CaSpErSoN FaMiLy

Christmas Parties

2011-12-27T19:14:00.000-08:00

We are party people when it comes to Christmas. We started off with JD's work party. I am glad that was at the first of Dec. We then had the Hancey party (my mom's side of the family) the Saturday before Christmas. Then we had the Funk party (JD's mom side) on the 22nd. Nielsen party on the 23rd (my dad's side), then we had the Casperson side on Christmas eve. By the time Christmas is over, we are beat!

Santa Claus comes to the Hancey party every year. Trey told Santa he wanted a tractor and a cow.

Kort is telling Santa he wants a remote control truck. Santa is asking him how big.

Judd just sat there. I am glad he didn't cry.

All of us.

Judd is playing in a box.

This is all he needs for Christmas.

The kid acted out the Nativity at the Funk party. I made their costumes. Judd is a sheep. He kept his hat on most of the time.

Trey is a Shepherd. I made this out old sheets.

Kort was our wiseman. I am going to save these costumes for years to come. I remember as a kid acting out the nativity. I hope to continue that tradition. I hope to teach my kids the true meaning of Christmas. More pics to come of Christmas Day!!

Our Pilgrim and Some Pictures

2011-11-22T16:37:00.000-08:00

Kort had a Thanksgiving party and he wanted to be a Pilgrim. I tried to talk him into being an Indian. As you can see, I had no luck. I found a Pilgrim costume tutorial on Pinterest. I just love Pinterest right now. Anyway, Here he is all dressed up like a Pilgrim. He was so excited.

Kort wanted his picture taken by his cabin

peek- a- boo

Judd wanted Kort's home depot apron on. We just thought he was sooo adorable!

I love his smiles. He is such a happy kid.

Almost every night after prayer, the boys want a ride into their bedrooms. The picture is blurry but I couldn't get all of them to look and JD was moving.

Halloween 2011

2011-11-22T15:52:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Halloween this year. Our ward had a trunk or treat. I love it for now. They had it the Friday before Halloween. We like to visit all the Grandparents and Great Grandparents so we had the boys dress up on Sunday and we made some visits and then on Halloween, Monday we visited the rest of our Grandparents and Parents. We ate some delicious soups and chili. Our boys had a lot of fun hanging out with friends and cousins. They didn't care that they had missed house to house, trick or treating. They had plenty of candy.

Here is Judd Bud. He had the stripe PJ's and whenever he would wear them we called him a "jail bird" I made him a hat, bought a ball and chain and safety pinned some numbers on his uniform.

Trey wanted to be buzz lightyear. I was having a hard time spending the money on a costume. We had a monkey costume at home. He tried it on and wanted to be a monkey for about 5 minutes and then he ripped his costume off and said "I don't want to be a monkey, I want to be Buzz"! That same day JD was working up in Logan and drove past a yard sale with Halloween costumes. JD came home with this spider man costume and Trey was really excited and wanted to be spider man after that. I was happy about that.

Kort was lightning McQueen's Crew Chief. He was also really excited. He went straight to work outside on his play truck. He got the jacks out and lifted the car up and went to work. I was happy to have JD only spend 12 dollars.

My sister-in-law Jessica took pictures of my boys and her son Carter. Trey always calls Carter his little buddy

Carter and Judd are six months apart. I just love this monkey suit.

My adorable little Jail Bird

They are all looking at the camera.

Crazy Hair Day

2011-10-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

It has been red ribbon week at school. Kort has been so excited to participate. I love seeing him get so excited about new and fun things. We have already taught him drugs aren't good for his body. The school sends home paper's explaining more. Kort liked learning more about drugs.

Kort wanted red and blue hair. He wanted a fo-hawk. This is what we came up with.

Kort

Of course Trey wanted his done.

Kort and Trey eating eggs.

A Hunting Kort Will Go

2011-10-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday JD took Kort duck hunting with him for the first time. The boys are always sad when they wake up on Saturday morning and JD has gone hunting without them. JD picked a day that the weather was going to be nice. Kort was so excited. I asked him what his favorite part of the trip was and he said drinking Mountain Dew with Dad. JD took Kort's bb gun. Kort would try to shoot the ducks with JD. Kort came home all excited and told me he shot a duck with it. The boys watch JD clean the ducks out. The want to do it, but I think it would be best not to give them a knife.

Drinking Mountain Dew

Kort and JD

Kort with all the Mallard ducks

my boys

This was a Sunday after church. Trey is eating the duck meat. The boys were being cute playing on this flat bed trailer.

Kort is a Kindergartner.......

2011-10-17T11:34:00.000-07:00

Wow! I can't believe I have a Kindergartner. He is a smart, Handsome one. He says his favorite part is riding the bus and recess. He is making lots of new friends. Every night he tells me the kids names that he has learned. He tells me all about his day. It is so fun. Of course I always worry about him. I love to see how excited he gets about school. I am now just getting around to posting pictures of his first day.

My Kort man

getting on the bus

I was a crazy mom and drove to the school after the bus left. I watched him get off the bus and go into his classroom.

sitting in his seat

Trey had a hard time. He cried when Kort got on the bus. He wanted to go with. Every day Trey asks if it time to go get Kort yet. We sure miss Kort when he is gone.

Pictures from August

2011-10-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

October is here and I am still posting pictures from August. These are just pictures of my fun boys up at our property.

Kort wanted his picture taken by this pile of rocks he stacked

Trey playing in the water

Being silly

Love my boys

just had to post this picture of JD picking his nose or doing a farmers blow.

Judd loves throwing rocks, balls, pretty much anything.

He sat there a long time throwing rocks in the water

Judd sat in Trey's car seat. I love this happy baby

so cute

I love it when they get along

JD celebrated his 29th Birthday.

The boys wanted to help blow out the candles. This is a neat photo with JD and his grandpa Casperson, his dad and our boys.

Bear Lake

2011-09-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun on our annual Bear Lake trip. The weather was perfect the company was wonderful, it was a fun trip. Here are some pics.

Kort, my brother Cade, Trey and Judd

Kort and Trey on the tubes

Kort and Judd playing

JD reading

Kort and Judd

Cade, Trey, Kort, and Kyden

We sent this picture to Jenna. Kyden, Kort, Trey, Tilden, Judd, and Cade

Cade, Kort, and Kyden. Grandpa N. and Trey.

This is proof I went in the water this time. I even ran out there and put my head under.

Judd Bud

My cute, fun boys

Judd. happy kid

Love it

He had so much fun

JD. my hot hubby

I made a sandcastle with the boys.

Boys

otter pop break

we added to our sand castle

Trey

Trey and Judd

JD and Judd

woo hoo

Judd loved being pushed around on Trey's bike

Trey wanted to help

Funny Kort

being silly again

Judd's 1 year old pictures

2011-09-20T14:04:00.000-07:00

My sister Mikaydee took these pictures of Judd. I always have a hard time picking a few. Here are a bunch of my favorites.

Judd's First Birthday

2011-09-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

Here are a lot of pictures of Judd's first birthday. My cute sister Mik designed a cute invitation. She took his one year old pictures. I will have to post them next. She does wonderful. These pictures are from the party. It is so fun to have Judd in our family. He has always been such a good baby. He only fussed when he was hungry. Judd is easy going. He loves to follow his brothers everywhere, he thinks he is as big as them. Judd loves balls and rocks, he likes to throw them. His first words are, Mom, Dad, Grandpa, ball, hot, and pop (for otter pop) I think those are his favorite thing to eat. He is not a picky eater at all. he is so smiley and fun. We love you Judd and so glad you joined our family.

Smile, look at the camera

Judd liked climbing on the box

funny boy

His cousins helped open his gifts. His brothers were outside

cute toy

he also liked the wrapping paper more than the gifts

tissue paper

can I dig in

go for it

Kort and Trey watching

yum

Happy Birthday Judd

Judd's first haircut

2011-09-20T11:55:00.000-07:00

I just have to document Judd's first haircut. I saved a piece of hair and wrote down the day it was cut. I am so far behind in blogging that I can't remember at the moment. Judd had a long patch of hair right down the middle of his head. I finally decided to give him a hair cut. They just seem to look older when once they get their first haircut. I try to put it off. He has had another haircut since then.

He was curious as to what I was doing. He kept looking at the clippers

Trey and Kort watched.

It made it easier to get the back once he stood up

All done. Happy handsome boy

Family Camp 2011 at Big Lake

2011-08-30T19:23:00.000-07:00

This year family camp was at Big Lake down by Richfield. Every year my dad's brothers and sisters take turns being in charge of family camp. It was a lot of fun. Of course we always have some kind of a story to tell. We left on a Wednesday night in July after JD got home from work. It was a four hour drive. After driving on the dirt road for a while with an uphill climb, our trucks transmission overheated and when JD got out to check things out, there was transmission fluid pouring out. We spent the night on the side of the road. The next morning my uncle came down and towed our truck to a mechanic shop in Richfield to have the transmission looked at. I stayed with the trailer and Judd. Next thing you know my mom text me and said their Bronco overheated. Since we have a fifth wheel trailer and my grandparents were the only ones up there with a fifth wheel, they pulled our trailer the rest of the way up the mountain. We all eventually made it up to Big Lake. We had a great weekend. We fished, we had a rain gutter regatta, candy cannon, Kayaking, (we want some now). There was a where's waldo game where we found pieces of red and white fabric (Kort loved that) We found hidden bottles that had questions in them about Grandpa when he was little. We made rockets out of two liter pop bottles that had water or sand or whatever you wanted to put in them and shot off with a air compressor. We also drove around and looked for wildlife. I will post pictures of the beautiful elk we saw. JD and I actually stayed up late one night and played Mafia with my cousins. It was so fun. I miss being young with no worries and playing night games. We had another successful fun family camp. I love my family. In case you are wondering our truck was ok, JD watched the transmission temperature better on the way home. A few days later JD put a new transmission cooler in the truck. I guess it is a common problem for the year our truck was made. I think they should have done a recall on it. Oh well. I am just glad JD is Mr. fix it. He was able to fix it in less than an hour. Plus he ordered a used one out of a Wreckage Yard. Fun times.

Kort caught a fish

Trey caught a fish

Trey wouldn't leave the fish alone

This is my boat that is painted like a leaf with a Caterpillar on it an the sail has a lady bug on it. I am defiantly not an artist but I thought it was cute

JD and Kort against Me and Trey. We were blowing hard.

fun fun. the boys liked playing with them after the race.

