Pre-School Orientation

Carter went to his pre-school orientation last night. I'm thinking he will enjoy pre-school! His teacher seems really nice. The active part of it will be awesome~ Since he'll be in pre-school for at least two years I think not all "learning" this year will be good on him! Plus i'm not sure he could sit still for 2 hours straight :)!Gave us a tour of all the places the kids will be, talked about what to expect from the kids & parents & then gave the kids a little snack of apples & crackers! He's getting so big & mature so fast!! Good luck at Pre-school Cub~ We love you!!!

Bear Lake Trip

We went over to the cabin this past weekend to Bear Lake. Justin wanted to get some bow hunting in & the kids & I wanted to get some beach time & relaxing away from home... The guys went out hunting every morning & night but only seen a few deer & a big moose. We went to the lake on Saturday afternoon-the kids loved the beach, its weird with the water being so high this year, you're swimming in weeds! Tenley was all about getting dirty & playing in the sand, she loved the water too & didn't even cry when Just washed all the sand off her naked...Carter & Just dug a big hole & Carter thought that was pretty sweet. It started to thunder, lightning & rain while we were there, so we decided to make it short & jet...Then we went out to eat at Cafe Sabor (thanks mom & dad). Saturday night Wendi & I went with the guys hunting, we seen a 3 point Just tired to sneak up on, but no luck!...Such a dust storm in the rhino, Just & I looked like mexicans when we got back to the cabin!The kids had fun walking buppy around on the deck, jumping off couches onto pillows, Wendi brought her 'school stuff' up so Carter pretty much was hooked to Wendi the whole time doing 'school things'...He's gonna love pre-school!No luck hunting but it was fun to get away from the house & enjoy Bear Lake!!!

WALKING!

Tenley has been full on walking for about a week now. Last Thursday (August 18th) she would take a few steps, laugh & fall..But over the weekend she has been running around like crazy & will stand up & walk all on her own. Now that she can walk she is into everything, even worse than she was before. Carter can really get her going too, love those two!!!

1 Year Stats

Tenley weighed in at 26 lbs (95% percentile) and is 30 1/2 inches all (88% percentile)...She is not quite as big as Carter was (one pound & one inch smaller) but pretty darn close! What a cute chunky stink!!!

3 Year Stats

Carter weighed in at 39 pounds (95% percentile) and is 41 1/4 inches tall (above the 95% percentile)...Here he is flexing his 'guns'...What a big stud!!!

1st Time Mutton Bustin

Carter Mutton Busted for the 1st time at the Bull Bonaza. We were on the way home from Justin hunting & were talking about how Shae was going to ride the sheep & instantly Carter said "I want to ride the sheep too" , he said that last time & we kinda just figured he could wait til next year since he is only 3, but this time he wouldn't drop it, he was all about doing it & was serious.
He was pumped all afternoon & had been practicing on Justin...but once we got to the fair grounds & he was in the chutes Justin said he had a pretty hard time of talking him into it~ after a couple minutes of crying, he got right on & held on :) He was the very first rider for the night!!

Here he is with his winnings~a dollar & a free pizza :) We recorded him after he was done , up in the stands & he says he will do it again at the next rodeo, so I'm glad it didn't traumatize him too bad!! What one tough kid, we're proud of him!!!

Tener's 1st Birthday

Little diva Tener's turned 1 on Saturday, August 13th...We had a little get together party Saturday afternoon. Tenley loved all the attention & I think she knew it was "her" day. She got tons of babies & she loves them! She also got a few outfits, baby basinet, ladybug pillow pet, sippies & a few other toys. She would freak out saying "babyy" until I would get them out of the box for her... She has turned into such a cute litte thing, she definetly still has her "girl diva attitude". She has way more sass than Cub every had!! She didn't dig into her cake quite like I thought she would..It took her a minute to even realise what it was, & then she'd just poke at it, never fully dug in...Sheri made her a really cute & yummy birthday cake & my mom made pink cupcakes! Thanks to everybody who came & spoiled her!!Happy 1st Birthday Tenley Boopers!!!

Cache Fair

My mom & I took the grand kids to the Cache fair.. My mom bought them all day ride passes & so they spent most the time doing that. The kids liked the slides the best~ and it was shaded so we were fine with that too :) Brown's amusement isn't the best though, they had height restrictions for the little kid rides & wouldn't let Dac & Tay even go on some of them. Carter loves the rides, he'd go on all of them if he was tall enough! They went on the lil roller coaster, the dragons, swings, slide,motorcycles, tractors, carousel, cars, train... We also walked around to the booths, played the free games, looked at the arts & all the animals! Carter loved the goats & Tenley didn't mind the animals, as long as we kept our distance & they didn't make any loud noises :) Even though we were all so exhausted from playing all day, including myself~ later that night the 3 munchkins insisted on going to the rodeo--so I took Carter, Dac & Tay...supringsly they stayed awake through the whole rodeo & even made it back to my parents {who were babysittin Teners} awake!!!

Fish Hatchery

Justin's parents took Carter, Shae, Tenley & I up to the fish hatchery in Grace. Carter & Shae thought that was so fun to see all the little fish & to get to feed them. We couldn't believe how many fish they had up there! I had never been to a fish hatchery, pretty interesting & neat!After the hatchery the kids played at the park while they grabbed some lunch. There actually ended up being a parade down "main street" at noon. So we ate lunch in the shade & then caught some candy at the parade... Then back to grandma & grandpa Skippies for some ice cream & more play!

What a fun day for everyone , not just the kids!!