Free Bug Removal

Marcus is catching caterpillar's by the DOZEN!! He has been all over the neighborhood catching them and to date he has 29 in his bug jar. One of the neighbors keeps checking with him "Marcus how many do you have today?" Its kinda of funny!! Notice his sidekick she likes to pick them up and hold them-but just like a girl she has to change her clothes when she touches them because they make her all "Itchy" she says. About a month ago it was grass-hoppers I prefer the caterpillar's. They are black and brown fuzzy caterpillars kinda cute for bugs Marcus wants to work in a Zoo when he grows up-he would be great at it he loves all kinds of CREEPY-Crawly Things. he brings home all sorts of things Grass-hoppers, bugs, snakes (yuck), and he even had a frog once and he is always begging for a dog!! He is such a BOY-and I love it!! I think he would make a GREAT Zoo Keeper he has such a soft heart for any animal. If you are in need of any BUG Removal please give Marcus a call he is great at it!!

Surprise?!?!

Yes Marcus is Scared!! We were pretty high up!

For the boys Birthday we planned a little Surprise! On Friday Sept. 10th (mckay's b-day) the boys got up to go to school and we said "Surprise your not going to school today!" Mckay was a little concerned he likes school and wanted to be there when they announced his name over the intercom that is was his Birthday!! So Funny! Then we told them we are off for a fun weekend today-camping, hiking, fishing all things the boys love to do!! Then Mckay had a big grin and said "Lets GO!" Me and Jake packed the trailer on Thursday when they were at school they had no idea we were headed anywere-they thought we were all done camping until next year! They were all excited! We had planed to go to the High Uintah's-Mirror Lake Area. I camped there alot when I was a kid and no the area pretty well. We had a great time!! Jake gave Matthew and Mckay a Swiss Army Knife for there Birthday's and they spent the weekend carving and cutting just about anything they could. We fished and hiked and had a great time!! Kinda of funny-we did not catch one fish we fished about 6 lakes everyone around us caught fish but not US!! I think it was because we are a noisy bunch-with 4 excited kids how can you be quite!! Jake was a little bothered we did not catch fish but the boys could care less. We hiked Bald Mountain and Ruth Lake. We had a great weekend! It was alot of fun taking my little family to one of the places I have such fun memories of. I hope the kids enjoy our little adventures and want to take there kids on some someday! Matthew turned 12 and Mckay turned 9! I can't believe how fast the time is going-I truly fell so blessed to their mom! I thank my Heavenly Father daily for the opportunity he has given me to be a mom to these great boys!! I am so lucky!!!

More Pictures................................

Matthew Gets The Priesthood!

Matthew turned 12 and also got the priesthood! We made a little celebration out of it! Just the grandparents came to the actual priesthood ordinance. Afterward we invited all family and a few friends over for lunch and to celebrate! It was Matthew and Mckay's Birthday and David's and Jed's (my sister's boys) Birthday so we had a big party at our house to celebrate! The house was packed we all enjoyed visiting and eating and running around! Congratulations to Matthew-we are so proud of you! I can't believe you are growing up-please STOP!! Love You Tons! MOM :)

In's and Out's at the Neubert's

The boys started School!! Lucky us its back to the grind!! Homework, actual bed times, packing lunches, reading everyday, and more homework!! Can you tell I am so Excited-UUGGHH!! I love being lazy with my kids during the summer months and am sad to to see it end. I may be strange but I miss the boys and wish they were at home with me!! Here are a few quick updates as to what we have been up to lately:

Mckay Loves Soccer!

Well its that time of year again-Soccer! Mckay loves soccer and it is his favorite sport. He is on the Angels team and plays 2-3 nights a week. It is alot of fun-Mckay is really good and scores at least one goal a game he is also a fast runner and it all the other kids have a hard time catching him!! Mckay started the 3rd grade this year-so far he likes it. He has 6 neighbor kids including himself in his class so it should be a fun year for him!! His good friend Tanner is in his class he was excited about that. It will be his Birthday next week and he will be 9!! Were did the time go??

Matthew Gets Glasses

Matthew is now in the 6th grade he is getting so big! He has a great teacher this year and we are both excited about the upcoming school year! I took him and Mckay to the eye doctor thinking Mckay needed glasses but Matthew did! Isn't that how it goes? He is far-sited and needs glasses to read. He was actually excited and Mckay was mad because he wanted glasses so he could "Look Smart"! Kids are so funny. About 2 weeks ago Matthew was really sick we weren't sure what was wrong the strep-throat tests all came back negative. He had a fever for 6 days and was very GRUMPY! He had sores all over his mouth and tonsils and was in alot of pain! The Doctor did not really no what was wrong-a virus. We are so glad he is feeling better and is much happier-it was rough for all of us!! LOL So here are a few pictures of Matthew. I can't believe he will be 12 in a week-he will be getting the Priesthood-WOW!! He is really excited to be in Young Men's and out of primary I think he is ready! But is he responsible enough?? We will just have to wait and see!!

Madelynn Starts Dance Classes

Madelynn is so bored now that the boys all go to school. She assured me on the first day of school that she is a "BIG" girl and she is old enough to go to school with them. She also told me that the school the boys go to is a PINK school and she needs to go with them!! Although I would love to send her (especially now that she thinks she knows EVERYTHING!) she is not old enough! What in the world would I do with out her anyway??? I just love her to death and can't imagine my day complete without spending time with her! She is smart and is fun to talk to because she has such cute ideas I hope we can always be special friends! I put her in a Dance class one day a week so far she is loving it and it is giving her something to look forward to.

