Hunter's 3rd Birthday!

"Ta-Da"

My sweet little boy turned 3 on Oct. 3rd. It was conference weekend, so I debated whether or not to have a party that weekend, but the weather was soooo nice. We decided to have a party at a local park on Saturday!! It was so perfect. We let Hunter pick out some decorations at Zurchers Party Store. He wanted a pirate party:) We bought him a plastic pirate hat and eye patch and all the kids got eye patches. They all had lots of fun and Hunter was spoiled rotten. We bought him a doctor kit and he plays doctor with the big bear he got from his aunt Patty. He is such a big boy now. On Sunday, his actual birthday we watched the morning session of conference and then went on our annual fall drive and listened to the afternoon session! It was so pretty. We drove up past Ashton, ID to Cave Falls and then over to the Lower Mesa Falls and Upper Mesa Falls. I love this time of year!!

Some of the fun things that Hunter is doing: He is potty training and doing really well(when I put him in his big boy undies), Singing along to his favorite toddler songs(If you're happy and you now it, Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, Popcorn Popping, and Do as I'm Doing), Loves cartoons, He wants a puppy named puppy and much much more. He still is the worlds pickiest eater:( He loves Church and was sad that we didn't go on Conference. He loves all his nursery buddies!! I can't believe we have a 3 year old, where did the time go?!

Stellmon Family Reunion-August 2010

The whole clan! We were visiting the ghost town of Custer, ID.

My mom bought Hunter some goggles and he wouldn't let me take them off of him, silly kid!

My cute Grandpa!

My Great Aunt Sharon and Uncle Harve

My mom and her new hubby Joe!! We are so happy he is part of the family!!

My cousins little cutie, Malaya!

In August we had the Stellmon Family Reunion. It was lots of fun!! We all met near Stanley, ID. We stayed in 2 cabins owned by the LDS church. The air was so fresh and the views were fantastic! I love coming to Stanley! It was so nice getting all together(we were only missing 4 people). The last time we were all together was 6 years ago. It was lots of work pulling it off, but it was SOOOO worth it!!! I'm so glad everyone was willing to drive so far! I can't wait for the next get together!! Love you all!

Island Park

This past Saturday we went up to Island Park for the day. We had a picnic lunch in Harriman State Park. It was so nice to get away and just have fun!! It was the perfect temperature. After we had our lunch we went to the antique fair(it's kind of like a flee market) in Last Chance(right before Island Park) and then we stopped at the antique fair at Pond's Lodge, and then drove to Warm Springs to let Hunter play in the water. We bought him a life jacket a few months ago and he has wanted to wear it all over the house, but for some reason he didn't want to wear it in the water...silly kid! He threw a huge fit and kept trying to take it off. Brian finally got him calmed down and put him in the water and he threw another fit because it was too cold. His grandparents have spoiled him this summer by filling up his pool with warm water from the house. We ended up driving back up to Macks Inn and let him throw rocks into the water by the bridge. He had lots of fun doing that!! While we were there we left his life jacket on our trunk to dry and when it was time to go I told Brian to put it back in the car. Well, he forgot. He drove away with it still on our trunk, about 2 mins down the road he remembered. We turned around and came back. We thought for sure it would be in the parking lot, but it wasn't. Brian asked if anyone had turned it in and of course no one did. He walked up the highway looking in the grass and it wasn't there either. Someone took it:( It was a super nice one too. I can't believe that someone would really take a little child's life jacket. Other then loosing Hunter's life jacket we had so much fun!!

Swimming!

Running threw the sprinkler with Grandpa Payton and Daddy!!

Pouting :)

This summer Brian's parents have let us use their backyard whenever we have wanted to! Hunter has had so much fun back there. We bought him a sprinkler that is a long hose with little hoses attached to the big hose that go crazy and move all over when you turn on the the water. He didn't love it as much as I had hoped. I think it's because the water is so cold. Hunter wanted us to run threw the water with him, so Grandpa and Daddy took their turns running with my little guy. He loved every minute of that!!

A couple of weeks ago Grandpa and Grandma Payton bought Hunter a kiddie swimming pool. They even filled it with warm water from inside their house. He had a blast!! He would come stand by me and I would say "ready, set, GO" and he would run and jump face first into the water. He's a little dare devil. He loved it though and we all had watching him play in the water!!

Hunter's First Fishing Trip!!

Today we went up to the South Fork, near Ririe, Id, to take Hunter fishing for the very first time! It was soooo much fun! We didn't catch anything, but we saw the fish jumping and we could see them swimming by us. The water was moving pretty slow and was really shallow, so we decided to let Hunter out of his stroller to put his little toes in. He would walk in and walk right out and tell us how cold it was. Then he got brave and decided to run into the water full force and he fell over and almost went under, needless to say he didn't do that again. I think this is my favorite new spot to go!

