Our new baby cousin!!

Here is our new, sweet baby GIRL cousin! Finally a girl. Graycie was feeling "boy trapped" as Kaylie would say it. Adilee Elizabeth Palmer was born December 18, 2008 weighing in at 5 lb 9 oz. Carter & Ang are her proud, proud parents. Here is our beautiful sister-in-law holding her new precious baby girl. Adilee joins her two big brothers, Catlin, 21 years & Braylin, 1 year. Yeah we're so excited!

Starkey Hot Doggin'

Bear got a season pass to Kelly's this year for Christmas and so far it has been well used! Hopefully we'll make it through the season without any trips to the emergency room.

Turtlie Speed Bump Palmer

Kaylie's sweet lil toy poodle, Charlie, got very, very sick, one night so Daddy rushed him to the vet. It appeared that Charlie had gotten into some poison and there was nothing the vet could do for Charlie except make him more comfortable. Daddy brought Charlie's little body home and we buried him in our little flower bed by the canal that Charlie loved to chase pine cones in. Daddy and Kaylie are going to go up in the mountains next spring and find a special rock and Daddy's going to make a headstone for Charlie. Kaylie felt so sad and we all shed a lot of tears. Mom always told Kaylie that if anything ever happened to Charlie she could get another pet. We talked about it and Kaylie said she always wanted a turtle. We looked and looked for just the right turtle. As Christmas approached Kaylie started getting her hopes up thinking we would never find her little turtle. Unbeknown to her, Momma was hot on the trail of her new turtle. She found an ad on KSL, but the owner lived in Utah and with the holidays coming, a trip to Utah was not an option. Daddy thought to call Aunt Micah and ask how close the address was to her. "No problem," said Aunt Micah. "That's only 10 minutes away." What a relief, but Aunt Micah's family wouldn't be coming to Idaho until after Christmas. So Daddy started to brainstorm again and realized cousin Rhett would be coming through Utah on his way to Idaho. Aunt Micah went and picked up our little turtle. Then Aaliyah took great care of the little girl until Rhett got there. Then, Rhett picked her up and on the way to Idaho they did some crime fightin' Ninja style! :) Finally, we got her to Grandma Palmers. We were going to Grandma's for Christmas Eve but there was absolutely no way to hide the turtle's cage in the car so we decided to give the turtle to Kaylie that night. She had NO idea she was getting the turtle. Daddy was wearing a sweater vest so he sneaked into the other room and put the turtle inside his vest. Then he came out into the family room and told Kaylie she had a present inside his sweater and she had to unwrap it. She began opening each button, one at a time. Her first glimpse inside she got a huge smile on her face because she thought Mom & Dad had gotten her some sea shells, which she loves. One more button and she jumped back. Aunt Ang captured the look on Kaylie's face with her camera, just as Kaylie realized it was a turtle in Daddy's sweater. You have never seen such a look of shock, excitement and surprise on anyones face. Getting "Turtlie Speed Bump Palmer" here was a whole family event. Thanks so much to everyone who helped. It was truly a moment to remember.

Everything's better when doing it together!

Rayce & Kaylie's Christmas 2008

Momma's a scrap happy fool, wasting the day away, in my jammies, doin' some serious digital scrapping!

Graycie's First Christmas

Click on the pic to read the fine print! I'm experimenting with digital scrapbooking and I think I like it!! :) Now if only I could figure out how to print a 12x12 page!

You know Dasher n Dance n Graycie the Vixen!

Snips 'n Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

2008 Babies

Within 5 months our family grew by three. Grandma & Grandpa Horman's three youngest children of their 6, each added a new little one. Michelle's son Ben was the first to be born, coming 5 1/2 weeks early on April 23. Soon after, Steve's son, cousin Matthew joined his three older brothers on June 8. Finally, our lil girl Graycie came into this world on September 8. This is the first of many, many pictures to come. In ten years we'll have them lay on the floor again and take another picture and see how they've grown!

Graycie Brielle Palmer ~ 3 Months Old

Graycie's Blessing Day

Today Daddy blessed our Sweet Baby Girl

Finally, a WHOLE family picture!!

