Fun at Ben's

Daddy?  Can I lick the lid to the pie?

Sayings XXX

GiddyBug was lying in bed with mom and dad and mom wanted a break from kids. So, dad told Gideon not to touch mommy. Then mom asked him if he was touching daddy and Gideon said, "Yes, I'm touching dad with the elbow of my leg." Mom asked if he meant his knee and he said "Yes, my knee."

You know you have a big family when...

I went to take a shower today and decided to count the seconds till someone knocked on the door with either a question or to use the toilet.  I turned on the water and started counting.  I got to 21.  I had a good chuckle.

also you know you have a big family when,

next to your favorite recipes you have written the amounts needed to quadruple the recipes

sometimes those quadrupled recipe amounts are written in 8 year old handwriting

you have more beds than most people have forks

Our little man

Sayings XXIX

Luke: What's a turnip?

Elijah: A purple vegetable.

Silas: I thought turnips ate wood.

Elijah: That's a termite.

Contest! Who can spot Ben Hornok?

This picture was taken at Ben Hornok's house during the 1st Annual Auch Boyd Extravabonanza. Robin has a sweet reward for the first person to find him. Void if you were present at the party.

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1st Annual Boyd Auch Family Christmas Celebration!

One of the many benefits of moving to Wyoming is we are only 2 hours from my sister.  We had our 1st Annual Boyd Auch Christmas Celebration this year.  She lives near her inlaws and so do I so holidays are usually spent with them.  We decided to pick a day near Christmas to spend with each other.  This year we met in Cheyenne which is half way between each other and have dinner together and ice skate. 

Kelly realized if we were going to take 10 children for a picnic and ice skating the adults were going to spend all their time changing diapers and feeding people.  We wisely hired a personal assistant to do that for us.  Miss Harves pushed Abbey in the stroller, took children to the bathroom, made them lunch, helped them ice skate and let Kelly, Matt, Matt and I spend time having fun.

After skating we all went to our friend Ben's house to play games and have dinner.  Here we all are. : )  Top left to right - Matt Boyd, Matt Auch, Robin, Middle - Abbey, Kelly, Silas, Titus, Gideon, Jana, Luke, Bottom - Michael, Elijah, Josiah, Samuel

  

Frozen Pants

It is really really cold out.  At the moment it is -4 degrees, but feels like -15 (according to the weather report) Anything I hang on the line freezes solid.  Fortunately they still dry, and you can throw them in the dryer for a minute to thaw and warm them.  These pictures are from a few weeks ago.

Another result of cold temperatures is when it is minus anything out cars do NOT want to start.  Today I drove the boys the block to school and the ignition was so cold it was just about frozen.  I could barely turn the key and then I had to try about 5 times to get it to stay on and then I had to let it idle with my foot on the gas for at least a minute to get it to stay on.  BURRRR. 

I am staying warm in the house and using the dryer today.

Sayings XXVIII

The kids were playing with the snakes that Uncle Don gave them for Christmas. Then Sam said he could probably handle 4 snakes ... but with 5 snakes and he would be obliberated. Luke replied with "No Sam! We need you to obliberate them!"

Treats