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Friends & Family,

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Love,
The Piquets

Memorial Day--Junior Rodeo

Kason is 23 months old today! He is full of life and opinions! He loves to talk and talk and always has something to say.  His phrases of the week are: "bulls fall off" (along with cows and horses anytime he says one of those animals because that's how he's seen it done at the rodeos), "it's okay Kolay", "Clyde hay" or "Wally grass". In fact, one morning this week, he walked straight into our room and said his longest phrase ever, "Wally! Hay! No, no! Wally grass!" Just the night before, his dad had told him not to feed Wally hay because he was eating grass in the pasture and obviously he had been thinking about it for a while. He also had a cute night this week at our scripture study. After we read, we said a family prayer. Kason grabbed his frog stuffed animals and said "Fold arms!" and proceeded to fold the arms of he frog through the whole prayer, then he tucked him into bed next to him. It was awfully cute, but then he had had enough and he threw his frog to the end of the bed so he could sleep alone. Kason has made a huge jump in his sleep routine. He sleeps completely on his own. He lies in his bed boy bed while Kolt and I sit in the rocking chair across the room and usually we stay there until he falls asleep. He is pretty consistent on a 1-3 pm nap and a 9 pm-7 am bedtime. He is really good at routines and even letting him stay up until 11:30 with Tyler on Friday has really affected his schedule and mood and is barely getting back to normal today. I forgot to mention that 2 weeks ago he started developing a sore around his mouth that got big and blistered. We took him to the doctor and found out that it was impetigo, which is a contagious infection that is associated with dry skin. He got a cream to put on his and within a week it was cleared up. He got better about learning not to touch it and keeping the cream on. We are glad it's gone! Kason also is a great jumper and can jump off both feet even a few times in a row.

Kolay is almost 6 months old and I don't know how that happened! She is a growing girl! She learned to roll into her belly and hasn't figured out how to roll back yet. She also scoots around and even moved over to a toy she wanted. For the first time this week, Kolay rolled over and grabbed one of kasons truck. That really threw Kason for a loop! Those are his toys! It will be fun working on sharing with your sister.  Kolay is close to sitting up on her own, but not quite there yet. She can only do a few seconds before she starts staring at her toes. She is always happy and loves to smile when talked to. I often get asked if she is "always this happy" and yes, she always is! She rarely fusses when she is hungry or tired and other than that, she is a smiley, talkative baby. She learned to scream this week and I'm still not sure she knows what she's doing. She is loved by her big brother. He loves to run and give her kisses on the head when she's in the room. He also knows that a binky is only for when she's sad so if she cries he will say "Cry! Binky!" And come put it in. She is a great sport about all of that! She almost has a tooth popped. I can see them but they are still under the gum line. She always wants a toy to chew on. She has the cutest little laugh that sounds like Elmer Fudd. It's impossible not to laugh back at that. Kolay eats great! She eats fast now and still about 3 hours apart and 7 hours at night. We haven't been feeding rice cereal lately because she's been gagging on it but she's been sleeping good so it's been great!

Monday Kolt worked at the BHC on a day shift. The kids and I went with Grandpa and Grandma Lindley down to Cache Valley for Memorial Day. We picked up Great Grandma Lindley and went to the various cemeteries and learned about our heritage. We enjoyed visiting with Corey's family and several of my dad's cousins. I love this tradition. It's great to remember those who came before us and also those we have lost. I haven't been down for a few years and finally made it back. I have sure missed being part of the tradition. We took out annual picture in front of Julie Ann, Daniel, and Trevor's grave with our family. We ended with lunch at Wade and Deanna's home in Smithfield. Deanna and Kolay were friends the whole time. Thank you!! Kason loved the yard and the bunnies! We also got to listen to Sherm's adventures on her trip and her neat family history story. We got home pretty early in the evening. When Kolt got home, we loaded up to go visit Brylees grave in Ucon. We finished the day with a visit with Grandpa and Grandma Staker. We sure love them and it was great to visit and have them meet Kolay!

Tuesday we did some early morning errand runs and shopping before we picked up saydie. When we picked her up, we went to the bike shop to have our bikes repaired. The chain on one of the bikes had broke when we were riding it a couple nights before. Kolt worked with his horses in the day. In the evening we went swimming. We drove to the pool with both kids to meet my dad and then he would bring them home while we swam. As we passed the Post Register, Kolt and I witnessed a man seizure and come across both lanes of traffic right in front of us. Kolt rushed to help the man out of his vehicle, and I called 911. We sure hope the man is alright and glad we were inspired to do what we needed to.

