10.20.2011

Extra Pictures of Lilly

Just some fun little shots!






Lilly Being Born, April 29th, 2011













I am so bad, I just realized there are no posts about our little squirrel, Lilly. Here are some pictures of when she joined us. It was such a happy day!

Blackfoot Fair 2011

We went to the fair this year with our AMAZING friends, James and Megan Fisher. With their super cute kiddos, Lalayn and Tayden. Lalayn kind of thinks Isaiah is her boyfriend I think, and Tayden and Isaiah are best friends. Tayden also really likes to give Lilly kisses...

While we were there Steve purchased an $8 smoked turkey leg (salivating now), and we shared a elephant ear, or in Idaho you call it a tiger ear. (Idahoans are weird... elephant ear makes so much more sense). The funniest part of the evening was when we started walking to get in, I was having a hard time pushing the double stroller through this sanding part, so Steve decided to "help" me. He broke off entirely one of the front wheels! Good thing Megan had her double stroller. Lilly rode on my chest the whole time and we rotated the other three kids between the two seats. It was way fun and hopefully next year Isaiah will be old enough to ride the rides (technically he was this year but he cried on the carousel once and I was not paying what they were asking for him to cry!)

And Lilly was in a photo contest with our photographer, Paisley Studios! She did not win but when I saw her picture I FREAKED out and some people moved away out of fright. Megan witnessed it!




Barrow Family Reunion 2011, Twin Falls Hot Springs

So this year was Jon and Natalie's turns to do the family reunion. (August 2011) We went to a Hot Springs in Twin Falls, ID. It was a really nice pool! To add to that there was never more than 6 other people in the pool! Sue and Dayle got a campsite right next to it so we just hung out and ate and talked. What better kind of a day? Although I did not take many pictures, here are a few to look at of the kids!

And might I add that Chad rode with me and we got lost for a total of about 30 minutes. He refused to let me stop for directions!






Isaiah's Gnome Costume

Isaiah's first Halloween was last year and he was only 9 months old. He was not doing any trick or treating obviously so we did not buy a fancy costume. He was a cute little baseball player, it was a fun sleeper outfit. He peed through it 2 hours after we put it on him.

This year he will somewhat understand that there will be fun to be had, but probably will flip about some costumes he sees. But we decided last year that it would be so cute if he was a little garden gnome! And no, it had nothing to do with the movie Gnomeo and Juliet. But I only found one costume online and it was so ugly! So I decided to put one together. It will be NOTHING fancy by any stretch of the imagination but it will be cute.

He is going to wear gray sweat pants and a cute long sleeve royal blue shirt. This was based on one of my favorite cartoons growing up called "David the Gnome" on Nick Jr.


But the hat was my project. I am not a crafter by any means but this was easy! Because I used Super Glue, oh yeah. I bought a foam birthday hat from the craft store and some red felt. I cut the felt to fit and super glued it on, since this hat will totally be used after Halloween, kidding. I then took some blue felt and "patched" it on the hat and it is so cute! Even with the price of the shirt of $4, total for the costume is $5.50. Not bad.

I had red felt strands glued to my hands for a couple of days though... but my kid is cute!

10.03.2011

Steve's TV Fishing Trip

So a couple of months ago I heard yelling at the television, "I won a fishing trip!!! I won!!!" Of course I said he didn't because he is really good at getting me going, like the time he said we won $25,000. He proceeded to show me his name on the TV. 


It is with the local outdoor show, Jared Scott Outdoors. Steve watches it religiously every week and I would have to say I enjoy it to. It highlights outdoor activities, hunting and fishing in Southeast Idaho. He won a Sturgeon fishing trip in Twin Falls for a day that included a guest to go with him. He picked his father, a great bonding experience. Steve was so excited I could have totaled our car and he would still be in a good mood. It is hard to get a Sturgeon tag and plus the guided trip he went on for two people is $575. 

 Here is Steve's fish, over 60 years old, over 6 feet long and 170 pounds!

So on October 1st, Steve and Dayle went out and it was a great day! It was not too hot or too cold and they each caught a Sturgeon. Steve said it was a little scary trying to catch something that was over 150 pounds with only a 60 pound line but he said it was amazing. Thank you Jared Scott!

 Here is Dayle and his fish. Don't remember how big it was, but it was just a little smaller than Steve's.





Nothing like a good day fishing for a couple of guys! Glad you two had a blast!

10.01.2011

Zucchini Muffin Overload!

So as of late I have become proud to say I am becoming a good, pretty decent, cook. (Hold the are you kiddings, I am serious). I recently found an amazing recipe for Zucchini Bread Muffins and fell in love!

So when I ran out of it, I asked my parents for some. My father was admitted to EIRMC this last Monday, but he said that he had picked a pile for me and left it in his garden. So I went to get it and there was about 20 POUNDS! I figured I could make a ton of muffins from this and was a wee bit excited.



I started with the largest Zucchini and when I was done sending this giant beast through the food processor I realized that there was a good problem. This one Zucchini made my recipe by 4 times! I had to pull out the punch bowl to mix it all because I did it in two batches but confused a few of the measurements. To make sure it turned out right I had to mix it all together. 12 cups of grated Zucchini later, I have muffins! I took about 20 to my parents house, some plain with white chocolate chips, some with craisins, and a loaf of raisen and nut for my father.

I had to put some in a ziplock and store in the fridge to finishing cooking later because my brother Joe and sister Kim came over from Washington to visiit with my father being in the hospital.



They discovered he has horribly high blood pressure but really that was it. They took him off of a ton of medication and he feels the best he has in months. It did scare me a lot though, and as Steve put it, "It feels like Superman is dying to you". And that is exactly what it was like. But I am grateful he feels so much better now and has energy to do more.

Especially since Isaiah loves him so much because they love to play!