The Way Korty Thinks!!

We use a lot of electric fence with our cows at the farm. Most of the time we have just one wire attached to blue plastic posts every so often to keep the cows where we want them. This fall we used this electric fence to separate our cows from their calves and wean them. Korty has been pretty involved with the cows and he helped wean the calves this fall.... Now for the story...


















This is kinda funny. Last week I took Jacob to Dr. Nate my kids dentist. After a check up we found that he had cavities from me still nursing. So that night we were all in the living room and Brad and I were talking about weaning him and how to do it. Then Korty looked around the room and said,"Dad there is enough room in here, I just don't know how to poke the Blue Posts down into the carpet." The mind of our farming son- thanks for the laugh Korty.

Merry Christmas!!

The Bundersons 2008

BRAD has been really busy this year irrigating, making hay, chasing cows and working for Harward Irrigation. As you might guess, he doesn't get home 'til late but we are always happy to see him, even if he is covered in hay or even worse - cow poop.

KORI is always running somewhere. She's either taking kids to pre-school, t-ball games, gymnastics or driving back and forth to the farm. She always seems to find time for the occasional trip to SLC to do a little shopping. No matter where she goes though, she always likes having her kids with her.

KORTY just turned five. He loves herding cows, riding his 4-wheeler, herding cows on his 4-wheeler, and talking about herding cows on his 4-wheeler. He has also learned that he does not like building fence or baling hay (in his words BOARING!) He loves teasing his sister and helping his little brother.

SADIE is now 3 years old. She loves playing house, dressing-up like a princess, playing kitchen, shopping with mom and watching her favorite movie Old Yeller. We also learned that she loves cutting with scissors. She loves to cut everything - paper, strings, socks, heck she even cut her hair!!

JACOB is 15 months old. He just recently had surgery to get ear tubes and to have a Dermoid Cyst removed from above his left eye. It hasn't slowed him down though. He loves going to the farm, mainly to see the cows (of course). This little boy could also play with a ball all day long! He loves giving Sadie hugs and kisses, and tries to keep up with Korty.

This year we have been very blessed, and we hope you have been also!
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes

Love,
The Bundersons,
Brad, Kori, Korty, Sadie and Jacob

Build a Bear

For Korty's Birthday Grandma B took him to Build a Bear Work Shop. This is where grandma took the kids the day of Jacobs Surgery. Korty and Grandma have been planning this date for about 2 months now. I guess when they got there it didn't take Korty very long to decide what he wanted. And it didn't take Sadie very long to convience Grandma that she didn't get anything for her birthday! Needless to say both of my kids walked out of there with an awesome new friend. Korty has a cheeta nemed JAG. Sadie had a Black Lab named Rissa.

Jacob's Surgery

On November 17th Jacob went into surgery. YEA!! What I great day!! I hope this will help his dispostion ;) My baby boy now has ear tubes and no more lump. I am so greatful for Dr. Holmes for trying something new and doing both surgeries at the same time. Love You Doc

After Math!!

Well it's been a couple of days since the hair incident. NO, I did not take her to a barber, although I wanted to. I trimmed it up myself (heck, I couldn't hurt it!) Then I had to go and buy ALOT of clips. So this is Sadie clipping back all of the little pieces. It is not funny! I really think we have both learned alot from this. 1. Don't leave scissors in drawers that your 3 year old can reach. 2. There is NO such thing as a Hair Fairy!! And 3. It is just hair, it will grow back and she is still the prettiest little thing I have ever seen!!

SADIE'S HAIRCUT!!

Well this is what happened. Korty was in time out because he would rather sit in time out than help pick up. Sadie and Jacob just had a bath and I was trying to figure out the computer. When Sadie walked into the room and smiled a her "I should be in trouble smile". I didn't think to much about it. I kept working on the computer, when Korty came running in saying Sadie cut off her hair. He was carring a lock of Sadie's hair about 3 inches long. I got sick. I know it is only hair and I'm sure most little girls have done this but I was physically ill. I hollared her name and she came just like nothing had happened. Her hair was still pretty wet so I couldn't really see much damage. It was only until I saw the garbage can full, and combed through her hair that I realized she had done a pretty great job! Well, I grabbed her and spanked her butt and I told her I was taking her to the barber, Paul, to have him shave off her hair. And about then I started crying! So she started crying. Then we sat there and cried together hugging. It was a mess. Pretty soon we both stopped and we talked about hair will grow back - I just hope It won't take very long:)

Well it is 7:34pm and Sadie is already asleep about 2 hours earlier than norm.
~I bet she wishing there was such thing as a HAIR FAIRY,
She would be raking it in!

