Kaylee jumping Twix

One Saturday Kaylee had watched a movie about a horse learning how to jump, and she got a wild idea to teach Twix how to jump. She found some tires and a piece of wood and made a jump. She started with just leading her over it in a walk, then a trot and after she was good at that she started riding her over it. First she mastered the walk, then a trot and got her jumping it pretty good. She was super excited and did a great job. She would start her clear over at the fence and kick as hard as she could to get her to a trot to jump good. It was super cute!

Not too bad for a little pony!!  :)

Briggs' surgery

Back in May Briggs had to go in for surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids. I took him to the Dr in March for something completely unrelated when they noticed his right tonsil was very enlarged. After a few rounds of antibiotics and seeing an ENT specialist it was decided they needed to be removed and biopsied to rule out any thing serious. We went in early on a Friday morning for the surgery then stayed 1 night so they could observe him and make sure everything went well since he is so young. We went home around noon on Saturday. He did super good and it was good to be able to have Dave there with me and spend time with our little guy.

All ready to be taken back to the OR.

Sorry, these pictures are out of order...

After the surgery, he was pretty sore, trying to get him to eat some yummy slushy.

Didn't take long for him to be back to his normal self.. teasing Dad and biting the spoon and not giving it back after his bites. :)

He LOVED, LOVED, LOVED his time with Dad!!

Being a tease again!

His poor little feet.. all hooked up. He hated them and kept trying to kick them off.

Finally by afternoon he was pretty restless and we went on some walks around the hospital, with IV in place in his foot.

Checking out the fountain.

Couldn't resist myself after a diaper change :)

The nurses were super nice and brought him some crayons and coloring books to keep him entertained.

By night time he was running around and climbing on the furniture, all the while we were chasing him around with his IV bag, trying to not let it get caught on something and ripped out.

Having a few bites of real food.

This was the day after the surgery, doing good at home, catching up on some time with his sister with his new favorite blankie an awesome friend made him and brought over with dinner. THANK YOU!!!

Ready to head back for surgery. He was playing with his dads hat and with the nurses so the scrub nurse went and got him a scrub cap for him to wear. He was pretty much the love of the OR that day. They all loved him. They said they have never seen a kid like him. He never cried. Even when the ornery old anesthesiologist came and took him from us. They had him on the OR table with all these strangers around him and never cried. They gave him the gas and he layed back on them and fell asleep. They were super impressed!

This was right after they brought him out of the OR room. He was a little disoriented and upset until he had his mom and blankies. This was the only time he wanted me. The rest of the whole day and a half stay at the hospital he only wanted dad.

We got the results the following week and everything came back great.He had some cells that showed there had been some infection in there, but they are gone now and he has a clean bill of health, which is a HUGE relief!!  He is such a sweet kid and love him so much!! So glad for all who helped take the other kids so me and dave could be there together for our little man. For peoples thought and prayers and being there for us. We seriously have the best friends and neighbors in the whole world.Thank you!!!

Its official....

It is official, our girls now have middle names legally..  I had been wishing I had given them middle names and Kaylee gave herself hers- telling everyone that she had one , and writing it on all her school work, so I decided to make it legal and stop wishing I did. Its now Kaylee Rae Snyder (my moms middle name is Rae, after her) And Aspen Sue Snyder ( after Daves mom Susan) Glad for my girls to carry on the names of the 2 most amazing women I know!!

Fathers and sons

In May our ward had Fathers and sons so Dave took Caden and Briggs.  They just went up to the basin peice that we always go camping at. It had rained most of the day so he was worried it would be too cold and muddy so they decided to not camp, but just go up for the evening because Dave had to give the fireside. But then the weather cleared and it was really nice so we threw their camping stuff together really quick and they stayed the night. He said the boys had a blast and loved it. Im sure they loved being with just their daddy and sleeping in a tent.  They all slept good and slept in.. when they woke up everyone was gone. no campers in sight. :) Im so glad my kids have such an awesome daddy!!! It was also fun to have a girls night with us at home. I should have taken some pictures, but didnt. We went and played some tennis, then got some treats and stayed up late watching horse movies. Fun night!!

