for a guitar. He must have been a good boy because he got one.

Kamber also asked for a guitar. She got one too! We were rocking at our house on Christmas morning.

New Pictures

2009-10-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

During general conference we took a drive up to the mountains and listened on the radio. Then, we found some good spots and took new pictures of our kids. Boe is 8.

Kamber is 5 1/2.

Baptism

2009-10-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

Boe was baptized on Oct. 10. I am so proud of the decision he made to be baptized. He had so many friends and family there to support him. He is such a good boy and I love him tons!!

Dan was able to baptize and confirm Boe. What a great day we all had.

Happy Birthday Boe!

2009-10-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

Boe turned 8 on Sept. 11. He had his very 1st birthday party. It was a lot of fun. He invited 6 boys and all of them came! They had so much fun. They all rode the bus to our house for cake and ice cream.

Then Boe got to open all his presents. He loved everything the kids gave to him. Dan and I gave him a mp3 player already downloaded with his favorite songs. He loved it.

After presents, I loaded them into my van and we went and played laser tag. Boe's Uncle Nate and Aunt Cierra came to play, too. The boys all had so much fun. It was a great idea for a birthday party!

Back to School

2009-10-19T10:52:00.001-07:00

Well, school has started again. Kamber is in kindergarten this year and Boe is in 2nd grade. Kamber is so happy to be able to catch the bus with Boe in the mornings. They were both very excited!

On Friday's the kids are supposed to wear their school t-shirts or red. They look so cute all matching!

SUMMER

2009-08-25T18:45:00.000-07:00

So I am finally going to update my blog. So, if you have time, go ahead and enjoy. If you don't you better come back when you have more! :)

CRUISE

So we started out our summer by going on a cruise with two other couples. We were planning to go to the Mexican Riviera, but because of the swine flu we got re-routed to the Pacific Coastal. We got a good deal on it and it was so much fun!

The first thing we had to do was find our life jackets and all meet out on the deck by our life boats. Here is Dan and our friend Mike looking studly in their life jackets.

Here we are at our first port in San Francisco. Can you believe our huge ship? It was amazing!!

The food on the cruise was incredible. You could order anything on the menu. If you told them you couldn't decide between lobster or prime rib, they would bring you both!! We made sure we always took the stairs instead of the elevators so we didn't come back with an extra 20 pounds!!

One of the favorite things I did on our shore excursions was eat lunch at the top of the space needle. My friend Emillee and I went while our guys went deep sea fishing and our friend Heather met up with her sister-in-law. What an amazing time we had. It was definately a once in a lifetime opportunity!!
Us girls got our hair done in the salon for the formal night. We all felt so beautiful and we had a great time.

The entire ship was very elegant. I felt like I was on the Titanic with all the beautiful staircases. Dan looked handsome in his suit and it was so much fun to have a romantic date with him.

Here we all are. What a great time we had!! I am so glad we have such awesome friends to make fun memories with!!

NETTIE SUE CLAYSON

We had a beautiful baby girl on July 8, 2009. Nettie was so special that we were only allowed to have her for an hour on this earth. It has been the hardest thing in our lives to have to bury our daughter, but we are so thankful for the gospel and knowing that we will be able to raise her and see her again. She was so special and you could feel her little spirit so strong.

We had a little prayer service for her in Rexburg, then we took her to Emmett to bury her with her namesake, my grandma Fisher.

We will always remember Nettie and we can't wait to be with her again!

BEAR AND WOLF DISCOVERY CENTER

We went to the Bear and Wolf Discovery Center this summer. It was a lot of fun.

The kids were able to feed the bears. They took all the bears out of the habitat and then gave the kids buckets of food. They go to hide it under rocks and plants.

This is the bear Sam. He came out after the kids left and found all the food they left for him. It was a great time.

RODEO

We went to a rodeo also while we were in Island park. It was great.

Boe and Kaianna are waiting to ride a calf.