Mister Marcus

Not to much to say about Marcus-except he is a fun loving very imaginative and sweet little boy!! I mean Madelynn and him almost weigh the same. I hope he hits a growth spurt soon-he could use a little extra meat on his bones!! He is in the 2nd grade this year and so far likes it. He did not want to play soccer but once Mckay started he decided he wanted to-But it was to late. So next year he will play soccer again.

Fun Pictures of the Kiddos!

Jake has been working in Colorado but is now back home!! Yeah! I braved taking all four kids to church by myself-it was actually not that bad!! Jake takes all the kids when I have to work on Sunday mornings! I figured if he can do surely I can to. I took a couple of pictures of the kids in the front yard while he was away. The pictures turned out so cute!! I wanted to share some of my VERY cute kids!! Not that I am prejudice or anything!! LOL

Poor Minnie!!

Madelynn is the worst Minnie torturer of the bunch!! But the dog still likes her?!??!!

We have been watching my parents dog for a few weeks while they are in Alaska. What an experience that has been!! The poor dog has been bugged and chased and chased some more! I bet when Minnie (dog) goes home she will sleep for days!!! She is often found hiding under beds or in my closet or wants out-away from all of our craziness!! She is use to sleeping alot and it being quiet and no kids to bug her. I REALLY feel for the poor tortured dog. My kids have been wanting a dog for years-I don't think so!!! I am so glad she is such a good dog-no accidents, no biting (trust me I would bite) and very little barking. So Mom, although we truly enjoyed having Minnie I am so glad you will be home to relieve her of my children!!!! LOL

Just Playing Around..................................

We have had a great Summer!! I can't believe it is half over-in fact it makes me sad!! I love laid back lazy summer days!! It has been a little crazy around here lately!! Jake just got back from Youth Conference and had a Great time-He even had to speak about it in sacrament Sunday! I must say he gave a great talk and everyone told him what a good leader he is!! (the secret is out-Jake is a GREAT guy!!) Today he is off to Zions to hike the Narrows with his Teachers! Then he will be back Saturday and Matthew is leaving Monday for a week long Scout Camp at Maple Dell. Then we will be headed out camping over the weekend-does it ever end?? But really I can't wait!! I am excited for Matthew and nervous all at the same time- a whole week away what will we do without him??? I know he will have a great time! OOHHH he is growing up!! Anyway for the 4th we went camping and had a blast-we had a a big crowd-13 children and a bunch of adults. We ate and fished, and 4-wheeled and hiked, shot BB Guns, sat around the camp fire until 1 am and ate some more and took afternoon naps-it was fun! My favorite way to spent the fourth-away from all the craziness and with my Amazing family and friends!! I love our Country and appreciate all the sacrifices for our freedom!! Happy fourth!

Chasing the Goblins!

A few more pictures of our Adventure!

Chasing the Goblins!

Valley Of Goblins

Mckay was unbelievable-he would run from one to

the other climbing every high peak he could. We counted

his blisters he had 10 total on his feet!! That is some serious

climbing!!

I wouldn't say spoiled-just well loved!!

This shows how narrow some of the canyons were

Mckay is standing between the walls of the slots.

This last weekend we took a 4 day trip to Goblin Valley. I can't believe I have lived in Utah my whole life and have camped and hiked and 4-wheeled literally EVERY WERE........But have never been to Goblin Valley! It was a blast-We will definitely be going back! It is by Green River and Hanksville and is about 3 hours away from our house. We took our trailer and camped. Goblin Valley is the huge valley of Mushroom shaped rocks you can climb all over them. They kids could not get enough! We spent hours in the valley chasing and watching the kids-I am tired just thinking about it again! We heard about this awesome "slot Canyon" hike in Goblin Valley called Little Wild Horse that is the main reason we went was to hike. On Saturday we did the hike it was so beautiful!! It is one of the best hikes I have ever been on! (I have actually hiked all over Utah when I was a kid with my family-and HATED it!!) It was Slot Canyons- these narrow canyons and as far up as you can see is Rock-it was AMAZING to us and the kids! It was Canyon after Canyon. These pictures don't even begin to capture how great it was-some of the slots were so narrow we could bearly fit threw them. The hike was 5 1/2 miles long and I am proud to say we all did it! Even Madelynn was a trooper-she only had a hard time the last mile or so! We had a fun time-the only down fall was the heat-it was nearly 90 degrees. I think next time we will go in April or October when it is cooler. We were going to head to Arches which is 45 miles away and hike the "Natural Bridge" (the arch on the Utah license plate) but we were so tired of the heat we headed for cooler ground! We ended up by Scofield and spent our last night in the 70 degree weather. We had such a great time and I am so proud of our little family that we did that! We are planning another one of our "Adventures" for August-more to come!

Moab Spring 2010

I love this Picture! It's Matthew and my brother Rob sitting
on a rock-they are great buddies and like to hang out together!

Yep that's Matthew! My brother Rob brought his 2 little dirt

bikes so he could teach Matthew how to ride. Matthew LOVED

it and had fun learning to drive a dirt bike!

They boys did there annual Moab trip this spring! Jake, Matthew, Mckay and Marcus all went this year and had a great time. My dad, both of my brothers and my sister-in law all went with them. A good time was had by all!!! They climbed trails and even got stuck in the middle of the dessert until 2 in the morning. As my brother Rob says "It just would not be Moab if you don't get stranded for hours in the heat!" Craig's Jeep broke down and they had to drive the other one back into town to get parts-this has happened before. They were stuck for hours and still had a great time. I think the trip to Denny's at 3 am was one of the highlights! They were all starving after being stuck thank goodness for all night Denny's!! They always have a good time! As for me and Madelynn we (of course) went shopping!! Me and my mom ate Chinese and had a great time hanging out for the weekend!