Hyde Happinesses

 Hello all! First of all, so sorry about your friend moving Jenn :( that is so not fun. But I’m glad the Lord does work in mysterious ways and I hope you can find some more good friends (YOUR friends) in Snowflake. It is very difficult to live somewhere and be unhappy about it. I’m very sorry :(

I haven’t written on the blog for awhile now! We’ve had lots of fun things going on and it’s just about to get more busy. I really love this time of year, but I do wish the weather would stable out as far as temperature goes… this week it’s supposed to be high 50s to low 60s… a little chilly after enjoying some nice 70s. One of these days it’ll figure itself out! 

Stetson has decided that naps are not his thing and it just about drives me out of my wits and makes me feel like a crazy person. He screams and screams when I try to put him down for a nap so generally I just give up and lose my sanity for the rest of the day. He will only nap on the go… and that’s hit and miss. And often enough I don’t want to always be on the go 😂 he also decided it was morning time at 2:30am yesterday and didn’t go back to sleep until 5. And refused his first nap this morning. Cam and I are running on fumes. 

We’ve had so much fun being able to see some of you lately! It’s been great to catch up and chat with you. Wesley’s baptism was a great spot for that, as well as Camille’s wedding. We missed you Yanny and Jenn! 

Cam is a champion and encouraged me to do Camille’s cake and was my ultimate hype man when we finally put it all together. It was a success and Hana was able to enjoy at least the cake part as it was dairy free. 

Anyway. Love you all. Can’t wait to see you in a month or so for Thomas’s play! It will be a blast. 

The best cousins: always at Stetsons beck and call

at the Health Days parade to see Uncle T

Speaking of uncle T…

Stetson and his friend Emma

Stetson always insists on trying the lemons when I cut them

One of my favorite pictures of late 

The cake looked lovely thanks to Ruth and Elise 

Have a happy week everyone!

Flake Fun

It has been a good week.  We got a lot of the garden planted and hope to get some more in this week.  We had a few low temp nights but the forecast is promising warmer nights so I'm going to put the tomatoes that are ready out this week.  Fingers crossed that it isn't a mistake!! 

Scott had to work during graduation on Saturday which was an experience.  He transported 1,100 cupcakes from Snowflake to Holbrook.   

We only made a small amount of progress on the acreage (if anyone has ideas for a better name, I'd welcome suggestions!). We put some concrete behind the rocks lining the culvert to help reinforce it.  Hopefully it will help strengthen it.  We still need to get more in but baby steps.  We should have several hours to work on it on Saturday.

Now for some pics.

Yes, they are dangling!

Rand wanted to look like Dad today-too grown up.

What a handsome guy!

This is possibly the first picture that I have with me and the kids.

Flake Fun

I have been thinking a bit lately about the way things work out.   Just over a year ago I was really struggling with being in Snowflake.  I was quite unhappy and couldn't seem to get myself out of that rut.  So I had a frank conversation with God about what I was feeling.  That week, at the park I met Esther.  We had similar backgrounds (homeschooled, mission, married to accountants, etc.) And we hit it off.  She was MY friend with no other connections and it made me feel like, yes, I can survive in Snowflake.   We made homeschooling plans, chatted about life and did park play dates.  Fast forward to February. We met up at library storytime and she dropped the bombshell that they are moving to Sweden.  It slightly rocked my world.  But I realized that because of our meeting I have come to appreciate Snowflake and she got me through the last year.  The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Anyway, she is moving on Friday so I'm a bit down about that.  Here are some cute pics. 

James face planted into the stairs and did a doozy on his front teeth.

Leaning literal ropes with Uncle Bruce.

Our new Champion Juicer thanks to Esther

James was thrilled to finally be a twin.

Robin and Rand have taken a greater interest in reading lately.

In the "sloth tree".  The branch is low enough that they can hang on it like sloths.

Love you all!

Nilsson News

 It has been a bit crazy the past few weeks!  It is foaling season and we have four out of five here!  I wish I could say it has been smooth sailing, but we've had a few anxieties.  We had a mama with a blocked udder, a red bag emergency delivery, two foals born two weeks early, one of which came with a snowstorm and the other that has angular limb deformity.  It's exciting and so fun to see all the babies running all over the place.

We are awaiting the true arrival of spring and working in the yard and garden.  The kids have been living on the trampoline and Henry just learned how to do a back handspring and back flip.  We finished our homeschool co-op which was fun and we're almost done with the rest of school and extra curricular commitments.  Addy is getting excited for the high school musical "Suessical."  She is playing the keyboard in the pit and it's proving to be a fun show.  Let us know if anyone wants to come.  It's May 15-18.