On Wednesday morning, Natalie came over and we finished a bunch do crafts. We finished the flag pallets we've been working on and made posters and shirts for Tyler's welcome home. In the afternoon, Kolt worked with his horses. He now has 4 horses:   Clyde, Wally, Bonnie and Red. He has been working with Clyde and Bonnie every chance he gets. He is putting some good rides on Clyde and Bonnie is starting her groundwork. Over the weekend, we took care of some animals for a friend in swan valley, so Wednesday evening we went out to get instruction.

Kolt worked a day shift on Thursday. We had saydie with us for the afternoon again. Natalie came over and played. The kids had a great time playing all together. I spent most of the day packing for the weekend and planning meals. We left for swan valley that night after Kolt got off work.

Friday was a great day! Kason loved doing chores with Kolt in the morning. He kept coming in to tell me, "babies hungry!" Which meant the calves were eating. He loved watching them! We stayed outside most of day except that I did some work on my computer with Kolay during the day. In the evening, elder Lindley came home! Kason kept saying "Ty Ty home!" Through the day. We left in time to get home and let Kolt work a horse and then go to the airport. I took lots of pictures! It was so cool to see everyone's faces when he walked down the stairs. Kason stayed with Grandma Lindley while the older cousins hugged him. When Grandma said go give Ty Ty a hug, he ran straight over to Ky Ky and hugged him. When he finally understood Ty Ty, he ran right over to Tyler and then froze and was too scared. He finally gave Tyler a hug with a little help from his Mom. Kolay and Kolt also welcomed him home with a hug. It was a neat day! We all went home and had ice cream and visited with Tyler before returning to Swan Valley.

On Saturday morning, we did chores and then headed to Twin Falls for Ropes Idaho Junior Rodeo. We got there in time to watch his bareback and chute dogging events. He sure tried hard! He had really improved each time he does it. We celebrated Shauna's birthday with cheesecake and we also brought her a gift. We got her a board for her new house. On the way out, we walked through Vicker's and then had lunch at Subway with the family. The ride home was long! It was raining and windy for much of the way. We stopped by our house for some hamburgers and then drove back to Swan Valley to check on the animals.

Sunday morning was relaxing! We did chores and then packed up. We had a great time taking care of the animals. We came in to go to church. We had a ward conference. It was a nice meeting, other than we were out with kids most of the meeting it felt like. Kason was fussy during nursery as grandma wasn't there. I spent the third hour in with him. He is playing much better in nursery, just likes a familiar face nearby. In the evening, we visited with Kristi and Bryant who came over and then went on a big bike ride. We tried the 8.5 mile bike ride to train for the triathlon. It was a little longer than I thought but we did it in 34 minutes!  Kason and Kolay went on a walk with Grandpa while we rode bikes.

Temple Sealings--Rodeo-Campfire

This week was my last official week filling in for my co-worker who was out of town. I’m so grateful to be done with that. In addition, this week my mom is going to start transitioning to taking all of the office hours, so I can strictly do checks from home. I’m not planning on working much in the office other than occasional picking up checks or filling in for my mom when she is gone for a few days. I’m really looking forward to this summer.

Somehow this week, Kolay learned to roll over from back to belly both directions. She has done it several times so far, but I can’t seem to get a video of it. She seems to know when I am recording and won’t do it. She is such a pleasant girl and rarely fusses unless she is hungry or someone raises their voice. She started getting back into a 10-3 sleeping habit. We started supplementing her with rice cereal in the evenings. She tolerates it, but doesn’t love it quite yet. We aren’t giving her very much yet. She loves to watch her brother and be outside as well.

