Snow day

Here are the boys enjoying some snow that we had a few weeks ago. Jason was at work 30min. away but that day it took him 5hrs to get home. 5hrs in the car trying to get home, think you would be aggravated? Not Jason. He enjoyed the snow and the challenge of getting threw the craziness the streets were. Even his doing a 180 in his jeep didn't seem to bother him.

This is a picture Jeffrey drew in a drive way. I love it!

The sledding was a blast. All enjoyed it.

My Grandma

Look at this woman. She is one of the best people you could ever meet. Boy did I love this woman. I would say she had the life that all of us should have. She has children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that adore her. If you met her, she touched you heart. I could write all day about how wonderful she was. When I think of growing up, at any stage of my life, I think of my grandma. When this woman passed on I know she had a line of people waiting to welcome her home. I love you grandma.

Rudness

I don't know if it just because he is a boy but my Jeffrey has this wonderful like to burping. It is driving me crazy so one day after he did it so loud that the guy standing across the street heard him I told him that I wanted him to write a paragraph why he feels he needs to do it. I thought I would hear complaining and he would say he would never do it again but he didn't. No, he thought that would be "cool." So here is him report.

I burp because I like to see how loud I can burp. I also burp because it is good for you. I can not really tell when a burp is coming and when I can, it is so loud that it still comes out. It is good for you because it gets gas out of you. Burping is rude because it sounds bad and makes a loud noise.

A few days after this he told me that he had burped 50 times but only 1 came out.

Kids!! :)

Family Additions

So we have added two new member to our family. I really wasn't up for more children to have to take care of but I was out numbered. I actually am getting to where I love having them, that is until there is a mess to clean up. A kitten and a puppy, yep like having babies. Luckily most responsibility goes to the boys but a mother is never out of the loop.

Here Jonah is with Alice, we got her from the Human Society. She is such a sweaty. Loves to be snuggled with, she will come up to you and cry for you to snuggle with her. Right now she is sleeping on Jason's chest while he sleeps on the couch.

Here is our Daisy. She loves her Jeffrey, she follows him around everywhere. She sleeps with him every night. Poor Jeffrey, even if he is sleeping she will go up to him and pretty much lay on top of his head. Not sure what she is. The mother's owners didn't even know she was pregnant. They thought she was getting fatter but didn't realize it till they saw her stomach move. They think she is part black lab. She was the only one who had the white stripe on her head. She also has a little spot on her back and 2 of her paws are white.

Cute Pictures

Just a few pictures I wanted to share.


We recently joined the climbing gym down the road for some PE activity. I am loving it. Of course I am only able to last a short while, until by fingers get stronger and hands get tougher. The boys are doing really good at it. It is great to watch them climb. We have been going a month and I just passed my belay test so now the boys are able to climb and not just bolder. I only get to climb when the homeschool group gets together and go since the boys aren't old enough to belay. No complains here though since bouldering is a great workout. I have to say I am impressed with the climbing gym. They have a homeschool membership. Such a great deal and they even let you rent the shoes and harnesses for free. LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!





Here Jonah is falling off the wall. Luckily with bouldering you can't go to high.







The boys and I went to a pumpkin patch and played around. The corn maze was a lot of fun. Here the boys were racing around on trikes around a circle.








What a wonderful face.

Tubal Cain

The Carson family got to do a backpacking trip during Jason's leave to Tubal Cain Mine/Tull Canyon. On the hike we went to check out a plane crash, such a sad story. B17 Bomber crashed returning from a rescue mission in Canada, 5 survived and 8 died. Go here if you want to read up on it. Anyway, on a happier note, it was a great time together. All except the sleeping. Jason is very concerned about the weight he carries, the lighter the better, can't blame him there but somethings are better suffering threw. Out of his 100 different tents he has he loves his tarp ten, only a cover and no floor or walls. Since I was really worried about that he brought me a shell to sleep in, of course I got to carry it but well worth it, it was. During the night the darn little mice were crawling on my head and with ever sound I jumped. Not my best night of sleep.

Us at our campsite.

My 3 wonderful boys

The clan.

Here is a picture of the plane crash.

Such a beautiful view.

