The Farmer Family

A Door Marked Cancer

2011-05-08T20:13:00.000-07:00

New adventures are coming our way. Please follow us on our new blog adoormarkedcancer.blogspot.com I will do my best to keep both of my blogs up and running but we all know I struggle with this one and right now my other one will be more important. Here we go...

Daphne, Ryker and Mommy go to School

2011-04-04T13:26:00.000-07:00

I went to check out a preschool for Daphne starting fall and came out with a job offer!!

A couple of days later Me, Daphne and Ryker started school. The first couple weeks were an adjustment but we are really enjoying ourselves now.

Daphne is so excited because she has 1 hour of tumbling and 1 hour of ballet each week. She LOVES it!!

My little girl is growing up.

Our New House!!!

2011-03-21T13:08:00.001-07:00

After living at my parents for 6 months we have finally found a house.

Here are some pictures of our family room and kitchen.

We found a brand new Town House in bountiful. It is close to Ben's work. We love having him close and being able to spend more time together as a family.

We moved in to our house the beginning of January. Sorry it has taken me so long to finally post pictures. Keep in mind our house is still a work in progress.

Here is Daphne and Ryker's Room.

This is the kids bathroom.

Here is our bedroom. It seems really empty because it is a lot bigger then our old bedroom. We are trying to decide what we want still.

Our playroom.

This is our favorite room in our house. We love having space to play and have friends come over to play too.

It has been a huge adjustment moving but we are starting to feel more at home each and every day. We miss Logan but are happy with our new home too.

Ryker's 2nd Birthday

2010-12-31T20:36:00.000-08:00

My little boy just turned 2!! I can't believe how fast time goes. He loves Oatmeal so Daphne wanted me to put sprinkles in his Oatmeal. What a birthday breakfast.

We had an awesome day at the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. We had friends and family meet us and spend the day with us. Ryker had the time of his life.

Here are some pictures of Ryker playing at the Museum.

After the museum we went to lunch at Mcdonalds. Daphne wanted to take cupcakes for all our friends.

Lunch at Mcdonalds with our friends from Logan.

Ryker's Birthday party with family. We played pin the badge on Woody and Buzz.

Ryker with his birthday cake.

Ryker with his cousins. They loved playing the game.

Singing Happy Birthday!!

We sure love our little Ryker. He is so fun to have around.He is very quite and shy around new people but very outgoing at home. He loves his big sister Daphne and copies everything she does. They have so much fun together. Happy Birthday Ryker!!!

Disneyland Day #3

2010-11-29T15:19:00.001-08:00

We spent 3 days in Disneyland. The last day was busier so we didn't ride as many rides. We were in lines for the characters. I think we saw Goofy and Pluto 4 or 5 times each. And each time they acted like it was the first.

Does this look like fun??

Ryker loved Pluto

Daphne and Mommy loved Goofy!!

I finally got a picture of the excitement on Rykers Face.

My little Poser

The Parade again. This time there were no kids around so each of the characters came up to us. What a fun day we had!!!

Disneyland Day #2

2010-11-22T10:58:00.000-08:00

All ready for another day at Disneyland. We spent the second day at California Adventure. Me and Daphne are all ready for the Toy Story ride.

We took Daphne to have lunch with the Princesses. She had the time of her life!!

Lunch at Ariel's Grotto

We had another great day with very tired kids and parents.

Disneyland Day #1

2010-11-21T12:09:00.001-08:00

We just got back from the best vacation ever. We had the great opportunity to take the kids to Disneyland. Here are a couple of pictures from our first day. Sorry for the amount of pictures I will post I just took too many while I was there!!

Toon Town--Daphne loved the roller coaster in Toon Town.

Daphne and Ryker loved the rides. I was surprised how much Ryker loved them too.

We loved the characters!! Every time we saw a character we would wait in line for a picture.

The Princess Castle!!

Princess Daphne and Baby Lamb Ryker!!!

2010-11-18T19:58:00.000-08:00

My purple princess

She would not hold still so I told her to pose and hold it. Who knows where she got this one!!

Great Grandma Farmer

Grandma makes our costumes each year. We are so grateful for her amazing talent.

Ryker loved the baby lambs this year. When asked what does a baby lamb say he would say "BAAAA". We thought this costume would fit him the best and it did. He was the cutest lamb ever!!

WE LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

It's time for the pumpkin patch again!!!

2010-10-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

Living at my parents we have the great privilege of helping at the patch on a daily basis.

Loading up the patch for the first time. Daphne and Ryker love riding on the tractor. Notice the shorts. It has been so hot here. The pumpkins are all getting sun burnt.

Our load of specially pumpkins. They grew so well this year.

Ryker is always hard at work. He will go from the patch out into the field over and over again. It is so fun to watch him working so hard.

Grandma Mabey gave all the grand kids new shirts. Here they are with them all.

Going on a hay ride with DAD!!!

Ryker and Charlee bringing in pumpkins. They are the perfect size for them. Daphne loves having her picture taken on the rake. I thought this one turned out cute. We have been so busy but we are having alot of fun. Only two weeks left and then what will keep us busy every day?

2010-09-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

More of our family pictures. We really had a lot of fun getting them taken.

We are alive!!!

2010-09-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

We are alive !! I finally got some pictures posted on my blog. We are busy with the farm work and here are some pictures of us working on the farm at my parents house. We just finished corn and now we are on to pumpkins. We are still living at my parents house so we get to be on the farm every day!! Daphne and Ryker are in heaven here.

Ryker and Daphne sitting on the corn we are taking to the farmers market.

Me and Ben picking corn!! For 6 weeks we got up at 6:00 a.m. to pick corn.

Ryker LOVES the truck. He would get so excited to ride in the back of the truck. The kids would come with us in the mornings and help us pick.

