Funny Fourth Graders

I love teaching. (Some days I like it more than others) This story was told to me by my math aide, who works with two of my cute boys every day...

"The boys are starting to figure out how to earn Skittles by good behavior. They also know that I will eat their Skittles if they misbehave. So today I was working with one of the boys and I look at the other boy and he has a Skittle up his nose. I ask him why he put it in his nose and he says, 'You won't eat it if it's been in my nose!' The other boy thinks this is a great idea, and also puts his Skittle in his nose. I can't believe they figured out a way to cheat my system! When I'm cleaning up I find the tissues with their Skittles in them, stuck inside due to being in their noses. I plan on bringing the tissues back to them tomorrow and saying, 'You didn't eat your Skittle from yesterday, so here it is!'"

This pretty much made my day.

Sisters Weekend!

Cassie came up to Logan a few weeks ago to come to a Utah State football game with me because Matt was hunting. We had so much fun at the game! It happened to be the homecoming white-out game. Cassie didn't know much about football, so I was explaining the rules and how to play while we were watching the game, and during halftime Cassie tells me that she "totally gets football!" Yay! Success.

 Cas was pretty shy at first, but my crazy cheering, along with all the people around us (we sit pretty close to the student section), got her cheering in no time. She even rang the cow bell! When she was done ringing the bell, her finger was cut and bleeding! So, being an expert nurse, I used my straw wrapper and wrapped her all up!

We had so much fun cheering, eating yummy game snacks, and talking, and it always helps when your team wins! (That's why I love being an Aggie!) Cas stayed overnight and we hungout on Sunday together. I miss living so far away from my sisters. It was so much fun to get together for a fun girls weekend!

(Can you believe how grown up she is? Senior in high school now! It was fun talking to her about her college plans... I'm trying to get her to come up to USU!)

Strawberry

Every year we spend some time camping at Strawberry during the boys' many hunts. This year, it was Timmy's turn to shoot something huge. He had the same bull elk tag that Matt had last year, only he shot an elk way bigger than Matt's! We didn't make it up there the morning that Tim shot the elk, and Matt was pretty mad that he wasn't there. He was there, however, to help cut up the meat and take the head to the taxidermist though! Haha!

The best part for the boys is the hunting, however the best part for the girls is the camping! Lance and Kendra bought a trailer just before the hunts started and Randy and Jenny bought a new trailer too, so it was extra fun for Matt and I to have our pick of four awesome trailers to stay in for the weekend! Matt took me for a couple rides on the four-wheeler, we went fishing on Diet's boat, but mostly we spent the weekend playing with the kids and talking.

Matt's sweet hair on the boat

Cute Harrison's snaggle-tooth smile

There is a family who always camps in the same corral with the Fischers who brought his horses up for hunting (this is the same guy who helped Matt haul out his elk with the horses). This year he took the kids on rides, and they were thrilled!

Lexi

Brad

Claire

Reagan loved the horses

Even Harrison got a ride!

I never can seem to get a picture of Reagan when she is really smiling, so I was pretty stoked to get this super cute picture of her playing!

This is one of my favorite little trips during the year because we always seem to have so much fun just messing around together. We even got to watch and listen to the Aggies win! What more could we ever want?

3rd Anniversary Adventure

This year our anniversary was not very exciting, which is why I have not posted anything about it. We had big plans (to go out to dinner after Matt got off work) that were ruined. I woke up and thought Matt had already gone to work, so I took a while getting ready. When I finally made it downstairs I saw this big pile of blankets in the bathroom. Then I realized that it was not a pile of blankets... IT WAS MATT. Yes, he was asleep with his head on the bathroom floor, sick as a dog on our anniversary. So, I went to Sam's with Jenny and got some sick boy food and spent the day with my hubby watching TV and force-feeding him juice and crackers. We did eventually get our dinner together about a week later

Preston Demolition Derby!

I for some reason have skipped a few posts, and this is one of them... Last month Matt and I went out to Preston with Randy and Jenny and the kids to see the demolition derby. It doesn't get much better than watching cars crash into each other in great weather with people you love.

