Rodeo

Eagle Mountain had their first annual PRCA rodeo this year, and we were lucky enough to go. Shad was the only one who had been to a rodeo before, so me and the kids were really excited. We loved the bull riding and the mutton busting. It was great! I cannot believe those little kids could hold on so tight to sheep, crazy! The kids loved wearing their cowboys hats too!

Chandler

Brooklyn

Buckin' Bronco

Brooklyn and the arena

Chandler and the arena

We had a good time. I can't wait til next year.

Memorial Day

Over Memorial Day we went camping with some friends. We had so much fun! The kids had a blast playing in the dirt, roasting mallows, and sleeping in our tent. It did get pretty chilly that weekend, but thanks to our tent heater, we stayed warm.

Chandler roasting marshmallows with a VERY dirty face!

Me and the kids getting warm

Shad and James Stock cooking dutch oven style! We ate REALLY good on this trip.

Chandler getting ready for bed. He was definitely warm.

Brooklyn taking a Big bite

Lissie & Scott Anderson and Chandler just chilling.

We have great friends and have made some awesome memories!

Kindergarten Graduation

Brooklyn graduated from Kindergarten in May. The graduation was so dang cute! They played the graduation song while they all marched in wearing cap and gowns. They sang some adorable songs and she even got a diploma.

Dad, Brooklyn, & Mom (6 months preggo)

Brooklyn & her teacher Miss Nybo

Brooklyn & her Diploma

I can't believe she is going to be in 1st grade! She is growing up way too fast. She can even read now! Crazy! Congrats Brooklyn, we love you!

Father & Sons

Shad took Chandler to his first Father & Sons camping trip in May. Shad's rule is that he will take the boys when they are potty trained. I guess he doesn't want diaper duty while he is with "the guys". Chandler had a blast. It was a little cold, but I think they had a good time.

Chandler by their tent

Chandler asked to go to bed at 8PM. He didn't even want to roast marshmallows! Can you believe that? Maybe it was from burning his finger in the fire? I think he was just really excited to sleep in the tent.

Bug Program

Brooklyn had a Bug Program at school at the end of April. They sang a bunch of cute songs about spiders, bees etc...it was so dang cute. I have to say OUR butterfly was the cutest one there!

Brooklyn in front of the gym at her school.

Brooklyn as a Butterfly

My brother Bryce came to listen to her program

Showing off her wings.

She did great. Shad was sad he had to miss it because Chandler was sick so he had to stay home. Brooklyn loved that her Nanny, Mommy, and Uncle Bryce came though. It was a cute little program. I can't believe she is almost done with Kindergarten. Off to first grade next year!

ACL Surgery

Back in February Shad went skiing with my brothers, Dad, and brother-in-law at Sundance. I think it was only their 3rd run down when Shad was on a Black Diamond Run and he jump turned to go down the hill and he blew his out in his knee. He even had to be tobogganed down the mountain by ski patrol. It turns out he partially tore his MCL & completely tore his ACL. So for weeks he had crutches to wait for his MCL to heal on its own before they would do surgery on his ACL. Finally at the beginning of April they did the ACL reconstruction on his knee. He was flat in bed for a week, even now he still walks with a limp. He won't be completely healed for 6 months. Here are some pics after he came home from surgery.

His lovely leg, with all the stitches

The kids would often lay in bed with him & watch TV.

Cute kids hanging out with Daddy

He had to leave his leg in this CPM machine for 12-16 hours a day. It would slowly move in & out to keep his leg from tightening up. Oh the joy!

Thanks goes out to his AWESOME doctor and physical therapist. He is recovering quite well. We love you Shad and glad that everything went well.

p.s. I told him I DEFINITELY deserve an AWESOME date night for taking care of him for a whole week straight!

IT'S A BOY

I guess since I put that baby ticker on the sidebar I forgot all about posting about our new addition. Baby # 3 will arrive in August, and we can't wait to meet him. We're glad Chandler will have a little friend to play with. Even though Brooklyn will be the only granddaughter on both sides of the family, I'm sure she will just get spoiled all the more.

Even though this pregnancy has been harder than the other ones. I was sick for a good 12 weeks and during that time I was dizzy, had headaches, and numbness. Thankfully that part is over but now I still suffer from migraines and swollen hands and feet. But As long as my blood pressure will stay under control all should be well.

We do have a name picked out but Shad says he is only 90% sure about it because he wants to meet this little guy first! So we shall see. Chandler just wants the baby to be green because that is his favorite color!! Chandler is so funny! We just try and explain that the baby will look a lot like him and that we can put a green shirt on him...(he still insists that he will be green).

We are excited to become a little family of 5!