Grandpa Bisel

Yesterday was John's Grandpa Bisel's funeral. It was a good funeral. Wyatt was not feeling very well and it was right at his nap time and he was onery!!!! Never before have I ever been so grateful for a nursery. They were a life saver. I put Wyatt in the nursery with Abigail and the funeral was very nice. A big thank you to the ladies in the nursery!!!

Grandpa's funeral was very nice. It was a lot of music and each of his 8 children gave a short tribute. It was very nice. This world is now missing a very good man. But I am sure he is very happy that he has re-united with his dear wife and daughter.

Two down and one to go

Well, we have two weeks down and one to go of off track time. Last week was not the greatest of all weeks. Wyatt started not sleeping at night waking up. Then the fever started and then the goupy nose. I was sure that it was just his teeth coming in because his gums are red and swollen. Then after three nights of no sleep I finally took him to the doctor. He has a double ear infection. Poor guy. Every time he has gotten in new teeth he has gotten and ear infection. Good thing these are the last four teeth to come in.

Halloween!!!

Yah! Halloween came and it went. Everyone is tucked safely in bed so ready to sleep. We started the day at the library where Witch Matilda came and told stories. Then watched movies and then it was finally time to trick or treat. I think this year, I was more excited than the kids. Abigial was a witch, Wyatt was a cow, Joshua was Yoda, and Jacob was Harry Potter. We had fun trick or treating.

First Snow of the Season

My kids prayers are being answered. They have been praying for it to snow for a month. Today luckily there are off track and it snowed!! They promptly put their snow clothes on and began playing in the snow.

Wyatt was not sure what to think of the snow. He liked it, but at the same time he was very cautious.

I am grateful my kids now have something to do while not in school.

Space Derby

Tonight at Pack Meeting was the Space Derby. Jacob had fun making his ship. The first time it flew it didn't go very far, then the second time it flew it took first place. Way to go Jacob (and Dad- because he did most of the work). It was a fun pack meeting. Good job Jacob.

Update on our Family

So it has been a very long time since I posted anything. Nothing of iterest has happended until this weekend. I think we packed a months worth of happenings in.

It all started on Thursday. Abigial's kindegarten class went to the zoo. Wyatt and I went along with her. We had a great time. We saw the baby elephant and the baby giraffe. They were sooooo cute!!



Then on Friday John took the kids all on a date (except Wyatt) and they went and saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They all had a good time. Then I went to our Super Saturday Make up day and painted until 11:00 p.m.

This year we have regional conference and our stake has been invited to go to the conference center. So Saturday morning John went down to the priesthood session and the kids and I went shopping. Then that afternoon we went to the Scarecrow Festival and Thanksgiving Point. I didn't quite know what to expect because the kids got free tickets from school. Wow!! We sure didn't plan enough time to spend there. There was tons of stuff. All kinds of bounce houses, games, food and pony rides.





Abigial waited in line for an hour to ride the pony. She has been waiting for years to ride a pony. This was here dream come true!!!




The kids got to ride these little bike racers as well.

Then after that we took my sister out dinner for her birthday. Her birthday is this coming week.

Today we went down to regional conference. It was so cool for my kids to see the conference center. It was really neat. The Prophet was there. It was so cool. My kids really enjoyed it. I am so proud of Jacob. He took notes and eveything. He is turning into quite the great boy.

After that we booked it up to Kamas and had dinner with Johns parents.

So after all that it is time to sleep ...

General Conference Weekend

This weekend has been a great weekend. My Mom was able to come down this weekend and on Friday we went shopping. Then all my sisters and their families and my mom came to my house for dinner. Then we played games.

On Saturday we watched conference. It was wonderful. Then we did a little bit of winterizing in our backyard.

Sunday we were going to go to John's mom's for dinner and to watch conference but Abigail woke up with a fever and a very sore throat. I took her up to instacare and she has strep throat again!!! So we had to stay home and just have conference with ourselves. It was good.

I am always glad when conference is over because that is a lot of TV watching. I get a little burned out of sitting on the couch that long.

But it was wonderful sessions. A lot to think about and change in our lives.

Happy Birthday Joshua

Joshua has had a birthday. He is now seven. He is so excited to now be working towards getting baptized in a year.

He started his day with present opening. He got some backugans and a motorized erector set. He is liking these. Then he had to go to school. After school he played and got to choose his favorite dinner. We had Cafe Rio Chicken.

Tomorrow he gets to have a birthday party.

Happy Birthday Joshua, We love you!

