The Animals at Aunt Kira's

My dad found a snake out in Kira's backyard while we were there. Bradley and Connor were fascinated. Next time we go out for a visit I think we'll spend lots more time exploring the nature preserve that is basically their BACKYARD!
They also have a couple dogs. Connor LOVES dogs. He is always sitting down next to them to pet them. Here he is with Lloyd.

Multnomah Falls

Over UEA weekend the kids and I took a road trip out to Lacey, Washington to visit my sister-in-law and her cute little guy! We drove out with my parents and my grandma in my parents' fancy motor home. We stopped at the most beautiful waterfall on our way out.
We drove for about seven hours the first day, and then had been driving about five hours when we arrived here so it was a nice breath of fresh air. :)
My Dad and Bradley took a little hike together up to the first bridge over the bottom waterfall. Here they are on their way.Here is some of the beautiful scenery.My dad took a picture from the bridge of my mom and Connor and Halley down below. They are right in the middle of the picture. My mom is waving. Connor is wearing the orange shirt.Here are my mom and I with the older kids. My grandma stayed back at the little store and kept Dallin warm. The bridge behind us is where my dad and Bradley were.I love this picture of my parents. Grammy and the kiddos.

Here We Go Again!

Here I am again trying to play catch up. Why does it always seem like I am doing this? Well, I am going to try to just take it one post at a time. As I have done in the past, I like to have the pictures in order so I am putting each post date in order. Here are the current new ones from September:
9-11-10
9-10-10
9-7-10
9-6-10

Sweet Baby Boy!

Here are some cute pictures of Dallin. I apologize for not blogging more often. I have been struggling with life in general for the past little while, but I am starting to feel like a more sane and normal person so maybe I'll start back up again.
My sister took these pictures. You can go here to see more of her work. She's a great photographer!

Sleeping babies are so precious.

He has the most adorable, big blue eyes.

I absolutely LOVE his little pouty face.

These pictures were taken about a month ago when he was just over 2 months old. He has changed a lot since then! It's crazy how fast babies grow.

Happy Birthday!

Since I am feeling up to it, here is another post. These are some pictures from Wes' birthday. He is getting really old. :) He turned 32 on Monday. We didn't get to do much to celebrate because he left for work at 3:00 am and didn't get home from school until around 5:00. We went out to one of his favorite restaurants, Texas Roadhouse, and then came home and ate pumpkin pie.I have to say, I really love this guy! He has been working so hard the past few months with work and school and projects around the house. During the week he is up at 2:30 am and usually doesn't stop until 10:00 at night. I don't know how he keeps going! Then, on the weekends and during his time off he is helping me with the kids and doing other projects around our house and for other people!

I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!! Thanks for being so great my dear!

You can tell all the kids adore him too. They are always so excited when he is home and gets to spend time with them.

More Halloween School Fun

Later Friday night we went to Wes' mom's school carnival. We didn't get very many pictures there, but I got some way cute ones of Dallin smiling. Everyone else had gone inside. I had to feed him and put his costume on, and he was so smiley! He has been smiling for awhile, but I have never been able to capture it with the camera.



Here we are trying to get some good pictures in Rhenda's classroom.

Halloween Fun

Since Bradley and Connor are off track during Halloween, we spend our time at their grandparents' schools enjoying the fun!

Last Friday morning we went to my dad's school for his parade. I was able to get a few pictures.Here's Bradley when we first started.

The kids had a lot of fun walking around with Grandpa. I love seeing how all the kids at my dad's school react to seeing the principal's grandkids. We went last year too, and all the little elementary school kids just love it!Dad carried Dallin until he spit up on him, and then he decided to hold Halley. By the end of the parade, Dallin was asleep in my arms. It was all a little overwhelming for him.

Here are the kids sitting in the hall watching the parade after we had made the rounds.


Bradley loves to hold Dallin.

We went to my Dad's office for some snacks after the parade.
Dallin was wiped out!
Bradley and Connor and Halley were as happy as could be with all the yummy snacks and treats.

Isn't she a cutie?