Sydnee riding in the Lead Line

Sydnee had so much fun at the Grace fair. She talks so much about riding in the arena and the trophy she got for participating. She is our little cowgirl that loves her horses. She was so cute waving to everyone in the stands and looking like a rodeo queen. We are greatful for these precious moments and for her cousin who she adores.

The new Puppy!

We are trying the puppy thing again. Sydnee is madly in love with her new dog. She has named it Knuckles. We don't know where she got the name but it has stuck. She didn't even want to go to church and leave knuckles behind. We had to sit in the nursing room till she was ready to be a good girl and be reverent. Boy look what this dog has done. We hope this will be a good experience. The puppy has already figured out how to crawl through our fence and bark at the back door. We are in for it!!

Our Summer Fun!

Harvesting

Harvesting the garden

Chase helping his Dad!

He thought this was great fun!

Sydnee helping Aunt Megan blow out her candles!

Sydnee and her best friend Kambri playing the day before they moved.

Eating Popsicle together!


We have spent a couple of days at Grandma and Grandpa Ivie's harvesting their garden. It is so much fun for the kids to get together and to play while we can and freeze the vegetables. Sydnee and Chase love it there. They love the country life and so do we. We look forward to one day moving back to the open.
There is so much going on. I don't know what to say but to post pictures. So that is what will explain a lot. Our friends have just moved away and we spent the last couple of days with them. Sydnee is going to miss her buddy. We seem to make friends and then they move away to bigger and better things. We miss all of you tons.

Oh, the Fun!!

Looking for trouble!!


Helping her dad put together a car they got!!



We have been having so much fun as a family. We stay busy with Chase and Sydnee. Chase is reaching for everything. Sydnee is being horrible. She has started the crying thing for when ever she doesn't get what she wants. It seems like she is really testing us. We have attempted to do the potty training thing and it is not working. We have tried a new potty, candy (bribing), and new pannies. She only wants her diaper and she tells us that or she will say just leave it in there, meaning her diaper. So if any of you have more suggestions please let us know. Sydnee is quite the helper and Chase thinks she is the best. We have been cleaning out and fix -in up and Sydnee loves to be right in the middle of it.
We went to the State fair in Blackfoot and Sydnee thought it was great. Of course being the cowgirl she is she loved the animals and wanted to pet every horse, goat, sheep, and anything that moved. We had fun spending time together and watching Sydnee ride the McKee carts and loving the animals.



I am now 26 and had a great birthday. Thank you to every one that called and wished me a happy birthday!! Court came through once again with a great cake and dinner. I would dare say he almost forgot, but we will let it slide this time. We had fun. Sydnee is way into birthdays. I think she blew out all the candles before I could even get one. She had great fun with it.

Blowing out the candles!

Chase thought the cake was awsome!!

Sydnee wanting to get her hands in it!!

What a Summer!!

We have has such a awesome summer!! It seems like it is coming to a close with Courtney going back to school and the weather getting a bit cooler. However, we are still having some fun. We just recently went camping at the Ivie park. Sydnee and Chase thought that was great fun. We got rained on that evening and Sydnee thought that was the coolest thing ever. I guess it was the thrill to her and her cousins. We were great full that the clouds rolled by so we could all sit around the fire and eat!
I have been busy canning beans. We did 50 bushal and Sydnee and Chase were good sports about helping. Courtney has been back to work sweating in the sun. It has just sunken in that he has to go back to school and I would have to say his feet are dragging a bit. It will be O.K. once he gets back in the swing of things. We are just looking forward to the end of school.

Sydnee is now in the terrible two stage. To get our attention she thinks it is O.K. to hit ya or scream at you. We are sooooo working on this. She has gone potty on the toilet once. I was pumping her full of candy to get her to sit there and reading story after story. She still isn't to interested in the whole potty thing. I guess once is enough. Mom and Dad are ready however to get only one kid in diapers. We are still working on it!! Chase is now sitting up and will only role once and a while. He has been running a fever the past two days but still is happy till night time. Then he just wants to be held. That has taken a toll on his mom. We did figure out that he will sleep longer if we put him on his belly. We are pretty sure he is teething since he is drooling like crazy and stuffing anything in sight into his mouth. Poor kid!! We hope this fever thing ends and he figures out it is alright to sleep in his crib the whole night!! That is our hopes soon!!! Both get along really good. Chase will laugh at Sydnee doing anything which some times isn't so good cause he sometime fuels the fire. I don't know what it is but he thinks she is the funniest. We are all doing well with exception to the fever and hope all of you are in high spirits as well. We want the Ivie family in Memphis to know we are thinking of them. We love you!!