IKEA!!

Well we all LOVE Aunt Marilyn. Mike and I decided it was time to find something to buy at
IKEA to organize our house. We had Marilyn meet us there and we went out to eat afterwards. My favorite place "Red Robin."

Scary Jared! Leave it to Aunt M to get a great shot of Jared in all his glory!

Nate just tolerating...just kidding!

Finally, normal Jared appears. Thank goodness he is still cute!

Josh is very handsome and is trying to eat big people food! We are very proud of him!

Mike and I are glad that we go to get fun stuff to organize our house. It's made a huge difference.

A clean Halloween

Well, the boys had a blast trick or treating. Mike and I had fun making these costumes in the dark! On Monday night we had a power outage that lasted from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. So by candle light and lamps we made these. Josh is the washer, Jared , the dryer and Nate the detergent! What better costumes for 3 boys who create a lot of laundry.Nate and his cute little bag! I don't think he understood what people were giving him, but he put up his little bag and said "Dan du" to everyone! Soo cute!

Another pic of the boys, Jared happy as a clam and Josh worried about the vacuum.

This is our friend Mike. He was playing with Nate and saying "Trick or Treat!" Nate gladly gave of his candy every single time. We sure love the innocence of our little Nate!

My Trip to Arizona

Cheryl and I had a blast! We ate lots and shopped and ate some more. We even got to use Cheryl's new straightener. Don't our doo's look gorgeous!














With all the eating that we did, we decided to do a 5K run! We wanted to beat our times and have some fun! Some people think we are crazy that we call it fun, but hey, to each their own.
Cheryl beat her time by 1 minute 20 seconds. It was a very hilly race so that is awesome! I beat my time by 2 minutes 15 seconds and actually placed 2nd in my age division! Cheryl and I got a kick out of that! We weren't even going to stay for the awards ceremony. I got stand on a little white podium and get a bag for a prize.













Here Cheryl and I decided to get a nice picture of us at church. It's fun to dress up! I think this trip was soo much fun I will repeat it again next year! Anyone want to come join the fun?

Huge Sand Box

This is how our boys entertain themselves. We have some toys, but nothing but dirt in our backyard. Jared of course found the ramp and the boys got their toys with wheels and had a blast! Nate did not have a nap so he was very grumpy! He loved going down the ramp but he thought that it was his turn every time!


















Go Josh!














Go Jared!














This toy is definitely too small for Josh, but he didn't care!














This is Nate's war wounds! One of the toys turned over and hit him in the face. I think the boogies on his face really add a great touch! I didn't get a picture of it, but he fell off the little porch while sitting on a chair and his nice little boogies were full of dirt! What a fun day for 3 little boys!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Okay, it was September 28th and it was snowing! We just had to get a picture of it! It was gone the next morning which is how I like it!
I went to the Candy Dance the next morning with my sisters and mom and a few outlaws. We were glad that it had warmed up. Here is Jenelle and Reagan....Leah and Zoe...but you can't see Zoe and Heidi! For those of you who don't know what this is, it is like a huge craft fair...too much to see and way too much for me to buy!
Here is my mom in the middle with Jenelle's mom in law on the left, Pat and Leah's mom in law on the right..Penny!
Of course I had to get a picture of me in it too! This was when I still had all my money in my pockets!

Wild (Freezin') Waters FUN!

This was a fun day for all of of us. We got to go to this water park and play all day and eat all the food we wanted for only $5.00 each. Nate was even free! The water was a bit cold but once you got in, it wasn't soo bad. Actually it was but it was still fun! Here is Jared being very independent.

Nate hated the cold water, but we had to get a photo op with him to put in our scrapbook.

Once we got Josh on the inner tube, he had a great time going down this small slide. Josh didn't stop the whole day. He really is like the Energizer Bunny, he just keeps going and going and going.....

Okay, this here VERY SCARY RIDE is the half pipe. Mike had taken Jared on it, yes 5 year old Jared, and so I figured it couldn't be that bad! YEAH RIGHT!!!!! This is Jared and me at the top and I'm thinking OH CRAP! I still don't know how people don't just flip flop on down these types of rides.

