Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year!

Happy Birhtday Wyatt!!!

Don't judge me too soon!!! We were with our sweet nephew on his birthday, I just haven't had time to blog about anything lately. Now, back to Wyatt. I remember three years ago standing outside Emily's hospital room waiting for the doctor to come out and tell us everything. When the doctor came out you could hear all of us take a huge breath in (I think there were close to 15 of us waiting in the hall). She didn't tell us anything. A few minutes later Ryan came out with a video camera and told us Wyatt was perfect!!! We have had so so much fun with him ever since! Wyatt, we love you so very much and are proud to be your Aunt and Uncle. Happy Birthday!

my model husband!

Lately I have kept myself busy with organizing all my digital pictures. I'm not one of those who immediately downloads pictures right after an event. Trust me, I wish I was. No, it takes me sometimes months to get pictures off my camera. So there are literally thousands of pictures in all sorts of different folders.
While going through them and putting them into different categories, I ran across some pictures of Christmas 2006. I know!!!!!! I don't know who had our camera but apparently Doug was in a great mood and wanted to strike a pose! Well, a pose he struck!!!!!
PS It's not to often that when pictured with a baby the adult is the one people look at!

i love the pumpkin patch!+

It's October right? That means it's time to go to the pumpkin patch!!!!! We love this day. Our whole family goes. Grandma's, Grandpa's, mom's, dad's, aunts, uncles and cousins. We have so much fun. We have been going to the same place for the last three years, Bauman farms in Woodburn. There is so much to do for all ages and they are one of the three farms in Oregon that are certified to produce Apple Cider. It is Delicious!!! Here are some highlights!

jog-a-thon

This morning was Portland Christians annual Jog-a-thon. It's one of the two fundraisers they do every year. Last year Asher ran but this year he had to have sponsors!! Sponsors can choose to give a flat rate or make a per lap pledge!! Most people choose to give a flat rate but there are those crazy people who will make a per lap pledge (usually the grandparents)! It's always so much fun to watch the kids run around in a big circle! Now Asher is in kindergarten, five years old. They have 25 minutes to run as many laps as they can. Personally, I can't run for ten minutes. I don't know many who can, but kids are a different story. Our little Asher ran the WHOLE TIME!!!!!! 25 minutes!!! I was so proud of him!!! So, back to the pledges. Asher ran 23 laps in that 25 minutes (I know, very impressive) and we had one crazy pledge three dollars for every lap. I will do the math for you so you can finish reading...... $69.00!!!!!!!!! Great for the school, not so great for that person!! All in all Asher raised close to two hundred dollars for his school. Great job Asher!!!!

the little wiggles

this is kind of a test to see if this will work. here we go.....



ha, ha, ha!!! it worked!!! If you can't tell, these are my boys singing along with the wiggles!! doug caught them the other night while they were doing this. and.... yes that is a jewish song they are singing. i don't know what it means but it is really cute watching them do this. enjoy!!

first week of school!

Wow!!! We are a day away from finishing our first week of school! In just three short days my son no longer needs me to walk him to his class, give him a big hug and kiss him goodbye. Nope, it's just a wave goodbye as he is running to his classroom after the bell rings. I only get the wave cause I am yelling his name while I am waving to him!!! They need a class for mommies to goto that first week of school so we can learn how to be okay! I guess I am lucky to still have Carson home with me, but well, Carson is.......... something!!!!!! No, I love my kids to no end and I thank God every morning for them.