Judd liked playing in this car

Kort loved going on the Kayaks

JD let Kort go by himself

buddies

JD, Trey and Kort

JD and Trey

Judd even had a turn

JD and Trey

Judd was getting tired

Summer so far

2011-07-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

I Love Summer. I don't want it to end. We have had so much fun. I haven't blogged about any of it. There will be a lot of pictures, as usual. So far, we have gone to our property 3 to 4 times a month. We have ridden the horses, we bought a small kid swimming pool for the backyard, so the kids can play in it. We went to the Union Station with my sister in-law and her kids, that was a lot of fun. The boys just loved playing on the trains. They also liked the inside of the museum a lot. It was a fun day. We also went to a movie with them on a different day. JD and I took the boys to see Cars 2 at the drive in. They thought that was pretty cool to watch a movie from the back of the truck. We have had a lot of family Birthday's and family parties. We had a fun fourth of July. We rode in the Weber County airboat in the Plain City parade. We watched the North Ogden parade(don't need to do that again.) We then went and checked out the festivities in Plain City. My boys loved the big blow up slide and the train ride. We all took a nap, and went to fireworks over at Fremont High School. We went to the rodeo 2 nights. We have been swimming and have played outside, gone on bike rides. We have just been having fun and enjoying this heat. Here are some pictures of this summer.

This is at North Shore. Trey loved going down this slide.

JD took him down it a lot. He wasn't tall enough to go by himself

I tried it out. Trey wanted me to take him down, so I tried it by myself to see if I felt comfortable taking him

All of us

We had to talk Kort into going down. I bribed him with his favorite cookies n' cream candy bar. He said it was fun, but he didn't want to go down again.

Kort liked playing in the water, especially with his Dad

This is the kid pool we got. Judd is trying the slide out

Kort and Trey

Trey going down the slide, the lighting is bad

Judd eating pizza

just cute

Boys playing in their cars. Judd wanted to get in

JD reading them a bedtime story

Oh, how I love these boys

Judd walking to Kort

More swimming. Ashlyn, me, and my mom

Mik, Mom, and Shay

Trey and Kort

Judd Buster

My niece Kambri going down the frog. Her swim suit was so cute. She had the most adorable hat to go with it. I wish I had taken a picture of it.

Weekends

2011-07-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

Every weekend JD isn't on call for work or we don't have another camping trip planned we head up to our property. Memorial weekend is always the first weekend we go up there. This year I forgot the camera. We got snowed on, Trey fell in the water up to his shoulders, it was really muddy, a beaver dammed up Grandpa's pond. It was crazy, of course the boys had so much fun anyway. They loved playing in the water, mud, shooting BB guns and catching snakes and bugs. One weekend we couldn't get our trailer home because the road was real bad. That same trip two of my brother in-laws got stuck and had to walk miles in to get help, they showed up at our trailer at midnight and scared us because we were asleep and weren't expecting anyone this trip. Even though the roads are now fixed we just leave our trailer up there now. It has been nice not having to pull it up and down and now we can pull the flat bed to get wood for the winter. Here are pictures of our last trip.

The boys wanted to ride in the back of the truck. Kort got walkie talkies for his Birthday so we talk to him with those.

It was so fun to look back at these boys

While JD was cutting wood the boys played trucks

Judd liked playing in the dirt too. he likes to find rocks

Kort and Trey said the dirt was quick sand. They were soooo muddy

JD standing on the wood getting ready to load it onto the trailer

I loaded the bottom row. He cut some really bigs ones so I couldn't help anymore

I Love how these two get along so good up there.

Kort. I am sure I will post a lot of pictures this summer with them and their BB guns

Trey

Judd

Kort likes to help load the wood

he like to show how strong he is

he was so proud of himself

Judd wanted a turn driving

Judd rides

2011-07-01T13:19:00.000-07:00

I just had to post pictures of Judd's first time on one of our horses. He loved it. Whenever we are outside Judd likes to go pet the horses. Judd loves animals. He is always crawling under the truck or trailers and in the hay to try and catch one of the kitttens.

JD, Judd and Bob the horse

I will have to take pictures of the other boys next time. JD is teaching them to ride on their own.

Kort is now 5

2011-06-28T09:09:00.000-07:00

I now have a five year old (yikes) My oldest, my Kort man turned 5 years old. Sometimes I wish time would just freeze, other times I just love watching what he is going to do next. He is so excited to be five. He want to ride the bus and go to kindergarten. Kort still likes to play with cars and trucks, he loves to ride his bike, play outside in his cabin ( a playhouse JD built him), play in his sandbox, He wants to stay at the ranch "for a bunch a days" did I mention anything outdoors?, He is "all boy" and we love him so much. I Love seeing him get so excited for things. I can't believe it has been five years. Here are pictures of his birthday week. yes, I said birthday week.

Once again my sister did an amazing job and designed these invitations for me

We had a Lego themed Birthday party. Here is the picture of the table

Here is his Lego cake and his name built with legos

I ordered a lego and lego dude mold and got candy melts and made these cute shapes. I also bought the candy ones and they even stack together. Kinda fun. The signs say, "Thanks a block for coming to my party." On the front door I had a sign that said Welcome to a Lego Builders Party and we had a lego box on the mailbox.

here are the lego head cake pops. some of them fell down the stick, I tried. Kort designed the other lego building. He said it was his trophy

here is the Lego pinata, used as decoration for the family party and used to hit at the friend party.

Birthday boy sign

Lego paper sign

so excited

blowing out the candles

Happy kid

I think he is surprised or excited.

We got him this lego table and a box full of lego's. I was so excited, I found them at a yard sale. Bonus

uncle Chance got Judd to fall asleep. He is getting ready to be a dad.

now we can practice t-ball

excited again. these are cars lego's. fun fun

treats and a container to keep the legos in

walky talkies. He loves these things, I have liked them too. It makes it nice to keep track of him. You just have to say what is your twenty and he tells you.

We got him this lego table and a box full of lego's. I was so excited, I found them at a yard sale. Bonus. All the kids had fun building things

Trey at the party wanting his picture taken

These are the five friends Kort wanted to invite. We had pizza, watermelon and cake and ice cream. We played games, hit the pinata, and colored.

Judd ate pizza while we did the pinata

we ended up doing it in the house. The wind was blowing hard and the kids didn't have jackets. Trey taking his turn

Birthday boy Kort

Getting all the candy.

It was a birthday week because we had the family party on Wednesday, a friend party on Thursday and Kort chose to go to Dinosaur Park on Friday. Saturday my grandparents had dinner at their house and then we always go to Pleasant View founders day fireworks. Kort thought the fireworks were just for his birthday. It was a fun birthday week. Hope it was GREAT Kort man. We Love You!!

Baby Shower

2011-06-28T08:56:00.000-07:00

My mother and I, along with my sisters, and sister in-law threw a baby shower for my other sister in-law. We came up the theme "ready to pop", from a cute favor box and popcorn recipe we saw on a blog. I then Googled ready to pop baby shower ideas, and combined a lot of them and came up with this. I didn't take any pictures of the decor, popcorn favors or the mom to be. Other than that I thought it turned out great and we had so many people come and support the mother and father to be. It was wonderful.

I hung pom poms from the ceiling above all the treats

My cute sister Mikaydee designed the invitations(not shown) and the food labels. We had mini pop in your mouth pop tarts, otter pops, pop shoppe pop, blow pops, ring pops, bubble gum, pop(sweet tart suckers),tootsie pops, rice krispie treats (snap, crackle, POP)

Pop 'ems (cream puffs), glazed poppy seed cake

cake pops, pop rocks, Pop in your mouth (homemade oreo cookies) Pop it (yummy layered bean dip) We also had balloons hanging because they pop. I had so much fun with this. The mom to be got a lot of cute new things for baby boy Nielsen. I wish I would have taken a picture, I made a baby a blanket with minky on one side and baseball fabric on the other since my brother loves and plays baseball. I just loved the fabric. I am so excited to get another nephew. It will be fun

Preschool Graduate

2011-05-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

My Kort man graduated from preschool! I know I say it a lot, but time just goes by real fast.

Here are pictures of his big day.

This is just before we left. He was excited.

Kort was a little nervous I think. He kept his hands in his pockets for a little bit and then he would put his tongue against the inside of his cheek. He finally did the actions to the songs.

During this song they would have to blink. Kort would wink.

Here he is with his diploma. They asked each kid what they wanted to be when they grew up and Kort said he wanted to work at Master Electric like his dad.

Kort with his proud parents. It is so fun to see Kort excited for Kindergarten. I love seeing him grow and explore new things. I think I am going to have a hard time. It is only half a day so I think I will have an easier time adjusting. I sure love this kid, it is so fun to watch him grow.

Some of Kort's favorite things are, the color blue, he loves riding his bike and playing with his friends. Play in his cabin, play outside, go to the ranch, play trucks, go to the park.

Two wheels

2011-05-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

Kort can now ride his bike without training wheels. On Wednesday the 27th of April, JD took Kort's training wheels off and held onto the back of him for a minute and off he went. Kort was so excited. He tells everyone I can ride a two wheeler and I am only four still. Now I can't keep up with him when we go on walks. I can't believe how big Kort is getting. It sure is fun to see him grow and accomplish new things.

Yesterday May 5, JD walked into the house and said "Kort says only his hands hurt, not his head." Kort comes walking in with a big goose egg and scratch on his head. I just had to laugh since it didn't bother him. He had crashed on his bike. We asked him what he was doing and he said "a mosquito got his bum and made it itch, so I was scratching it." I have been thinking about getting a bike helmet. Now I better go get one, I am sure there will be more crashes. He went right back out and rode his bike the rest of the night.

More gun pictures for dad

2011-05-05T21:11:00.000-07:00

Here are more pictures of my gun. My dad and brother said the other one wasn't very good. They said it looked like a normal black rifle. I don't know if this is much better. I am not a photographer. Now you can see the gold better.

Big Winner

2011-04-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

Remember my post about Kort winning a BB gun? Well, this time I won. I am big and I am the winner of this Henry Golden Boy .22 Magnum rifle. JD won a flashlight and the boys got decoys and a book bag. Last Friday we attended the air boat banquet. JD put my name on only two raffle tickets. Both of my tickets were drawn. My other prize was a subscription to air boating magazine which JD will use, I will share my new gun with JD. This gun was the grand prize. It would normally cost 515 dollars and then with the engravings it would add another 150 dollars to it. I am pretty excited. I don't think I have ever won anything this big. I just wanted to share my excitement and brag a little bit.

Here I am with my new gun. This is the first picture I have posted with my hair cut. I cut it just above my shoulders in January. I am still getting used to it, this is the shortest I have ever had my hair. I think it takes more time to style. I was wanting a change and I have always wanted to try short hair so when JD told me to cut it, I did. Although, I will probably be growing it back out.

Stuck

2011-04-14T14:22:00.000-07:00

Last Friday I went to the store and left the boys with JD. I received this picture in a text saying, "Trey's head is stuck."

Trey was in the bathroom and when he yelled for help, JD thought he was just needing help pulling his pants up or something. Nope, he found Trey with the kids toilet seat around his head. When I got home I asked Trey if he cried and he said "No, I asked dad to help me and Dad said, after I take your picture." They were able to get it off without cutting the toilet seat. I just thought it was funny and kinda gross.

Family pictures from October

2011-04-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

Before my sister left for her mission in October, we had family pictures taken. My cute sister Mikaydee took the pictures of my boys. The family pictures were taken by Ivy's photography. I just wanted to post pics of my cute family.

