Kevin and his Plethera of Girls

2013-10-09T23:35:00.001-06:00

I will be updating soon, until then, enjoy the view that I have.

Hadley and Bella

2013-09-21T15:35:00.001-06:00

Hadley asked if I would take some pictures of her and her doll Bella. So of corse I said yes,, and I"m glad I did we had such a great time, she is a riot to be around!

She quickly went from sweet tender Hadley to....

Crazy Haddie Child!

She she said "Mom look I have a flower in my shoe!"

And then there she goes right back to her sweet Hadley self. Ah that girl!

This gazebo in our yard is Hadleys favorite place to be. To her it's her house, a stage, a hideout, and a perfect tea party.

As soon as we were done taking pictures that's right where she headed.

The year of the butterfly

2013-09-21T15:23:00.002-06:00

Little yellow butterflies are EVERYWHERE! They cover the roads, and the front of our cars. I have never seen so many butterflies. The girls love to catch them. One afternoon I dropped Aubrey off at the tractor with Kev and the other two girls stayed by an alfalfa field to try to grab the butterflies. They were very successful, Madelyne had four in her hand at one time. Hads was a little nervous so Mads stayed close to help her. Their grandpa drove by and asked what they were doing and they said "oh just catching butterflies." They were in heaven.

A little trip

2013-09-17T19:39:00.001-06:00

Kevin and I traveled back to Jerome for a few hours. I had a tooth that needed to be worked on and kev bought a grain drill from a guy he knows in twin so we left around 6:00 pm and had a 7 hour drive ahead of us. We arrived at two in the morning to the Hixson's Vaughn knew we were coming but Alison had no idea. I was super excited to surprise her. She was in bed dead asleep so I jumped on her and said wake up wake up, the poor girl didn't know what was going on, I could not go to sleep because I kept laughing when I thought of how she screamed and woke up the whole house! It was totally awesome! I was also able to visit a couple of friends, it was so nice to see familiar faces'

I gave Mason the no button for his birthday, I could not wait to give it to him!

I had to take a picture of the canyon as we drove by, I really miss this view.

Kevin's grain drill that he was so excited to pick it up! And I was excited about. This.....

Under that blue blanket is a air hockey table, it is Vaughn and Alison's. I can't wait to play it when they come to visit in a couple of weeks!

This week

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This week Tayla melted my heart

I pretended to be a farmers wife, by helping him. My pink nails soon were destroyed.

We all helped daddy dig a hole

The Girls worked with daddy by plowing, picking up seed and taking daddy lunch.

Awe so much better

2013-09-07T22:55:00.001-06:00

After four hours at the spa little Ivy looks much better. Yes I do realize that will we live where getting dirty is part of the fun, and that she will be a regular at the spa, but I am just happy that for right now she looks ( and smells) good,

Ghetto

2013-09-07T22:54:00.001-06:00

Kevin took us to a store today that he went to as a kid. So apparently the store opened in 1938 , and it's name is Griggs. It's totally pre Walmart. When we got there Aubrey said " oh this is really old , it reminds me of Idaho because everything is old in Jerome." It was so super ghetto, when we were getting out of the car Kev started hiding all the iPods, and anything of value so they would not get stolen. Crazy enough the store was totally awesome! They had name brand things and their prices were soooo great! So what did we buy? Four pairs of black ugly but very sturdy rubber boots.

Oh Hadley

2013-09-05T23:23:00.001-06:00

I'm in the kitchen and look around the corner to find this sight. Hads is sitting on top of a blow up air mat ( thanks aunt kay ) wearing snow boots and the infamous Shane hat. Her plans are to do just what it looks like... Sledding. She was successful in her attempt. Not ten minutes later she meets me in the office wearing swim goggles, it's just never ending with this girl!

The night that went terribly wrong

2013-09-05T23:16:00.001-06:00

The night started off great. The girls each picked out a cow, they were riding bikes, I could hardly smell the dairy. The dogs were running free and having fun until ivy saw the roosters.. They are her favorite to chase.

Kev said I hope she doesn't go into the lagoon, by lagoon I thought he ment nice cool water, but no it was not nice it all. Apparently to kev a " Lagoon" is a massive holding tank of soupy thick thigh high cow potty.