My Jeffrey

Worn out Jonah

The End

Here Jonah and Jason with their packs. Check out Jonah's pack. His keepy (it is a blanket I got from the Navy Marine Corp Relief Society before he was born. When he was born he wouldn't sleep unless he was snuggling with me. At 2 weeks old I gave him that blanket and I can see it so clearly; he turned to that blanket and went to sleep and has been sleeping with it ever since. He doesn't snuggle with it but still keeps it in his bed. When he got older I wouldn't let him take it out of his bed and ever morning he would ask "keepit" and that is what he still calls it today)

Wings

This year for science we are doing Aplogia Zoology 1. This was a science experiment we did comparing the difference size and shapes make in flying. It is always hard to explain the reason behind a project when the result is different than it should be. But we had a good discussion about wings and the boys always love hands on learning.

Birthday Boy

Who is that scary looking creature? It's Jonah, the boys who recently turned 6yrs old. Jonah is such a wonderful and loving boy. As always, I am so proud of him. He is such a smart thing. Still follows his big brother and wants to do all he does. Jonah has recently started writing little notes to people. His first one was to his dad asking him if he could stay up late. He is doing great at his reading. During family scripture study he even gets excited for his turn to read out of the scriptures. We love you Jonah!

Such a cute thing he is. Here he is lining up his presents, wrapped and decorated by his brother.

California

The boys and I visited some friends this summer in California. The 3 of us drove, have I ever told you that I hate sitting still for long, if I haven't then let me tell you now, I hate sitting still for long amounts of time. It took us 2 days to get there and 1 day to get home. Can I tell you that having a GPS is awesome, if I haven't then let me, having a GPS is awesome. I get lost in my hometown, just ask my mother in law, she thinks it's funny. Anyway we stayed for a week and had such a great time. It was awesome to hang out with a girlfriend and talk and watch movies. When Kathryn and I get together there is just something about staying up late, eating junk and talking. Looking forward to her trip here next year and spending a few days at Great Wolf Lodge.

Us at China Town where the people are many and the trinkets are cheap.

Tavie and Jonah on a playground. That girl is a blast to watch, she is so dramatic.

Yeah, you read that right, Ghirardelli, a place that's whole focus is chocolate. Lets see; we had ice cream with chocolate syrup, whip cream and nuts, the chocolatest (is that a word?) hot chocolate ever and if that wasn't enough we went into a room that was lined with different flavors of, yeah you guessed it, chocolate.

The boys on the Golden Gate Bridge. That is a darn long bridge. The boys and I started at one end and ran/walked to the other and then walked back. Poor Jonah was begging me to stop and turn around but I wouldn't let him. I was so proud of them and knew they could do it. There were so many people on that bridge.

The bridge spans over 6700ft. WOW! More info here.

Vacation

We got to finally go see the Grand Coulee Dam light show in Eastern Washington. Something Jason has been wanting to do for a while now. We camped out for 2 nights and enjoyed some camping, beautiful scenery, wind and lots of sand.
This Dam was HUGE. This part of the dam, when the light show was going on they let the water in so that it was the backdrop for the light show. The laser light show was not what I expected. I was really impressed. I was just expecting lasers to be going all over but it actually had a purpose. It gave the history of why the dam came to be and it did this by having pictures done using the laser lights and there was sound to. It was definitely educational.

Vacation

Here are the Dry Falls. If you can enlarge the 1st pictures you can find out about them. It is pretty amazing. This goes back to the Ice Ages and a body of water in Montana. They had some before pictures and how the fall looked before it became the "Dry Falls" absolutely beautiful.

Here is how it looks. We camped not to far from the back of the fall so we drove around to check it out. It is amazing how this formed; sheet of ice moved into Washington, Idaho and Montana. A large lake in Montana helped the formation of the Dry Falls. When the lake grew it broke threw the ice damn and rushed into northern Idaho and Eastern Washington. "As the floods in this vicinity raced southward, two major waterfalls formed along their course. The larger was that of the upper coulee, where the river rared over an 800-foot cliff. The eroding power of the water plucked pieces of basalt front he precipice, causing the falls to retreat 20 miles and self-destruct by cutting through to the Columbia River valley near what is now the Grand Coulee Dam." information was taken from the Washington State Parks and Recreation pamphlet. They can explain it much better than I could, they also understand it a little better.