The whole gang

My parents and my brothers and sisters.

March

2011-03-30T16:28:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of some of the things that happened in March

Kort had a talent show at preschool. He is singing little bunny foo foo with his classmates. It was fun to see him singing loud and doing all the actions.

Kort looks a little scared here. I would too, singing a solo. He did so good. Kort sang Dead Skunk for his talent. It is kinda a funny song. I recorded Kort singing it on our video camera but I don't know if I can transfer it to the computer. My dad found the song on you tube and played it for my boys. They love it now. I guess it was a popular song in the 70's. If you haven't heard it, look it up.

This is Kort with his class and teachers

Trey wanted a turn singing.

For St. Patricks day the boys went on a leprechaun hunt. They followed clues to find a treasure left by the leprechaun.

Reese's pieces and donuts. They were so excited to find all the clues and treasure.

All three boys in the tub.

Trey David turned 3. He loves toy story. Of course we had a toy story themed party. I love looking at blogs and their cute ideas for parties. Here are some pics of the party decor.

There is no way I could have made these without the step by step instructions. It was kinda fun.

I sewed the bean bag wheezie penguins. The instructions said to hot glue them but I thought they would stay together better if they were sewn. All the cousins got to take home one of these little guys.

Trey sitting by two of his great grandpa's getting ready to blow out his candles. He was so excited. All he said he wanted for his birthday was cake.

I love his face in this picture. He was opening presents.

When he opened his shopping cart he was more excited about the packaging bubbles at first. Very easy to please.

We celebrated with our extended family on a monday night and on his birthday we went out for pizza and bowling with the five of us. We put a buzz candle on his ice cream the night of his birthday.

Here is my Handsome hubby and happy baby boy Judd.

Here is a picture of my Grandpa Hancey. He passed away at the age of 85, just before Trey's birthday. I have been so blessed to know all of my Grandparents. I have never really known anyone to die. It still doesn't seem real. I was blessed to have such a good grandpa. I just want to share a few memories I have of him. He loved taking pictures of everyone. He would always write the names and dates on pictures and keep them in books. I remember being at his house and he got out a picture of my mom when she was my age (between 8-10) He had me hold her picture of her and then took a picture of me. We looked a lot alike and our outfits looked very similar. On mine and JD's wedding video we have footage of him scraping the snow off of our car just as we were getting ready to leave for our honeymoon. I always remember rolling up in a blanket and rolling down the hill in his back yard. We would always climb up the big tree he had in his back yard. Grandpa loved his garden. It was beautiful. He had a vegetable garden and flowers surrounding the yard. I just wish I would have learned more about gardening from him. When I was pregnant he would always tell me how beautiful I looked. He would also tell me I looked beautiful when I wasn't prego, I liked to hear it more when I was. When I would give Grandpa a hug bye after seeing him, he would give me a kiss on the cheek. I loved how Grandma would call and tell us Happy Birthday on our Birthday's and Grandpa would get on the phone right after her and tell us Happy Birthday. Grandpa loved baseball. Three days before his passing I went to his house to give my grandma a haircut, I took Kort with me. Grandpa played legos with Kort for about an hour. He was willing to play with the kids and I am so glad Kort had the opportunity to play with him. At the funeral services they had all of his children tell their memories of him, that was my favorite part. The grandkids and great-grandkids sang I am a Child of God and I am Trying to be like Jesus. During those songs. Trey dropped his paper with words on it ( he is 3 and can't read) he went down the stairs and around to get it. Knowing Trey everyone was surprised he didn't just jump over. Then Kort and Trey kept pounding on each other. I was singing father back behind them so I didn't even know what was going on. That is my boys for ya. Funeral services were really nice. It was neat at the graveside services. My grandpa was in the navy and proud of it so they had the Navy funeral honors which was really neat. I had never seen that before. I sure am going to miss my Grandpa. I am thankful for the gospel in my life and for the plan of salvation. It is so cute to hear Kort pray for Grandpa Hancey up in Heaven and pray for Grandma Hancey to do good down here. I am going to try to be better so that I can live with my family again. I Love You Grandpa. I will miss you.

That was our March

WINNER!

2011-02-09T13:44:00.000-08:00

We attended a Delta Waterfowl Banquet on Saturday night and we took Kort with us. When you purchase dinner they give you tickets to put into a raffle. You can then purchase other tickets to increase your chances of winning something or they have an auction and a silent auction that you can bid on things you like. The money they raise go towards the ducks somehow. Since Kort is only four, he was free. They gave him a ticket to put into a kids drawing. Kort won a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. I have never seen a kid so happy and excited to have won something. He was carrying the gun everywhere so everyone could see. He was so excited when someone would say something to him about it. He wanted to take it to church and school. We cut out a small piece of the box that had a picture of the gun on it, so he could show the gun off.

This picture was taken from a phone at the banquet. He doesn't look as excited as he was.

For family night on Monday JD put some boards and insulation up, with a target and let the boys shoot the BB guns. Trey used JD's old one. It was just his size for him. It was dark and cold outside, so JD set this up in the back part of our house where my salon will eventually go. I think they will be practicing every night.

Kort

JD helping Trey. JD has been really good about teaching them gun safety.

Mother Dear I Love You So....

2011-01-20T16:20:00.000-08:00

Much! This is a picture of my parents. I want to write about my Momma.

About the second week in November my dad called and told us she had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer:(

My dad started his call with the usual hey how is it going? Then he got all emotional and said he had something to tell me. I immediately told him I don't want to hear it because I new it was going to be bad news. I was thinking someone had died. Well, it was bad news and I cried a lot thinking the worst. I had so many questions and I didn't know what to do, or how to be there for her. I had never experienced anything like this.

My mom is tough and she is going to get through this. I am not sure how much she wants people to know, so I am not going to go into details. Other than, she has had surgery and things went pretty well. There is an issue that is making it complicated, about whether or not she should have chemo.

I am just glad my mom was close enough to the spirit and listened to his prompting to go get tested when she felt and knew something was going to be wrong. No one wants to go through anything like this. It has been a trial in our family's lives, especially for her and my dad. She has been selfless, caring, happy, and worrying about everyone else through it all. I admire her. I just know everything is going to be OK.

I LOVE YOU MOM!!! You are one of my best friends. You are always in our prayers.

Our Christmas

2011-01-05T16:47:00.000-08:00

We had nice Christmas. The kids were so fun this year. I was asking Kort to take a guess at who was coming to our Christmas party the next day and before I could say party or anything. He started jumping up and down and saying "I new it was soon, I new it was soon." It was fun to see their excitment. We were real busy with four of our six parties the week of Christmas. I am so glad for online shopping. It was nice to see all the family. As I said last year I try to teach our children that Christ is what Christmas is all about. Hopefully they understand. We hope everyone else enjoyed their Christams.

Here is JD and Judd waiting for Santa to come

This is at one of our family parties. Santa also came to our ward Christmas party. He was asking Trey what he wanted for Christmas, as he was pulling out a candy cane and fruit snack, Trey said " I want that" meaning the candy. It was pretty funny. It is so nice the kids don't want much at this age.

Here is Kort. I had to talk him out of the big hot wheels jeep he wanted. They are about 2-300 dollars brand new. I told him it can't go in snow and he told me " I'll put it in four wheel drive." Then I told him it is too expensive and he answered, "I'll ask Santa Claus then." He didn't get one for Christmas and he didn't' even ask about it. Kids say the funniest things.

Judd's first Christmas. He is just a happy baby.

All of us with Santa

These are the boys in their new church clothes. I usually don't do the matchy matchy thing all the time. I just couldn't resist these cute outfits.

Kort with his Nerf gun. The boys both got one. They are kinda hard to shoot. I even had a hard time shooting it. So, we have a new game. We call it the "hunting game." When Kort and Trey are ready they say go and run across the hall from one room to the next while JD tries to hit them with the balls. They played this for about a half hour. It doesn't hurt, they were shooting at me to.

Trey and Woody. He also got Jesse. He loves Toy Story. This is all he needed for Christmas.

Judd liked watching us and eating the paper.

All my boys. It is nice to spend time with family

This picture was one of the first snow falls. Kort made a snow cave by himself. Trey just fell down so he is not happy.

I miss this girl

2010-12-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

I miss my sister Jenna Bear!!! She left on a mission for our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is going to Cochabamba Bolivia and will be speaking Spanish. Yesterday I was able to talk to her. yay! She called from an airport in California, she was headed to the Peru MTC for 3 more weeks and then is off to Bolivia to serve the Lord. She wont be able to call on Christmas, so I am glad I was at my parents house when she called. She sounded so good. I am so excited for her and I know she is the Best missionary already. Jenna is one of my BEST FRIENDS!!! I love this girl. She will do great things.

Jenna Nielsen- so pretty

This is at her farewell

Life goes on while she is gone. In November I got my first swan. To even get a shot at a swan you have to pay 5 bucks to get your name entered into a drawing for a tag. This is the second time I have ever drawn out in the last 10 years. JD has spoiled me with his air boat. I actually had to work, as in walk through sticky, hard to get your foot out mud, to get to our hunting spot. One of JD's buddy's guided us to this spot and had swan decoys. I shot my swan with one shot. It was awesome. These birds are so big and pretty. It was neat just watching them fly right over us. Thanks Johny D for taking time off work to take me out. Thanks momma for picking Kort up from school and watching Trey and Judd. Thanks Ashlyn for helping watch my boys. My family is the BEST!

Hunting buddies

Happy day

I even cleaned it out.

Halloween and Random

2010-11-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

Remember Loafy? Here he is.......the after pictures, all cut up and in my freezer. We got about 400 pounds of delicious beef. We will be eating a lot of beef. JD was so excited he experimented and made some yummy hamburgers for dinner the night we got it. I don't have much room in my freezer for anything else.

Kort is getting to be such a good helper

Look how cute Judd is in his cow costume. What a happy baby. Kort and Trey took their costumes off before I got a picture. They were a Monkey and a Spider. (Same as last year) I have a hard time buying costumes, only to have them wear them for a day or two or three. For Halloween we had a ward primary party followed by a trunk or treat followed by a soup dinner on Friday. Saturday we visited the Great Grandparents and Grandparents and then on Sunday the 31st we attended my sister Jenna's mission farewell. Busy Busy. We had a nice Halloween. I love the trunk or treat right now.

We painted pumpkins

Trey

Kort painted two of them. This one he picked out on a field trip for preschool

Korts, JD's, Mine, Jenna's, Trey's and Kort's

Aunt Jenna spent the night and painted pumpkins with us

I painted mine after everyone else was done

Judd is getting big

full of smiles and cuteness

Again.

We went to the ranch one last time. The boys like to ride their in their dump truck down this small hill. It is fun to watch them.

This is the first green head duck(mallard) that I have shot, I think. I can't remember if I have shot one before. I have shot other kinds of duck before. I wanted to document it.

