Draper Boys

Thanksgiving

2011-11-30T19:04:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!! This is Travis cutting the turkey!! Yummy!

I let the boys pick there favorite pie. So yes- I made 8 pies. It was so fun. We stayed home and had so much fun.

The famous Turkey place settings. Treyson made these this year. He did a GREAT job!

He also made some decorations at school. He was very festive this year and a great help in the kitchen. Actually, all the boys helped in the kitchen. It was great!

Special Birthday!

2011-03-20T18:30:00.000-07:00

Treyson turned 8 this year! It was such a special birthday for him. He was so excited to be baptized. Despite the snowy roads, his family got to come see him for this special day.

This is Treyson's cousin Carsen. Carsen is Travis's brother Danny's son. Carsen is exactly 6 months older than Trey. He was so excited he was able to come. We were excited Maiya and Danny came too.

Trey getting ready to be baptized!

Grandma and Grandpa Mckee after the baptism. This was special because they are leaving to be mission presidents in Tennessee this summer. They will be gone for 3 years. We were so glad they could come and bring Angie, Aubrey, Kiara, and Des!!

Treyson with Grandma and Grandpa Draper. We were soo glad they were able to come and share this special day with us. We love having them!

It was such a special day. Thanks to all for coming and supporting us. We have the greatest family ever!

Happy Birthday Gavin!

2011-02-06T15:05:00.001-08:00

Gavin turned 3 last monday! I can't believe how big he is getting. You gotta love the cake. As you can see we don't do fancy cakes. Jaren did this one himself. He asked before hand and I hesitantly answered yes. I thought he did a pretty darn good job. Poor Gavin wasn't feeling good on his big day. I took him into the doctor the day after and he had a double ear infection. Poor guy. He is very excited to turn 3!!

My boys!

2011-01-21T07:48:00.001-08:00

Pictures of our fall

2010-11-07T13:49:00.000-08:00

So I thought I would post just some random pictures of our fall. I forgot that they download backwards. So this first one is of Halloween 2010!

Brayden was a "baby in a sleeping bag". Jaren was a hippie. We weren't sure. People called him "Ja-ron". He had to dress up for basketball and wanted to keep it simple so he added a wig and sunglasses. Trey was a sleeping bag. Dallon was Batman. Gavin was Spiderman and Collin was an elephant!

So one Sunday the boys deciced to play "Captain Underpants". This is what they came up with! Aren't they cute!! They played football and did a little dance. Very funny. What silly guys I have!

TWINNERS

The first day of school-Dallon and Travis wore the same shirts. Dallon's shirt was actually a hand-me-down from Brayden. Travis just bought his this year. He had no idea. So cute!!

SCHOOL SHOES

Travis loves new school shoes every year-so do the boys. I just pray they last all year! (ya right)

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Brayden started 7th grade-Jaren 5th-Treyson 2nd-and Dallon Kindergarten.

Our Summer!

2010-08-18T13:47:00.000-07:00

It has been a busy-exciting-fast summer. As you can-its full of babys, boys, baseball, boys, family visiting, and more boys. Of course the birth of boy #6, Collin, has kept things busy. He is now 2 months old and is 13lbs! I can't believe how time flies. This is a very excited Jaren with Grandma Mckee and baby Collin in the back. Grandma was so helpful. I was so thankful she was able to come up and be with us. Jaren is 10 now and going to be in 5th grade this year!!

This is Dallon holding Collin. He is so excited to be in Kindergarten. He loves his baby Collin!!

This is Treyson and Collin. Trey will be in 2nd grade this year. I can't believe how fast he recovered from surgery in Feb. I never thought we would get our energetic Treyson back. But we did. I think they even gave him a little more energy under anesthetics. He is always doing something.

Grandma and Grandpa Draper got to come up and visit the new baby. We were so excited they were able to come.

Trying to get a group shot with everyone. Dallon, Treyson Grandpa Draper, Brayden, Gavin, Grandma Draper, Baby Collin, and Jaren. ( I don't know what he's doing.....)

