Christmas Tree Hunting!

Our tradition of 12+ years is going with Mike's family to find our Christmas Tree. We love spending time with Grandma Tanner, Gary & Holly, Steve & Karla and all their kids (Steve & Karla had to go back to Utah). Usually we go major sledding but there was just enough snow to have a giant snowball fight and build small snowmen. We found our tree and had tons of fun!

Fun Finding a Tree

We went up to Idaho City to find our tree. We ended up going over Mores Creek Summit and just on the other side. We did find a little bit of snow. We had rolls and hot chocolate and lots of fun.

Just me and the kids!

While we were waiting for Mike, who was helping Gary and Holly get their extra tall tree, we posed for this picture.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Gary & Holly's for dinner, which was way too good. It was good to see Steve and Karla and their kids. Then that night we went for dessert to my parent's house. It was wild and crazy with everyone there except Lance and Becky but we had a great time.

HALLOWEEN

MORE HALLOWEEN PICS!

We went trick or treating with Gary & Holly and had a great time. Holly's house is always the best decorated in the subdivision. Justin and Jayce were supposed to dress up as cowboys but Mike decided to let them pick what they wanted to wear. Justin went for comfort and Jayce didn't want to dress up. So...after a bunch of kicking, screaming and bribing with the duck call, he decided to be a hunter.

HUNTING!

We had a fun time hunting with my family this year. We went to Snowbank Mountain for 3 days. The weather wasn't too bad and even though we didn't see many bucks, we still had a lot of fun. Mike surprised a bear that was only 10 yards away and it stood up on it's hind legs so he shot and tagged it. Preston was the only other hunter that was successful. Oh yeah, Jadan got a badger!

JAYCE

Jayce is two years old now and is pretty cute and fun. He LOVES Justin and for some reason he calls him "Momma". Don't ask me, I have no idea why. He can and will say everyone elses name but when it comes to saying Justin, he says "Momma". It is fun to hear him talk. He tries so hard to put sentences together. We can usually understand what he wants but it's more like broken english. He's fun!

MARENA & MALLARY

This picture was taken on our trip to Seattle and to the Flake Family Reunion this past summer. We had a great time and had never taken our kids to the west coast before. Marena just started Driver's Ed (scary that we are old enough to have a kid driving soon) and Mallary is so excited about Halloween. The other day Mallary asked me when she was going to get braces because she said her teeth are the only thing that's not good on her whole body. That made me smile...she's pretty funny.

JUSTIN

Justin is 3 years old and loves to pose for the camera. He is our funny kid. He does crazy things and can't seem to keep his hands off of the kittens. He and Jayce can get into quite a bit of trouble when they want to.

JADAN

Jadan turned twelve this past summer and is ready for hunting. He got to go duck hunting for the first time and LOVED it. His Uncle Lance took him and Mike and others to a pond in Jerome. I think the gun is taller than he is!

JAXSON

Jaxson is 5 years old and started kindgergarten this year. He LOVES it! He got these teeth from the Treasure Box at school. Jaxson is a good boy who loves the XBOX, riding his bike and playing with his brothers and cousins. Anyone know of a good dentist? Ha

OUR NEW HOME

On September 15th, we moved into our new home...WE LOVE IT!

We got a great deal on it...short sale. It has 5 bedrooms and sits on an acre. We LOVE being home owners again.

We took this picture about a week before we moved in. We have pulled the weeds since then and mowed the slowly returning front yard. It had been vacant since it was built (2 years ago). They just let the yard go, as you can see.

I didn't take a new picture because currently our camp trailer is parked in the driveway (way too ugly for a picture)!

FINALLY!

Okay, so I finally started this thing they call blog (with Valerie's help). Sorry about the quality. I know it is bad, I've seen others and they are awesome. I'm still trying to get the hang of this. Why can't I make the title bigger and with a font I like (I don't really like the 5 fonts they let you choose from). No fancy halloween backgrounds or music for me. I had NO IDEA how to do that!

At least I'm trying? :0)