Hyde Happinesses

 Hello All :) it was fun to be able to see some of you this Thanksgiving. Always love the laughs and delicious food with my favorite people. 

We got to go Christmas tree hunting which was quite the adventure 😅 I really wanted there to be snow, so we went after we got some snow here and boooooyyyy was there snow. It came up to our knees and was rather difficult to walk in. So Stetson said absolutely NO to walking in it, and though Oakley tried her very best, she lasted approximately 30 seconds before becoming completely coated in snow and I carried her the rest of the way. Needless to say I got very tired and Cam was the hero and eventually dropped Stetson, Oakley, and I off at some trees so we could take a break and he went searching for the tree. We played Marco Polo and Stetson hasn’t stopped since 😂 anyway, Stetson started to cry and Oakley was shivering up the wazoo, so we started heading back and found a pretty good one on the way! Cam was a champ and cut it down and carried it and Stetson most of the way back! We had to finish the walk without the tree and Cam went back to get it. Stetson promptly passed out cold and we had a quiet drive home. It was awesome! 

Some fun Stetson-isms of late: Cam taught him how to say mayday and in what context. So he was playing with a remote control car the other day and it crashed into the wall and got stuck. He was sitting, slouched on the couch with the remote in his hand, and he just began shouting “maylay!!!” At the top of his lungs. It was pretty funny. Another funny thing happened today at lunch. We made some chicken, and it was ready to eat. Cam called Stetson to come have some chicken, and Stetson just yelled “no bkock!!!” He doesn’t know how to say chicken, so he just makes the sounds and it’s hilarious to me. Last one. In the car, Stetson likes to take off his socks, or as he calls them, “yocks.” Cam asked him to say “sssssssssssocks.” To which Stetson quickly responded “ssssssss-yock.” He’s hilarious. 

Thanksgiving was so fun. We got to have two and both were quite delicious. 

Sledding with grandma and grandpa. Also, tragically he has learned how to say gamma and gampa :( 

Ft. Stetson riding on the tree. He was not amused. 

The aftermath 

Praying during Come Follow Me

Thanksgiving 1.0

Thanksgiving 2.0

Funny story: we went to Love to Cook on Black Friday. They had a play kitchen in the back that Stetson absolutely fell in love with. When we had to go, he was devastated. It was tragic. So on the way home, of course, we were trying to figure out the pros and cons of getting him a kitchen with moving right around the corner and all that. In the end, we decided it wasn’t worth it. The very next day I was looking through instagram stories, and one of my friends posted that they were giving their play kitchen away for $15! I about choked. Anyway. Now we have a play kitchen and I’m not allowed to go anywhere ever again 😂 

Flake Fun

We had a pretty relaxed month with some progress on the acreage.  ( Honestly any name suggestions?)

We thought that the land was in our name until 3 days ago when I got a letter saying that the legal description is wrong and has to be changed before the deed can be acknowledged by the county assessor.  It is already filed with the recorder. So hopefully we can figure out what that is all about since the description on the deed is the same one that was on the last deed. 

We processed a beef at the beginning of the month which was nice for our freezer but semi chaotic with 12 people and 3 dogs running around the house. 

Anyway, we got a little cooking subscription club for the kids and they are loving it.

My father-in-law had a hip replacement a couple of weeks ago so we have been stopping by more often to check on him and keep the wood box filled.  He is doing well and hopefully will be more mobile this week.

We had a nice Thanksgiving and the kids had fun working out how many people needed to sit at which table. 

We spent the rest of our holiday weekend burning branches, scrap wood, "the pit" (a ravine with the scraps of a mobile home and who knows what else) and whatever else we found laying around.  

Before

5 minutes later

After

Hope that you all had great Thanksgiving celebrations.  Love you all.  Can't wait to see you in a few weeks!

Hyde Happinesses

 Hello all :) I hope you’ve been having a lovely November. I’ve been enjoying some of our snow flurries. I’ve decided I quite like the snow. If it’s going to be cold, let there be snow. 

We decorated for Christmas (minus the tree) which was really fun. Stetson especially likes our candles in the window and sings happy birthday and twists them off to blow them😂 it’s pretty adorable. 