I had a hair emergency and the only thing I had in my purse to control the frizz was a chip clip. It totally did the job!

Utah State vs Utah! Guess who won?!

Matt and I LOVE having season football tickets at Utah State! This year Utah State got to play Utah in Logan and we got to go! Jenny and the kids and I went to the game two hours early to save seats in general admission. The gates weren't even open yet and we had to wait outside in line. I was so glad I wasn't in the student section, because the line to get in with your student ID was crazy! Once we got in I practically dragged Claire to our sweet spot to save seats for everyone who was coming, and I'm so glad that I did because the game was sold out and they were turning people away!

The kids were having so much fun the whole time! Matt and I bought a cow bell and they were going crazy ringing it when the Aggies did something good. Matt was a good uncle and held Claire up on his shoulders so she could see.

Harrison was loving the game! He was so serious watching the Aggies...

Our good friends Dustin and Emily Wallis from our last ward came up to watch the game. They are big Utah fans and it was fun to tease each other when our teams played well. My dad and stepmom also came up to the game. We were sitting by some Utah fans who were pretty drunk by the end of the game and we needed my dad as a buffer so those guys couldn't get to us! I am actually on my way to the laundromat to wash my alcohol-soaked blanket, thanks to those idiots...

Randy and the boys...

Jenny and Claire...

After the game was over, AND WE WON, the students rushed the field to celebrate and Matt took Brad down on the field. Can you find them?

Claire was out cold. After spending the whole night pestering the Utah fans behind us, and playing with Laurie, she just didn't have any energy left to celebrate.

Matt again wins the good uncle award. He told Brad to "good game" one of the huge Utah State players, which Brad did, and they got to take a picture with the player!

Jackson Hole 2012

This year was only the second time Matt and I have attended the annual Fischer family trip to Jackson. It is a hard trip for us to go on because school has just started and I can't take any days off, and now with Matt working so much in the summer and fall, he was pretty busy too. So, we only got to go for the weekend, we drove up Friday night after work and left Monday morning, but it was still a really fun trip! It was fun on Friday night to pull into the campground and see all the trailers lined up on both sides of the street that belonged to people in our group. Matt and I had our pick of about a million campsites where we could set up our tent, which was one of two in our group of 40 people. I'm never going to buy a trailer. Everyone in the Fischer family has a trailer (as of this week) so I can use their bathroom and freezers if I need to, and I don't mind sleeping in a tent, even though we did get wet in our tent! It rained like crazy at night and our tent is... old. It was an adventure waking up with puddles inside the tent. On Saturday we were in charge of breakfast and made yummy scones with Todd and Melissa. Then everyone went into Jackson to do some shopping. I bought a new book of course and Matt bought his new cowboy hat. He was so excited. He tried on like every hat in the store before he made his decision. We also found these sweet hats next to this sign:

After shopping we headed over to Bar J for dinner and a show. I really do like the show, I could do without dinner though. They are entertaining to watch and the music is amazing. Jenny and Lisa went like seven hours early and sat in line to get us all great seats (I think it is almost my turn to wait in line...). Cute Harrison and Reagan were loving the show. Harrison was dancing the whole time and Reagan was singing along!

On Sunday we had a fun day out camping. I love just hanging out with everyone. Tim gave Reagan this rock to suck on while we were waiting for breakfast to stop her from eating small rocks off the ground... I am learning so much about parenting!

After relaxing in camp, we all packed lunch and went out to a lake with the canoe that Randy brought. It was so beautiful and calm, and even Matt trying to tip over the canoe while we were both fully dressed was fun. The kids had a blast swimming and throwing rocks in the water. On our way back to camp, we went for a scenic ride looking for some wildlife. We didn't see anything, but it was still nice. Dinner was delicious that night, but the best entertainment was Reagan and Harrison in the pack-and-play beating up on each other. I couldn't get a good clear picture of them together because it was already pretty dark and they were moving around so much, but I did get this cute one of Harrison and the next one of Randy intervening when Harrison attempted to whack Reagan on the head!

We left early on Monday morning and while it was sad to leave the awesome weather and come home to the heat! We definitely go on this trip at the perfect time of year!