New Babies!

This post is more for the family to see the new babies.  I definitely got my baby fix while in Idaho...in fact, I got a lot more baby hungry...not gonna lie!

This is Jaquelle (Tod's little girl.)

Boone...Tayne and Brooke's little boy.

Here is oldest son Michael with the newest member...Elijah.

Here is Ali with little Salem.  She is only about 4 months old, but looks so grown up with all the newbies around.

Spencer loved her!

Here is little Brock (Ty's and Katie's) and he sure is a cutie too.  What a great family to be born into....welcome babies!

More fun with the camera...

So right before we headed to bed this evening...I let the kids go out with Uncle Tate and gather up the ducks to put them in their pen.  They have been doing this every night...but tonight I joined in the fun. Got some cute pictures with the camera.  Messy kids and mismatched clothes and all.  There really is beauty all around if we just look for it. 

Isn't Aubrey just beautiful!

These kids bring so much joy into the world.  They were laughing at Uncle Tate.

Fun so far....

So we were met in Idaho by lots of cousins, uncles and aunts...excited to see us. 

Then there were sparklers and fireworks and late night talks...then bed.

This picture totally cracks me up.  I was trying to get a pic of Toby and his friend Sam...funny Troy snuck himself in the picture.

The weather was really hot at first...so the first few days were mostly playing in the sprinklers and water games...horseback rides ect.  We even got a quick dip in the Snake River and a boat ride.

Dress up.

New kitty cats.

Spencer was really nervous on the horse.

We told Weston to stop doing this..but not before I got a quick pic.

The garden....just so cute.  Toby keeps it nice and weeded.  I wonder how my garden is surviving in the heat in AZ?

Views from my parents house.  I can just stare all day here.  I think that it is absolutely beautiful.  I love and miss Idaho very much.

Lots of playing around with the cousins. This was just taken this evening.  We are loving our trip so far.

On our way to Idaho.

So we decided to fly this year to Idaho rather than the long 15plus hour drive.  So it was pretty uneventful.  It was cute to see my three kids dragging their carry on luggage through the airport.  Not cute..when they (won't say which one) had a huge crying fit because it was hard to pull their suitcase up the ramp to get on the plane.  Luckily this very tired child fell asleep on the plane and the other two were quiet well behaved.  We sat at the back of the plane and the engines were SUPER loud...so not a soul could be bothered when they acted like crazy children.  All in all a good flight and we made it to HOME with out a hitch.

Payson/Watkins Retreat

So I wish I would have taken more pics of what we did...I was stuck on only taking pictures down by the creek.  But we did do other things which included...2 nights of Ticket to Ride where my competitive nature reared it's ugly head (sorry Mike.) Then another night of CLR and this really fun traditional dice game. 

Then the kids enjoyed wi and mostly just loving that they all slept in their own room with a TV and tons if crafts (thanks Grandma...genius!)

Chris gave us a tour of "Shoefly" which is what is left of some Indian ruins close to Payson.  Very interesting.

Spencer standing on an adobe type wall.

Aubrey and Weston and Maya all got along famously and Spencer and Max did as well.  Good times.

And last but not least...no pic though...we ATE ALOT OF WONDERFUL FOOD.  Gotta love the Watkins!!!

Playing at the creek.

So the night before I left for Payson and Idaho...for 3 weeks...I was begining to panic that I did not I have a camera.  My usual one was not working...so my plan was to bring it to Idaho and hope I could get it repaired here.  Anyhoo...Jake was at Sam's club and found a Canon Powershot that had been returned and the price was reduced.   I told him to buy it and he did and I am loving it.  I am still learning it...but got some great pics so far.  Enjoy.
 

Crawdad fishing

So more blogging to come.  But this is what Weston and his dad did for hours on our recent trip to Payson with the Watkins' family.  Lots and lots of time spent then will not be soon forgotten for little Weston.  He was in heaven. We cooked them up one night...but sadly did NOT like them.   Feel bad we cooked so many.  Fun times though.