Riding in the back of the truck!!

We have a season Hogle Zoo pass. We have had so much fun playing at the Zoo. Daphne loves getting her pictures taken by every statue EVERY time we go.

My Ryker!! he is so fun to be around. He has grown up so much lately. He loves being outside.

Family pictures

2010-07-30T09:48:00.000-07:00

We just went and had family pictures taken. Here are a couple of them. I am having trouble with my parents computer downloading the others. Hopefully they will be on here soon.

Daphne's 3rd Birthday!!

2010-06-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

Daphne really wanted a castle cake for her birthday. Here is our attempt at making one. Daphne helped decorate the morning of her birthday. She did not even want breakfast she wanted to decorate first.

Daphne shares her birthday with her cousin Madison. Both of them posing with the cake!!

Charlee and Ryker at the birthday party. We went to a park and played and then had a picnic. They loved it.

The two birthday girls eating lunch.

The two boys playing on the playground. Jake and Ryker are just starting to play with each other now that Ryker is growing up.

My birthday girl. I can't believe that she is 3. We sure have a lot of fun together!!

Opening presents.

Blowing out candles. What a couple of fun girls!!

Madison blowing out her candle.

Daphne wanted a Snow White dress so bad for her birthday. Here she is modeling her new favorite dress. Notice the microphone, yes she does sing it to it. She now loves to sing what she is thinking instead of talk.

Daphne had 3 parties for her birthday. Here she is decorating cupcakes for a party with the Farmers. I have pictures of her friend party still to come.

We made chicks, lambs and pigs. She has had the chance to play with so many animals this spring. We are so lucky.

Daphne and her cousin Joel at the park.

Joel and Daphne with the cupcakes. We had a great party week. I cant wait to post her friend party pictures. It was a once in a lifetime party!!

Temple Square with the Flowers!!

2010-06-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

My Mom is a Missionary at the Joseph Smith Building on Wednesdays so one day when she was done we meet her up at Temple Square for some pictures in the flowers.

Here is what kind of a smile I get from Ryker!!

Daphne was having the time of her life. She LOVES flowers and would not stop running around the whole time.

My two kids!!

This is my favorite background picture. It was so beautiful. Mckaylee and Daphne playing in the flowers.

Mommy with her two kids. It's always the hardest to get them to take a picture with you.

Daphne would not hold still long enough to get a picture with the temple. Ryker was just along for the ride.

Ryker and Daphne!!

I love this picture with all the cousins. I think it shows their personalities the best. Mother Madison is always taking care of Ryker. Daphne and Jake are getting into trouble together and Mckaylee is in her own little world. I love it!!

We had a lot of fun taking pictures with the flowers. Daphne could not get enough and by the end of it all everyone had had enough of her!!

More pictures of the chickens

2010-05-17T20:02:00.000-07:00

Every time we went to see the chickens they had changed so much. It took Daphne a minute to warm up. Ryker on the other hand just went right to work picking up the food or straw.

Grandpa Mabey and Ryker feeding the chickens.

This was the last time Daphne was brave enough to feed the chickens. She said it hurt her hand. They were getting bigger and using more force.

Here she is with the chickens.

A couple weeks later. Look at the change they have made.

Daphne really enjoyed walking around and looking for the girl and boy chickens. You could now tell them apart and she did a great job doing it.

Jeff was helping them feed the chickens. Daphne did not want to get close at all.

At the very end she finally touched them. I was very proud of how she was with the chickens. We all had a really fun time watching them grow and go through the different stages. The chickens are now gone. Daphne will really miss them. What an adventure they were!!

Easter Bunnies

2010-05-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

My Mom had some bunnies at her house. She did not want the kids to touch them and so of course my kids just left them alone.

Daphne loved the girl bunnies. Ryker just loved to carry them around.

Daphne WOULD NOT leave them alone. They were her own personal dolls just her size. We were all glad to put them away.

More easter egg hunts!!

2010-05-17T19:40:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Farmer put together a hunt for the grandkids. They are all ready to go!!!

Daphne and Ryker picking up eggs in the kitchen.

My little Ryker with his basket. He just wanted to open the eggs.
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Farmer!!!

Our annual Easter Egg Hunt at my Grandma and Grandpa Holt's house. I am helping ryker pick up his eggs.

We all have an amount we can pick up. Daphne picked up most of them.

I think she had fun!!

Charlee and Ryker opening eggs.

Fun times to be had by all.

Our family on Easter. We had a great day spending time with both families.
The kids especially love their COUSINS!!!

Eater Morning!!!

2010-05-17T19:24:00.001-07:00

Ryker was in heaven!! The Easter Bunny left eggs all over the house and Ryker loved opening then all up and eating the marshmallows right away.

They both got sunglasses and here they are showing them off.

Daphne spent all morning gathering eggs while Ryker ate. Here she is with her prize basket.

Could things get any better then this for a one year old??

Easter Egg Hunt with Grandma and Grandpa Farmer

2010-05-17T19:17:00.000-07:00

Our first Easter Egg hunt in the snow. The kids were all bundled up to go and gather some eggs.

Grandma and Grandpa Farmer with Daphne and Ryker. The kids really had a good time. At first Daphne got her hands wet so she did not enjoy but she realized what she was getting and dove right in.

I could not believe that we had snow.
Look at us, we look ready for winter not spring.

Here is Daphne in the car on our way home opening all her eggs. Do you think she enjoyed herself?

Coloring Easter Eggs

2010-05-17T19:13:00.001-07:00

This year we attempted to color Easter eggs. Daphne had the time of her life. She really loves to do "projects." Ryker just watched. He was very interested in what Ben was doing.

This was the end result. She loved that her hands were colored for a couple of days.

Our chickens are growing!!