This was taken at a lake on our way home. This is Diablo Lake the water is so cool. It is a blue-green. The color comes from the powdery -stuff (sorry not sure what that stuff is called, there is some kind of big name for it) that come from rocks grinding together. When the light hits the powdery-stuff it makes it appear this color.

Vacation

Here are some amazing views we were lucky enough to see on our trip.

Here is a baby deer right up from our car as we were driving around checking out different spots.

Which one of these are not like the other!? I thought this was pretty cool. It was a wind mill garden. They were made out of all kinds of different things; pie plates, cups, spokes, and tea kettles. I thought they were neat. I love people's creativity.

Another amazing view.

Grand Coulee

Here is our campsite and the lake that was at the campground. Check out the view in these pictures. Unbelievable.

Here is the boys and dad (Jonah's feet are in there if your look closely) making scooby snacks. Jason and Jonah went on a boyscout camp out (Jonah was able to go because mom and Jeffrey were at cub scout day camp) and learned how to make these from an experienced camping leader. All there is to these things are wheat flour and enough water to make dough, you then throw them on the coals, yep right on those suckers, they decided to do them on the lid of Jason's dutch oven, a little less messy. The boys love them. Jonah chose them for our Family Home Evening treat. We made them right on our stove top .

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

THIS BROGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. I WANT TO REMEMBER THIS EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HARD MOMENT.

My Story

My story begins just over 16years ago when I met the most amazing man on a blind date. We decided to get married, I was just right out of high school. Not only was I getting married to a man but I was also getting married to the military. A few months later we moved to Hawaii. There I decided I wanted to go to college. I started, and did pretty well, much of a surprise to myself. I went diligently for the time we were there. When we were getting a little way out from having to transfer I decided to quit my job so that I could go full time and finish before we left the island. Transfer time came and I decided to follow my husband. I only had 2 classes to go to finish my AA but I figured I would just pick up in Washington, boy was I stupid. (Rule to any councelor seeing a military person, espcially, tell them it is not that easy). I get to Washington and go straight to the college and want to finish my last 2 classes. I don't remember it but I am sure I was laughed at. "What you wont accept any of my credits and YOU WANT ME TO START ALL OVER!!!!!!!" After gaining my composure, I am sure that took a long while, I signed up for my first credit. I did go to class but after sitting in it for a few days decided I could not handle starting over from the beginning so I dropped out of the class or did I just stop going? (I could have really used that little voice to tell me not to be so stupid but even if it was there I didn't listen) Anyway, how ever many years later and 2 kids later we again move to Hawaii where I decide I am going to finish what I started. I head over to the college and go to a councilor and tell them I want to finish my 'last 2 classes'. Darn that person followed me from Washington to Hawaii and was laughing at me, again. Actually the guy was very apologetic and told me that they changed all my classes to 100s and my classes were no longer any good for the AA in accounting and then he said those darn words, "You will have to start over." Do you know when I left Hawaii I was paying $19 a credit and that darn school wanted $100 and I would have to go non stop till we left, taking full semesters and paying over $200 during the summer. Then I started to laugh, I think I might have hit a little hysteria. After some composure I put my tail between my legs and went home. There was hope for me yet. One of the places Jason got one of his degrees from had started a spouses program. After talking to them all my credits were taken in one way or another and books were free and credits were about $69. Doable. So I started. And I finished.

It may have taken me 16years but I finished and darn am I proud of myself :)

What does the future hold for me? Well I will continue being a homeschooling mother to 2 wonderful (crazy, wild) boys and a wife to my wonderful husband. (What about moving onto that bachelors, someday)

This is a video that Jeffrey took of the deer

house

Check out was in our backyard. Right there eating our bushes. To bad he got a hold of our fig, cherry and apple tree, too. He wasn't so cute after that. Some people in our family are hoping that he will come back when it is in season. He was so beautiful. The boys and I even went outside and stood at the edge of the porch to watch him. Crazy to think of what little space they are having to live with around here.