Kason is busy as ever! He always has things to do outside or with his tractors and trucks and trailers. His cutest word right now is “yes!” He says it with such honesty and enthusiasm especially when you guess right on what he has been saying. He tells lots of stories if you can piece together the words. This morning he told me “Wally!” (Kolt’s new horse), “hay”, “no, no!”, “Wally!”, “grass”. Yesterday, Kolt had told him  not to feed the horse hay because he is eating the grass. He is really starting to figure things out. He also tells us quite often, “4-wheeler, Key, All gone, Be Back” and then he goes to find the key in the house. He is pretty cute and fun to talk with. Up until this week, Kason always picked sleeping in the crib when we asked him if he wanted to sleep in his crib or his bed. This week he started wanting to sleep in his bed and he’s been doing pretty well. He lays in his bed all by himself while Kolt or I sit in the chair across the room for a few minutes. In the morning, he gets up by himself and comes into our room. He started waking up in the middle of the night a couple day ago, so Kolt sometimes spends early mornings with him in bed. 

Monday evening we went swimming with my parents and Natalie’s family. We have started training for a sprint triathlon. We each took turns with the kids and swimming our 20 lengths to make for 500 meters total. I was excited to be able to do it in 15 minutes. Both Kolt and I were surprised at how difficult swimming in. Kolt has spent much of this week learning the correct technique and trying to improve his times. The kids enjoyed swimming and Kason loved the kids slide! He did great! 

Tuesday evening we went to Rope’s guitar recital. He did a great job. Kason liked the music and finding Rope in the mix of kids. We also voted for the Bond election on Tuesday. We were both disappointed to see that it failed. It will be an interesting few years ahead for Bonneville School District.

Wednesday evening we went swimming again. We went to the pool as my dad was coming out, so the kids didn’t have to go this time. We basically swam our laps for 15 minutes and then drive straight home. 

Thursday morning Kolt had a physical and blood work done for school in the fall. In the evening we went swimming again. This time we took Brand and Rope with us. The boys went off the diving boards and Kason went on the slide. Kolay slept in her chair. We took turns swimming laps. On the way home, we got some ice cream. Kason wanted to eat a cone like the boys and not in the cup like we got him.

Friday morning we went to a sealing of my friend Jacqueline Lee and her husband Caleb. It was a beautiful sealing and we were grateful for Natalie for watching our kids while we went. I was able to coordinate at work, so that we could go and I could come straight into work. In the evening we drove up to her reception. We enjoyed talking to Mason King and catching up. Afterwards, we went to Brand’s rodeo and were able to walk in right before he roped. 

Saturday morning Natalie and I did some pallet flag crafts. We were able to get several painted and have a few finishing touches to do. Kolt watched the kids. After the crafts, we went up to the rodeo to watch Rope’s bareback event. I then left for a sealing of my visiting teaching sister who was getting sealed to her husband and daughters. Her husband has been inactive for several years. It was sweet to see the tender sealing of this elderly couple. I then went back to the rodeo to catch Rope’s saddle bronc and chute dogging events. He got a time on the chute dogging! We are excited for state! We left the rodeo before the team roping, so Kason could get his nap. He fell asleep in the car, so we actually drove straight to the pool and took turns swimming our laps and sitting in the car with the kids. We are both improving our times. In the evening, we made a fire in the backyard and roasted marshmallows. Kason loved it. He kept running around the fire, saying “Hot! Hot!” It was a great evening as a family.

We hope you all have a good Sunday. We are looking forward to seeing Tyler next week.

Kolt's Graduation!

Wow! Time has been flying by! Two weeks ago I spent a week training to fill in for a girl that is going out of town in the office. I've been training since December but it was my little practice run. This week was my first week filling in and I have one more week. Thankfully Kolt hasn't had to work, so he is home with the kids. He also has a few sore horses so he hasn't been able to work with them either. I'm working 9-5 every weekday. It had been hard for me to work so much but thanks to Kolt for being so supportive, we are getting through!!

Here's the latest with the kids:

Kolay is 5 months old! She is a little over 16 pounds and on the tail end of 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. She is getting so much personality. She is not my little newborn anymore. She wants to be with us and sitting or standing up watching, smiling, and squealing. She is quite attracted to the tv right now too! She loves to kick and play on the floor, in her bouncer, and in her jumpers. She loves to eat and is ready for solids. She started reaching for bowls, spoons, and food.  She pulls everything to her mouth, toys and hands and faces. She gnaws and gnaws on my fingers and her binky. She is working on getting some teeth! She loves her brother and is quite patient with his rough love. She is a mommy's girl but will always smile at her daddy. She rolls from belly to back and is close to rolling over the other way. She also found her toes and loves to pull her socks off now!