We potty trained Stetson! He’s incredible. He’s so smart and caught on so fast. The first few days were rough, but after about the fifth day he really got the hang of it and really doesn’t have too many accidents. I adore him. I’m really grateful that he now tells me when he has to go so I don’t have to creepily watch him all day 😅 

Cam flew to Kentucky to go hunting and talk business. The hunting didn’t go quite as planned, but he still had fun. Stetson and I hung out for the week. Thanks to everyone who answered my many FaceTime calls to keep me sane. Yall are the best. 

Hope you have a great rest of your week!

Still fishing even when it’s cold outside

Emma officially moved out of the country! 

He face planted into the corner of our couch and split his lip open, but as always, he’s our happy guy. 

Flake Fun

 Things are flying along here in Snowflake. Since I last blogged, James turned 4, much to his delight.  We had a low key birthday but he enjoyed it.

We had a delightful visit to Utah and loved seeing those of you that were able to visit. The Pumpkin Walk was really fun.

Back at home we went to the homeschool day at the pumpkin patch which was really fun.  Then we selected and carved some pumpkins with Scott. 

Our library has been closed for 3 weeks and so they are now providing curbside service! Only in a small town! I can call and tell them specific books or topics or just tell them that we need new books.  Then I park outside the library, give them a call to let them know I'm there, and they bring our books out! It was delightful to have Ms. Charlotte come out and say, "we just got this one in and I thought Robin would enjoy it!"

 The weather decided to get cold on Oct 30th so we had a nippy ward trunk or treat but the kids seemed to really enjoy it. 

Rand dressed up as Iron Man. Robin was a princess and James was a construction worker.  They were so bundled up no one could see any part of their costumes but they had fun anyway.

I had a great birthday and got to rake leaves which I have missed surprisingly.   Scott got me a pitchfork which I am putting to good use. The big news of the day was the surprise that Scott arranged. Imagine my shock when my in-laws came over and handed me the deed to the property! Yep, for my 43rd birthday I got 43 acres of land! Yay!!

Hiking with Stetson 

Learning the joy of tangrams

At the pumpkin patch

At the pumpkin walk

Applesauce with Grandpa

Go karting with Henry

Perc testing OUR property!

At the pumpkin patch

Ready for the primary program

Oh, Robin randomly lost her first tooth yesterday!

Yes, Uncle Bruce and Aunt Karen were invited for James' birthday cake and ice cream!

Hyde Happinesses

 Life has been fun lately. The weather has turned cold suddenly, but I like it!  There is snow on the mountains and I’m here for it! All I’m saying is that if it’s gonna be cold, there better be snow 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

Before it got too cold, we went to Little Bear Bottoms and did their corn maze and tramp, and played in their corn pit. They also had some fun zip lines and a big hay maze with a huge slide. Stetson was in heaven. We went once with Cams brother and wife, then I took Stetson by myself a few days later and it was such a blast. He is SO fun to play with. He’s getting really really bossy which is honestly so funny. 

Cam and I attended a Halloween party which was so fun! I actually have a huge complaint with Halloween costumes for adults, but Cam was the hero and thought of the perfect costume. Everyone was telling us to do some sort of Disney couple or something like that, and here’s my rant: I don’t dress up as an adult!! I don’t have a dress up bin. And if you dress up like someone specific (like Rapunzel and Flynn Rider), you have to have the specific costumes or else no one will get it. Sooooo Cam had the idea to dress up like Jack and Jill!! Ya know, the ones who fell down the hill. Anyway, that was awesome because you don’t have to have a specific costume and people still know who you are!! It was awesome. Pics to come. Stetson got to stay home with grandma, and he had the best time. On actual Halloween, Stetson dressed up as the cutest fisherman you’ve ever seen, and we went trick or treating at grandma and grandpas house. We ate some yummy pizza shaped like a jack-o-lantern, decorated cookies and a huge pumpkin, and laughed and played. It was so fun. Definitely would recommend. 

It was so fun to have Elise, Jack, and Peter come for the day. Cam took the boys fishing even though it was rainy and cold, and Elise and I went shopping for our gender reveal.  It was fun to have them here when we did our gender reveal. Definitely made it a lot more fun to have them around :) 

Love you guys. Hope you have a wonderful week!! 

Also, Stetsons favorite past time recently is asking to drive grandmas car. And listen to the baby in his tummy with the Doppler.

Since it’s been getting cold outside, we got Stetson a fishing game. Now whenever he catches one, he holds it up and says “cheese” and waits for me to take a picture. I love it.