Trying to do some fun pictures with the baby. Not really turning out how I pictured. Oh well- we tried.

Aubrey and baby Collin. Aubrey, Angie and Destiny got to come up with my mom when the baby was born. It was so fun to have them up.

Collin-ready for church. He is such a good happy baby.

Daddy and Collin-taking a little nap.

Gavin and Collin. These two will be my only boys home this year. Quiet or busy? I havn't decided yet. I guess we'll see......

A shot of the Draper boys at Sinks Canyon.

Then of course baseball. The Little Leauge State tournament was hosted here in Riverton. It was so nice especially after having a baby not having to travel for a week. The boys played well.

Jaren turned 10 July, 13. He is #10 this year so Travis made him wear his jersey for his birthday!

A day after that was Brayden's birthday. He turned 12 this year. I can't believe I'm a mother of a 12 year old. He is such a good kid. He will be in 7th grade. Ahhh!! At least Travis is at the same school he can keep an eye on him!! He is very excited to start Jr. High sports.

Travis was Jaren's coach this year.

Brayden recieving his medal.

Jaren after the tournament!

After baseball tournament we had family come for Collins baby blessing. Brayden was also ordained. We thought it was pretty cool they could share those days. My entire family was able to come. It was SO awesome. I still can't believe they all made it. You guys are AWESOME!! Thanks!

This is Brayden and his friend Taylor.

The week after that Travis took Brayden to Scout camp. I went and spent a few weeks in Idaho with the rest of the boys. I got to go to reunions and see cousins which was SO fun- of course Bear Lake, and just hang out and be lazy!!

After Scout camp Travis and Brayden came to get us in Idaho. While we were there Brayden decided he wanted to do baptisms for the dead. We thought that was great since we live so far away from a temple. It was a great experience.

Now we're back and not looking forward for summer to be over. We had a great summer but it sure would be nice to have another month.

My Boys

2010-08-16T18:00:00.000-07:00

These are my boys! This is Collin at 1 week. After the kids got home from church. We had to hurry and get some pictures before the church clothes flew off.

2010-06-12T10:57:00.000-07:00

Whoopsy- I downloaded the pictures backwards. So we will go backwards.

The day after we got home was Travis's birthday so here we all are celebrating his 35th birthday. Thanks to my mom he got a birthday cake and a little party! Thanks mom!!

This is all of us a little while after Collin was born.

Grandma got there just in time to see him be born.

All 6 boys!

It's official! Draper Eight!

2010-06-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

Lyle Collin Draper decided to finally come yesterday at 8:51am. We are so excited he's here. 9lbs 6oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Looks just like the rest of his brothers. Pictures coming soon when I figure out how to work my new camera. Need ideas on new name for blog. Taking suggestions.

2010-05-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

So-- we are just heading into the busiest season of the year - where track, soccer, and baseball overlap. This year Dallon started soccer and T-ball so we have 4 playing. Brayden is the only one doing track and Travis is coaching so that helps. Brayden chose not to do soccer which didn't hurt my feelings -it helped with the running around but with him in Scouts its just as busy.
We are also on the countdown of baby #6. 4 weeks left. I keep wanting this baby to come and then I think with all this running around is it easier to carry this baby with my hands free or to be carrying a baby seat. So maybe we can wait..... Hopefully not to long. My other problem is I've lost my battery charger on my camera so I can't download anything and can't take anymore. It's driving me bonkers. Other than that we are all healthy- Treysons doing GREAT!! and we are doing good. Hope the same for all of you. Have a great May!!

What's new!!

2010-03-05T08:07:00.000-08:00

I know it's been awhile since we've updated this. Life really gets busy sometimes. I didn't post Christmas- We missed wrestling season and a couple of Hoop shoot competitions, the PineWood Derby races and Gavin's 2nd birthday. And all the fun in between. But finally it feels like things are slowing down a bit. We recently spent 7 days in the hospital with Treyson. His appendix burst and it has been quite a bummer for him. He had to spend his 7th birthday in the hospital hooked up to an IV being pumped fluids and antibiotics. This is what he looked like most of the week. He really got depressed being in there for a whole week. I tried to post more pictures but its not letting me so we will post more soon. He is doing a whole lot better. He has been to school for 3 days now even though he walks around like a frail old man. He still doesn't have alot of energy or appetite but day by day he is getting better. He is a tough little guy.