2010-04-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

When the chickens got too big to be in the garage Grandpa took the chickens to the barnyard. This was our first trip to see the chickens there. As you can see they grow fast. Daphne was still excited to catch and hold them.

All the chickens were huddled in the corner. We get to see the chickens once a week. I am amazed with how much they change.

Daphne playing with a chick.

Ryker is either picking up the straw or trying to get the food out of the feeder. He also likes the water can.

Bringing Chickens home to our House

2010-04-17T13:18:00.001-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa talked Daphne into bringing chickens home to our house. She wanted to bring 7 chickens here. We are so glad we brought them home. Daphne had the time of her life.

Ryker would sit and watch Daphne. We had to get the chickens out only when Ryker was sleeping.

These were a great pet for Daphne. She would get them in and out of the box all day long. We would have to put the chickens in time out so they would get a rest from Daphne. I would take care of all the poop while Daphne got to play.What an arrangement for her huh? My family was amazed with how well she handled them. We really had a lot of fun, but I was REALLY excited to take them back to my parents house.

Fun in the Barnyard

2010-04-17T13:09:00.000-07:00

Daphne has been wanting to ride the horses every time we go to Grandpa Mabey's house. Jeff was on spring break so we had the chance to ride. Daphne and Ryker playing on the wagon waiting for the horses to be saddled. I LOVE this picture of them!!

This was the first time Daphne rode in the buddy saddle. She was so proud of herself. We were so proud of her too. We are going to have a fun summer.

Ryker wanted his turn too.

A Mabey Family project-- CHICKENS!!!

2010-04-17T12:58:00.001-07:00

My family decided to get chickens this year. Here we all are picking up our 75 chickens at the store.

All the kids had a chance to hold the chickens.

Daphne showing off all the chickens in the box. She was so excited because she got to ride home in the car with them. They sat right next to her.

We were not sure what to expect with Daphne. She is not always a fan of animals. This was the first time she held the baby chicks by herself. I think she was excited!!

We knew Ryker would jump right in. We really had to watch him because he would pick them up.

The chickens lived in Grandma and Grandpa Mabey's garage.

Daphne feeding the chickens. She really enjoyed feeding these chickens. She would have spent the whole day out in the garage if we would have let her.

It's baby lamb time again!!!

2010-04-14T19:31:00.000-07:00

We LOVE Spring.
We have had so much fun with the baby lambs this year.

Ryker and Daphne have fed them many times.
Ryker just loves them.

Their favorite thing to do is play in the field.
Thanks Grandpa Farmer for letting them come in and help??

Daphne and Grandpa with a baby lamb

Ryker and Grandpa with a baby lamb.

I love this picture. Daphne is helping Ryker try and catch the lambs.

I am so impressed with Ryker. He loves animals and is not afraid at all. He was riding the sheep like he does the horse. He loves it.

Feeding the sheep. Thanks again Grandpa. We have had so much fun playing with the sheep. Thanks for letting us come and invade you!!

Spokane Washington-Visiting Friends

2010-03-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

I decided to take the kids and fly to Washington to see one of my best friends, Heather. Her Husband was out of town for school so it was just the two of us with the kids. Here we are on the airplane. Daphne thought this was the greatest ever. She had her own desk with her own drink and snacks. Could it get any better?

Daphne-Ryder-Brody-Ryker
What an adventure we had. Here are all the kids in their pajamas. They were all under 3!!

We went to a park and got to go on this awesome slide. Daphne still asks if we can go to the park with the wagon slide.

Brody-Ryker-Daphne
Playing in the park

We still had snow in Utah so this was Ryker's first experience at the park. As you can see in all the pictures he was having the time of his life!!

We were brave and took all the kids swimming one night. It was so much fun but a lot of work.

We had so much fun. Here we are right before we left. It was time since Brody and Daphne could not even look at each other without yelling. All in all they were great. Thanks Brody for letting us all invade your house and play with all your toys.

Ryder (4 months) and Ryker(14 months)
Thanks Heather for letting us come and stay. Daphne still talks about it and wants to come back. We had a great time. It was so fun to see you!! I am so grateful for your friendship.

Our adventures with Play Group!!

2010-03-15T14:02:00.001-07:00

Hardware Ranch

We had so much fun going to see the Elk at Hardware ranch. We packed a sack lunch and ate before we went on the sled.
Spencer-Daphne-Dillon-Wyatt

I love spending one-on-one time with my kids. Here I am with Daphne.

It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun. It was so nice to get out of Logan for a while.

Pizza Plus

We took a tour of a local pizza place. They showed the kids how to make pizza and let them decide what kind of pizza they wanted to make. After the demonstration they were able to eat the pizza they made.

Daphne eating pizza.

Fynlee and Daphne playing dress-ups. We are really into dressing up every day. Daphne will always be found in a skirt or dress. I have to do some major convincing to have it any other way. I really can't complain because that is what really helped with potty training. She did not want to get those skirts dirty!!

The Fire Station

We went and saw all the firetrucks at the fire station. Daphne is up inside sitting in the truck. They gave each of the kids a fun hat to take home. Ryker has LOVED the hat!!

Tree house Museum in Ogden

Ryker- Daphne -Wyatt
Driving the Fire Truck

Dressing up!! Daphne loved all the different choices of dress up clothes.

Ryker just loved the horses!!

GRADUATION!!!!

2010-02-15T19:59:00.001-08:00

What a day!! I thought it was never going to come. Ben has worked long and hard for this accomplishment. I am so proud of him.

Here is Ben walking outside graduation.

I passed Daphne off to him and he carried her into the Spectrum. She really thought that was fun.

It was great because all Graduate degree's were the day before Undergrads so graduation was short and sweet. I do have to admit it was a very emotional time for me. I was so glad to be done with school. These past two years have been hard with Ben in graduate school but worth it too!!