Last couple of Months

2010-10-05T16:18:00.000-07:00

We have had a lot going. I really haven't made time to Blog. I should write in a journal, but I don't, so for now, I use this blog as a record for the family and I to look back on. This post is going to be long and have a ton of pictures. This is my blog and I can do what a I want. Right?

Two weeks after Judd was born we were driving home from church, JD said "his gut was hurting." When we got home he took a nap and then he took the boys on a bike ride. We then ate dinner and he said he felt better so he ate some more, then he said he wasn't feeling very well again. I told him to go to sleep and I'll get the boys in bed. Just as I am stepping into the shower at 10:30 pm. JD says "I am going to the hospital, I wont be able to sleep tonight if I don't go." He drove himself to the hospital so we wouldn't have to drag the boys up there. We should have called to have someone come to our house to babysit. JD didn't want to call anyone if it was going to be nothing to worry about. Around 12:30 JD text me saying "they think it is my appendix, I'll keep you updated." I then talked to him around 2:30am and he said they will remove his appendix around 7:30 or 8am and for me to be up there around 6:30 or 7am if I want to see him before surgery. I called my dad around 5:30am knowing he had the day off and he would be awake since he usually has to be up around 3:30am. He gave me a ride to the hospital and also gave JD a blessing before surgery. On the way up to the hospital I then called his parents and his boss to tell them what was going on. Surgery went smooth. It only lasted about 10 minutes. I feel kinda bad, I thought he was faking it because when he is sick he is a big baby and just lays around and we have to do everything for him. I was shocked when he said he was headed to the hospital. I also thought it was going to be a L O N G week with him at home recovering because he doesn't handle pain very well and he was acting bad in the hospital. Although I can't really say anything because I have never had surgery before. JD was really tough and it wasn't a bad week at all. It would have been better if he could have used his paid vacation for an actual vacation and not having to lay around at home. We did like having him home for a week. Ever since then we have been going going going non stop, it seems. We have been going to the ranch every weekend, family vacations, get-togethers. JD's sister got married so we had all the fun things that go along with that, my sister go her mission call, and the list goes on. Here are pictures and commentary from this summer. No specific order.

The boys got the hose out and filled the sand box with water. Trey got all wet and took all his clothes off. He is bum naked.

Judd is smiling now, this is the closest I have come to getting it on camera.

Tummy time. Judd does not like tummy time, he usually lays on his belly and sucks on his fist or he just cries. It does get all of the boogers out of his nose. I never knew a cute little nose could have such big boogers.

Trey holding Judd. The boys will not leave him alone, whether it be good or bad.

Here are my boys the day Judd got blessed. Everyone had just left our house.

JD and Judd. JD gave Judd a nice blessing.

Everyone loves Judd
It was a nice day

Blessing Day September 12, 2010
Judd Easton Casperson

Grandpa Great Nielsen's middle name is Easton

Family picture

Happy Handsome Baby Boy

Cousin Kyden and Trey riding our horse Bob

JD is teaching Kort how to ride by himself

Kort and Trey

We heat our house with a wood burning stove. Propane can get pretty expensive. This is our truck with a load of wood. On the weekends at the ranch, it is not all play. We cut and stack wood or fix fence, part of the time, although JD thinks this is fun. We do try to make it fun. It is working so far, the boys love it up there. We will need two more trailer loads of wood to get us through the winter.

Trey helping his dad load wood on the trailer.

We told Kort this is called team work when we work together.

JD and Kort.

Since I have all these boys, they can have my place to haul wood.

Look how neat this picture is. My grandparents had the idea to take it. JD and I both have all our parents and Grandparents living. I am glad my kids have the opportunity to know their Grandparents and Great- Grandparents.

Top LtoR Gayle and Eliot Casperson, Udell and Lavon Funk, Charles and Zona Hancey, Ross and Cherrill Nielsen. Bottom JD, Hadlee, Kort, Trey, and Judd

Happy 28th Birthday JohnDell. We love you. We had the entire fam bam over for dinner and cake and ice cream for JD's birthday. It was a nice celebration. We are glad to have him around!!!

Of course the boys had to help blow out the candles.

Trey is sleeping in the bath tub in the trailer. it is just the right size for him. My side of the family went to bear lake for our annual trip. We were supposed to bring our tent for Chance and Karissa to sleep in and we forgot it. Bryan and Shay forgot the poles to their tent. We had Bryan Shay and Kambri stay in our trailer with us and Chance and Karissa used my parents tent and my sisters slept in the trailer with my parents. Trey got to sleep in the tub with a foam pad. I think he looks so cute it there.

Me and JD playing the golf game

Jenna, Trey, Kort, and Mik roasting mallows

Bryan, Kambri, Shay, JD, and Judd

JD, Judd, and Ash hanging around the campfire

me and my brother Cade

Look at Kambri, she is so cute! What baby leaves sunglasses on? She did.

Trey loved getting burried in the sand

Kort is King of the hill

guys having a homerun derby

Trey is King Tritan. Yes, my boys like watching The Little Mermaid. At least he wasn't Aerial

Mik, Jenna, Trey, Kort and Chance. The boys loved having so many people to play with.

Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen drove up for a short visit

This is the only picture of Judd we got up there. He slept most of the time.

me, Karissa, Jenna, and Mik made Chance into a ninja turtle.

We played beach volley ball. hopefully I got it over the net that time

got it

Look at my handsome hubby go

The guys building a sand castle

My momma. It was a little chilly that day.

Kort and grandpa started the castle

We had fun with the golf game. We played beach volley ball, the guys and Karissa had a homerun derby, we buried people in the sand, made sand castle's, ate smores, played frisbee at night with light up frisbees. It was a BLAST!! Can't wait until next year.

Kort and uncle Cade on the tubes

We brought their dump trucks.

JD pushing them in the water. who needs a boat? we had fun without one.

The boys are finger painting scrap wood blocks

There is a gas pipe line running threw scare canyon(the ranch) The equipment is huge. The boys wanted to stand by the tractors.

Lets go.

Shooting the bb gun

helping dad pull out the fence posts. we are moving the fence.

making marshmallow houses

This toad was by our back porch. When Kort picked him up, the toad peed on him. Kort dropped him and started screaming and crying, "why did he pee on me?" It was funny. I didn't tell him he would get warts, I am sure he would have been even more upset. I probably shouldn't tease my own kid.

My boys in their tuxedo's at Jess' wedding. dang they look handsome!

Kort and Trey

All of us dressed up

Everyone is now married. It was a neat day.

At the reception

Bride and Groom Kennedy and Jess. Congrats you two. It is always fun to get add someone to the family.

Judd's first bath in the big tub.

I think this is Judd's first time to the ranch at two weeks old.

Showing their muscles

Judd's first sponge bath. Babies look so cute in these hooded towels.

Ahh, like father like son.

Me and Judd watching Kort and Trey swim in the back yard

Trey eating pizza in the pool.

Kort got this slip 'n' slide for his b-day

go get your swim suits on

Kort reading a book to Trey.
We sure have had a fun, but busy summer.

Pictures of Judd

2010-09-17T22:52:00.000-07:00

My sixteen year old sister Mik, took pictures of Judd and made a cute announcement for us. She does a great job. Time has already gotten away from me. Judd is about 2 weeks old in the photo's posted below. It has been so fun having Judd in our home. It has been a big adjustment for all of us. I heard having the third child was kinda ruff and I just brushed it off like no big deal, but it has been kinda hard for all of us I think. I forget how much work a baby really is. All the feedings, diaper changes, caring around a diaper bag, remembering to pack everything, buckling up, unbuckling. I don't dare go anywhere by myself now, except to the grandparents and to take Kort to preschool. The boys do love him, but they can be mean at times. Plus they do get a little jealous sometimes. We just need to get a better routine going or something so everyone has the attention they need. Judd is a real good baby, the only time he really cries is when he is hungry, tired, or is having tummy time. He does need to work on his sleeping through the night. We sure do love this precious little guy! I wouldn't trade being a mom for anything.

We Joyfully Introduce

2010-07-23T19:09:00.000-07:00

Judd Easton Casperson
Born July 17, 2010 at 1:06 pm
7 pounds and 20 1/2 inches long

Everything went REALLY good. I think every delivery gets a little easier. (knock on wood) I just need to get my epidural before they give me the pitocin. With the last two delivery's after they give me the pitocin I have a baby within an hour in a half. My epidurals just barely have time to kick in before I deliver. I feel really good, almost like I didn't have a baby. Judd is doing good. He eats, sleeps, poops, and looks cute. I feel extremely Blessed. I am thankful for a loving, supportive, husband who holds the priesthood to give me a blessing before delivery. I am thankful for a supportive family, all the nice visits and meals brought in and for those who helped watch my kids. A special thanks to my parents and sisters for taking my boys for the whole week. I am so thankful for a healthy baby boy. I am glad to have the opportunity to be a mom. I feel like the luckiest girl around. Enough of that. Here are pictures of our precious baby boy.

Me and Judd

the nurse took this picture for us. We had awesome nurses this time.

The boys just love Judd. I thought this picture was so precious. I don't have a picture of Trey holding him. He likes to hold him more than Kort.

Resting

awake. He has such big eyes.

Whole fam bam at the hospital

Proud Parents.

Baby Judd. We Love You already. Welcome to the Family.

Growing up

2010-07-23T18:25:00.000-07:00

Kort is growing up so fast. I was a sunbeam teacher off and on for 5 years. ( I love that calling) I can't believe I now have a sunbeam of my own. Kort said his first prayer in primary about two months ago, and then two weeks ago he gave his very first talk. He did awesome. He was only hesitant for a moment and then he spoke right out. I took a picture of him practicing. I thought it was so cute. I was so proud of him. I know there will be more special opportunities and firsts to come.

Kort was able to do I fly at the Solomon Center with JD and Travis. Here are a bunch of pictures from that. It was hard to get a good picture through the glass. A lot of them didn't turn out as I hoped.

Suiting up

All ready

JD and Kort

In the tunnel

Uncle Travis and Kort

Trey observing. He wanted to fly. He was a little upset

JD is getting better.

Travis held on to Kort and took him up to the top. Thanks Travis for taking them flying. They had a blast.

Pregnancy update, More Ranch Pictures, and Family Fun at Family Camp

2010-07-10T15:32:00.000-07:00

Pregnancy Update
I go to the doctor once a week now. Two weeks ago I was dilated to a 3. This last Wednesday I was at a 4 and 75 percent effaced. My last appointment the doctor said he was surprised to see me still here. I feel really good and I don't feel like anything is going to happen for a while. If I make it to this Wednesday maybe I will ask him if he will start me. I can't decide because I am not due until the 27th and I don't know if I want to be started that early just to be on the safe side of things for the baby. Although it would be nice to have the baby before the week of the 24th of July Rodeo because I don't think I will go that long and JD is going to be helping out with it again. My sister in-law is getting married August 10 and it would just be nice to have the baby here to start getting used to having 3 kids. By the way, I am extremely nervous to have three. People keep telling me how hard 3 is.
We still can't decide on a name. We like names that aren't too common, but not too off the wall either. Right now we like Case John Casperson or Case Nielsen Casperson. A couple in our ward named their baby Case six months ago. Some of our relatives have already come up with some mean nick names he could be called. We are still undecided but leaning that way. We are definately open to any new suggestions or comments about Case.