Go BYU!!

2009-11-08T21:24:00.000-08:00

Travis took the boys to the BYU-Wyoming game. They had soo much fun! Especially that the outcome was a shut-out!! Of course BYU won- and even though we live in Wyoming now we are still BYU fans. I stayed home with Gavin. So it was just the big boys.

Travis took them down on the field after the game. That was Dallon's favorite part. To run on a BIG football field. When he came home that was the first thing he told me. "The football field was so Awesome mom! It had numbers and big letters!" It was cute! He is very obsessed still with his sports.

Dallon

Treyson

Jaren

Brayden

They loved to see Cosmo the BYU mascot. They tried to get a picture with him. Travis said this is as good as it got because there were so many people. The big boys favorite part was at the end of the game when the BYU players were running off the field. They got down close enough to get Hi-fives from all the BYU players. They were in heaven. Brayden said- I had no idea the players are that big. They look small on T.V.

Travis's favorite part is he gets to come home to Wyoming fans at school now and boast about how good BYU did. Before the game he teased everyone that he hoped Wyoming could even score a touchdown. Yes- I think he will have a good week.

'White October?'

2009-10-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

So just last week we were mowing the lawn, wearing shorts and of course playing ball..... Brayden loves that he is big enough to drive the riding lawnmower. He hooks it up to the wagon and pulls Dallon and Gavin!!

They have a blast!!

THEN.......

Yesterday morning this is what we woke up to. It snowed all night Saturday and all day Sunday. It first was just a really pretty snow that was melting as it touched the ground but by Monday morning this is what we had. So Brayden decided to hook the sled up to the lawnmower and have some fun!

If you look closely the last tree to the left actually has SO much heavy wet snow its tipped over and the roots are out. I think we lost it. I hope not because its really a cool tree.

Typical Wyoming weather. I feel like I just put the coats and boats away!!!

Happy October everyone!

Brayden's new look!

2009-09-30T22:09:00.000-07:00

Brayden got glasses today! He was very excited! We think he's pretty darn cute!

E.I.S.F.

2009-09-27T13:04:00.000-07:00

I can't believe September is almost over. Here is some pictures of the Eastern Idaho State Fair. We usually don't go but had to do some car swapping so we jumped at the chance to go. The fair is our favorite!!

As you can see we wiped Gavin out.

Dallon LOVED feeding the animals.

The boys got to help Grandpa out at the petting zoo. Jaren and Brayden even got to spend the night at the fair. They loved being Grandpas helpers. They got to be pooper scoopers, pick up garbage, and fill up feed cups. It's what I used to do growing up at the fair. It makes a mother proud to see her kids follow in her footstep. I now know what Travis must feel like when he sees his boys out on the football field!! (hehe)

Jaren -Hard at work.....I think sometimes they played more than they worked.

Treyson got to see the animal races and was chosen to hold the flag for his animal. He was in charge of cheering for his little piggy!!

Doing Chores!

2009-09-12T20:25:00.000-07:00

So I had to post this!! Jaren and Treysons job today was to clean the bathroom. I went to check on them and this is what I found. How funny!!

Summer's Gone.....

2009-08-30T13:53:00.000-07:00

Where did the summer go!! I didn't even get a chance to blog.

Here is a recap of our summer.

The boys love to swim in the ditch behind our yard. It's only waist deep but love to get in the raft and make Travis pull them upstream. This is Dallon, Darrick(friend) Gavin and Treyson.

Dallon in his baseball gear! Every game this is Dallon. He usually brings his baseball bag and everything to the field. After the game he has to run the bases and play 'his game'. Yes-the season got VERY long. But it sure was cute.

