Deer Camp

Deer Camp this year was a complete success! Lots of fun, food, camping and no deer! ;) Grandpa Randy, Uncle Ryon and Uncle Lex took good care of Landon and Preston, while Gavin and the rest of the camp went hiking in the rain. From what I heard, there were lots of bb's shot, many sticks were carved, and a bag of Butterfinger's were consumed. Preston also informed me that Uncle Ryon has everything anyone would ever need while camping. If you need it Ryon has it! (I guess that is a true Eagle Scout for you, right?!)

Gavin brought me back a bouquet of red leaves, it was beautiful. Who needs a dozen roses when you can have red leaves? My favorite. Addie, Carlee and I had a great weekend of shopping with Grandma! I am starting to think that missing Deer Camp might not have been such a bad thing after all.

Fall FHE

A few weeks back I was feeling sorry for myself because I wasn't going to get to go on the Deer Hunt and see the fall leaves. I love bright yellow and red fall leaves! I decided that for FHE we needed to ride to Pine Valley and check them out. Then the boys could go deer hunting and I wouldn't care that I was being left. (I have big issues with being left at home... You know me, can't miss anything!)

The kids didn't have school on that Monday it was their fall break, so we went to town and got Halloween costumes. We also had to get Addie some shoes for her costume, on the way to the shoe store, someone hit us while we were stopped at the stop light. It wasn't very hard and no one was hurt, it just felt like a little bump. Needless to say, we waited for the cop, then waited while he wrote the girl and ticket, then waited while he wrote the report. Waiting, waiting, waiting.  I had all 4 of my kids, and I have to say they were champs. They all sat very still and never really took their eyes off the cop! Good lesson in wearing our seat belt ALL the time. The only problem we had was this delayed our trip to Pine Valley, we didn't get up there until it was almost dark. It turned out okay though, because we got there right about dusk and there were deer everywhere! It was fun to see them, and watch the kids get so excited when they saw them. Pine Valley is a beautiful place. I loved the smell in the air, and beautiful colors all around. Heavenly Father knew what he was doing when he created the changing seasons.

Warrior Fans

Landon is such a lucky boy. This was his cheering section at the football game. He had quite a crew there cheering him on! It is so nice to have a family that supports my kids in all they do.  Thanks everyone, it means a lot! We hope to see you all tomorrow at the big Playoff Game against Dixie! It should be a fun one! :)

Lotion, Lotion, Lotion

Remember when I posted about Sunscreen? Now here is a post about lotion.  Addie decided that her rocking horse was feeling a little dried out, so she applied about 1/2 of a jar of Cetaphil Cream to his fur to keep him moist. It was also all over her too, but I bathed her before I remembered to take a picture.

You are probably wondering where her Mother was during all of this, right? Well, I was out thanking a neighbor for bringing me a much needed dinner, because I had just had a baby 2 weeks earlier. Not to mention that I was already on the verge of having a metal breakdown, because I couldn't get everything done, and my house looked like a tornado had gone through it! Yep, that is when I found my sweet Addie, right after I shut the front door. She was covered in lotion, and I wanted to cry. Instead, I took a picture and now today I can almost laugh about it. I know, give me a few more months or even years and this will be hilarious. Maybe even someday I will want this day back, it will probably be when Addie is gone having little lotion problems of her own.

Swiss Days

 Swiss Days

September 25, 2010

The Reber Family had really been looking forward to Swiss Days this year.  My brother's restored my Grandpa's 10 Wheeler and everyone got to ride on it in the Swiss Days Parade. Such a fun time!

The  best part of this story really isn't the parade. It is the countless hours Lex put into restoring this truck. He was at the shed I can't even imagine how many hours, all I know is almost every time I passed Quail Street (and I pass Quail Street A LOT!) This project gave my Grandpa something good to look forward to, in what has probably been the hardest year of his life. You see, he had knee replacement surgery back in January and then 5 or 6 weeks after the surgery he got infection. After many many months of pain, and agony they finally amputated his leg just above the knee a month before Swiss Days. Thankfully Grandpa made it home before Swiss Days and even rode in the parade, we were all so happy he got to be there.

I am so thankful that my brothers took on this very large project and restored this old truck. I think it made everyone's year better, because it brought our family closer. If it was by visiting at the Shed, or getting texts about the progress, having this common interest drew us together. It also took my Grandpa's mind off of his knee, which was a huge blessing.

After the parade everyone met at Grandma's and had a BBQ. It was a good day and I was so glad I was able to be there even if it was for just a little while.  I had Carlee there and she was just 2 1/2 days old, so we left a little early, but not before we had a few pictures taken in front of that beautiful truck!

Well done Bowler Boys, well done.

Blogging Made Easier

I know lots have asked me how I make the collages for my blog. The bottom line was I use Photoshop and it was to hard to explain to everyone how to create them. Well, now there is an easier way. I still use Photoshop, but I have added the Signature Scrapbooks Plugin and it makes the job so much easier. If you would like to have collages on your blog and don't know where to start, click here and watch this tutorial. Yesterday's post took me a fraction of the time I used to spend! Now isn't that exciting!?

There is also this free collage right below the video, so be sure and download it! I hope this will make everyone's posts a lot easier. I know it has mine.

Happy Blogging!

Carlee Jane

I can't get enough of this little bundle of joy. Here are a few more pictures of us at the hospital.
I stayed an extra night, and by the time Friday morning came I was dressed and packed up by 7:30 am waiting for Gavin to come and get me! It took them a while to get me discharged, but we were home by 11:00 am and I was so glad. There is just something about coming home that is really nice.

 When we got home, I cut off all her tags and gave her a bath. Man, they have a lot of tags on babies these days. She even had her name taped to her leg. I guess I am thankful, because I made it home with the right (and the cutest!) baby! ;)

On Saturday (Sept. 25th) her "billi" (is it with one L or two?) count was high so she had to go under the lights. I had never had a baby under the lights before, so I was traumatized. I cried and cried, but it worked out fine. She had to be in the "suitcase" for two days, but was done after that. We kept getting her blood tested, but finished that up last Friday the 1st. I am happy that is over with, I felt bad getting her blood drawn so many times.

And last but not least, here is a sneak peak of the pictures Bradi took of my sweet baby. Isn't she cute!?

I had to share! 

Isn't it amazing how love grows, I never could of imagined that I had enough love in my heart for more babies after I had Landon and now Carlee is number 4 and my love has grown and grown and I love her just as much as my first. I am so grateful for the blessing of Motherhood and for these sweet little spirits I get the chance to take care of. My life is blessed.