Boe did great. Except when the calf bucked him off he did a flip in the air and landed on his hip. He limped off the arena.

It was worth it to him, though, because he got a dollar. I think he would do anything for a dollar!!
THE BEACH

Dan's little brother Nate got married at the San Diego Temple. We took the opportunity to make a family vacation out of it.

We all had so much fun playing on the Huntington beach.

My cousin Cameron let us borrow his body board. It was a blast to catch the waves in.

Kamber liked playing with the sand and searching for shells.

DISNEYLAND

While we were in California, we had to go to Disneyland. What fun memories we made there!!

The first ride we went on was Star Wars. It was very cool and the kids loved it.

You have to wait in line now to be able to see the characters. Kamber really wanted to see some princesses. We saw Jasmine and this is as close as she got without waiting for a half hour. It was good enough for her!

The Indiana Jones ride was really cool. The line wasn't even too long!!

Splash Mountain is still definately my favorite. We bought the picture that you get at the end. I will scan it and post it soon! It's a classic!!

It got pretty hot in the afternoon. The kids could usually find shade while we waited in line for rides.

We ended the night by watching the fireworks. There was still a couple of hours left that the park was open after the fireworks, but our kids were begging to go home. They were exhausted. Next time we will definately make more time to spend two days at Disneyland. It really is the happiest place on earth!!

THE WEDDING

Nate's wife Cierra took her endowments out at the Newport, CA temple. It is a beautiful temple.

Nate's friends volunteered to babysit our kids so Dan and I were able to attend the session.

Dan was one of the groomsmen so he got to wear a tux and be in the wedding party. He looked very handsome!!

The San Diego Temple is beautiful. It looks like a castle!

Nate and Cierra had their reception at Cierra's dad's backyard. It was beautiful. I am so happy for them.

Well our summer was definately a roller coaster ride but we made a lot of memories.

Kamber's 5!!

2009-01-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that my baby girl is 5!! It almost makes me want to cry. She is such a good girl. We are so happy that she is in our family. She is a little mother and loves to take care of her cousins Andrew and Hannah. She has even gotten VERY good at changing Hannah's diaper!!! She is definitely a girly girl, and I love it!!

I made her a Strawberry Shortcake cake this year. I think it turned out pretty good. She was very excited about it!

Make a wish and blow out the candles!! She blew them all out in one breath!!!

She got lots of gifts from her friends and family. She was very excited about and loved all of them. She even got earrings and a jewelry box because she got her ears pierced for her birthday from us.

She was very brave while she got her ears pierced. It was just before while she was sitting in the chair waiting that she got very nervous. She started crying and the lady piercing her ears told us that if she told her no at any point she couldn't continue. So, she got brave and sat very still for them. They did both ears at the same time. As soon as they did it, she said, "OUCH, hey, that didn't hurt so bad!" She has done a very good job twisting them and cleaning them. Now she asks me everyday when she can change them. I'm sure she'll change them many times each day, just like she does her clothes!!! I love you Kamber! Happy Birthday!!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-28T15:39:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. I didn't get too many pictures of Christmas day because I took a lot of video instead. This kids got to go and see Santa and tell him what they wanted.

In Rexburg at the same place Santa was there is a carousel and they gave free rides. The kids had so much fun and got to go on as many rides as they wanted. My nephew Kyle was with us and so were the Stokes and the Allens. Everyone had a great time together.

The kids got everything they asked Santa for. Boe asked for a Gameboy and Kamber asked for a purse. Good job this year Santa! ;)

Boe's Christmas Program

2009-01-28T15:32:00.000-08:00

This is Boe and his good friend Troy. Boe has been so sad because he moved to California so he hasn't been around since this program. He was a really nice little boy and Boe really misses him.

This is my good friend Heather and me at the program. Kamber was taking pictures. I think she did a great job!