Brayden made the All-star team which meant we

were able to travel to a few places for some games. This was a little kiddie pool at one of the parks he played at. The boys swam while Brayden and Travis had batting practice.

Jaren had his 9th birthday over the summer!!
THEN.........

The next day Brayden had his 11th birthday!!(very weird to think I have a kid that is 11)

We do a cake for each of them so we are pretty caked out that week!!

Brayden's ALL-STAR tournement! His team took 3rd in state for the 9-10 year olds. He pitched this year and played catcher!

We all got shirts with the #7 0n it.

The Draper seven crew!(minus mom)

Brayden earned his Webelos award and also his Arrow of light! We had pack meeting for that month out at our house which made it awesome! We had a campfire and had smores. Way fun!

We went to the Oquir Mountain temple open house with Grandma Draper. It was so beautiful. What a great experience to take the boys through the temple.

After baseball season, Dallon goes directly to the football bin to start us off. Have I mentioned he LOVES to get the full gear on and play 'his game'! Yes-football season has started in the Draper home!

Our garden!! It turned out pretty good. Peas and beans didn't do so well-but everything else did really well!!

Dallon is very proud of his pumpkin!!

So I guess I haven't learned how to delet these photos. So you get to see them again. Sorry.

Well that was our summer! Can't believe it's gone already. Travis is head football coach at the school so we are in for a busy football season. We are already saying 'Can't wait until May' already....

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SUMMER'S HERE!!

2009-05-24T14:21:00.000-07:00

Happy Memorial Day!!

I love that school is finally out. I love having the kids home all day!! It seems like they are growing up so fast.

Just took some fun pictures in the yard. Gavin was not being very coopertive. It was nap time.

Dallon loves picking at his belly button. (Any suggestions on how to stop this habit would be much appreciated.)

Treyson graduated from KINDERGARTEN last week. He looks so big and he is so excited to say he is a 1st grader now!! He received the 'Best Sportsmanship' award in his class. (I don't think it had anything to do with his dad being the A.D. at the school) 'Congraduation' Treyson!! We're proud of you!!

Planting the garden

Gavin loves to be in the middle of the work!! We got him a little wheelbarrow. It's so funny t0 watch him!! He is really growing up. He loves to High-5 and can say 'to slow Joe'.

Planting the garden!

We love planting a garden every year. Sometimes it turns out-sometimes it doesn't. It's just fun and teaches the boys lotsa good stuff!! We love getting our pumpkins for the fall so we'll see how they turn out!! Happy Summer!!

Finishing up the School Year!!!

2009-05-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

We had a great soccer season!! The boys really enjoy it! Brayden after his last game! He was a little frustrated with his season because only 13 kids signed up in his age group. So they would all practice together then play a 30min. scrimmage. He is in such good shape from track he never got tired of running up and down the field-which he did alot with only 6 kids playing on that big field.

Jaren playing his game. He plays all positions and is a good team player. He scored lots of goals this season. His record for 1 game is scoring 10 goals in one game. He is AWESOME!

Trey did such a good job too. At this age they really only do the whole bunch ball thing but it is fun to watch him really get into it!! He is quite the character out on the field. He was on the same team with his best friend Damon so he not only had a good time on the field but off as well. The coach finally had to start putting them in at different times so they would quit messing around on the sideline. And when I say messing around, I mean wrestling. It really looked like they were fighting. The poor coach.

I just thought this picture was cool. I think Brayden took it. What an action shot!

Brayden did a great job with track this year. He holds school records in 4 events!! He participated in the mile-taking 3rd at the conference meet with a time of 6:15. He ran the 800m taking 3rd place, and the 400m in 69sec. His record for the long jump was 12'2 and his 4X1 relay team took 1st place. This is video of his leg of the race. I love it because it shows him taking the lead! He is a speedster!

The last week of soccer and track was the 1st week of baseball so we had a really busy week!

