Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Happy Boys


They are all growing SO fast! Jett loves to be tickled and laugh and swing not too high on the backyard swing. He's got an abundance of energy and still loves to learn everything he can.

Tucker is just plain cute, mischievous and loving. What a kid...!!

Dallas' personality is really coming out now with "All Boy" actions and trying to keep up with his brothers.

Sunday, everyone came over for dinner and we introduced "GeoCaching".

This is where you go to a web site called - www.geocaching.com and find any of over a million caches that are hidden all around the world. There are well over 10,000 caches hidden within only a few miles of our home and there just happened to be one hidden only .5 miles up the hill from us.
Using a GPS that you download the Cached GPS coordinates to, you just let it take you there and then the fun begins as you try to solve the puzzle or figure out just where they hid the treasure.
This one was at the base of a not so old cedar tree not terribly hard to find but certainly we had to do a lot of looking around in all the "obvious" places.
Of course it's always in the last place you look...
It was in an authentic "GeoCache" plastic container and it had the usual trinkets and sign-in tablet but a REAL treasure that we exchanged was a Compass for Jett. He picked right up on the idea of North/South/East/West...sort of, and later we charted a course out in the field across the street - south by southeast and he found in the tall grass the big critter hole. It was pretty cool.

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love to all,
Mom

Monday, April 26, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBRE!!


the big 25!!!

Happy Birthday Kimbre!

K eeps it real - (and you're awesome and cool and pretty )
I s 25 years old now! -(still a young'n)
M akes me happy! -(You're so fun!)
B est hair lady ever -(Seriously)
R eally awesome sister -(duh)
E asy on the eyes -(aka super gorgeous!!)

Love you Kim!
Hope you have a very Happy Birthday!!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Feeling Victorious! --Super Shopping!

Woohoo!! Albertson's is having this sale-- cereal, pancake mix, and granola bars--buy 5 get them for $1 each! So I bought 15 items for $15! Then, grapes were $1 per lb., pasta sauce $1 per jar, and the soda was FREE! Woohoo! $37 spent, $42 saved!


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Birthday Time!!!

Jayson's 29 on 4/15
Dallas' 1st BIRTHDAY on 4/16We had a great time celebrating Jayson and Dallas' birthdays! Jayson has entered the last year of his twenties! He's also accepted that now he gets to share his birthday time with Dallas - I don't think he minds too much. =) On the 15th we had a yummy dinner with the Rowley's - Karen and I made a favorite of Jayson's, sweet and sour chicken - yummy! Then we had ALL the rest of the family come over for dessert and some presents! Dallas got a lot of cute clothes, shoes, and great toys! He ended up with 2 play cell phones and a rotary phone and he loves them all! He also got lots of fun beach toys, a movie, a baby pool,and other fun things! On the 16th, Nana came over and we played and had some pizza and more cake. We sure had fun celebrating! Happy Birthday Jayson and Dallas!!!

I can't believe that my baby is one already!! He is so much fun and it's been such a great year having him around! He always makes us laugh and I love seeing him grow more everyday!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Cute Baby--7 Months Old!



Bray is such a happy baby, and getting big SO fast!


Mama's boy! I love baby giggles!






He's getting closer to the army crawl every day-- an expert at wiggling and rolling to get where he wants to go!:)


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYCEN!

1st Birthday! 4/13
Brycen is a very happy little boy. His favorite things to do include building forts, playing in the sand/dirt, and exploring the backyard. He loves to be outside! Brycen is always smiling and as you can see in this first picture, he gets that look in his eye that lets you know he is up to something. (His little hands start fidgeting!) We are very blessed to have such a wonderful son!
















Saturday, April 3, 2010

The BEST sound in the world


You can see Braden jump in his skin when Jacob surprises him! I could never tire of these moments. Jacob is such a good big brother and Braden loves nothing better than being with him.


Thursday, March 25, 2010

Incredible Dog!

Matt and I like to watch The Incredible Dog Challenge that shows on Animal Planet sometimes. It's a contest for dogs and their different ablilities in jumping and other events. We think Kya would be an excellent candidate!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Thought I'd Post Something....

The kids are always a good subject --


Recently, we tried to put our pictures on Jay's new netbook, and thinking they were downloaded started deleting the ones Jayson didn't want at the time...yeah...we were deleting the pictures from the camera! We lost a bunch of good ones - mostly of Dallas being a cutie, a stinker, and other fun photos. Oh well. Since then I've taken a few more and I've just got to say that I have the cutest boys!! They are sooo funny and it's always fun to get the camera out and snap a few funny pics.

Dallas loves to climb up here and see what he can get into. He's into everything lately!
Now he's caught!
This is the oh-so-innocent face
And then this is what he's really thinking...=)

It's always hard to get a normal pic of Tucker-he's always cheesing big or looking around...but that's okay!
They sure love playing together!
Daddy's little man!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Braden's Helmet & Cute Picts


Braden is SUCH a smiley baby! I love it!



Here's our helmet baby! Jacob actually took this picture.:)






Hat hair!





Jakey loves his brother!



Sunday, March 7, 2010

LUMBERJACK in the backyard.

A big windstorm brought down part of this old tree recently.

So, LUMBERJACK STEVE brought the rest of it down by himself! What a STUD!

Sue's New Toy.....AKA Dad's using it....From across the street where I live


I have enjoyed the vistas from our home for many years but never with such intensity as the first perfect warm spring day.

The following photos (Dad took) have filled my heart with gladness and beauty from this great earth we are so priviledged to enjoy.

Wishing we could share it with you all soon...


Monday, March 1, 2010

The First Day of March

Matt had a lucky break in his schedule this week and the weather has been just a touch unseasonable. With the afternoon off Matt took Kya out to Hauser Lake. For those of you not familiar with the finer points of Kootenai County, Hauser Lake is just northwest of Post Falls on the border of Idaho and Washington. Her previous owners told us she loves the water, but Matt wasn't sure how she would handle it. He definitely did not want to be THAT GUY who had to swim out and retrieve her toy himself. After a few short throws in the shallows he committed to the big one and she never looked back. They're not quite ready for the Dock Dogs competitions yet, but they're getting there.
I had to work all day, so I missed all the fun...poo

Saturday, February 27, 2010


Vroomm, Vroomm! Watch out Papa - He's practicing :)

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Funny Faces




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