Fun Day With the Kids

On Monday we went Raspberry picking with the Jemmett family. We were so excited all day.
The kids kept asking me how many hours we had until we could leave. To pass the time, we decided to take some pictures. This was our self portrait.Ü
MacKelle was the photographer here.

Trace took this one. I'm not sure why MacKelle is making that face (Probably something Trace did Ü).

They are such cute kids. I love that we're able to do a few more things not that they are getting a little older.
Here is Bryan and Mason. Mase seems to like Bryan quite a bit. He has been a mommy's boy lately, but didn't seem to mind at all hanging with Bryan while we finished picking our berries. We love the Jemmetts! It was nice of them to invite us and so fun to visit with Bryan, Wendy, and Riley while we picked.
Here is MacKelle counting our loot. You can't see in the picture but she and Trace picked their berries into one of those square green baskets. She held her basket against her. By the time she was done she had raspberry juice ALL over her shirt!

You can't see it well in this picture, but we all have berry juice on our hands, and Trace has a raspberry on his tongue.
There were raspberries EVERYWHERE! Trace was picking and said "Mom, this is a good place to come when you are hungry." Ü We had so much fun. Trace and MacKelle started singing to each other as they were picking. It was kind of like a raspberry picking musical. They were having a conversation, but singing instead of talking. When we were done Trace and MacKelle played in the mud while I loaded our stuff up. It was a GREAT day!

Here is Mase and I picking. Mason seemed to have fun too. He had a lot to say and said it LOUD. He sat happily in the backpack almost the whole time. I have such GREAT kids! Poor Justin was at work when we were having all our fun, but maybe he can come next time.

Ode to the 80's and 90's

Me in 1988 (10 yrs old)

Last night after delivering a cake, Bobi and I went to the mall and checked out some clothes (since we didn't have any kids with us). We were laughing at some crazy styles (Granted we were checking the clearance racks with all the clothing rejects hoping for a treasure). The 80's are back! It is nuts! Tapered pants with zippers on the ends, vests, and belts! On the ride home we were reminiscing about the 80's and 90's trends we wore. Scrunchy socks in neon colors (where you wear 2 colors and alternate the order on each foot), pegging our pants, giant t-shirts with knots or clips on the sides, frizzy side ponytails, hair crimpers, big bangs, and stonewashed denim! I'm sure I could go on and on.

Anyway, my dad was a photographer, and I have these pictures in an old journal and I just HAD to post these. My scanner isn't working, so I took pictures of them and they don't look the best, but you'll get the idea.

Me in 1989 (11 Years)

Me in 1990 (12 yrs old)

me in 1991 (13 yrs old)

Me in 1993 (15 yrs old)

Me in 1994 (16 yrs old)

also in 1994

Ya gotta love the bangs! I've never been real stylish, but this is probably the best I did at keeping up with the trends Ü.

What a Guy!

Last night I got the stomach bug that has been going around. I was really nervous that the kids would get it, so I asked Justin to take care of Mason, Trace, and MacKelle while I was sick. He was such a sweetheart! He got all three kids off to church (which I'm sure was a bit of an adventure in itself), fed everyone, changed bunches of diapers, took Mason for a walk when he was inconsolable, and last night he got up with Mason (which ended up being for about 2 hours, just to have Mason wake up at 5:30 am). I am feeling much better this evening, thanks to all the rest I got today. I have a great guy! Love Ya Justin!

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What a Weekend!

This was a crazy weekend for our whole family, first of all, Justin's birthday was the 6th. We were going to Utah on the 5th and wouldn't be around for his birthday, so I made this cake on Friday. (I made a couple other cakes this week you can check out on my cake blog). Justin had a home game on Friday and after the games are over, the coaches go and eat dinner in the coach's room. So I surprised Justin with this cake for his birthday a little early. The kids wanted to be a part of it, so we all went and sang to him after the game (which was quite the feat, because the games didn't go so well, so none of the coaches were in a real singing mood Ü). The blanket above is his present (which he didn't get until his actual b-day). With the help of a great friend (Thanks Bobi!!!) I made him a T-shirt rag quilt. We cut out all of his old shirts and made them into a quilt. The kids each have a square that they decorated also. I think that it turned out SO Cute! He really loved it and was totally surprised (which doesn't happen much anymore). So after Justin's coach's b-day party, I went home and got the kids in bed, and finally got to bed myself around 11:30. Then the next morning we woke up EARLY at 4:00 am and left for Utah. My nephew, Timmy was getting baptized at 9:30, so we had to leave in time to make it there for that. To top that off, we found out earlier that week that my dad, who had previously left the church was going to be re-baptized that same day! Justin baptized him and Del (my bro-in-law) confirmed him. It was an AWESOME day!! Here is my family after it was all over. I forgot my camera in the car and missed a bunch of photo ops. (someone is supposed to email some of the pictures to me soon).

