McCall Ice Festival

Last weekend I decided to take the kids to the McCall Ice Festival with my Friend Heather and her little boy. I was very nervous about taking them somewhere by myself where so many people were going to be. Rylan has a history of getting lost, and I just knew that I would probably lose him. I told Heather, to help me keep an eye on him.  We got there and had to walk a ways to get to the festivities. My boys were only interested in the snow. They could have cared less about the ice sculpture or anything else. After a little while I decided it was fruitless to try to look at anything else, and we went back to the car and got their sleds and took them to the sledding hill. They spent the rest of the day sledding. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy watching. Here are a few that I did get.

Ward Conference

Sunday was ward conference. It was a very eventful day for me, thanks to Rylan.   Mike had worked the night before, and was lacking in sleep, so I told him to stay home, and I'd take the kids. We got to church a minute late, and sat in the very front, due to lack of seating. Within 5 minutes Rylan was screaming at the top of his voice. I tried to calm him, but it didn't work, so I grabbed him and headed for the hall. On the way out, he screamed at the top of his voice "Mommy, you're hurting me." I left the other three behind. I got him calmed down, and hurried back inside because I had no idea what the others where up to. Once we sat down, he started screaming again, so once again I made the trek out with him screaming that I was hurting him as we went. We got him under control and went in again. Once again, within minutes he was screaming again. This time I decided we weren't coming back, so I grabbed him and Merek and headed for the hall. We sat outside in the chairs, and an older gentleman sat next to Rylan and calmed him down. After a few minutes he was talking and being rather well behaved. We stayed there for a while, but I was worried about the oldest two, because they were still inside by themselves. After the first speaker, I decided to go in one more time. We sat down, and the second speaker, the stake president, started to speak. After a few minutes he looked at me, and said "Sister Hawkins, I don't mean to embarrass you, but I'd like to tell you a story." I was so embarrassed. He told me a really nice story about himself when he was a rowdy little boy, and then he finished his talk. Luckily Rylan stayed quiet and we didn't have to go out again.  I was so happy when church was over and I could slip out the back door with the kids.  Then on Monday, I received a call from the Stake Relief Society President. She wanted to know if she could come and visit me at my house. She assured me that they visit people randomly, but I'm sure it wasn't so random. She came today, and we had a nice visit, but I sure hope I don't have to relive last Sunday again.

Detail for Corbin's Baptism

BAPTISM POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE.

New Pictures

Boys love to slide around on the ice and falling.

                                                     Snowmobiling. Me attempting to jump.

                                             
                                                     Darin Next to the tree stump he hit

                              Boys having a good time. Tyler and corbin moved up to bigger bikes.

                                                                     Rylan riding(tought himself)

                                

                                                                            Christmas

                                                               Merek's Favorite present.

                                                                   

                                                                    Our Twin Falls trip.

Jon's Work

Rylan

The other day I was loading up the boys to run errands. Rylan ran into the garage and grabbed Tyler's bike. I told him that we had to go, and that he needed to put it back.  He cried no, he wanted to ride bikes. I kind of laughed to myself, as he has never ridden a two wheel bike before, so I watched as he got on and rode off. I was in shock. He rode as if he has ridden many times before. That kid is amazing.

Corbin's Baptism

Unless something changes in the near future, we plan on baptizing Corbin on Jan 1, 2011 @ 5:00 pm. It will be at our stake center, but I don't know where that is at the moment, so more details to come...

Snow Day

Yesterday was our first snow day.  We woke up to over 8 inches on the ground. Since no one had to go anywhere, we got up and went shopping for snowboots. After returning home, Mike and the kids bundled up, and went out to make a snowman.  Tyler made one by himself, but it fell down. Mike, couldn't just make a normal snowman, he made a gigantic snowman. He used a pair of skis to  roll the second section on, but broke them in the process.  He got it together. I was at least a foot or two taller than Mike. The kids had a great time running around and throwing snowballs. At the end of the night Rylan came in the house crying because Corbin had hit him with a snowman. I corrected him and told him it was a snowball. He corrected me saying, "no, it was too big. It was a snowman.".

Notice in the picture that Rylan has no gloves on.  He refuses to wear his gloves. He takes them off immediantly if we make him put them on. He is one stubborn child.

Today while cleaning house today, the boys were watching a movie. I went into the other room, and when I came back Rylan was gone. I asked where Rylan was. From the kitchen I hear him respond, "I'm makeing a pancake for Merek." He was in the kitchen, had turned on the oven, sprayed the pan, and poured the leftover batter from breakfast onto the pan. I helped him turn on the burner and watched as he made a pancake.