Crampa and Jacob

HaPpY HaLLoWeEn!!

Halloween was fun! Brad was late coming home form work (of course). So I took the kids to the Trunk or Treat by myself. This is the way to do it, we got there and 45 min. later the bags were full and the kids were happy.

Then we went to Bethany's house for pictures. Grandma went to Provo to watch Breanna play Volley Ball, so we needed to send here pictures. By then Brad was in town so we went to a few more places - including the town Barber shop to visit Paul who was still cutting hair. When we were leaving to go home "Crampa" called and told us that Brooke and Nate had suprised him and they wanted to see the kids in there costumes. So went detored. The kids were SO excited to see Aunt Booke they climed all over her -- I'm sure all the sugar had something to do with it.

All in all this was a pretty fun night. Korty Carved his pumpkin like a scarey, mean, monster and Sadie didn't want to she said it was "EEUUW", so she just took a magic marker to it. Jacob's was just the plastic Mr. Potato head eyes, nose and mouth that Sadie and Korty stuck on.

Brother and Sister

Well here are the kids at the farm again. We were all out branding "Cranpa's" new heffers. The kids had been playing over on these steps. It was making me nervous- but I just let them go. I had to go to the van to change Jacobs diaper so I told them to sit down until I got back... Well this is what they were doing when I came back. Korty was holding Sadie hand and explaining to her what Dad and Cranpa were doing. Sadie just sat there listening to every word. I waited inpatiently until he was done and then I took the picture. At times like this I wish I had a big brother. I hope he will always take care of her!! :)

Super Saturday

Today was a fun day. Brad got rained out so I talked him into going to SLC with me and the kids. I wanted to take the kids to the Myan and maybe to a movie. Brad changed the plan-- He wanted to go to RUBY TUESDAY (since they have better food). The kids loved it. Sadie is a little girl after her daddies heart. She ate more steak than I did. Korty was just happy to try a little of everything.

Then we took the kids over to the Myan to eat dessert and watch the divers- but NO ONE could eat another bite. So we just watched the divers. It was allot of fun see the kids so amazed. Jacob got really into it, he kept clapping and hollering.

After we left next we stopped at a PUMPKIN PATCH- Korty, Sadie and I went hunting. It was cold so Brad stayed in the van with Jake. The kids loved it. Korty and Sadie both picked out white pumpkins and I got Jacob a plain orange one- I liked the traditional color. Any way after that we ended our trip at Sports Man Ware House, how can we go wrong there? The day was a success for everyone!

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Halloween Pictures

Everyone go right now to the Kiddie Kandids website http://www.kiddiekandids.com/freeoffer. They have a coupon for a free 8x10 photo. I am a sucker for anything free so Danyale and I took the kids to get their pictures taken in their Halloween costumes. Did we just do this and are we insane? Yes, thanks for asking. They turned out so cute. I always do Halloween pictures and have one of Korty in the pumpkin outfit similar to the new one of Jacob. Also I have to tell you, All the kids were done except Logan and we were having a hard time getting a good photo of him. The photographer lady had to step away for a min. to help another customer, so being the rebel that Danyale is, started taking photos of Logan herself. And I have to say she did a pretty good job. I don't think the lady was very happy with her though. So here are the Bunderson's and Christensen's again.

Korty - Pirate



Sadie - Snow White



Jacob - Pumpkin



Logan - Luke Skywalker



Aubrey - Butterfly

It's All bout Me!

ABC about me

This is all Danyales fault-- I hope she is happy!!

ABC's "getting to know you" TAG ABC's of you. Each player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

A- Attached or single: Attached and most the time loving it.

B- Best Friend: My mom and sister--- Yes mom Danyale.

C-Cake or Pie: cake, cake, cake, and more cake

D-Day: Sunday, after church we go to the farm and watch the cows-- try it before you knock it. Brad doesn't work

E- Essential Item: My kids!

F- Favorite Color: Blue, Danyale insisted that she owned pink- so I went for blue.

G-Gummi Bears or Worms: neither- chocolate

H-Home town: Huntington, Utah

I- Indulgences: cook books, beed time stories with all three kids in bed with me.

J- January or July?: July, bring on the fireworks

K-Kids: Three-- Korty,4 3/4 Sadie, 3 and Jacob, 1 I love being a mom!!