This is Boe and his class during the program. The lighting was horrible so it didn't turn out very good. Anyway, all the first grade classes sang and they each had memorized a Christmas poem thet they said together. They all did a really good job.

Ice Caves

2009-01-28T15:25:00.000-08:00

Around Thanksgiving time, my Uncle Ron and Aunt Kathy came to be with their kids Cameron, his wife Nicole, and Brenton. Cameron told us about these ice caves and invited us to go with them to explore them. We weren't too sure about how Kamber would do, so her and I decided to skip it this time, and if Dan thought she could handle it, he would take us another time. It ended up being a blast. Dan and Boe absolutely loved it and decided Kamber would have been fine. He is going to take as again sometime (probably when it warms up a bit).

Kamber and I can't wait to get our chance to go. Thanks Cameron for opening our eyes to this great new adventure!!

Halloween

2009-01-28T15:09:00.000-08:00

I know I should of had these posted months ago, but better late than never, right? The kids had a great Halloween. They made a haul, and we had candy forever. I eventually threw it all away!

Kamber was tinkerbell and Boe was spiderman. It wasn't Boe's first choice but, he is so sweet and told me that since I had already bought it for him he would wear it. It turned out fine because there were 3 other spiderman costumes in his class the day he got to wear it to school. He thought that was great and it must not be a baby costume if other's in 1st grade were wearing it, too!!

We had our annual FHE carving pumpkins. They turned out great and we had a lot of fun!

Family Pictures

2008-11-03T21:15:00.000-08:00

One of our friends took our pictures this year! They turned out sooooo good. We went down to the river bottoms near our house.

I took this picture and blew it up and got it in antique print. I love it. It looks great in my house.

Of course, we had to take some not so serious pictures, because, that's just us!!

I think the pictures of Boe and I and Dan and Kamber turned out very cute. I'm glad we took them that way.

This one of the kids was a fun one, too!

This is the other picture that I put on the wall. Thank you Mike for taking our pictures. We love them!!

Halloween at Harriman

2008-11-03T21:09:00.001-08:00

Every year in Island Park at Harriman State Park they put on a Halloween Party for the kids. It was so much fun. We took a tractor-pulled hay ride up to a little village where the kids got to trick-or-treat at all the little houses. On the ride up there are lots of spooky things to scare you.

Of course, on the way up to Island Park we had to stop at Big Jud's and get some yummy food!

When we got there, everyone got in their costumes and got ready to have some fun!

This is our family waiting in line for the hay ride. I decided it would be too cold for the kids to wear their costumes, so I put some fairy wings on Kamber's coat and Boe had a stocking hat with a knife in it.

While we were walking around the village, we ran into this mummy!!! Kamber was a little scared at first, but the mummy was nice and let us take a picture with him.

It was a great time, and we will definately go again next year!!

Hunting

2008-11-03T21:04:00.001-08:00

Dan, my brother Shay and my cousin Cameron went hunting the first weekend of deer season. They didn't have any luck! We invited Cameron and Nicole over for dinner when the hunters got home and they brought dessert.They made a cake and brought lots of things for the kids to decorate it with.

If you notice, it is a hunting scene. It is the deer that got away!!
Cameron took the deer home after we ate the cake and told us that if he didn't get anything during deer season, he was going to mount this one on his wall. He didn't get one, so we'll need to go to his apartment and look for this one on the wall!! :)

Flag Football

2008-11-03T20:59:00.001-08:00

Boe had so much fun playing flag football this year. He absolutely loved it. It was fun that Dan got to be his coach. He really learned a lot and had a great time.

My cousin Cameron and his wife Nicole came to one of his games. They are so much fun. They even made signs for Boe and for Dan so we could cheer for them. Boe saw the signs in the middle of his game and it really made his day! Thanks Cameron for your hard work! The signs looked great!!

Ginormas Pumpkins!!!

