"Wigging" out!

                       The kids had some fun with Grandma Teichert's Halloween wigs this weekend!

Nice Regan, I think I'll preserve this one for your wedding video someday!:)

 

                    I seriously cannot look at this picture without bursting out laughing. This kid has way too pretty of a face, beautiful huge eyes, and eyelashes for a boy!

Why I didn't get a closeup of Jordyn, Janae, and Tana in their costumes is beyond me!  They were pretty darn cute!  It has become tradition that whenever the cousins are together they put on some sort of a play usually depending on what Holiday we are celebrating.  They head downstairs and spend hours writing, planning costumes, rounding up props, and producing their 5 minute play :):)  Actually, last Christmas's play was pretty awesome and was a bit more lengthy, maybe 10 minutes....I really need to share it!

This one of Kaleb is pretty awesome too! 

 Woops, this is Regan's hair..no wig here!  Gotta love this picture of her though!  

We enjoyed a wonderful Conference weekend in Cokeville last weekend with DJ's parents!  We look forward to General Conference for lots of reasons but particularly because it is a week where DJ feels like since we don't have church meetings, we can get away and enjoy!!  Mom always makes it a party at her house and this time was no different. She's bought a Halloween pinata for the kids to do with their cousins and our kids thought they'd died and gone to heaven with the huge selection of candy!  Besides the pinata, we enjoyed relaxing in their comfortable home watching sessions of conference, (wasn't Conference just awesome!), all the cousins putting on a Halloween play for us, yummy food, hair doing party, visits from cousins and Aunts and Uncles, playing with our new nephew, Julius!  Oh man, that baby is just adorable and talk about good natured!  He hardly cried a bit even with all of the kids trying to get a piece of him.  Anyway, it was such an enjoyable weekend and though we probably tired mom and dad right out, we sure enjoyed our time with them!

I'm loving his hair helmet!  Isn't it just adorable? 

Julius with his Daddy, Jonathan!

Morgan, Tana, and Kami....cousins are the best!

Temple to Temple 2012

DJ and I participated in the Temple to Temple Relay race put on by BYU Idaho again this year.  This is DJ's 3rd year and my 2nd and we are addicted!  We've been fortunate enough to land on some pretty good teams in years past so this year when DJ was put in charge of getting our team together we were excited to see how things turned out.  Our team consisted of mainly employees working in DJ's department so we picked the original name of  "Team Academic Support."  Wow, aren't we creative?:)  Our team consisted of 8 runners and each leg had varying distances, ranging from 3-8 miles.  The race starts right across from the beautiful Rexburg Temple and finishes at the beautiful Idaho Falls Temple with the total distance being 37.2 miles!  We ended up finishing 9th overall out of 91 teams and with an overall finish time of 4 hours 53 min.  Yes, we were one whole hour behind the 1st place team:( but the other 7 teams ahead of us were within 15-20 minutes of one another!  Way to go Team Academic Support!

The photo above was taken before the race in front of the Rexburg Temple with our complete team!

The photo below was taken at the end of the race and, no, DJ didn't wear his running clothes underneath is church clothes, and, no, I didn't die and get replaced by a 3 year old and a cute pregnant lady!  That's the dang thing about Saturday's...they are not long enough and there are always way too many things to cram in to the day so we ran our legs of the race and DJ ran home to shower and change for his church meetings and I ran home to make it to Morg's soccer game!  

Mutton Bustin' at it's best

Okay, the title might be a bit of an exaaggeration but darn, we enjoyed watching all the little "mutton buster's  at the Cokeville 24th of July Celebration, especially Kaleb!  He's been begging me to ride a sheep for quite some time so I was crossing my fingers that I'd be able to sign him up, along with Kam and Porter, (because they were begging me as well). Anyway, we raced over to the arena the morning of the rodeo and found that they only had one open spot left--Kaleb was the lucky guy since he's the oldest and Porter and Kamryn were left very sad and bummed with the promise that they would be able to give it a try next year. Anyway, Kaleb was pretty much jumping up and down.  I wasn't sure if he'd keep that excitement when he actually watched all of the other 24 participants take their turn.  But, much to my surprise, he just got more and more excited and could hardly wait to head over to the shoot and get on.  One of my sweet nephew's, Bronson, took Kaleb over and got him all prepared for the big ride :):)  Bronson suited him up in the protective vest and helmet which Kaleb thought was pretty much AWESOME!!  Our nephew, Trevor, was kind enough to snap a ton of pics of Kaleb before, during, and after the ride with his nice camera, so I could take a video of him, which I ended up erasing somehow before Kaleb even got to view it :(  Hate when that happens!! Anyway, the shoot opened and here came Kaleb hugging the sheep around the neck and holding on for dear life, I think he stayed on for approximately 2 seconds but he didn't let go, not even when he started to fall underneath and the sheep went down on top of him.  I thought for sure he'd shed a few tears, but, nope, he got right up and calmly walked away with a little bounce in his step.  Our girls, including the other nieces, were cheering their loudest for him, and after the ride when he came back to the stands, they all crowded around him giving him hugs and high fives like he was a big stud!! It was the cutest thing EVER!!  When we asked him what he thought of riding a sheep he said, "it was AWESOME, can I PLEASE do it next time?" I think the following pics are just as good as a video, thanks to my nephew, Trevor, for sending these to me!

How sweet it is to be loved by you!

