Lately I have been quietly reading friends blogs and admiring there writing wishing I could write better, but I guess i am just me and that's what you get. These special blogs have talked about things from no work to not being able to get pregnant. I sometimes wonder if anything i say might help them feel better but I always shy away and don't write anything. These people have really made me think. THANKS for just being real!!!
It breaks my heart to hear of familys that just arnt making it. I wish that this economy would just turn around.
Bryan has had steady work, not alot but steady through the winter months which i am very grateful for. He has been working out of town during the week for the past month. i don't know what my problem is but I have had a hard time with him being gone so much when I know that he has to do this work to provide. He works so hard for me to be able to stay home and sometimes i take it for granted.
I am going to have a change of my attitude and really appreciate all that i have and that I get to stay home with my boys. I guess by stating it on my blog it will always remind me of what i have, A wonderful home to raise my family in and a wonderful hard working husband who somehow always seems to make it work.
Life is good and I am so grateful to have the support from my husband, and he never gives up on anything. I truly admire him.
My thought and prayers go out to those in need of help.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Life!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Porter turns 4 years old!
We had a party with friends and family on Sunday the 17th but Porter was actually born the 18th. The whole delivery of this child was very long and hard. It was all worth it. Porter is a really big help to me most of the time. He loves his friends and he loves hunting and looking for deer. He loves to give his thing away to people for no real reason....hes alot like his dad. I love this little boy and cant really believe he is 4 now.
For the party we had homemade pizza which turned out to be pretty yummy. A sponge bob pinata (Bryan bought all the decorations and party stuff...... if it were me I probably would have chose something different) but it was for Porter and he loved it. Bry also blew up a bunch of balloons downstairs and let the kids pop them and find some money in them. We ended the night with a sponge bob cake made by myself and Bryan and ice cream. (it was so fun making that cake and Bryan is the artistic one of the family so he helped with the finishing touches) What a way to celebrate a fun birthday and thanks all who came...Thanks.
Sorry for the blurry pictures. I wasnt paying attention to the flash so some are really bad! Picking up candy after the pinata
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Family Pictures 2010...Thanks Greg!!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Christmas!
What a great Christmas it was this year. It was so fun to decorate my house and to have many family and friends over. On the night before Christmas eve We had my family over for our party. It was really fun and nice to see all my brothers and sisters. My brothers family and my dad spent the night and the next morning we went sledding and made a snow cave for the little boys.
On Christmas eve we had Mike and Judy over for dinner and Crapo and Brittney stopped to eat and exchange presents on their way to Fillmore. My dad went home and came back to spend the night again so that he could see the boys open presents. On Christmas we headed up north to see Bryan's side of the family and ended have a wonderful Christmas. This is what we gave Judy for Christmas. Bryan made this with a chain saw. He is amazing. We are hoping to make a few of these and start selling them. Anyone want to place an Order????
Bryan on Christmas morning.....ahh new hunting pants!
Cute
This is the wagon Crapo and Brittney got the boys.
My dad overseeing..We love grandpa!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Christmas trees
We did 2 trees this year because I got some killer decorations at tiapan the day after Christmas last year. We always got cute down our own trees up the mountain and sometimes when you get then home they are pretty "grizwald" this is how they turned out. the basement one is hunting and fishing and the boys helped decorate it. It wasn't the best looking tree but has a alot of character. My sweet boys. They are getting big!
So we had our annual Axtell Christmas party and we were on the committee this year so we did alot of planning and cooking the meals. The best part was the cool reindeer the Otten's in our ward brought. they own a huge dairy farm with tons of cows and they seem to find room for reindeer. The one in the picture was bottle fed when it was young so we could touch it. How cool! Then Santa showed up on his sled!. Porter told Santa he wanted a crane and a forklift for Christmas. Cash hid behind dad. But he did tell us that he wants a McQueen Cake.....I guess he remembers his birthday. They both had a good time With Judy and Mike and Bryan....I was in the kitchen most of the time. I just love this small town and how the axtell party is the big thing going. Everyone comes! Cash hidding from Santa
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thankgiving weekend
My dad and sisters going to get a tree
my trees
Clint, April, and Gavins tree....15 feet tall
cleaning up
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Happy Halloween
Porter was a robot and Cash was a dinosaur. It was really fun taking the kids around and starting some new family traditions. Bryan drove us around in the car because he is still on crutches.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Surgery!
