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.

Someones house...

I hated making this costume. I think that buying one is way better....bryan insists on making them. It turned out cute but really uncomfortable.

Carving our OWN pumpkins. I grew these in my garden this year and I am very proud of that. Never had so many to choose from. i think next year I am going to grow some crazy ones.

Cash was more interested in cutting the paper and stabbing the pumpkin with scissors. I guess whatever makes him happy.

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.

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.

This is Porters first time at the dentist. I thought that it would be really hard to make him sit there, but he did a great job and his teeth are great. Do any of you moms out there find that taking care of your kids teeth is a big responsibility? Sometime i hate fighting them to brush but when the dentist told me I was doing a good job I kinda felt like a mom who got a reward. Duh...yes I know but now days you have to take what comes.

He carried his new toothbrush and toothpaste around in his bag all day. He also told everyone that he went to the dentist. (the cashier at walmart, the neighbors, etc.)

Bryan poured some concrete at our favorite neighbors house and some at ours. Slowly but surely we might get this place looking like we want. We love our neighbors Mike and Judy. We call them our adopted grandparents. They help us so much and such good friends.

Bryan used Porter for weight on one of the concrete tools. It was so fun to see Porter going out on the wet concrete riding on the tool.

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.

Cash and I hanging out on the slanted hill.

Port checking out the elk.

We went and got wood a few weekends ago. This is the load that Bry and I put in by ourselves. This is our new Sunday afternoon activity.

Bry is cutting wood and the boys are playing in the dirt and weeds.

We were working on Bryans truck and looked over and this is what Porter was doing....and yes he is in his undies!

So funny....I love it.

6 Years!

So Bryan and I have now been married for 6 years. I can honestly say that these years have flown by and have been the best years of my life. I never thought that we would have lived in 4 different houses, built 3 and lived in 3 different states in the short time we have been together. It has been an amazing ride and some of the most memorable years. for our anniversary this year we decided to go to dinner at big rock candy mountain and stay over night in a cabin. It was really nice to be together and enjoy the great food. The funny thing is that we came home after dinner because our house is more comfortable than the cabin was. I guess we are getting old.

Bryan it has been a great six years and I am so happy that you chose me as your wife. I really think that you were made for me. You are an amazing father and husband. I love you and look to life forever with you!!!

So I thought I needed a little update! Me and the boys have been doing lots of park time and playing outside in mud! I took a few pictures of them playing in my pillows in my room and watching cartoons in my bed while I was folding laundry. The pictures are all screwed up but you get the picture. I recently took Cash in for his 2 yr old visit and he is tall and skinny. He stands 36 inches right know which estimates him to be 6 feet tall when he is full grown. Porter is supposed to be 6'4 and I believe it because he is as tall as a five year old and he is only 3 and half. We will have to see if those statistics are really accurate. Anyways, Cash is talking so much and is saying almost full sentences. It is surprising because Porter didn't talk this good when he was this age. He says things like. "Mom, I want some" or Fill it up" "lay by me" " Daddy is at work." He is a big crack up...in fact we were at the dealership in Provo last week and Cash drove a golf cart into the glass doors. I about died. I was watching him but I looked away and he was gone. I had no idea he could open those heavy doors. He ended up getting a little burn on his head I assume from him hitting it on the steering wheel. He is the little crazy child of mine but I love him so much. he makes me laugh everyday.
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.

Making "tents" in my pillows. this is not my favorite thing that they do with my nice pillows but they love it.

The mighty hunter!!!

AS you can tell one of Bryans many loves is hunting. The last day of the bow hunt was September 6th and he wasn't going to give up. He hadn't been successful yet but went up the last day, and shot a cow Elk from 22 yards away with his bow and arrow. Way to go Bry....I guess it took like 3 hours of stauking the elk to actually get a good shot at one. I am really excited for him and that we have about 250 lbs of really good meat for the winter.

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)

Happy Birthday Bryan!

