Our kind of fun!

Here are some random, fun things that have been happening around here!

Brannen and I went with Martha's preschool class to visit the fish hatchery in Auburn!  Fun Stuff.  VERY HAPPY KIDDO!

VERY HANDSOME KIDDO!

VERY MUCH FISH!!!

Also fun - new baby at Grampa Barry's house!  A horse colt - and Rae got to name him - she chose "Banner".  He is quite a cutie!  Rae is seriously happy!

More fun - seeing Brady walk up stairs all ready for temple baptisms.  Well . . . . almost ready!!  Rae and I laughed and laughed.  Hahahahahahaha - what is up with this kid's hair!  He is like a human Q tip!

Some seriously BRADY hair!!!  Kelly can only dream!  :  )

Father and Sons fun!  The boys went to a Jazz came not too long ago - and can you only imagine the loud, fast, talking that took place that weekend!?!

FUN STUFF!

Happy Mommy Day

My sweeties made me breakfast last Sunday for Mother's day!  Yep, they forgot it was fast Sunday - and we ate their pancakes anyway!  What cuties!  Couldn't be a mom without 'em!  Huh!?!  I sure do loves these guys!

Brave Cadet Review 2010

Now that Rae is a Brave Cadette - I have to make cakes!  Let me explain!  Every year at the Brave Cadette Review they have a cake auction as a fundraiser for the girls.  So this year we attempted a cake that I thought turned out okay - Rae made some money and had a fun night.

Reese was a dancer at the event - and she did splendidly!  What an awesome Reesie!

At the end of the night, Rae was announced as a new member of the team.  She is so excited for all of the fun yet to come!  (Hope she's still excited after a summer of EARLY morning practices!)

Family Night

We had a great family night party at the fun zone in Afton.  Good thinking Martha!  Kiddos had a blast!  When it is spring and snowing in Wyoming - you have to get creative on things to keep kids busy and parents sane!  We had such a fun time!

Bran the Man

The kid is growing up!  Trying to talk some more (kinda) - but mostly he is just plain cute.  He is a busy body and keeps us all chasing him.  He has been so happy to get a little bit of outside time lately - and now we just need MORE sun so the kid can expend MORE energy!

Kelly the Teacher

At the end of last month Kelly and I traveled all the way across this big state of Wyoming to Cheyenne - our state's Capitol.  Kelly was selected as one of ten teachers in our state to receive a teaching award from a company called Arch Coal.  He was given this award in the House of Representatives by Wyoming's Governor and the Secretary of Education for our state.  Pretty darn cool!

I was so glad that I got to go with him - and I am so very proud of the great teacher that he is.   He is one of those lucky people in this world that knew early in his life what he wanted to be when he grew up!   He always had a direction for his education, has been very motivated to keep adding to this education throughout the years and I know that he finds a lot of fulfillment and enjoyment in his job. Way to go honey!  Anyway - it was a great trip with him.  Here's the link to the website of his award if you must read more! 
http://www.archcoal.com/community/2010/kfullmer.aspx

Happy Birthday Aunt B!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

 You act like a monkey . . . . . 

But we really LOVE YOU!!

Happy Birthday Aunt B!  Hope you have a good one!  
We love you so much!!

When We are Sick of Winter

So when we are sick of winter around here in the arctic - we have to think of some ways to fill the time until our beautiful summer arrives. 
Brady thought . . .

Hey!  Maybe you could still practice some chipping on top of the snow!  He and his buddy Seth had a fun afternoon of snow golf.  They used orange golf balls and practiced chipping into a sled!  Smart!

 Bran and I enjoyed a walk one morning on top of the snow.  Cold nights make for some good crust - and we decided to embrace the last few days of winter with some crust stomping.  Fun fun!! That baby had a great time tromping anywhere he wanted. (Yes - notice that there is still easily 2 feet of snow on my front lawn!  This picture is dated April 9!)

And when you just can't take it anymore - you head out of town for the weekend and enjoy a less snowy location.  