2008-09-29T10:47:00.000-07:00

I don't know if ginormas is a word, but that is how Kamber described these pumpkins. Our neighbors grow these huge pumpkins every year and then they have a party to weigh them and give out prizes. This pumpkin weighed over 1000 pounds. Someone even brought a watermelon that was close to 100 pounds. I had never seen anything so big. It was a fun way to get ready for the fall season.

Boe turns 7!!!

2008-09-29T10:35:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my little boy is 7! Time has gone so fast. I love Boe. He is such a good boy. Everyone always tells me how nice he is and how well-behaved. It's true. He really is a good boy. He has lots of energy and so we find many ways for him to use it. He is involved in lots of sports. He played baseball and he is just finishing up his flag football season. I will post pictures soon. He will be starting wrestling again in the next few weeks. He is very athletic and loves to play sports. He also likes to play video games. He is very good at them. He is very sweet with Kamber (most of the time). I love it when my kids play so well together.

We celebrated Boe's birthday the day before his birthday, because we were going to be so busy on his birthday. Dan's sister and her kids came for dinner, then our neighbors came over for cake and ice cream. Boe had a great time.

I didn't get any pictures of the cake. Before I got my camera out, we had already eaten it. Oh well, it wasn't anything special this year. Just the candies that said Happy Birthday. That is what he wanted, and I wasn't going to argue with that!!

Boe is now on a countdown to next year. He knows that it will be a very special year because he will be baptized. I just hope he enjoys this year and that it dosen't go near as fast as the last 7. (for my sake anyways!)

Summer

2008-09-02T07:28:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have been a slacker and haven't posted anything all summer. We really have had a great summer. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have.

The last day of Boe's kindergarten, they did the play Peter Rabbit. Boe was Mr. McGregor and he did a really good job. He had all of his lines memorized, and his teacher kept telling the other kids to speak up as loud as Boe.

This was Boe's kindergarten teacher Mrs. Barzee. She was amazing! Boe learned how to read and became very advanced in math. Now he is in first grade and is doing wonderful because he was so well prepared.

When school got out, we went down to Sarah's house for Lindee's baby blessing. It was a lot of fun getting to see them and Kamber couldn't get enough of Lindee.

After the baby blessing, swimming lessons began. We took them at Green Canyon. It was a lot of fun because we went up there and camped for a week and the kids had swimming lessons twice a day. They really learned a lot when they had them so often. Boe and his cousing Kyle got to be in the same class.

Kamber didn't get to take swimming lessons this year because, as you can see, she broke her arm. So, she got to be the picture girl. She took over 500 pictures that week! Mostly of any random kid she saw in the pool. Also another main subject was her baby cousin Hannah. I think half of them were of her. At least she had fun and wasn't too disappointed that she didn't get to go swimming. We are signed up again for next year, so hopefully nothing happens to prevent her from taking them!

After swimming lessons, Dan's brother Brent and his family came down from Canada for a visit. My kids had a lot of fun swimming and playing with their cousins Savannah and David.

We have done a ton of camping this summer. It has been so much fun. Dan mowed lawns once a week, so we had a lot of time to spend together. This has definatly been my favorite summer since we have been married. I only took pictures of one camping trip, but I wish I would have taken them of all of them. This is Boe and my neice Marrissa hunting for crawdads!

This is my brother Shay all ready with the bucket to put in their catch!

They were all very successful! Even Kamber got brave enough to catch them.

I had never cooked crawdads before, but the kids wanted to eat them. So, I boiled them in a pot like you would crabs and when they got bright red we ate them. The kids and Dan really liked them. They were a little too fishy for me.

While we were up in Island Park we went up to Mesa Falls. It is so pretty up there and we had a great time.

I am sad to see another summer come to an end, but we have made a lot of fun memories. I had my 10 year reunion this summer and it was so much fun to get reconnected with old friends. We also took our kids to Roaring Springs in Boise. What a fun time we had! There were lots of slides that you went down in pairs or in a group of four so our whole family could go.