BLAH!

We haven't been up to much lately. I don't even have any pictures to post. Brian is now in his second semester of Law Enforcement school and loving it everyday!! He will be done sometime in October. This next week he will be applying to a few different jobs across Idaho. I never really thought that we would have to move so far away from where we are living now, but he needs a job so we will go where the work is. One of the jobs is about 8 hours away and it's my 1st choice(I think). I have been researching the town and it is very small, but it is in the middle of a national forest so it looks like it would be soooo much fun for all of us. The other job is near Twin Falls and I'm not sure how much I would love living there, but we would be only a few hours away from family and friends so that's a big plus! We do know 2 awesome people that live in Twin so that would lots of fun living close to them!

Hunter has been such a big handful lately...he never STOPS. He is always on the go and he has been so crabby. I keep telling myself that it's because he has been stuck inside for so long now that he has just gone crazy;) He has his own personality now and it's been fun watching him grow and learn. He is always asking us "why". It's kinda funny at times and more annoying at others. He is talking so well now!! We decided to put him into a dance class for the summer. I'm hoping it will help with his energy level. He will most likely be the only boy, but I don't care. It's a creative movement class and my friends little girl took the class this past year and loved it. I think it will also help with his listening skills!! I just hope we don't get made fun of by the other moms;) Well that's enough of my rambling!! I hope everyone has a fun and safe summer(if it ever arrives)!!

Weekend Trip to SLC

*******WARNING LOTS OF PICTURES********

This past weekend we went down to Utah with Brian's parents for a fun filled getaway!! It was lots of fun and very busy. We first stopped at the Golden Spike Historical Monument. Brian and I have been there before, so we took his parents out to see what it was all about. It's about 20 miles out of Tremonton, UT. The last time we went was in the winter so they didn't have all the activities that they normally do, so it was fun for all of us! They had a re-enactment of the West meeting East on the rail road tracks. They had a few old men and women come wearing clothes of that time period, and the replicas of the steam engine that were there.

They moved the steam engines up and down the track to show us how they worked. We all thought that was pretty cool, Hunter was tired by this point so he was throwing a big fit but once they had the trains moving and blowing their horns he was pretty excited!

They also have a museum and a little movie. It was pretty interesting. Brian's Great-Great Grandfather on his mother's side was actually took part in the building of the train tracks, so it was fun for all of us to learn more about what took place in his family history.

After the Golden Spike we drove back towards Corrine, UT and we stumbled upon a NASA testing site. Brian and his dad were pretty excited about this, so we stopped and let them walk around.

After we this we went to the browning/train museum in Ogden, UT. We learned alot at the museum. Hunter really liked the trains and Brian really liked the guns...go figure;)

On Sunday we drove 150 miles south to see the LDS historical site, Cove Fort. We didn't realize how far it was, but it was sooo worth the drive. Pres. Hinckley's Grandfather was asked by Brigham Young to move from his home in Coalville, UT to build a fort. At this time there was a war going on and Brigham Young thought it was necessary to build a fort for protection. He excepted the call and packed up his family and belongings and went. It took them 10 days to go the 200ish miles. Their family lived there for some time and then once the war was over and a fort was no longer needed they left and lived in Filmore, UT. Pres. Hinckley and his family purchased the property a few years ago a gave it to the church.

This barn was actually re-built before the dedication took place. Pres. Hinckley wanted it to be like it was when it was first built, so he asked a few Amish people from back east to come and build the barn with the tools that they still use today. When they re-built it they used wooden pegs instead of nails, it was really neat to see that. They actually left all the tools they used and they are now on display in the barn.




My little pioneer:)

After the tour of the fort the missionaries gave Hunter a toy that the little kids would have played with. It's his new favorite toy!

After we saw the fort we drove back to Sandy, UT and went the aquarium. It was really cool!!! Hunter was so excited to see all the "Nemo's" They even had sting rays for you to pet. I got brave for 2 seconds and touched them, they were really slimy. They just added new penguins to the center and that was Hunters favorite. As soon as he saw them he started laughing and asking everyone around to "look at it". He was super excited and it was really fun to watch him be so excited!!


These little guys(sea horses) are my favorite!! They are have the size of the top part of my pinkie. Sooo cute!!!

On Monday Brian had a doctor appointment at the VA, so we decided to go the Hogle Zoo after his appointment. As always we had alot of fun seeing all the cool animals!! Hunter loved every minute of it!

It's like he was posing for me! He saw my camera and smiled :)
Mama and her baby

This trip was packed full of fun and we enjoyed every minute of it!! Hunter did so good in the car and even better with all the activities!