So here comes ivy a few minutes later after her swim iin the lagoon, covered to her ears in crap. I

cried while kev and I hosed her down well enough to take her inside to finish bathing her. We got her inside and after ten minutes of repeated shampoo I just could not take the smell, and all of my dinner came up. I came up with a solution to tie Shane's ski hat around my face so I could finish helping kev. So tomarrow Ivy has an appointment at the spa to be shaved. Lovely right?

He's going to farm

2013-09-03T14:21:00.001-06:00

Hadley six birthday

2013-09-02T12:10:00.001-06:00

Hadley is six years old! She is the laughter in the house. Her smile and silly things she says bring our house so much happiness. Nana and papa surprised her for her birthday. So far we have been swimming in the pool ate at Texas rode house, opened gifts and ate cake. We still get to go to chuck e cheese!

Waiting for Hadley

2013-08-31T14:18:00.001-06:00

Today while we were waiting for Hads to get off the bus we picked A couple of flowers. Tayla smiled and waved at all the cars. I just had to take a few pictures of her little face. She made my day so much brighter!

First day of school

2013-08-29T22:10:00.000-06:00

The girls started school already! I really am not ready for them to go back, I defiantly love having the girls home. Kev and I both were really nervous for them, since they are all starting a new school this year. We move into our new house on the farm four days before they started school, no one was really ready for it but the girls are brave.

Hads is going into Kindergarten

Mads is in Fourth....... which is really crazy!

Aubs is in Third.

The girls all came home happy. They all met someone new, and really like their teachers. Hadley rode the bus home for the first time and totally loved it! She sat for a long time in her favorite lookout waiting for her sisters.

*** As a side note, Kev and I decided to moved back to WA to farm. We are so love with Idaho and the people there that I am really not ready to blog about it, my heart defiantly needs some years to heal, this move has been difficult for the whole family, even though it was our choice to leave we never thought we'd be so homesick.

Baptised

2013-05-06T13:44:00.000-06:00

Aubrey was Baptized may 5, 2013 in Jerome Idaho. The day was so nice, we had a family BBQ and she played with her cousin all day. We really appreciate all those who traveled to our house to celebrate out little girl. She was a little nervous and asked if Kev would stay close by. I think my favorite memory of the whole day are of the last two pictures, they may not have the prettiest backdrop but I will never forget watching her dance with wet hair, around the parking lot full of life and spirit. She was completely happy, she did not notice anyone else around her she was just dancing for joy, That is so my Aubrey! We are so proud of Aubrey, she has so many struggles in life but she is such an example to me. She wakes up everyday ready to do her best, what I think of enduring to the end I think of Aubrey and how she lives her life daily.

One year gone!

2013-04-30T19:54:00.006-06:00

Due to an enormous amount of pressure, begging and pleading from various people in my life, I am going to TRY and do the blog thing again. Not that any one really reads this or even cares since the invention of Twitter, Facebook etc. blogging is really king of old school, but since I am not a member of any of those other sites I must stick with what I know.
I really do miss having our life documented with pictures, and stories, but I do NOT miss the pressure of updating and feeling bad if I accidentally miss something. After having Tayla all I wanted to do is spend as much time away from the computer and be with my little girls who are growing too fast! (Kev would actually say that Pinterest replaced my blogging need) So here I am, going to try to find BALANCE I'm going to do my best, so here is a start.....

Miss Aubrey has turned 8 and is on her way to Baptism!! She had her Bishops interview on Sunday and did great. Kev said she was really nervous and hardly talked, which is weird for her, and when she walked out of the church she busted out into a happy dance. We are expecting family here on Saturday, and are super excited for her special day!

Miss Tayla is now ONE! NOOOOOOOOOO! I love who she is growing up to be. She is just another testimony to me that Heavenly Father truly knows us and knows what we need, we defiantly needed her in our family! Happy Birthday little one!

love her!

2012-06-04T09:24:00.000-06:00

We love love love our Tayla Baby!!

She is here!

