Tahoe

Took the boys and went with a friend to the north Tahoe beaches park area. It was a perfect day to get out in the sun and we all had fun.

It was an awesome day

Chase thought the mud there was extra tasty. He was in "eat everything you can put in your mouth" heaven!

Just so tasty . . .

He loved splashing, he eventually got all the mud washed off of his face and nose from splashing so much

The kids found two crawdads, they were so excited! I found out later that they didn't want to leave them at the beach and took them home like little pets. haha

Chase wanting to get pinched

Cheese

I'm always amazed at how beautiful it is there.

Mom and cute kiddies

Chase was off! He was crawling around in the water like a little water puppy and didn't want to be held back.

couldn't get Chase to look up very often

Splash baby splash!

Little crawdad buddy

Memorial Camp Trip

Memorial weekend we headed to Frenchman's Lake to camp for the three-day weekend. We enjoyed some pretty scenery, good relaxing, great camp-fire cooking and a lot of silliness. We got a lot of fun pictures (a little out of order) and a lot of smokey laundry to wash, haha.

The Hellyar Four!

Mom and Owen

We hiked around the river on our last day

Showing some muscles (and some farmers tan, haha)

Everybody jump now!

Oh wait, there's a baby on your back!

Wish Owen had this great smile when it was all four of us in the picture

Brad and I really wore the boys out!

We were camped up the mountain from the lake and we had a great view, we took this picture on our way down to have lunch at the lake

Hanging out at Camp

Dad carved Owen's derby car while we were there

Breakfast time!

Owen is the best camper! He loves to set up camp and find bugs and play with sticks. He always eats great and sleeps like a rock too !

Our sweet setup

Chase is still getting used to the whole camping thing, so while everyone else slept in, Chase and I goofed around and took pictures.

Owen has learned to sleep through anything including Chase and I playing in the tent and taking pictures of him!

Me and my babies! I love them sooooo much!

Enjoying some PB&J for lunch

Chase saw a seagull fly over the lake and I caught him pointing at the bird, pretty much the first time I've seen him point at anything. So Cute!

Cheese!

All tired out from too much relaxing on day 2

Designated camp cook. It was so much fun!

Joking around

Boys always being goofy

We hardly ever like to stay in camp-grounds so we like to make our own and we caught some mud on the way up to our camp spot.

Chase had fun watching us from the pack n play. He's still too little to walk, and if he were out he would just eat all the rocks and dirt he came in contact with!

Working hard setting up camp

Owen pointed the caterpillar out to us, we thought it would be a cool picture

Change of Plans . .

I finally posted about our big plans this summer and then everything changed. About a week after we made the decision to go back east and then transfer for school in the fall, we had some other things come up. Brad decided he would like to change his major and get his bachelor’s in something else like computer science here at UNR. Then he got offered a promotion from his current boss to stay here and keep working with him. And our bishop offered him pretty much the same summer sales opportunity (different product) here in Reno.

So we rolled things around for a few days and figured out what we both really wanted to do and decided we both really wanted to stay in Reno a little longer.

So the Hellyar’s are here to stay! For now anyway while Brad tackles the next two years of school. So we are making our house a little more of a home and have lots of plans for this summer, camping, hiking, biking and lots of outdoor activities. And we are super happy about it!

What we did Friday

Our sod was delivered Friday morning at 6:30 AM, so Brad mr. studley, got right to work and laid down all the sod in a few short hours. I helped by bringing the rolls of sod around the house in the wheelbarrow, and of course, giving moral support where needed. :) Our yard looks a lot better. I'm just bummed I didn't get a picture of how it looked when we moved in with it completely and badly xeriscaped.

All finished, It looks kind of two-toned right now but we feel like we finally have a real yard now!

Primary

I don't usually post stuff about my calling, but being in Primary takes some time and thought and can sometimes be frustrating. I had a little meltdown today right after primary started. All of a sudden I was feeling so overwhelmed about teaching all of the kids the songs they need to know by the end of summer. And I have a hard time being creative so I'm never sure what is the best way to teach the kids their songs.

The senior primary can be really helpful but crazier than the junior primary at times. And when I'm teaching the junior primary, I just see the little sunbeams wriggling around in their chairs, poking each other in the face, etc. and I just want to work harder to get their attention. Anyway, I have a lot of work to do, to say the least.

Mother's Day

I woke up today to three cute boys giving me kisses and a wonderful surprise gift from my husband. He is very supportive and grateful for all of the cooking I do and bought me a beautiful Gialetti Italian cookware set I will definitely put to good use. I am so excited to add it to my culinary repertoire of cooking utensils. After church he made us Breakfast for lunch and we at out on the sunny patio. It's so nice to be spoiled and I enjoy having a day of "thanks for mom!"