New School Pics

We had our now annual family photo shoot in serch of the perfect school pictures. This is what we felt were the best. Enjoy my darling babies!!

Tyden's 5th birthday

He likes super heros but didn't have a lot of choice on the theme of his party since I already had plates, cups and hats that were batman, but he was pretty happy with the way it turned out.

He got many great presents. Thanks to everyone who came and gave gifts and showed their support! We had a family dinner at the house first and then went to the park for gifts, cake, and to meet up with his friends to play.

And boy did they have fun playing!! We couldn't even keep Grandma and Uncle Jarom from joining in. It was a great, beautiful day!

Girls new room!

I bought stuff before summer to redo the girls room with the intention of doing it all summer but it just never worked out. We finally got it done today, well mostly done. The one wall you don't see isn't complete because it's missing a sticker that will play a big part so I'll post that one later when we get the sticker. They love it! Terry made the bed with minimal help from me. They actually have more furniture and more space. It's really great. The theme is sunset in case you weren't sure! :) The boys got their old beds as not bunkbeds so their room is being rearranged also but not done yet, keep checking for those updates too.

Soccer time!

This year Terry and I coached Tyden's soccer team, the Bulls (red). We got some good exercise and had a good time. We ended the season 4-1-1. Tyden wasn't the best player on the team but he did pretty well and had a good time.

This is our cute little team at our awards party.

I had to of course make cakes for our awards party. I soccer ball is much harder than you'd think but it turned out pretty good.

Cypress for Secretary!

Cypress was voted into the School Student Council by her class and then decided to run for Student Body Secretary. (yes she's only in 4th grade but the school only goes up to 5th.) She ran against 2 other students. She had to make a poster and stickers to pass out and give a speach (all memorized) at a school assembly and dance in front (as seen below) to be a good example to the other students. Then they voted, and SHE WON!! We are very proud of her!

Halloween

Yes, I have older posts to post but this one was too fun to pass up on and props need to be given to Kris for her hard work in making the kids great costumes!! Thanks Grandma! And thanks to Grandma Michalene for a full and fun day of carving and eating! Followed by the Trunk or Treat and the city Carnival. Needless to say, the kids are all passed out already!

Our cute Jack O lantern pizza's from Lunch. (in case you are wondering, that is Tena)

Terry does know how to use power tools! j/k He's been using them quite a bit this week.

Masterpieces in the making!

Kasen and Tom at the Trunk or Treat (this cute gal with her bomb belly set to go off 11-02-10, very cute costume!). He loved it. He said, "Twick o tweat" and "bank you" at every car!

Downtown costume parade and Trick or Treating with Tyden's class was a big hit. Kasen decided he would wear a costume anytime if it means he will get candy!

We decoracted baby pumpkins with stickers and markers with the Leishman's on Wednesday. Thanks Trina.

First Day of School!

No, I didn't start school today but I still need my picture taken because I'm dang cute!

I started Kindergarten today and boy was I excited! CHeck out my new clothes and transformer backpack. My teacher is Mrs. Pooler.

I didn't really want to get up for the first day of second grade with Mrs. Wilson, at Wilson school, but once I did, I looked dang good and had fun, I was even the star student.

I'm a big 4th grader today and have my first male teacher, Mr. Levin. He seems really cool and now I get to have PE every day! Boy am I lookin' good!

Slumber Party!

We played at little Just Dance . . .

Laughed a little . . .

Sang and had fun cupcakes . . .

Played with out new, very cool, Barbie house . . .

Got darling new hats made by Aunt Judy . . .

Went swimming and had pancakes in the morning. All in all, it was a great party!!

See other post first, Vacation continued!

We spent one day at the Thornton Family Reunion (Terry's Grandma's family) which is what inspired the whole trip in the first place. Everything else was just bonus. It was at a cabin near Palasades Dam in Idaho.

We went on a walk and found some cool shelters that other people had made and were pretty big

I just love my boys!! Even in Tie-Dye, thanks for putting up with that Terry.

Someone brought a homemade bean bag toss game that the kids enjoyed. We had to be careful though, their were 3 freak thunderstorms that showed their face and we had to run inside and hide out for a while but as you can tell by out clothes, the weather wasn't even cold. You just had to ride it out.Hanging out at the little creek was really cool.

So we actually decided to be tourists in Utah and checked out some new stuff. Here we are in the Visitors center at Temple Square.
There were so many water sources on top of the conference center that every picture we took has at least one kids hand in the water. It sure was beautiful though!

We went to the Utes' staduim where the Olympic torch was and that was very cool to see in person.

They actually have a whole little visitor's center there.

We visited the Sweet Candy Factory and got to taste and see lots of yummy stuff. Some of you were lucky enough to have some of their wonderful taffy. Gotta love the blue hats!!

Going in the Hot Tub at Haylee and Ryan's is always a highlight of the trip for the kids, they just can't get enough of it!

Idaho/Utah Vacation

This is kind of our trip in reverse so if you care, you may want to start at the bottom of these pictures.
Nephi had to show off his latest trick with Tillman and Nella so of course Terry's been trying it with Tyden ever since!

All the girls! Cypress and Tayla had a great time playing babysitter with Kamber (3 mo old). She was a sweetheart and darling!

Kasen became the arrow fetcher and loved that as much as Tyden loved shooting (see below).

Tyden bought a bow and arrows for his trip souvenir. He had fun playing with it in Grandma Rapps front yard and Haylee's back yard.
Grandma Rapp felt the need to introduce Kasen to the cold running ditch in front of her house so he wouldn't be tempted to explore it on his own. After that they were good friends.

It was sure fun to see Katherine and Nephi again. We sure miss them!! Wish we could have hung out more. Can't wait for them to come visit us!

Kasen and Brogan (8 mo younger) had a love hate relationship. they liked each other unless the other one had a toy, then they had to see who was tougher, it was a close tie most of the time. Right now they are both a little "stoned" from the naps they just woke up from.

Cypress and Teancum (5 mo older) didn't play too much because she's a yucky girl. but they did get together to boss the little kids around a little. :)

Nella and Tayla (9 mo older) got along super well. They went to a princess party for one of Nella's friends. Tayla wanted to go back there every day of our vacation after that.
Tyden and Tillman (6 mo. younger) playing like they played everyday together at the "Free" Splash Park in Rexburg. It was great fun and plenty hot and busy.

Tyden and Kasen.

Kasen and Cypress. He wasn't so sure about the water slide until she made him go down but then he wanted to go again.

Krystal was bored so she bought stuff to make hats/scarfs/ect. She then taught Cypress how to do it and this was a very frequent site. It really helped for car bordem as well. They made some really cute stuff.

We all worked together to make Tie-Dye shirts for the first time. It was a good learning experience :) They turned out okay anyway.

The Rapps have lots of fun hats and trinkets to play with and try on. Your visit there is never boring!
THe kids went on a rock hunt in Grandma and Grandpa Rapp's basement and backyard. Tayla was most excited since she has a rock collection (that one 1st place in the fair by the way).

There was a very nice big pool and hot tub. We had a great time and kind of wore the kids out so they would chill with movies for the drive.

We tried to break up the long drive a little by driving to Reno Sunday evening and staying in a hotel that they could swim at before we sat in the car for a long time. Hot august nights was starting in Reno the next day so there were a lot of cool cars in the parking lot to look at plus we were on the 11th floor so there was a nice view too.