Snow pictures 2008

Shoveling the farm way.

Snow pictures 2008

Snow pictures 2008

Beach trip with friends

If you look close you can see a snowman on the beach!


How cute are they!!

Beach trip with friends

Beautiful view on the drive there.

It was a long trip... then we put a dvd in. Wonderful invention!!

Cheese factory

This poor seagull didn't know what to do. It just sat on our porch looking at all the snow. The kids thought it was awesome though!

Brandon bird hunting

Classic tough guy hunting pose.


The kill count

Getting the Christmas tree

So I really wanted to get a tree from our 'farm' this year. Well, there wasn't exactly 'Christmas trees.' But I told Brandon I didn't care I just wanted something, and it would be free. So we picked the nastiest day to go out and get a tree. It was pouring down rain, but I wanted the experience...what was I thinking!! We ended up finding a blue spruce that was only the under stock which meant it was green. Great I thought...turns out there is a big difference in a noble and a blue spruce. Like one has soft needles and one is nasty pokey!! The spruce sat on our porch until one day Brandon brought home a beautiful pre-cut noble from the corner for $20 bucks! Seriously never trying to get a free try again, it is so not worth the pain!! Here's the day.


Huge tantrum!!


Helping dad!

Owl?!?

We had a random owl fly into our front window. I wasn't home, but Brandon and Julia had so much fun checking it out. Brandon said after it hit the window it just sat on our front porch for about 20 minutes before it was recuperated enough to fly away.

The Grotto

We went to the grotto the other night. They put up all kinds of great Christmas lights, and other Christmas things. The kids loved it. We watched a puppet show that I still don't understand what the story was about but Julia clapped and cheered once it was done. The kids were a little bundled up to say the least! Oh, and the petting zoo was a hit!!

Annual Christmas party

Our first stitches

So I'm finally posting. I should be cleaning right now, but today has been a little different than normal to say the least.

We had our day planned, Brandon was getting Julia ready and going to take her shopping with my mom. And I was going to clean and get food ready for our annual Christmas party this year while Cole was sleeping. Well, instead Cole decided to split his lip open. Bummer, poor kid! He fell in the bathroom and hit the step stool. Let me tell you, lips bleed like crazy. Luckily both Brandon and I were pretty calm. Once we could actually see what happened it was obvious he needed to go to the doctor. My wonderful husband had the idea to call the pediatrician. I will now always call the pediatrician before we take either of our kids to the ER. They said they will take a look first and maybe they can take care of it, otherwise they send us to the ER to see a plastic surgeon. The kids dr is ad Adventist, so I was just happy we would not be going to Mt Hood (sorry i just don't like their ER). Turns out the doctor could do the stitches because the cut didn't really cross the lip line, it was pretty much just in the lip (hope that makes sense). So one papoose board, anesthetic shot, and two stitches later we were better. I had Brandon take a picture right before the dr did the stitches. The doctor and nurse kind-of laughed but I said, this might not be a good memory, but it was a memory and I wanted a picture!

All bundled up on the papoose board. He was basicly wrapped up like a burrito!


Smiley as ever on the way home!

To Scott

So my cousin Scott challenged me to write a sper of a moment blog. He said empty my brain and write down whatever comes out. I thought 'that is such a good idea!' And then I went and did something else! Sorry! I didn't do it right away because mainly I didn't have time. I feel like there is not enough time in the day, or days in November. I have also been exhausted! I'm finally starting to feel not quite so stressed. Here's what we have been doing this November. It started by buying some property and a triple-wide manufactured home. We are planning on renting it out so it needed some 'fixing up' to put it mildly. We have basically been working non-stop on it (like till 10pm every night!), and getting tons of help. We definitely could not get it done without all of our family and friends helping us. I also had the bright idea to sell stuff at the church bazaar this year. I roped my mom into it with me. That was last weekend, and I of course got laryngitis. It's not the easiest thing to try and sell stuff when you can't talk...ugg! And that meant not working on the house a couple of days, days we needed! Now we are finally about done with the house, and Thanksgiving is almost here. I'm so excited for the holidays. I think they will be pretty relaxing for us. We don't have big plans just hanging out with the family. I haven't started Christmas shopping yet, so maybe I'll stress later, but for now we are nearing the end of our stressful month, and I am happy. Mike came home yesterday so that is really nice, and my cousin Scott who is been in Mexico comes home the beginning of Dec. It will be nice to have everyone around for the holidays. Maybe we will have to play a little settlers and gain up on Mike. Someday I will post more pictures of the kids. The are growing up and are quite funny together. Cole has learned how to tackle and jump on Julia, it is pretty hilarious. She's still laugh about it so that's good! Hope all is well with everyone else! Happy Holidays!

Harvest moon bazaar

If your board this weekend come visit us!
We are at Good Shepherd doing the bazaar this weekend. Tonight from 4-8pm, Friday from 10-8pm, and Sat 9-1pm. Hope to see you!

Pre-Home Craft Bazaar

We are selling homemade things at a bazaar and we have too many things! This is our pre-bazaar.

November 11th 9am-8pm

What will be there:

Painted funtiture: bookcases, small dressers, stools, chairs, etc.
Indoor/outdoor decorative wall hangings
Painted wooden benches made from old headboards and footboards
Decorative painted mirrors
Birch candlestick holders
Wooden boxes with birch handles

Also:
Baby slings
Nursing covers
Little girl skirts

1616 SE 282nd Ave
Gresham, Or 97080
(in the cream shop with a blue roof)

Pre-Home Craft Bazaar