Here I am at 37 weeks

I am starting to get uncomfortable

Ranch Pictures

Boys want to help dad cut wood.

We were being muscle men and lady with our sleeves rolled up. We threw rocks in the water for about an hour in a half with these two boys.

There was nothing wrong with the truck. Kort and Trey just like to pretend they are fixing things.

We are in the process of moving a fence. Trey is sitting in a hole that one of the posts came out of.

Sure love helping dad.

Family Camp
This year family camp was held at Willow Flat campground in Idaho. We had a lot of fun. We almost didn't go because I was afraid of going into labor up there because of what the docotor had told me. No worries. We had a blast. There was good company, good food, good games and nice weather. What else can you ask for? Thanks Rob and Shaun for putting it on this year.

Here are my boys holding fish. They loved being by the water.

JD wpuld catch the fish with my brother Cade's net for them.

This game we had to hurry and get the green cup to the top. Kort and Cade are racing.

We chewed up bubble gum and had to make a sculpture using a toothepick. Kort made an army tank.

JD made a sail boat on waves and a with a little fish.

Relaxing.

We went target shooting. In Idaho you have to have a Idaho shooting permit or hunting liscence (which we did no know) we got a nice verbal warning from the ranger. We could still shoot the BB gun with the boys.

Practice makes perfect.

More games. This game was tick tac toe. We bounced ping pong balls into the water to get three of the same colors in a row. My boys loved this.

We put spaghetti noodles in our mouth and without using our hands we had to put the noodles on it. There were more games and activities I didn't get pictures of. We had a nice family camp. Summer is a lot of fun with all the camping and activities we get to do.

Happy Birthday Kort Man

2010-07-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

My Big Boy Kort Man turned 4. Since Toy Story 3 came out on his birthday we went and saw it as a family. It was cute. After the show we had cupcakes and ice cream. Kort couldn't wait to turn 4. He asks so many questions and is learning a lot. It is so fun to see him grow. He still wants to be big like his dad and wants to do everything he does. He isn't too big to come sit on my lap and give me hugs. I cannot believe I have a four year old. Time goes by too fast. I need to remember to enjoy these times with him. I Love You Kort!!!

Kort blowing out his candles

Of course Trey had to have a turn

JD gave Kort the choice to go camping at the ranch or go for a ride on the airboat. Kort wanted to go to the ranch and take the airboat with us. There is not water up at the ranch for the airboat. They ended up taking a ride on the airboat with the association. Kort came home covered in mud.

Kort had a grand 'ol time. He still talks about making mud balls. Just this morning he was telling me that I should take Trey and go with them.

Here is the dinosaur cake Kort has been wanting me to make for the last year. We had a family party the Monday after his birthday.

We had a dinosaur birthday party with dinosaur footprints, teranadons flying , and dinosaurs coloring book pages hanging on the wall.

Kort smiling for the camera while Trey blows out the candles.

Kort wasn't too happy about that. We lit the candles again for Kort.

Opening his presents.

Thank you everyone for coming. Kort loves it when all the great grandparent, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins come over.

I made a dinosaur egg pinata for Kort and his cousins.

Trey giving the pinata a whack

Kort

JD ended up cutting it so Kort could break it.

here goes.

Dig in

Kort loves his new bike. He wants to go for a bike ride every day. Look how new it looks. My sister in-law found it for 10 bucks at a yard sale. SCORE! We need to stay home more on the weekends so we can find cool stuff at yard sales. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KORT MAN!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!! Here are some more random pics.

I thought this picture was cute of Trey and our kitten Oscar.
Trey up at the ranch.

Kort

Trey gets so dirty up there.

This kid is going to take after me and be a cosmetologist. He will not leave my hair ALONE!!!!

What have we been up to?

2010-06-05T19:01:00.000-07:00

Well, with this pregnancy I have been really tired. Instead of blogging or doing anything else, I take a nap. Here are pictures that we have taken of some of things that have been going on.

This is meat loaf (Loafy). I think he is cute. I am not going to want to butcher him. Good thing he is not in our back yard any more. Now I wont be able to get too attached.

Kort had a field trip to the fish farm. Trey came with. He would lay on his belly like this and try to touch the fish. He loved it.

Kort fishing

Kort would hold the fish while JD took the hooks out.

Trey fishing

I am glad JD was able to take a break from work and come. I didn't want to touch the fish and Trey ran around from pond to pond. We each took care of a kid. What am I going to do when we have number 3? AH

Kort taking a break.

This is the nice mud puddle at the neighbors every time it rains. Trey cannot be left alone for more than 3 seconds. He finds all the water and mud puddles. I don't know how many times I found him covered in mud and all wet.

At least Kort didn't take a bath in it.

We have been going on a lot of airboat rides. Kort is riding with Grandpa C. in his boat. Both boys always want to ride with Grandpa. One time Grandpa took his dog Keisha and Trey just sat and pet her the whole time.

Mud, Mud, I Love Mud!!!!!

Me and Kort waiting for lunch

Grandpa is always making us delicious dutch oven chicken and potatoes for lunch out there.

JD and Trey.

It was a little chilly. Here are the boys trying to get warm. Good thing I brought extra clothes.
We went two weeks before this trip and it was a colder day but the boys would come sit by the heater for a few minutes and then they would be out exploring again.

Trey likes my oven mitts. He wouldn't take them off to eat his lunch. Kids.

Kort got a certificate from preschool since he is only three and will be going back next year. It was cute. He just stood up there and waved at us. Once the program began he was a little stink and wouldn't sing, he even sat down. Oh the memories.

Funny kid.

Summer is now here for us. This is what we will be doing every weekend JD isn't on call or we don't have other vacations planned. We will be heading to the mountains. For memorial weekend we stayed Friday to Monday. It was so nice to get away. It was really relaxing.

Every year we cut down trees to heat our house through the winter. We put all the wood we wont use in piles. This year since it rained a little bit while we were up there, we burned those piles.

My boys.

I love dutch oven cooking.

Kort is on his boat he made.

Kort and Trey

This is how Trey would climb through the gate.

here he is in action.

Kort got a hold of the camera.

He wanted us to take pictures of him.

Waiting for the fires to burn out. Travis, Jessica, Jess, and Tilly

Grandma C. and Trey

Grandpa C.

Me and JD Good Job taking the pictures Kort.

Kort again.

This is how my boys have been sleeping lately. By each other. They really do love each other

Tough little guy.

2010-04-21T12:33:00.000-07:00

I had my targeted ultrasound two weeks ago. They said everything is looking good:) Here is a picture of our little guy. He liked flexing his muscles for us. This is the only shot we could get of him. With each kid I think the images keep getting clearer. Some people think he looks like Trey. We are still trying to think of a name. Doesn't he look precious?

Look Who's Two and Our Easter.

2010-04-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

Two years ago Trey was born on Easter. It is hard to look back and remember everything. I wish I would have written more things down. It has gone by so fast. He is such a joy and addition to our family. He is always such a happy little guy unless he has just woken up from a nap. Here are some things about Trey. He loves Toy Story right now. He would watch it all day long if I would let him. His favorite parts to repeat right now are, "I am buzz, I come in peace." He does the actions and everything, he is so cute. Of course he says "To infinity and beyond." I think buzz light year is his favorite character. He wants to wear his buzz pj's every day and night. Trey loves being outside. We get home from going somewhere and he will play outside until I go get him, even if it is cold. He can be found playing in all the water and mud puddles, or chasing the cat or rabbit around. He is usually tagging along with his big brother. The first thing he wants in the morning is chocolate milk. He likes to jump off of everything. When we can't find him he is always in his bedroom with a book. He also likes to carry them around and say "read it to me". I love watching his fun personality develop and seeing him learn new things every day. Happy Birthday my Sweet Trey David. We Love you Dearly.

We had an airplane birthday party. JD cut out and decorated the cake. It looked awesome. Way to go honey. As always my talented sister Mikaydee took some cute pictures of Trey by some airplanes and made a cute birthday invitation for us. (I forgot to have her e-mail it to me since I don't have a scanner. oh well, I didn't want to prolong this post, I already slack on the blog enough.)

Trey opening presents

This is Trey blowing candles out on his birthday

he loves to blow fire out.

His birthday was on a Tuesday so we got pizza, watched Toy Story, and had cupcakes and ice cream as a family. On Sunday we had all the Great Grandparents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins over to help celebrate.

We got him Buzz, Woody, and Bullseye

EASTER

We had a nice Easter. The boys got some dinosaur books and candy. We have a rabbit that adopted us, he lives in our barn and eats the hay. We named him Eddie. Kort thinks that he is the Easter bunny and that he brought all of the goods. It is so cute. I just tell him Eddie is a helper. We enjoyed what we were able to hear of conference. It was kind of nice to have it on Easter this year. I tried telling Kort why we celebrate Easter and that Jesus died and was resurrected and that because of Jesus, if we live right we can live as a family forever. Kort just got mad at me and said " I don't want to die, I want my heart to keep beating and yours too." So I didn't get very far explaining everything. We will have to have a family home evening lesson and let JD explain it better to him. He sure is cute with Kort and explains things better.

Kort coloring eggs Easter eve.

JD just got back from priesthood meeting and hadn't changed yet.

Kort saw that I had an apron on and wanted to put his home depot apron on.

They found where the Easter bunny hid one of the eggs

Kort was pretty good to help Trey.

This is at Great G&G Caspersons Easter egg hunt.

Found one.

Look and Kort and Cody's buckets. The Easter bunny didn't need to bring us candy. We are still eating Easter candy. yum yum

Trey enjoying his sucker.

We hope everyone had a nice Easter.

Preschool Idol and Toe Jam Anyone?

2010-03-27T12:13:00.000-07:00

At Korts Preschool they had a talent show. He sang twinkle twinkle little star. He got up on stage and sang in the microphone all by himself. I have it on my video camera but I don't know if I can even post it on here. It was so cute. He did such a good job. We helped Kort make a star to hold or wave around while he sang. We got him all pumped up and excited so he would do it. It was also cute to see what all the other kids did. They got pretty creative. Some hula hooped, danced, read a story, sang, played the piano, hit baseballs, roped, got bucked off their stick horse and one kid did sign language. We will have to think of something better for next year. We had fun watching. We feel so proud of Kort, it is fun watching him grow.

Here is Kort before the big show.

The class sang some songs for the parents before it started. Kort is smashing his baby bumble bee.

It was fun seeing him participate.

Kort performing. I LOVED watching him.

