Cordell turns 8!!!

Jess got Cordell his own set of golf clubs!! He got them in June and HAD to give them to Cordell then so he could take him out golfing.



Opening his present on his birthday!



He got a math book and gummy bears from Mom!! These are the presents he picked out to give his friends for their birthday, so I decided to get him some too!!



Cordell with the cake his dad made him!!



Blowing out the candles!!



Now I have to tell a funny story about the cake. (If Jess gets on here and sees this, he will probably shoot me, but oh well)!! So, about 5 years ago Jess decided to make me a cake for my birthday. He put cherry pie filling in it, and made it in a bundt pan. After the cake got done baking, he realized that he couldn't take it off the bundt pan, or it would be ruined, so he just put it on a cookie sheet and decorated around the thing sticking up in the middle. I thought it was funny so I snapped a picture. Well, my husband accuses me of having a bad memory, but it seems he has one too, because he forgot all about this experience and tried it again!!! Well, of course, he had the same problem, and I reminded him of the first time it happened and he didn't believe me. Good thing I had proof!! So, this time he decided to try to put it on a plate, cover up the cherries leaking out the bottom with whoppers and cover up the thing sticking up the middle with a candle!! He declared it a masterpiece!! Jennifer said the cake looked so cool and tasted so good, she wanted the same cake for her birthday!!!, without the whoppers since she doesn't like whoppers. When I asked Cordell what kind of cake he wanted he said chocolate and I want to decorate it myself, and I said, go ahead!! He wanted to draw trains on it, so we found these cake decorator pens for him to use, and he went to town. We decided next time we use them, we need to use white frosting, it didn't work too well on the chocolate frosting!! So, here's the final product!!



And a picture of the cake so you can see the thing sticking up in the middle



And finally the first cake that he made for me. Here's the proof!!



I have something new I want to start!! On my kids’ birthday I want to write how old they are turning, that many things I like most about them. So, this year, I will write 8 things I like most about Cordell, 5 things I like most about Landon, 2 things I like most about Camille, and for Jennifer I will have to wait until next year, and then I will write 7 things I like most about her. Then every year on their birthday, I want to add one more thing. That way, however old they are, I will have that many things I like about them, and hopefully as they get older, I can think of more things. Ha Ha!!

8 things I like about Cordell
1. He is a good big brother (he is very good to share).
2. He does his best at school
3. He is gaining a testimony
4. He likes to take charge of people and things
5. He is a good swimmer
6. He makes friends easily
7. He usually obeys when I ask him to do something
8. He is a good reader

Next post: Cordell's baptism and his first pack meeting

Landon learned how to ride a bike!!

After months of trying to make him learn, he just picked up his bike and took off by himself!! We didn't even help him get started!! By the end of the day, he was ready to go for a bike ride on his own bike!! He was so excited!!



Camille likes to do anything the other kids do, so she always has to wear a helmet when she rides her little tricycle. She's probably glad Landon learned how to ride a bike so he doesn't steal her trike all the time since we took the training wheels off his bike!!



The landlord brought in more dirt and added quite a bit more to the dirt pile, that made it even more fun for the kids!!

FHE on the tramp

We couldn't set up our tramp at our house in Middleton after the fire, so it sat in a box in our garage for 2 1/2 years. So, the kids were so excited to be able to set it up at our rental house. They wanted to do everything outside on the tramp. They even convinced Jess to do FHE out there one night.



Here is Camille doing her "trick"


All the kids enjoying the tramp

Summer vacation

We have had a fun summer so far. Unfortunately, I usually forget to take pictures, but I did manage to snap a few.

The Mills came to visit Memorial Day Weekend and we had a blast. By the end, Camille had warmed up enough to actually let Lynsie hold her, but only for a piece of licorice (she is quite the mama's and dada's girl).



We went with them on Memorial Day on their way home and stopped at Craters of the Moon. I forgot to take pictures, but since it's so close, we'll probably go back someday. We stopped at the Arco(actually Lost River) cemetery to see Jess's grandpa and grandma Noble's graves. This picture is Camille after eating a chocolate pudding on the way home.


The Mills came back less than 2 weeks later and the guys took off to Island Park to go fishing. The girls stayed with the kids and took them to an inside arcade and playland since it was cold and rainy all weekend!! We got news that weekend that Jeese's uncle John passed away after a 5 year fight with ALS. So, we made plans the next weekend to go through Yellowstone Park on our way to the funeral in Cody.

We bought all the kids Yellowstone hats and told them that whoever left their shoes on all day would get a special treat. I think that was the first time they have all worn their shoes all day without taking them off!!


Cordell is practicing to be a ninja!!


Here is a few scenic pictures.





Cordell wanted to try carrying Camille in the backpack





A guy volunteered to take our picture so I could get in on one!


Old Faithful




We saw 7 bears, but I only got pictures of 4 of them. We saw this black bear right on the side of the road, so I got a few good pictures.
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This grizzly bear was quite a ways away, so this is the best picture I got of her. It is rumored that she had 4 cubs, which has only happened 2 other times in Yellowstone. We only saw 3 cubs, but only got a picture of 2. They are the 2 brown spots you can see a little to the right of her. You might have to take my word on this one!!



Here is a picture of some of Jess's family at his uncle John's funeral. Jess has some good memories of his Uncle John and hunting!!


His Grandpa Barrus and Uncle Chip are both buried pretty close to where Uncle John was buried, so while we were there, I snapped pictures of them





We visited 5 or 6 cemeteries in about 2 weeks! Besides Jess's grandpa and grandma in Arco and the one in Cody with his grandpa and 2 uncles, we visited the Fielding cemetery where my mom and Grandpa Godfrey are buried and the Tremonton cemetery where my grandpa Fuhriman is buried. We found out that Jess's great grandpa Jesse Moses was buried in a cemetery by Blackfoot, so we did some research and found out he was buried about 5 miles from our house. This is Jess's mom's grandpa that she named Jesse after. He was also the grandson of Wilford Woodruff. We were telling this to my grandma Fuhriman, and she said her great grandpa was baptized by Wilford Woodruff in Engalnd and then came to join the saints. I turned to Jess and said, "good thing your 3rd great grandpa baptized my 3rd great grandpa so we could get married!!"


The weekend after we got back from the funeral, we headed to Tremonton for a family reunion and to go to Lagoon. We promised our kids that if they did lots of service this year, we would take them to Lagoon with Grandpa Fuhriman and his work party. We had a blast, but I forgot to take my camera!! The next weekend was the 4th of July and our niece Anna got baptized. It was fun for Cordell to see his cousin get baptized a month before he is going to. We went to the fireworks in IF which were awesome, but I forgot to bring my camera again!! The next weekend we headed to Tremonton again for a family reunion. We got to see quite a bit of family between the 2 reunions. Then the next weekend we headed to Boise to finish up some stuff there and visit some friends!! That pretty much brings us up to date. We have had something every weekend this summer, it has been busy but fun. Besides being gone all the time, the kids have enjoyed doing the summer reading program at the library and doing swim team!!

Jennifer lost her first tooth!!

Jennifer's Spring Program

Jennifer's school in Blackfoot had a spring program and even though Jennifer was only there for two weeks, she knew all the songs and sign language as good as the other kids!!


Right after the program we took Jennifer and Camille to get hair cuts. Jennifer wanted hers cut short again, and this was Camille's first haircut and she needed it bad, her hair was wild!!



Landon never wants to be left out of anything, so he had to get one with him in it.