L-Life is incomplete without: Family, Friends and Cows

M- Marriage Date: Febuary 15, 2003- I've been pregant or nursing ever since!!

N- Number of Siblings: 1 sister and 1 brother, I have middle child syndrome (or so I am told)

O- Oranges or Apples: What ever I have

P- Phobias or Fears: loosing my family or friends

Q- Quote: I never said it would be easy I only said it would be worth it!

R- Reason To Smile: Korty, Sadie and Jacob

S- Season: Fall and Spring HATE winter and snow

T- Tag Three: Amber S, Kara, Allison

U- Unknown fact about me: I was home coming queen!

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: We raise cows!

W- Worst Habit: Yelling and nagging

X-Rays or Ultrasounds: either don't care

Y-Your favorite food: Mexican or Italian

Z: Zodiac Sign: Pices

Picture Day!!

Last Week Danyale and I took all 5 kids (Korty, Logan, Sadie, Aubrey, and Jacob) and got there pictures-- All I can Say is TONS OF FUN! But look it was all worth it!

Boys will be boys

Today Carter got to come and play @ our house while Sadie was at pre-school. The boys had lots of fun playing in a tent, riding bikes, and playing with toy swords. It was almost time for Cater to go home when Brad called and asked me to bring the boys up to Bishop Butlers house where he was baling hay. He wouldn't tell me exactly why, he just said the boys would love it. When we got there and saw the SNAKE stuck in the bale of hay- the boys were SO EXCITED!! Korty wanted it out, so Brad pulled out what he could. I bet it was 3-4 feet long. I hate snakes DEAD or ALIVE. But this was not for me. This was all about these little boys and the fun experience to play with a dead snake. ( This is one experience they will talk about for years!)

We LOVE Cows!

Well this is more for my children so they will remember. You see this last January, we (Brad) bought 40+ Pregnant Cows. As each one was born my children and I had alot of fun naming them, expecially Korty. So still to this day most all the calfs have there name and are called by that name.. It is quite amazing to me how Brad and Korty keep track. So here is the list of the calfs with the B-day if I had it.
1. Chuck (Chuck Roast)
2. Nemo
3. Moon
4. Sun
5. Nick 2/28
6. Snow Ball Fight 3/2
7. Star 3/4
8. Hot diggity dog 3/5
9. Bennett 3/5
10. Jasmine 3/6
11. Meat loaf "
12. Casper and MOM - RIP
13. Midnight 3/11
14. Spike "
15. Batman 3/12
16. Spiderman "
17. Micheal the Angel -RIP
18. Superman 3/14
19. Cloud "
20. Dandy Lion 3/15
21. Patrick 3/17
22.Lucky "
23. Shadow 3/19
24,25,26 (no names-the kids and I were at Grandma B's, OOPS!)
27. Freckles 3/22
28. Pumba 3/25
29. Piglet 3/17
30. SICKLEY and MAMA -RIP
31.Rock Star 3/19
32. Clifford 4/2
33.White Bumm 4/5
34. Chocolate chip 4/7
35. Elder Black 4/10
36. OREO Shake "
*** Bought 16 more Cow with there calfs NO NAMES 4/15
37. Salt and Pepper
38. Skunk 4/24
39. Blacky
40. Diamond Jim 5/9
41. Marshmellow 5/12
42. Cleopatra 5/14
43. TWINS - Donnie and Marie 5/16

Well as you can now see we LOVE cows.
The big question is which one do we eat?

JACOB MAX

This is JACOB MAX- He is growing up so fast!! On August 30th he turned one!! I am a little sad about this, I no longer have a baby! When I start to get baby hungry I think about what a hard year we have had. Jacob cried evey time we got in the car. It took us 8 hrs. to drive fromSt George to Castle Dale(which should only take 4, tops!) The only was I could get him down for a nap was nursing him, or placing a blow dryer under his bouncey chair. Need to say, Santa brought him a new Blow Dryer because moms blew up. I could go on and on, but Jacob is definately my hardest baby. Danyale says I deserve him because of how easy Korty, and Sadie were. I am a true believer they come with a personality and a mind of there own. And boy does he have a mind of his own.

But no matter how hard of a baby he has been I am so glad he is mine. He has a Smile that can light up any room. He won a baby contest For the best Giggle, Fastest Walker and the Baldest. He loves cows and thinks that all animals say MOO! He loves giving mmmmas which are kisses (mainly to Sadie). And he wants to do everything Korty does. He loves his momma the most but calls her DA. This has been a long year that has went by way to fast. He may be my birth control- But looking back I wouldn't trade it for the world. Happy Birthday Son!!

