that time of year

so its that time of year again. the time to get everything winterized and put away for the winter. i don't know that i was quite ready to put everything away but after that cold spell we had last week i realized we really needed to get it done right away. shawn has to work the next few weekends so i figured this was a great time to get it all done.

see ya next spring patio set

and all of the stuff from the boys play set had to be put away

we winterized all of our 4-wheelers, our cab-over and got everything taken care of with the air-conditioner. then after all of that we made our way inside the house and covered all of the windows with plastic. man it was a very busy weekend. so now i think we are somewhat ready for the cold weather. (i am not sure i am officially ready for the cold yet. summer was just not long enough) owell i guess it is what it is!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRY AND MIMAW!!!

Today Bry turned 8 years old. I just can not believe how big by baby is getting. He had a good day. We just hung out around the house. He really does not like to go anywhere, he's much of a home boy. He just likes to hang at home with his buddies and watch TV every chance he gets.

Instead of a cake he wanted brownies. So i made some just for him!

Cousin Kimney gave him a Fedora hat. He really likes these kind of hats. Thanks cousin Kimney

Thanks to Grandma & Grandpa Paxman, Grandma Fran, and Grams & Grandpa Roger for sending Bry Birthday cards and $$$. You know he loves $$$. (grams: also thank-you for the package of goodies. Bry was excited that he got his own box of goodies. now its his turn not to share any if he chooses to)

Shawn and I gave him a gift card and a benni for when he rides his 4-wheeler he can wear it underneath. (he informed me the other day that all motocross racers have one of these under their helmets and he really needs to have one. not that he is a motocross racer or anything)

Bry we hope you had a wonderful 8th birthday. It seems like we just had you. 8 years has gone by so fast. There is never a dull moment around our house with you around. You keep all of us on our toes. Thanks for being you. We love you lots!!

PiCtUrEs

Koda got a camera for his birthday. So the other day I asked him if I could down load the pictures off of his camera and blog about them. He said he was cool with that! Its pretty funny some of the things that were on there. Some of them I could not even tell what they were but for the most part he is a pretty good photographer.

Bry pretending to drive my car in the garage

our little dog Abbey

and our other dog Shamus

I am not sure who took this one of him.

and our silly dad

He really enjoys taking pictures of everything. So I am excited to be able to post his pictures on my blog. Stay tuned!!

Trip to the Knolls!!

For Shawn's birthday he wanted to go riding and camping one last time. So, we decided to meet up with some of his family at the Knolls. It was a great time, but man it was sure windy!! (I think that we came home with several pounds of sand in our cab-over.)(this is a picture of life flight landing right in front of us sorry it was dark and I had a hard time taking pictures in the dark) Anyway, the story is that we saw an ambulance get on the interstate when we were just heading into Wendover. We did not think much of it. So when we got off of the interstate to go to the knolls there was the ambulance blocking the road. An EMT came over and asked us to stay back several yards so that life flight could land behind them. They were going to transport their patient via life flight. So we did what we were asked. It was pretty cool to see the helicopter that close. (we always hear it go over our house but we have never seen it that close up before) Anyway after that we were on our way to find a camping spot for the night!

Every morning we were spoiled to some good dutch oven breakfast!! And the food is AWESOME!! (although the wind was a little crazy at times so part of the time we were eating sand with our meals. Owell I guess a little sand wont hurt anyone right!)

Then off for lots of fun riding in the sand!

Bry enjoying playing in the sand (he told me his 4-wheeler does awesome in the sand)

On Saturday we celebrated Shawn and Rachel's birthdays. They are officially 34 years old. Shawn had a few things to open and enjoy on his birthday.

Shawn seeing how high he can get that wheeler of his off of the ground

Rebecca

Dave (Rebecca's husband)

Koda

Bry and Shawn

Uncle Dave and his grandson Collin

Koda

Bry

Shawn's niece gave this Bud Light fire pit to him for his birthday. It was lots of fun to be able to sit around it each night.

Thanks to everyone for all of the birthday wishes and presents that you gave Shawn. He had a great Birthday!!