Found!

So there is a funny story to this one, Carli was crawling around content and happy and I sat down to type up a bill for Jeremy real quick. A minute later I hear happy baby sounds, talking, giggles, squeeling. It lasts a while so I become curious about why she is so happy!
This is what I found : Carli playing with Bodee's under-roos! silly girl

Found the camera!

Where - you ask did I find it?

Jeremy took it and forgot he took it

and I found it in one of his coat pockets, thankfully.

So glad to have it back, especially before christmas.

Anyone know where i could find my camera?

I am so sad.
I can't find my camera any where
and there are some great pictures on it.
Bummer!

Has it really been a year...

One year ago... October 28, 2008

After weeks of bed rest, tons and tons of help and prayers from family and friends

our little miracle was born (15 weeks early, weighing 1 lb 11 oz)only as long as a ruler... we weren't sure

what kind of a future was in store for us all but look at her now.

I can hardly believe it has been a whole year.

What a year!

What an amazing blessing she has been to our family and lives. Through this experience our testimonies have grown so much. Carli Brings such joy to us all. She is 16 pounds already, crawling all over and pulling her self up to standing.

Happy 1st Birthday Car!

this is what we get...

So we made an old family recipe (Butter Cookies) a few days ago. It is from J's side of the family and it came from his great great grandpa who owned the Arapaho Bakery in Salt Lake City. Yeah, so the boys and I sat down to roll and cut the cookies out. Then Jer decided to join in the fun. This is what we get. Can you tell what it is? I think great great grandpa would be proud! Ok, so if you couldn't tell what he created... an egg and baccon. the little thing at the top is Avery's idea of scrambled eggs!

Yeah! Jeremy is home

Autumn is my favorite season. I get to pull out all of my cozy sweaters, and i just love the color in the trees. The crisp fall air that makes my nose cool and crunch of leaves beneath my feet make me so happy. There is nothing better than to play with the family on a cool fall day at the Finch Arboretum. And what makes it even more special is that we have been missing Jeremy for weeks now. It was nice to have him home for one day and not deal with the business. The boys raked up several piles of leaves to jump into and throw all over.

Lots of giggles, Carli especially enjoyed the leaf throwing.

I wish I had a video of that action.

Of course there was football involved.

And tree climbing...

more tree climbing...

and more tree climbing!

To end our wonderful family fall day we drove to Coeur d'Alene and had dessert at the dockside.

Yeah you know it. You love it. The way over sized desserts, yum!

Jer had the large Butterfinger dessert to himself (well Carli helped a little) and the boys had one to share. Me of course (being the lactose intolerant one) had huckleberry cobbler.
What a treat!

Happy Fall Everyone!

Greenbluff fun with Nana

Carli and Nana sat together while the boys and I did the corn maze up in Greenbluff. I am surprised that this picture turned out so well considering they were running around crazy, it was a little challenging to keep them together. We had to take turns deciding which way to go. We made it to the end ... eventually! What fun the boys had. I think their favorite part was the pirate ship you could climb on at the end.
This was the train ride, I absolutely think this is the cutest picture of Nana and Ave!

Oh yeah, i was there really!

Of course we had to get a pumpkin for each of the kids. I told Ave he could get any pumpkin he wanted but he had to be able to put it into the barrel. So he got this huge one in, and then like 5 minutes later he changed his mind, so i helped to get it out and he picked a different one, (about the same size) but because he put the first one in and he was SOOOOOOOOOOO tired, I helped with the second one.

This is Bo's selection, a little bit more modest in his selection!

They picked out a pumpkin for Carli together, with out any arguing either!

We ended the day with caramel apples, yum, then hurried home to prepare for Jake and Matts surprise party!
What a fun day we had and I am so glad Nana got to come with us and share in the fun!

What have we been up to?

Earlier this summer...

we took a vacation because Jeremy had a business meeting out of town.

It was so fun to tag along and get away from all the stress for a short while.

We got to see my sister and her new LITTLE baby boy Jack! So cute! I wish I had some pictures of our visit but Jeremy had the camera at his business meeting.

But here are some of the other highlights of our trip!

We always have to have a hike in there somewhere... My favorite part, smores on the beach at night! Yum

Jeremy skim boarding...


Oh no... what happened?

What a climb... but we did make it.

Silly bones...

My fire fighters...

After the climb up the tower.