Lately

It took a little bit of begging but I got Dean to take us swimming in Preston. I don't know why I had to beg he should have begged me. I got everyone ready, fed everybody dinner, packed all the stuff we needed (towels, clothes to change, life jacket, baby float, etc.) Sang Josie songs the entire 30 minute drive to the pool. Got the kids ready to actually get in the pool. We swam, played, and had a good time. Then I got one kid out at a time showered them got them ready for bed while at the pool, showered myself, gathered all our stuff back up, sang songs all the way back home, and put the kids to bed. When we went to bed I was thinking how much work it is to have a good time as a family; but it must be worth it because then I asked Dean if he would take us again!

Josie is wearing Rio's swimsuit (size 6 months). Trig is wearing Jake's (size 2T)

That is so Backwards. They are so opposite.

We went to pick Dean up for lunch one day and took some pictures of Jed bringing in the babies they started breaking this week.

Dean has started calving a little bit already. It has been really nice weather for calving so far. I always pray the baby calves will be healthy, I feel so bad they are born in the freezing cold.

Dad this is that Huck horse I've been telling you about.

Dean went to Alice Lake Snowmobiling. They ride in 30 miles on Snowmobiles to the cabin where they stay. It makes me crazy nervous. They are so far from everything and no way to get help in an emergency. It gives me serious anxiety but its Dean's Utopia. Obviously I didn't take the picture, I googled it, but you can imagine it looking a lot like this but with 7 feet of snow piled on top. He came home and told me the stories of all the scary snowmobiling he did, while I bit my names and checked to make sure our life insurance was still paid up.

While Dean was gone I took the kids to Utah. I went down to paint JD's house and had a really fun visit. Maddie stayed with me and it was so fun to have her. We took grandma great to lunch and took Gracie shopping. I only have one picture to prove we were there; Sunday we had a really intense game of ring around the rosie. I love watching the cousins play together.

We took Trig to the Dr. and he had ANOTHER sinus infection and an ear infection. The poor boy in 9 months old and on his 5th sinus infection. He has 5 teeth, three on top and two on the bottom. He is walking a lot along the furniture but not even close to walking by himself. He is still very happy and its been fun to see him play more with other kids. Its interesting to see how into trucks and balls he is already, boys must truly be born with that. He is getting so busy. He loves to pull everything out of any drawer, and he loves to make a mess.

Josie has been testing her limits. She is learning more about time-out and so am I. She is so funny and staring to say really funny things. She sings a lot, especially to her babies. I took this picture one day when I heard her singing "You are my Sunshine" to her baby inside her cardboard house.