Carly is 2

Carly is 2! She is so stinkin cute. During the day she had some friends come over and had cupcakes. They were so nice they even brought a present "mama tato" Mrs. Potato Head, and "princess" a Little people princess. She loves them both. Then that night family came over and had cake. She loved opening the present and had such a great time. Thanks to everyone that celebrated with us.

Nathan

I was looking at you tube and came across this. This is my brotherand his friend Erik! I love that he can sing. It's so great to see him in action. I love you Nathan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj5fENNnkxU

School Started

Alexus

Blake by his door!

Alexus is in 4th grade and Blake is in 1st. They both were really excited to start school. Blake had a tough time with school the first week. He would cry as he left the house almost every day. He said that school was to long to many recesses and that he missed me. It was a big change from half day kindergarten. The first couple of weeks he was exhausted!Now everything is great. They both do really well in school. Blake keeps surprising me with how well he does with everything. I knew that he was smart, but I think that he needed some better self esteem, now he feels better about himself and you can tell, poor boy!

Another bites the dust! One more to go!

Last Friday Chuck flew to Houston for his youngest brother's wedding. We all wanted to go, but it was to much $. I couldn't ask my parents because it was my mom's last FREE weekend before school started. He had a great time being with his family. He said the temple was great and the reception was beautiful.

Houston Temple

How Rick made it feel like you weren't in the church!

Seth being SILLY!

Britt, Martin, Ava

Chuck, Rick, Joyce, Seth , Katie

I was really happy that Chuck made it out of there on Monday morning. Gustav was hanging around down there and they didn't really know what was going to happen. He made it home safe and sound. Houston didn't get much of anything.

Sunriver

From Chuck's dad's house we headed to Sunriver. We had never been there, but Chuck had some classes there for work, so we went. We had a good time. I forgot my camera when we went swimming and biking, but the kids had a great time. We stayed at the pool for 4 hours and had a blast. Carly loved going down the slide. The kids did really well in the water. I hope that we can go again next year.

This is a picture of the kids up in the loft in the place that we stayed. We wouldn't let them go up there until just before we left. We were worried that Carly would follow them up there. You can see that there in NO railing. To scary for me!

Grandpa and Grandma's house

We went to see Grandpa and Grandma's new house. (Chuck's dad and Alma) They are moving to Chiloquin, Oregon. About 30 minutes north of Klamath Falls. Out in the middle of now where, but it is so pretty there. We had a good time. There house is almost done, just a few finishing touches left.

These are the windows looking out toward the back of the house!

The back yard

Waving to the "Train friends" that drive by everyday. You can see the water there too!

Alexus holding a crawdad that they caught!

Looking back towards the house from the river.

Blake doing some fishing!

Happy Birthday Alexus

She is 9 years old. I can't believe that she is 9. There are days that i wonder where the time has done. It seems like I blink and another year is gone. On her birthday we had family over for cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was nice to be with everyone.


The next week she had some friends over and they all went to Oaks Park.
They had so much fun.


The crew!


Riley, Kayla and Alexus


Natasha and Mel

Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us!

Happy 10 Years baby!

We went to the beach and stayed in this little place, it was okay, but dinner was amazing! We went to this place named Bennett's' in Grayland, WA. From the oust side it looked OK, but the Food was great. I will go back there just for the food. I had the BEST stake that I have ever had!. The best stake before was from Bobby Flay's restaurant in Vegas. Chuck had wild coho with some strawberry glaze. He said that it was so good. We both had clan chowder too. The base was really smooth and the clams weren't chewy at all. The clams were the perfect size, not to big at all. To top it all off the chef came out and talked to us. He wanted to make sure the food was really good. He was really nice. He said that they make 80 gallons of clam chowder a week. WOW !

What do you remember about me?

A couple of friends did this and it was fun to remember back to being young!
I mean really young like 1st and 2nd grade!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Scary

We had a scare about a week ago. Blake had been at the beach with my dad. He woke up the next morning and his hip hurt . It was a little stiff. It continued to get worse that day. When they got home that night it hurt to much to walk! I gave him some Motrin and took him to bed. The next morning Alexus woke me up, Blake was crying, his leg really hurt. So off to the doctor. They didn't see anything wrong, it was weird for a young boy to have hip pain. He sent us to the hospital for x-rays and blood tests. Chuck met us at the hospital, I was sure that Blake was going to freak out about getting his blood drawn. He didn't at all. He sat on Chuck's lap and even watched the whole thing, he is much better then I. The x-rays were easy. Everything came back normal. So they said keep with the Motrin and if it hurts more, get red or swollen or he gets a fever go to the Emergency room. I was a little worried about the whole thing but this same thing happened to Alexus when she was 18 months old. They did the same tests and it was the same outcome. I guess I have strange kids!