JD taught Trey about Toe Jam. Trey wont keep his socks on anymore and he likes to take our socks off and see if we have any toe jam. I know, disgusting but kinda funny. Here are some pictures of Trey.

concentrate.

JD tells him to eat it. He would try it if I didn't stop him.

VOTE

2010-03-11T15:02:00.000-08:00

In case you can't read what this says, it states....... VOTE Kort and Trey for Big Brothers. If you don't understand what it means (like a lot of our family we sent it out to didn't) It means you don't really get to vote for anything at all, it is rigged, we are expecting a baby in July 2010 around the 27th. Kort and Trey are going to be big brothers:) We just told our families about two weeks ago. It was so fun to keep it a secret that long, hard, but fun. I am now a little over 20 weeks. Half way there. We are going to be having a BOY!!!!! Yeah for boys. Kort is excited, he keeps asking if the baby is going to come out yet. We took the boys to the last ultrasound and ever since, Trey has been wanting me to hold him like a baby, help him drink from his sippy cups, and he wants to get the bottles out. He hasn't had a bottle in over a year. He knows something is going on. He is a big mommas boy so we will see what happens when the baby gets here. I am a little nervous for number three. Everyone says three is hard and then after that it doesn't matter. We are really excited and everything is looking good so far. I am feeling really good now, tired, but good. The first trimester I was nauseous but I haven't thrown up with this pregnancy. I was never nauseous with my others. I have been really blessed to have such easy pregnancies. We are really excited to be adding to our family. P.S. If you know any good boy names, let us know. We are having a really hard time with boy names.

Here is a picture of my baby bump around 20 weeks.

What's new?

2010-02-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

It seems like I should have a lot of new things to blog about since I haven't blogged very much in the past couple of months. Here are a few things I thought of.

1- In November I got two beautiful nieces. Sorry no pictures, I don't really have any and I didn't know if they would want me to put them on here. One on each side of the family. There has only been boys on both mine and JD's sides of the family, so it was a lot of fun shopping for and making girl stuff. I must say I was kinda jealous and it made me want a cute little girl soooo bad. I am so excited for the two couples and their bundles of joy. Babies are the Best. I do love my boys and wouldn't trade them for anything!!!!

2- Kort started preschool at Plain City Elementary in January. This summer I couldn't decide whether or not to put him in. He turned 3 in June. It's not that I didn't think he was smart enough, I just didn't know if I was ready to have him leave. I know it is only for 2 1/2 hours, 2 days a week, but still. Anyway, JD was all for it and by the time I decided to call the school they were all full among the other drama we went through. To make a long story short. Kort didn't go in the fall with the other kids. He started in January when my sweet sister in-law Lacie told me of an opening since her son Kyden is in the same class. Needless to say, Kort is doing awesome and he absolutely loves it. Every morning he wakes up and asks if he has school today. I think it has been good for him, especially since it is winter and we don't go out as much. It gives him more to do since I don't know what to do half of the time. Fun stuff for Kort man.

I tried getting a picture of him on his first day. All he would do is lay on the ground. Silly kid.

3- I haven't ever blogged about this but we are going to be putting a hair salon in my home YEAH!!! I am so excited. It has been slow going. It started out fast and then hunting season came along and that filled up the majority of the time along with the holidays. Now we are waiting on plumbing and then hopefully after that we can afford to finish it. Things always end up costing more than what we think. Plus we are adding a half bathroom, laundry room, and a small walk in pantry and eventually a playroom. Speaking of the pantry it is almost done. It just needs the base boards painted and shelving put up. Then I will be able to organize everything better and have more room for food storage.

Kort and Trey always wanted to help. Trey is putting a screw in the drill. It was loud so the boys wanted to wear ear muffs.

Kort took this picture of JD finishing the tile. you can't see it very well. Maybe I post pics when it is done.

4- I was released from my nursery calling in our ward:( I know a lot of people don't like nursery but I love it. I am really sad:( My new calling is on the relief society board on the social commitee, ahhhh. I never go to the Relief Society activities, so of course that is why I was called to this. I was getting too comfortable where I was. I must say I am STRESSED!!! I have a hard time coming up with ideas on what we should do. That is what's stressing me out!!! I know there are other women on the committee but we all need to be thinking of ideas. If anyone ever has any ideas, PLEASE let me know. Plus that is not the only thing that is going to be hard for me. I am not the most outgoing person around. Although since I have done hair I am tons better than I used to be. I still kinda keep to myself. I like people and I like visiting. I have a hard time just going up to people and saying hey- how is it going, can I sit by you, when I have only talked to them once or twiceor never. I don't like showing up to activities by myself. We discussed this in one of our meetings so I know I am not the only one that feels this way on this subject. Maybe that is what this calling is for, to help me be more social in our ward and help get others like me out to the activities. I don't know. This will be a new adventure for me, that is for sure.

5- Last but not least my sister in-law Jessica (JD's sister) is engaged. We are so Happy for the two of them. It is always fun to add more the family. They are thinking sometime in August. Good times to come.

Hopefully I can stay caught up on my blog so my posts aren't so long. Hey, I didn't post as many pictures this time. Although I love pictures and I do that more for me.

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

2010-02-13T11:34:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
Can I just say, I Love Valentines Day! We don't really do anything special for it. I have just always liked it. I just want to say Happy Valentines Day!!!

Kort showing off his Valentines. He wanted his picture taken here.

He wrote his name on all 30 Valentine cards for his class. I love his face, you can tell he is concentrating.

We had a special delivery last night. Someone knocked on the door and ran. They left balloons, cut out hearts, (Kort had to tape the hearts all around the window) and a bucket full of candy and prizes. Kort loved it. It was so fun. I remember knocking on friends doors and leaving Valentines when i was a kid. Oh the good 'ol days. Happy Valentines Day!

Where do I Begin

2010-01-15T08:37:00.000-08:00

I just don't even know where to start. I haven't blogged for over two months. I do want to post about Christmas and our holidays so when I look back on this I can see the pictures and try to remember some of it. We had a nice thanksgiving, it was at my Grandpa and Grandma Nielsen's this year. It was sooo delicious. I love eating at their house, my grandma is the best cook and I hope to be able to be just as good someday. We also stopped at JD's parents house to visit. This is why I need to blog sooner so I can remember all that went on.
Now, on to Christmas and New Years. It seemed like we had party after party but that is what makes it so fun. Getting together with everyone and of course all the delicious food. This year was a lot of fun with the kids. This is the only year I didn't get out the video camera and I should have:( Kort was so excited to open all of his presents, he would open them and be sooo dramatic and say "Look at this game or book or truck" it was so fun to watch. Trey on the other hand didn't really care about opening the gifts, lucky for Kort he got to open pretty much everything. By the end of the day we were all worn out and ready for it to be over. I still Love the Holidays, it is so nice to be with Family. Of course I posted a lot of pictures and stories below -so take a look.

This picture is of JD and Kort on top of the truck motor fixing a part. It was so cute, I couldn't resist

Trey just chased after the kitty while they worked on the truck

This is Kort telling Santa he wants a kitchen set and Bronco.

Trey didn't like Santa at all. Santa came to the ward Christmas party and he told the kids about Jesus and what some of the symbols mean. It was neat to have the picture of Christ behind Santa as we took the pictures. We have been trying to tell the kids what the true meaning is.

I was up before anyone and started making breakfast. Then JD went into the boys room and started tossing stuffed animals on them so they would wake up. Finally Kort woke up and this is Kort trying to wake Trey up. (Normally I would let them sleep but we had places to be)

Trey, taking his time unwrapping the gifts

Kort got his Bronco. He was so excited

Trey loved these little animals he got. That is all he needed along with his Triceratops book

Santa got these shopping carts to go along with the kitchen set. Ya, when they were ordered they were supposed to be blue and silver. When I opened them they were pink and purple. The boys still wanted them. Another funny story. I put the dolls in the shopping cart and Kort was pushing his around and he kept saying "sit down, sit down, Listen, I said sit down, Mom Denny isn't listening to me he wont sit down" Ah, I guess that is what I sound like to him when we go to the grocery store.

Kort loves to make us food with his kitchen set.

Trey is helping JD open his presents. I was so proud of myself this year. I can never surprise JD with anything. He is way too picky. This year he didn't know a single thing that he was getting. He hasn't taken anything back yet either. JD got me a recliner that is heated and massages. It is nice.

I love a big breakfast. Here is Trey eating the breakfast I cooked

This is the day before New Years. JD took the day off and we played in the snow and spent the day together as a family. Good thing we did because the next night Kort ended up getting strep throat and croup. No fun. We took him to the doctor and got a prescription but then we couldn't find a pharmacy open. So- if you ever need a pharmacy on a holiday there is a 24hr one at Walgreens in Layton. Then of course we all got sick and now we are finally over it.

Building a fort. Trey loves eating snow.

Kort making a snow Angel

Kort made the best one.

We took turns tackling each other

We had a snow ball fight. This snow wasn't very good packing snow. We couldn't make anything.

Me and Trey

Halloween Fun

2009-11-07T10:06:00.000-08:00

We didn't do a lot for Halloween this year, but we did take the kids to a little corn maze and then at the very end they were able to pick out a pumpkin. Kort fell asleep on the way home, so we didn't carve them. My sister Jenna watched the boys one night for us and she helped them paint pumpkins.(sorry no picture) They loved it. They put them on the porch for everyone to see. Thanks aunt Jenna.

JD and Kort in their vests at the start of the maze.

My Boys

Kort liked leading the way

Trey had fun. Look at his smile

The boys liked finding the spiders.

Kort decorated his own bucket this year with my help.

Concentrate Concentrate

He is getting so big.

Here is our cute little Spider Trey at the Trunk or Treat. He liked going around to get candy. I had make sure he kept going. He would want to stop at the same place and wait for them to keep giving him candy. He also had his hands full of candy.

Kort wanted to be anything I suggested for Halloween. When I found this costume for 10 bucks I told him he was George, since he likes to read Curious George. He knew just what to do at the trunk or treat. He was showing me all of his candy.

Kort wanted to be the spider so the boys switched costumes for a night.

On Halloween we were at JD's parents house and his sister Jess was going to wear this wig as part of her costume, before she put it on, JD tried it on. Funny huh. I didn't get a picture of Jess and her date :(

This is at my parents house with Grandma and their cousins. Trey, Tilden, Kyden, and Kort. My mom makes a good patient.

Jenna the princess and Mikaydee her slave took the boys trick or treating to some of the houses in their neighborhood. When the kids are little I like the trunk or treating, but when I was a kid it was so fun going around to all of the houses and seeing who had the best candy. It was a busy Halloween. We had a lot of stops to make between the Grandparents and Great Grandparents Homes. It sure is fun showing off our boys. We hope every one else had a nice Halloween:)

Dinosaur Park

2009-11-07T09:37:00.000-08:00

We finally took the kids to dinosaur park for the first time. We have been meaning to go all summer. We finally got around to it the first of October. It was fun because they had it all decorated for Halloween.

