Last week we drove to California to visit all of my grandparents. Kendra and Gavin met us down there. After a 20 hour ride which went as good as could be expected :) we made it to my grandparents. We packed a lot of fun into our week going to Fairyland (a fairytale little kids amusement park), the zoo, the outlet mall, bocce, swimming and much more. The boys had a blast and it was fun spending time with everyone. I have to admit vacation is not nearly as relaxing at it was before kids but all of the things we have done a hundred times are new and fun to do with the boys.
Here is Gregg showing Tucker he is the boss.
Gregg and Payton's best elephant face
Gavin and Kellen at the monkey exhibit
Kellen couldn't look away from the elephants for a family picture
Sleepy boy
Gavin and Kellen at the monkey exhibit
Kellen couldn't look away from the elephants for a family picture
Sleepy boy
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sunny Days
Summer seems like it is finally here...as I say that I know its supposed to start raining again at anytime, but we have to take advantage of it when we can.
Life has been going good. We are still busy.
Gregg has his 27th Birthday yesterday. Unfortunately for him, it was also the day I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed. The top ones were already grown in, but the bottom ones were under my jaw bone, so I had to be but under to have them removed. It has actually not been as bad as I thought and Gregg has been amazing taking care of the house and the boys in the mean time. We celebrated his birthday Tuesday night, so we could actually go out to eat and have a party without me all drugged up from the surgery. We went to MacKenzie as usual and then came to our house for a homemade Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza Cake. It was delicious (of course because I made it). But really it was cookie, ice cream, chocolate and carmel syrup and m&m's so how could it have good wrong. My hubby is getting old. He is in his "late" 20's now :)
Payton is growning up so much. Everyday I am shocked by the things he says. Right now everytime you show him anything neat, his response is "wow thats cool." Which is so funny to here him say. He is also into telling us his emotions "I am so happy, sad, scared, mad etc." He especially uses this as one of his stalling techniques for naptime. He has been very loving as usual and will ask to cuddle or sit on lap and says "I love you so much" a lot. His potty training has been still going well. He has only had one accident in the past month or so and even on our car trip when we made him wear a pullup, he didn't go in it and we only stopped every few hours. He is even waking up when he needs to go at night. He loves the warm weather and wants to spend his days roller skating, riding his powerwheel motorcycle, blowing bubbles, drawing with sidewalk chalk, working in the gravel with his trucks, playing any kind of sport and playing with his brother.
Kellen is getting so much bigger too. He is a speedy crawler and can stand up pulling up on anything. He can cruise all over the place and has been standing by himself a little bit too. He cut his first tooth a few days ago but it is still barely in. He prefers adult food over baby food, so now we give him steamed frozen veggies, chicken, rice, noodles, yogurt, fruit, cheese, cereal among many new things everyday. He hasn't been nursing well during the day because he gets so distracted, so we have been giving him some bottles during the day and he still nurses before bed and naps and in the morning. I would have liked to exclusively nurse him until around a year like Payton but I am happy his is still nursing some. He is still such a happy baby and watches and copies Payton with the adoration only a little brother can have. Payton tries to teach him stuff and always is asking if Kellen can do whatever he is doing with him. I love watching the two of them together.
I was downloading some more pictures but for some reason they didn't show up so I will try them again tomorrow if I get a chance. For now the first one is Payton on the roof top of the place Gregg's Aunt Sharon had her wedding.
This one is Kellen in the yard. I was trying out some of the stuff I learned in a photography class I am taking at the Nazerene Church. I love how it turned out and had it blown up for my dad's office for Father's Day along with a picture of Payton mowing the lawn.
Life has been going good. We are still busy.
Gregg has his 27th Birthday yesterday. Unfortunately for him, it was also the day I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed. The top ones were already grown in, but the bottom ones were under my jaw bone, so I had to be but under to have them removed. It has actually not been as bad as I thought and Gregg has been amazing taking care of the house and the boys in the mean time. We celebrated his birthday Tuesday night, so we could actually go out to eat and have a party without me all drugged up from the surgery. We went to MacKenzie as usual and then came to our house for a homemade Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza Cake. It was delicious (of course because I made it). But really it was cookie, ice cream, chocolate and carmel syrup and m&m's so how could it have good wrong. My hubby is getting old. He is in his "late" 20's now :)
Payton is growning up so much. Everyday I am shocked by the things he says. Right now everytime you show him anything neat, his response is "wow thats cool." Which is so funny to here him say. He is also into telling us his emotions "I am so happy, sad, scared, mad etc." He especially uses this as one of his stalling techniques for naptime. He has been very loving as usual and will ask to cuddle or sit on lap and says "I love you so much" a lot. His potty training has been still going well. He has only had one accident in the past month or so and even on our car trip when we made him wear a pullup, he didn't go in it and we only stopped every few hours. He is even waking up when he needs to go at night. He loves the warm weather and wants to spend his days roller skating, riding his powerwheel motorcycle, blowing bubbles, drawing with sidewalk chalk, working in the gravel with his trucks, playing any kind of sport and playing with his brother.
