Kolby loves markers

Kolby has had a thing for coloring himself with markers lately. We were at the school the other day and he colored his arms and started on mine. Then these were from today...

Hope of America Award

We had received a phone call from one of Kara's teachers a week before the 6th grade awards assembly telling us that Kara would be receiving an award and encouraging us to be there. We didn't know what it was though. The morning of the assembly, the kids all wondered why Joe hadn't left for work yet. He told them he had an appointment. We headed over to the school after Kara left for the bus. The look on Kara's face was priceless when she walked into the gym. It was great to see her receive the award and receive something for all the hard work she has done this year. She had straight A's this year, except for 1 B at the beginning.
She will be in 7th grade next year and will have Kamille there as a 6th grader. I hope she can be a little patient with her younger sister and not give her too much of a hard time. She tried out for the select choir and made it as well.

Kamille is 11!!!!

Kamille 1 1/2 yrs
Kamille 12 months
Kamille 21 months
Kara age 1 1/2 and Kamille age 3 months
Kamille 10 1/2

It seems just like yesterday that we found out our lives were going to be blessed by another little girl. Kamille has always had a mind of her own. She is such a great helper with her little brother's. She has always been a good little mommy. Kamille is always smiling. She is turning into a beautiful young woman. We love you Kamille!!

Kids fall pictures. Our friend Rachel took our family pictures this year. We love them. I think the ones of the kids are really good. A link to her photo blog is on our blog roll. http://simpleinspirations-byrachel.blogspot.com

A big catch up...

Okay...so what do you do when everything electronic quits working? Well apparently I stopped blogging. Our computer crashed the night of the big storm and I have only had our laptop since. The printer also is fried. Our camera also decided to quit working so no more pictures. Oh yeah, one more, the tv downstairs is freaking out too. So until we can save up for new things, I feel handicapped.

So here comes the summer in review...and I guess it's about time since everyone has the date of my last post memorized. :)

Lagoon with Laura's family

We got a great deal on some Lagoon tickets from Joe's sister that we couldn't pass up so we took a day and went to Lagoon. Little did we know that a small percent chance of rain would mean rain all day. It started raining as we got on our second ride around 2:00 and didn't stop until about 8:00. We had fun though. Kolby started out really good and then decided that bumper cars were the only way to go. I think all the kids loved the bat the best though.


Kamille and Cameron

Kara and Kolby

Kara, Kolby, and Jaycee

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Kendall, Kamille and Kolby, Chantz

More Lagoon pics

Can you see how wet Joe's shirt is? We were all this wet.

Kolby's favorite ride

Chantz, Kamille and Kendall

Kara and Kendall

Happy 4th of July

We had an exciting 4th of July... we had my family over for a BBQ. Then the clouds started rolling in and we were hit with a huge storm. It hailed like I have never seen before. These pictures are from after it had ended. We missed getting them taken before the hail started breaking up. It was kind of like a river with ice jams. They closed roads. The paper route was very fun to do the next morning. Kara had to climb fences to get across yards to deliver it to some of our customers. Our road is finally dry this morning. The water did start to come into our garage before the water broke through the hail. Our roof also now has a leak. These pictures are of our street right in front of our house.The first two pictures are of the clouds before the storm hit. Joe thought they looked like funnel clouds. It dumped 1.5" in about 30 min.

Disney Train tour

I posted info about this on my other blog. Check it out!!!

Shoshone Falls

We took the family to Shoshone Falls 2 weeks ago. They were just beautiful. I have been there before but this time was better. There was a mist that got you wet up in the parking lot. There was so much water coming over. Just amazing. We ran into my cousin Brittani and her family while we were there. Brilliant minds think alike. Kolby and the kids had to climb up these stairs. and then run down the path next to them and do it all over again. We also drove by the Twin Falls temple.

I am starting a second blog!!!

I have been thinking about doing this for some time now and finally just decided to do it. As some of you know, I have been couponing now for about 4 months. I have always couponed but now I am doing it the better way. http://clippingcentsibly.blogspot.com

Joe has been wanting to get one of these for awhile and he was offered one at a great deal. (Thanks Bart and Colbe.) As you can see from the pictures the kids are very excited. They can't ride it without a helmet though. So in order to have some fun with it until the helmets are bought, they have been pushing each other on it. That got to hard so they took Bella's leash and pulled each other on it. Talk about determination. They can't wait to go camping now.

Dad and Kid Day

We decided we needed to take advantage of some of the things our community offers so the kids and Joe had a great day. The Home Depot has a free kids demonstration day the first Saturday of every month. This month it was bird houses. Even Kolby got in on the action. Then it was off to the dump to get rid of some paint at the free day there. My mom and I had taken my grandpa to the Dr. so now we all met at McDonald's for lunch (not free :) ). Then they went to a rock show at the fairgrounds. They got to bring home some free rocks. Lastly they stopped at the pet store and walked through the petting zoo there. They had a fun day. Back at home they played store with their new rocks and Home Depot aprons.

Kolby and his bike

This is Kolby and his bike. This bike was handed down from his cousin Chantz to Kendall and now to Kolby. He loves it. His little legs aren't quite long enough but he tries hard. He will just grab the handle bars and push it down the sidewalk. He wants to be BIG right now. He has such determination. He even posed for the picture and said cheese.

The meaning of my name

I got this off a friend's blog and thought it was kind of fun. Some fits, some doesn't. See what you think. You can find your's on http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/.

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You Are Level-Headed and Trustworthy
You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

Our Little Boy

Kolby loves to dance and have fun. He is such a good boy.

More Kolby Pictures

Kolby's first camping trip at 4 months old.













Kolby at the Stucki Family Reunion in Bear Lake.















Kolby eating solids. He liked them more than Kara.
Kolby's 1st Birthday.

Kolby turns 2--from baby to little boy

Kolby James Bigler has been such a joy in our lives. He's has blessed our family in so many ways in just the two short years he has been with our family. I thought he was going to be dark headed like Kara so I would have two blondes and two brunettes but he is such a blondie now. He has always had such a cute little attitude. He loves his brother and sisters but he has a huge bond with Kamille. He will often go to her over me. He wants to be such a big kid. He is trying to ride Kendall's old bike. I am afraid he will learn to ride as fast as Kendall did (he rode a bike with no training wheels at age 3). He is very independant. He has really started talking lately and sang Happy Birthday to himself. We love you Kolby. Happy Birthday!!! Pictures are birth announcement. 3 months old, blessing day, loves scrambled eggs.