School has started again and that means I won't see Dan until summer. But that's alright, especially if we can have another summer like this one next year!!!

New Grass, No Teeth

2008-05-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

We have been working so hard at getting our lawn in. It has turned out great. The sod is looking good and the sprinkler system works like a dream. We also painted our door and put on shutters. The littlest things make such a big difference!

Boe has lost both of his front teeth. He looks so cute!! Too bad, he didn't loose them at Christmas time!!

Dance, Dance, Dance

2008-05-17T11:33:00.000-07:00

Kamber had her dance recital on Saturday. It was very cute. She did two dances. Sunshiny Day, and the Angels Cried. She had a lot of fun getting her hair done, wearing makeup, and getting in her costumes.

Babe Ruth

2008-05-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

We have entered a new phase in our lives. It is called Babe Ruth. Boe has had so much fun playing baseball this year. He is playing coach pitch this year. He gets to play first base because he's about the only kid on his team that can catch. He absolutely loves it!

He got to play catcher the other day. He thought that was a lot of fun, too!

Arizona

2008-05-17T10:29:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun in Arizona this year. Dan wasn't able to come because of baseball. So, the kids and I were able to fly down. It was so much fun. The kids had never flown before so it was a great adventure for them!

Sarah let us borrow her kids Leapsters. They were a life-saver. Here are the kids in the Idaho Falls airport waiting for their turn to get on the plane.

We made it to Arizona and were able to celebrate my Mom's birthday. The next day the lizards were everywhere. The kids had a lot of fun trying to catch them.

Boe finally caught this lizard, twice. He was holding it the first time by the tail and the tail fell off! But, then he caught it again, even though it was missing it's tail!

After we left Wikieup, we went to Camp Verde. The kids had a lot of fun playing on the playground there. We also got to play miniature golf and they had a clubhouse with pool and kids toys and games.

They also had a swimming pool that we took advantage of. My mom and dad thought we were crazy to be going swimming in the cold. But, since it was snowing when we left Rexburg, seventy degrees felt hot to us!

While we were at Camp Verde, we went to a place called Out of Africa. It was so much fun. We got to go on a safari ride through alot of the animals.

As we were getting on the bus for the safari ride, they gave us each a carrot so we could feed the giraffes. It was amazing to be so close to the animals. The kids though the giraffes breath was very stinky. Now, when someone has bad breath, they say, "You have giraffe breath!!"

The kids really enjoyed looking at all the animals. Most of them were really close so we could see them really good.

They also had a program called Tiger Splash. The people would run around with different toys and try to get the tigers to follow them into the pool. It was amazing to watch them interact with people and to jump into the water.

In the Las Vegas Airport, on the way home, there were really cool sculptures of snakes and lizards and scorpions. The kids thought they were really neat.

When the kids and I got home from Arizona, my Uncle Ron, Aunt Kathy and Destiny were at our house. Uncle Ron was nice and gave all the kids rides on his motorcycle. We had fun visiting with them and with my cousin Cameron and his fiancee Nicole. We all had a great time.

I Love Kamber!!!

2008-03-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

I just love having a girly-girl. Kamber is so much fun and is so sweet. We were at church on Sunday and there was an older lady sitting a couple of rows behind us. Kamber told me that she didn't have any family to sit with and asked if she could go and sit with her. So, she went back and sat by her and held her hand throughout sacrament meeting! She is always doing things like that. She comes home from pre-school telling me that there was a boy at school that was sad because he wanted to play with the toy bowling set and he didn't have a ball. Kamber said that she gave him hers so he would be happy! What a sweetheart! I am so lucky that she is my little girl!

Kamber LOVES to put on her play makeup. One day when Boe was at school, we put make-up on. We had so much fun together!

It is fun to attempt sewing when you daughter loves everything that you make for her. I made this swimming suit the other day and she wanted to wear it all day and kept giving me hugs and thanking me so much for making her a new swimming suit!

I feel so blessed that Kamber is my daughter and I love her very much!!