Here is our family with the Graduate!!

I had to make sure I had a picture with that degree too. It is almost as much mine as his.

Ryker loved Ben's hat. This is what he was doing the whole time.

Ben and Daphne walking back to the car. What a special time for us to go and support Ben with this HUGE accomplishment.

Old Main Hill

This is the Center where Ben spent most of his time.

Making Gingerbread Houses with Play Group

2009-12-29T15:04:00.000-08:00

This was the first time we have ever made gingerbread houses. It was so much fun!!

Here is Daphne working hard. We have made some fun projects during play group this year.

Daphne and Dillon

Spencer and Wyatt
We have great friends who we love to spent time with!!

Playing in the SNOW

2009-12-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

This was the first time Daphne got all dressed up in her snow gear. She was a little confused at first but was excited to go out and play.

The first big snow storm of the season. Ryker was watching out the window so I finally put some extra clothes on him and let him go out for a minute. It is a lot of work to get ready to go outside for the amount of time they stay out there.

Daphne did a great job shoveling. She was right behind and around Ben the whole time.

Playing in the snow.

Ryker tried eating it. He was just watching most of the time wondering what was happening.

Ryker's 1st Birthday!!!

2009-12-29T14:36:00.000-08:00

Ryker Kristian Farmer, Our Birthday boy!!!
He was not interested at all in the presents. Daphne opened them all up for him.

Ryker did not feel good on his birthday. You can tell in this picture he was sick. He was still a good sport and excited about his new presents.

On his birthday we made cupcakes. The family was coming to Logan over the weekend so we waited for them to make a cake. He did not know what to think about that candle.

I don't think Ryker even put any of the cupcake in his mouth. He just squished it all up with his fingers.

Here is Ryker's dinosaur cake. Thanks Daphne for putting all the candy on top. Daphne was a big help. The day of Ryker's family birthday party their was a big snow storm and my family was not able to come. We missed celebrating with them.

I love this picture of Ryker and his cake. I can't believe he is ONE!!

Of coarse Daphne had to be in one of the pictures. She loved that I put Ryker on the table for pictures. She just had to be involved too. Ryker is so happy.

Ryker dug into his cake this time. It was probably all the frosting. We had a great time celebrating RYKER!! We love him and we are so glad that he is in our family.

Picking out a Christmas Tree with the Wingers!!!

2009-12-12T13:41:00.000-08:00

Once again we went on our annual trip to pick out our Christmas Tree with the Wingers. This was our 6th year we have gone together to get our tree. Our family at the tree lot.

Max-Fynlee-Ryker-Daphne

Daphne and Fynlee had so much fun running around the tree lot.

Mommy and Daphne with our tree.

Daddy and Ryker with our tree.

The Wingers and Farmers
We were both newlyweds the first time we went and picked out our tree. Now look at us. We are so grateful for our friends the Wingers. We love spending time with them and we are so grateful for all the memories we have with them. Thanks!!

Bowling with the Farmers

2009-12-12T13:36:00.001-08:00

We went bowling with the Farmers Thanksgiving weekend.

This was Daphne's first time bowling ever!!
She really had a great time.

Daphne would rush up their every time and hoped it was her turn. It was hard sometimes waiting for her turn again.

Some of our group

Ryker with his scrunch face again. He is always so easy going and happy!!

Hogle Zoo- Thanksgiving morning

2009-12-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

We went with the Mabey family to Hogle Zoo Thanksgiving morning. My family donated pumpkins for the animals to eat for their feast and they gave us passes to get inside and watch.

Dad and Daphne
It was a cold morning at the Zoo. We were all bundled up.

Here we are waiting for the Elephants to come out and eat the huge pumpkin. I was surprised with the amount of people at the Zoo.

Mommy and Baby Elephant

Ryker was in a daze the whole time. He looked like he was going to fall out of his chair. Events during his morning nap are always hard.

Mini-Thanksgiving Dinner with Play Group

2009-12-12T13:11:00.000-08:00

Decorating hats and vests for our Thanksgiving dinner during Play group.

Eating!! We had so much fun sharing this holiday with friends. Thanks for coming to our house this year for play group and making so many fun memories with our family.We have great friends!!

Daphne eating her lunch. Daphne loved her hat.

Wyatt-Daphne-Maddie-Spencer
Dressing up. We love dressing up any way we can. Some did not want to dress up and we missed them in our picture.

Disney on Ice-Princesses

2009-12-12T12:53:00.000-08:00

Me and My friend Jenni had a fun opportunity to take our girls to Disney on Ice. It was so fun to spend the day together and watch our girls get so excited to see the Princesses.

Me and Daphne during the show. Daphne could not stop staring at first. It was all a new adventure for her. I had never been before either so we got to share this first adventure together.

Fynlee-Jenni-Daphne-Anna
"Just the Girls"

Fynlee and Daphne got Cinderella dolls to take home with them. Daphne loves to talk about what happened at Disney on Ice.

Here all the princesses are dancing. Daphne loved this part. She even learned about princesses she had never heard about. What a fun time we had together. Thanks Jenni for coming with us!!

Playing around the House

2009-12-12T10:20:00.000-08:00

Ryker and Daphne love to play under the table. Ryker thinks it is so fun to go in and out.

This is what I see all the time looking under the table.
Ryker is lucky to have a great sister that will play all these fun games with him.

We finished our rock pit in the back yard. It has been so fun to go out and dig. Now we will have to wait till spring to find the rocks again.

Daphne loves to play in Ryker's walker. Ryker will follow her around all over the house.

Ryker loves to play in his walker. He has learned how to get in and out of all our bedrooms upstairs. I am impressed because they are all so close.

