The Ballard Bulletin

We have had much to celebrate this year. It has been a real joy to watch Seth grow and learn. We also prepared for a new baby to come into our family. Rafe Scott Ballard was born on his Great Grandfather Hyrum's birthday, October 17th. He weighed 7lbs. 7oz. and was 20 inches long. He is a handsome little baby boy! We had to build a shed to store all the the extra stuff since we are running out of space in our tiny little house. Dad spent way too much time thinking about archery and mule deer. Mom spent way too much time stressing over Seth puking!!! ;) We spent some time working out of town in Park Valley, UT. Being gone so much made it hard to keep up in our garden. Seth loved to go outside and eat strawberries out of the garden everyday. He is a 2 year old HANDFUL but is a lot of fun. He loves to wrestle with our dog Beau and also loves to yell out his name at the top of his lungs. It is hard to coordinate jumping on the trampoline and yelling at the dog at the same time. Rafe is a fussy baby and loves to scream at the top of his lungs also. Now that he is almost 4 weeks old I have figured out a few tricks to make him happy. We had to go to Toys R Us and get Seth a few things to keep him busy now that he doesn't have my undivided attention. (Hopefully it works) He was the cutest ghost for Halloween. He still doesn't quite understand Halloween though. Mom and Dad are already looking forward to a time when we can leave the boys with a sitter and maybe have just enough time to hit the drive through at McD's!!!! hahahahaha! Its been a wonderful year and I promise to try harder to post more often in the future. P.S. Facebook sucks so if you want an update on out family this is where to look! :)