Reasons I love Arco, Idaho!

We spent the weekend up in Arco last week, it was a quick trip, I had to be back for General Relief Society Meeting, but it was still a fun trip.  I just love to go up to Arco and hang out there.  It sounds funny because we spend most of our time making fun of Arco, but really we have had great times there.  One of the things I love the most is the location of the house to the cellar.  I sit on the couch and see Ryan right out my window. 

This is an actual shot from my favorite spot (on the couch I mean)  Who doesn't love to watch their husband work all day? It doesn't get any better than that!

The other thing I really love is we get to go there and just be us, no school, no friends, neighbors, anyone or anything.  I get lots of time to just be a mom and my kids get lots of time to play and become best friends, it is great!

 

We cant wait to go back this weekend!

Claire Turns 3 years old!

We celebrated Claire's birthday farm style again this year!  We went to Arco to be with Ryan for the weekend and so we hauled cake, presents, balloons, and birthday girl all there!  It was really fun! 

I think this is about the 6th Dora cake we have had in our family!

 

Getting some help from Emma opening a present.

She got a Dora music player and her own Leaptop (laptop).  She was excited!

A little Telford Family Tradition, heavy, heavy hangover!

The Big three year old, Justin blew her candles out, she didn't mind though she got one out herself!  Happy Birthday Claire Bear, we LOVE you!

Sugar Beet Harvest

Is in full swing! I wish we harvested beets before potatoes, then we could actually enjoy harvest time a little bit, the way it is we are all just sick and tired of it, that it just makes it kind of miserable. We did get to spend Saturday with Ryan in the tractor. Claire found her first sugar beet, it was almost as big as her! Harvest is going really well though, the other crew just finished (Saturday) helping the neighbors with their potatoes, not a day too soon, it rained last night, not enough to stop beet digging though, which is good, we need to get it done!
Saturday night was the High Priest Group Social, Ryan was in charge, which was scary! We have never even been to one, let alone been in charge of it. He did good conducting, not a lot of people came, (I guess in comparison to others) but it was a really nice meeting. It was nice to see him in the day light! We are getting a new Stake Presidency and so all of the High Councilors are being released, Ryan is sad, he hopes he will get called right back to it, but you never know, he really likes his calling, I told him he wont keep it then if he likes it! Seems like it always works that way!
The primary program is next week, the kids all have their parts memorized, Claire can even say most of Justin's, it is cute. In sacrament the speaker quoted part of Justin's one liner and all of the kids perked up and we all smiled and laughed, because we knew that already! I was glad they recognized it.
Claire has been wearing big girl under roos lately, we have had lots of accidents, but I am SICK of diapers, so thus is the life until we figure it out, sadly it is mostly just from me forgetting to ask, you think I would have this figured out by the fourth one, not so!
The Arco house is having its kitchen delivered TODAY! I cant wait to see it all finished! It is going to be AWESOME! I need to go up and give detailed directions on how I want it all to look, I am a crazy lady that way, but I have worked hard on this and I want it the way I WANT IT! I have lots of pictures to post of the bedrooms, when I can......that reminds me..........
The internet man should be here in the morning....again. I am holding him hostage until he gets it fixed right! I am sure he will, the repair men are easy to deal with, it is just the fourteen people you have to talk to before they will send him out that I don't like to deal with! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I had hoped the pictures would load of beet harvest but they wont, I will try again another time....boo hoo!

Claire's Birthday Party

Claire finally got a birthday party! We packed up the cake and presents and went to Arco to meet our daddy so he could be there and we had a fun time! (Ryan still missed it, but did get a piece of Dora cake at least!) I wasn't going to do a yucky old home decorated cake again, but I felt bad not doing something, besides who am I trying to impress, CLAIRE, she could tell it was Dora so that is all that mattered! We had a barbeque at the Arco house and then opened presents with cousins and Aunt Sara and Aunt Paige. I think she was thrilled with it all, she is still singing happy birthday dear Claire..... What a fun girl!

On the road

We have been on the road this past week. I am working on a really fun project of furnishing the "Arco house." (When we bought the farm it had a yucky old rundown "trailer house" on it, we are going to use it during harvest and spring planting to stay in while the guys are working up there) Anyway, it has started the re-model process and has bedrooms and bathrooms ready to be moved into, the rest of the house is in shambles, but it is bein put back together as we speak, and the new kitchen will be so worth it! SO, I have been looking for deals and driving here and there, including a fun trip to Boise with my OBFF ((old BFF) long story, she is still my BFF, we just haven't had our paths cross much this summer) We went up to Nampa to find this: This is the bed in the master bedroom actually, I found the whole set on craigslist (which I LOVE btw) for a steal of a deal! It has been so fun buying bedding, curtains, towels, rugs, furnishings, on and on, I am SO in my element!! It has been a dream job! Anyway we have a start, now I have two more bedrooms 1 more bathroom, two family rooms, laundry room, and a kitchen to go! This is Me with the first load going to Arco, (I had help loading and unloading) and the pickup looks the same right now full of furnishings for bedroom #2.

Claire squished in with all of the fun stuff! Justin had to ride up front!

We are going to spend the weekend up there and I hope to get the other bedroom put together and the 2nd bathroom walls textured, and hopefully painted. We will see how well I do. More to come!