Sledding Fun!

2008-01-31T08:29:00.000-08:00

My brother Shay brought his new four-wheeler over to our house on Saturday so he could pull the kids around on a tube. Everyone had so much fun, and we can't wait for him to come again!

Marissa and Emily both came with him. Here is Maris looking so cute in her hat!

Boe had a great time riding on the tube. He did a really good job holding on. Uncle Shay did dump him a couple of times, but of course, he loved it!

I got the best wipe-out pictures! The blue coat and poof of snow is Kamber! Shay went around the corner and she went flying! She had the hardest time staying on the tube because she dosen't weigh very much. She loved every minute of it! We had so much snow, that it didn't hurt at all when you fell off, you just sunk six inches into the powder!

Thanks so much for the fun afternoon Shay!

Kamber is 4!!

2008-01-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

Kamber's birthday was on January 5. She found some barbie candies that she wanted put on her cake with purple frosting. She sure is easy to please. She thought it was great that she got to decorate her own cake. It made it easy for me too!

Happy birthday to you! Blow out your candles!

Kamber is very excited to be four. She now gets to be in Sunbeams. After a whole year of being 3 in nursery, she can't wait. She would have got to go on Sunday, but she got strep throat. She was very bummed, but excited to go this week.

Happy New Years!

2008-01-10T08:13:00.003-08:00

We went to Dan's sister Cammie's house for New Years. We all had a great time. The kids played hide and go seek. The favorite place to hide was in the dryer! This is Kamber and her cousin Tiffany.

The boys had a great time playing the xbox. I think they would have played all night if we would have let them. It was great for us, because it kept them quiet and entertained while the adults played games. This is Boe and Cammie's son Kyle and her step-son Tyson. These three get along great!

We celebrated the New Year with the kids at 10:00. Then we put them to bed and the adults played games and chatted. Some of us weren't quite sure if we were going to make it to midnight. But we all did! This is Dan and our brother-in-law Brandan.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-27T14:41:00.000-08:00

We all had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with Dan's family and then had the whole day on Christmas with just us. We had a great time, we even went to a movie which was a real treat for all of us.

Boe gave Kamber a princess cd player that you can sing along with. She thought it was great. He always knows what she likes best.

The only thing Kamber asked Santa for was a princess dress. He gave her a whole trunk full. She couldn't have been happier.

Grandma Clayson also gave Kamber a new dress. What a great Christmas for a 3-year old princess!

Santa gave Boe a new Ninja Turtle game for his PS2. We had to drag him away from it get dressed and to go to the movie. The second he got back, he was back at it. I guess it's ok to play it on Christmas as much as you want, but after that, there will definately have to be time limits.

Kamber gave Boe a bb gun for Christmas. When he wanted to go shoot it, I told him "You're going to shoot your eye out!" Actually he is very responsible with it and we have strict rules that he has to follow in order to shoot it. He had a great Christmas!

We definatly had a white Christmas. It snowed 12 inches on Christmas Eve and kept snowing all day on Christmas. It is so much fun to have so much snow! I hope all of you had a good a Christmas as we did!

Pumpkin Carving

2007-10-25T07:57:00.000-07:00

It's sooo much fun to have Grandma and Grandpa here. We carved pumpkins on Monday for FHE. We all had a great time and the pumpkins turned out spectacular!!

Let it Snow!

2007-10-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

On October 4th we had a huge snowstorm. There was six inches of snow. My kids thought it was great to build a snowman in October! Kamber thought it was time for Christmas, not Halloween!

Here's a picture of the front of our house. I didn't post it with all the other pictures of my house.

Boe's Birthday

2007-10-25T07:49:00.001-07:00

Boe had his 6th birthday on September 11. We let him invite one friend and they went to the Riot Zone.

The Riot Zone has a ton of blow-up toys for the kids to play on.

Riding the Go-Carts was Boe's favorite part.

