Senior pic...Mel

Here is one of our favorite seniors...Mel Stewart...Not only is she one of our favorite seniors she is also the kids' favorite babysitter! Cailey Mae adores Mel and looks forward to Mel babysitting her or at least seeing her at the football games.

Mel was kind enough to allow me to use her a model....She is so beautiful and has a great smile!!!

Here are your  pics Mel...I hope you had a great time. Good luck in your future...You are as bright as your smile and will go far!!!!

Cameron B.

So I would like to take a little moment and brag about one of my best friends, Becky Brown, she has the most adorable new baby boy, Brody Steven, (I might add, that she had him in 14 minutes with no drugs...not even an IV! And she had contractions for weeks before delivery) and two other wonderful kids. She has done a wonderful job raising her kids, they are very well mannered!  And her house is always clean...clean clean, not the I just cleaned because you were coming over, but always clean!!!

On Saturday I took Cameron up to a friends apple orchard to take some pictures of her and they turned out great. Cameron is such a ham and totally played it up for the camera.

Thanks Cameron for modeling for me! I hope your mommy made you something really good with all those apples you picked!

Oh for the the love of homecoming!!!

I loved high school!

I loved every minute of it!!!

So of course anything I can do to re-live it a little, I will!

Every year I take the kids down for the homecoming parade...a little tradition I love to do with them! I love to dress them up in their blue and white and to cheer all the kids on. And of course it brings back all the wonderful memories.

Chace is riding Cody's horse, Blue, for the Rodeo club...

This year my mom cut down my old cheer leading skirt she made for me in 2nd grade so Cailey could wear it to all of her Uncle Chace's games. She looks so cute in it. Of course though, she will not smile nicely so I can get a picture of her wearing it!

The boys did so good this year and won the game...38-6. Don't think I watched very much of it because the kids get very bored and I get very distracted by everything else that is going on.

Hello October

Hello October...I welcome you with open arms...so does Cailey!!!

October is one of my favorite months because....Cool mornings, warm afternoons, sweaters & boot weather, (now I can wear my new outfit!) life seems to slow down, pumpkin spice scents in the house, fresh scents outside, really green grass, pumpkin patches, apple orchards, snuggle blankets, baking, crock pot brewing, crafting, fall bazaars, football games, family pictures, and fall decor...does it really get any better than fall?

I look forward every year to dragging out all my decorations (wish I had more) and decorating the house. I love going to all the craft stores and bazaars and dreaming what my house could look like. Maybe Martha Stewart can come and decorate for me or at least give me money so I can whip up some of her creations :) I love to sit at the table and do crafts with the kids. I already have my list of want tos to do with them.




In honor of fall and school pictures, I took my darling little girl (who thinks she is already a teenager),  to a friends apple orchard to take her school pictures. Even though she will not be 5 until January these are her pictures for the year..Of course, she did not cooperate. AT ALL! But they are what  they are and I am sticking to them.

 

Friday Night Lights

Okay, so maybe our local high school is not as intense as the Friday Night Lights you see on TV, but I still enjoy going to the high school games!!! Probably not the same reasons as everybody else, but I still enjoy going!

I love to go to watch my brother-in-law, Chace, play...even though I have a hard time keeping up where he is!...

I love to dress the kids up in their blue and white clothes...

I love to dwell on the kids that I have taught in previous years...they are growing up way to fast!...

I love to people watch...

I love to see the community come together...

And I get to see Cody's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Alan more than usual!!!

The kids also love going to the game but for other reasons...

Cailey loves to get candy from the concession stands with her Grandma Margie...

She loves to give the husky dog high fives...

She loves to go up and down the bleachers with her best friend Cameron Brown...

She loves to see her favorite babysitter, Mel, and hang out with her and the "big" kids

Cayden loves to get candy from the concession stands with his Grandma Margie...

He loves to go back and forth from his Grandpa Fred to his Grandma Margie...

He loves to go up and down on the bleachers with his best friend Tucker Brown... 

He love to hide from the Husky Dog because he is afraid of him!!!

Arrival of a lifetime

On Tuesday, September 21st, a report of a helicopter landed at a residence, a man got out, and the helicopter left...

The real story....

Cody became friends with a pilot, he is contracted out with the Forest Service for forest fires. The contract was up and the guy, Kevin (who is a super nice man), was moving out. He had to take the helicopter out and then go back up to Cascade and get his truck and trailer. When he came out on Tuesday he was nice enough to give Cody a ride back home, in return we gave him a place to stay for the night and Cody's mom was nice enough to give both the guys a ride back up at 4:30 in the morning.

The excitement at our house went like this:

Me: Look there is a helicopter

Kids: Cool!!!

Cailey Mae: Look, it is coming back to Casey's house!

Cailey Mae: AHHHHH!!! it is coming to our house!!!

Me: IT'S DADDY!!!IT'S DADDY!!!

Kids: DADDY???????

Cayden: Where is daddy???

Me: in the helicopter!!!

Cayden: Where????

About that time we were all freaking  out a little bit because the helicopter landed literally in the backyard! We had to take cover because of the flying dust and gravel. Cailey flew under the porch swing and Cayden hid behind my legs! I was so excited! It was soooooo cool to see Cody getting out of the helicopter. The kids thought their daddy was some kind of super hero! The feeling I felt that night for the kids was unexplainable!!! They were so excited!

I hope they will remember that night forever.

That night I had phone calls from neighbors I never talk to...they though life flight was landing at our house. Cody felt like a celebrity!

And the helicopter is back off!!!

Fair Time

We love fair time around here! The kids love to go look at all the animals and dream and ponder on all the animals they want to have around the house (even though, that will probably never happen...sorry bunnies)...We spent 3 or 4 hours down at the fair watching Tanner and Shelby show their sheep. I am so proud of Tanner and Shelby. This was Tanner's first year and he did wonderful! Poor Shelby, her sheep got sick and died the day before she was supposed to sell hers.

Here are a few pics of the kids sharing their sheep!