Kort was scared of the robotic dinosaurs upstairs. He held on tight to JD. While walking around the park we told Kort to squeeze JD's hand if he was scared. There was a lot of hand squeezing. He didn't like getting too close to the dinosaurs.

Trey loved every minute of it.

Trey

Kort and Trey. Look how cute Trey would be as girl. I love having him be a boy.

Ride 'em cowboy Kort

peek-a-boo Trey

Kort finally warmed up and played on the playground with the dinosaurs.

All grins for Trey. We were waiting for Trey to go down one of the slides and he was taking a while, so we went to check on him and he was face down in the sand with his feet on the stairs. He wasn't crying or any thing. Funny kid.

We had a fun time at Dinosaur Park. Kort is talking about going again. He says "but I wont be scared next time" We will have to go again.

Opening Day

2009-10-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

Duck Hunting season has arrived!!!! Once again we had another fun opening day. Opening day is always fun and we usually have AWESOME SHOOTS!!!! It was nice having JD's boat done and working really good. Quite a few posts back there are pictures of him building it from scratch. It paid off. Good work honey. On Saturday we woke up at 3:15 a.m. (way too early when you go to bed at 12pm) Thanks to my sisters for sleeping over to watch my boys. Any way we wanted to make sure we got a good hunting spot since opening day is crazy with all the hunters excited for the season. We were the first ones out there and we made sure no one set up too close to us. (we didn't want just anyone messing up our hunt). It turned out to be pretty nice weather(since I am a fair weather huntress) and we shot at a lot of ducks. JD and my dad both got their limits of 7 ducks each pretty early. For some reason I was a bit rusty and only shot two. Truth be told I do a lot better trap shooting. With ducks you have to lead them, judge the distance, and compete against the guys. I just need more experience and practice. OK OK excuses excuses they try to be nice and let me have first shot. They do spoil me as far as hunting goes, they set my bucket up, make sure I am comfortable and chase after my ducks in the sticky swampy muddy water. Thanks guys. Why do we like duck hunting?
Both of our dads hunted ducks and got us started. It is always fun to shoot the gun even if you don't get anything. Believe it or not we like spending time with one another. While we sit and wait for the ducks to fly it's nice to visit. We also get to enjoy the beautiful outdoors. In the sticky swampy muddy water if you look around you see how beautiful the water, mountains, sunrises, and sunsets are. So, until January this is what JD's Saturdays and about 1/4 of my Saturday mornings are going to consist of.

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JD sitting on his cage trying to see other airboats and waiting for the shooting time.

My dad and me waiting

Dadio and me

JD and me with all our ducks

JD, me, and the airboat (super scooter)

Kort and Trey when we got home.

It will be fun when they get to come with.

Two weeks before the opener they have a youth hunt. This is when kids, until they are 15 get to go hunt. It is great so the parents can teach them and the kids have a better chance at shooting something. JD and I took my sister Mikaydee this year. This is her last year for the youth hunt. She didn't have as good of a hunt this year because people set up right on top of us, but it was still a good time. Here are pictures of her hunt.

sitting

waiting

Kaydee took this picture of this lady bug on the grass

also this sunrise

JD took this picture of this beautiful sunset

North Shore and Boating

2009-09-13T11:53:00.000-07:00

What were we thinking???? We weren't thinking. The week before school started we went swimming at North Shore swimming pool in North Ogden with two of my sisters, one of my brothers, my mom, and nephews. Guess what the price was for kids three and under? FREE!!! That is right you read it right FREE!!! I am mad at myself for not going and finding out sooner. My kids are 3 and under. We should have been at the pool a couple of times a week. It is five dollars for adults if they swim. I only got in the water to watch my boys. Not bad. I will keep that in mind for next year. Kort turns three the middle of June so maybe we can go the first of summer. Oh well, what do you do? Here are pics of our day swimming.

Trey loved the frog. He is pointing and saying "ribbit ribbit"

This a full view of the frog

Trey- going up

At the top

coming down. Trey and cousin Kyden did this over and over. They loved it.

Kort would only stand by it. He didn't like the water that sprayed out at the top. He pry would have gone down if the water didn't spray.

Lunch time- Cade, Ashlyn, and Mikaydee

Grandma and Trey

Bathing Beauties- Ashlyn and Mikaydee

Grandma N. Kort and Kyden

Kort warming up

MOM and ME

Cade

Kaydee

Nice face Ash

They check the water at the pool every so often so we have to get out of the pool. There was music playing so here are the boys dancing away. It was soooo cute. Cade, Trey, Kyden, and Kort.

cousins. Trey and Tilden

All tuckered out. We all took naps.

BOATING

We had some friends call us to go boating and we were able to go for once. It was a lot of fun. We only went on the tube. I was too chicken to try anything else. I don't know if they read our blog but thanks for the invite. We had a blast.

JD and Trey on the tube.

JD tried it on his stomach

My boys.

Me again

It was fun watching everyone.

JD getting thrown off.

Kort wanted to drive. There was no way he was getting on that tube. He did tell us he wanted a boat like this instead of the airboat. ah oh. Dad didn't like that to well.

Bear Lake and Willow Park Zoo

2009-09-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

Every year my side of the family takes a trip to bear lake. This year we had it all planned but the weekend we chose to go the weather was bad and my grandpas brother passed away. JD and I took the kids the following weekend. We got up there Friday afternoon, boy are we glad we did. The weather was still nice but the wind started blowing later and it rained all night. We woke up to the wind again on Saturday so we decided to go get ice cream at La Beaus and head to Willow Park Zoo and then go to Firehouse Pizza in Logan. We love the bread sticks and fazookies at firehouse pizza. Their pizza is pretty good too. The kids still had a great time. We can't wait to go again next year with everyone.

Trey playing in the water

JD, Kort, and Trey wading

The wagon would float in the water. Trey loved catching the waves. Kort, not so much

Me and Kort

Boys pushed these around for a while

Ow Ow. I sure love this guy JD

Me, eating twizzlers pull n peel

JD and Kort building a sand castle

Trey wearing his dads shoes

Kort got cold and wanted to sit in the back of the truck with his towel

I made a bear lake monster that looks like a dinosaur for the boys.

Willow Park Zoo was a lot of fun. It was cheap too.

Kort took this picture of me and JD at Willow Park Zoo

My boys looking at the monkeys

They loved looking at all the turtles

Feeding the ducks and fish

I was nervous about the boys climbing up the stairs so I went with them.

Kort going down the slide

Trey at the bottom

Kort and Trey on the swings

Together. This park was a lot of fun. The boys didn't want to leave at all.

We Love Rodeo

2009-08-26T15:28:00.000-07:00

Every year we go the the Ogden Pioneers Day Rodeo the week of the 24th. This year we went all five nights. JD's family helped with flags for the whoopie girls. My sister in-law Jessica is a whoopie girl every year. A whoopie girl carries the sponsor flag around the arena while riding her horse full speed. JD would grab the flags as the girls came riding in, while trying not to get mowed over. It was a fun and tiring week. Kort came with us every night except the 24th. Trey came two of the five nights. My parents and sisters are soooo good watch the boys for us.

As part of the the festivities, they have an all horse and hitch parade the week before the rodeo. JD and I rode our horses Bob and Lady in the parade. They did pretty good, since we don't ride them as often as we should. We had one little incident at the very beginning when we were getting all lined up. There was a team of horses that had bells on it and it came from behind so JD's horse just jumped a little and started acting up and moved away from my horse. That made Lady girl act up and I'm not the best rider so I got off for a minute and waited for our horses to settle down. They were great the rest of the time. It was a lot of fun. It's not every day you can ride your horse down Washington Blvd.

Saddling up, making the horses look purdy.

Before we had kids JD and I rode in this parade and won 25 dollars.

JD throwing candy. I am waving to Kort and Trey. We need to get another horse. Kort is getting to big to ride on the saddle with us and be comfortable, yet he won't ride on the back.

Me and JD at the rodeo. This was tough enough to wear pink night. If you wore pink they would donate money to fight against breast cancer. I finally got JD to wear pink and he looks good in it.

Cowboy Kort gone gangster.

Kort had to bring his truck and horse trailer. He played with it every night.

This is the motor cross they had at the end.

This was Korts reaction almost every night. He loved it. I might not have to worry about him doing rodeo after all. I don't think I want him doing motor cross either.

JD took Kort to get a closer look at the motorcycles.

Sisters- Mikaydee, Jenna, and Me
I forgot my camera the other nights so I didn't get pictures of Trey, Cade, and Ashlyn. Each night we took one of my siblings that still lived at home.

Kort and "Grandpa with the black mustache"

Jessica did a great job as a whoopie girl. I didn't get a good shot of her going around the arena carrying the flag.

When we got to Grandpa and Grandma Nielsen's home, this is what we saw.

Two of the nights JD, Eric, and Travis helped take some props out into the arena for the clown.

This is kinda blurry. JD is taking the flag from one of the whoopie girls.

One more story. On the 24th we usually go to the parade. JD had to work so I decided if we are awake then we will go to parade and not worry about getting a good spot. We got up and I started to get ready and Kort had to use the restroom and he had been taking a while so I went and checked on him and he had dumped Ajax all over the floor. I went to get the shop vac to clean it up and I found that Kort had opened the freezer and LEFT it OPEN :( All of my frozen beef, corn, pork, duck, chicken, turkey, everything and I mean everything had THAWED!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I had to decide what to do. Is it still good? With a few phone calls I decided to cook as much as I could and then re-freeze it. I was able to save most of it. Here is what I did on the 24th before the rodeo.

Full of roasts. We are going to have a lot of french dip sandwiches.

All of our sausage. When I was done with the sausage I put ground beef on this griddle.

I had my sisters bring out another big pan so I could cook more ground beef at once.

Pork roasts. My pork chops were in my other freezer luckily. The chicken was still a little frozen so I put it back in the freezer. We haven't gotten sick yet. I didn't save the corn because it was in ziplock baggies and I had juices running everywhere from the meat. I was too nervous to save it. I was kinda glad to throw out the duck. One good thing is, it sure is nice to pull out cooked beef and add ingredients to it. Makes for a faster dinner. It just makes it hard when you have other plans for the day. Lesson learned. We are now going to get a lock so this doesn't happen again.

BEHIND

2009-08-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

I am really behind on posting all of the fun things we have been doing. I need to manage my time better and stay home a little more.

This post is what we did on the fourth of July. Every year growing up we had "Family Camp". "Family Camp" is a big reunion where we get together for a couple of days once a year. My Grandma Nielsen and her brothers and sister would each take a turn planning the location and activities. We still have "Family Camp", just not with all of her brothers, sister, nieces, nephews, ect. This year they wanted to have a big get together. It was in Lyman, Wyoming at the KOA. My Grandma's sister and husband own it. It was a lot of fun. I remember going there as a kid and riding horses, playing on the playground and fishing out of a paddle boat. Here are pictures of "Family Camp" 2009.

