ALL TOGETHER AGAIN!

THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN SUPER FUN AND IT IS ONLY FRIDAY. WE GOT TOGETHER WITH A BUNCH OF JARED'S FRIENDS AND THEIR WIVES (AND HALLE AND LILY) TONIGHT AND SOME OF US WENT TO DINNER AT PERKINS FOLLOWED UP WITH GOLFING AT THE DRIVING RANGE. MANY OTHERS MET US FOR GOLFING. ALL-IN-ALL WHEN I MARRIED JARED I WAS BIT SCARED OF HIS FRIENDS. I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO MARRIED INTO THE "SLED TEAM" THAT WAS NOT FROM POCATELLO-AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE GIRLFRIENDS/NOW WIVES AT ALL. WELL, I CAN HAPPILY SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 3.5 YEARS AND I LOVE JARED'S FRIENDS AND THEIR WIVES AS IF THEY WERE ALL MY FRIENDS TO BEGIN WITH. THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE AND WE JUST SEEM TO "CLICK"! WE HAVE HAD MANY GREAT MEMORIES TOGETHER AND I HOPE MANY, MANY MORE TO COME. THANKS FOR BEING SUCH GREAT FRIENDS AND FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN! WE LOVE YOU SLED TEAM, WIVES, AND KIDS, OH! AND KIDS ON THE WAY! WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH YOU GUYS AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE (ALMOST)EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER! AND, WE MISSED THOSE OF YOU WHO COULDN'T COME....JOHNNY B, MARSHALL'S AND HAGLER'S!

FIRST PLAY DATE WAS SO MUCH FUN!

SO TODAY WAS OUR FIRST PLAY DATE EVER! WE DID IT AT ROSS PARK. THERE WAS ETHAN AND LOLA DYE, QUENTIN JENKS, AND HALLE. ETHAN IS JUST OVER 2 YRS OLD AND THE OTHER 3 WERE ALL BORN WITHIN 1.5 WEEKS. THEY HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER. ALSO THE MOMS, HAILEY AND HEATHER ARE MY VISITING TEACHERS. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. WE WERE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN WE ALL WENT HOME TO PUT THEM DOWN FOR AN AFTERNOON NAP.
HERE IS HAYLEY AND HEATHER. THEY ARE SO CUTE AND IT HAS BEEN FUN GETTING TO KNOW THEM.
ETHAN IS SO ADVENTUROUS, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SCARES HIM. HE IS SO CUTE!
LOLA AND HALLE LAUGHED AND TALKED AND SHARED TOYS UNTIL QUENTIN SHOWED UP! THANKS TO HAILEY AND HEATHER, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, IT WAS GOOD INTERACTION WITH KIDS FOR HALLE ALSO!

SLEEPY HEAD!

THIS MORNING I PUT HALLE IN HER BOUNCER..I HEARD IT PLAYING MUSIC AND I WAS WATCHING HER OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. I CLEANED AND CONTINUED TO HEAR IT GOING FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. ONCE YOU STOP MOVING, THE MUSIC STOPS. WELL, IT STOPPED...I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED, I WALKED IN AND TO MY SURPRISE....
HALLE WAS OUT COLD!
YES, STANDING UP! HOW UNCOMFORTABLE. IT WAS SO CUTE, I COULDN'T RESIST!

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY JARED!!!

THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATED JARED'S BIRTHDAY AT "PEANUT PARK"-JARED'S FAVORITE PARK IN THE WHOLE WORLD. WHEN JARED WAS YOUNGER, THIS IS WHERE HE ALWAYS HAD HIS BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
ANY OF YOU WHO KNOW JARED, KNOW HOW MUCH HIS BIRTHDAY MEANS TO HIM. IT IS HIS FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS....HERE HE IS OPENING SOME OF HIS GIFTS...HE ACTUALLY OPENED MORE GIFTS BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY THAN ON THE ACTUAL DAY OF, HE HATES WAITING.
THIS IS A COLORING BOOK/BIBLE STORYBOOK. WE GAVE THIS TO TREVOR FOR HIS BIRTHDAY ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND HE GAVE IT BACK TO JARED. WAY TO GO! THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. SAD THING, JARED WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT TO CHURCH AND COLOR IN IT AND PLAY WITH IT!
THIS IS NANA AND HALLE HANGING OUT! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO PLAY AT THE PARK!
THIS IS SOME OF THE CREW WE INVITED. WE ACTUALLY MADE TRASH CAN DINNER, IT IS SO GOOD THEN WE HAD FUNFETTI CUPCAKES AND SHERBET-FOR JARED'S REQUEST!
THIS IS EVERYONE. THERE WAS KIM, RENAE, KEN, JARED, ME, HALLE, PAPA CHRIS, NANA, TREVOR AND BRITTANY DUDLEY, BRANDON AND BECKY MENNEAR...WE HAD A GREAT TIME.... IT WAS A SURPRISE PARTY BUT SINCE JARED LOVES SURPRISES, HE FOUND OUT EARLY...
THIS IS ME BEING CREATIVE. HE DIDN'T WANT A CAKE BUT WE STILL HAD TO SING TO HIM SO I PUT 27 CANDLES IN HIS CUPCAKE, IT WAS SO MANY I THOUGH THE PARK WAS GOING UP IN FLAMES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE THREW IT AWAY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WAX THAT DRIPPED ON IT! HOLY SMOKES!!
THIS IS JUST THE GIRLS HANGING OUT WHILE THE BOYS PLAYED FOOTBALL. WE THEN WENT TO OUR HOUSE AND WATCHED A MOVIE. ALL-IN-ALL I THINK JARED ENJOYED HIS BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BDAY TO THE BEST DADDY AND HUBBY IN THE WORLD! WE LOVE YOU!

