Get Yer Boots On!

This past weekend was the Williams family rodeo. It is always something looked forward too each year. It is fun meeting new family even though I won't remember half of their names:) I ended up going to Idaho Falls the Wednesday before to help get things ready. It is nice to go early but it sure is hard to be a single parent for a couple of days. Thanks to all those who helped with my kiddos!

Lucas absolutely loves his Grandpa's. Here he is wrestling Grandpa Williams.


At the Passey's house they were teaching people how to do the Hannah Montana dance, here is Kelly giving a go at it:)

Kolton trying to squeeze into the train cabooses:)

Lucas loves I mean loves trains, so you can imagine how ecstatic he was to ride on this. I don't think he got off the whole time it was running:)

On Saturday we went to Rigby Lake for a couple of hours and had fun in the sand and water.


Later that night we had a feast of hamburgers, onion rings, french fries, soft serve ice cream and tons of yummy salads and desserts. Usually we do kids games after dinner. Right after everyone got done eating and starting to head over to the games and huge wind storm blew in. This wasn't a measly wimpy storm, it blew tents over and it was just painful to stand in it. Needless to say you didn't want to be in it so we skipped the games and started the rodeo. There was about nine gentle easy going horses that the kids loved riding.



Lucas rode a sheep and liked it until he fell off:)


They had three legged races, sack races, egg toss, a candy find in the straw and a bunny catch.






By Sunday we were all exhausted, it's always fun to go but it sure is nice to go home!

Taylor's Tuesdays

I know it's been a while since I have done this but I have decided to make two new blogs for each of my children that I will print out in a year for them. Anyway, Taylor is 12 weeks today! I have found that time passes quickly with children, especially after your first:) She is a great sleeper and loves to be cuddled. Two weeks ago at her Dr.'s appt. she weighed 11 lbs 12 oz and was 23 in. long. She is such a sweet baby. This past week she has decided that she has become quite the mommy's girl and becomes upset when someone else holds her. She loves to smile. It has been fun to see the differences between her and when Lucas was her age. He was much more serious and we had to jump through hoops just to get him to smile:) It is fun to watch them grow and discover new things:)

The 4th of July in Salmon

This past weekend we planned on going to a Williams family reunion. It ended up being moved to a different date but Steve took time off so we wanted to go somewhere. We ended up going to Salmon. It was supposed to be a four hour drive but due to construction it ended up being five! Good thing we bought the DVD player right before we left:)


There was a ton of deer. Every morning they would always be in the pasture right outside the cabin. Lucas had fun watching them, especially so close!


We went to the parade they had there. Lucas had a great time watching all the big trucks and of course the candy!



Later after the parade we went to the Sacajawea center. They had a nature walk with different posts to stop at and read about the history of that area.

On the fourth we decided to go check out Williams Lake, which my sister heard was good for boating and was only 15 miles away. Lets just say we ended up going 15 miles up in the mountains on dirt roads to get to it. It was totally worth it when we got there. Imagine traveling far into the mountains and then finding this lake surrounded by them. Of course I didn't bring my camera so we took a couple with Steve's cell.

Later that night we did our own fireworks display and waited until 10:30 for the city's to start. Lucas was so worn out from the day but stayed up long enough to try out some sparklers:)
We had a a really great time and ended up taking the scenic way home. I love living in Idaho and going to all its different beautiful places.

Taylor's blessing

We blessed Taylor on June 7th . She wore the same blessing dress that I wore when I was blessed. It is pretty neat being able to pass down something like that to her. A lot of my nieces have worn it as well so it is pretty amazing it has lasted this long:)
Both Steve and I have pretty big families so we had a big crowd. I was worried that it was going to rain but it ended up being somewhat nice. It sure is crazy trying to plan a big meal for that many people! I don't know how my mother in law caters every weekend!
Steve gave a wonderful blessing. I love that my husband is able to use the priesthood for our family and give blessings. I know it was a real comfort to have them when I was pregnant with Taylor and when my dad used to give them too me. Now to see Taylor start receiving them is truly wonderful.
Thanks to all our family who came and to my friends who came and helped out, I loved having everyone there. Love you all!

Taylor's Tuesdays

My baby is one month old today! I think that your second child seems to grow so much faster than the first one and you can't believe how fast time seems to go by. Taylor is doing well. Last week she caught a head cold and I was pretty nervous since she was only three weeks old. She has been sleeping for six hours at night so when she was waking up every couple of hours squirming and acting uncomfortable, I knew she wasn't acting her normal self. I took her to the Doc and he said she probably caught a virus but just to make sure he prescribed her some ammoxicillian. That day she seemed to be a bit better and it helped when I used nasal saline about every three hours. The next day she seemed so much better and slept great again so I decided not to start the antibiotic and she got over it on her own thankfully.
She is growing like crazy and is such a great baby. She likes to sleep on her stomach and loves to cuddle.



Lucas helping daddy make some hash browns, what a good little helper:)

Flooding

Growing up in the country of Jerome I never experienced watering by means of flood irrigation. I remember going down to my Grandpa's in Orem Utah and hope he would be flooding his lawn! It was like a mini lake everywhere! When we moved to Gooding, a mere 20 miles away from Jerome, I was surprised to learn that they flood irrigated here. Today was the first time we have watered and to me it is a kick off for summer! I think Lucas will have a lot of fun with it this year. He was a little hesistant today because the water was cold and it wasent't a hot summer day. He also would get stuck in the mud and yell to be rescued. It is fun watching your kids explore new things.