Mt. Rushmore

 My parents are working their way east, so we decided to meet them at Mt. Rushmore and camp with them for the weekend.  We stayed at a really nice campground.  Candie and Brandan and the boys came up for a night, but of course I didn't take any pictures.  We all had a great time.  Here we are at Mt. Rushmore.

We went to the lighting ceremony that night.  It was really cool because they had anybody who served in the military come down for the flag ceremony.  The kids thought it was awesome that Grandpa went down.  Kamber even said that was her favorite part.

We had never been to the lighting ceremony and it was really neat.

McCormick

 We had another fun week at McCormick.  It was very fun and relaxing.

The fishing was pretty good.  Boe caught this huge bass.

Kamber found this butterfly that would stay on her.  She thought it was a great pet.

She would even put it on her nose.

My Uncle Bill was there again with his tube.  The kids had a blast on it!

All of my siblings and their families were there except for my sister-in-law Lori.  It was a great time!

Bike Trip

This summer we met up with my parents and and my brother Shay and his family to go ride the bike trails up in Northern Idaho.  We had so much fun.

Here we are on the first day.  We rode 18 miles that day.  Boe and Kamber did great!

The next morning we got up and went the opposite way on the trail.  We rode 20 miles that day.  All of our bums were tired from the day before, so Boe and I switched bikes for a while.  Boe looked pretty good on my pink Lulu bike!

Kamber and Dan rode the tandem that day.

Kamber would take a break once in a while!!

 On the third day we rode the Hiawatha trail.  It was very fun.  There were tunnels and tressels that we got to ride.  The tunnel that you can see in this picture is 1.7 miles long!  You can't see the whole way because it is on a slight angle.  It was so much fun.  We all had headlamps on and glowsticks on the back of our bikes so nobody ran into you. 

After riding the trails we would go back to our camp.  They had this really cool dock in the middle of the swimming area with a diving board on it.  It was so much fun to go get cooled off after our rides.

We had so much fun on this trip.  If we ever get the chance to do it again, we definately would!

Family Pictures 2010

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!!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.