A Sunday at The Farm

This is us every sunday afternoon. Most people stay home or go visit the elderly. Not us we come home from chuch race to change our clothes and get back in the van as quickly as possible so we can go visit the COWS! I can not explain why we like it so much but we do. all of us! Jacobs first and only animal sound is MOO! I have always teased Brad that he has cow poop running through is veins- well I think the children inherrited it. But there is one thing for sure and that is it brings our family together!!

Mutton Bustin'

This June Brad got the great idea to let Korty go MUTTON BUSTIN'. I cannot believe he talked Korty and I into it. But he did. As I watched my little boy from the side line, I had a rush of terror and pure joy come over me. I bet he was only one the mutton for 1-2 seconds but for a mom it was eternity. But my little cow boy jumped right up and as proud as could be went running over to his dad. He only scored a 59 (which is not very high), but we didn't care and either did he. NOTICE: in the picture he is showing off where the sheep stepped on his head!! He wouldn't let us wash it off for 2 days. Now tell me why we signed him up again 2 weeks later? Just Look At The Smile On His Face!!

Cookie Cutters Certificate

Cookie Cutters Certificate
This is Sadie's first hair cut. She was so excited. Isn't she CUTE!!
I was picking up ALL the curls off the ground and saving them in a
little plastic bag. The sylist were laughing @ me. Sadie thought it
was awesome!! She was the queen for the day

camping

Johansen Reunion

Our New Toy Box!!

This is fun. Aunt Breanna made this new toy box for us in shop class. Look how big it is, it can hold us and alot of toys.

JACOB ON THE MOVE

This is crazy Jacob is not holding still. He is only 9months old and is walking behind he walker pushing the laundry basketevery where. I thank Grandpa Brent for this. He started it all the first of May, letting him hold onto his fingers and going every where and any where he wanted to now this is ALL he wants to do

Donny the calf

The last momma to calf this year ended up having twins. We were all excited, but mainly Brad. See him and his dad had been guessing she was having twins for a while so when she did he was all excited they were right. But on the other hand they didn't know how the mom was going to react. I named the calves " Donnie and Marie". The mom rejected Donnie, so Aunt Breanna took him home and tried to bottle feed him. No luck, Donnie died. With out its mommas colostrum he didn't have a chance. The good thing is the calf let the kids pet and play with him. It has helped the kids not be so afraid of the cows!

We are going to be late!!

On May 24, Aunt Brooke was getting married. We were going to be late. I was running around trying to get everyone ready. Brad had just got home from the farm and still needed to get in the shower, trying to hurry I put Korty in the shower with him. As I was running around getting breakfast ready, Jacob and Sadie ready and not to mention myself, I still had to pack the diaper bag load the dishwasher and clean out the van (scarey). As I was finishing up with all my choirs I stopped and listened - the shower was still going..... frantic I went in there to see what was taking so long, just to find out Brad and Korty were in the shower having a water gun fight!!! I wanted to scream. This was not one of the many things I had planned for the morning or even the day but instead I started laughing, We all did! On the way to the wedding Brad explained: Life happens whether or not we want it to but if we don't take a moment and enjoy it then we will be missing out on alot.

Jacob

Doesn't he just make you want to giggle?

Sadie-Bug

This is my Sadie in all her cuteness and glory.

Summer is here

Yesterday was Korty's last day of pre-school,this year. I think I am more excited than he is. I had Korty take flowers to his teachers and her helpers. He looked so big going up and giving them each a rose. Now that school is out I get to start focusing on t-ball, swimming lessons, camping, my garden, dance class for Sadie and of course spending Alot of time At the farm. Danyale and I has purchased a Hogle Zoo pass so we will be spending alot of time there too. On your mark get set go....

Bunderson's online

My wonderful sister had helped me get this blog started and I hope that I can figure this all out. Please forgive me if I am slow at getting posts up and looking good. I am very new to this.

The Bunderson family is as follows:

Brad Lee: Age 32, Farmer and Salesmen.
Kori Ann: Age 30, Mother and Medical Assistant/EMT-I
Korty Brad: Age 4, Loves helping dad and T-Ball
Sadie Ann: Age 2, Loves helping mom and ruling the house
Jacob Max: Age 8 months, Loves being held and hates his carseat


Moms are never in the pictures. Why can't dads think to take the pictures.

More to come.