The Animal Whisperer

I felt that this post needed it's own section.  Our mini horse, Sophie, has a tendency to get loose and run away.  Even though she has little, mini legs, she is impossible to catch without going to extreme measures (or calling our awesome neighbors, when Tyrel isn't around, to come rope her).  Anyway, she got loose like normal and we were about to try and catch when we saw this.   Our dog Sis had walked out into the grain field and Jaiden for some reason followed her then low and behold, Sophie decided to join them in the grain field.   We decided to sit back and watch what would happen (mostly because Sophie would have bolted if WE went out there), although yelling to Jaiden to GRAB THE ROPE.   Jaiden grabbed the rope and slowly brought Sophie back to us, petting her along the way.  Sophie could have easily escaped but for some reason she just really likes Jaiden.  :)

I think I'm way behind... :)

Yup, I'm really behind on this blog, about 6 months behind.  Oh well, here is a quick catch up. :)

Kiana got hitched and became Mrs. Spencer Parker

 

Sorry Kiana, this is my favorite pic.  I just HAD to post it! But sadly, nobody can see the cowboy boots.   hahaha ;)

Hamer Easter egg hunt





Jaiden loved finding the eggs.  Abby, not so much...




Sorry, pic is sideways...  Anyway, Easter morning in their new Easter dresses.

Abby's clogging recital

 

Flowers Tyrel got for her, she is loving it.  (Sorry, not sure why the picture turned...)

Jaiden wants some attention but Abby is NOT about to let that happen. hehehe



Tyrel's birthday party!  A very small event because he doesn't like to celebrate his birthday, so it was just me and the kids.



Abby's jazz/ballet team

Abby's second dance recital for the year.  The dads escorted the girls out.  :)  (I know, I sound like a crazy mom that is making her 4 year old be involved with EVERYTHING.  I really didn't plan on her taking 2 dance classes and believe me, she won't be doing it again... She did awesome but it is way to much for a little girl.)

Afternoon at Mud Lake.  Ugly name but it CAN be a beautiful place.  :)

I just love this picture

Catching Up

Alright, get ready.  I am catching my blog up from Halloween to almost now.  There are quite a few new posts.  :)

Santa Claus

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus came to the Hamer school concert and I believe that they performed a Christmas miracle.  Abby has been scared of Santa since last year and just flat out wouldn't have anything to do with him but after a lot of coaxing, I finally got her near him!  Santa and Mrs. Claus were done seeing all the kids and just getting ready to go back to the North Pole and right then I finally convinced Abby to at least get close to Santa while I carried her.   She let Mrs. Claus hold her and Santa scooted in close to get the picture but then he talked to Abby a little and now she seems to be okay with him.  I still don't think she will sit on his lap but she says that she does like Santa now!

Jaiden was a little weary too but they had candy and that's all the convincing she needed.  lol

Salt Lake Trip

The kids have never been to Salt Lake during Christmas, so we decided to take them so they could see the lights at Temple Square. I booked our room at the Holiday Inn Express that has a kid size water park in it and the kids LOVED it. We got there kind of late in the evening, so all we did that night was let the kids swim and then went back to the room and ordered pizza. 

The next day we went to the Living Planet Aquarium which I highly recommend.  It was the first time either one of us had been there and it was really neat!
Jaiden with the jellyfish

Octopus

Can't remember what that is...

Stingray

Tyrel touching it.  It's feels really slimy... yuck.

Shark

After the aquarium (and taking a drive to try and get the kids to take a nap... which didn't work)  we went to dinner at the Mayan.   Cool place to eat (not good food though... sorry but it wasn't)

One of the divers. I wish I would have got a picture of them jumping from the high places but I didn't.... 

We ended the evening with walking through Temple Square

The next day we came home but not without going to Cabelas and Smith & Edwards!  A side note, we make look happy and carefree in the above pic (except for Abby) but our trip was filled with tired kids, lots of people, and scary Utah driving... :)  We had fun but it was sure nice to get home to our small town with a small population and a two lane highway.

Getting Our Christmas Tree

The day after Thanksgiving we went and got our Christmas tree.  I don't actually have a picture of our tree but these are the pictures of Tyrel trying to plow through an unplowed road... ya, you can see how it turned out... lol.

:)   He did pick us out a very nice tree though.   Can you believe ALL this snow just the day after Thanksgiving!!  It has been a long time since we have had this much.    CrAzY

Jaidens Birthday

Our little baby, who is growing up so fast, celebrated her 2nd birthday on November 10.

Birthday morning, showing off kitty with blue sucker on her face.  (I don't normally let her eat candy in the morning but I figured it was her birthday, so why not.)

Birthday dinner with the cousins

Hello Kitty cupcakes (yes, I made all of them. 36 to be exact!)

Singing Happy Birthday

Blowing out the candle, er, putting it out with her fingers.... She really did touch it but didn't get burned.

Time for presents

YAY for birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa Reiss

Of course her Dad had to throw in something John Deere