Kason is a talking kid right now!!! Everyday he says a new word on his own and we have more and more conversations. It is so fun for us to see his learn! Here are some of the things he does: He copies his dad with his play phone--walking in a circle saying "ya, ya, no, no goodbye!" He also likes to make Siri say hi on the iPhone and will say "call Susan". He is always aware of Kolay and asks where she is. He had started with some 2-3 word phrases. He says things like "cow fall off", "I did it", "oh man" (when he missed a shot), "be back", "I found it", "shoot it", "Kolay dance", "not working" or "flowers pretty". He knows where houses are now and when we are close to them, including Nathan's, grandma and grandpa piquet's, his friend Quentin packs house on the corner, and Eli's house (Lin Lee longhursts big black dog). He repeats their names as soon as he figures it out! Just today he picked up on a new manner: he said "toot! 'Cuse me!" It was too cute!! He loves temples right now and points out any pictured in the house as well as anything outside that look pointy on top, windmills and churches. We sing I love to see the temples free our scripture study and we caught him singing it in the car the other day "temple going day". He picks up on everything. Yesterday I picked up Kolay when she was crying under her jungle mat and next thing I knew Kason laid under the mat and faked cried until I picked him up. His favorite toys are trucks and trailer and thinks every car needs a trailer attached to it. His favorite food right now is yogurt and "ranch" (his new word). He always asks to watch "nemo" but watches a few others now too. He jumps really well on the tramp and can stay on his feet with his older cousins pretty well. His favorite horse is Clyde and his favorite body part are his cheeks (or at least those are the words his likes to say). His all time favorite word to say is "no" although it often means yes! We are trying to teach him to say yes and he's getting better at it and it is usually accompanied by a newly learning head nod! He is turning into quite the character and makes us laugh every day with his new connections!

Here's the highlights of our week:

Last Monday Kolt watched paisley for a few hours in the morning. In the evening, we were going to swim in the hot tub but decided to go on a bike ride instead. We buckled up the kids and tried to position Kolay with blankets so she could lay back and sleep. The ride went so great that we rode all the way to the Iona stake center on the highway. Up until the point, Kason had been great with Kolay. He had put her binky in and left her alone when I told him too as I rode alongside the trailer. Right about at the stake center, Kolay got really fussy. The ride ended pretty painfully. I parked my bike and started walking with Kolay in my arms while Kolt hurried home with Kason and brought back the truck to pick up Kolay and I and then back to my bike. We learned to take a bike ride and involves many trips past the house in case we need to stop!

Last Tuesday night was Kolt's last final in organic evolution. There was a little miscommunication with the professor and the testing center, but they were able to take it and he did well, finalizing a 4.0 in his last semester. Wahoo!!

 Early Wednesday morning I had a dentist appointment. I once again got reminded about flossing, but didn't have any cavities. In the evening, we went to dinner at sizzler with the lindleys to celebrate Kolt's graduation. Kolay and Kason both sat in high chairs and Kason ate really well! Thanks for dinner Mom and Dad!

Early Thursday morning Kolt had his dentist appointment. The prior evening Kolt and I sat in the hot

tub and quickly found out Kolt had gotten in with his phone. The phone sat in rice over night and then he took it to an irepair shop in walmart on Thursday and they fixed it! The young boy who fixed it is this wife's hero! The screen had some water damage but has since dried out and isn't noticeable. In the evening Kason had grandmas day. He and grandma went on a long 4-wheeler ride which is kasons favorite thing to do!!! I kept Kolay to feed her that evening since I had been working all day.

Friday morning Kolt took Clyde to the vet. He and his dad put shoes on him a week or two ago that made him sore and he hasn't really fully recovered. Our trailblazer was used for the first time as a pickup truck as my mom had the truck and trailer on a horse ride. We are sure thankful to have that vehicle as it fills several purposes for our family. Kolt found out that Clyde had an abscess that had been exposed when he was trimmed. They blocked the nerve in his leg and drained it. He is doing much better now but Kolt

is giving him some extra time while I work so that he will be ready to go 100% in a couple weeks. Friday evening we went over to Brady and Natalie's house. Brady and Kolt worked on the trailblazers DVD player and Natalie and I had a good visit while the kids played. I'm sure grateful for my great sister and the example she sets for me. I learn a lot about being a mom from her.

