Monday, September 24, 2007

a BIG day for Ashley!!!!

Uncle Louie woke Ashley up for the start of a new week of school and she told him something happened to her mouth during the night. She thought something was broken. Upon further investigation he found a loose tooth!! She was pretty excited and had lots of questions about the tooth fairy!
One last picture of all her baby teeth.

Some pictures of our Sunday hike.



Went to Hilger's Gulch and enjoyed God's creation. They both love to ride their bikes and climb on anything they can...... hills, rocks, trees...... climb, climb, climb

The deer and the almost buck-naked boy.

We were picking up the yard when these deer wandered through our yard. Don't worry, we don't let anyone get too close!

Michael thinking.

Hard to appreciate this picture, but when Michael tells me a story and it requires a mention about him needing to 'think', he stops and shows me how he was thinking. He stays in this pose for quite awhile! Pretty cute.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Ashley and Michael before bed time.

Michael likes going into Ashley's room and being read to.


Thanks for reading to Michael, Ashley!! You do a good job.

We've gone through a few loaves of bread for these gulls!

They have gotten pretty brave at feeding these birds. Ashley put together a popcorn sandwich for them and thought that was a pretty good idea. It was cute but didn't last long!


Ashley can tie her shoes!!


Actually it was before school on September 7th when Uncle Louie showed her how to make "bunny ears" and turn them into a bow. She caught right on!! (I think Ryan still does it like that to this day!)


Notice the shoes Rosa :-).......she wears them the most!


I heard you tell your mommy that you can tie your shoes and you know she's very proud of you. We all are, Ashley!

Learning to play frisbee golf.

A family friend for ours happened to be in the park when we were there and Michael wanted to try his hand at frisbee golf too.


You were a good teacher, Nathan!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

More pictures of life with these little ones.

Just veggin' out waiting for supper to get cooked.

Shelbee looks like a stuffed animal but....actually she's been very busy keeping the kitchen clean!
Pretty proud of all the stars they got on their 1st week's chore list. Way to go kids!
After school beading session. We have good "girl time."

Monday, September 10, 2007

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Painting the Shed


(Hey, it looks like the 2nd video will be blogged too. How? Don't know. But here goes!)

They had a lot of fun and were serious too about it. Thanks for helping Michael and Ashley.

Birdhouses that Rosa gave to Ashley and Michael. They decorated them so nice!


We think we found a place in the tree where the wind won't be too strong for the houses! They can see them from their bedroom windows too! Thanks Rosa!

After a day at the fair, we put the kids to "work"!

We have a video of them helping Uncle Louie prime the shed. Hopefully I can get it to work... Thanks Ashley and Michael for helping paint the shed! You did a great job! (you too Louie!)

Video number 2 of painting the shed!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Shelbee wants to play frisbee!!

State Fair Pictures.................

Ashley and Michael are waiting in line to go in the Monkey House. (Wish I knew how much the kid with the bear on his back spent on that win!)
The merri-go-round went around really fast. Kailey and Tara had quite a ride. Hang on Kailey!


The trip home! Thanks Ashley, Michael and Kailey for such a fun day.




Gotta have snow cones at the State Fair!!
Michael borrowed Kailey's sunglasses.....it was a bright, cloudless, HOT day!!

...more pictures at the fair



Brock knew a little more about milking the cow. So thanks Brock for showing the kids what to do!



We had a fun day at the State Fair.


Michael thought he'd dare go on this ride if Tara went with him. Well,... he went around once (not happy) & they let them off. We praised him for being brave and trying it.
Now, this he liked. Most of his tickets went on this ride!

2 kids in a tub...rub-a dub-dub


While Ashley is at school.....



Michael likes to play with his cars and make garages. He was pretty proud of this "set" of garages so we took a picture for all to see!!