It was Bryan's birthday yesterday and you never would have thought it was because we did nothing out of the ordinary. I guess after all the years of him telling me that he wished i would forget about his birthday i really didn't do much. He got a shirt. We have been Elk hunting for the past 5 days and that is all he wanted to do....hunt. We came home for the day and he headed back up the mountain and the boys and I stayed at home. He was in heaven and i guess that's all the counts.

I hope he had a great 34th birthday and Man he is getting old!!! ha ha ha.

As for the elk...one has not been killed yet but I hope that he gets one so we can have yummy meat for the winter! as for the pictures i left my camera up the mountain...I will post when I get it back.

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.

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

Porter shooting a 22 with his dad.

Cash shooting the 22....(he isn't strong enough to pull the trigger but he really does try.

Oh ya...Ports photography. He caught me in action cleaning my car...I decided that my car needed a little detailing so I work for about 4 hours cleaning it inside and out. Its already a mess again! Dang!

Axtell Parade!

As most of you know or don't know I live in a town with one paved road down the middle and by golly the primary had a little parade on Saturday on axtell main. It was so darn cute. Judy and I decorated their gator, gave them some candy to throw and headed over to the local post office for the parade. They started at the post office and ended at the church.....not to far away. Kids rode their bikes, horses, and four wheelers they had decorated and the spectators were all the older people of the town. When they got to the church they played a few games and had cookies and homade root beer.

That wasn't the end of the day.....we finished off at the Salina pool and then hung out with daddy. He has been working really hard on a cabin he is building. We sure missed but had a great time.

Cookies and Root beer.......Yummmmm!

Chowing on some Marshmallow(Marsh-on-os in Cash's words)......waiting for the parade.

Port would stop to throw candy. He would back up to if he missed someone. (almost got ran over by a horse)

This is the new puppy. Yes I am not that big of a fan but Bryan tells me every little boy needs a little puppy. We picked her up yesterday and on the way home she threw up in my car. I guess i have yet another kid to take care of but only for a week or so because Bryan will take her to work with him. It doesn't look like a healer but they said she was so.....whatever. Two healers....better watch out if you come to my house.

Starting early in the pickup!

Cash turns 2!!

Cash was born on July 12 in the heat of the summer. We were moving from our eagle mountain house to Washington as soon as i felt like i could go. After recovering for a week we packed up all of our stuff and headed to Washington will ALL of our stuff. Our great friends helped with the drive and I flew with my new baby and Porter and they picked me up at the airport. Its hard to think back and realize that I really did this....it was hard.. We returned with ALL of our stuff just a few month later. (Just another crazy moment in the Youngs life)

Cash I a crazy little boy and i would have to say that his favorite thing is mud!! Every time he spots any mud he heads straight for it....His mommy hates it! He also Loves tractors, trucks and Animals. He can name most animals and pronounce them really well. He still sleeps in his crib and loves it and hasn't even tried to climb out which is weird because he climbs everything else. I must say that he LOVES his daddy and always has. Anytime he is hurt he wants his dad not his mom. He loves his brother so much and plays with him all day. He has the cutest personality but can be very hard to discipline because he laughs when I tell him NO!
I love this boy so much and I try to make him let me hold him like a baby but he just wont. He has grown up so fast and is such a special part of our family.
My first cake attempt. It was really fun..but not so cute.

The kids at the party...Maddi and Tenley"hey look at my belly" (not quit sure what he is doing)

Cash Now!

6 months

oh I cant remember...probably about 1 month.

Thanks for all of friends, family and adopted grandparents for making this a special day for a special boy!

The fourth!

What a great celebration of freedom. We did our annual gunnison days, which included motor cross on Friday, Parade on Saturday morning....the festivities and the the Rodeo in Salina. We had a great time and really enjoyed being together as a family.Rodeo and Fireworks!

