Happy Halloween!!

We all carved pumpkins. The kids drew out how they want their faces to be, then Daddy cut them out. Emily and Riley were pretty good about gutting the pumpkins, but Shelby hardly touched it at all! But we got tons of yummy pumpkin seeds that all the kids gladly ate! Mmmm. By the way, Shelby did have clothes on, but a touch of wetness got on them when she washed her hands, so she had to take all her clothes off. She's so funny.


Here is Optimus Prime. This was on Friday before school. The kids aren't allowed to wear masks to school, so we just spiked his hair cool. He had a ton of fun at school. We watched his parade, Chad stayed for lunch and for an hour after, just for fun. The whole class loves him there, even the teacher. It was a fun day. That night the singles ward in our stake had a trick-or-treat down by the river. It snowed in the morning, but by evening, it was beautiful!

And here is Gabriella from High School Musical. I think Emily really just wanted the head band that went with the dress. But she looked cute. We got up early to curl her hair, and of course, she did her own makeup. But she loves this dress, she wants to just wear it to school now for regular days! Pretty girl.

This is my princess unicorn! She wanted to be a unicorn this year. Luckily, my good friend Sarah had a unicorn costume! The shoes really were the cutest thing. (You can't see them in this picture) Shelby loved dressing up, but she did not like trick-or-treating. She his behind me or Chad while we did the candy getting! But by the end of Halloween at Boo at the Zoo, she finally realized that it isn't scary and it can actually be fun!


Here they all are as we are off to Trunk-or-Treat! It was a beautiful night. We only needed our jackets. They got a ton of candy at the church. I love Trunk-or-Treat. It is the best invention since sliced bread!


Our friends the Crenshaws gave us tickets to Boo at the Zoo. It was SO fun!! They decorated the zoo all up with lights and pumpkins and booths for candy. We could see most of the animals that were out too. It was a beautiful night and the kids had so much fun. I was worried I wouldn't be able to walk all through the zoo, but we took it slow and I did ok. It really was so worth it!

Here is where the big turtles were supposed to be, but instead, a whole ton of glowing pumpkins! It was pretty cool.

And the spoils of the night! We all of course had to go through our candy and organize them into all the different piles....

...then Daddy got to go through them and pick what he wanted!! No, the kids let him have a few things. But by the end of the night, I don't think anybody wants more candy. I have little baggies, and the kids get to pick 5 candies to put in the bag, and that's their candy for the day. They can eat it all at once, or spread it out through the day. It has worked pretty good so far!



Ahhh! The scariest of them all!! 5 weeks left to go! Man I'm ready! Can't wait for this whole pregnancy to be over and we can move on to... moving around again, cleaning my house again, sitting or sleeping comfortably again! All the fun things in life :) !

October Days

My little beauty queen. She found this caboodle at the D.I. and HAD to have it. So now she has all her makeup in it, and almost daily she loves to sit and put on her makeup. She's getting pretty good at it too! It's just for fun, she normally doesn't wear it out of the house, but Daddy is not pleased with this past time of hers!

This princess of mine loves her "sparkley" dress. She pretty much wears this everyday. There was a while she had to wear it to church too. But alas, when you wear a dress everyday, it pretty much wears it out! So she no longer can wear it to church. The best is when she wears it with her snow boots, now that is a cute sight!

They really are precious. Sometimes I love to just sit and watch them. How wonderful it is to be their mother and see what beautiful girls they are turning into. How grateful I am that I get the blessing of having another of Heavenly Fathers princesses!

Ahhh, my little man. I asked him to take the garbage out for me. Now Chad tends to take everything out in one load, so as Riley was getting ready to go out, I told him that he probably needs to do 2 runs. But oh no, he piles everything on, it was so funny! He is becoming more and more like his Dad. It is so cute to see. I am so grateful that they have each other. They are the best of friends, and Chad is a wonderful example of all that a righteous man and father should be.

Sooo, I realized that there are like no pictures of us on my blog. So one night at like midnight, after long hours of homework, I take this picture of us. I realize that this is not the best picture in the world of me, (it's nice of Chad) but you will all have to give me slack, for I am 8 months pregnant and have unfortunately gained more weight than I would like. Oh well. Healthy baby right?? Never the less, here we are!! Say cheese!

A Month of Firsts

Here is Riley's first day of school... okay, it's his second, but I forgot to take a picture the FIRST day. It was very action packed that day. Anyways, he starts second grade and he loves every bit of it. (Except homework).
This really is Emily's first day of kindergarten. She was so excited to start, but a little nervous. I had to follow the bus there and help her get to her class. She's so smart and loves school already (hopefully that will last the next 12 years!)
Shelby couldn't miss out on a photo op!
Here is Shelby on her first day of Joy School! It is SO fun to do Joy School and I recommend it to anyone with 3 or 4 year olds. Shelby loves it and is learning so much. I love to do it and prepare the lessons. It is so great.

Chad is the Priest Advisor in our ward, so for an activity one night they all came over to our house and cut up a bunch of wood for us! It was great. They all loved seeing who could chop the biggest piece of wood. (Chad won of course) But it was sure helpful. Now we will be nice and warm this winter!