2012-05-06T14:39:00.004-06:00

Our sweet sweet little girl finally made it to us. She was born April 27, 2012 at 12:59 pm. She was 7lbs and 19.5 inches. Little Tayla Bleazard fits perfectly with our family, and we all adore her!

Happy birthday Aubrey

2012-03-31T12:45:00.000-06:00

Happy Seventh birthday Aubs! You are a complete joy in our lives! Our home is blessed because you are part of our family, you are always teaching us about love, tenderness and patients. We are so grateful for you! Happy birthday little cowgirl!

Thanksgiving

2012-01-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

I am going to try to get caught up on my blogging. November went really fast, Hadley had her play at pre-school, and made a pretty cute Indian. We went to Aunt Jenn's in Utah for a dew days for Thanksgiving, as you can see Aubs spent some time decorating her hair. We visited Temple Square to see the lights, it was freezing, but well worth it!

Before we left Aunt Laurie took the girls to her friends stables to see horses, the girls were very happy, and did not want to leave!

Halloween

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Kevin's parents came the day after I got out of the hospital to help, since I was not able to leave my bed for the next week, they were a BIG help! The girls wanted homemade costumes this year, we had already bought Mads pattern, but that was as far as we had gotten. My mother in law is an amazing seamstress, and she whipped up their costumes in the week that they were here. She took the girls to the fabric store, let them pick out their patterns and fabric. Hadley could not wait, she would ask Grandma every two minutes if her costume was finished, and she has lived in her dress ever since it was finished. Mads wanted to be a pioneer, and her favorite color is yellow, she is in heaven! Aubs wanted to be sleeping beauty, Marie walked out of my craft room COVERED in glitter, it was sooooo funny! It still makes me laugh to think about it! I am so grateful to her for making the girls such amazing costumes, taking a burden off of me, and

making the girls completely happy! Thank you!!!!!!

Football Cheer Camp

2011-10-22T19:58:00.000-06:00

The girls look forward to the high school cheer camp every year. Thank heaven for Mom being here, there is no way I could of taken them, it was two days of cheer camp, then they cheered at the varsity football game Friday night. I tagged along to watch, the girls are so funny they just love to cheer!

Hadley was plugged into her I-pod.

It was a cold but fun night!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-22T19:47:00.000-06:00

While my mom was here my goal was to get out of the house, I had been in bed for WEEKS, did not want to look at my room walls any longer, so with lots of help from my mom I was able to see some of life. We took the girls to the pumpkin patch to pick out their pumpkins. Poor mom did all the work, I stood by with the camera and watched the girls sort through TONS of pumpkins to find the perfect one!

If you look close you can see a toothpick in Aubrey's mouth, funny kid!

Miss Hadley dressed herself!

Baby Number Four

2011-10-16T18:19:00.002-06:00

The past couple of month of been a bit of a trial for our little family, but it is worth it because we get our sweet little baby out of all the craziness! It has been a long few months of bed rest, repeated hospital trips for IV's, lots of medicine, friends going out of their way to help our family, grandparents visiting to help take care of kids, ton of tears, and lots of excitement. We are entering only the fourth month of this journey and things are looking really good! Last Thursday Kev, Mom and I were able to see our little bundle! Our baby is growing healthy and strong. The due date is set for April 30, and we all are counting down the days!

so grateful

2011-09-19T12:45:00.001-06:00

I have such a heart of gratitude for many people this past week. The past two weeks have been very difficult for my family, I have been sick and not able to do anything, and I mean anything. I am so grateful for so many people who helped me with my kids, canned the produce in my garden, brought in meals, brought over medicines, came to visit or made phone calls to make sure I was still alive. My family has been so blessed by those sweet people, who served our family and I will always remember their kindness to us.
At times when humbling experience come my way it is difficult to accept graciously any help, but it is such a strong reminder to me that “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."

Back to school

2011-09-06T10:41:00.000-06:00

The kids are all back in school today. The morning went really smooth, everyone was happy and excited to head back. Mads is in 2nd grade, Aubs is in 1st which mean she is going to be gone all day! Hadley is lucky enough to go to pre-school again this year!

Okay so the girls are gone, I am totally lonely, on the brink of tears, so to pass the time I am canning spaghetti sauce, hopefully this will help with the quiet house!