How This Will Work

I have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out a way to get all of these memories in order. I have not found a way to file things away in tabs and I have so much stuff that I could never get them in order. I am not that organized. So, here is how this will work.

I will be randomly posting different past moments...and there will be some current updates along the way too. I am labeling each post with the Month and Year as a label, so if it bothers you to see these out of order (or if you want to go back to them) you will be able to select the label on the right column of the blog. (at least I hope so..HAHA! I guess I will figure this out through trial and error.)

Update: Jaidi has saved my sanity!!! I can now post these in order...so, here we go. The posts will not appear on the front page of the blog since they are in order by date (month/year). Just click down to the label with the year you want, then you can view them all. Thanks Jaidi!!!

Dear Family and Friends

I hope all is well in your worlds. A friend of mine recently started blogging and I am inspired by her. The blog that she is writing is more of a way to capture moments and remember them...almost a family diary with pictures. I have decided that I want to start doing that for our family so that the boys can read back and see these things as they get older. The other reason for doing it is so that those of you who may not see us everyday can check in on us. I selected blogspot.com for this because I can have the site automatically email you when I post a new entry. I was only able to select 10 of you, so if you find that you come and check in on us without my "prodding you" electronically, let me know so I can make room on that list for others who may need the old "kick" in the butt to get on the internet and check this out.

I do want to reserve the content on this site strictly for how we are doing as a family, so I will leave my complaints and the content that I share regularly with my readers on my other blog at Life's Ups and Downs. I have come to love ranting on there and sharing my life with my readers. (Yes! I actually have regular readers!!)

I will sign off for now, but please check back and see the beautiful, funny and sometimes embarrassing pictures of our family.

Valentine's Day Party

One of the activities that the boys got to participate in this February was the Alliance Valentine's Day Playgroup. My friend Krista offered her house and LOTS of kids and mommies came over to celebrate Valentine's Day. The boys had lots of fun doing this. They got to make a valentine for Daddy (we gave it to him over breakfast the morning of Valentine's Day) and they got to eat cookies! They were happy and on a sugar high by the time we left Krista's house. Here are some shots of the boys enjoying themselves.
Here the boys had finished making their cards and are enjoying their cookies.

This is one of Krista's little girls, Brynlee. N and her got along really well. She is just a little younger than N.
Look at that face! Need I say more????? That is Krista's other daughter, Addy in the foreground of the picture.

Interview of C

Blame it on My Teacher

Bowling Trip

Recently we went to the bowling alley with the boys. Here are some pictures showing true participation from C for the first time. He had his own ball and rolled it with some slight assistance each time his turn came up. He really enjoyed bowling and did NOT enjoy waiting for his turn. I guess that too will come in time. I think what I liked most about this picture was his bowling shoes...they just look cute.
As you can see, he did a pretty good job. If you look closely you will note the bumpers up on our lane so that he had a chance at scoring. They worked great!
Here is one of Nicholas trying to knock down the last two pins. He loves going bowling! He is very good at waiting his turn while others on lanes next to him go first. He has also started trying to stand up and throw it (kind of) like E and I do.

Christmas-December 2008

We spent part of Christmas vacation at Grandma S's house. The boys had lots of fun and loved the gifts they got.

We came home shortly after to spend Christmas morning at our house. My mom came up to spend Christmas morning with us too since she had only seen us a couple days when we were at her house.