'Tis the Season...

Last year Mason hand made his gifts to the family. This year he has decided to do the same thing and has started to use the loom to knit hats. He wasn't sure how big he needed to make it so he showed me and gave it to me as an early Christmas present.

Thanks Mason....Pretty cool stuff!

Christmas Tree Lighting

Every year at the beginning of December, we have gone down to the Capital Building and have seen the Governor light the Christmas Tree... This year was another great time.
(Keaton lost his hat but then found it again)
Sorry for the bad cellphone picture... Merry Christmas!

Halloween!

We had some friends over and enjoyed the treats!!!!

Aunt Audrey and Uncle John!

My Aunt and Uncle came into town (I haven't seen in a long time) We spent the weekend catchin' up and visiting with them.

We love you... it was so great to see you!

Yellowstone and Jackson Hole Tournament

We couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a trip out of the soccer tournament in Jackson Hole... so we took the kids out of school for a couple days. Mason isn't in any of the pictures because he's to cool to hang with the family. Actually, he didn't go because he was working hard in school and you can't miss too many days in high school. He missed out big time though because we all had a blast. When my dad found out Mason wasn't going he wanted to go in his spot.He also couldn't pass up the opportunity of visiting his old stomping grounds. We went to Yellowstone for a whole day and then headed to Jackson Hole for Brooklyn's soccer tournament. Her team ended up losing in the finals but they did awesome.

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Keaton's Birthday

Keaton had a birthday that ended up on the same day as one of his soccer games. He still wanted to go play so we had the game right before his family party, everyone came out to see him play soccer before the party. Happy Birthday Keaton we love you!

He also had a special lunch again at sizzler because of the complimentary ice cream float! (look at the size of that thing!)

First Day of School.

I can hardly believe how fast the summer has gone by... School time already.
Look at these cuties....Bridger is now in a preschool group that me and some other ladies have put together, he is becoming quite the smarty pants!

Deadwood and Warm Lake

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The kids all wanted to go camping at Warm Lake... to swing off the rope swing among other things. Since we were close to Deadwood we drove in to catch some nice fish. (a great fish fry...yummy)
While camping here we encountered Bears again... bears at Redfish and now Bears at Warm lake, this summer was the summer of camping with the bears.

Beautiful Baskets!

We have always gotten Jill flower baskets for Mother's day, but this year Jill wanted to create her own to see how well they did.... Needless to say, I was thoroughly impressed. Nice job sweetie, these make the house beautiful.

Brooklyn and Jill off to Spokane!

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This was Jill's first road trip driving by herself....(scary!) She and Brooklyn went to Spokane for a soccer tournament. With Brandon starting a new job he wasn't able to take time off to go. So they made it a girls road trip! Her team did great making it all the way to the finals.(even with lousy officials) The girls even got to go stop by Lake Coeur d'Alene and resort for lunch and a walk around the boardwalk.

Camping at Red Fish Lake

A summer isn't complete without at least one trip to Red Fish Lake. Always beautiful and always a good time.

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Bridger knows how to swim!

kick, kick, kick...

Everyone of our children is a fish. Thanks to their mother fish (former swim instructor/lifeguard), she makes sure she teaches them all early and they all love the water. Bridger was asking for his own lessons and took to the water instantly.

Mason's Birthday

He wanted an Acoustic guitar!

Mason had a wonderful birthday with the family. Later in the week he had another party with some of his friends (they went swimming, had a water balloon fight, a scavenger hunt, Mason even got smacked on the forehead with his first kiss!)

We love you Mason! another year and almost taller than your Mom!

Boating with the Longs

We went boating with some friends (thanks Longs) and everyone had a blast!

Brooklyn was able to get up on the wake board.
She did awesome. What a fun day!

4th of July

We had a small 4th of July at our house with family. It's always good to get the cousins together.

Family Reunion 2010

We had a blast this year in McCall, Idaho for our Pickett family reunion.


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Keaton's Graduation

Ice Cream always follows a special event with Keaton!

Love from Grandma and Papa!

Keaton and his personality makes his graduation day that more fun! We love you Keaton!

Mason's Academic in Excellence award.

Mason received an Academic award for being on the honor role for all four years of middle school.
(sorry the picture is fuzzy it was taken with my phone.)

5th grade celebration

Brooklyn had a 5th grade graduation party with singing, dancing, and tons of games. She also got picked to be in the 5th grade talent show with her friend. They put together a fun dance.:)

Camping at Bruneau Sand Dunes

Looking down from the dune. Can you see the trailer?

Nothing like a trek up the tallest Dune. (only the tallest Sand Dune in North America!)

We always love a trip to Bruneau Sand Dunes... Cool pathway huh!

Mason Playing Tennis this year!

This year Mason went out for the tennis team and ended up being undefeated in the doubles category.

Mason's AAU basketball

Mason also did another season of basketball with AAU. He enjoyed it way better than his school team and he improved on his game.

Cutting hair.

Brooklyn decided she wanted to donate her beautiful hair to Pantene's beautiful lengths. She was able to donate 12 inches of hair. It was probably more traumatic for me then it was for her to cut it. But, it still looks cute and I think it's an awesome donation.

Our little bear's birthday.

"I'm four"

"I beat you dad again!!"

His dinosaur birthday cake.

"Yes, a big red ball!!"

Donuts for breakfast.

Bridger's birthday was awesome and the weather cooperated great! We even got to spend the day in the park for a picnic with the family. Notice we are wearing shorts in April, it was really that nice.