Pig Roast

A couple of weeks ago, Sean and a couple buddies from work decided to roast a pig.  They watched a lot of You-Tube videos and decided how they were going to do it.

 They had to have a lot of coals, so they made a huge fire.

 The kids had a lot of fun playing with each other and watching the whole process.

 They bought a pig from Hopkin's and this is what it looked like when they picked it up.  Hopkin's cleaned it out and had it all ready to go.

 Sean just couldn't wait to eat the pig.  :)

 The kids all put on gloves and wanted to touch the pig.

 First, they had to inject the pig with Wade's special brine.

 They tried to stick an apple in its mouth, but rigamortis had all ready set in and they couldn't get it open.

 Next, you wrap it in tin foil.

 Last, you cover it in burlap and chicken wire.

 This is a picture of the morning after.  They covered it with sheet metal and dirt while it cooked.  Here is Eric cleaning off all of the dirt.

 Here is the final product.

 Dewey is so proud of this picture holding the skull.

They figured most people(mostly the women) would be a little less grossed out if they pulled off the meat and put it into a roaster.  I didn't really think seeing the pig before hand would gross me out, but I only had one bite of the meat.  I just couldn't do it. :)  Everyone else loved the meat and I'm pretty sure the guys had a lot of fun roasting it.

Kindergarten Field Trip

On Tuesday, I was able to go with Dewey on a Farm Field Trip.  We started off with the corn maze.  We wandered around and eventually found our way out.

 Dewey and Addison

 Dewey's class got to be on the channel 6 news.  They all said "best field trip ever".

 Each kid got to pick out their very own pumpkin.

 They took turns riding in these barrels behind a tractor.

 We also drove out to the edge of a farmer's field and each kid filled up a sack with potatoes.

From the look on Dewey's face, you can tell he picked a lot of BIG potatoes.  :)

Back to School

 Hallie started school this year on September 5th.  It was SO nice having the whole month of August off! She is getting really tall and her feet are only 2 1/2 sizes away from mine. :)

 She is in 4th grade now and her teacher is Mrs. Taufu'i.  She loves her teacher and says she is very nice.

 This is a random picture of Hallie and Dewey at the EISF.

 After two years of preschool, Dewey is now in Kindergarten.  He started the following Monday after Hallie.

 I drove him to school on the first day so I could get a picture of him and meet his teacher.

 Each class has a colored line where the kid's can drop off their backpack's and go play until the bell rings.  When the bell rings, they line up on their lines and walk into class together.

 Dewey and Mrs. Green.

 Dewey got to sit by his friend Addison.

This picture is actually Dewey's second day of school.  I wanted a picture with him by his bus.  Funny how putting him on the bus made me tear up a little and the first day when I dropped him off, I was fine.  :)

Sawmill 2012

Labor Day weekend we went camping with my family to Sawmill.  We camped in the same spot as the year before.  The creek runs along the campsite and the kids had a lot of fun playing in it.

As usual, we had plenty of firewood.

Boise State just happened to be playing on Friday.  Sean and Doug rigged up a satellite dish, so they were able to watch the game.

Hank had a lot of fun playing soccer ball with his Dad.

Crazy kids!!  They dropped a toy in the water and Shaylee was scared that a piranha might get her hand. :)

We took a 4-wheeler ride to an old mine.  We used to be able to go in it and now they have it blocked off.

I climbed the ladder on the back of Doug's trailer so I could get a picture of everyone.

Monday, before we left, a few of us went on a 5 mile hike up Iron Cr. trail.

These girls are a lot happier knowing that it is all down hill from now on.  Hallie may have complained about going up hill just a little bit.  :)

This is where the trail forks and where we stopped and turned back around.

Lagoon and Hill Aerospace Museum

We recently took a little overnight trip to Utah with Grandma and Grandpa Diaz.  The first day we went to Lagoon for the day.  We took turns taking the kids on different rides.

This was the first ride that Hank went on.  He absolutely loved it!!  Every time they passed, he had a huge smile and we could hear him laughing.

Hallie, Dewey and Grandma went on this ride two times.  They thought it was really funny that they squished Grandma.

Hank "drove" this car all by himself.  He thought he was such a big boy.

The second day we went to the Hill Aerospace Museum. 

As you can see, Hank wasn't in a very good mood this day.  :)

Sitting in the flight simulators.

The kids were able to build a rocket and then they got to go outside and launch them.  Hallie's rocket is now a permanent display on top of the building at the museum. :)

Dewey's landed back down on the ground and he was able to keep it.