Evening of the Arts

Landon participated in Evening of the Arts last week. He drew a picture of himself on Rocky (his favorite horse) gathering cows. I thought it looked great! 

David Archuleta

Last Tuesday Landon, Grandma Gai and I went to the David Archuleta concert at the Dixie Center. We had a fun time, mostly laughing at all the crazy 12 year old girls screaming at the top of their lungs! One thing is for sure that boy can SING! He is amazing. What I liked the most was that I could take my 6 year old boy to his concert and never feel uncomfortable. If Landon wanted to look to him as an "idol" it would be okay, because I think D.A. tries really hard to keep the values that he knows to be true. 
I forgot my camera, so Gavin took this picture of us when we got home. I love Landon and am happy he is willing to try anything, even if is is a concert with his mom and grandma! 

Spring Break

Spring Break came and went.... we did something fun pretty much everyday. We went to the park, Jumping Jax, Pirate Pizza, and the Pool! Jake also had another baseball tournament so we spent sometime at the ball fields. Landon went riding for cows again with his dad, and Preston watched Peter Pan at least 3 or 4 times! We didn't go very far from home, but we had a fun filled week. I think I went on Spring Break too, I didn't do a load of laundry or even really clean our house... it was nice. This last week I caught back up and am glad we are back on a schedule, at least for 8 more weeks! Then it will be SUMMER!! :) 

Its Time....

I think it is time for my blog to go private. I can't give you a specific reason why, its just a gut feeling I have been having lately. If you would like to keep looking at our family blog please leave me your email address and I will send you an invite. Thanks, Lainee 

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Yesterday Grandma Reber turned 83! The boys each made her a card and we rode the bike down to her house to deliver them. While we were there she showed us her new  DVD video camera Grandpa bought her. I turned it on and asked her where the DVD's were so we could start filming. She told me she had already put one in. I said it wasn't showing up. We opened up the camera and she did put something in there it just wasn't a DVD.... it was the plastic cover that is on top of all the DVD's! We all laughed and she said, well no one told me there was a cover! We love you Grandma and are just proud that you dare buy a camera and are willing to learn how to run it! Your the best! 

Later all the adult children and grandchildren that could make it went to Gun Barrel for dinner, there was 16 of us and we had a great night. Happy Birthday Grandma, we look forward to many more! 

Ready for Kindergarten!

Preston had his Kindergarten shots today. He took the 4 needles like a man and never even cried! He is one tuff little boy! For his reward we stopped for a ice cream and Dr Thompson gave him crayons and a coloring book. Score!!  

Home on the Range

This last weekend Landon found a Home On The Range. He helped his Dad, Grandpa Dennis, Uncle Garrett and Kyle push the cows up to another allotment. He had the time of his life! 

He needed a "swish" to keep Rocky going!  

Aubrey, Preston, Addie and I met the cowboys in the afternoon. We followed them the last little bit and Preston even got in on the action. 

Back at the troth we ate lunch and went fishing! ;o) 

This is the fish Uncle Garrett caught for Preston, he named him Timmy! 

Who is the bigger kid?! 

Just Jumping!

Jumping at Grandpa & Grandma's! 

Friday, March 13th 

Ridin' at Grandpa's

Landon decided he wanted to go help his Dad move the cows last weekend. In order to do that he needed to exercise his horse a little. We went to Great Grandpa's last Thursday and he rode Rocky around a little. I think they drove the Golf Cart more than they rode the horse! 

40 LBS of Chicken!

All of the sudden I have had a very strong impression to get my food storage in order. I am not sure if it is the economy that has finally pushed me over the edge or if I am just finally listening to the Prophets council. 

I have been looking at a wonderful blog everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com and this website theideadoor.com. It really has inspired me, I realized food storage does not have to be as expensive and complicated as I am making it.  Then last week Lin's came out with a one day meat sale where boneless skinless chicken was on sale for $1.29 lbs. It was a total smoking deal, so I knew it was time to bottle chicken!

I borrowed a neighbors pressure canner (I wasn't quite ready to take the complete plunge, I thought I better do it once before going out and buying a $200 canner!) and planned on going to Lin's first thing the next morning to buy my chicken. Well, here is where my plan changed, Addie got croup (Satan working against my food storage plan) she was up all night with that awful seal like cough. I didn't end up making it to Lin's in time for the chicken, it was gone pretty quick. Then Gavin swooped in and saved me, (thank you Sysco!) he ordered me chicken tenders (40 LBS of it) that were more money, but totally worth it. When I started bottling all I had to do was slip those tenders in the bottles, add a little salt and then pressure can it. It took me two days of cooking, but I now have 28 bottles of chicken! I will totally do it again, it really was not hard at all. 

The picture above (Hawaiian Haystack's) was the first meal that I made with the chicken. From start to finish this meal took me a total of 20 minutes and that was just because I had to cook the rice. Having bottled chicken in my pantry is now a MUST! 

Kindergarten Champs!

Basketball season has come to a close. It was a lot of fun. I think every boy improved from the first game to the last. Gavin enjoyed being their coach and I think the boys had fun too!  Landon LOVES basketball, during the season their wasn't a day that went by that he wasn't outside shooting at least a couple baskets. He and his dad worked really hard to improve his game, and I watched it work! He is a super little basketball player, but an even better little boy! Landon, I love you more than you can even imagine.  

What a good bunch of boys! Aren't they all so dang cute!? 

The Undefeated Jazz! 

We had a party at Parker's home after the last game, the boys thought they were pretty cool to be able to go swimming in the hot tub with their basketball shorts on! Notice Bo and Pres, they were the "Asst. Coaches" so they had to swim too! It was a great night. 

YUMMY Coconut Milk! ;o)

It seems like every time we have been to Lin's lately Preston has wanted to buy a coconut. He saw a cartoon on TV where they stuck a straw in the coconut and drank the milk, he thought it would be really tasty.  I finally caved and bought one just so I wouldn't have to hear about how yummy coconut milk was. We waited until his Dad got home to drill a hole in it then we poured a little into a cup, to his surprise it didn't taste the best! He spit it right back out. Then he wanted to save some so Landon could taste it when he got home from school... He didn't like it either. :)  I am glad we won't have to be buying these anymore, they are probably my least favorite fruit! 

Dr. Seuss Day

Preston had Dr. Seuss Day at Preschool. He loved wearing his hat. I think the pink kool-aid mustache helps add to the ensemble! Landon had Dr. Seuss Day at Kindergarten also, but I forgot to take a picture. I know, I have been slacking lately! :) 

WHEE!! 

Addie loved swinging for the first time!!