AMY'S are AWESOME!

This is Amy Hone. She is our Relief Society President, and I love her. When John and I moved into our current ward, Micah was just a baby. John and Amy Hone(YES, another John and Amy pair) took to Micah like Bees to honey. They immediatley loved her and soon took a liking to the rest of us too. They have been a huge blessing in our lives, and we are so glad to know them. They treat us just like family. It is nice to feel like we have family close by. I tell Amy all the time I wish she were at the same point in life as me so we could hang out all the time. She is a really good friend, or more like an amazing sister. I love her, and will miss her so much when the time comes for us to leave Oregon.

Updated Blog!

This updated website was brought to you, by the veek/farr babysitter-mom. That is what I am being this morning. Which is great because I get to update "my badly needed to be updated blog." I am watching Sierra's kids for her for a few days this month while she is working. She just got her RN degree and is now starting to work a few days a week. They are such great kids that it really isn't too much work. Sierra and I tend to think of it more as coralling. I really love it when the kids are here because they entertain mine so well. I really only have to keep a close eye on Deeken. The other day Ethan said to Noah, "Is your mom an RN too?" Noah's response was, "No, my mom is nothing." It didn't make me feel to cool! When I told John, he said "you should have told them you are a BA."(which I am not) I figured that no matter what I told them nothing was going to be quite as cool as a Nurse, and telling them what BIS stood for wouldn't have helped. Oh well, I guess for now I am just going to have to be satisfied as being Veek/Farr babysitter-mom, The best job in the world.

Wilbergers BIG news!

Brenley is one of the very BEST things that happend to me when I moved to Oregon. We had such a like intrests and tastes, that it was like meeting an old friend again. She was my first real friend here and I appreicate her so much. I probably didn't appreciate her enough while she was here, and then she moved. She now lives in Montana with her husband Bryce. They moved for a new job for him, which started right away, and threw a huge wrench in my plan of them not be able to move until fourth year was over. However, the Lord knew what he was doing, and with this move came a huge blessing. Brenley and Bryce have been married 5 days more than John and I, and have been trying to have a baby since about the time John and I got pregnant with Noah. We have often thought about how nice it would've been to have kids the same ages. Well, that dream probably won't work out, but a new miracle, has emerged. Bryce and Brenley have been chosen by a birth mother to get her baby boy in December. Many, Many prayers have been offered wanting this very blessing to happen, and we could not be more excited for them. I have already started shopping for the little guy. We love you guys, CONGRATS! If you want to check out her blog, the link is on the sidebar!

Nothing like the Cabin!

This our third ward campout living in Oregon, and may be our last. We have a great time, and each year it is somewhere different. The place we went this year was called Champeog Park. It was such a nice big camground, and the kids had tons of fun with their friends. This is one of the first things the kids found. A big fallen over dead tree. They had a blast climbing on it. Micah was a little apprehensive at first. But added a little sass and seemed to do just fine. Posen' on the tree. Micah, Noah, and Morgan! Attack of the Deeken! He is attacking our amzing babysitter/friend, Katelin Minetto. We love it when she is home from college. She awesome with the kids and helps out whenever she can. Noah was a big helper, bringing lots of stuff to the tent. The bugs emerged on our tents as soon as we got them set up. Here, the kids are having fun trying to get them out of the Veek's tent. This is our awesome bishop with Deeken. This is also his tent. Our family has grown out of our tent, and he said we could use his. It was set up before we even got there. He is a good man. We love our Bishop. He has great offspring too. Katelin, the girl I mentioned before in the blog, is his daughter. Micah with John. Nothing like being a daddies girl! I am pretty sure they were sick of me taking pictures. One of the best things about summer, Watermelon. Sierra and Deeken Another great thing about summer, Marshmellows! I don't think that it is golden brown, so it might not be the perfect marshmellow according to Grandma Hyde, but he like it. Micah loving those Marshmellows! I think he liked his first taste of ROASTED marshmellows, he has been chomping the minis for a few weeks now. Micah and Daddy Sierra, Micah and Emily. He was exhausted. But still hanging in there. He is such a good guy! All sitting on Daddies lap---3 hours past bedtime and lookn' it! "Just right for a Micah Moo!" Her words exactly! Bishopric Breakfast, nummy! says Noah Hot Chocolate, one thing that we can replicate from the cabin! Sitting on the dock at the campground. Morgan and Noah just wasting some time with their feet floating in the water. Micah's legs were a little short, but she still enjoyed it. Again with the backpack! Still a happy guy. They all were pretty happy, till the fartigue set in. The only really bad thing about a ward campout....the sleep deprived aftermath.

YOU CAN DO IT!

Noah is no longer a four-wheeln' man! This all happend back around the fourth of July, but I wan't very good at getting pics of it and posting them, so even though this is a shabby pic and It is a little past when he learned I wanted it noted for posterity. He worked really hard to make this happen. You often heard him saying his montra, I can do it, I can do it! He really learned amazingly fast and without to many scraps. We are very proud of him.

Long Time Coming!

When my dad was here for Deeken's blessing, Micah was in this dress and hat. He told me he wanted me to get a picture of her in it and send it to him. Well that has been at least 10 months, I finally thought I would fulfill his request even because Micah is growing out of this dress. So here you go dad, I know it has been a long time coming. I bought this dress, or I should say my mom bought this dress for me long before I knew I was going to have a girl. I really liked it then for some reason. I liked how the hat, the dress, and shoes all matched. She was willing to work with me at first, but as time went on, not so much! Sorry they aren't the best pictures dad. Here is one of the boys for good measure. I love you!

Washington County Fair

We went to the Washington County Fair with the Veeks. I had my camera in the car and didn't try to turn it on until Micah fell asleep on the way there and I wanted to take a picture, but the batteries were dead. I was very sad. But wanted to remember the experiance, so whilst i write about things that happend this year, you can gaze at some of the pics from last year. This year we saw part of a bird show, watched "Dock Dogs"(dogs jumping into water from a dock), Saw the farm animals, (Micah was intrigued by the cow getting milked by a machine, Noah wanted to see more horses), We watched the winning 4H cow get bid on, we ate some way over priced food and caught the end of a magic/comedy show. The hot and ready light was on at Krispy Creams, so we did grab one of those on the way home. All in all it was kind of a crazy trip, but the kids did seem to have some fun. Sierra asked me if we ever go to the fairs in Utah, I said nope. She asked why not, and I didn't have an answer. It really made me think though. On a different note seeing the animals just made John and I hope to one day get some acerage and have those horses, and... well maybe not any other animals, but the horses for sure. So...this is what it was about last year... This is Micah and Mylisa. Too little to ride rides, but still old enough to have fun together. I think Micah was mostly picking on her here, just gearn' up for Deeken. Just Micah in her cute overalls. I think little girls look so cute in overalls. I can't believe how much she has changed in a year. Still got that sass though. This is Mylisa. Who is she? Well if you don't know it is a long story to tell, but she was like a daughter to our friends Bryce and Brenley Wilberger. She needed love and and they needed to give some love and they gave it to each other till Mylisa's mom needed her back. They keep in touch still and always will. This is Noah with two girls from our ward, Brianna and Kennedy. They are both older than him, I think he likes it that way. He got to go on a few rides with them and had a GREAT time! We had fun with the Veeks this year and the Wilbergers last year. Above all doing fun things like this with our friends show that we are home bodies and without great friends who come up with the plan and get us to go with them we would probably not get out much. We love all the wonderful friends we have made here.