Stevan and I a few days after our 8th anniversary. His mom got a cake made for us and surprised us with her famous sour beef bean burrito which is AMAZING no wonder Stevan asked for it every time he seen her. Richie and Annie got us gift cards to one of my very favorite restaurants Olive Garden. YUMMY! Can't wait to go to dinner. We now as of November 11th have been together for 10 years. i can't believe it. A whole decade. What a wild ride it has been. I can truly say Love is a journey and work. It will teach you more about yourself then you ever thought imaginable. There are days of joy and bliss and other days you cry and are heart broke but it is so worth it and I wouldn't change a second of it.
My very good friend Eloise took us all to Boise to the Idaho History Museum and then for a paddle boat ride around the zoo. It was such a fun day full of great experiences for all of us. I learned as much if not more than the kids. Museum's are so much fun especially this day because they had actors there bringing the exhibits to life. The two other little boys are her grandsons. Such sweet kids.
Good ol Abe Lincoln we love that man around here. My favorite saying of his is that it is not my job to see that God is on my side but to be certain that I am on HIS!! So, so true. He found this a hard balance as the North and South fought so certain that God was on both of there sides.
Here the kids are getting to use the old printing press. The man standing there is the son of the man that restored that printing press. We got to talk with him for quite a while. It was a really neat experience. I couldn't imagine setting all that type!!
Wesstin loves and i mean LOVES boarder line is obsessed with anything with a trailer. So as you can see he has all his toys and chairs lined up in a train and then he sits in the first chair and scoots backwards to make them all move. He is in heaven . He also brings me all of his toys that have strings and I have to tie them together in a very specific order that he sets up and then pulls very very carefully through the house the whole way beaming from ear to ear. If this kid doesn't go into working with machines and automobiles I will be shocked.
He has also discovered costumes lately. The boys are having so much fun dressing him up.
Last but not least his other little adventure he's been on lately. To the untrained eye this looks like a very very messy living room but to Wesstin it is the best fort ever! And by the way DON'T TOUCH IT!! lol He finds every toy chair and blanket then positions them ever so carefully and stands back a glow to marvel at his work. This mess was cute for about 3 days and now whenever i hear chairs moving I quickly say NOPE! forts in your room and there goes a bummed little guy but he's getting a system going in his room now. He's so funny I just love being the mom of these three little guys.
We have gotten TONS of snow. At least a foot the boys and all of us really have been having so much fun. We had a huge snowball fight last night . It was great only three of us cried. LOL and yes I was one of them. Dang Stevan!! He always has to win. here is a pic of Wesstin with his snowman Mame who I catch him talking to all the time. Here is is giving him a kiss and he also shakes his hand a lot it's really funny. 
WE picked tons of apples so yummy and great memories. Driving up to the orchard in the Chevy doesn't get better than that. The picture below is one of my absolute favs I wanna blow it up and frame it. I can't believe how big Hayden is getting.
Here is Stevan's first elk we are so proud of him and so thankful for food for the freezer we are going up to Council this weekend to butcher with the Vaughn's up at Kerri's parents . I can't wait. It's always fun with them
Beautiful Grandma with her baby Wesstin these boys adore there Grandma and I can't blame them. She' the best there is in our book. I'm so grateful for my mom. I love her hands in this picture she is just so full of love and patience, kindness and charity. I'm very proud to be her daughter she has taught me so much!
Here are the kids up at the Thomas cabin. This is on the deck off the main cabin looking down at the creek.
our good ol dog Gunner
These turned out neat. The boys were our playing football and we just grabbed some pics
This one turned out neat with the dog and the fog
Wess getting ready for his first play in the snow. Look at him looking at his big brother to make sure he's doing the same thing.
here is our foot of snow.
The beautiful butte. We took these out in the pasture.
Brendon palying Basketball he is doing so good. I'm noticing the dates on all my pics are wrong oops I need to reset that.
