HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Holy cow my kids have so much candy.......Why do we do trunk or treating and trick or treating?

Wood Stove and Kitten

We lit our first fire in the wood burning stove today just to test it out. It is nice to have the smell of cedar in the house and it feels so cozy. My family heated the house in the winter with wood burning stoves and so it is a bit nostalgic for me.


This Kitten is soo cute. He lets Caleb carry it around and is just really even tempered. It is supposed to stay outside or in the garage but I break down and let them take it inside for a little bit as long as they don't just let it go and run around.

Kaitlyn's 8th Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn. We love you!!!






She wanted pumpkin spice cake in the shape of a gingerbread girl. Unique I guess.

Traditional pinata! Jesse

I broke down and got her a kitten. Sigh!! Kaitlyn and Aiden

Random Pictures For my Kids to Remember

At the Loa Fair.

Kait and Miriam

Cousins, cousins, cousins.

For a small town parade they sure got a ton of candy.

Fight with siblings or bug bite??.... Bug bite. Sigh!

Caleb stood on the stairs, almost posing, for so long I finally took a picture.

A Boy????

Well, we just had our ultrasound and it's a boy. We were thinking girl, boy, boy, girl, done. So this should have been our last girl. Now we may have to have another child or two. Rob wants to name him Fiver but I really don't see that happening. Anyway, we are excited.

Kids and Gardening

I love it when the kids fall asleep on the way home...carrying them upstairs to bed, pregnant, not so much.

The kids love going out and picking things from the garden. If only they liked weeding as much.


We have been eating a looooot of peas and radishes the last few weeks. This cool spring was great for them.

Caleb Is 2

Happy Birth day Chubs!!!!! Obviously Caleb is into Elmo right now. MaryAnn helped me frost the Elmo cake, ok, she did almost all of it.


His favorite gift was a regift. We put batteries in an old "tickle me Elmo" toy that hasn't had batteries for a long time and wrapped it up and he loved it and carried it around all day. (Thanks Michelle who gave it to Kaitlyn when she was little).


We love you Caleb! Here are a few of the things that I want to remember about you when you were still one.
*You always tell me "no" when I ask you anything and then say "all right" after words.
*You bolt for the front door anytime it is open and love to ride any little bike. You look like Fred Flinstone with your little feet going a mile a minute and easily keep up with the adults walking.
*You are constantly trying to play in the car, with the vacuum, etc.
Your frowny face, smiley face is adorable.
Anyway, we love you tons. You are so easy going and yet into everything. You are amazing.