Sorry about my random ramblings but that's all for now!

We hiked the Menan Buttes with our 4-H club.  It was rather exhausting but most made it to the top.

We also went to the Museum and saw the Under the Canopy exhibit.  It was fun to see all the real live animals.

Dane loves Stanley!  They are buddies!

This is a photo of May 3rd.  This was on the ground along with a new foal!

This is Miracle!  She is a doll with the most beautiful little face.  We are keeping her!

This is little Storm.  He is so tiny and stocky.  We love his all black face.

I'm feeling slightly guilty showing so many pictures of donkeys when Emma posted tons of adorable photos of Stetson (sigh).

Hyde Happinesses

 Hello all! These last few weeks have been very fun. We’ve celebrated Cams birthday and mine, and both were a blast. We’ve done some rock climbing recently and it’s been a good reminder that I need to get some muscle 😅 the weather has been off and on nice, so when it’s not raining or freezing outside, we are out and running all over. I think the most common thing I hear these days is “wow Stetson is so tan!” He loves being outside. He can open our front door so we have to lock it and watch him carefully so he doesn’t escape all the time. 

I don’t know if it’s been the weather changing, allergies, teething, or what, but Stetson has been sick it seems like for the past 3 weeks. He’s a really pleasant little fellow, so sometimes it’s hard to tell what ails him. He’s been jabbering more and more lately which is so funny to me. He started calling grandma and grandpa “Gaga,” but has now graduated to “gwa-gwa” which is adorable. He’s also learned to be bossy - when he’s ready for visitors to leave, he simply looks at them, says “all done,” and politely opens the door and says “bye bye.” 🤦🏼‍♀️ it’s rather embarrassing sometimes! He also preemptively says “no no no” when he knows he’s about to do something he shouldn’t. We went to Olive Garden for my birthday dinner, and he picked up the salt and pepper shakers and said “no no no” as he tried to lick them. He also does it when he climbs on his kitchen tower and attempts to get into it over the top rail instead of under. He’ll look me straight in the eye and say “no no no” while trying to climb in. It’s hilarious and I often confuse him by laughing instead of correcting. He’s a funny dude. He met some puppies yesterday and wanted to hold allllll of them all at the same time. Other people were holding some of them and he kept going around saying “all done,” and trying to get them to put the puppies back. He sure makes me laugh a lot. 

Cam got a new climbing device for his birthday called a Grigri. It’s an automatic belay device that locks whenever someone falls off the rock so the person belaying doesn’t have to stress too much. We’ve used it once and loved it, so we are for sure going to be climbing a lot this summer! Let us know if you ever want to come! We’re planning on going to the city of rocks one of these weeks! I’m not a very good party planner and Cams birthday was on a Tuesday, so it was very dull im afraid. We did get Angie’s for breakfast and mom and dad joined us for dinner at Costa Vida, but other than a cake, I didn’t do a whole lot! Mom and dad got him a kids basketball hoop so he could play with Stetson and it has been a hit at our house. Stetson wakes up saying ball and wants to play all day long. 

Cam is a much better birthday organizer than I am, so I had a great birthday as well :) he sure knows how to spoil me! 25 is old people! I know it’s not thaaaat old, but I remember thinking that 25 is the year when people are real grownups. Sure doesn’t feel like we’re grownups! 

We also had family pictures done as kind of a dual birthday present for both of us. They are priceless guys!! If you want me to spam your phones with them, I’d be happy to ;) hope everyone has a lovely week! 

Stetson LOVES baths

Playing with chalk

It’s the new style Stetson invented… he did it all by himself 

I got to see my mission president and introduce him to Stetson! I LOVE THIS MAN. He is incredible. I miss his German accent and ways. I wish everyone could meet him! He is the greatest.

Cam and I had a temple picture taking competition. I don’t think anyone won but it was a fun time :)

Stetson has finally conquered his fear of balloons 

Al’s is Cam and Stetsons most favorite store in the whole world. This is Stetson going “where’s dada?” 

His most favorite activity is walking Oakley 

Cams cake, with a “1” on top because I couldn’t find the candles I bought. I found them yesterday ☹️

He loves chocolate milk 🙄

Just a boy and his banana 

Learning how to smell the flowers 

He loves the water “lola”

Baseball watching 

I made homemade mayo and then this bomb sandwich 

This is his friend Halsey: she wasn’t sure what to do with all the love from Stetson. 

Stetsons great grandma and grandpa and his second cousin Peyton

Okay I’m finally done. Thanks for viewing a short story of my life 😂