Maddi and Porter....(He really wanted a princess wand but we talk him into a tootsie roll instead...:)

Funny story: We went to the motorcycle jumps on Friday night and Porters mom forgot to put him in a pull up when we went (He forgets that he need to go to the potty when he is playing)and forgot an extra pair of shorts for him. So while he was jumping in the little jumparoo he ran out and said....."mom i have to pee" and before i new it he was peeing on the jump thing that all the kids play on.....sick!!!I grabbed him and took him behind a tree to finish up and took off his wet shorts...the poor kid spent the rest of the night under his blanket covering his underwear. Maybe next time we wont have this kind of accident.

Mom and Port....Kinda looks like i choking him....nice!!

the fun slide. Cash and Port went down this slide many times until they were both suffering from heat exhaustion....jk

It was all a really good time and we saw many friend that we haven't seen in a while. I am glad gunnison puts on a fun festive activity for us all to celebrate our freedom!

Fish Lake!

We headed to fish lake this weekend with our friends Doug, Cindy and there friends and family. We had a great time fishing, playing tractors, cooking cobbler and hanging out by the camp fire. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope to return soon. We love camping.. Porter and William became such good friends. Everyday you could catch them pretending to be hunting for bears or deer just like their dads. I am glad he had such a good time. Thanks Doug and Cindy for the great trip. Cindy and girls fishing.

Port caught a few fish.

We took the top off the jeep....this is them asleep in the back.

Fishing???

All the guys went paint balling in the mountains. Bry really had a good time.

Cindy and Lily

Tractors! Cash is abscessed.

Cashers.

STuck!!!

So the last post that i posted was about how we got stuck in the truck....well here's another STUCK...... but alot worse. Every Sunday after church Bry and i load up food and drinks and head up the mountains for a nice drive. As you all know this week has been nothing but rain and when it rains in the mountains the roads turn to slippin slides.

It all started when we decided to try a new mountain that weren't used to going on....some of you might know as 6 mile just up from sterling. we set out about 430 and headed out. Don't get me wrong we have great time and the boys just love it. Anyways, we start driving up this mountain and it is a mess. Bryan is a great diver in the mud and it is taking him all he has to keep us going. (i was wondering why we didn't turn around at this point) but if you know my husband he is a adrenaline junkie./(crab fishermen, rodeo bull fighter, pilot, etc......) so we continued on. As we drive on we see lots of wild life and the mountain are truly beautiful after a nice rain. After about 2 half hours we make it to the top, the place we are going to get onto the "easy road" and come down fast. Well to much of our surprise the road is still snowed in. WE now have to travel down on the slick muddy roads we came up on. I, at this point am pretty freaked out, however, i keep my cool. So we turn around and we start heading down... and Bryan is giving be lessons on how to drive in the mud. Ya cool and everything until he looks at me and isn't paying attention and we slide off the road into a small river. A tree caught our fall but not until we were completely side ways. NICE !!!!!Cash freaks and Porter thinks its kinda cool. Bryan hooks the pulley and the strap to the front on the jeep and I notice that if we do that we are going to end up farther down the mountain. In the back there is a small place that we could pull out safely if we could only get it out. After a few tries and a few beads of sweat we pulled out. Bryan cinched it while I drove the jeep.

Bryan thinks that it was so fun and cool and i have differing opinions. I am very grateful we got out safe and nothing happened to anyone or anything.

Just after we realized we weren't getting out anytime soon. Cash is a little upset. the jeep is sideways.

Just catching up!

Almost every Sunday after church we load up the boys in the jeep and go for a ride up the mountains. I mean even in the middle of winter. I have been in mud and 2 feet of snow just praying we dont get stuck(i am a baby). We have a great time and love to have the sunday activity we love to do every week. Our first family tree. All of names are now signed on a tree.

Porter is so grown up. He is starting to like to get all dressed up. He even lets me do his hair! Its fun and he is such a good big brother. Sometimes i find him playing with are nurturing Cash the way his dad does. It so cute. I just love him.

The three badgers Cash doesnt mind TOUCHING! its just a good thing i was home when Bry took the boys to see what shot that morning on there little hunt.

My cute three boys. AND THE DUMB BADGERS!

We went camping up spanish fork canyon with some friends and on our little drive one night this is what Bryan got us in. Dang truck!! We had a few of the kids from camp with us and they were pretty scared. As for my boys...they are pretty used to it.