Saturday was graduation day!! We got down to Holt arena a little late but just in time for Kolt. I took about 500 pictures, all of which I have yet to edit. The commencement was really nice. My dad and mom came to support Kolt and help me with the kids. My dad took Kason on a walk until it was Kolt's turn. Kolt graduated with high honors and has worked really hard to get accepted to PA school and do well in his classes. I am so proud of him! It was a long ceremony but we were sure glad Kolt could walk this year as he will probably not walk after he finishes PA school.  After dinner my parents took Kason home so Kolt and I could go on a date. We went to Red Lobster for our first time. We both went all out, trying some seafood we had never had before and it was delicious!    After dinner we went to The Transformers: Age of Ultron. It was actually alright for a guy movie and the 3-D was really cool! I think Kolt liked it too as he finally got to go to a movie that wasn't one that I picked! Kolay did good in the movie and slept most of the afternoon. On our date, Kolt got his graduation surprise from me. Okay, not really a surprise, just a present! We are going to go back to his mission in July! We have been talking about it for months and after lots and lots of planning, we finally felt good about it. We are both getting so excited as he has dart a schedule for our 6 day trip and showed me some of the places we are going to stay. It's going to be a fun summer!

Sunday was a great Mother's Day! Kolt got me a pair of flip flops and a new comb. We made handprint hot pads for the kids' grandmas and put them in a bucket full of summertime things. It was a combination of Pinterest ideas that turned out great I thought! They loved them! In the morning, we had a Skype call with Tyler. It was a little later than it was supposed to be and we couldn't see him but he could see us. Kason was great about it! He said "hi Ty Ty!" a couple of times even though he couldn't see him. We had a great block of meetings. Kristi and Bryant brought Kamrie and Kylen to play with Kason in nursery. I subbed for my mom so we got to play lots. Kolt taught the 17-year old Sunday school class and then came and traded me for the end of relief society.  After church, we went out to visit grandma piquet and take her her gift.

This Monday we had a year end club volleyball coaches dinner. We are at pizza pie cafe. Kason loved the pasta and was excited to see Tate!

Tuesday evening we end to church ball with Kolt and Rope since the kids had had late naps. Kason was dying to shoot during he game, but started to figure out that he could only shoot in between games.

Wednesday evening was the working ranch meeting at the arena. Kolt helped teach in one of the stations then he showed the kids how to make it easier for your horse to be caught. He showed them some cool things in the round pen and had the horse Jack doing some impressive things. It sounded like the kids learned a few things! The kids and I stayed out with grandma Landon paisley and Hesston until it was too cold and then we went inside and played. We did a little planning for the wagon train in June and then helped Grandpa Piquet drive a truck home.

Thursday evening was a pretty mellow evening. I had a tough day at work, enough that the people who made it tough brought me a big bag of Swedish fish on Friday morning. We walked to the park with the kids and played for a while.

Friday was a slower day at work, finally. I was pretty excited to have made it a week! Kolt took the kids grocery shopping all by himself and lived to tell about it! A couple of days this week he brought Kolay over for me to run out to the car and feed and I was thankful he came Friday. In the evening we had dinner at the Tandoori Oven, an Indian restaurant in town. It was really good and Kason even enjoyed some of it!

Saturday we had a relaxing family day! We cleaned the church in the morning with the kids and then went I cabelas and on a few other errands. Kason loved the animals in cabelas. In the evening, Kolt worked 7-11. My mom and I watched The Best of Me while my dad took Kason to town and on a walk. Thanks grandpa! The kids were good and laid down almost by themselves. They are getting on a pretty good schedule. Kason is asleep around 9 and Kolay is asleep by 10. Kolay sleeps until 5ish and Kason sleeps until 7ish. That's a typical day anyways. Of course, there are several atypical days too!

Today we had a good Sunday! Kason was great during sacrament meeting and Kolt taught the gospel doctrine class that went well. The kids are at a really good stage for church now, Kolay sleeps a lot and Kason is learning to whisper and understands when I get up to play the organ. In the evening, we went out to Grandpa & Grandma Piquet’s house. Everyone surprised Kolt with a graduation cake and a stethoscope for PA school! It even has his name engraved on it. He loves it! Thank you!