Soccer and River fun!

 We had our first day of soccer last Saturday.  

The next few Saturday mornings are booked with soccer games.

 Kimber at her half time snacking on an orange :)

 Such cute kids!  Kimber's jersey is HUGE!

But she knows how to make it look good.

 Time to cheer for Holdyn's game!

 Holdyn did GREAT!  She scored two goals and had a blast!

 That afternoon we drove to the Mimbres river.  It is just inside our Elk unit and we are trying to get to know the area for our hunt.  The girls new favorite place is in the river/mud!

We had a blast....the girls and Millie played in the water and cooled off before we hit some dirt roads scouting out our unit.  Made for a fun Saturday!

Just a little Fishin'

 We had a Labor Day quick fishing trip.  Nothing like a picnic in the back of the truck!

 We caught 10 fish in just under an hour!  Best fishing trip in a long time!

 We took a little walk around the fish hatchery too.  

The girls loved seeing the hundreds of fish swimming around.

We kept the ten fish and we had caught and we had them for dinner....YUM!

The Andrus family visits!

 We were SO LUCKY to have the Andrus family come visit for a couple of nights on their way to move to Texas!  Again, the great cousins are taking a break and sitting with Kimber while she does her vest!  Thanks guys!  It makes it a lot easier for her to do it when the other kids sit with her.

 Nothing like sniffing fingernail polish and getting our nail painting skills on :)

 Never a dull moment with Joel around.

 Grilled Cheeses before church :)

 Four super cute girls ready for church.

 We had a few chicken wishbones that we broke in the evening.

Super fun!

 The winners are Megan, Holdyn and Mason :)  

Make a wish!

One last late night picture before they left for TX early the next morning! 

Thanks for stopping to visit Andrus family!!!

Visit from Grandma Crazy and First days of School

 We had the great opportunity of having Grandma Crazy

come and spend a week with us!  She rode home with us from our trip to UT.

It was so nice to have her help with the kids in the car!  The ride went great!

 We sure loved having her with us and hopefully she had a good time!

I was terribly sick and it was so nice to have her here to help entertain the kids!

The first day she was here I ran with Holdyn to get some new shoes for school and we were at Wal-mart when we were rushed out due to a bomb threat!  AWESOME!  It gets better, I had left the car in the TIRE CENTER at Walmart while we shopped. My front tire was barely holding together...I felt super lucky we made it home from Utah without any problems!  Anyway, we couldn't even leave the parking lot that was being evacuated and filled with cops because our car was inside and they wouldn't let us near the building!   Luckily, Ben was able to get off a few minutes to pick us up and take us home.  It ended up being a false alarm....but still scared the bajeebeez out of Holdyn and myself!  Our cart was full and they came running through telling us to leave everything and get out and away from the store as soon as possible.  Just another random event to keep our lives exciting!

Holdyn started 2nd Grade at Jose Barrios Elementary.  She is loving it so far and we are VERY impressed with the school!  I get to volunteer in her class each Friday for a half hour and teach ASL.  It has been really fun and the kids are really learning fast!

 Kimber's First day of Kindergarten started a week later!  She was also VERY excited!  She jumped out of bed early and got going on her vest so she could be ready to go!

Her teacher, Mrs. Valentine, came for a home visit while Grandma Crazy was here and impressed us all.  Kimber is also loving Jose Barrios and we are having our 504 meeting tomorrow with the School's Principal, nurse, counselor, teacher, PE coach, and a few others on the team.  I have been nervous about sending our little CFer into the school system, but with the people I have met, I have been put at ease.  The schools faculty has been GREAT so far!  Getting her medications and special treatments at school is quite an ordeal, but everyone has been so willing to help and keep an eye out to be sure she has what she needs :)

Cody and I went to pick up the girls after school....as you can see Kimber LOVED it!

Baker Reunion 2013

 We couldn't have been more excited to continue our trip on Beaver Mountain!

The girls absolutely love camping and were not disappointed with the few days

on Big John's Flat!  Kimber doing her vest again with some awesome cousins who stopped what they were doing to sit with her!  We really appreciate it when they come sit and play with her while she has to do her treatments.  It means a LOT!

 Didn't waste a minute to get the marshmallows out and start stuffing our mouths.  

Yep, my girls love  their pajamas too ;)

 Cody loving some 'snuggle in the bed' time.

 Bristol, Cody, and Olivia enjoying some red vines. 

 Cousin Rae Anna pulled out the fingernail polish for the girls'

SO MUCH FUN!

 Bristol was VERY serious about getting her fingers painted just right :)

 Thanks Rae Anna!

 The girls' couldn't get enough of riding the four-wheelers with Grandpa!

 Enjoying the mountains and there were hillsides of BEAUTIFUL flowers!

 Holdyn LOVES Adri!

 Thanks to the Evans' we had glowstick parties each night!

 Loving us some boondoggle!

 CRAFT TIME!  Brenda used her sweet skills and all of the kids at the reunion

made their own little lanterns!

 Loading in the truck to go to the Ice Caves!

 Coloring time at Rae Anna's table!

 Holdyn lost a tooth during dinner one night!  Good thing the tooth fairy knew where to find her!

 Half way up the mountain to find cell service to call and take turns

talking to daddy!

 So much fun in the picture booth!

 We couldn't leave without taking a few wacks at the pinata.

Cody found himself a green lollipop....YUM!

Here the kiddo's are, loaded in the car ready to start the journey home.  We went to Grandma Crazy's, but by the time we got there Holdyn was throwing up and Cody was congested, had Pink eye and miserable :(  I guess getting sick is the price we pay for running ourselves raggid.  Worth it?  DEFINITELY!