Kaylee's Science project

Back in May Kaylee had to do a science experiment for school. Her and her dad came up with the "Glowing Pickle".  Of course it had to be something cool and  not safe, but I don't complain because I didn't have to do it. :) The science projects are for dad!  What they did was split the electrical cord in half and wrap each end around nails and stick them in opposite sides of a pickle then plug it in. The pickle would then glow and you could see the electricity traveling through it. The pickle would then start smoking and making an awful burnt pickle smell and they thought it was awesome! She just had to be careful the two nails didn't touch, and to get it all set up and back away to plug it in. Well when she was showing the class the teacher didn't read the detailed instructions and plugged the cord in with out Kaylee knowing and she went to stick them in the pickle and the nails got a little close and sparked, scaring her and the class and she dropped them. It would have been funny to see. So she had to explain to the teacher to not plug it in yet to avoid electrocution! She loved it and I'm sure her teacher and class enjoyed the burnt pickle smell all day! Thanks for being such and awesome dad hunny, and getting the 2nd grade class electrocuted!! :-)

Kaylee and dad working on her poster

The glowing pickle

Man, that is so interesting!!

Showing it off at school

Bye, Bye Bee hive.. in the yard atleast

So, as you know we have had 2 bee hives in our hard for going on 3 years. They have been fun and really don't bother us. We liked watching them and seeing them around. Well this spring caden and Briggs got in a brotherly tuff and both ended up right in front of the bee hive fighting over something and both ended up getting stung. Cadens was right on his neck and as I was watching him he was having more of a reaction then normal so I gave him some benadryl and kept and eye on him. He did have a little rash on his stomach, but acted fine. A month or so later we were in Tooele actually trying to catch a wild swarm at a friends house and the kids were off playing and sure enough of all the kids one stung Caden right under his eye. I panicked, because of his last reaction and ran right to the store to get some benadryl within a few minutes then watched him as he started swelling and getting hives over his whole body. I decided to take him to the instacare right away and they confirmed he was having an anaphalactic reaction and it was a really good thing I gave him the benadryl really fast, and they gave him more benadryl and a shot of epi. Awesome! They kept us there for some time then Dave and the other kids came then they sent us to the ER so they could continue to monitor him for a few hrs. Luckily he responded good the the shot and they let us drive him there ourselves instead of the ambulance, one of us just had sit back with him and watch him. We got to the Tooele ER and my sister Jessica is awesome and came and got the other kids so we could just be with Caden, and it was getting late. That was a huge help!! They monitored him for 4-5 hrs then finally released us around 1 AM. He did really good, and was super brave. He didn't even cry with the shots or anything.  His eye was so swollen he couldn't even open it that night or most of the next day. Then it filtered over to his other eye too and he didn't look human for about 4 days. We decided obviously we needed to relocate our hives.. So they are down at my dads farm and I now carry banadryl and an Epi- pen in my purse at all times. He knows that bees are bad for him now and is really scared which is actually good because before he would want to play with them. I'm hoping if he doesn't get stung for a while his body will be able to build immunities to it, I hope anyway, If that's the way it works? I don't know, I'm just a little nervous about the next one and hope were prepared!

Kole, Dave and Jared trying to catch the hive of bees.  It was a little interesting.  :-)

This was the day after or 2 days after. He got stung under his left eye.

This was in the ER, Caden fell asleep with a little teddy bear the hospital gave him.

Good Luck in NM!!!

My kids saying their goodbyes...

The kids headed to compete, minus Kale, he was home, and Kandice isn't competing, shes too old... shes a big High schooler now :)

This is supposed to be their "bring-it" game face.

And yes, they are goofy!!

Not sure what they are doing with their legs... but aren't they gorgeous?!!?

My little sister Alexa, Niece Kaycie, Nephews Dylin, Kole, Kale are in New Mexico this week competing at Nationals for the National Junior high school rodeo Association. Alexa ended up 4th in the state in Goat tying, and 3rh (i think) in Ribbon roping. Dylin won Calf roping and ribbon roping, with Kaycie being his runner. Kaycie barely missed nationals in goats and Kale barely missed Calf roping.  They now have a rifle shooting competition that Alexa, Kole, and Kale all made the top 4 and are competing in Nationals. They all had a great year, and hopefully have an awesome nationals this week.

 Good Luck Kids!!!