Mr. & Mrs. Nate Kitty

The Happy Couple!
This is my beautiful cousin Erica and her hubby (Nate Kitty) coming out of the Twin Falls Temple. When they walked out we were all just staring and smiling and Erica said "this is just as awkward as I imagined it would be." I thought it was pretty funny.
The day before the wedding Ammon's Grandma Tingey asked him who's wedding he was going to and he said "Nate Kitty and uh, uh, uh mom what's that girls name?" I thought that was pretty funny too.
Good thing we had 4 boys and 1 girl with no hair because it was a windy beast outside the Temple. I tell ya what my hair was a treat to behold in that wind. I think we did pretty good during this little photo shoot, considering we had 5 kids under the age of 5.

The twins waiting patiently while I got everything packed and ready to go to the wedding. They were watching a movie and holding hands, it was so cute. Sisser didn't seem to amused that I was taking pictures and interrupting the movie.
We had such a good time over the weekend. We got to stay at Granny and Grandpa's house and they went all out to take care of us. Granny is amazing in the kitchen and we were absolutely spoiled, and might I add I gained 7 pounds. She is also very good with the babies and always so willing to take care of them. Thanks Grandpa and Granny for letting us stay with you...we loved it.

UPDATE ON THE KIDDOS

Farm Kids
Sisser's lookin' large and in charge!

Quick, take the pic.

Turtle Power!
Ammon & Deeders having fun playing super hero's
(their favorite thing to do together).



Kellan & Grandma 'Great' Sorenson
Having a good time at Ammon's baseball game.

Little Slugger

(Before)

(After)
Don't take a picture; feed me more food!

(Before)

(After)
He sure looks satisfied!

Speed Demon

Two Speed Demons!
Jeff found out he still has speed...good thing, cause the boy is crazy!
FYI
The twins are 6 months and growing like crazy.

Burklee is 16 lbs. 10 oz.
Kellan is 16 lbs. 4 oz.
Ammon was 16 lbs. 1 oz. at 6 months

Why am I not surprised Burklee out weighs both boys? She eats like me...leading to huge thunder thighs and saddle bags. It's dang cute now....why isn't it cute when we get older?

AUGUST

HUCKLEBERRIES
We started the month picking huckleberries and we ended the month picking hucks. We made sure we had a ton of fun in between.
Ammon having Jeff inspect his berry.
Me and Kellan taking a break.


SUN VALLEY
Ammon's first time on ice skates
The two most popular people in Sun Valley!
Everywhere we went these two munchkins stole the show.

Especially at the pool

Ammon taking a few pointers from his dad.


36 miles later! Doing what we love and loving every mile of it, except for the last 6 miles! Lets just say I was lucky to make it back to the lodge. WOW!



BOATING!
We were able to go boating a bunch in August. It was nice having some cool weather to keep the crowds away. The last few times we went we were about the only ones out there.

Nice photo on my part...but i guess Kurt deserves the glory for the nice show he put on. Notice the lone tree in the background. I just thought it made for a nice photo.

Jeff and Kurt thought it would be fun to play around on two skis.

They were definitely having more fun on two than Kristy and I were.

The babies just relaxing on the beach.

Kris and Ammon playing in the water

Brandon hanging out with the twins
MORE HUCKS

We got to spend some quality time in the mountains picking huckleberries one last time for the season. We ended up bringing home almost 10 quarts. The bad part about that.....

...washing and cleaning all of them.
RANDOM PHOTOS
Ammon and Carv
aka Spider-man and Dash Dash
Carver, Bryson, Ammon & Indie
All the neighbors thought we were having an early Halloween party. I had to explain this is how boys play dress up (super hero style). Indie wanted to be a part of all the fun too so she went for the cookie monster costume...which is probably Jeff's favorite super hero!

Lucky to get all three looking at the camera.

Kellan's shirt is over 30 years old. I love old school stuff!
Well hopefully I will be on the ball a bit more during the month of September so you don't get a picture overload in one post.

BOATING, BOATING & MORE BOATING!!!

Photo courtesy of Ammon. He is pretty good with a camera. I noticed I don't have any pics of him out in the boat but then I realized it's because he always has the camera.
So far so good! We have had the twins out in the boat about seven times and so far they have done pretty well. They spend most of the time sleeping so that makes it nice. I drive the boat, Jeff gets pulled behind and Ammon runs the flag. We have a pretty good system going.

Notice the seagull about to get splashed! Jeff said he planned that...I don't believe him.

4th OF JULY

Each year we spend the 4th of July in Soda. We always have a great time and this year was no exception. Here are some pictures to recap our fun weekend.
Of course we had to start off the weekend with the annual FOAM PARTY!

AMMON'S FIRST RACE!!!
And of course he had to run it sprinter style...he wants to be just like his dad. So here he is sporting his first speed suit. This was given to him by our Fremont Track boys. They all loved to wear speed suits and they thought Ammon needed one at 9 months. Well it came in handy 3 years later. Jeff had to run with him because Ammon is under 6. As you can see he forgot his running shoes. Good thing it was only a 1K.

All three kids were fed up with the photo shoot. Ammon said "I can't hold them up anymore" so he fell back and this is how they all landed.

Ammon taking a break from the water to eat some dinner at Bear Lake.
On our way home from Bear Lake we could see a storm brewing out north. We were trying to beat the storm home but didn't quite make it. We ended up running in the house like a bunch of crazy fools. Once we got in, we all sat by the windows and watched the storm unfold. I love watching storms...I enjoyed the storm more than the fireworks show.

Always happy to be outside. I love it!
All the kids with Grandpa on his favorite toy.

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CAMPING

We just returned from an amazing vacation. We drove to Boise and met up with Ben and Cadence and then headed up to Donnelly, Idaho. This is the cottage we stayed in at Tamarack Ski Resort. We thought we were going camping and then Cadence surprised us with this state of the art tent.

Little Buddies getting ready to go on a hike.

The babies first time wearing swim suits. I must say I had so much fun picking out a suit for Burklee. Kellan was able to wear an old suit of Ammon's. Both of them loved the hot tub.

6 HANDSOME BOYS!
We all went on a hike to explore the resort. We noticed we were about the only people staying there. It was kinda weird being the only people up there, but also kinda nice to have some peace and quiet. The water in the background is Cascade Lake. One day we all ventured down to the shore and the little boys decided they wanted to get in so they stripped down to their underwear and were having so much fun. Jeff got jealous so next thing we know he is stripping down too. Good thing nobody was around.


Taking a break, and taking in the scenery. It was absolutely beautiful.

We went to McCall one afternoon to eat at the Pancake House...which by the way is amazing. After we ate we went to Payette Lake...which by the way is freezing.

The twins basking in the sun at the beach.
We had a great time! My favorite part of the week was Mt. biking and sitting in the hot tub. WAIT...maybe my favorite part was the food. I didn't get a picture of all the great food because I was to busy shoveling it in. I did get some pictures of me and Cadence Mt. biking but because I was shoveling in the food it is not in my best interest to let people see what I look like in biking attire.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFFREY

This year Jeff requested a white cake with white frosting for his birthday. I decided I didn't want to eat a white cake with white frosting so by darn I was going to make something I wanted. I made a chocolate roll, which is a Granny Brown special. It turned out great and I sliced up a piece and got ready to eat and everybody said aren't you going to serve the birthday boy first. So I felt like and idiot and put down my chocolate roll and began to serve him some cake and he said "I think I will have some chocolate roll." Are you kidding me....

After cake and presents we went bowling. Ammon's celebration dance provided us with much entertainment; and by the way he did this each time he bowled.