We also had their band and choir concerts at the school the next week. I didn't get any pictures because I ended up with dead batteries-but they all did soo good. Brayden played the tuba and the big drums for his program. And Trey and Jaren had to learn a song in a different language. They did a great job!!

"Quote of the Day"

2009-04-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

"Yup MOM. It's warming down."
Today we woke up to clouds and rain this morning. I told the boys they would probably need jackets today. Treyson always has to test me. So he walked outside to see if he really needed a jacket. He walked back in and said "Yep mom. It's warming down."

PLAYING

2009-04-23T20:42:00.000-07:00

The Stangers came to play!!
Stacie, Matt, Shelbie and Grandma Draper came over to see us. We were soo excited they came! It was along drive but we were so glad they did it! Thanks guys!!
This is Shelbie. She is SO cute! She kept us entertained!!

Matt and Gavin

Brayden and Grandma with Stacie at the bottom-at the soccer games.

Trying to watch the game.

Jaren, Matt, Treyson, Shelbie and Dallon in our treehouse.

Matt is throwing Treyson overboard!

Matt and Treyson

Shelbie and Treyson

Shelbie and Dallon

Treyson, Matt and Shelbie

So Matt invented a new way for the boys to go up the treehouse. We're glad he's so strong-to get all of them up there over and over and over. Matt is our HERO!!

We have video but it is side ways so you'll have to tilt to see it-Sorry.

Our weekend in IDAHO!

2009-04-19T13:42:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend we decided to go to Idaho and visit family. We had a very good time. It was so good to see everyone!!

Danny and Lorilee let us stay at there house after a long drive to get to Idaho! They were so nice to let us crash. Danny even let them shoot some hoops in his driveway!!

Dallon on the go-cart!

After Danny's we hurried over to see Angie, Travis's sister graduate from BYU-I!!
We were so excited for her. CONGRADUATION Angie!!

Here is Bryce, Afton, Angie-the graduate, Lorilee with Halie, Jaren, and Alyssa, Brayden, Dallon, Treyson and Maiya.

Happy Birthday Dallon!!

Dallon celebrated his 4th birthday in Idaho! He was very excited to have his birthday at Grandma and Grandpa's! And to share his birthday with his aunt Destini!!

Here we have Aubrey, Me, Jaren, Brayden, Grandpa McKee, Angie, Destini, Dallon, Kirsten, Peter, Treyson, Gavin, Kylie and Kiara. What a crew!

Destini and Dallon blowing out there candles. Destini had 7 on top and Dallon had 4 on the bottom. Happy Birthday!

On Saturday-(Dallon and Destini's Birthday) My dad took us to the Rodeo!! We love the rodeo. The boys had to bring their Wranglers and cowboy hats and boots to go to the rodeo!

We had a blast. We love the rodeo!! Especially the DNCFR in Pocatello, ID!! Thanks dad! We had a great time!!

Gavin in his Cowboy gittup- We couldn't keep a hat on him. But he loves his boots! Jaren and Travis "Cowboy Brayden"

My dad, Scott and Treyson watching the Rodeo!

Afterwards we rolled down the hill in the parking lot!

Treyson found the McKEE's advertisement inside the arena!

Dallon on Aunt Angies lap.

Gavin's Easter eggs.

We got a double dose of Easter Egg hunts. One Saturday morning at Grandma and Grandpa Drapers and another Sunday afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa McKee. It was a beautiful day. Gavin had a blast finding Easter eggs.

We had a great time in Idaho and thank everyone who let us stay at their houses. There are really alot of us now and know it is a HUGE sacrafice to them. So a BIG THANKS! to you. WE LOVE YOU!

The first games of Soccer season

2009-04-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

Jaren and Treyson had games at the same time. Everytime I went over to watch Trey he was sitting out. So I didn't get any pictures. So this week I will have to. Brayden had his game on Scout night so I couldn't go to his game. His age group has barely enough people playing to just scrimmage a little so it's very frustruating for me. But at least he gets to play!

Jaren's first soccer game. He scored 9 goals! He is loving soccer and glad his games aren't on scout night so he doesn't have to choose!! Me too!!