We were off to Logan for the weekend - boys wanted to golf - and the rest of us found a GREAT park to play at and enjoy a sunny afternoon. 

We had a fun day playing with cousins and enjoying the sunshine.

 Ice cream too!  It must be a fun trip!

Star Valley finally saw a couple of sunny days and our snow has melted rapidly!  Finally!  We got home from our weekend trip, and as I was unloading the car I hear what sounded like our snow blower.  Yep.  Kelly was excited by the patches of lawn he saw and he just had to help along the process.

So the last thing we do when we are sick of winter is try to get rid of the stuff anyway we can!!  Brady had to be tough and take a final run through bare footed.  One last frolic - because there may be summer at the end of the tunnel!  YAHOO!

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS???

 Rae made our high school's drill team!  She had tryouts all last week - and just found out that she made the team!  She is officially a Brave Cadet!  Way to go Rae!  Something else to keep our busy body busy!!  Now we just have to keep up with her!

THIS IS ONE HAPPY GIRL!!

 

Goin' Home

It was Kelly's turn to teach Sunday School yesterday.  The lesson was on the wandering of the children of Israel in the wilderness - and Moses as their leader for MANY years.  He talked a lot about how the Lord kept blessing them, even though they murmured much and kept questioning Moses's ability to lead them.  At the end of his lesson, Kelly mentioned that we had just gone to AZ for Spring Break and he had spent 14 hours in the car -each way- with our family of four kids.  The baby cried frequently - Reese and Brady kept asking when would we get there - and Rae kept telling Kelly which way to go (because you see, she is 14 now and knows much more than him).  He laughed that ours wasn't a long trip in comparison -but he kinda knew how Moses musta' felt.
All I can say is ------ Moses needed some ear protection!!  Kelly style!  

Can you imagine passing him on the freeway?!? 
What a crazy man!
I think I shoulda' put a sign in the window that said --- Long drive ---frazzled dad!!
He is so darn funny!  I am so glad that he makes me laugh frequently!

Boys and Bikes

All right!  Now the trip can be complete!  Uncle Adam got his bike out to give Bran a little ride - and the boys life was made!  He had SUCH A GOOD TIME!  He always wants me to turn on iphoto and let him look at pictures of himself on the motorcycle!  He loves it!  Thanks uncle Adam!!

 The head tipping might be tragic here!  I think he's gonna fall right off that bike!  I once again holler in my darn-that-girl tone --- RAAAAAE!  Sheesh!

Hold on tight Bran!
Bekki comes in from outside and asks - "So, uh - you think Kelly has motorcycle insurance?!?"  He he he he!  Yea, Kelly managed to keep it on the road.  Monkey bars to steer with and everything!

Easter Eggs and Ducks

Dying eggs with cousins!  Yea!  Fun stuff!

Bran and Mookie had a great time - and wore matching pink bibs.  Brannen liked his so much he wouldn't take it off for the whole afternoon.  I think Maura's dressing up ways rubbed off on him a little bit!  Brady played like the Easter Bunny and hid some candy filled eggs in the backyard and they had a great time finding them.

Later that afternoon we walked to the park and fed the ducks.  Happy boy once again!  We had a fun time watching Brannen chase the pigeons in the park.  The sunshine just made us all very happy!

Easter Pagent

On our trip, we also got to see the Easter Pagent at the Mesa temple.  What a production!  It was wonderful!  So glad we got the chance to see it - haven't seen it since I was little. 
The best part of the night for me was who we got to see it with!  My wonderful cousins and families were there and we got to sit and visit and eat with them before the production started.  Jonathan, Jordan and Nate and families were there.  So fun to see everyone!  What a great night!

Splash Park

Our fun trip continued with a stop at a splash park.  Once again Brannen was happy happy happy!  He and Reese really had a fun time.  It was actually a fairly cold day for Arizona spring - so only the very BRAVE were game for all the splashing.  (Or those who live in the arctic - and have to have fun when they can get it!)

Fun stuff!  His face says it all!