Playing in the playroom. Ryker is now walking while pushing all the toys. Here is Daphne and Ryker pushing their toys together.

Who knew diaper boxes where so much fun?

Daphne loves crafts. She will sit and do projects all day if I let her.

Halloween

2009-12-12T09:56:00.001-08:00

We went to South Jordan the day before Halloween. Here is Daphne in the pumpkin patch in her costume. If you asked her what she was for Halloween she would reply "A poodle skirt."

The cutest monkey ever!! Ryker would get stiff in his costume. He would just plop down where he was set. I love this picture of him. He is always turning his head to the side like this.

My two kids!!

Grandma Mabey in the pumpkin patch with 5 of the grand kids.

6 of the 10 grand kids all dressed up for the Family Halloween party. We miss our cousins that live in Texas!!

Halloween day we went with our friends the Millers and Carlsens Trick-or-Treating down Main Street in Logan. You could walk into the different businesses and they would give you candy.

It was nap time for Owen and Ryker. They were troopers.

Our group

Our family on Halloween Day. It was a lot of fun but cold walking down the street. Ryker was so tired by the time we were finished.

Halloween afternoon we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat. It was fun for Daphne to see all the people from our ward.

We brought all our pumpkins over and me and Ryker handed out candy while Ben and Daphne went gathering candy. After we went to dinner with the Carlsens and went out to Millville to Grandma and Grandpa Farmers Trunk-or-Treat. It was a fun and busy day.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Farmer

2009-12-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

Great Grandma Farmer made our Halloween costumes this year. Daphne has loved wearing her "Poodle Skirt" Grandma made a white slip to go under her skirt but I had to end up hiding it till after Halloween. She only wanted to wear the slip and not the skirt. It was her "white pretty dress." It also took a lot of convincing not to wear it to church. Here is Ryker-Daphne-Joel with Grandma and Grandpa

Ryker loved his monkey costume too. He only cried once when we strapped that thing on him. Thanks Grandma for these awesome costumes. We love them!!

Fun in the patch with COUSINS!!!

2009-11-18T20:33:00.000-08:00

Mabey's Pumpkin Patch--
We had the great opportunity of spending most of October in my families pumpkin patch. The weather was great and the kids had SOOOO much fun. This is the patch. Here is Daphne, she is "King of the World." She would climb up and say that over and over again. Ryker would just play with the straw.

Here we are just after we loaded the wagon to take into the patch. Most of the people went out in the field with the wagons to pick their pumpkins. We planted 5 acres of pumpkins this year.

I think the kids could ride in the wagons all day. They loved the "bumpy ride."

Madison and Daphne
At first they would run from one end of the field to the other. Their were so many things for them to explore.

The first wagon ride of the year. Daphne with some of her cousins. Daphne had a very traumatic experience that made it hard for her to get back on. While they were out one of the pumpkins fell off. Who knows why that was so disturbing for her but it was. We would have to do a lot of convincing to get her back on the wagon after that.

Pretending to drive the tractor. This was another favorite especially for Daphne, Jacob and Madison. We got grease on many outfits as they would make their way to the seat. They could climb on and off by themselves.

Playing on the big pile of pumpkins. I love taking pictures with the kids sitting on these big piles after we have just loaded the wagon. They were climbing all over the place.

We LOVED the weather this year. It was so nice to be able to be in the patch without big coats all the time. Here are the kids playing at dusk. They would walk around holding hands all the time.

Daphne, Jacob and Madison hugging a pumpkin. They wanted their picture with many pumpkins that night.

Ryker and Jacob
The two boy grand kids that live in Utah. We sure do miss our cousins that live away.

Daphne in the Pumpkin Patch

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Ryker in the Pumpkin Patch

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Our play group halloween party

2009-11-12T13:13:00.000-08:00

Our play group had a little Halloween party. It was so fun to see the kids get all dressed up. They were so excited to wear their costumes. Here is the best picture we could get. Dillon-Daphne-Spencer-Wyatt

We played some really fun games. They played pin the nose on the pumpkin, Pass the pumpkin around to music and dug for toys and candy in spaghetti noodles. We also made frames and bracelets. I love celebrating the holidays.

Daphne was really getting into this. She had things she really wanted to find.

We love play group. It is so fun to get together with friends every week.

Carving Pumpkins

2009-11-09T13:31:00.000-08:00

For the first time Daphne really got into carving pumpkins. She would watch her cousins carve and she was so excited when it was finally her turn.

Ryker loves being in the pumpkins. He was so sad when we took him out. He hung out in the pumpkin alot that night.

Of course Daphne had to get in the pumpkin too. Yes she is small enough to fit too. Who knows she might be able to fit next year too.

Ben and Daphne are working hard. We carved pumpkins at my parents house this year with the family. We love to find new patterns and spend all night carving. Anything is always an all night project with kids.

Here are the ones we did that night. Sorry the pictures are blurry but I wanted to see the carvings with the lights. I made the Cinderella pumpkin for Daphne. Ben did the ninja turtle. My sister Sarah made the witch and Natalie made Edward. We had a lot of fun.

This picture takes me back to when we were first married. We both actually carved this year. It was a lot of fun. It was a fun way to spend Ben's birthday. At least I hope it was!!

Playing in the leaves

2009-11-09T13:18:00.001-08:00

We love when it comes time to rake our leaves every year. We have two huge trees in our front yard that gives us plenty of leaves to rake. Daphne loves to be pulled around the house on the tarp. We take and put our leaves on our garden in the back. Here they both are going for a ride.

Ryker really enjoyed exploring. He would crawl around and pick up one leaf and play with it. At first he was not too sure what he thought.

Here he is looking at his leaf. What made that one so special no one knows.

