101 Adventures of Camping wtih the Bybee Family

We went camping with the Mitton Family up to Island Park last weekend. It was fun, and dirty, and stinky, but mostly fun.




We left after Aaron got home from work on Thursday, the truck was all packed and we were all ready to go. When we got to Layton Aaron decided he wanted to take my dad's 4 wheelers up. So, we got Billy's hitch and picked the 4 wheelers in Morgan. Then on the road again.

Around Bringham the dvd player stopped working, we needed an adapter for the car for power so we stopped at walmart and grabbed one with 8 different adapters. NONE of them worked. So, we heard Porter singing "bob the builder yes we can fix it" (not even the way it goes) until we couldn't stand it and called Brett and Sam in Pocatello to pick up another dvd player. thanks guys it really helped.
Porter finally fell asleep around 1030 and we got to the camping spot around midnight. yeah.

We had fun, Adalynne played in the dirt and made sure every camping chair had a pile of dirt on it to sit in. her face was never clean no matter how many times I cleaned it. And I don't know how kids can eat rocks like it is no problem. She probably ate a few handfuls of rocks. umm healthy.




Porter loved the 4 wheelers and playing with his friends. He was not so fond of the cold water or the tube really. And they both loved Tipper (Darrin and Marianne's Dog).





We went to church up in Island Park on Sunday. There were around 2000 people there. Both chaples were full (they have an A-frame chaple for all of the visitors) and the auxillary rooms were full and the grass and sidewalks were full. They had speakers set up outside for extra overflow. It was great, I love camping church because so many people show up with flipflops a white shirt and tie. or jeans and t shirt. Porter sang his abcs for everyone during the sacrament but when I went to take him out there was no out because there were people everywhere. so we ended up on the grass for the rest of church.

We decided to leave on sunday because Aaron had to work on mon at 3pm and that would give us enough time to get settled again. so we packed the 4 wheelers and left. when we got right outside of Pocatello part of the frame fell off of the trailer and the sides had broken loose. So, we quickly stopped, the lights had been pulled out and were no longer working, so we turned around and went back to Brett and Sams house. Aaron tried to fix it but it got too dark so,and we found out that the truck lights did not work either. so, we ended up staying at grandma bybee's house.

I had run out of clean clothes so I put on Aaron's Spandex he wears under his running shorts and his orange general lee t shirt, no make-up, hair in a ponytail, and i had a mosquito bite on my bum that was sooo itchy (I was look'n hot).

We took the truck in to the shop in the morning and found out that when the lights were pulled the truck lights acted as a fuse and blew the bulbs, so $90 later we have new bulbs in the truck we decided to just take the trailer home without lights. so we packed up again and left. about 30 min out of Pocatello the wheelwell blew off of the trailer. I called my dad and found out that the trailer was his high school welding project and we joked that the whole thing was going to fall apart before we got home. Then, right before Tremonton the axal broke loose and the tire jumped back and shredded to bits. We went swerving until we could get off to the side of the road.




I called my dad to come and get us. I was still wearing spandex so when we took the kids to the McDonalds to wait I changed out of my sexy clothes and back into my stinky clothes. I had run out of diapers for addy so when she pooped at Mcdonalds I put her in a swim diaper. It was funny becuse by now she was poopin gravel, poor girl.
My dad had trouble with changing his hitch so we were there for 3 hours by the time he came and loaded it all up. the kids thought we were the coolest parents ever. Thanks to my dad we were able to get back on the road and come home. so, 25 HOURS after leaving Island park we got home and Aaron got to work.
Camping is so fun.

growing up so fast

Porter and Addy are learning the ABC's together. It is really cute they sing it all day long until I try to capture it on video then there is no way they will sing. They get that from Aaron he secretly sings all day too :-).

Addy is learning to swim she is getting so big. We went to my parents last weekend with the Evans family it was really fun. Porter and Kaylie loved riding the 4 wheelers and swimming.

What was I thinking?

I signed up for the wasatch back with some of my friends in october. I have been training since december and let me tell you I sould have trained harder. The race was this last weekend and I am pretty sure I will never do it again. I don't mind running but I really like sleeping and running close to 10 miles at 3 am when I should have been sleeping was not great. then waiting around in a smelly car as it rained and rained on the our next run waiting for the first group to finish and not getting to do more than lay our head on the seat for sleep. Then getting out and thinking " ok, I can run this hill" then a mile into it was thinking who in their right mind can run this thing, I am pushing my legs to walk up it. It was hard to know when to eat so you don't get side cramps and your so nervous for you next run it is hard to eat, you pee constantly. But, I will say it was fun hanging out with friends, seeing all fo the die hard runners and the crazy people who go all out dressed up for the race. I will post pictures when I get them from my friends. I just want to say good job guys to my team members Jamie for running in the down pour and freezing wind and never giving up, Kevin for running like he had trained for years but never really did, and Sara for never complaining, and everyone for being supportive and dedicated to the team. So for all of you who enjoy running, don't like eating, you like being nervous for 36 hours, and definitely staying up for 48 hours, sign up it is a lot of fun. Go WASATCH BACK.



Before the race




After the race

Potty Power!!

