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Hunter went to the rodeo with Grandpa and Grandma Stoor. His cousin Raleigh was up from Cedar Fort Utah and went with them. He left at 10 am and returned around 11:15 pm. He stated he had a great day and enjoyed both performances that they went to. At the afternoon performance, he was able to get a poster of the rodeo and have it signed by a few rodeo attendee's. He said that it was fun to watch the bull riders and the kids riding the sheep's during this performance. He was sad that the barrel racer from Blackfoot knocked down the 3rd barrel taking fourth place. He said she would have taken first place and would have been in the running to go in the finals. He had fun with Grandpa and Grandma and really enjoyed the day with them. I am glad that they wanted to take him to the rodeo. I feel that he is growing a strong relationship with them and I am really glad that they have taken an interest in him. He states that he wants to grow up and have his ranch with cows and horses. I hope he always has this spark in him as he knows that his parents would love to have their place with cattle and all the fun that it would provide. He is growing up and is enjoying what life has to offer him. He still is not sure about riding steers at the fair this year. He thought that he would ride a calf last year but it was a steer and I think that it scared him. I told him that he will just have to prepare to do this. He is involved in so much now and he keeps his mother busy running him all over town but I know that he does enjoy his adventures and he likes to tell his Dad about them when he is home. God sent his son here to earth so that we can learn from him and I know that God sent Hunter to us so that we can learn of him also. We learn that each day, we love Hunter more, accept his triumphs and failures, and we learn many things about the love of having a Son. Hunter is a shining example of what our Father in Heaven wants in his children and we know that through much guidance and care, he will make a great father someday because he is the best Son that could ever be sent to our little family.

Little Terror

Our youngest boy will be the death of his parents at a very young age. We have often told ourselves that we should have had him first and then we would have stopped having kids, in fact, I think I would have talked Michele into giving him up for adoption. He is the most energetic young man. He doesn't need to take a nap and he can go for hours..usually long after we have gone to bed. He enjoys animals and watching movies. He usually has all the animals scattered from one end of the house to the other and usually we are kicking them out of the way. I usually try to kick them under something so that I don't continue to walk on them in the middle of the night. He usually has to end his day watching his "show". Any show will do, but he usually gets hooked on one and it lasts about two weeks. We have wore out two VCR's and a DVD player. I am glad that I clean out apartments once in a while and find one so that we can replace the one's he is wearing out. He is now in the stage of potty training and that has been fun. Mom " I need to go potty"... puts new diaper on. Mom " I need to go potty"... and this is usually within 3-4 minutes of being on the potty previously..but oh no..you have to put a clean diaper on him..not the one he has just taken off that is practically brand new, well in fact it is brand new. But at least he is making progress with this new development in his life. He also is talking alot now, more than we would like at times. He told me just this morning that "Grandma is sick".. this is his new way of trying to get out of going to the baby sitter's for the day. We are so glad that we have Cynthia and Gerald Crossley to help us with our "little terror". She is very good with Shad and we know that he is safe and protected when he is there. Shad is now three, terrible two's gone.. or at least we hope. We probably couldn't have asked for a better "little terror" to keep us on our toes. He also keeps his siblings on their toes too and we know that they love him.. Hunter fights with him and Sierra locks him out of their bedroom... but we know they love him. God knew what he was doing when he sent him to us.. it is a test of obedience, patience, and being able to follow commandments. We have to have this each day because if we didn't, Michele and I would both be locked up in the behavioral health centers... We love you Shad and we hope you grow to be the best man that our Heavenly Father expects you to be and with our constant guiding and directing, we think that you will. Oh here we go again... Shad leave your diaper on.. and please don't throw your toys at Hunter.. and don't step on Sundance and please do not touch your sister's Ipod... Love you Shad

Easter Sunday

Easter was spent at Grandpa and Grandma Stoor's in Wayan. Hunter had gone out Wednesday with Grandma to spend time feeding with Grandpa. We got out there to help feed the cows, put out straw and chase two bulls in the shute to check one that was limping and to remove a nose ring left in a bull that was bought from Steve Olsen. Then of course we had to fix the gates after turning the new bull in with the bull we had brought in to check the leg. They fought for a couple of hours with the rest of the bulls but no more fences had been destroyed. Hunter stated that he had a good time with Grandma and Grandpa through the week and had been able to help Grandpa alot. He had fed the baby calf (Dottie) most of her meals and helped chase Reddy-Teddy throughout the barnyard. Helped clean out the barn and work up the new calves in the barn. Grandma cooked a great Easter dinner and we were very full after eating. Watched Old Dogs given to Sierra from the Easter Bunny. Grandpa says that Hunter earned his money helping him find the hidden eggs, 42 of them hidden in the house. They both stated how much they enjoyed Hunter coming out to help them and how well mannered he was. We are glad that they enjoyed him as much as he enjoyed his stay with them. We ended the day eating cake, watching tv, and playing on the hill of snow Grandpa makes with the snowblower. Lots of snow still at Grandma's house. Easter was fun.