Raising Kids....

Sometimes I think maybe I should have a career or get a full time job to help support our family.  Then I pray and think a little and realize I am right where I need to be. :)

Wyoming Elk Hunt 2012

Derk got an Elk Tag in Wyoming this year and decided to take his favorite son along for the ride. :)   They were gone for about a week and as always had so much fun.  Rory's comment on his dad's bull, "58 years old and still getting it done at 638 yards! Great job dad! Thanks for all the great memories!"  I'm so glad they had a great time and hope they get to go on many more hunts together!

Look who's 2!

I just got Kinlee's 2 year old pictures back.  Here are just a few of her adorable pictures:

School Pictures...

Sept. 2012     2nd Grade

Sept. 2012      1st Grade

It's All About...

For Family Night last night we colored these posters I had left over from preschool.  After we colored them each of us stood and told about our poster.  It was really fun to see what everyone had put so I wanted to share it on my blog. I didn't make any changes, everything is spelled exactly how the kids spelled it.

It's All About...
Rory Von Bradley
I am 30 years old!
I live in Dub Town!
I want to be a deputy sheriff when I grow up!
My friends are Mom, Hyrum, Barn, Fat, Connor, Kadee, & Kinlee
My pets are Raider, Turkey's, and Bunnies
My Favorite color is blue
My Favorite book is Eastman's Hunting Journal
My Favorite food is Steak & Seafood

It's All About...
Sarah Jo
I am 30 years old!
I live in purgatory :-)
I want to be a mom/secretary when I grow up!
My pets are Snickers (our kitty), Raider (our dog), and our turkey's
My Favorite color is purple
My Favorite book is too many to name!
My Favorite food is Cowboy Club steak, fries, & salad




















It's All About...
Connor
I am 8 years old!
I live in Wellington
I want to be a Broncos player when I grow up!
My friends are Chet, Chanse, Gavin, Dad, Mom, Coal
My Favorite pet is Jingle (Mrs. Judd's class pet, it's a rat)
My Favorite color is blue & orange
My Favorite book is Diary of a Whiney Kid
My Favorite food is samwich & chickin nuggets





















It's All About...
Kadence Bradley 6
I am 6 years old!
I live in Wellington
I want to be a nurse when I grow up!
My friends are Kashley, mom, Kinlee, mom, Dallin
My Favorite pet is bunny
My Favorite color is pink
My Favorite book is Noby listen too Andrew
My Favorite food is pizza





















It's All About...  ( I asked Kinlee and wrote down her answers for her)
Ninee
I am 2 years old!
I live in you house
I want to be a Kaydree's house when I grow up!
My friends are Kaydree, Lexie
My Favorite pet is Raider
My Favorite color is bread, pink
My Favorite book is David
My Favorite food is samich

A little bragging...

So.... here are some fun things my cute kiddos have been up to:

The girls got bunk beds so Kin finally went from a crib mattress on the floor (she kept climbing out of her crib so that was my solution) to a big girl bed on the bottom bed of the bunk.  She looks so cute in her bed, but don't let her fool you... she sleeps with me every night!  I always SWORE I would never have a kid that slept in my bed and now look at me, a sucker for that little girl.  She sleeps with me and Rory has to sleep on the couch!!  That girl is soooo busy.  She keeps me on my toes.  She runs circles around the rest of us and talks like crazy.  I just had her 2 year old pictures taken and I can't believe she's 2!

Kad danced for 3 years and decided this year she wanted to try something new.  She is doing all-around gymnastics and is loving it.  Our tramp broke, so she keeps telling her dad he needs to get her a new one so she can practice at home.  She is our busy child.  She wants to do everything and I told her as long as she does well in school we will let her do as much as she can handle.  We had SEP's last week and she is doing great!  Her teacher is very impressed with her and said she is "soaring" academically.  So....we are letting her do a few activities this year.  Besides gymnastics she has started taking piano lessons and is in an after school choir.  I love it.  She comes home and practices piano and singing at the same time.  It really is too cute.  She is still doing girl scouts twice a month, so she really is a busy little bee.  I hope we can keep up with this girl and all her activities, I love that she is so excited about life and she is a busy body just like her mama.

Con is the BEST kid.  He really is so good.  He always helps me around the house and is doing AMAZING in school.  Not to brag (ok, I'm bragging) but this little 2nd grader is reading at a 4th grade level.  He loves to learn and is always eager to please his teacher.  Right now his obsession is football, so we eat, breathe, and sleep football.  He had a game tonight and is a blast to watch.  He got a touch down and stood in the end zone and did his own little touch down dance, he works so hard at sports, but loves every minute of it.  He is also doing scouts and is always working on his scout book.  He loves working on it and his Faith in God book, I think he'll probably be done with both long before he needs to be.  He is my over achiever and sometimes I have to remind him to slow down... He adores his daddy and I hope that never changes.

I am so grateful for my blessings.  I have great kids, a wonderful husband, fabulous in-laws, and an amazing family, I honestly could not ask for more.

Kin in her big girl bed!

Practicing piano in her gymnastics clothes

Football star!

Busy, busy, busy

I have really neglected my blog.  I feel really bad about it too, because this is my little journal of our family and I feel like I have totally dropped the ball.  I took on the overwhelming task of PTA President and have not stopped running since.  Between helping Rory with Wellington Rec, being 2nd counselor in Young Women's, PTA President, cleaning house, and most importantly being a mom, I feel like I never have time to rest, let alone update my blog.  I feel like everything I'm doing is super important, but I don't want my kids to feel like what I'm doing is more important than them.  I really try hard to sit down with them at homework time, read with them, walk with them, pray with them, and show them how much I love them.  After all, without them, none of this other stuff would even matter.  So if my blog is somewhat bare for the next 2 years I hope I will still make time to post things about my kids and life.  Wish me luck!  My favorite Ecards of the week:

This is how my kids really feel :)

This is the story of my life while at work!