We left the next day to Logan to visit our good friends, the Hanni family. Janna was so sweet and made us some yummy food, and it was on the 6th (Justin's b-day) so she made him this fabulous butterfinger cake (SOOOO GOOD!). We didn't stay long because during all the fun we had been having, our van started having issues, so we headed home to get it looked at. But before we left Mason and Cooper crawled around together (Mason started to crawl the day before at our hotel room!)

First Day of School

The 19th was the first day of school for Trace as a first grader. Here is a picture of him right before we left for school. MacKelle had to get her backpack and be "ready" too.

The other day we came home and found a box sitting by the door for MacKelle. She opened it up and there were some b-day gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Moss and Aunt Kylee. MacKelle was so excited, she changed into the new skirt immediately (that Grandma made-so cute!) She was so excited about the clothes, she didn't realize that there was more in the box until about 10 min later. Here she is with her new things-she wanted to show Grandma and Grandpa and Kylee how cute she looked Ü. Oh, and she wore the skirt again the next day! She loves it!

Happy Birthday MacKelle!!!

Yesterday was MacKelle's 4th birthday. All day long she waited and waited for her birthday party. She was as patient as a 4 year old can be. Finally 6:00 arrived and the party began! When preparing for her birthday, I decided to serve her favorite meal. When I asked her what that was she told me "Cereal". I thought that may leave guests a little confused so I asked her what her next favorite meal was and she told me hot dogs, so that is what we had.

Here is Mason and Landon checking eachother out at the party.

They were so cute together, I don't think Mason knew what to think-someone else that is his size!

The guests had a blast, as you can see Ü. Actually, this is Madeline after a run in with Keylee, but the picture was so cute I had to post it!

Here is Keylee, Another cute shot (come on, all our kids do it Ü)!

MacKelle LOVES, LOVES, LOVES princesses and anything girly! Her favorite princess is Ariel (at least for now) so that is what she wanted for her birthday cake. She is wearing a new birthday dress in this picture. (I let her open one present before her party).

Here she is after blowing out candles-isn't she cute!?! She really is our princess!

Here she is blowing out the candles (note the anxious expressions on all their faces).

This is a great action shot of MacKelle opening her presents. (Those are the only shots you can really get because it is so fast and action packed.)

MacKelle really wanted to paint faces, which we forgot to do until after her party was basically over, but better late than never.

Check out this fun John Deere cake!

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Grandma and Grandpa Moss

My pictures are all out of order, but here is MacKelle on the train. Once we got going, a few miles out the train stopped. I guess the night before a big storm came through and they said that the track was under about 4 feet of mountain, so we had to turn around and come back. The train attendants said that that has never happened before. It was still fun, but MacKelle was sad that we had to turn around so quickly. Here she is looking out the window pouting a little over our short trip.

Trace and I on our train ride.

After our ride, we got ice cream, and we couldn't resist another photo op, with the hats matching the wall, cool, huh?

Here is a pic of us after our train ride-Love the Hats!!

I love this picture! I think he looks so cute in that hat!

This picture turned out kinda dark, but we had to get some with the boys. One side of the train has booths and the other side had at counter-like table that went down the side with chairs (Like bar seating, but not as tall), so you're sitting facing the windows.

Kylee, Dena, and MacKelle looking lovely!

When we went up to the Lady of the Rockies, there was a chapel with walls that had women's names on them (a tribute to women).

This was up at the Lady of the Rockies statue, below you can kinda see Butte MT.

Here are the kids with the Lady of the Rockies (a good nostril shot of everyone)

This is looking down at the Butte area. We were at the very top of the Mountain. Notice the little chipmunk admiring the view too!

Here she is again. It is a statue of Mary, the mother of Jesus. If you drive on I-15 through Butte, you can see her up on the mountain.

But to get up there, some of the roads were a bit treacherous (I was terrified! Most of the time there was strait up the mountain on one side, and strait down on the other) It was an adventure!

We rode a school bus on the way there and back, here is Justin and Paul.

MacKelle was really excited to ride a school bus for the first time.

We stayed at Fairmont Hot springs resort, the pools and room were awesome. I loved that the water was so warm. The kids loved it, Mason too!

I think they would've swam every day all day if they could. They sure slept good once we got them in bed. (Except Mason, who decided that he didn't want to miss a thing and didn't want to sleep much at all-sorry to all of you who had to share a room with us Ü)

Grandma and Grandpa Mack's

Isn't this a pretty Montana sunset!?!

Trace the great hunter caught a grasshopper.

The cousins having a bath in Grandma and Grandpa's giant jetted tub!!

We had a blast hanging out with my parents, we had so much fun that Mason konked out and looked soooo cute cuddling with my mom!

The property behind my parent's back yard has some buffalo, so the kids loved feeding them through the fence.

Here are some of the cousins: MacKelle, Ally, and Diego.

Some of the buffalos. I think it is funny that we drive to Yellowstone to see them, but my parents have them just hanging out in their back yard practically.

Here is mom playing with Mase. It is always fun to see them together!