They had the funnest paddle boats for the kids to play on.

They had a fun time playing miniature golf, too.

First day of school!

2007-08-27T13:02:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is going to school! He was so excited. He gets to ride the bus. He wouldn't even let me take him to school for his first day because he wanted to take the bus. He went and had a great time. I was waiting for him to come home and the bus went flying by the house without stopping. I thought for sure he was going to be on the bus freaking out. I waited 20 minutes to see if the bus would come back and then I called the bus garage. They told me that his driver had been having some problems, so they dispatched her and she said that Boe was the boy she was having problems with because she didn't know where he lived and he didn't either. I gave them the address and she said he would be here soon. When Boe finally made it home, he was as happy as could be, even though I was almost in tears! He had no idea that anything had been wrong. I told him that he wouldn't always be the last one off the bus. He said, "I know that, we take turns. Sometimes I'll be first or second." I was so relieved that he wasn't freaking out. He has loved school and comes home everyday singing the fun songs he has learned and telling me all about his day.

New House

2007-08-27T12:39:00.000-07:00

Well, I am finally getting around to posting on my blog. We moved to Rexburg a few weeks ago. Dan is going to be a teacher and the new wrestling coach at Madison High School. He is also helping with the freshman football team and will be the head freshman baseball coach. We actually moved to a little town about 7 miles south of Rexburg called Lyman. It is out in the country and we really like it here. We have painted every room and put new carpet and pergo in. It has been a lot of work, but worth it. The yard is completely weeds, so that is our next project. Hopefully we will get it done soon.

This is the view from our sliding glass doors in our kitchen. We love that you can't see any other houses. We are going to put in a sprinkler system and then hydroseed, so hopefully, this will all be beautiful green grass next year.

This is the living room when you first walk in the front door. Dan put in the archway that you can see in the corner. It really opened things up. He did a really good job.

Here's the kitchen/dining room. Shay came and helped us put in the pergo. It really made things look nice.

Boe and Kamber picked the colors for their rooms and helped paint. Boe's is blue and Kamber's is princess purple.

We put a new sectional in the family room. It has three recliners. We love to lounge in it and watch t.v.

Boe loves it because we made a little place for video games to be played at.

Kamber loves it because there is plenty of room for her to dance!

Hawaii!!

2007-05-23T20:22:00.000-07:00

We had a ton of fun in Hawaii! I took all the same pictures as my mom and sister, so just check out their blogs to see all the fun things we did and get all the details! Thank you so much Travis and Shannon for letting us use your timeshare. It really made our trip the best it possibly could have been!

Dance!

2007-04-19T08:37:00.000-07:00

Kamber had her dance recital last night. She was so excited about it. One of my friends came over and did her hair. In Kamber's words "It looks so dang cute!"

All of the little girls were excited and anxious to get out there and show their friends and family how all of their hard work paid off.

Kamber did great! I was so worried about her just looking at the audience and not dancing. She actually looked at her teacher most of the time and did her routine very well.

After her recital she received some awards. One of our friends gave her this cute sucker necklace. I thought it was the cutest idea.

One of my friends little boy even gave her flowers. I think that she really felt like a princess!

Soccer

2007-04-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

Boe has moved on from wrestling to soccer. He loves it! He does really well at it and has a great time. His soccer coach is so cute! He is one of Boe's teammates grandpa. He is so sweet with the kids and they all just love him. Boe hasn't had an official game yet, but he loves to be out there practicing and scrimaging with his team.

Arizona

2007-04-03T11:45:00.000-07:00

We had a great time in Arizona this spring break. We got to bring Wesley with us and all of the kids had a lot of fun. We left Thursday night at 7:30 and arrived in Bullhead City at 4 a.m. We caught a few hours of sleep and then went shopping and sight-seeing in Laughlin. The kids and grandma and I went swimming while Dan got caught up on his sleep. Later that evening after dinner we headed to Travis's house. The kids had a great weekend playing with their cousins. We went to a movie and Uncle Travis took the "marbles" off of Kamber's back. Monday morning we packed up and headed to Wikieup. We arrived at the Arizona house 5 minutes behind Mom and Dad. Perfect timing!

