Oh Stratton....

So our Stratterbug had to get his final shots for school today. Damon took him because last time he went with me he was kicking ad screaming so bad I could hardly control him. Then when it was done he jumped off the table, ran out the door and was screaming through the halls of the doctors office. So I made Damon take him this time and right before he got the poke Damon have him a little pinch. Stratton said it didn't hurt at all cuz the shotter did a really good job. Makes sense! A person who gives a shot must be a shotter. Then right now we are waiting in line to pick up Dax from kindergarten and Stratton and he asked if he could get out and pet the horse. I told him no but I would roll down the window so he could talk to him. To which he replied "but mom, I don't know how to speak horse".

Boys trip to Lee's ferry!

Damon and the boys went fishing with grandpa bob to Lee's Derry this weekend. They are catching a ton of fish. Daxton can do it al by himself and Stratton can reel them in all by himself. Damon says they are having a great time and crashed out when it was bed time... But not fast enough for Stratton to notice something (he slept with grandpa). "Grandpa bob you have really big ears" ....after a closer look he said "and they've got whiskers in them!" Hahaha.

We've got movement!

Tessa crawled for the first time today thanks to the help of Doo-Doo's orange measuring spoons. Ellie helped by crawling around her in a circle showing her how to do it.

Traveling home from Utah

Our week long girls trip to Utah us officially over. Aunt Joan cooked a great Sunday dinner for us. Then we hit the road. Ellie and Tessa fell asleep holding hands within 2 minutes.

Damon took the boys to church today and Stratton asked him if I was going to be home before the resurrection. Oh it feels good to be missed!!

My what doesn't like this?

It's the first of October and after the boys learned how to swim this summer we can't keep them out of Doo-Doo's pool. Of course they wanted to go swimming today. Mom just laughed and said "ok, let's watch this" because it's freezing. Stratton didn't even test the water, just jumped right in. Daxton danced around a bit and slowly submerged himself 1/2 way and turned around and said "my tally whacker doesn't like this!" Hahaha.

Daxton to Stratton: "I can't wait till you go kindergarten Stratton so we can play on the playground together."

Tessa's first food

We do things a little different in thatcher. Tessa gummed a deer steak for dinner tonight. It was her first real food other than Ellie feeding her ice cream when she was 3 weeks old...which she loved by the way. We'll have to initiate her family as well by giving her a bone to chew on from nammy's Sunday dinners. It absolutely grosses me out but all of my babies have chewed on a Sunday dinner chicken bone before they have teeth. Stratton particularly loved the Sunday chicken bone and still does!!! He'll eat the joint right off. But for now, Tessa loved her deer steak. We went through 3 pieces because she kept wearing them down so much. I think it probably felt really good on her gums because she is starting to teethe. Yum!

Bugs, lizards....oh my!

So I am driving home from nammy's house and Stratton informs me that he lost his grasshopper... In the car!

Damon gets home tonight after being gone on a fire in Washington for 2 weeks. Since he's been gone we lost a lizard in the house, grasshopper in the car, and got 2 new turtles. On a lighter note, I potty trained Ellie, got her to sleep in her big girl bed and re-painted the family room. The things we do to stay sane!!!!