Rich Guys!

February 2013

 

While folding clothes in my room, Levi entered with a hand full of money and sunglass on.  Then asked "Do I look like a Rich Guy?"

 

 

"A Rich Guy?" I asked.  "Is that how Rich Guys are suppose to look?"

 

 

"Yes, Mom!  They always look cool with a bunch of money!" 

 

(If only a handful of ones made you rich Levi!)

 

 

 

 

February 2013

 

New Arrivals!

 

We have very much enjoyed having our 6 chickens!

After losing 2 this past year, we decided to add to our flock!

 

 

Here are our first gals trying to follow me with the camera!

 

The Hen House...

 

House cleaning with a little help!

 

 

The beautiful coop door design....(the boys took this picture)

 

Seven new babies...keeping warm in a box in the house.....My husband must really love me! :)

 

The Breeds we started with, & names are:

Leghorn - Cheeto,

Australorp - Diet Cook

Ameraucana - Kit Kat,

Orpington - Cookie,

Cookie & Kit Kat are no longer with us...

 

*We don't eat our chickens, because their layers, so we ended up giving them all food names*

 

Here are our new chicks with their names & breeds....

 

 

Black Sussex - Pepper

 

 

Pepper full grown...is all black with a little bit of reddish coloring under her neck.

 

Silver Wyandotte - Ritz (for Ritz Crackers)

 

Ritz full grown and a beautiful variety of sizes and shapes of black & white feathers.

So Cool!

 

Ameraucana - Hersey (notice cheek feathers, lays green eggs)

Hersey full grown has kept her cheek feathers and lays beautiful greenish blue eggs.

 

Brahma - Salt (will have feathers on her feet)

Salt full grown is a hefty, yet a beautifully patterned bird with feet feathers.

 

Golden Sex Link - Popcorn (Grandma Nelson's chick)



 

Popcorn has keep her unique golden color with bright underlining cream feathers in her tail area.

 

 

Sagitta - Sugar (Said, Saw-gee-ta-h)

 

Sagitta - Spice (These 2  little gals were special ordered for a organic egg farmer in Enterprise, Utah.  The gentlemen ordered 250 chicks and ended up with 18 extras so I picked up two!  The breed is very new, only being 8 years old, it is a 3 part mix between New Hampshire (known for size) Cornish Hen (known for flavor as a table hen) and Rhode Island Red (best brown egg layer there is).

 

Sugar & Spice full grown are beautifully colored in red feathers all except the tips of one or two black tail feathers.  They are good layers and can put food away like it's going out of style.  Most of my chickens weigh about 2 to 3 pounds, but these big girls weigh almost 8 pounds each and look identical...so I only took a picture of one!

 

 

It may sound weird, but I thank my Heavenly Father

everyday for my Chickens, and all the beautiful creations he's given us!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2013

 

New Bike for Brennan!

Bren always seems to get skipped over at his birthday with all the extra cost of school and football starting, so when we had a little extra.....

 

 

we surprised him with a new bike!

 

This is a very snazzy....

 

cool....

 

and just the thing to bring a smile!

 

             Brennan, you are such an amazing kid, who is always grateful for what every you have and never make a fuss over what you don't!

Love you Brennan!

 

Lego's with Cousin's

Jason & Kellyanne came down from Logan with the kids the end of January and the cousins all had fun spreading Grandma's collection of Lego's out on the floor.  A couple of hours and some amazing creations later...we had to take a few pictures!

 

Brock, Brennan & Madeline..... 

 

Jason stayed late to work on Grandma's Taxes, instead of giving him a ride home, we convinced him it wasn't all that cold and that he could make it back to Bloomington (where they were staying) on Grandpa's motorcycle with out freezing!

 Grandma couldn't help but get one last squeeze in before he Jason went! 

January 2013

 

Blankets for Sandy Hook Elementary Families in Connecticut.

 

In December of 2012 just before Christmas break, there was a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.  26 people where killed and the entire country mourned with the little Connecticut community.

 

So, to help, our Riverside Red Hawks decided to make 26 blankets, one for each family of the victims.

 

Each student colored a square of material, and then over the Christmas Break the squares where sewn together to make the blankets.  When they returned to school, the blankets lined the walls of the halls!

It made me cry as I looked at the hundreds of squares all put drawn with such love.

How sad to lose a loved one, especially a small child ever, but especially before Christmas.



 

This is Brennan standing next to his square.

 

Brennan said his square was of a family laying on their backs looking up smiling.

 

This is the Quilt made by Mrs. Gubler's Class.  Brennan's square is in the bottom, right corner-ish!

 

We hope these bright colorful blankets brought comfort to those 26 families, and were reminded more then ever how grateful we are for our children, and eternal families...

 

 

 

 January 2013

 

A day with Grandma Nelson!

Because I had a doctors appointment, Levi whet to hang out with Grandma and help her around the house....Little did I know that he was going to get to go Monster Hunting...

 



 

 

 

Monster Hunting is a very dangerous job where you have to have special tools to protect you....notice the feet warmer around Grandma's neck, and Levi's special cane!  Luckily no one was eaten by a Monster!

 

 

Also, while at Grandma's, Levi receive and old pair of her sunglasses which he needed to model for me! (Love the no shirt look....silly kid!)

 

This is one of my favorite pictures....Levi came into my room and asked me if he looked like a "Rich Guy" cuz rich guys get all the girls.

When I asked him where he'd get  all the money, he said..."oh from Grandma, I earned it for getting rid of monsters! " It totaled $3! 

 

 

January 2013

 

WE LOVE BASKETBALL!!!

Dad returned to coaching basketball after a long 8 year break...

I'd forgotten how much fun it is to sit at games...the sound of sneakers squeaking on the floor, fans cheering for players from the stands, and the student body dressed in rally clothes chanting!

 

 

The stands were packed on both student and the parents side tonight for the game against Desert Hills Thunder...



 

Of course what's a game without a great half time show?  Here are the "Dad's" dancing...fathers of some of the players, cheerleaders and dance company kids.

 

 

This is right as the buzzer sounds and the kids are headed to the floor...

 

 

Lots of Panther Fans out tonight!

 

The Boys and I think we are Dad's Number One Fans! 

 

Way to go Dad, keep up the good work!