Soccer season has been very cold and windy. Braydens Thursday game was actually canceled due to the big snow storm that came. We recieved quite a bit in one night!! But by today-Sunday-It is all gone and we have beautiful green grass and all the flowers are starting to come out! YEA! Hopefully spring is here to stay!!

I forgot the camera!

2009-04-05T20:29:00.000-07:00

So I have to confess-I didn't take any pictures this week. My batteries died - and I even brought new batteries with me but ended up forgeting the camera. That is typical life for me.

Something funny that happened last week at church-
I took Gavin out because he had started fussing so I did not hear this, but Travis said Trey and Dallon started quietly fighting (ya right) but Dallon finally just yelled "Buttface" as loud as he could. Oopsy.

Brayden had his first track meet this week. Finished 3rd in the 1600 with a time of 6:30, but was DQ'd for stepping out of his lane while passing someone. He was 2nd in the 800, 6th in Long jump, 3rd in the 400 and his relay team finished 3rd. Not bad for a meet in the snow.
Travis said he was going to take the team to Dairy Queen for all the DQ's they got as a team.

Brayden, Jaren, and Treyson started soccer this week. It has been very cold and snowy so I hope it will warm up before the games start!

Since I don't have recent pictures, I decided to post some old ones I thought were cute of the boys.

This is the many fun things Gavin and Dallon do while the boys are at school.
Dallon can really keep Gavin entertained!

The boys in the back of Dad's truck! Yeehaa!

Space Derby!

2009-03-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we had Cub Scout Space Derby! It was a first for me. The space derbys are really light and fragile. I was very scared for our finished projects in our house but luckily they made it to the derby in one piece. I can't say the same for the ride home, though.

This is our little cub scout! Dallon wears this every Tuesday when we have scouts. He even has the cub scout promise memorized. (In a cute 3yr old kind of way) But better then some of the wolves I have!

Brayden and his space derby! This will probably be his last official cubscout race. How sad. He is getting old! It was a rough race. We were just feeling lucky we didn't break all of our rubberbands.

Jaren and his space derby! Jaren was able to carry the flag in the flag ceremony that night! He did such a good job! By the last race his poor derby was breaking down. He used mine though on his last race. (Yes, I made one too as a leader! Ok-Travis made it for me.)

Kite flying!

2009-03-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

Between snow storms we decided to take advantage of the Wyoming wind and fly some kites in the back yard. We had a couple of really nice days before the snow hit again.

Not quite old enough for kite flying but I'll play ball anytime!

Dallon had a little trouble but loved it when he could just hold the string and watch the kite fly!

Treyson loved kite flying! His kite went so high! We decided to tie somemore string to it. He was so excited!

I got 6th tagged............

2009-03-25T14:00:00.000-07:00

So here it is-my 6th tag. Sorry it took so long Lana-believe it or not I did not have a 6th file until now. This picture has already been used for this blog but its a cute one so you all get to see it again!!

This is of my sister Aubrey and Brayden on the tire swing in our backyard. We had so much fun while they were here. We were so glad they chose to spend there Spring Break weekend with us!
Now I'm supposed to tag 6 more people. Hmmm... I think most of the blogs I read have done this already. So if you haven't done it-YOUR IT!!
Just go to your 6th picture in your 6th file and post about it and then TAG 6 friends to do the same!

Weekend with Grandma and Grandpa McKee

2009-03-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

Grandpa and Grandma Mckee came down for Spring Break and brought Aubrey, Kiara, and Destini!! We were so excited! We had so much fun. We took them up to the Sinks Canyon also. A little cold. But we had a great time!
Some fun shots!

As you can see we wore them out.

Gavin's Slide Ride!

2009-03-15T13:56:00.000-07:00

Our Week!

2009-03-15T13:05:00.000-07:00

Our day at the park!

Playing at the park

"Cowboy Gavin"

View from our back window!

2009-03-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

So after a wonderful week of good weather- It decided to snow all day Sunday and Monday. Dallon asked "Is Santa coming again?". It was such a beautiful snow fall.