Kellen is getting so much bigger too. He is a speedy crawler and can stand up pulling up on anything. He can cruise all over the place and has been standing by himself a little bit too. He cut his first tooth a few days ago but it is still barely in. He prefers adult food over baby food, so now we give him steamed frozen veggies, chicken, rice, noodles, yogurt, fruit, cheese, cereal among many new things everyday. He hasn't been nursing well during the day because he gets so distracted, so we have been giving him some bottles during the day and he still nurses before bed and naps and in the morning. I would have liked to exclusively nurse him until around a year like Payton but I am happy his is still nursing some. He is still such a happy baby and watches and copies Payton with the adoration only a little brother can have. Payton tries to teach him stuff and always is asking if Kellen can do whatever he is doing with him. I love watching the two of them together.
I was downloading some more pictures but for some reason they didn't show up so I will try them again tomorrow if I get a chance. For now the first one is Payton on the roof top of the place Gregg's Aunt Sharon had her wedding.
This one is Kellen in the yard. I was trying out some of the stuff I learned in a photography class I am taking at the Nazerene Church. I love how it turned out and had it blown up for my dad's office for Father's Day along with a picture of Payton mowing the lawn.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Trip to Washington
We went to Chehalis, Washington this past weekend for Gregg's Aunt Sharon's wedding. It was a fun trip! The boys got to meet a lot of Gregg's family that they had never met, including their Great Grandparents, many Great aunts and uncles and a lot of little boys! They had a blast. I haven't loaded all of the pictures on to our laptop yet, but here is a picture of Payton and Great Grandpa Jones that I thought was too precious not to post!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Canon Rebel T2i
Here are some pictures with our new camera. Its a Canon Rebel T2i and it takes awesome pictures. I need to spend some time working with it to figure out all the cool things it can do. Enjoy!
Payton's Lawn Care - He has been working very hard the past few days because we finally have grass!
Payton's Lawn Care - He has been working very hard the past few days because we finally have grass!
Silly brothers taking a bath
Baby boy
Story time
Cheese
Baby boy
Story time
Cheese
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
MAY!
Payton wanted in bed with Kellen the other morning
Our attempt at a family picture on the timer :)
Once again I am way behind on the blog and have way too many pictures to post...but I guess that is better than having all the time and nothing to post. I remember when I was pregnant with Payton, and even when I had one and I could post long posts about all the new things that were going on and I tried to post once a week, but those days are gone for a few years because we have a better kind of busy.
Payton trying out his new birthday paints from GG and Grandpa
Organizing all of daddy's controllers
The boys have changed a lot in the past month. Payton I am happy to say is completely potty trained! We have only had one accident in a week and now I don't have to ask him all the time, he will just go on his own. This has been wonderful and we are using a lot less diapers :) He also has been talking like crazy. Now he can say pretty much anything and his sentences get longer and longer. He is particualarly excited about Kendra and Gavin moving to Whitefish. The other day I told him that Kendra got a teaching job here like Grandma and so they were moving here and would live in Grandma and Papa's house for a while and he so "No, Kendra live at our house" I asked where they would sleep and he said "Kendra sleep in Payton's bed." When I asked where he would sleep he said "with Kendra in my bed!" He loves his Auntie! He isn't a big fan of getting his picture taken.
Feeding the ducks
Kellen taking a ride in the new backpack. Now we have one for each of the boys and we can go on family hikes
Once again I am way behind on the blog and have way too many pictures to post...but I guess that is better than having all the time and nothing to post. I remember when I was pregnant with Payton, and even when I had one and I could post long posts about all the new things that were going on and I tried to post once a week, but those days are gone for a few years because we have a better kind of busy. This week we are finally putting the sod in the yard. We have been waiting and waiting for grass in our yard, but the process (along with the weather) proved to be more difficult then we accounted for (imagine that!) Then all we have left is putting up the play set and having the house painted! I can't wait for it to be finished.
Payton trying out his new birthday paints from GG and GrandpaOrganizing all of daddy's controllersThe boys have changed a lot in the past month. Payton I am happy to say is completely potty trained! We have only had one accident in a week and now I don't have to ask him all the time, he will just go on his own. This has been wonderful and we are using a lot less diapers :) He also has been talking like crazy. Now he can say pretty much anything and his sentences get longer and longer. He is particualarly excited about Kendra and Gavin moving to Whitefish. The other day I told him that Kendra got a teaching job here like Grandma and so they were moving here and would live in Grandma and Papa's house for a while and he so "No, Kendra live at our house" I asked where they would sleep and he said "Kendra sleep in Payton's bed." When I asked where he would sleep he said "with Kendra in my bed!" He loves his Auntie! Feeding the ducks
I have been so proud of how he is growing up. He is so obedient and it is so easy to take him and Kellen shopping and out because he is such a good helper. The other day we were at the store and there were these little kids going crazy, taking things off the shelves and running all over and he said "Mom, I obeying. I just look!" It made my heart smile and I told him how happy that made me.
Kellen is starting to pull himself up on everything and is all over the place. He is the smiliest little guy you have ever seen. He has started "walking" when you hold his hands and tries to step when he is holding onto something. He is also learnin to clap. We are having so much fun going through it all a second time and remembering Payton doing it and seeing the similarities and differences. He is such a joy! He says mama and dada (sometimes at the right times!) and tries to say kitty. No one can make him happy and laugh like Payton can. 
WHAT?
Kellen trying out Payton's raining boots we found at a garage sale
So bigWHAT?Kellen trying out Payton's raining boots we found at a garage sale We are still trying to figure out what color his eyes are going to be. 
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