The twins had their yearly well child visit (actually, I don't think they've had a check up in about 2 years) but hey, that's how we roll around here!  Anyway, being the mean mom that I am, I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and have them get their school immunizations done at the same time.  I broke the news to them the night before and Porter didn't seem phased by it at all but Kamryn, on the other hand, was worrying and fretting all morning long.  She went around the house telling everyone that the doctor was going to shoot her:)  Oh goodness, it was hilarious but sure didn't sound very good!  When we got to the office and the Dr. asked which one of them would go first, I was surprised when Kami's hand shot up and she went running up to lay on the table.  She hardly made a peep as they "shot her":):)  Porter, on the other hand, started sobbing at the first poke and was pretty darn sad about the whole ordeal.  As soon as he got down from the table, Kamryn quickly came to his rescue and put her arm around his shoulders and said, "here Porter, put your head right here on me, it's okay, you'll be okay."  It was just about the cutest thing I've seen since they were newborns cuddled up together in their crib.  It sounds terrible but I was laughing and just about crying at the same time watching Kamryn try to consol her "Big" brother.   It was a picture moment so I took advantage and I'm sure   Porter will just love these pictures someday of him bawling his eyes out:):)  Wedding video...here we come!

                                                    Before the shots.....

And after.....play by play 

I'm pretty sure I'll remember this moment forever!  One other funny thing to note is when they were born, Porter weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and Kamryn was 5 lbs. 4 oz.  They have consistently stayed 2 lbs apart all these years and now 4 years later, Porter weighs 39 lbs and Kamryn is 37.9 and she's got him in height by 2".  We'll hope these statistics change when they get a little older:):)  

Birthday Girl, Jordyn!

We celebrated Jordyn's 9th Birthday last week and the spoiled little stink pretty much enjoyed a weeks worth of Birthday fun!:):)  We had her family party 2 days before her actual B-Day, she enjoyed packages coming in the mail on her B-Day, I brought in treats to her school class, her teacher from last year brought her a big cookie and surprised her on the playground by silencing everyone with a whistle and then everyone joining in singing Happy Birthday! (how cute is that?) She got to take treats to her clogging class on Thursday, Friday her primary teacher came over with more goodies, and to top it all off, we spent the weekend with DJ's parents where she enjoyed more partying with cousins and fun with grandparents!  Jordyn genuinely loves her Journey Girl doll (Kelsee) probably more than anything else she owns.  She spent   a good hour before her party getting Kelsee all ready for the big moment in hopes that some of her B-Day presents might contain new baby clothes and such:)  Can't you just see the excitement in her face (Jordyn's, that is:)

Continuing the tradition, Jordyn decorated her own cake which she called an "artist" cake.  She wanted several different colors of frosting, sprinkles & lots of candy.  I think she might have eaten a good portion of it before it actually made it on the cake:)   

The finished product!  Colorful, it is!

Jordyn was extra excited because she got to share her special day with her Great Grandma Johnson who's Birthday happens to be one day before Jordyn's!  Jordyn decorated this special candle for Grandma and Grandma gave Jordyn her own drawing pad!  Perfect present for Jordyn!  Pictures like these next 2 are just priceless! 

Morgan spent Sunday afternoon preparing this giant B-Day card for Grandma J.  She went around and asked everyone what things they love and appreciate about Grandma.  DJ was the last to be interviewed and his response summed it all up, "What's not to love!"  We sure love our Grandma Johnson and consider it a great blessing to live in the same town as her so we can see her often!  

Jordyn got 3 new baby doll outfits for Kelsee and she could not have been more excited!  Porter even gave Kelsee a new pair of glasses so she'd be matching with Jord!  

This is another one of my favorite pictures ever!  I love how the 3 of them are so focused on 

Grandma Rose's ever popular, personalized, Birthday card!  

How thankful I am that I have wonderful supportive parents who manage to make it to each of the kids B-Day Parties. It helps that they live only 1/2 hour away!  I'm always sad that we live so far away from DJ's parents that this isn't possible but somehow, every time we head home to Cokeville, they turn our visit in to a big party!!   

G&G Rose surprised Jordyn with her very first set of professional art supplies...a watercolor set, several paintbrushes, First Steps watercolor book, watercolor paper, and a tabletop easel (not pictured because it arrived late)  Jordyn was beyond excited!  She told me she made a goal to read the whole book from cover to cover (all 128 pages) before she began so she's know all of the techniques before beginning.  Well, she did just that.  She spent one afternoon and evening reading each page carefully and pointing out specific things she found interesting.  This girl LOVES anything art and she definetly has a talent for it!

I'm kicking myself for not taking a picture of Jordyn with Grandma and Grandpa Teichert in Cokeville this weekend.  They gave Jordyn a sweet card and a check to go clothes shopping!  Jordyn is a "clothes horse" and loves to shop any chance she gets (which doesn't happen often) so getting her own money to spend is pretty exciting!  A big thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Teichert!

The spread! Art supplies, doll clothes, clothes, headbands, shrink art jewelry making kit, socks, and more!

Jordyn and Mom, Regan took the picture laying down on the floor so it looks a little wacky! 

                                      

Porter getting the "Biggest Squeeze EBER"  from Jordyn after she opened the doll glasses from him! 

Regan and Kaleb enjoying the party! 

DJ, Gram, Morgs, and Kami!   

Porter loving on Grandpa--actually, I think he was all over grandpa like stink on skunk the whole night, jumping, climbing, rubbing his head, head butting him, you name it.  (poor dad)

Pretty Regan! 

The other Birthday girl!  I wish I would've captured the moment where Grandma did her modeling stance! Now that would've been one for the books! 

Morgan and Jordyn 

Grandma and Jordy