The Payne Family: 2014

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

So cute

New haircut, fun at the mall, and lazy mornings in Mom and Dad's bed. Man my kids are cute!!

Our Cal Man Cowboy Horse Rider tunred 3 on September 9th. Sadly our little man was sick too. We had a fun birthday party planned but all he wanted was to go to bed and take a nap. :( Poor boy. After his nap he felt a little better so we threw a quick party for him. A few aunts were able to come over and he loved his presents. He got a backhoe which was the favorite gift by far.

Callen is OBSESSED with horses and all things black so of course he wanted a black horse birthday party. This is the cake. He loved it. Everyone else... not so much. All that black frosting tunred your mouth a lovely blackish-purple for about a day. But I had a happy birthday boy so that is all that mattered.

Happy Birthday Callen!!

7 years

This year Casey and I were able to celebrate our anniversary. We have not done anything besides a quick dinner by ourselves since before children (not that I am complaining, I love taking my kiddos with me places). My parents were so great and kept the kids overnight so we could go out of town. Where you ask?? The awesome and exotic... Idaho Falls. Yeah, only 40 minutes away but still awesome to get away. We went up Friday night, and came back Saturday(our actual anniversary) since Callen's birthday was Sunday.

When we got to IF we went out to dessert (at 10pm) at Chili's. It was so nice and so weird to be out that late and not have to share my dessert with 3 little mouths. We stayed at the Shiloh Inn, which we thought was a nice hotel. Thought, not think. This poor hotel has definitely seen better days. Everything is outdated and old looking, the pool was green (no, we didn't get in it), and we don't think they have done anything to maintain the place since they built it. It is so sad because you can see that it has potential to be an awesome hotel. One big plus was the room was huge and it had a balcony that overlooked the greenbelt and IF temple. Ducks were on the river in the morning and it was so nice to sit out there and watch them.

On Saturday, we went to this fun little place and rented n UTV. The guy we rented it from was this funny old man from London. He gave us a tour of the little camping area and had us pick out some awesome helmets. He told us we ahd to wear the helmets off the property but after.... They were so cool though that we ended up wearing them the whole time.

We were suppose to drive it to this really cool river view but we got a bit lost and never made it there. It was still really pretty and fun driving around though. We were even lucky enough to see a bunch of slow elk (cows)!!

First day of Kindergarten

My sweet little Olivia started Kindergarten this year. Her teacher's name is Miss McNew. Kindergarten at Tyhee goes Monday-Thursday all day. She is super excited but a bit nervous. Mom is a bit excited but super nervous. I am going to miss my little Lou Lou all day!!

State Fair

We loved the State Fair so much this year. We loved it so much we went twice! The kids loved to see all the animals, even though the bull kinda scared them and the pigs were stinky (Olivia's words, not mine). It was raining and a bit chilly but still so fun. We were able to go watch the Indian Relay races and they were awesome! It was so muddy and the boys kept sliding off the horses but it was so fun to watch. Those boys put on a good show. Callen was in heaven to watch all those horses. Good entertainment and great food, I guess we are officially fair folk.

Sunday, March 02, 2014

August Roundup

August came and went. Lots of fun, lots of changes but we still had a good time.

We started the month with the ShoBan Indian festival. The kids had more fun than I thought they would and Olivia would have stayed and watched the dancing all night if we had let her. Every time she would see one of the dancers walking around you would think she was seeing a celebrity or something. She would poke me and say "Mom, look!" So cute. I always love to go to the festival, watch some dancing and eat yummy frybread!

We were able to visit Bear Lake and get lots of kisses from Duke, Sugar, and Macy. And I'm sure from Grandma Julie too.

On August 11th Carson had a bit of an accident in Nursery. He decided to take on a door hinge and lost. We ended up taking him into an urgent care because we thought he needed stitches. The doctor was able to kind of glue it and butterfly stitch it together thank goodness. Our crazy Car-Car, I am surprised this is his first big injury.

Who knew one pudding pack could make such a huge mess?!?!

While the kids were at a Primary activity, Carson got some one on one time with Dad at Mckee's. It is always nice to have some time with just one kid. It seems they both enjoyed it.

We savored the last days of summer by playing outside as much as possible and prepared for Miss Olivia to start school in September. I can't believe my little girl is starting Kindergarten soon. So weird.

The biggest change in August was that Casey was called to serve in the Bishopric on August 18th. He is now serving as 2nd Counsler to the Bishop. It has been some adjustment for us but we will be fine. Sunday Sacrament meetings are a bit difficult but luckily the Bishop's wife is amazing a lets us sit with her and her kids every Sunday. I even think the kids are starting to like Marlow better than me! And I KNOW she packs better treats for them than I do.

Carson, Olivia, and Callen on the day Casey was set apart

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Pretty Princesses

We love playdates with Emrie. We try to have one every week. The kids all play so good together and the make the prettiest princesses, yes, even Callen.

Uh Oh Callen!

This little man is kinda a stinker. He knows how to make the best messes. At least powdered sugar cleans up easy....

Happy Birthday Lou Lou dear!!

Our little Lou Lou turned 5 years old on July 20th. I cannot believe she is 5. She is sassy, brilliant, independent, helpful, beautiful and growing up way too fast. She will start Kindergarten in the fall and I know I will cry. My little girl is now my big girl.

We did our first friend party this year. We had it at Randy's Tumbling. A lot of Olivia's friends from church came and of course, Emrie! They ran and ran all over the gym. It was so fun!