Boyer's Farm

Caden had a field trip this week to Boyer's farm. Dad was out of town so we took lots of pictures for him. We saw lots of farm animals, went through a maze, went on a hay ride, picked a pumpkin, and then had fresh apple cidar (Caden's favorite part). It was so fun to see Caden in action at school. Then to round off the day we spent 6 hours in the hospital, because I slipped on the wet grass and fell down during the field trip. Other than some frequent contractions, everything was fine and they finally let me go home. Caden thinks hospitals are cool because he got to watch 6 straight hours of T.V.

Attack of the Killer Bees

Our home teacher invited a few young families in the ward to come and watch him harvest his honey. What we didn't expect was a scene from a horror show. When he opened the hive the bees got a little upset. It would have been fine but the kids had just picked and started eating some juicy apples from the nearby tree. The aggitated bees started flying everywhere. Mothers and children were screaming. For some crazy reason I kept getting them stuck in my hair. After three bee stings to my head, one on Jared's face, and one unscathed boy we made it into the house. The rest of the harvesting went well (because we did it in the garage). Overall, the image of a primary class activity gone wrong has kept us laughing ever since.

A Few of the Pictures We Were Able to Salvage

This is a picture we took of the Sacred Grove. It was incredible to be able to experience the sights and the feelings first hand.

This is Heidi and Caden in the upstairs of the Smith Log Home. It was here that the Angel Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith.

Here is Caden in training to become one of the Nephite Warriors. The production of the Hill Cumorah Pagent was really incredible. (We even got a chance to hang out with Uncle Jacob)

We're Back!!

So this is our sad story of our recent absence from the world of blogging...

1. First, as you might have noticed our camera picture quality has been steadily declining. We finally decided to invest in a new camera.
2. Second, shortly after we got our new camera we have enjoyed a series of great summer vacations (from the Hill Cumorah, to Niagara Falls, to Oregon, to Utah) and have been saving the pictures to post.
3. Next, after we finished our vacation spree, we loaded our pictures on the computer to prepare to post when our computer went on the fritz. Ahhh!!!
4. Finally, (hundreds of dollars later) we now have a new camera, a new computer, and very few pictures of the last several months and years (as we lost all of our pictures off our hard drive).

Don't worry, even after all these blogging trials, we are back for another attempt.

It's a...

BOY!

We are all very excited to be adding another healthy boy to the mix. Caden won the bet with Mom and now will have a companion for his adventures.

The due date still looks like the end of Oct/beginning of Nov.

I would attach pictures but they are a little rated.

Picnic Anyone?

This was Caden's final day of preschool. They were all invited to bring their Teddy Bears for a class picnic. Caden decided to bring both his Teddy Bears (Apple and Sleddy). Although Caden will miss his school until Fall, Mom is relieved that at least she gets the summer off from trying to get Caden to be up and at em by 9:00 a.m. (He gets his heavy sleeping from her!)

Bobby Flay prepare for a Throwdown

Caden is our own little Chef. His creations range from quite tasty to deadly. After extensive watching of the Food network he decided that he needed his very own chef's hat. Fortunately, Mom caught him as he was attempting to attach the his hat directly to his head using tape and they were able to compromise and add a band.