Camping!

Labor Day weekend we went camping. We went to Albert Moser Campground located by the Cub River near Preston, ID. We had a great time, although the mornings were cold.

The boys loved playing 'Pooh Sticks' on the three bridges that were close to our camp, and I enjoyed the sound of running water. We went on a hike, which ended up being quite the hike. It was straight uphill. The boys seemed to do just fine, but Kyle and I got tuckered out. It was a very nice view from up on top, or rather, part way up the mountain side. Wendy was a little independent girl and always wanted to walk on her own, rather than be carried. Sometimes the boys got a little impatient because she was so slow, but it was cute. The boys played rock climbers and loved the walking sticks that Kyle found for them. One night we had tinfoil dinners with tater tots that turned out delicious. Of course we also roasted marshmallows, and made a mess eating them. Overall it was a nice little trip, I think we all had a good time.

Todd and Bethany Married!

Last Friday, September 3rd, Todd and Bethany were married in the Idaho Falls Temple. It was a beautiful occasion. Both Bethany and Todd were just radiant, and so happy. My mom made skirts for all the adult girls and little jumpers for the little girls. I think they turned out great!! Way to go Mom! While taking pictures I wanted to make sure we got one of the Kyle Flamm family, since the family photo we had hanging in our house was when Wendy was a month old. So here is the new family photo. Thanks, Josh for taking the pictures. Thanks, Todd for picking such a wonderful young lady to join the family. And finally thanks, Bethany for being willing to join a family that can be a little strange.

FHE Flags

For Family Home Evening we learned about Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty. We talked about the things he wrote on the flag, things that were important to him and his people. We then made our own flags using pbskids.org. The idea was to put things that are important to us on our own flags. Zachary put the scriptures, the world, a computer, a karate suit (he said it was a Chinese guy), and his name. I don't know what the karate suit meant but the others made sense. He demonstrated that he is my child; when I only put Zach on his flag at first he corrected me and wanted his full name. Eric put games, a soccer ball, a dog, his name, and the number 3. He was also very particular about the colors. I used mainly words, Faith, Family, Life, and Joy. I also put music notes. Kyle put two soccer balls to represent the boys, ballet slippers to represent Wendy, music notes to represent me, and the scriptures for his testimony.
It was a good activity and the boys seemed to actually pay attention.

Garden Harvest

Our garden is finally producing. I guess I should rephrase, the tomatoes are finally producing, the zucchini and squash have been for a few weeks. I've been told the nights were too warm for tomatoes before now, and so we have a lot of green tomatoes, but very few ripe juicy ones. A couple of nights ago we got our first few. Wendy found the basket of produce and began eating. She loves tomatoes!!

How Much is that Daddy in the Window?

We had fun making up our own words to "How Much is that Doggy in the Window" Here are Zachary and Eric doing their own renditions with Daddy as the star.



Below is a picture of me with both boys; we are all smiling, and all looking at the camera, this is a rare occurrence. In this picture we were pretending to be a snowman. Can you tell?
P.S. The vests the boys are wearing are the ones I made for Easter. They were done the week after Easter, but I never posted them. Wendy got a Easter dress.

Kyle's First Post

Hello brave new blogging world.

Kyle's first post!!

David Schwieder Family Reunion

The David Schwieder Family Reunion was held near Bear Lake. We stayed in the Paris Springs Campground, which was very nice. The theme was around fairy tales, so we got to make crowns, tell our own fairy tales, and build castles. It was fun to be around those we love.

Camping is always fun. It is one of the few times that it is o-kay to be dirty. The campground had a small hike to Paris Springs which we went to and we had a lot of fun just hanging around camp. One night it rained on us, which was an adventure. The other adventure we had was a squirrel in our tent. O-kay it wasn't all the way in, but one night I heard a scratching sound, at first I blamed Zachary, but then I saw something moving on top of our tent. The squirrel had got stuck between the tent and the rain fly and was making quite a racket trying to get out. Amazingly none of the children woke up to the noise it made or the noise Kyle and I made trying to get him out.

Fun at the beach. On Friday we spent the day at Bear Lake on the North Beach. We had a great time building sand castles, and playing in the water. It was nice the water stayed so shallow for so long, because Zachary could play and we did not have to worry quite as much.

On our way home we stopped in Logan and ate with Dale at Fedrico's. It was great to see all the Schwieder family, but also Dale who we missed at the Flamm reunion the week before.