All Daphne wanted was her picture taken. We are into pictures right now. She will ask me at least once if not more times a day to take a picture of what she is doing. I love the fake smile.

Daphne loved throwing the leaves up in the air. She would throw them at anyone that would get close enough. You gotta watch out for Daphne. You never know what she will do.

Me with my kids. I love being a MOM. I can't believe how fast they are growing up.

Daphne is so fun. What a ball of energy she is. Who knows what we are going to do all winter long. She loves being outside playing and getting dirty. It could be a long winter.

My cute kids!!

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Daphne loves wearing "pretty dresses" every day. She know the difference between skirts and dresses and lets me know which one she is in the mood to wear. She has such a fun personality and energy that makes her so fun to be around. We sure love her.

Ryker is always teething. His tongue is feeling his new top tooth that finally came in. Most of the pictures of him this last month shows his tongue. He has a hard time teething. But he is such a good sport about it. He has such a laid back attitude that makes him so easy going. I love that about Ryker.

I love being the mother of these cute kids. They bring so much Joy and Happiness into my life. What a great opportunity to raise children, hard but great.

Ben defended his THESIS!!!

2009-11-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

After a long summer of working on his THESIS Ben has now defended it. I am so proud of him and all his hard work. We are now almost done with Graduate school. He has a few more corrections to make and then the THESIS will be signed off. What will it be like to have Ben out of school? Who knows? He has been going to school since we were married. I am excited for him to start doing Therapy. He has worked so hard and put in so much time. He is a huge example to me. Thanks for being the best DAD and GRADUATE STUDENT ever!! We all love you very much.

American West Heritage Center

2009-11-03T13:21:00.001-08:00

For Play group we went to the American West Heritage Center for a fun filled day. Here is Daphne and Wyatt on the train.

The train was really a hit. They went around and around and were able to see all these fun decorations for Halloween.

They had a big giant slide that you could go down. Here I am with Daphne. Sorry the picture is dark but it was a really cold morning and gloomy day.

This was the highlight of the day for Daphne. She could had spent all her time jumping off the straw bales into a big pile of lose straw. She thought it was great. I was impressed with how high she would jump.

Spencer-Daphne-Dillon in the corn maze.

I made her take a picture with her MOM. It is so fun to go out and do these fun adventures with her. Ben stayed home with Ryker which made it so nice.

Daphne loved the straw so much we went back later that night with Ben. I wanted to show him how well she jumped. He got a great picture of her in the air. She would spread her feet as she jumped. We have a jumper on our hands.

A walk in the canyon

2009-11-03T13:10:00.001-08:00

We took Ben away from his thesis for one afternoon and went up to the canyon for a picnic and little hike. It was so nice to get away.

Ryker was not happy to be there. Every time I put him down for a picture this is what I got.

All Ryker wanted to do was cuddle. He is so fun to cuddle with.

Ryker and his dad.

Now we did get a few good smiles with Daphne. Of course Ryker was doing the scrunch face.

But don't worry, Daphne is all smiles. She was asking me to take her picture by all these different objects. Each time we got the same fake smile too. Gotta love it.

We had a lot of fun exploring and spending time as a family. We are so glad the weather has been so nice so we have been able to do these fun outings.

Our First Garden

2009-11-02T13:17:00.000-08:00

What an adventure we had planting a garden this year. We had so much fun learning and watching our plants grow. Here is Daphne with some of the things that we planted. She was so proud when it came time to harvest. She LOVED it!!!

Daphne would go out in the garden every day to see what had changed. She would ask people that were walking by if they wanted to come and see her garden. She was so proud. Here is the first picture we took of half the garden. Daphne was helping me water.

A ground chuck found our garden right after this picture. It ate most of the plants and we no longer had half the things we planted. They were really bad in our neighborhood. I was so discouraged. But some things bounced back and we were able to have a great harvest.

Here is the first produce that we picked from the garden.

Our peas went on a growing spurt after the ground chucks got them. They ended up being taller then Daphne. We had a lot of peas. We are so glad that we tilled in the grass last year and planted a garden this year. We are already planning out what we want to do different next year. All of us were proud of our little garden.

Family pictures in the Corn fields

2009-10-27T21:38:00.001-07:00

We decided to go get some family pictures in the corn field because we spend so much time there as a family. It was perfect weather till we got there and the sun came out and so we are all squinting in the pictures. I am never very good at timing these days.

Daphne loves to husk the corn one leaf at a time. It takes her a long time and she enjoys it. What more can you ask for?

Here is Madison and Daphne. They love playing in the fields.

As you can see she is getting closer and closer to the corn.I love things that get her to stop and take a breather. Then that means that I can stop and take a breather.

Bath Time

2009-10-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

Bath Time is always an adventure but this one night was the best. Daphne was making Ryker laugh so hard that he was falling backwards in the tub. It was so fun to watch. I love how they interact together.

Ryker's Scrunch Face

2009-10-27T21:10:00.001-07:00

Here is my Ryker. He started making this face with his Dad in the mornings and now he is doing it all the time. He will even snort sometimes. Hopefully it does not become permanent.

We sure think it is cute. Daphne asks him all the time to make his scrunch face. He does it the best with his Dad!! He is a fun little boy.

Corn Season is OVER!!! Oh how time flies

2009-10-10T19:50:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast time is going. We just finished up selling corn for a total of 7 weeks. We would go to South Jordan every weekend to help. Here are some random pictures of all our adventures.

Here are the 5 grand kids at home. I got to stay home and babysit!! Mckaylee went to the market to help sell now that she is getting older. We loved that 3 out of the 5 would take morning naps.

Madison-Sarah-Natalie-Mckaylee
Picking corn-- Jenn and Mark were troopers. They would wake up their kids and bring them to help pick. Me and Natalie would leave ours home with Grandma!!