Weekend at Sinks Canyon

2009-03-08T14:37:00.001-07:00

Our friends, The Orcutts, who met in Montana, come up from Laramie for a few days! We took them up to Lander to see the Sinks. We had a great time. It was so good to see there family. We hadn't seen their family in years!

They have a Dallon too. He was one of Travis' priest in Glendive, MT. So this is Dallon and Dallon. Dallon loved that there was two Dallons!

It was a beautiful day! We had perfect weather for March!

2009-03-08T14:16:00.000-07:00

Fun family milestones

2009-03-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

*Gavin is 13 months old. He is walking really good. Getting into ALL the cupboards. He has 4 teeth. And this week he has started folding his arms up by his chin during prayer time. It is so cute!

*Dallon is 3 yrs old. He can't wait until baseball season. He loves his #'s and letters. He is glad it is getting warmer so he can go outside and play in his tree house. He can't wait for his birthday next month.

*Treyson is 6 yrs old. He loves Kindergarten. Travis was walking down the school hall with him and some Senior girls said "Hi Treyson!" He just did the bashful thing but then told Travis-"They think I'm sooo cute-don't they." I think we're in trouble.

*Jaren is 8 yrs old. He is in 3rd grade. He is involved scouts and just finished up basketball. He loves P.E. and Math. He is looking forward to baseball season too.

*Brayden is 10 yrs old. He is in 5th grade. He is also in scouts-a Webelo. He just finished wrestling. He is a great missionary. And a good example to his brothers.

Gavin's 1st haircut!

2009-03-01T15:13:00.000-08:00

Gavin had his 1st hair cut yesterday! His hair was so long and white. It was a sad day for me. Like always the 1st haircut is. Travis seems to anticipate it. It was getting a bit long, so I figured it was about time. Travis promised he would leave it longer on top.
Gavin was so cute. He just giggled and laughed while Travis had the clippers. I've never had a boy do that before!
Well, Travis went a little crazy I think. He shaved his whole head! He looks like such a big boy now!

Happy Birthday Treyson!

2009-02-22T20:21:00.000-08:00

Tommorow is Treyson's birthday. He will be 6 years old. He was born in Glendive Montana on the longest and coldest Sunday I remember. I started having major contractions through the night and couldn't sleep. I waited until about 5:30 to get Travis up and we waited another hour before calling our good friends the Rushings to rush over and stay with the boys. My doctors name was Dr. Thomas. He was in our ward.(uncomfortable) I had tested positive for Group B so he wouldn't break my water.(don't ask) That day I learned if the Dr. doesn't break my water we are in for a long labor and delivery. He wasn't born untill after 8:00p.m. He weighed 8lbs 7oz. and was 20 1/2 in. long. I also thought he was going to be a girl. The pregnancy and everything was just different. So when he was a boy, that was a huge surprise. We hadn't thought of any boys names. If you know how Travis and I are about naming our kids, you can imagine this, but worse. It took forever. Nothing fit. One thing that was cute Trey would do is make a 'T' in sign language with his finger. So I finally said I don't care as long as it starts with 'T'. So, If you know Travis he came up with the clever name Treyson. Trey represents the #3 and we added son because he is our 3rd son. I wasn't a fan at first but like names do- they seem to grow with the child. We are so glad Treyson joined our family. We love you Trey!

2009-02-22T19:26:00.001-08:00

"Our family"

2009-02-15T17:17:00.000-08:00

This is our family. Travis, Michelle, Brayden, Jaren, Treyson, Dallon, and Gavin.

I'm still learning how to do all of this. Thanks to Lana we finally got a picture! (Thanks Lana!)

Just a little something funny Treyson said today in primary.....
So, it was ward conference today and the Stake President was in primary giving a little lesson-He was talking about the 4th article of faith and he asked what the 1st principle was. Treyson immediatly raised his hand. (Like he always does) So the Stake President called on him and he answered "We believe!" It was so funny!