And here is my pretty Shelby baby. She's all dressed up and no where to go! She loves her purple jacket that Grandma and Crystal gave to her for her birthday. She also has to carry all her purses around everywhere with her goods. Gotta love her!

And below here are my peaches! My very first attempt at canning anything! It turned out so good and it was soooo easy! I wish I could can everything!

August Fun

Here is the start of our camping trip... this picture is out of order, but, oh well. We stopped on our way to Meadow Lake at Birch Creek. Riley found an ancient arrow head - (we knew what it was cuz our friend Bethany Crenshaw whom we went camping with, is like an archeologist or something). So that was pretty cool.


I thought my kids were so creative with this! On Sunday, Chad and I took and nap, so Riley and Emily "snuck" containers of water and put toys in them, then froze them. So the next morning, they got them out and watched them melt, played hockey and chipped away at the ice. They had a blast!



Back to our camping trip... it was SOOOO cold. We woke up this morning with a thick layer of frost on everything. I think it got way below freezing. It was a fun trip, although next time, I will try to find something to sleep on! We were on the hard ground, and for a pregnant woman, not so comfortable! Oh, and never fear, the bears didn't get me or the mountain didn't fall on me, so we're good! :)


We were able to have our good friends the Carrolls stay with us for a night on their way to Spokane Wa. This is Nicole and me.
Shelby took this picture of me and the kids. Not so straight, but cute enough!


Ahhh, the Spray Park in Rexburg. We just discovered this little gem of a place this month and have gone up 3 times. Its free and there are a whole bunch of fountains and slides. Riley always had a blast. Emily barely got in and never went down the slides, and Shelby... well, she didn't get in till 10 min before we left, and she was in her clothes, as you will see later on!

Me and my dry Shelby... like Mother like Daughter I guess!

And then there is Chad, my big kid. He got right in there the whole time, going down the slides and getting soaked. Riley loved that his Dad is the only Dad who is cool enough to do thoses kinds of things with him.

There is also a really big dry park. So we would go over there to "get warm". Shelby liked that much better. So they all climbed this monkey bar.

And here is Shelby who finally got in the water. Emily and her had so much fun. I wish that they would have discovered how much fun it was 2 hours earlier!!
LOVE this picture!!


We had a really go Family Home Evening this week. We wanted to teach our kids before school that it is not about what grades they get, but how their attitude and effort are what matter. So we put together an obstacle course that they could try their "hardest" at. It was fun and they loved it! Hopefully it taught the principle though.




Happy 3rd Birthday Shelby!! Here is her Dora cake...it took me 3 hours to decorate it! But I love to do it. She had so much fun as all the neighbours came over for cake! She also is very happy with her Diamond Castle movie, play shoes, makeup and toothbrushes she got for her birthday! *sigh* I can't believe she's 3!!

My model girls.

Canada Fun!

Ok, this picture was down at the bottom, and for some reason got erased. But it couldn't be left out. This is me, Crystal and Jordan. Life wouldn't be the same without them. I love them soo much.


Ok people, this is going to be a big one. How do you narrow down 100 pictures?! I just did my best. Soooo, we'll start here, just before we left. Poor Chaddy got kicked in the eye by a young man at one of his activities! It looked so bad! He's all better now though!


This is my birthday party! I made myself a cake (it was supposed to be Emilys cake but I never got around to doing it, so I made it for my birthday!) Then our neighbours the Hydes came over to sing to me and eat the yummy cake! Fun was had by all!
This is the first night of our trip! We made it to a hotel in Great Falls, then after swimming - in which Riley almost drown (thanks to his uncle Jordan who walked into the pool and assuming he could swim, threw Riley into the deep end! Luckily, Riley managed to stay afloat in time for us to rescue him!) - we came back to the room, had some snacks and went to bed, after midnight of course!
We stopped in Lethbridge to visit my dad for a few hours. We ate McDonalds and went to this park to play and burn off some energy! It was fun!



And we made it! This is our first night at Crystals, they threw me a birthday party! 30 candles and all. The kids all helped me blow those out. Yummy DQ ice cream cake!

No trip would be complete without face painting! Look out for all the tigers!

And here is my new hair cut and colour! I LOVE it so much. Who knew that being a brunette would be so fun!


Here we are a Calaway Park. The kids loved all the rides...well, there were a few that Shelby screamed on, but, on the whole they loved it! I had a million pictures here, so I had to narrow them down a bit!

This roller coaster was the highlight of my day. The look on their faces just as the ride started was priceless, then slowly as they realized that it wasn't scary but really fun, the smile spead accross their face and oh what joy!


Mmm cotton candy. We needed like 3 more bags to satisfy everyone!

And here is the log ride. If only you could see the inbetween picture that they took as the log was going down! Riley was so freaked out. His look was pure terror! But here it is pure joy! He loved it. Emily, who hid behind Crystal was scared too, but in the end they wanted to do it again!