YES!! that is the sun coming up. We would start picking before the sun came out. The only time I ever see the sun rise.

Some of the crew.

Sarah picking corn!! She is one fast picker.

Our job at home was to keep the table bagged. You can see our helpers in the corn bin, Daphne and Maddie were our great helpers. They would ask anyone who came if they wanted any corn. Daphne was a little confused with the interchange of money. She was always trying to give back more then they would pay in the first place. She loved handling the money and trying to figure things out. I was impressed with how well she did.

Doughnut Time!!!
My uncle Earl would bring us doughnuts every week. Everyone looked forward to the fresh doughnuts from Dunford.

This truck was all loaded for the market.

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Pioneer Park
Ben would go every week to sell at Pioneer park. Here are a few pictures of when Daphne got to go visit her Dad and help sell.

Ryker and Charlee!!

2009-10-08T14:56:00.001-07:00

Ryker and Charlee are 4 weeks apart. My brother Brad and his wife Natalie are the proud parents. It has been so fun watching them grow up together. Ryker is now 10 months and Charlee 9. Here are some pictures of them since they were born.

Ryker and Charlee in their Blessing clothes

Ben's BIG Adventure

2009-06-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

Ben and my brother Jeff rode their bikes from the Jordan River Temple to the St. George Temple. They did it last year but this year we decided to follow them along and watch this huge accomplishment. My mom and sister came with me and the kids. Here is Daphne playing with her stickers. They were a life saver. She had so much fun decorating her car seat and everything else she could reach. It was a long couple of days in the car and she was a trooper.

Here is Ben coming in to one of the scheduled stops. They would stop as a group along the way for lunch and just to make sure everyone was keeping up.

Daphne waiting for her Daddy at one of the stops. She got to eat suckers and sit in the truck to wait. They would stop for food and drinks.

Here is Ben!! I am so proud of him. I know this is a lot of work and very trying. He really enjoys riding his bike and I am glad he has opportunities to do things like this.

Coming in to St. George they put on matching tee-shirts and all rode together. There were a group of riders along with road crew.

One big line of riders!!

Jeff and Ben at the Temple. They made it!!!

Here is a group shot of all the riders. I was so impressed with them all especially Ben.

We had a great trip. Thanks Mom and Sarah for putting up with the kids in the car for days and also following the crew. We had a great time. Daphne loves seeing her dad riding his bike. WAY TO GO BEN, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!!

Ryker --6 Months Old

2009-06-03T14:32:00.001-07:00

Ryker is now 6 months old. I can't believe how fast it went. He loves to swing in our back yard. Daphne is so good about taking turns with her swing.

Ryker's new milestone is sitting up on his own. He is still a little tipsy but he loves being up. He watches his sister run circles around him. She wants to play with him more and more now that he is moving around.

Ryker is so much fun to have around. We are so glad that he is a part of our family!!

Zion's National Park

2009-05-20T13:34:00.001-07:00

We went with Ben's Family to Zion's National Park. Enjoy all the pictures. I just couldn't decide which ones to post. So you get a lot to look at. Here is my cute little Daphne. We just got a new backpack so this was a great adventure for her.
Our first Family pose.

Charity and Joel. We had never been here before and so we took alot of pictures.

We stopped and let the kids get out and throw rocks. Who do you think spent the most time playing??

Ben and Ryker

Ryker is sporting his new baseball cap.

Walking down the path. I carried an umbrella when Ryker was awake. I was so worried about him getting sun burnt. It was really hot.

Daphne really enjoyed riding on Daddy's Back. Some days she was happier then others. All in all she was a great hiker. The sun was hot and she did great traveling with a lot of adults.

Waiting for the bus. Daphne loved riding on the bus. She would sing or would fight Joel for the best spot. Wherever Joel was she wanted to be.

We took a lot of family pictures. We had many people ask us if they were both ours. I guess we looked funny!!

Aunt Miki came with us on our adventures. Here she is with Kip and Bonnie.

The last day Daphne got tired of riding in the pack. She just wanted to walk. Here she is with Ben walking across the bridge.

Leaving Zions Daphne wanted her picture on the "Big Rock"

A day at the ZOO!!

2009-05-20T13:16:00.000-07:00

For Daphne's Birthday we spent the day at the zoo. Daphne had never been there before. She had a great time. She spent alot of time just watching. She loved seeing the animals live and not just in her books.
The Family!!
Ryker is a trooper. He is really easy to take which makes the day a lot more enjoyable.

The Birthday Girls!! Maddie did not want her picture taken and so this was the only one we got of the two of them together. They are the best of friends.

We rode on the carousel. Daphne loved the Giraffe's. We found out that one of the Giraffe's is named Daphne too. She thought that was really fun.

My sister Sarah with the Girls. She is always a great help whenever we go anywhere. Thanks Sarah!!! We had a really fun day.

Daphne and Madison's Family Birthday party

2009-05-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

Here is Daphne and Madison's cake. Daphne gets to share her birthday with her cousin Madison. They love celebrating together. I decided to try a fun cake this year. Thanks to Ben and my sister Sarah we put together this building block cake. I think it turned out great!!
Daphne was really tired after spending the day at the Zoo so here is her smile for the night. She is posing with her cake.

Another great smile out of Daphne. I was excited about the cake so I took a lot of pictures. I thought we did a great job.

Singing happy birthday to Madison and Daphne. Daphne turned 2 and Madison turned 3!!

Daphne's birthday party during play group

2009-05-18T12:45:00.001-07:00

Play group was the day before Daphne's birthday so I decided to have a little party with her friends. We had a farm theme and these are the cupcakes that we made. They turned out fun.

Daphne holding her cupcakes. She had a lot of fun helping me decorate them.