Labor Day Weekend

So this weekend we went up to visit my Mom in Star Valley. We left Friday night. We got up there around dinner. Then when we were getting ready to go to bed my sister saw the cops chasing someone out her window. We looked and thought how strange for Star Valley. Then we went to bed. Just after I laid down I herd a car shoot past my moms house going I bet around 150 miles an hour. Then there were a lot of police cars and fire engies and ambulances. (Crazy. . . this is SV where the police never have anything like this.) The next day we drove up the canyon and saw where the car stopped and caught on fire. He was heading to the Idaho border to out run the police. Didn't make it. He was about a mile short. I still haven't heard what the police were chasing him for. The chase lasted about 2 hours that I heard and saw. Crazy.

The next day we went over to Greys Lake to the Rodeo. We used to go all the time when I was growing up. We had a dutch oven dinner and then the rodeo. We didn't get to stay too long at the rodeo because Wyatt was being really naughty. But boy, what we did see was crazy as well. The stock was really good this year. One of the guys riding the bucking horse got his hand stuck under the saddle and then his was drug through the arena for about five minutes. The pick up men didn't do a very good job of getting the horse to quit bucking and saving the man. Luckily he walked away. Then we had to leave.

No more excitement after that. Just a peaceful time at my moms.

Jacob's 9th Birthday

Happy Birthday to you Jacob. Yesterday was Jacob's birthday. He had a fabulous day. He thought this was one of his best days yet. We started the day opening presents. He got a science kit and some legos.




Then he had to go to school. After school he played with his new stuff and he got to choose dinner. He chose Hawaiin Haystacks. His favorite. Then we had cake. He loved this day.

First Day of School

So Monday was Jacob's first day of school and Joshua and Abigial both had appointments to meet their teachers. Jacob said his first day was great. He really likes his teacher. Joshua met his teacher and really likes her. His first day of 1st grade is today. We hope he does well. He was so excited last night that he didn't fall asleep until 10:00 p.m. Hopefully he doesn't fall asleep on his desk. Abigail really likes Mrs. Johnson for Kindergarten. She starts next Tuesday.

Here are pictures.

Is Anyone Listening . . .

So today we get home from church and I ask each of the children what did you learn today. I asked Joshua first. This was his reply: "We learned about the state of Palma" Is there a state called palma. What was he learning.

Next I asked Aigail what she learned. Here is her reply: "I learned about the place Santa Clause lives." Hmmm wonder what they really talked about.

Then I asked Jacob. Here is what he said. "I learned about Adom-ondi-Monday." Well, at least his resembles something churchy.

Wonder what they'll learn next week . . .

Bear Lake Camping Trip

So this weekend we went to Bear Lake Camping for John's family reunion. We left Friday morning. We arrive and had lunch with John and then we checked into our campground. The wind was blowing so hard that we didn't put up our tents. We went down to the lake and played in the water. Finally the wind died down a little so everyone went out on the boat. Then the wind picked up again and went Aunt Megan and Uncle Greg took the boat back to the marina to get it out of the water, it was quite the ordeal. Greg and Megan both got swamped swimming after the boat when it got away from them. Quite the ordeal. Finally they got the boat safely out of the water.

The wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally about 9:00 p.m. my kids were begging to go to bed so they could get out of the wind. So we all got into our tent and they fell asleep and the wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally it started raining like a banshee. It was quite the night. At least our tent is good and it kept us dry and did not break. The next morning we woke up and it was about 50 degrees and blowing and raining. We quickly cooked breakfast and then we all hung out in Aunt Kim and Uncle Pauls trailer. Finally afters years of telling John we need a trailer, he finally agrees. After this weekend he said, OK, we need a trailer. YAH!!!!!

After lunch we cleaned up and came home. What a weekend. And to top it all off, I forgot my camera.

Then the icing on the cake. We were all packed and the kids strapped in their seatbelts, and John went to start the car and it didn't start!!!! Someone left the door open and the battery ran down. Luckily Uncle Paul had a battery jumper and we got jumped and off we went without any more incident.

Whew! We are home in our dry warm house.

Utah museum of Natural History

So yesterday was the free day at the Utah Museum of Natural History. We went for Family Home Evening. My kids really enjoyed the museum. It was very interesting. They had a couple of people there doing a little science show. It was very funny. I forgot my camera so no pics. I took one on my cell phone but don't know how to get it off of my phone onto my computer.

Pioneer Weekend

We are so thankful for our Pioneers. The faith and courage that they had to walk across the plains,and settle here is wonderful. I am so thankful.

This weekend has been a crazy one! It all started Thursday night, my kids and John slept out on the trampoline. Then on Friday we woke up and went to Grandma Atkinson's house. We went to the Fiesta Days. They had a car show and booths to look at. Then we went back to Grandma's house for some slip-n-slide fun with some cousins.




After that we wend to the Kamas parade. Much different from the Riverton parade, but still a parade. It was fun. Then Jacob, Abigial and Dad went to the Rodeo with Grandma and Grandpa, while Wyatt, Joshua and I stayed at Grandma's house.