RIVERFEST AT TAYSOM PARK!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT RIVERFEST IS...IT IS A LITTLE FUNDRAISER POCATELLO DOES FOR THE GREENWAY HERE. THERE IS FOOD, KIDS GAMES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN. JARED AND I HAD NEVER BEEN BEFORE BUT DR. JACKSON, THE DR I WORK FOR, BOUGHT US TICKETS SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO CHECK IT OUT. IT WAS SO HOT BUT WE STILL HAD A GOOD TIME...

HERE'S DADDY AND CUBBY ENJOYING THE SUN...

WE PUT DOWN A BLANKET IN THE SHADE AND WAITED FOR MY FRIEND FROM WORK AND HER SON TO COME. JARED ATE SOME, AND WHEN THEY SHOWED UP WE VISITED FOR A BIT. IT WAS SO NICE OUTSIDE IN THE SHADE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE...

HERE IS THE BACK OF THE STAGE..THIS YEAR IT WAS THE CLUMSY LOVERS THAT PERFORMED. WE DIDN'T STAY TO HEAR THEM WE JUST HEARD SOME LOCAL BANDS THAT WERE LIKE BLUEGRASS AND POP...THEY ACTUALLY WERE VERY GOOD. WE ENJOYED OURSELVES. AFTER THE FARMER'S MARKET, SWIMMING, AND RIVERFEST WE ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH SPENT. BUT WE HAD A FUN WEEKEND SO FAR FOR DADDIES BDAY ON MONDAY!

SWIMMING IN THE NEW "TUBBY"

HALLE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED HER NEW "TUBBY"-SHE LIKED IT IN THE BUMBO SO HER BUMB DIDN'T GET COLD....

SHE WAS A HAPPY CAMPER.....

THEN DAD HELD HER TO DRY HER OFF. SHE COOLED DOWN QUICKLY AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

GO RED RUBIES!

SO THIS IS HOW OUR SATURDAY STARTED! MYSELF ALONG WITH SOME OTHER TEAMMATES FROM OUR RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM WENT TO THE LOCAL FARMER'S MARKET AND SET-UP A BOOTH AS A FUNDRAISER TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. PICTURED ABOVE ARE MY FRIEND, PAULINE-OUR TEAM CAPTAIN, AND MYSELF. WE WENT FROM THE 11-1 SHIFT AND SOME OTHER TEAMMATES WENT FROM 9-11. IT WAS SCORCHING HOT BUT WE STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE SOLD TSHIRTS, RAFFLE TICKETS, AND BAKED GOODIES THAT WE ALL PITCHED IN. WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE WE HAD MADE $89.41. WE WERE AMAZED THAT WE HAD MADE SO MUCH IN 4 HOURS. WHAT A GOOD JOB OUR TEAM DID AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. CAN'T LIE, I WASN'T TO THRILLED WHEN I WOKE UP AND IT WAS GOING TO BE 96 DEGREES OUTSIDE BUT WE MADE IT! AND, LUCKILY WE GOT A BOOTH IN THE SHADE!

THIS IS PAULINE, HER SISTER KATRINA, AND OUR LITTLE BOOTH. WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND EARNED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE. WHEN WE LEFT, WE ALL WERE FULL OF WARM-FUZZIES!!!

WHAT A BIG DAY FOR US GIRLIES!