Graycie's A Growin'

Touch Down Baby! Bear 'n Graycie November 27, 2008
Graycie hangin' out with big Bro Rayce. 2 months old!
Sweet lil baby reindeer!! Them reindeer games can be very tuckering!!
Graycie thinking she wants to go with blue eyes! Momma says "Go Brown" :(
Graycie loves decorating the Christmas tree! Hum, but we think she got more glitter on her little face than on the tree!! But she makes a beautiful Christmas tree!
ya gots ta click on the pict to see all the glitter!
Kaylie 'n Graycie doing popcorn & a movie! Best Friends Forever!
Graycie loves Aunt Micah!!
Ben & Graycie! Best lil Buds!!<
Graycie all dressed up for church, but no one lets her have any of the Bread or Water.
Kaylie dressed up for Veteran's Day for school!
Hanging with big sis in her water bed! I'm a big girl now!
Best Bud...Blue Eyed Ben!!
Graycie wishes she could get down 'n run around with the big kids!
Since its a water bed, sister won't know if I wet it, right?
Cousin Kim with fiance Brian holding Graycie 'n Ben! We're all waiting for cousin Matthew to come play at Christmas time!
Miss Kaylie honoring our Veterans 2008!!
We want to thank everyone who helped out during Lisa's recovery from surgery. We couldn't have done it without all of you. Thanks for taking care of Graycie & Kaylie. After Lisa lost 2/3 of her blood, had a blood transfusion, and was rushed back into surgery, the recovery time has been much more challenging, but for her to rest knowing the girls were in good hands was an answer to our prayers. This ordeal, a routine hysterectomy, with all its complications makes a person realize what they have and humbled us immensely! We love our family & friends greatly and feel so, so fortunate to be a part of such a great support group!
Love, The Palmer's

Family Update

Since this seems to be one of the best ways for family & friends to stay connected I figured I should update everyone on the current happenings of each of our children.

Darrin just finished up spud harvest. He will be attending BYU-I in January. He has been hunting and fishing like crazy this fall. He shot his first bull elk with his bow this year. He sent me a picture from his cell phone of a two point buck rubbing up against the tree just below his tree stand. He didn't shoot it because he's waiting for something bigger. He loves the outdoors so much, he would really like to become a fish & game officer. He once told me that he wished he lived in the days of the mountainmen because that is how he would love to live. I just hope he meets a girl who loves to go camping as much as he does!!
Derek has had an adventurous summer. He worked with a hardwood flooring company all summer. He was out of town on jobs most the summer. He was sent to Iowa, Colorado, & California this summer. I think he liked visiting the beaches of southern California the best. He is now working as a transportation assistant for Bonneville School Distric 93 and volunteers at the haunted house in Shelley. He will be attending college in the near future. He loves cars & music and is a great big brother to his lil sisters, plus a great role model for Rayce.

Rayce lives in Twin Falls during the school year and is at our house every other weekend. We sure wish he lived closer so we could spend more time with him. During the summer he'll be spending a lot more time here. We all love to go camping & fishing all summer long. Rayce especially likes anything with wheels; motorcycles, bikes, skate boards, rip sticks, etc. and the more dangerous the better. Dad's cool with it but it scares Mom to death.

Kaylie is now in the fourth grade and absolutely loves Idaho History. She is still attending Iona Elementary. Last year was her first year there and in the beginning a boy challenged "the new girl" to a race. When she left him in her dust and won the race the boy offered to become her "manager" and line up races for her. Needless to say, the boy that ever catches her heart better be a fast runner. She is very athletic and is now taking dance lessons. Mom thinks her greatest talent is singing. She sings everywhere she goes and always in the shower. Her only problem is that she is very shy when it comes to singing when people want her too. I sure hope she grows out of it so she can share her talent with others. She's momma lil clone with her big brown eyes, brown hair and spunky little personality.

Bringing up the rear is our little baby Graycie. She is growing so fast, due to the fact that she is such a good little eater. Her favorite activities are burping, pooping, spitting up once in a while, and she cries, but not a whole lot. This past week she has just begun to smile. I mean on purpose, not just because of a gas bubble. Darrin once asked, "Mom, when will Kaylie do something like walk or talk?" Well look at little miss Kaylie now and I know Graycie will grow up quick just like her big sister. We are so thankful this sweet little angel has come down to this earth and joined our little family. We love our sweet baby Graycie!!!

Lots of pictures - Little time!!!

Now that I'm addicted to digital scrapping I wanted to go back 'n scrap this cute halloween picture!! What a great Daddy!

Brady & Kaylie dressed up for the Daddy/Daughter party at Achievement Days.
Be afraid, be very afraid!!
Monster fish!! Caught in Grandpa Palmer's favorite fishing hole!
Check out the background. This gorgeous sunset was in Grandpa Horman's backyard
Darrin & Graycie taking a nap together in church!
Graycie's all ready for church. Holding that bow up has exhausted her!!
She loves showers! She's gonna love the water like all her big brothers & sister!
Momma loves taking pictures of her sleeping angel.
Doesn't Daddy have "proud papa" written all over his face?
Graycie's putting up her dukes!!
More sleeping baby pictures!!