Porter has Potty Power. My friend Kelli Despain told me about this dvd along time ago but I never forgot how great she said it was at helping kids potty train. And Yes after 3 days straight of POTTY POWER Porter now is potty trained. He now has not had an accident in almost 2 weeks and only wet the bed 2 times. yeah Porter I am so proud of you. As for Adalynne she is in diapers still, she can't hold it. but she still tries to sit on the potty and go fully dressed and diapered. I love her effort. Thank you Kelli.

wishful thinking

I have 5 days off of work, so, I decided it was time to Potty train Porter and since Adalynne throws a complete fit if Porter gets to go potty or wear underwear I decided to attempt them both at the same time. (Adalynne has told me she needed to go poop at times and likes to say I gotta go with Porter) So, I thought if Porter (who knows how to go potty he just does not want to mess with it) taught Adalynne maybe it would work. So, we got all of the supplies, an extra potty, panties, dvds, prizes, etc. Well, here's what happened, Porter refused to put on undies until he was bribed, then when Adalynne woke up from her nap we put her in panties and Porter showed her how to go. She went once then was running around the house. she pretty much had an accident every 15 min (wants to but physically not ready). needless to say she is done. Porter then decided that if she could wear a diaper so could he. so, for day #1(so far) addy 1/5 and out, Porter 2/4 and 1 poop way to go guys. I am doing laundry. 4 more days to go. It is sooo fun.

WOW Where has the time gone?

where does the time go? Porter had a birthday and had some friends over to the park to play and hang out. here are some cute pics, (Porter did not want to get in the group pic, sad boy).











So, Easter we went up to Pocatello and went to an easter egg hunt on sat. then hung out with the fam for the rest of the weekend. The Easter Egg hunt was at a public park and it was roped off with thousands of egg and toys in the middle. All of the kids and parents were waiting outside of the rope with anticipation for the horn to be blown in which all the kids ran in picked up as many as possible. The hunt lasted about 30 seconds. Here are some pics of Adalynne waiting for the horn.









when the horn was blown she had her eye on a little yellow teddybear she beeline to the bear and stopped and did not go anyfurther. So, like the slightly sly mother that I am I picked up a couple (2) eggs for her so she would have some candy when she realized what she missed out on. It was fun, the kids really did load up on sugar.

My sister in law asked If I would run the race for the cure with her and I was so excited to run it esp. with here. Her mother is fighting breast cancer right now. I invited my friend Tiff and we all ran it under 27.5 min. way to go girls.

Aaron got a new job at IHC as a revenue analyst or something good times. I love you babe.

Well, I have to go to work. hopefully I can post more and catch up soon.

I did it!

I don't know what got into me on Friday but I decided to run the salt lake 1/2 marathon. I had been training for the Wasatch Back and had been pretty comfortable running 5-6 miles, but had never gone any further than that. But, Ive wanted to run at least a 1/2 marathon forever, but never really wanted to train for it. So, without any pressure from anyone, I wanted to be like my friends that were running it and decided it was probaby now or never, so, i signed up. It was an early morning, waking up at 5 am, and a little chilly. but once I passed mile 2 and found a portapotty (because all i could think about for 2 miles is "oh i am going to loose it.") it was really good. Mile 11 was tough my body hurt but I kept thinking the pain would go away but the satisfaction of finishing never would. So, I kept running. then the 1st full marathon runner passed me running like it was no big deal, Can you believe running 26 miles practically sprinting the whole way? Eventually I did cross the finish line, slow but sure. I will have to say I am quite proud of myself. now, my knees hurt, my legs ache, I am dehydrated and I think that is why i have a terrible headache and all of my toes hurt. But, I am still so glad I took the chance to accomplish something I've always wanted to do, and I didn't have to train as hard as I thought (although I probably should have and I wouldn't hurt so bad right now.

Aaron did not bring a camera, and although he was at the finish line did not see me cross the finish line so he took this pic with my phone afterwards.



It was really sunny as I finished hence the face.

So much fun

WE had a huge birthday party for all of the cousins that had birthdays in Feb, march, and April (4) on the weaver side. thanks to everyone that came, esp,those who came down from Idaho to celebrate with us. Everyone was splashing and swimming and jumping off the diving board. Stacy's pork tacos were amazing and the kids enjoyed decorating their own cupcakes and playing in the loft. Thanks mom and dad for letting us destroy the house. It was a lot of fun.

everyone had a buddy









Brody was a little nervous at first



everyone loves cupcakes with frosting







Happy Bithday Kids

a house full of sickies

To start out with the kids had shots a couple weeks ago so about 1 week ago the fevers began. the whining the mommy i wanna hold ya, the runny noses (they are constant though). then Aaron started feeling sick with a sore throat. Well, Aaron knows that he is allergic to milk esp. when he is sick what he didn't know is that the whey protien shake he was drinking as part of a new diet was the actual protien that he is allergic to. So, after drinking one of his shakes while he was sick he puffed up like the stay puft marshmello man, and was having difficulty breathing. Instead of going to the ER at which he was right across the street he decided to go the outpatient pharmacy and get some benadryl. Luckily it worked in time so his throat did not close off completely. But his face was puffy all day. And he did see a doctor and he did have strep throat. That night Porter woke up puking up his guts and screaming, freaked out like he was loosing himself. this happened a few times and when I ran out of blankets and linens for his bed he slept with me. He was sauna. He continued to have a fever and throwning up the next day. which is when I noticed Addy's eyes were full of sticky yellow discharge and had a rash all over her belly. I sighed and made and appointment with the pediatrician. Aarons and Addy are on abx. Porter just had a 24 hour bug. Everyone is better now. Yeah!!!

Its a celebration

Adalynne turned one on sat. the 28th. So, we went out for breakfast then to my parents house to swim since our power was scheduled to be out for the day. We had a lot of fun swimming and playing with grandma and grandpa. Then, on sunday we had a birthday party with cake and icecream. It was a great time. Poter helped with the cakes and helped open presents, and play with the gifts, what a good helper.





the saddest part is the dress she is wearing is one of my favorites and the zipper was stuck and we could not get it off of her before the cake, so we left it on then cut it off afterwards.