This is me telling Mike off with my best ghetto finger shake that I learned in So. Cal. Mike knew I would be ticked when I got done with this ride. He had the gall to ask me if I wanted to do it again!

Okay, so here you can see that I really did survive the ride and enjoyed the thrill of it. I had to look like I did...Jared's making me look like a wuss with his huge smile !
This next picture if for Kimmus the Bestus! Here is the new saddle seat stools that we got. Just so you know, they don't come with those totally cute boys that are sitting on them. You have to go get your own!

A Bikin' we will go!!!

Okay, here is Nate and Jared in our bike trailer. They fit just right. Jared can ride a bike with training wheels, but he's not soo fast, so if Mike and I want to make ground and get some exercise we put them in here. What cute boys and very contained...hehehe! Actually Nate loves getting in the bike trailer. He will go in the garage and just sit in it.

Okay, so here is Josh and Nate in the trailer...yes Josh. He has a hard time riding a bike and he really wanted to go with, so we took turns with Josh and Jared in the trailer. We have recumbent bikes, so it's hard to find a trailer bike for us to put Josh on, so here he is living large, knees up to his chin in the bike trailer.

Mike and I having a blast riding the bikes up at Davis Lake..well Mike was pulling the boys and I was trying hard not to crash after not having ridden a bike in 3 years.

Here is our crazy Jared! He loves going fast fast fast on his big wheel. His feet are his brakes and sometimes his feet don't work soo well. He actually did a "power spin" at the bottom of the hill. He thought it was cool at the time (probably glad that he didn't crash), but he went slower after that awesome "power spin."

Nate is showing me his nose. That's the only way I could get him to look at me. He thinks Uncle Larry's canoe is pretty darn cool.

Okay, Nate seems to be in heaven in the picture. We were getting something to eat and there was a little bit of chocolate shake in this cup and Nate sat there with this look on his face for the longest time! He even started drooling after a while. Oh what fun we have

Labor Day Fun!

Here are my monkeys! Nate was making a huge mess on his face. I just couldn't resist.
We went up to Davis Lake one day over the Labor day weekend. The boys had a lot of fun throwing rocks in the lake. Nate actually went in face first and couldn't stand up. Jared tried to save him by pulling up his head. Thank goodness I was right there. Jared is one handsome dude!
Nate and his messy face! He loves the dirt. He is one gorgeous little man in my opinion. And that's with dirt on his face.
Here's all three water bugs! Last fun weekend of the summer! We just can't wait for snow now. Yeah, I say that now...we will see!
Josh and the mud. He definitely doesn't have problems with texture and goop!
More pictures to come from the weekend!

Jared's First Day of School!

This is Jared's First day of school. He actually missed the first day of school(and the 3rd and 4th day of school too...poor boy was sick)! He really loves

school and is definitely the cutest boy in the class. I swear Jared can pose with the best of them! He is such a ham!

Jared feels his the most special boy in class. He wants all the attention. Do I see the nickname..brown noser in his future....? Sure hope not.

Play Time!

Here we are playing at the park. There are sooo many parks within walking distance from our house. This one is the newest one. It's like 3 blocks away!

CHOO CHOO!!!! GO NATE GO! Well, maybe not! I don't think I'm ready for him to climb that yet!
He thinks he can do everything his brothers do...it's very cute!

Thanks to Auntie M for these cute pictures!

Welcome to our sand lot! The boys don't care one bit about all the dirt. We are ready for some grass though. Just in time for snow so the boys don't bring in all the mud with them.

First Day of School

We are very excited for Josh to go to school this year. He is actually going to a regular classroom with a one on one aide! The day he rode the bus home, he started to freak out because the bus driver didn't turn on his street. He is used to being dropped off right in front of his house. Josh is getting the hang of it, but I still walk him to the bus stop and pick him up.

We want to thank Aunt Marilyn for the great pictures! It was fun to have her
go with us his first day! She took some great fun pictures!