Stuffed Turkey(s)

We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho Falls this year. The kids had so much fun seeing their cousins and using Grandma Paula's closet to play "dress-up!" All the girls posed for the traditional "Turkey Photo" with the beautiful turkey that Kari prepared.

All agreed it was the best turkey yet!

Happy Halloween!

Chase's Statue of Liberty
Tread's Spider
Sheila's Frankenstein
Ryan's Reaper
Audrey's Grave Zombie

All the kids "poked" and help carve their own pumpkins this year. They did a great job! But of all the halloween pictures - "SOMEONE" deleted the kids' pictures off the camera! Ryan dressed up like "Santa" and took the kids around the block. Chase and I stayed home to pass out the goodies and everytime I talked to Ryan on his phone he was yelling "Merry Christmas!" Maybe that wasn't such a good idea...

Dippin' Your Spoon

Chase made up names for all of our wakeboarding moves...or rather the mishaps! This one is call "Dippin' Your Spoon" into the ice-cream. He called another one "Gratin' the Cheese". We ended up using these terms through the rest of the summer.

Audrey's Turn

This was Audrey's first time getting up. She popped out of the water and went right over the wake! I am still scratching my head...Way to go Rosie!

Looking Like a Pro?

So Ryan is videotaping me and obviously found something in the sky that was more interesting than my wakeboarding skills!

Hey honey...I'm over here!

Next Year's Goal...

Uh, you may want to mute your speakers during this video...

Owyhee Reservoir

We were invited to go with the Redds to the beautiful Owyhee Reservoir for a weekend of camping and boating.
They showed us how to get our feet in the boots.
And how to steady ourselves...
And how to "CUT"...
...and some just plain showed off!

Owyhee Reservoir II

Some stayed on the boat and watched...
But Audrey gave it a try and got up AND cleared the wake - all on her first try!
Chase gave it a go...
...but all in all we had a great time!

More Fun in the Sun

Happy 9th Birthday Chase!

I wanted to get Chase BSU tickets for his birthday this year and logged on to find out the price. $100.00 each! For the cheap seats! So I pulled a few strings and we ended up getting two free tickets for BSU v. New Mexico. So we decided to pull a last minute "surprise" birthday party for Chase and give him the tickets.
We decorated in Blue and Orange (of course) and all the neighbors (with the multiple boys) came over for some food and football! We ended the night with a little adult Karaoke!