CAsh tells everyone how he always stuck in the jeep. On Sunday bryan picked the boys up from nursery and there teacher said.." so you guys got stuck in the jeep and shot some badgers. huh ..kinda funny.

Yeah i am THUMBS DOWN>>>stuck again and Zane had to pull us out.

They road down a hill in this dump truck while camping. It was really cute.

Bryan came home from his big bear hunt and built me a garden and the boys a new sand box. They love it! Thanks Bry.

Temple Day!

We were sealed as a family on the 26th of May in the Manti Temple. It was great experience for our little family and as for myself I really enjoyed this day and all the things that went with it. I really liked how the session was live....kinda like a play...my favorite! I also like that it was just like getting married all over again!

The day started at 830 when we dropped our boys off at Valene's house so that she could bring them later to the temple. We arrived at 900 with Belinda as my escort and Tyler as Bryans. We forgot to leave the car seats for Valene so Judy my neighbor came and got them. They took care of everything with my boys. I don't know what I would have done without them. They are such great people.
So we did the session and the ceiling and it went great. Cash wasn't too into sitting still for very long but It went well. We took pictures and had lunch at a cafe down the street. It was a nice day and I am so glad we finally went. We have been trying to go for a few years now but it seems that we cant stay in one place long enough to get ready. We really wanted to settle into our house and go to the temple. We did both and I am so glad to finally be sealed together forever.

I love how CAsh is sitting in the background...so cute.

All of the people who came to support us. Thanks everyone.

The BIG bear hunt!

Bryan headed to Canada last week for a bear hunt he had been wanting to do now for 4 years. He finally committed and had a great time. He ended up getting 2 bears, one with his bow and arrow and one with his gun. the one he shot with his gun is a record size bear I believe he said that his head is 21 inch or something(i am going to be in trouble for the wrong information) All i know is it HUGE. As you can see in the pictures this bear is the biggest one Ive ever seen. So all in all he had a blast with his buddies and really enjoyed himself. Now back home his wifey has a few chores for him to catch up on like getting the Garden ready to plant and making sand box for the boys. HEHEh. I am glad he go to do something he loves so much (HUNTING) and that he had a great time. Enjoy the Pictures This is the medium bear that he shot with his bow from 40 yards away.
The guys and the bears back at camp.

The MONSTER!!!!!!!

HIS NAME IS MONSTER....

ANOTHER of the monster.

Hope YOu all enjoy.....I know...some of you might not I mean the thing is Kinda cute?//

Mothers day..

I think this year I decided the mothers day is one of my favorite holidays because it Like a reward for the job i do. I remember when I first had Porter and i was staying home with him everyday, I felt like I was just a dumb mom without a life. In my softball years I was so used getting praise for how I was doing and i just wasn't getting it being a mom. Well years have passed and I have finally realized that being a stay at home mom is truly a blessing. I am here to teach and guide my children, to see all of there firsts and to comfort them when they are down. I am so glad that Bryan works so hard to provide, to give me this great opportunity in life.


Mothers day=+++ or should I say mothers weekend. Well Bryan left for a hunting trip to Canada on Saturday morning so we did the mothers day thing Friday night. I think that the biggest gift he gave me was he took the kids two days while I was coaching state softball and missed work. On Friday after the game we went to sizzler in Provo for dinner and him and the boys gave me a few gifts: a book In praise of stay at home moms by dr laura and cd and Bry help Porter talk on one of those recordable cards..... it said...."happy mothers day Luv you" it was so cute. Id have to say that I loved Bryan's card...He isn't the most emotional guy but he can really let me know in a card. it was so sweet and I truly appreciate all he is and all he does. I miss him already and its only been 2 days. duhhh

Oh yeAH I have the greatest neighbors. They brought over a tomato start and some beautiful flowers. i have never met more carrying people in my life. I am so glad that I live nest to them. they are so great and awesome grandma and grandpa for my two little boys...thank you Mike and Judy.