And here is Riley Park! A little wading pool that the kids loved! Riley couldn't stop jumping from this pillar onto the floaty! We had lots of fun! And we left just in time for the storm to come blowing in!

Ahhh, my sister and brother! They had fun running and frolicking in the water! Love them.

Jordan and Riley climbed this tree. Actually, all the kids climbed it. But this was a priceless picture. Uncle Jordan took such good care of Riley this week. (well, except for the whole drowning thing!)

And here is my long lost friend David Walker. We were able to get together this week. It was so fun and so nice to catch up a little. We were laughing so hard here. Good times! Thanks David for taking the time to coming to visit and for the gift! LOVE IT!

Now phase two of our vacation, our family reunion! Oh so much fun and wonderful to see everyone! Here Riley was going down the zip cord! I couldn't beleive he did it! He was so brave! He went like 5 times!

Shelby, Elayna and Brianna playing on the grass. It was so cute to hear them laughing.

Most of the reunion we all just sat in our circle moving with the shade. Here is Emily and her best friend Sydney playing a little game. They had so much fun together that I hardly saw them! Oh ya, eating Dill Pickle chips..mmmmmmmm. So good.

Riley had so much fun too, I hardly saw him as well. He was off with his cousin Branden as weekend. Down by the creek they caught some minnows with his bare hands, he was so happy and proud to take a picture to show his Dad.

Gotta love Old Chief. Nothing says Alberta better to me than this mountain.



This is just before we left to go home. There was no clouds all morning, but the moment I go out to take a picture, clouds come and hide Old Chief.

All of the Boyer kids. They had so much fun. It was the best vacation. The only thing that was missing was our Daddy. Other than that it was such a wonderful time to visit and play with all my family! Thanks to everyone who helped me.. Crystal for letting us stay, and for the dress :) Jordan for helping me with the kids on the drive and other times, Mom and Dad.. well, I couldn't have come without you, and pretty much could have had no fun with out you! Love you all.

Just Hanging Out

Well, this is the result of our Dean Girl Spa day. My beautiful Emily looked SO cute with her hair all curled. I hope that she lets me curl it again!




My beauty queen, always posing for a picture.




And here we are, just sitting on the couch relaxing. Gotta love having girls!






And of course, we can't leave out the handsome Riley! He was busy playing his Lego Star Wars while we were doing hair! (smart boy)

The 4th of July and Some Summer Fun!

So my Dad came down for the week to visit. It was so fun to see him. We had fun just hanging out, swimming in our little pool and getting ready for the 4th.

Shelby took to Grandpa right away and didn't even play shy, which was really nice. Here they were just playing and being silly and reading all the library books that we got!

We went down by the river to have lunch and feed the ducks. There were hundreds of ducks and geese and they took the bread right out of our hands! It was fun, and lunch was really yummy too!


Our family tradition is to sleep out in the tent on the night of the 3rd before July 4th. And my husband, of course, does not do ANYTHING half way. So we had the matteresses from our beds, and the TV and DVD player. We watch a movie then attempt to go to sleep with all the many fireworks going off till 1 in the morning! (I actually got kicked out of bed and couldn't sleep, so I went inside to my own bed!) You can tell that the kids love this tradition and how happy they were by that top picture of Riley kissing Emily... that would NEVER happen on just any old day! It is so fun. Then in the morning we get up and go to the parade, come home and take a nap, then off to the river to sit till the fireworks! This year Grandpa went down to the river early to save our spot - more like fight off everyone who wants to steal our spot! Then we go down about 5 and cook hot dogs, eat candy and just people watch! The fireworks are the best EVER, and totally worth waiting there for 5 hours! It was great fun this year having Grandpa with us. We even got to meet Jordans girlfriend Thresia! What a fun 4th of July!


Chaddy loves to set off fireworks. We did our own the night before the 4th. Shelby was scared at first, but by the end she loved them. They loved to hold the sparklers, and this one firework called a snake. But it was very fun!



It took some convincing, but finally the girls were able to hold the sparklers and know that they wouldn't get hurt. I was the same way too!


So on the 4th down by the river they had a little carnival thing. There was facepainting, but it was 5 bucks a face, um, no thank you. But the kids wanted to have their face painted. So on Monday I bought some face paints. This was our first attempt. Since then, I have tigers running around my house... and of course the neighbours want to have their face painted, so, it's a whole coven of tigers around here!!



So Emily's birthday was on June 24th. We celebrated in Boise when we were there. But she has a good friend Abby, whose birthday is on June 29th. They have the same friends so we decided to have a joint birthday party! It was fun. Abbys mom made a unicorn pinata which was very cool. I made this rainbow cake out of cupcakes. It was a hit and very easy for the kids to eat! I can't believe Emily is 5!! Crazy.










Well some of the fun that we've been doing this summer is some good ol' fashioned fishing! We take the kids down to a little creek, or just down to the Snake River (where yes, I did catch my very first real live 12 inch fish on my daughters fishing pole using bread as bait!), and the kids love to look at the fish they "caught" (daddy usually catches it and the kids real it in).