Lost footage...

As I was looking for soccer pictures I realized that I had a whole month last year (September) that I never blogged about. I think I was too lazy to dump my camera. It also coincides with the time period that was so busy at work my hair started falling out. :(

Some of the pics were just too cute to pass up...

Addi in Idaho playing with a flower:


I remember catching this picture at just the right moment:


And these show how expressive Asher is and how he goes through a whole range of craziness in a matter of seconds:


Sergio taught him how to rope a cow and he has not forgotten this. It is something that really stood out in his mind because he has talked about it several times since then.



And one day I looked outside to see what Ash was doing and caught this...





He and Christian were jumping into the leaves that Christian's poor brothers and sisters had just raked up. They were having so much fun that no one even stopped them.

hello... {*I mean*} GOODBYE summer...

Oh summer... why have you gone by so fast?

It's really not fair.

We've been so busy doing a million things. A few of those being:

Getting stung by a hornet for the first time (on the ear!):


Oh man, was he sad! That crap hurts! Poor kid. Now if he sees any type of bug he freaks out. Can't blame him...

Then we went to Lagoon with Tyson's fam, and some of Crystal's fam. Ellee is so DARING! She just hops on the rides and grins the whole time.


When we got there I put Ash on a ride with her... he thought it might be ok...


an then he FREAKED! I tried the little whales... he yelled "I hate this ride!" over and over. I tried everything... he cried as soon as I put him on and the people running the ride would look at me like "you're really not going to make him ride are you?" And then I'd feel guilty and rescue him before it started.

Finally I realized I was going about it all wrong and let him wander. Then he picked a few rides he would do. He liked the cars, and the train.



He has ridden the merry-go-round a few times, but he was freaking about it. I took him anyway and he looked like this...


until it started and then he was FINE!


He said after it wasn't bad. I knew he would like it. We need to go back and let him try a few more at his own pace. He really had fun and wants to go back sometime soon.

Did you notice Ellee's cute hair?


It always looks this adorable. While I was babysitting her the other day I took them to the bakery and the ladies where like "oh twins!" And I was like no they are cousins (I always get that... they DO look A LOT alike). And they were like "did you do her hair?" And again I was like "no... you see my hair? this one with the messy hippie hair is mine... the other one's mom is a hairstylist... can't you tell?"

We also have been fishing a lot too. Ash loves it now, and since Tom loves it too... well, its just a perfect match.


We went to Idaho again. Ash wanted to fish, but not really at that point because he was busy with everything else... so I tell my dad not to try too hard...


and what happens:


he manages to catch he biggest damn fish ever! He said he picked the ugliest lure, but apparently it wasn't so ugly after all.


After the one we caught died last time, we tried not to keep it out of the water too long. Grandpa let it go, but it managed to die later in the week sometime. They found it the next time (and threw it on shore, where the freaking mountain lion found it and ate it... ummm if I see it, I swear I will crap my pants).


Christa and Addi came, which was awesome.


Addi LOVED the four wheeler. Ash was cool with letting her ride the first few times, but then he was like "umm she wants off" after like 30 seconds. He would rather go fast and zoom, but it was so sweet to take her around as long as he did.


They looked so cute riding around.



You tell Addi to hold on and she just grabs the bar. Then she bounces up and down and blabbers while Ash drives her around.

What she really wanted to do though was play in the dirt. Christa finally put her down and she just had a ball. Getting dirty. She is going to be the cutest tom boy I know.




Grandma Snow and Rachie also came. I love when they come up! Ash loves it too. He was so excited to see Rach.


They tried to catch a lizard, but it was a little too fast.


That's just a little bit of what we've done so far. Ash is already ready to head back to Idaho. I have a feeling we'll be back again soon.

This is the story of...

A boy and his grandpa...


(who was a great fishing coach)

A boy and his dog...



(who Ash called his best pal and spent the weekend throwing a ball to, which was repayed with constant licking and companionship)

a boy and his fishing pole...




(which caught plenty of fish, one that got away, one which we ended up having to keep and eat, and a few that we let get away)

a boy and a snake...


(who he would have taken right from grandpa without any fear if we hadn't stopped him)

a boy and a moose...


(who Ash said "tiptoed")

a boy and his favorite thing in the whole world... his four wheeler...


(which he rode constantly)

a boy who is adorable and had the weekend of his life at grandma and grandpas in Idaho...


We had a ball and didn't want to leave. Ash spent the entire time riding four wheelers, fishing, playing with Danner, driving the ranger, doing crafts with grandma, playing with grandpa's ipad, and just playing in the dirt.

Fun with the spudnut.

We actually did have a lot of fun in Idaho this weekend. Asher loves it there and it makes me happy to make him happy. He also loves my mom and dad so much and it is nice to see them together.

We rode up with my mom and dad. My little electronics nut remembered from last year that grandpa has a DVD player in his truck and immediately wanted a movie. He lasted about 20 minutes and then he slept for most the trip.

I guess some people just aren't cut out for life on the road.

As soon as we got close he woke up and the excitement started. We saw some deer on the way up and he was pretty much bouncing in his seat.

We get there and he heads straight for the rock pile. He loves it.


Of course grandpa heads over to help:


The next morning bright and early my dad heads out to the tractor and Ash follows after. My dad lets him sit in the cab with him and shows him how to work it all.


Its great that he shows him all this stuff... but don't worry Ash totally learns it and can do it himself. The next morning they do the same thing. My dad puts Ash in the seat with him. My dad leans to one side to do something and Ash leans to the other side. To grab the control stick for the bucket. He already knows how to work it so he start raising it up. Obviously it shocked the crap out of my dad and he immediately leans over and grabs the controls. Gotta be careful... he's too smart!


The same goes for the ranger. He can totally turn it off (luckily not on!) and change the gears.


Ash had a lot of fun hanging out with my mom. She is so patient with him and just plays with him.


My brother Tyson and his wife Crystal gave Ash this for his birthday present as we left. It is a marshmellow gun. It shoots out little marshmellows. Ash took a minute to figure it out, but then he was ready to go. Danner loved it. Marshmellows galore for him to eat.


All week before we left Ash had been talking about fishing. He really wanted to use the fishing pole he got for his birthday. Luckily grandpa helped him... but every fish was so strong they broke away. Oh well...


Ash's other favorite buddy is Danner. These two really love each other. Danner normally sleeps with my parents, but he had to sleep right by the side of our bed. Anytime Ash would move he'd lay his head on the bed to see if he would wake up. And whenever Ash whined about anything he'd run over and lick his face to make sure he was ok. Ash's favorite thing to do the entire trip was to throw rocks and dirt clods up in the air so Danner could run and try to catch them. Bizarros.



Ash got a little hot... so I gave him my headband to get the hair out of his face. He prefers to wear it a little differently though:


We had a lot of fun. Wish we could go more. This picture just about sums up the entire trip:


Happy smile. Dirty face.