It was my sister Jenna's birthday on the 3rd so I decorated the trailer like this for her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNA!!! I hope it was great. My Grandpa Nielsen's birthday is on the 4th so we put the banner on his trailer the next day. Hope you had a great BIRTHDAY Grandpa.

Me and Jenna. She is one of my BFF'S

My sister Ashlyn and Trey on the swing.

Hadlee, Jenna, JD, and Kort

Kort

Kort, JD, Hadlee, and Trey swimming in the pool. It was kind of cold.

One of the activities we built rockets and shot them off. Ours was a little mini rocket and didn't turn out too well. It was still fun.

Trey fell asleep while I was holding him swimming so my dad came and got him. How precious.

We went on a walk to find snakes, frogs, and bugs. This is JD and Kort looking at the water. Later we threw some logs in the water and followed them down.

Kort crossed the bridge all by himself with JD's supervision

Kort and Kyden with their dads. Ride 'em cowboys.

This is the tall slide the kids loved going down.

Kort on the tire

Jump

Kort getting the candy from the pinata. Kort had just woke up so he didn't want to give it a whack.

Trey eating the candy off the ground. yum

We got home around 4p.m . on the fourth so we went over to Fremont and watched the fireworks with JD's side of the fam. Kort and Trey liked the fireworks a lot. Kort would say "I like that one" on almost every firework. Just when I thought Trey was asleep he would say "WOW". It is so fun to have little ones.

Jess, Travis, Dad C. and Kort

Eric and Liz

Mom C. Kort, JD, me, Trey, and cousin Cody.

It turned out to be a pretty fun fourth of July. I am so blessed to be living in this great Country.

Summer Activities

2009-08-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

JD's dad is in the search and rescue so in June we rode in the Weber county airboat at a parade. Kort and Trey loved throwing and eating the candy.

The Guys

Kort loves trucks. He thought this monster truck was pretty neat. This is as close as they would let him get.

waiting for the parade to start. Kort hopped in this little car.

He wanted to take it for a spin.

Boys eating pizza and watching a movie.

Every year we go to the Pleasant View Founders Day fireworks. This year we went to the parade. Later that night my grandparents had a BBQ before we headed up to Weber High for the big show. It is always fun to get there early so we can get a good spot on the grass and eat snacks and play.

My fam watching the parade

My sister Jenna on the far left.

Cade(brother) Cordale(cousin) and Kort getting candy

Kort and Trey Kort didn't want to get the candy at first. At the end of the parade he had half a bucket full.

When I was trying to get Kort to get the candy, I looked over and saw Trey picking it up.

It was a fun parade. I think we will go next year. JD had to work and we missed him.

All of us in a tree at my grandparents. The light coming through the tree made it hard to take a good picture.

Kort didn't want to get down.

JD teaching Kort how to throw a Frisbee.

Good Job Kort man.

Dancing on the drain.

JD and Kort racing.

JD used to run cross country and track. The training for Kort begins.

Trey picking the flowers

Trey would throw the Frisbee and then go stand on it.

pulling the wagons around the track.

Trey snacking on goldfish.

Bad Mom

2009-08-03T18:04:00.001-07:00

This is how our Saturday went. Wake up get the kids fed. Make dinner for the neighbor who just had a baby. Get the kids in the tub, get dressed for the day. Play with the kids. Start doing my hair so we can meet dad(JD) to go for a ride on the airboat. As I am doing my hair I cut my bangs, set the scissors down. When I do my hair the boys usually sit in the sink or play on the counter by me. In this case Trey Dave is sitting in the sink. Kort is playing in the tub with no water. Now remember those scissors I just set down. My precious baby Trey picks them up, I go to grab them from him and he sees me coming and closes the scissors on the corner of his mouth. That is right closes them on the corner of his mouth. He cries for about 10 seconds until I turn the water on to rinse the blood that is going everywhere. I get him all cleaned up, call my mom to see if she can come out and look at his mouth to see what she thinks. In the meantime he is jumping off the couch and love bag and running around with his brother like nothing has happened. He has no fear I tell ya. We decide he needs his mouth looked at by a doctor. I didn't know if they would be able to stitch it just because it cut the inside and outside of his mouth.(sorry no picture.) Luckily the doctor who I normally take Trey to was there. He was able to stitch it right there. I felt so bad they put him in this papoose thing to hold him down. The nurse held his head while I held his hands. He screamed the whole time. Not from the pain but from being held down. Do you blame him? I was bawling because it was all my fault. I feel HORRIBLE, I should have put those scissors away and never put them on the counter. Yes, I realize accidents happen but I am still sad. Everyone keeps talking about him being like the Joker on batman ( which I haven't even seen). I really really really hope it doesn't scar too bad. I am soooo SORRY Trey Davey babe. I will try to be a better mom and not leave things out. I LOVE YOU.

Here is Trey. You can kinda see the stitches in this picture.

All the Single Ladies

2009-07-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

My brother Chance is now off the market. He got married on July 18, to Karissa Lott, in the Ogden Temple. It was a nice ceremony and turned out to be a beautiful day. I am so Happy for him and would like to wish him and Karissa happiness into eternity. It will be fun to have another sister in-law. Welcome to the family Karissa. Our family just keeps growing. That just means more people to love and a lot more fun. Here is what their wedding announcement looked like.

We threw Karissa a shower and Mikaydee(my sister) impressed me again with her skills by designing this cute invitation.

Here comes the Bride and Groom

This is Chance and Karissa coming out of the temple. Chance was being his funny self and posing for the camera.

Big family picture of all Chance's grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Hadlee, JD, Kort and Trey

Our Family (top) Bryan, Shay, Dad, Mom, Chase, Kyden, Lacie, Tilden. (bottom) Hadlee, Trey, JD, Kort, Chance, Karissa, Ashlyn, Cade, Jenna, and Mikaydee

Brothers and Sisters (L to R) Mikaydee, Hadlee, Shay(prego with baby girl due in nov.) Chance, Jenna, Ashlyn, Cade, and Chase.

Parents with the Bride and Groom

Dad and Mom with Chance and Karissa

OHHHHHH how cute.

My boys loved playing in the fountains. While we were in the temple my sisters watched the boys. Kort tried putting his trucks in the water and Trey tried drinking it. Boys Boys.

Luncheon at Maddox

My sister in-law Lacie took this picture of JD and Kort. They were sleeping in this chair at the luncheon before it started.

Boys playing with the toys at the end of the luncheon. They were so good while we ate.

My cute parents. Dave and LaRaun

me being cheesy. I LOVE MADDOX!!!!!

Reception

At the reception. Kyden, Trey, and Kort

Huddle

they sure clean up nice.

All the grandboys with the bride.

Groom with his brothers and brother in-laws

All the guys. I am sad I didn't get pictures of all the girls so when Karissa gets her pictures back I am hoping she will give me some to post.

Dad, Mom, Chance, and Karissa

Trey enjoying the refreshments. Ice Cream. My favorite

Kort Yum Yum.

Happy Birthday to Kort

2009-07-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

Kort turned 3 in June. Time has gone by so fast. Kort tells me every day that he is a big boy and he is growing big and tall like his dad. Before I know it, he will be. Kort is so much fun. Sometimes he tries my patience but all in all he really is a good boy. We are so glad he is a part of our family. We hope you had a Great Birthday Kort man. WE LOVE YOU!!!

This is the invitation we sent out. My sister Mikaydee (who is 15) took the pictures and designed the card.

I wanted a collage on the back because I couldn't decide what pictures to have on there.

Thanks Mikaydee, you did a Super Job. We will be calling again.

Here is a slide show of some pictures she took.

Pictures from the Family Party
We had a train themed party if you can't tell. I didn't get everyones picture that came. Here are a few.

Train cake

Kort liked eating the candy and frosting.

Blowing out the candles with cousin Cody.

Dad and Mom gave him the train table, tracks, and trains.

Opening presents

Reading his new book.

Fork lift

Semi

Kort was soooo excited. We would tell him everyone was coming over for his birthday and he said "There's going go be grandmas and grandpas all over the place." Thanks everyone for coming to celebrate with us.

Great G&G Hancey

Great G&G Nielsen

Great G&G Funk
Great G&G Casperson are serving a mission or I am sure they would have been here.

Grandma Nielsen with her Gangster signs

Grandpa Nielsen and uncle Cade

Grandma Casperson and aunt Jess

Kort loves semi's so I took him over to Grandpa Caspersons work and he gave him a ride.

Kort did not want to leave.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

We Bought the Ranch

2009-06-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

Ok ok so it doesn't hurt to dream, right? We did buy a small piece of what we call the ranch. JD's grandparents and parents own property up by Monte Cristo turning off of ant flat road called Scare Canyon. His grandparents run cattle up there and own quite a bit of property so we call it the Ranch. JD and I along with Travis and Jessica (JD's brother and his wife) just purchased 20 acres up there about 3 months ago. We are sooooo excited. We try to spend most of our weekends up there. It takes about an hour to get there. Hopefully one day we can afford to put a cabin up there. Here are pictures of the property we bought and our memorial weekend trip and the week after.

Looking south the property goes almost to that white cabin on the left and follows that fenceline.

The view from the cabin site facing east. Well, the camp site. Cabin is still a long ways off.

Looking northeast from the camp spot.

Looking southeast. It's got a neat view. Ant flat road is on the far side of that valley.

It goes south right up to that patch of thick trees.

Southwest.

West(ish).

We're on the right side of that fence.

Kort likes watching Curious George so in this picture he is "digging like a bunny".

JD and Travis were digging post hole and put Kort in it. He isn't tall enough to be a post.

We were hiking around to look at our property and Kort got tired of all the weeds and sage brush so JD put him on his shoulders.

JD and Travis transplanting trees.

The whole family tries goes up on memorial and labor day weekends. Everyone tries to help each other out with projects up there.

My Hot Hubby JD.

All of us went for a ride on the four wheeler .

Trey liked the furry caterpillars Kort caught.

Kort caught a lot of furry caterpillars

They passed the caterpillar back and forth. Oh so nice to share. Poor caterpillar, I think it ended up smashed.

This is Kort's waterfall. He is throwing grass in the water since there weren't any rocks around.

It looks like I am going to throw him in. I thought about it . . .

. . . but he ran away before I could.

Trey in the back of the truck. This is how he helps us work on some projects. He's fun up there.

JD and Travis working on the fence.

Grandpa C. with the black mustache and Kort

Travis and Kort. no hands.

Jessica and Trey. The boys loved the four wheelers. If anyone was going for a ride, the boys were with them.

JD, Grandpa, and Kort. Working away

We are in front of a Sandhill crane nest. Look at those eggs.

I Love my Boys!!!

Kort is on the top bunk in our trailer. We were afraid he would roll off so we moved him to the table bed after he fell asleep.

YOU!

Trey is trying to wink. soooo cute.

Kort is all Boy. He loved catching bugs, caterpillars, and snakes. He said, "mom, it's not scary!!"