SO I DID IT AGAIN....WHY? THIS TIME IT IS IN THE BACKYARD...WHEN JARED GAVE THE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD A NEW "DO", I THOUGHT THE ONE IN THE BACK NEEDED ON TOO. JUST MAKES FOR MORE WORK...WHY, TONYA, WHY? YOU WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD LEARN, IT WAS SO MUCH WORK THE FIRST TIME AROUND...OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T! BUT I MUST ADMIT IT LOOKS BETTER ALSO!
HERE IT IS AFTER RAKING UNDERNEATH ALL THE JUNK...
NEXT, FOR JARED'S BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SURPRISE HIM...WELL, THAT IS A HARD TASK WHILE TRYING TO KEEP A BABY ENTERTAINED BUT I MANAGED. SHE DID SO GOOD, LIKE ALWAYS! THIS IS HER NEW "CHEESY" FACE THAT GRMA BERNT CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF.....SINCE JARED ALWAYS MOWS THE LAWN AND I LOVE TO DO IT....I DID IT TODAY WITHOUT HIM KNOWING. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK I MUST ADMIT HE WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE USUALLY I CAN'T EVEN GET THE MOWER TO TURN ON, THEN I NEED HIS HELP BAGGING THE GRASS, AND THEN I RAN OUT OF GAS....OH WAIT! NO I DIDN'T QUIT MOWING I WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO GET IT DONE SO WE COULD PLAY AS A FAMILY THIS WEEKEND, THAT'S RIGHT I EVEN FILLED IT WITH GAS. THE GAS CAN IS SO BIG I BELIEVE I HEARD MY NEIGHBOR LAUGHING AT ME BECAUSE I WAS WRESTLING THE CAN AND GOT GAS ALL OVER ME..NOT FUNNY, THEN I STUNK. HE WAS DRIVING HIS "AUTOMATIC" MOWER FOR HIS LITTLE TINY LAWN, I WILL GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT. ANYWAYS, I THINK JARED WAS IMPRESSED THAT I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF AND HE WAS THANKFUL. HOWEVER, BABE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.....
THIS IS HALLE'S BOO-BOO! HER FIRST ONE SO I HAD TO ADD IT...SHE CUT HER KNEE WITH HER FINGERNAIL...I JUST CUT THEM YESTERDAY AND THIS WAS A DEEP LITTLE CUT....I MUST CUT THEM EVERYDAY APPARENTLY...OUCHIE!

DADDY DAUGHTER DATE-NITE!

DADDY DAUGHTER NITE IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE FOR JARED AND HALLE. IT RARELY HAPPENS SINCE WE ARE USUALLY ALL TOGETHER BUT ON THAT RARE OCCASSION, DADDY TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT WITH HIS LITTLE CUBBY!

HERE IS HALLE CHILLING ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR WHILE DADDY PACKS THE DIAPER BAG....
HERE THEY ARE AT PEANUT PARK. THIS WAS JARED'S FAVORITE PARK AS A KID AND IT IS SHAPED LIKE A PEANUT. HALLE LOVES THIS SWING AND HAS PLAYED ON IT MORE THAN ONCE....
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CUTE SHOT OF HER CHEWING ON HER LIP. COME ON TEETH, COME IN, WE'RE ROOTING FOR YOU!
AFTER SWINGING DAD HAD PACKED HER BLANKIE AND TOYS AND THEY CUDDLED ON THE GRASS FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR TOGETHER IN THE SUN. THEN GRUMPY CAME WITH ICE CREAM AND THEY ATE THAT-I'M SURE THEY ENJOYED THAT. THEN, HALLE FELL ASLEEP. JARED BROUGHT HER HOME, GAVE HER TUBBY, AND WENT TO BED. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. THANKS JARED FOR LETTING ME GO TO THE PROGRESSIVE DINNER FOR ENRICHMENT WITH MY FRIENDS WHILE YOU HAD A FUN NIGHT WITH HALLE.

THIS WAS FATHER'S DAY (SORRY I AM LATE!)

WE WENT TO CHURCH ON FATHER'S DAY AND I HAD TO TEACH SO JARED TOOK HALLE TO PRIESTHOOD WITH HIM. THEY HAD FUN. AFTER CHURCH WE WENT ON A PICNIC IN THE BACK YARD AND HAD HOAGIES AS A FAM. LATER IN THE DAY WE WENT TO GRANDPA TAB AND GRANDMA KAREN'S HOUSE IN LAVA. GREAT GRMA AND GRPA WERE THERE ALSO. THEY LOVE HALLE SO MUCH. HERE SHE IS HANGING OUT WITH GRMA BETH AND GRMA KAREN.

I SWEAR AS FAR AS BABY GIRL'S GO, HALLE IS GRMPA BOB'S FAVORITE! LOOK AT HIS GRIN!

THIS IS GRPA TAB ADMIRING HALLE'S NEW SUMMER SANDALS. THEY ALWAYS ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY...

HERE IS OUR PRIDE AND JOY WITH HER FIRST SET OF "PIGGIES" EVER, YEAH! GROW HAIR GROW!

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!!

