Southeast Idaho High School Mountain Biking

Last Saturday Braden's Cycling Strong High School Team and Pocatello Pioneers joined up for a group ride at Mink Creek in Pocatello.  We've seen them at each of the Utah races.  It was great to finally get together for a ride.  Aren't they a good looking group of kids and coaches?  Braden had a good time even with blowing the sidewall on his tire at the very beginning.

Ethan and I had fun seeing Grandma, Grandpa, Aubrey and the Heiner kids.  We hiked up the trail to see the creek and watch the riders go past.  Throwing rocks was definitely the highlight for the little kids.  Ethan had to physically be hauled off as he would have happily spent all day there tossing rocks in the water.  

Three Scouts and a Boy

Last Sunday we had a scout court of honor for the boys.  We didn't know that the three amigos would be getting awards from scout camp.  Barry and the boys had left a day early to go to the Anderson family reunion.

It was fun to see them get up together.  Ethan just couldn't stand it, though.  If all the other boys were up there, he needed to go up to!  We got a chuckle out of him waiting 30 seconds and then heading up to join them.  He just couldn't stand to sit there and wanted to be big, too!  Originally he went and stood in front facing the audience like the other boys.  But, then they got HANDED AWARDS so he needed up to get one, right?  

So cute and everyone thought he was adorable.  (Well, because he is!).  Braden was glad to see I'd snuck a picture of it.  Those two big boys just LOVE their baby brother!

Mmmm, Fresh Homemade Bread

I was making bread again tonight and decided it was far past time to teach Tyler how to do it.  He is much more fun to teach how to cook then say, other teenager boys (ahem, ahem), as Tyler will listen and actually try to learn.  Now that I think about it, this is the area he is easiest to teach in and gets him smiling. 

 

I had fun, he enjoyed it and I think I am going to make him my bread buddy now!  His favorite part was definitely rolling and shaping the bread.  Kind of like a kid with elastic playdoh.  

And for a first timer, I have to say he did awesome!  My bread doesn't look that nice! Oh wait.  I usually randomly glob it into shape and throw it in the pan.  Huh, I  can't imagine why correctly shaped loaves would look nicer?  Haha.  Great job, Ty!  Looks delicious!

Lights, Camera and Lots of Action

While the big boys wear a head lamp on their heads, Ethan likes to use it as a belt.  The fact that it is lose on his little tummy makes it even funnier.  

Such a busy little guy tonight! In 10 minutes he had put on the flashlight, pulled out the ball basket, chucked them all at daddy nearby as he tried to play catch (aka bombard dad), dumped out all the trains, moved onto another basket and then stripped off the light while heading to the play food.  

Sleeping Like A Baby

Ethan is so sweet and so cute, especially when he looks like this!

I feel bad every school day when I have to wake him up.  The kids COULD ride the bus but I'd rather not have a first grader riding a bus with high school kids.  Plus, we are only 3 minutes away so it is easy to go get them - until I see this.  Then I get little jerks on the heart strings.

On the up side Ethan LOVES, LOVES his siblings so he doesn't complain about going to get them at all.  I mean, who wouldn't love big kids that totally dote on you, play with you constantly and think you are their own personal source of hilarious entertainment?!

Why We LOVE Amazon

The kids have had fun this week. All these fun things keep arriving in the mail! It's like Christmas for them as they have no idea what it is in the boxes! IT'S SHEER TORTURE... MUST... OPEN... BOXES..... Haha.

Well, why the kids love Amazon.com because it is fun to get boxes in the mail, we adults find it fun for other reasons. Plain and simple, it's a time saver and so much cheaper to just shop online in some cases! While I could have made an hour round trip to pick up Barry's birthday present, Dominion Prosperity, it was a lot faster to sit at Angela's computer and take less than 5 minutes to pick, checkout and have it shipped. Oh yeah, and did I mention it was way cheaper online than it is in the store? The kids think it is great because they got to help and decide. I love Amazon.com because they still got to pick and I don't have to drag them all to a store (and watch Ethan go crazy in the toy store). And, with Amazon Prime it is free shipping. No gas money and ships free to boot! Ah, it's a win all around. Especially for Barry, who creamed us all when we played.  He was so excited to play.  Just like a little kid getting his favorite toy at Christmas.  Yup, exactly like that!

And, I will point out that I'm not the only Amazon shopper around here.  The Hatch famiy sent Barry's birthday present via amazon, too.  Oh, and then Barry had ordered a few things we needed.  Four packages in total.  My kids are hilarious about boxes in the mail!

So, if you have no idea what we are talking about - here is our family's absolute FAVORITE game:.  Dominion. Thanks to the Hatch family for introducing it to us!  Although, we do highly recommend the Dominion Big Box rather than buying Dominion and then Dominion Prosperity separate. 

 

Spring Break!

I am discovering I haven't  updated the Blog since I signed up for Scentsy.  Time to get back at it.

It's spring break at our house and we are having fun.  We went ice skating yesterday and the big kids enjoyed it.  Ethan got to run around the building to his little hearts content while everyone else skated.  I also ran into a high school friend and got to talk to her for a but, too.

Tyler and Kayli got tired after awhile so we got out the stroller and took Ethan on a short walk.  Tyler walked us over to a really nice playground I didn't even know was there.  Go, Tyler!  It's the equal access playground I had been trying to find for years!  I thought a different playground set at the park was and couldn't see how it was equal access.  Now I know why.  Haha.

Ethan had so much fun he started to fall asleep in the swing so we decided to wrap it up.  Oh boy, was he ever mad about that.  And then, of course, he promptly fell asleep in his car seat and was snoring by the time he got home.  Cute kid.