IDAHO

June 8-10 we had the extreme pleasure of getting to go spend the weekend at our Aunt Kelli's house. It was a BLAST. We weren't there ten minutes before Dax decided he wanted to try and catch himself some chickens. It was SO FUNNY to watch . I felt bad that I found so much pure pleasure out of watching these poor animals running for their lives from what, I'm sure to them, was one of the scariest things that has ever happened to them!



He caught a few baby chickens. He would have done it all night if we'd have let him!



It took Dubby one pet and he wanted to be catching him some cute chickens himself.



He took off after this one and I KID YOU NOT, he face planted maybe a half an inch away from some horse doo doo. It was so gross! Thankfully it was just a close call but still, just the thought of him landing in poop about killed me.



look at that poor chicken go!





Where did they go?!



The boys LOVED cousin Blake. He and Berklee swam with them and Blake even took them on rides around the yard on the lawn mower. They had so much fun! Whit, Berklee, and Blake were so great and did so much for the boys.



We also got to go to parade, and what would a trip to Idaho without seeing the Courville's be?! So we invited them along and it was a lot of fun. CLLLEEEAAARRRR up until the point where Dubby threw up in the car, luckily mostly landing it in his over stuffed bag of candy. The first thing he said after he got it all out "AWE I puked in my candy!" It was so sad... but after six more times he was feeling a lot better. It was so nice, after he was feeling better Kelli told Kevin and I to go have some us time. It was so nice and VERY much appreciated.


Before heading back to Utah, we wanted to stop and see all of Aunt Kim's new babies. Baby Cow's that is. SO COOL. Those animals love her and she is totally the definition of Bad A! she does some major hard labor and loves it. The boys thought they'd get to ride the tractor... maybe next time ;)


Dubbs looking at one of the poor pregnant Mama cows. I don't know how she was even walking around she was HUGE!



This baby was just learning to walk.





Dax, not so sure he wants to be touched by the baby cow.



We absolutely had a ball and hope we'll get to do it again very soon. :)

Boys... Meet Santa....

The Hill side of the family had their yearly Christmas party last week. It will come as no surprise that Santa came for a quick hello. It was both boys first real meeting with Santa.

Dax was so funny... he knew he wanted to ask Santa about getting a "Kevin" (The movie UP) for Christmas, he just didn't want to sit on his lap... so when it came time to ask for what he wanted... he whispered at first but because he was pretty far from Santa... he ended up having to yell it.
He saw that Santa had a present for him and he really wanted it... but he was VERY hesitant... he stood as far away as possible but reached as far as his little arms could so that he could still get his present.

I was SO MAD because my flash was having a hard time and so my camera missed when Wyatt first sat on Santa's lap... Wyatt just looked up at him and gave the BIGGEST grin ever... it was priceless... hopefully my mind will always remember it because we have no pictures to remember it by... he was just fine though... he thought it was pretty neat...


This is when Santa first walked in...Wyatt just stared...


Dax is in the middle... thinking about how he can get his present without getting too close...











See! Wyatt was A.O.K...





All the kids... minus Dax and Lilly... they are A LOT alike... very strong personalities that do what they want when they want :)


The Hair Family...

Ready...Set... DON'T GO!!!

President Monson said that the only thing constant in life is change. Well, I've tasted a lot of that this year... and for some reason, I'm having an especially hard time with this one...

That certain change is that my baby brother, Camren graduated from high school(as I already reported on) I didn't have too big of a problem with that one... the issue I have is that he is now leaving for S.U.U.... TOMORROW!!! I really don't want him to go!
Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely thrilled for him and the great time he is without a doubt, going to have. It's just sad I guess because time goes by SO fast... I suppose I always thought everything would stay the same and even though time was continually passing, my Gate Gang family would all stay the same. Kael and Cam would always be the little kids of the family (Dad really does still refer to them as the little boys..so I guess he and I are in the same boat ) Let me be embarrassingly real, in my little mind it was totally fine for me to move out, get married, move away, and have kids... but everything else needed to stay the same... for me :) and that crazy little made up thought in my nutty brain is totally messed up now because Cam is leaving and it's causing a major tornado and killing off the happy place that made that belief real... and completely sane... ;)
Obviously it's about time for me to figure out that time is going to keep passing, my brothers will keep moving on and my boys will keep growing and someday, (GASP!) my boys will be leaving for college.....
It seems like yesterday that I was moving out and now I guess it's his time. He'll be putting his papers in before we know it and then he'll be gone for two years and then he'll get married, have kids, and forget about me.....I'm selfish..... but at least I can admit it. :) I can also recognize that I can't take anything for granted with my Gate family or my current family. I'm a lucky girl... and I need to cherish every second I have with each of them...

I love you guys!!!

Have fun Cam... we love you :)




Me and Cam when he was in Primary Children's Hospital...


Cam, Me, and Kael...


RUN FAST....JUMP HIGH....AND ONLY LOOK BACK TO SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME :)

18=26

I remember when me and my brother Trace would be sitting in the very back seat of the Astro Van (or the "toaster" as we liked to call it) and yelling up to our Mom asking "Mom... when Kael is 17 (he is now 19) how old will I be" and "Mom... when Camren graduates... how old will I be..." I distinctly remember her saying "you guys can figure that one out"... after counting with our fingers we came to the numbers of the ever so FAR away ages of 25 and 26... YIKES!!! That is so OLD... I will never be that old......

Well... here we are... Camren's graduation has come and gone and here I sit with one child screaming at me because my attention isn't completely on him and the other asking to watch "the elephant" (Ice Age) for the second time.... :)

Life is good... I'm old... but good....

Camren, we love you and we are SO excited for all that you have ahead of you. For some reason, since your graduation, the "Jack and Diane" song has come to mind... well this part of it...

"Hold on to 16 (or 18 in your case) as long as you can

changes come around real soon make us women and men"

remember this time and make great memories but also look to the future with excitement... you have SO much good that is in your future and SO many people to meet and love :) You've always been the life of the party... never lose that... keep that fun personality it makes you you and it's one of the MANY great things about you!!! Thanks for being such a great brother and especially the great example you are to our boys... you are THE BEST and we LOVE and adore you!!!

Happy Graduation Cammy :)

Dax (and Kevin's) NOT so happy Mother's Day Pictures

OK, so clearly Mom's day has come and gone, but I've been trying to figure out how I could bring that day to life on our blog... you see that day was a good day... however, we had to take some five generation pictures that didn't make Kevin OR Dax happy at all... we got that picture taken care of and after that we got some pictures taken with Nanna... Dax (and Kevin) were pretty tired of saying cheese but we had to give it a try... it wasn't until a few days after that I was going through the pictures and recognized that with every click of the camera, I came away with a pretty hilarious story. When it was happening it wasn't funny at all, we all just wanted to get it over with...I just kept hitting the button in hopes that one of the pictures would hold, if nothing else, a half decent picture to frame... not many of the ones with Nanna are good enough to hang on the wall but made us laugh hard enough that I had to post them... that's what the video above is. I don't know if it's the way D is acting or if it's how Kev goes from REALLY ANNOYED to huge smile in no time at all... either way we get a kick out of it so I hope you do too. It goes a lot slower than I wanted but if you'll just sit tight for a second I think you'll be entertained :) and if not what's a three minutes to waste... the pictures below are what we came away with... enjoy :)

I think Dax is trying to find Daddy's muscle...

Yep, that's right after D got Nanna right in the eye...