Oregon October 2010 Harvest Break

Living in Eastern Idaho you get Harvest Break.  It depends on the district as to how long

or how many days off you get.  We got a week and a day.  So we first headed to utah to go with Eli to get his deer and spend some time with him.  Then we went to Oregon to see my parents.  I asked if they needed help, I took off work here, you don't get much $ after paying for day care.  So I drove tractor and disk ripped, and disked.  Both boys loved it. I didn't get a single pictures oops.  We rode in the 7810 John Deere disking and the Case Tractor.  A. called them the red and green tractor. He liked the red since it has a buddy seat.   The only accident we had was C. was in his car seat in the buddy seat strapped in and belted, and A. unbelted it because he wanted to sit there.  However, Aunt Mary had him and had brought him back and he got in the tractor by himself and then C. and the carseat fell forward and he was hanging there, luckily he didn't go the the left, or he would have fallen out of the tractor about 10ft, give or take. 

The  boys love to play with this tee-pee so I think I will try to make one for Christmas or Santa better.

My Aunt Mick made this for my sister Toni, and it has seen many moons.  They boys. A. and Tevan his cousin, threw clothes on top.

And blankets, and Halloween costumes.

The boys.  A. took off his clothes to add to the collection.

C. practicing smiling.  aka WC, if you go to rodeos you get it if not it means "Wild Child"

Beaver Dick Park, Idaho October 2010

Toni my sister invited us me and the boys to an outting with her and her friends at

"Beaver Dick Park" which is west of Rexburg.  It is the real name even thought it is strange, if I remember slightly it was named after someone.  It if right along the Henry's Fork of the Snake River.  It has a small boat dock and playground.  The boys loved throwing rocks into the river and playing on the sand bar and playground and spotting minnows in the water.  The food was good, tin foil dinners via camp fire.  I forgot the sugar for the ice cream soccer ball maker.  So next time.  I made peach cobbler and they had that and smores. 

Playing on the sand bar and becoming pig pens.

Making a get away, luckily no one touch the stinging nettle.

A. always clowing around for the camera.



C. had too much fun throwing sand and getting sandy.

Both boys throwing sand and rocks into the water.

A. showing me his muddy hands.

C. showing me his muddy hands.

Separating Colors

In school A. has been learning about colors and creating groups.  So when he showed me

his m&m graph I grabbed some old bags of these that were in food stroage.  I bought the kissables because

I knew with the hard candy shell they would not melt.  They still tasted great.  So he got to

count and separate the colors

Moose on the Loose

These aren't so great but the kids were thrilled to see the moose.  We have some friend that live up in the mountains, in Utah, Toll Gate, any way we usually see moose when we go up and A. was

loving how big he was.  "You see that, he's sooooooooo big"

Horse Ride

Toni wanted us to go with her while she rode, she took of and we hiked a little then turned back.

I saw this tree at the bottom, both are needed to support each other the aspen has intergrown around the pine tree.  Hard to see but look close.

I love the color of these berries.

A. with Toni and Red.

C. with Toni on Red.  He scream when I took him off he was not done.

Horses

\When Eli was younger, a long time ago, not yesterday he got toy horses, which the boys love playing.

When we were in Utah one time they got them out again.  I left to do something and this is what I found when I came back.   The horses were in their pens with dish that kids use for tea parties filled with water and animal crackers.

This is one of the pieces to the game where you build towers and use marbles.

High Heels

 C. & A. like to wear high heels and walk around.  C. loves to wear high heels the higher the better and wear accessories.  My sister left her heels here and after a few days I called and said you better come and get them.  It was a fight over who would get to wear them first. Main reason they are a hugh weapon.