SINCE L & K DOES WORK WITH THE LOCAL NEWS STATION, THEY GAVE HIM FOUR TICKETS TO THE IDAHO FALLS BASEBALL GAME-GO CHUCKARS! WE INVITED OUR FRIENDS TREVOR AND BRITTANY DUDLEY. HALLE DID SO GOOD AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME! HERE WE ARE ENTERING THE GATE, I WAS SCARED THAT HALLE WOULD HATE IT OUT IN THE SUN AND SHE MISSED HER SECOND NAP OF THE DAY SO THEN I GOT REALLY NERVOUS!
HERE WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE GAME TO BEGIN. WE WENT AND GOT SEATS WHILE THE HUSBANDS PARKED THE CAR. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, BRITTANY IS IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE IS SUCH A CUTE GIRL AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN, I AM GLAD I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW HER. AND NOW SHE IS PREGNANT SO IT WILL BE FUN WHEN SHE HAS HER LITTLE ONE....
THIS IS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME, SUCH NICE WEATHER!
JARED AND HALLE HANGING OUT! LOOK AT THOSE LITTLE HORNS SHE HAS....
WHEN HALLE FELL ASLEEP MID GAME AND BRIT AND I HOPING THE SUN GOES DOWN A BIT FASTER!
GO CHUCKAR! WHAT A HILARIOUS MASCOT.
THIS IS JARED AND ONE OF HIS BEST BUDDIES, TREVOR. TREVOR IS BRIT'S HUBBY! THEY MOVED RECENTLY FROM LOGAN TO POCATELLO AND WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN HANGING OUT WITH THEM. LOOK HOW SERIOUS THOSE FACE ARE (KIND OF SCARY...I GUESS !) ALL-IN-ALL THE GAME WENT FROM 7 TO ABOUT 11:30-IT WAS A GOOD ONE!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE BEST DADDY IN THE WORLD!

WOW! TIME FLIES....IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY JARED AND I WERE ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF HALLE SO BADLY AND NOW, ON FATHER'S DAY MARKS SEVEN MONTHS, YES! SEVEN MONTHS OLD! SO MANY LESSONS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT AND LEARNED IN THOSE SEVEN MONTHS WITH OUR PARENTING SKILLS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE BROUGHT HER HOME, JARED AND I FELT SO HELPLESS WHEN SHE WOULD CRY, OR WE WOULD WONDER WHAT WAS WRONG FOR MINUTES OF STRAIGHT SCREAMING WITHOUT END. HOWEVER, ALL THAT HAS GONE AWAY. JARED WILL HOLD HALLE, GIVE HER KISSES, TICKLE HER UNTIL SHE LAUGHS UNCONTROLLABLY, CHANGE POOPIE DIAPERS, AND GIVE HER TUBBIES NIGHTLY...HE ALSO WATCHES HER ALONE SO ONCE IN AWHILE I CAN GO OUT WITH THE GIRLS. HE IS AN AMAZING FATHER AND HUSBAND AND WE ARE PROUD TO CALL HIM OURS. HE WORKS ALL THE TIME, DOES CHURCH CALLINGS TO THEIR FULL CAPACITY, IS FATHER AND HUSBAND OF THE YEAR, AND KEEPS THE HOUSE, YARD, AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKING GOOD. WE LOVE HIM AND HOPE THAT HE KNOWS HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO US! HAVE A WONDERFULL DADDIES DAY! WE LOVE YOU! TONYA AND HALLE CUB

WHAT A LONG DAY!

OK SO THIS IS OUR TREE IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND JARED HAS WANTED TO RIP IT OUT SINCE WE MOVED IN. I LOVE THIS TREE AND THE SHADE AND PRIVACY IT OFFERS US. SO THE OTHER DAY, I WAS ON MY WAS HOME AND I CALLED AND ASKED JARED WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE SAID "I'M JUST TRIMMING SOME OF THE BRANCHES ON OUR TREE." WHAT? SOME? THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT TO UNDERTAKE. HE DIDN'T JUST TRIM IT, HE GAVE IT A TOTAL NEW "DO".
THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAULED OUT FROM UNDER THE TREE, IT ACTUALLY FILLED THE TRAILER TO THE MAX AND THE TRUCK AND THEN MANY, MANY, GARBAGE BAGS. IT HAS TAKEN US A WEEK JUST TO START CLEANING UP....
JUST SOME MORE GARBAGE...AMAZING HOW MUCH JUNK HIDES UNDER A TREE!
JARED HARD AT WORK!
TO PROVE IT, I DID WORK MY BUMB OFF TOO! I DIDN'T JUST SIT AND TAKE PIX ALL NITE. AND I MUST ADMIT, THE TREE DOES LOOK ALOT BETTER. IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH SHADE OR PRIVACY AWAY AND I AM GLAD WITH THE OUTCOME...WAY TO WORK SO HARD JARED!