Sled Heads

For those of us who live in Wyoming where we have lots of snow, you have to learn to love the snow and have fun in it too. This last weekend we were able to go see the Afton Hillclimbs. This is where people take their snowmobiles up a very steep hill, through a course and try to get there the fastest. It is amazing to watch. Brayden and Peyton loved it. They had so much fun watching the race. We live close enough that we were able to take our snowmobiles, ride through a canyon and get to the race. It was fun to see. If you want to see some amazing video of the hillclimbs go to www.snowest.com and at the bottom left of the page click on Snowcross/Hillclimb video. Then click on Afton Hillclimbs. It is amazing to see these people race. Let me know what you think!

Happy 4th Birthday Brayden

These are all the kids that came to Brayden's birthday party.

Sunday the 18th was Brayden's 4th birthday. He wanted a Lightening McQueen birthday. So we had a cake made for him. He was so excited. He had a birthday party with his friends on Saturday. He was spoiled by his grandparents and Brayden loved it! On Sunday we had some family come over for cake and ice cream. It was a fun day. Then we found out that the puppy that we have been waiting for was born on Brayden's birthday. He is so excited to get a puppy. He said that he is going to name it Sam!

Island Park

This past weekend we were able to go to Island Park for the weekend with my family. We had a great time playing in the snow and snowmobiling. We played too hard and stayed up too late. We are all still trying to recover from the fun weekend. Brayden and his cousin Abby had fun being pulled behind the snowmobiles in a sled. Peyton had fun just walking in the snow. We even got Grandma and Grandpa to get on the snowmobiles and go for a ride. We had a great weekend. It is always fun to spend time with family!

BBBBUUUUURRRRR!!!!!

WOW it is cold around here. The last week we have had some very cold weather move into the valley and wow it has been cold. We have had temperatures aroun -30 at night. The other day at noon it was still -12. Now that is cold. I am ready for this to be over. The skys are blue and the sun is shining but it is too cold to go outside and enjoy it. Hopefully this will be over soon. This isn't unusual, Star Valley is use to cold winters and we always have a spell like this every winter but that doesn't make me like it any. I will be glad when we can get outside and enjoy the snow a little. I hope that you are all staying warm.

Brayden really had fun this year. He got so excited over all his presents. Peyton finally got the hang of opening his presents and had lots of fun playing with his toys.

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and that your new year is great. We had a great Christmas. I was able to go to Salt Lake the week before Christmas and spend time with my family, visit friends and shop. It was fun. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and seeing the sites of the city. Justin stayed home and was very busy working. This time of year working for UPS isn't always the best. He worked 60 hours a week for 3 weeks. He is glad that Christmas is over. We are glad too!
Justin came to Salt Lake on Saturday the 23rd after he finished work to be with us. We had dinner on Christmas eve with my brothers and thier families. It was fun to be with family. Christmas morning was so much fun. Brayden and Peyton really had fun opening all their gifts. Brayden was so excited about Santa coming and giving him the gifts and that he asked for. It was so fun. That afternoon we packed up and headed home. We stopped and visited Justin's family and then came home. It was a great Christmas. I can't believe that it has come and gone already.

Neisha

On Friday December 1st our dog Neisha passed away. It was sudden and unexpected. We are not sure what went wrong. A few days before she started acting like she wasn't feeling well and we decided to take her to the vet on Friday. We brought her in the house Friday night and when we woke up she was gone. We are all very sad and miss her a lot. She was a very good dog and we loved her so much.

Peyton, Neisha and Brayden 

O Christmas Tree

The saturday after Thanksgiving we headed into the forest to get our Christmas tree. We had lots of fun. Our friends Tasha and Nate and their kids came from Salt Lake and we went tree hunting. We were able to take the snowmobiles too! We found a great tree and cut it down and brought it home. We had so much fun playing in the snow and playing on the snowmobiles. Peyton had fun just sitting and eating the snow!

Catherine and the boys 

Justin and Brayden cutting down the tree 

Peyton enjoying the snow 

Happy Thanksgiving

Winter has arrived in Star Valley. We had a good storm last week and we have quite a bit of snow on the groud. Justin and I bought 2 snowmobiles a few weeks ago and Justin has been praying for snow ever since. We finally got it and he has been playing on the snowmachines withthe boys. They have been going on rides around the yard. The boys love it! We hope to have lots of fun this winter with the snowmobiles.
We are excited for a long weekend filled with family, food and friends. We are staying home for Thanksgiving and will be having dinner with Justin's family. Then on Saturday we will go and cut down our Christmas tree. It should be a fun weekend. I am looking forward to it. I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday.

Justin, Brayden and Peyton on our newest toy! 

Brayden was a Ninja Turtle and he was so excited for Halloween. He had lots of fun this year! 

Here is my little spider Peyton. He wasn't too sure about the costume, but he loves eating the candy! 

Halloween

Another Halloween has come and gone. We had lots of fun even though it was very cold. Brayden was so excited this year for Halloween. Peyton wasn't too sure about things but he warmed up to the idea and had lots of fun.

Recovering

We have had a busy month. We sold our house and moved into a rental house at the first of October. It was quite the experience to move. I didn't realize we had so much stuff. The kids did well with the move. Brayden thought it was fun to have a new house and we also moved right next door to some good friends that he calls grandma and grandpa so he has had lots of fun. Peyton didn't do so well. He did not like his new bedroom and had trouble sleeping for a while. Now he is doing well and we are all put together.
One week ago I had my gallbladder out. I had a longer hospital stay then I planned on. I had a bad reaction to all the medication that I received. Finally I was able to come home and finish recovering. I am getting better and better everyday. My parents were able to come and help out and I have been so appreciative of their help.
We are getting ready for Halloween. The kids are so excited. We will have to publish some pictures of all the excitment next week.

What a fun summer we have had. We ended summer by going camping over Labor Day weekend. We had a lot of fun with our grandma's and grandpa's and cousins and friends who were there with us. We went fishing, hiking, horseback riding and of course Jusitn had to go hunting. It was a great time. You can tell fall is here. All the hunters are out and the leaves are really starting to change. We have had frost quite a few mornings.
Brayden started preschool last week. He loves it. When I picked him up the first day he said, " Mom can I go to Kindergarten now." Pretty funny. He loves school and has a great time there. I enjoy it too!
Well we sold our house and we will be moving to a rental house at the end of the month. We are hoping to buy some land soon and then begin building a new house in the spring. So we are off on a new adventure. It should be fun and exciting and scary.

My two cowboys! We went horseback riding while we were camping. Brayden thinks he is a real cowboy! He loves to ride horses. 

Brayden on his first day of preschool 

This is at Barstow lake. We spent Labor Day weekend camping. We went fishing and hiking and had a great time. 

We have had a fun summer. In July we had a big family reunion for my mom's family. It was here in Thayne Wyoming. We had around 100 people there. It was fun to see everyone and visit with them. We had lots of company at our house that weekend.
The Thayne Fire Department has a Little Buckaroo Rodeo every year. This year Brayden was old enough to ride a sheep. He was so brave and he did a great job. He hung on tight and then the sheep ran right into the clown and the ride was over. He said he didn't want to do that again. It was fun to watch.
The Lincoln County Fair was this past week. I was in charge of the community booth so I kept busy all week long. It was a fun fair. Brayden loves to go ride the rides. We were able to see a great rodeo and demolition durby. It was fun but I am glad that it is over!

Brayden getting ready to ride a sheep at the Little Buckaroo Rodeo