On Saturday was the kids parade. Abigial wanted to be in it. So here she is dressed as a pioneer ready to ride the float.



Here is one of her on the float.



Then we had an Atkinson reunion and met lots of cousins. Wyatt by this point was melting down, so we left and came back to Grandma's house. That night, John and the boys went to the Derby while Wyatt and Abigail and I stayed at Grandma's house. Needless to say, Wyatt and Abigial were so tired they were so naughty!! Grandpa was there and I think we gave him a few more grey hairs with all the cyring! Thanks Grandpa for keeping your cool. We then came home. We arrived home about 11:00 p.m.

Whew! The weekend is over. Now comes the cleanup . . .

Picking Raspberries

So on Saturday John picked some raspberries and we got some big ones. I have never seen a raspberry as big as some of the ones he picked. It was an inch wide and long. Usually raspberries are about 1/4 of an inch or a 1/2 inch. I took some pictures. MMMM we sure have been enjoying our crop of raspberries.

4th of July

Well, this has been a wonderful and busy 4th of July. We went to the parade on Friday night. We decided this year, instead of trying to hurry and eat dinner and get cleaned up and hurry to the parade, we would get some takeout and eat dinner on the sidewalk while waiting for the parade. This worked really well. We sat by the Hutcheons and Laws. This makes it fun for everyone. Everyone has a friend to talk to. My kids just love going to the parade and catching candy. They came home with quite a bit of candy. In the parade the national guard drove a tank down the road. John got some pictures of it.

On Saturday we started the day off with going to our neighborhood bike parade. The kids decorated their bikes and we rode through the neighborhood. It is always fun for my kids. Then one of Joshua's friends got baptized so Joshua and I went to his baptism. What a cool thing to be baptized on the 4th of July.

Afterwards we went to Cowabunga. This is a new water park in Sandy. It is really cool. There was hardly anyone there and it was quite fun. My kids loved it. It is a waterpark for younger families and it was perfect for my kids ages. We didn't get any pictures of this because we didn't take our camera.

Then we went to the Riverton Fireworks. What a great firework show. Riverton does a great job with their fireworks. I thought for sure Wyatt would fall asleep, but he stayed awake for the whole thing. My other kids have all gotten scared during the firework show, but he didn't.

All in all it was a wonderful day.

Then on Sunday we went to church and after church we went up to John's parents house. The kids got to play with some of their cousins. Then Jacob, Joshua and Abigail got to stay and spend a couple of nights with Grandma and Grandpa. They are so excited to be able to stay and play with their grandparents. So I just have Wyatt. It is kind of quiet around here now.

4th of July Carnival

Last night wasthe 4th of July Carnival at Riverton City. My kids had a blast. Jaco went on a few of the "Big kid" rides. He loved the starship, and the sizzler. I went on the sizzler with him and came off very sick!! John went on the Starship with him and then John came off very sick as well. Jacob talked Abigial and Joshua into going on the starship. When Abigial came off she was green and started crying. She did not like that ride.
Here is a picture of Jacob and me on the sizzler and one of Jacob getting off of the starship all woozy.




Here is on of Joshua and Abigail riding a coaster ride and loving it.



We let Wyatt ride the merry-go-round. He loved it. He had to ride three times. He would not get off. He is a carny at heart I think.



It was a fun night. We were glad the the ticketswere only $.50 cents. It was wonderful.

Running through the Sprinkler/Joshua's K-Garten Graduation

So on Saturday we pulled out the sprinkler and Joshua, Abigail and Wyatt ran through it. Jacob was at a birthday party. I was so suprised that Wyatt ran through the sprinkler. He loved it! He was laughing and giggling.






Then today was Joshua's graduation. They made and unusal puppet and then they sang some songs for us. I ran out of room on my memory stick to record very much. Sorry.

Andre Rieu Concert

So for Mother's Day John got me tickets to see Andre Rieu in concert at the USANA Ampitheather. The concert was last night. It was wonderful. If you don't know who Andre Rieu is he is a violin player and he gives wonderful concerts. He is on PBS a lot during their pledge times. It was the best concert I think I have ever been too. We got there and the wind was blowing so we had to wait 20 minutes for the wind to die down. Finally the concert got underway. It was the best two hours. He plays such happy music. If ever you are down and need a pick-me-up, listen to his music and you can't help but smile. The audience kept encoring him. He did about four encores. Then they finally shooed us away. It was amazing. Here is a picture of John and I waiting to the concert to begin. Here are a few video clips of the concert. I just loved it. Thank you John for a wonderful evening.

Neighborhood Carnival

Our YW/YM's put on a carnival for the primary children. There was a balloon toss, fishing pond, face painting, ball toss cake walk, and more. My kids had fun. Here are some pictures.
Here is Abigail getting her face painted.



Here's Jacob doing the cake walk.



Here's Joshua having fun.