I am home with a laid up husband. He had surgery today on his knee....oh wait I think I should start.....Bryan will now be wearing a bubble suit whenever he leaves the house. This guy has been hurt more this month than the last 6 years of our marriage. So here it goes....he has had a meniscus tear from a skiing accident that happened about 10 years ago, A broken fibula (leg bone) from dropping a log on it at work, and a 3 stitches in his pinkie finger due to catching it in a grinding tool. When he broke his leg 2 weeks ago and had to be on crutches, he decided that he wanted to get his knee operated on while he is already down. We headed to Provo at 6 this morning and he had surgery on his knee. I am not sure what to think at this point in time because i have already been packing wood into the house and doing all of his jobs around the house. I will be really ready for him to be better in about 6 WeEKS!. I hope he gets better soon and doesn't go TOO stir crazy with me and the boys at home. As for work...he has had to get a few guys to finish the cabin he was building.
As for me....I now have a new hobby....I have a new baby palamino colt. She is so cute but doesn't have a name. I am going to TRY to break her myself. I have really started to love riding horses lately. I ran my older horse, Purdy for the first time a few weeks ago. It was so much fun. I used to ride because Bryan rides but I have really taken to it because purdy is so gentle. Anyway, I will keep updates on my training. We will have to see how it goes. I guess i should take pictures of her.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
First dentist,concrete, and October fun!
Judy and I took the boys to a hay bale maize made just for kids. The people who did this have a farmers market type thing and they sell crazy different pumpkins. The pumpkins at this cute place were all different. There were big, small, short, fat, and really warty looking things. I was really disgusted at the pumpkins with the warts on them. They grossed me out.
The kids really had a great time going through the maize and checking out all the pumpkins. I made off with a pumpkin that doesn't have and exterior cover on the seeds and some yummy home made jam. It was a fun day.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
I love my boys!
Just a few things we have been doing the last couple of weeks. This is us helping Bryan look for elk. We didn't really help that much, I sat down from the scope taking care of the boys. They had a great time and loved the hike in.
Monday, September 21, 2009
6 Years!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
I learned how to bottle this week. this is something I have been wanting to learn to do for a long time now. Bryan really wanted me to bottle some of the elk meat and I had no clue how to do it so i went and picked up his grandma. She has been bottling for many years and is a pro. By the end of the second day I had pressure cooked 7 quarts and 20 pints of elk meat, and 7 quarts of tomato's. It was a lot of work, but really fun. I decided to try peaches on my own. Here are a few pictures of the result.
Monday, September 7, 2009
The mighty hunter!!!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Elk Hunt!
The Elk hunt is was a great success. Not only did we all have a great time but Adam (aka Crapo) shot his first big game animal. They saw tons on Elk and rode many miles on horseback and had "one of the best hunts ever" Bryan said. As for the wives at camp, Cyndi was there for the first couple of days and Belinda and I spent the entire 10 days together. Our kids played very well together and still wanted to have a sleep over after it was all over. We cooked some mean dutch oven meals and really enjoyed talking and hanging out while our husbands were out hunting. All in all Bryan said that he is not done yet and plans on heading up ummmm who knows when, to try to get one before the hunt ends.
I also rode my new horse Purdy to get the Elk down from the mountain. She was awesome all except I wasn't paying attention and she close lined me and I fell off. It was really funny all except the bruise on my knee. Thanks Belinda for watching my boys so that I could go. (Shes a dang cute prego girl)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Happy Birthday Bryan!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
My first Garden...
I now live in small town and the thing to do
around here is to grow a garden. I was really excited to have one this year because I love all the veggies that come out of it. We started about 3 weeks later than most but I am proud to say that IT GREW. I cant believe that it really grew and it starting to make food. Its so crazy that all you need is a little water and seeds and this sucker will grow.
Anyways, I have zucchini growing like crazy and yesterday I made my first zucchini bread ever and it was actually really good. I have really enjoyed learning how to be a home maker and take advantage of the little things god has created for us. My next goal is to learn to bottle....and what to bottle is the question???????
A few pics of my garden. I planted in the backyard along the fence line.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
More Camping.
This past weekend mine and my brothers family went camping for the weekend to willow creek up above my house. It was really fun shooting guns, balancing on logs, and just hanging out. We also went to the annual Axtell party up at Anthony's flat.....(a few miles up the mountain) it was really fun to see all of the community. Last year we missed the celebration due to Cash being burned. I really thought alot about how terrible that whole experience was.
The camping trip was a great success until Porter feel from about 10 feet in the air to the ground from a swing that came loose. It was the scariest sight. It knocked the wind out of him and really bruised him up. It is Thursday and he is still walking with a limp because fractured his pelvis. So I think next year we are going to stay home and not go anywhere because we seem to have bad luck on this weekend and don't want to chance anything again. Cody and his family April, Traven and Brandon