For our activity we hid lots of little toys and candy in hay for the kids to find. Daphne was so excited about the suckers. You could tell that I have never bought them before.

Everyone had a lot of fun digging in the hay finding prizes. It was fun to see what each kid was looking for. They all had an item they really wanted and found as many of that item as they could.

After they filled their bags they all sat on the grass and ate candy and played with the toys

We had an art project and make sheep. That turned into coloring and cutting.

Maddie came a little late and so her and Daphne got to have their own hunt.

Who knows how many suckers Daphne had???

Moab- Our first camping experience

2009-04-30T12:56:00.000-07:00

Here is Daphne riding the cow. She got on but could not get off. She was not very happy.

Playing with sand toys was a lot of fun. They learned quickly how to cover their eyes when the wind came up. They all got so dirty.

Right by camp there was a stream that went by. The kids love playing in it to cool off. Daphne thought it was great to play in the water and build with the rocks. At least they cleaned themselves off after playing in the dirt.

Here is camp from up on the hill. It was a really nice area and worked great with the horses. There was a lot to do around us which made it really nice.

Sleeping in a tent was an adventure. Daphne was not sure what to do but Ryker sure enjoyed it. He slept great it was Daphne that had a hard time. The wind did not help any. It was so loud when we were trying to sleep. I was amazed that they even slept at all. I know me and Ben didn't.

It was nice to be able to take our bikes and finally use our bike trailer somewhere other then around our neighborhood. Ben would take all the kids on rides. We left camp and went on a bike trail along the river. Daphne really enjoys riding bikes with dad.

Daphne loved climbing on all the rocks.

We had a great time in Moab. It was a fast trip but we really enjoyed it. We could have done without the wind but now we have fun stories to tell because of it. We are excited to try camping again sometime soon.

Mr. Smiles

2009-04-30T12:50:00.000-07:00

Ryker plays so good by himself. He really enjoys the bouncer, his swing and just laying on the floor. I love how he can entertain himself.

Ryker is all smiles. He is so much fun to have around because whenever he sees you he smiles SOOO big!! What more can you want??

Easter Weekend!!

2009-04-14T12:43:00.001-07:00

Easter was so much fun. We were really busy but we were able to spend a lot of time with family. We spend the whole weekend in South Jordan. We had a wedding on Friday, Easter Egg Hunts on Saturday and then More Easter Egg Hunts on Sunday. We also got to celebrate Grandma Farmers birthday. SOOO busy but SOOO fun!!!

Daphne got to die Easter Eggs for the first time this year. Madison and Mckaylee came over to Grandma Mabey's house to die the eggs.

Daphne and Madison waiting to start the Hunt. We went to a Easter Egg hunt Saturday morning put on by Republic Mortgage. Daphne had a great time except for the Easter Bunny.

Daphne was so fast at picking up eggs untill the Easter Bunny came over by her. She was scared to death of the bunny that as soon as he came over she stopped picking up the eggs and was trying to get away for the rest of the hunt. We have no pictures of the bunny to share.

Here is Ryker and Charlee hanging out between Easter Egg Hunts. They were excited to be out of their car seats and playing on the floor.

We had a family wedding this weekend and so the Mabey's were all in town and we had the great opportunity to get together for an Easter Egg Hunt. Here are all the great grandchildren waiting to go down and start picking up eggs. It was so fun to be able to spend time with my cousins who live out of state.

Jacob-Madison-Mckaylee and Daphne after the hunt at Grandpa Mabey's house. They all got hooked up with fun toys and plenty of candy.

Grandma Mabey has fun bunnies at her house. Here is Daphne and Ryker after church playing with the bunnies.

Getting Daphne to cooperate with a picture is hard work. She does not like to hold Ryker so we have to use the couch to prop him up. Here they are showing off their new Easter outfits. Don't they look happy?

My little Boy is growing up so fast. I think he is so handsome.

Ryker is so smiley. He always has a smile on his face unless he is ready for bed, ready to eat, or you get out the camera.

We are ready for Spring!!

2009-04-01T12:06:00.000-07:00

Pigs-Pigs-Pigs!! Madison and Daphne looking at the pigs at Wheeler farm. It was fun to see all the animals after a long winter. Now we can see them for real and not just in books!!!

Madison-Daphne-Mckaylee walking down the road at Wheeler Farm. We went to see the animals for Jacob's birthday. They were holding hands most of the time. Daphne loves to play with her cousins.

Daphne and her cousin Joel watching and waiting. They are waiting for Grandpa Farmer to come and let them get in with the baby lambs.

Here is Daphne with her cousin Joel. Grandpa Farmer has baby lambs at his house and Daphne loves to go and see them. Grandpa just caught them a lamb to pet. It was so fun to watch Daphne and Joel just giggle as they played. They had so much fun.

Daphne has just started to have an interest in riding horses. She use to want to ride them all the time but then when we got too close she was a little scared. We are so proud of her this year she will get on and stay on!!

Ryker's Blessing-March 22,2009

2009-03-23T15:20:00.001-07:00

Sunday was Ryker's blessing. We had a great day. I love spending time with my family and friends. Thanks to everyone who came and for those who traveled so far to be here with us. Doesn't Ryker look handsome? He did not like the tux. Every time we put it on he cried. We were lucky that we got some pictures without him screaming.

Our Family

Ryker sporting his Tux

Ryker with his MOM!!!

The Mabey Family

The Farmer Family

Ryker with his DAD!!!

Here we are!!!

2009-03-23T13:12:00.000-07:00

This has been a long awaited moment for many of you. We have finally joined with you in the world of blogging. Now I can cross one more thing off my "To Do" list. We are excited to keep in better contact with everyone and for you to be able to see what is going on in our crazy lives. Thanks for your patience and we hope you enjoy our adventures as much as we do!!