June... Already?

Okay, to keep this simple...we
bought a home
sold our property
got rid of a ton of wall paper
painted
cleaned
painted
moved
finished school for the school year
painted
unpacked
painted
got rid of more wall paper
painted
unpacked more
painted some more
and I kinda feel like things are turning normal again...kinda.
Our house is a home now.  We have a schedule again.  And
I can take a moment to catch up on what family and friends
have been up to.

Christmas fun

I know, I know this is not the best picture quality

but it's the only one I have. Santa came to our house, sad thing was

A was at basketball practice.

Good thing B filled Santa in on what A wanted ...

what a nice thing to do

Bodee's Christmas Concert
Yes he is having a grand time dancing and singing...
"Jingle Bells"
(i think that action goes with the HEY at the end of the song)

more of what we have been up to...

Halloween, what a scary bunch...

and a broken arm... she has to be the first to do everything right?

more of what we have been up to

Birthdays!

Yes, my new toy...

Really 9? wow

and more of what we have been up to

hiking to the rocks of sharon playing with Dozer g-ma and g-pa's new puppy

Riverfront park

more of what we have been up to

Fishing, my catch...
camping with nana. scout raingutter regatta races

Fishing... one of J's

Monster truck show!

what we have been up to since July

Back to school. (note: these aren't in any specific order...

sorry i'm just not that organized right now)

Family Reunion, tubing down the salmon river. COLD but so fun

cub camp, since I was a den leader I had the opportunity to go to day camp again.

It was such a blast - This is A shooting here.

what we have been up to since July...

Air show, the kiddos loved these airplanes.

Helicopter Ride, did I go, um no... but the kids and J man loved it.

The pilot is a friend of ours.

spiders

Found a spider down at the shop... it was big (just bigger than a quarter) but the body was so strange and round... and I'd never seen one like this before... and of course the kids wanted to keep it. So we put it in a jar and it couldn't hardly walk with such a huge body!

tron

B loves the new movie Tron. He loves it so much that he has been talking about Halloween and that he wants to be Sam from the movie. He'll talk about how he wants his costume to look and what he wants it made of... Yesterday he became tired of "waiting" for me to make it and he created one all on his own. Today I wouldn't let him wear it to school and instead he could put it on and that we'd take pictures so he could share the pictures.

There is a note that comes with these pictures from B, he wants to tell you that he still needs to add the light strips to the black clothing so they aren't finished yet. Just so you know.




Man I love this boy!

easter

Yeah, i totally have no idea where my camera went to after the whole Easter thing was done... but luckily others got some family photos... The matching outfits, yes, that tradition comes from my side and if I remember correctly, I loved it (Mom might remember differently) still do love it, the boys...hmmm... not so much.

The year I remember most is when my younger sister and I had dresses made from the same material but they were different patterns. Purple with white hearts. The dress was perfect for twirling. Twirling was the true test of a dress.

So sisters, what do you remember about Easter outfits? Did you like them? Do you have a favorite? Any other memories about Easter? I am curious ...

hmmm this looks familiar

I seem to remember some pictures of us as kids on Dad's old red tractor that look very much like this one... Fun memories and a side note, C did not want to get off (though I can't blame her) that tractor was fun to play with.

what we've been up to

Reading... this is C's favorite book. Pinkalicious!

If you haven't read this book yet, you must. It is supper cute.

Baking...This is a dark wheat bread similar in taste to the bread you get at Outback. I let it "proof" in my brotform, the basket you see at the top of the picture. mmmm I love bread!

Movie time!

Tree climbing... need I say more

Jump, jump, jump

Please throw the ball... it's at my feet thus you can't see it.

Derby time!

Science with Pa-J

Birthday Boy