We went on lots of walks with Grandma and Grandpa.

The kids also thought that it was so much fun to throw rocks at the teddybear choyas. They even got to see the huge forrests of choyas that their parents had made by throwing rocks when they were their ages. The kids thought that was pretty cool, but I am pretty sure grandma Fisher was watching and cussing us for spreading those weed cactus's!

Grandpa gave all of the kids motorcyle rides. They thought that was great. They especially like the flame helmuts grandma and grandpa had. Even Dan got in on the action and gave each of the kids a ride.

Dan made sure to get in his exercise by riding the stationary bike under the carport. The kids thought it was pretty funny.

Boe and Wesley caught this lizard all by themselves. They were so proud. (It helped that the lizard had been injured somehow and couldn't see out of one eye and had a broken leg.)

The weather wasn't super warm, but once it got into the high 70s we decided it was warm enough to take the kids swimming. Mom and Dad found a really great place to swim at the Big Sandy. It was perfect for the kids. It wasn't even knee deep and it was all sand on the bottom. The kids had a blast.

There's a store in Wikieup called Dazzos. When people visit there they get to write on the walls. The kids thought it was pretty neat and they each wrote their names on the post outside. If you ever go to Wikieup, be sure to stop by and look for their names.

We left Wikieup on Friday morning and went down to Lake Havasu. We celebrated Mom's birthday. The kids had to help her blow out the candles because I was sneaky and bought trick candles to go on it.

We had a great spring break and made lots of fun memories. We want to thank Mom and Dad for the fun times and we will plan on coming again next year!

Busy, Busy, Busy

2007-03-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

We have been sooooo busy! Boe had another wrestling tournament. He had a great time. He wrestled one of the same kids as last time and did a lot better against him. Then he wrestled a different kid. He still lost, but he went all three rounds. He won one round and lost the other two but they were very close. He got another medal, so he was really proud. He did great, and I think he really enjoys having his dad be his coach.

Kamber is in a dance class and just loving it. She asks everyday if she can go to dance, even though it is only twice a week. He recital is coming up on April 18th. She can't wait.

Fun with Cousins

2007-03-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

The Ussings came for the week. The kids all had so much fun together playing and jumping on the trampoline.

Kamber and Jenna love playing together. They were on the trampoline for so long that their hair got all staticky.

Sarah and I went shopping for an evening. Dan got all of the kids put to bed. When Sarah and I got home J.T. and Luke were sleeping in the same bed. They are such cute brothers!

One day I had an extra babysitting kid, and Emily came over to play. We had a houseful, but everyone got along great! We can't wait for the Ussings to come again!

Wrestling

2007-03-05T11:42:00.000-08:00

Boe had his first wrestling match on Saturday. He had a pretty good time. He lost both of his matches, but he didn't care because everyone got a medal. He is pretty proud of that medal and shows it to everybody and tells them that he got it because he wrestled so hard.

Blast Off!

2007-02-24T11:50:00.000-08:00

We went with our Family Home Evening group to this place called Blast Off. It is basically a supersized McDonalds. The kids had a ton of fun.

Boe was doing flips off the side and landing in the ball pit.

Kamber's not as brave. She just jumped in.

They liked to jump in at the same time, too.

The Claysons

2007-02-09T11:45:00.000-08:00

We have finally gotten our blog going. I think it will be lots of fun to be able to hear from all of my friends and family and they will be able to see how things are going for us. Happy blogging!

Our kids are really growing up. Boe is 5 and is very excited to start wrestling next week and then soccer in the spring. Kamber is 3 and is all girl. She will be starting dance on Monday and is very excited.

We have had lots of snow this winter and the kids have enjoyed sledding.