It's November Already?

It seems time has flwon by so I will just do a quick catch-up going backwards. The boys went trick or treating. Jonny was out a short time because he was tired from the night before.

Aunt Sarah made us these awesome hats. Jonnys is a spider.

I am 4 months...Yeah! real food here I come.

Vampires and wendy from neverland really don't mix. Ward Trunk or Treat.

Scout Nerd.

We took a trip to Itasca State Park and these are some of the things we saw...

Chris got hit by a fallen log? just kidding, he ran ahead to trick the boys.

Michael made this "boo" basket.

Michael deflecting a shot.

Carrots and more carrots. Going to cut a shred I guess for use in stews and carrot cake? maybne try namaking some baby food with them this winter. We harvested a 5 gallon bucket.
Emily taking a bubble bath...she loves to smile at Jonny.

Happy Birthday Ash!

Things we have been up to...

Jonny has been playing alot with emily. He loves to make her smile. Yet to hear her laugh.
No time to make salsa this year so we just canned the tomatoes whole to use later. Jonny loved to slide the skins off. "And now I know to can tomoates" said Ash. I know when she is older she will be grateful. We have another 5 gallon bucket ready to be done. Ugh. Glad I didn't do zucchini again, still have tons of that in the deep freeze, thatnk goodness for christophers insight to a food saver. I was talking to a girl at the Y and she said she freezes them whole and uses them later. Just core and freeze, Thaw under water and the skins slip off...guess that will be my project tomorrow, cross your fingers it doesn't freeze tonight. It is suppose to snow this week, so I am feeling the pressure of yard clean up.
Michael finished soccer on the 3. He is the one stopping the goal.

emily 9-13-09

garage sale

earlier this summer michael and his friends had this hobby of checking our local garage sales....so jonny decided to give it a try. he is pretty much free to ride his bike up and down the street. I have been a little busy with emily and he came back ine day with christmas garland and a decorated bike. he was so pround he had done it all by himself...so his bike got put up for a while..."it only cost a quarter mom." The next day I was getting ready for the day and came out to find jonny gone. opened the door and called to him, he rounded the corner beaming..."look what else I got, a candle for halloween." I had him wait while I grabbed the camera, then we walked down the couple of houses and offered to pay the price they were asking. they said np as they loved his business and anything that didn't sell was going the good will anyway. after the "talk" i hope that this will be the end of buying days...but thought to cute not to post.

extras

here are just a couple of pictures from last weekend. It was a lucky weekend for the kids because they got to hang with all of their grandparents.

jonny jumping off into the pool....michael was busy practicing the loch ness monster....ash just hanging in the hot tub while visiting with grandma and grandpa from the lake. emily in her blessing/christening gown and my dad putting her to sleep again...yeah...

tree stand

bow opener is this weekend so chris and the boys headed out to hang some stands. can't wait for some jerky, sausage and hamburger...yeah!

panasonic dmc fz28

For our 17th anniversary we decided to upgrade our camera to 18x optical zoom. I wanted one that I could be near the action and still get the shots of the kids faces, needless to say I love it. This photo was taken at Turtle River State Park. We were standing on the opposite side of the river and down stream when Chris noticed the squirrel going for a drink. I snapped the photo then in post editing I saw the cool reflection. What a great zoom, definitly worth it.

emily and emily

Here are a few photos of emily....

grandma and em 8-17-2009sleeping emily 8-11-09 playing with daddy before work 8-20-09

rolls

the basement is 1/2 step closer. the carpet is here and will be installed on monday. we are all excited and can't wait. then all we have left is to paint and floor the craft room and do the bathroom.

cousins

The boys had a great time while visiting the lake and playing with their cousins. Pictured is all the boy cousins, michael, gabe, jonny, kadin and lucas.

weather fun

Cousin Katie stayed with us for a week and we had a hailstorm followed by a downpour. The street flooded for a short time and the kids got to play after the lighting was over. Katie and Jonny.

I returned to spinning at the beginning of aug. Missed it! Jonny was so exited to go back to the gym to play, he even went to bed early so he wake up to go. I guess he missed our routine as well. It is hard to believe that it has been six weeks since emily was born. The kids start back to school sept. 8 and our summer has flown by. We took lots of pictures but just haven't had the time to blog. Better luck next month.

final vacation

I decided to end our summer traveling with one nore trip to minot to see my dad after his last chemo treatment and take the kids to the state fair to ride the rides. We picked a day that was cool and emily rode around in the backpack. jonny just hit the 42" mark to ride the rides with an adult, so he was enable to enjoy the rides as well. Ash was a little bummed that michael wouldn't ride the all of the thrill seekers with her, but she did get him to ride two...

some other photos I got:time went quickly and before you know, it was 730. time to head to grandpas and get something to eat. the kids had a blast and I am glad we were able to do this.

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jonny spent his birthday this year at the lake with grandma and grandpa. he got sung to twice and got 2 cakes. he got a skateborad and decided to try it out. Thanks gma for the use of your helmet...

2 weeks

Emily is 2 weeks today. Ashley took this photo of her feet. Some things we love about her:

She sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time and doesn't wake up screaming.

Her personality is very relaxed and sweet.

She has a dimple on the left side.

Her smile is contagious even though it is just gas.

She has monkey feet.

She loves to hear Jonny's voice and can sleep though his ongoings.

Is a cuddler but loves to sleep in her OWN bed.

while the cat is away...

Michael is currently away enjoying his 1st boy scout camp. Jonny was so excited to have dad to himself, he chose to go catfishing on the river. While emily was taking a nap, I went down there and got this video.


Michael saved some fireworks to put on a little show sunday night since I was not able to join them for the 4th. He is busy running from the lit fireworks but I did capture jonny doing a light show.
Some of you are wondering where Ash is? well she has been MIA since she started dating and having friends(or as she says 'having more of a life'). It is good that she is out having fun as she has also been a big help these last months.