Luke's First Word

I am so proud of you little guy! Your first words were!

Mama. Mama.

I had to work on this! Caleb's first word was Da Da so I couldn't be out done!

I don't really think he has the total concept of what Mama means but who cares he said it three times in a row while staring into my eyes! Sweet!

December 2005

Well we had a very fun filled December! Christmas Eve we had some friends over for food and White Elephant Bingo. Christmas we went to church and Ant's for dinner. Then on the 29th we had our own Christmas Celebration when Jarrett got home. It was great and there was way to much stuff.

Caleb's Christmas quote, "Mommy we have way to man presents, we don't need so many presents!"

Luke enjoyed Christmas but it tired him out he had to go back to bed.

I hope you all had a great Christmas.

Love and tons of paper,

Splish Splash

Luke loves bath time, he has just discovered how to splash. Now it is a splashing contest between Caleb and Luke. I think this maybe one of Luke's last baths in the sink. He is growing up so fast.

Happy Anniversary

It has been eight wonderfully adventurous years!

I love you Jarrett.

You are my best friend and encourager.

You are a awesome dad, a wonder husband and a great provider.

I admire your dedication and determination.

I love your smile.

Luke is Crawling!

Luke is off and crawling. He tools all around the house. He even pulls himself up and walks along the couch. Caleb is such a helpful big brother, he was showing Luke how to crawl faster!

Happy 3rd Birthday Caleb!

Caleb is three! We had a cowboy hoedown at high noon to celebrate. Everyone had a great time, Phil and Maraget won the best dressed prize. The piñata was very durable, Caleb beat on it for about five minutes striaght, he was in pure heaven. Grandpa Clint made the special horse cake, he thinks he may have found a new calling. Hee Hee.

We just measured Caleb he is now 41 3/4 inches. He is a very big boy. We love you Caleb you bring so much love and adventure to our lives, son.

Love and cowboys,

Yams anyone?

As you can see Luke loves yams! What a cutie! Go ahead zoom in on the photo so you can see the little patch of yams on his ear, or the drool that spills out of his mouth in eager anticipation, or the pleasant gift of yams on my sweater. He devours everything, we haven't found a food he doesn't like yet.

Ole' man winter still has us in his clutches. It has been below zero for a few days, currently -13.

Love and 15 inches of snow,

Grandma

Just wanted to write down a few memories I have of my

Grandma

I remember the way she would shuffle through her house in the morning

I remember her always having a big Christmas tree in here picture window

I remeber her house filled to capacity with presents and family on the holidays

She enjoyed Tab Soda

She loved the shopping channel

Drank hot tea in the morning

Loved the town on Burney

Love to go to Parnell's Clothing Store

I remember meeting her for lunch when she worked at Merril Norman

I remember how she would call the couch a davenport

I remember playing on her excerise bike

I remember how she liked to read the Star

I remember her family members in Montana speaking very highly of her calling her a Norwegian Princess

I remember many people speaking of how she took care of others

I remember her having her hair set

I remember her makeup always on

I remeber how as a child, I always wanted to check out her bedroom

I remember how each of her 8 children loving referred to her as mom

And how her grandchildren grammy

Although it has been a time since I saw her, I will miss her just the same.

Let it snow!

Well, it finally got around to snowing here! I was starting to wonder if winter would ever come. We now only have about 8 inches, but that was enough for Caleb and Jarrett to make a snowman and plow the driveway. Luke and I decided to stay nice and warm in the house.

Happy Halloween

We have been on a Halloween-athon.... Saturday we went to Portage Glacier again for the Spooktacular an educational Halloween experience. It was worth the two hour drive! The decorations were great! On our way home we stopped at Trick or Treat town and loaded up on candy.... all of us. When I say us I mean our ever faithful sidekick Aunt Stacey and our new friends Megan and her 5 1/2 month son Wyatt.

Luke was a hunter and Caleb was a fireman. Caleb informed me Luke could not be a hunter because he is just a baby. He also thought we should take his costume back after he found out that firemen put fires out not start them. That's our boy.

We wrapped up the Halloween- athon by trick or treating at all our friends houses! We ended up at Ant's handing out candy... Caleb love giving the kids candy, he was even willing to give his own away. I wish I was that giving!

Kayaking

They boys and I have been very busy... we've been kayaking, riding moose, and wrestling ice worms. Never a dull moment around this place.

Caleb has finally decided he wants to be a fireman for Halloween. He seemed a little disappointed when we had to explain to him that fire fighters put out fires not start them.

Luke is totally devouring any food we put in front of him. He loves to eat! He takes after his parents!

Congrats! To Jenn you are going to have your hands full but if anyone could handle it it's you!!!

Love and Portage Glacier,

Wedding ~ New Mexico

Luke and I are back from New Mexico. The wedding was beautiful. The weather in New Mexico was great in the 70's! If you want pictures and the whole scoop link to Jenn's page. Seeing Aaron, Jenn and the girls was a highlight. Miss you guys!

Jarrett's Goat

Jarrett got home from Kodiak this evening. He got a beautiful goat. They had a good time and only saw one bear.

Love and taxidermy,

Accident Waiting to Happen!

Oh Caleb, I catch myself saying this a lot with this adventurous little boy! You know I am super mom, when my son is in this dangerous situation and I run for the camera!!

Love and crazy kids,

Help Mom

Hi Mom,

Could you please help.... We need a Christmas stocking for Luke. You made a great stocking for Caleb so I can't wait to see what you will come up with for Luke. You are such a great seamstress, I think that stuff skips generations. My sewing machine only gets used when you are here! Hee Hee. I have attached a photo and the measurements are length 19 1/4, width, 9 1/2, cuff 3 1/8. Would it be helpful if I traced it and sent the outline to you? Oh, yeah Stacey was wondering if you had time to make her one too? If you did she thinks she should have a star it. Does that girl think she is a star or what????

Love and stockingless grandson,

Zoo

Caleb woke up this morning as was insistent that we go to the zoo. So he called his aunt and we all headed in. It was a great day and it was nice to be out in the cool crisp weather. I really am enjoying fall. There is a lot of remodeling going on at the zoo. The are making a treadmill for Maggie the elephant. Caleb had a great time made a few friends and Luke snoozed.

Love and cotton candy,

Homecoming

Homecoming was as adventurous as usual football, a parade and streakers! The boys had a great time, it was a little chilly but we were prepared. Caleb loved the binoculars and Luke snoozed.

Jesus Birthday

Caleb has been fixated on his birthday for the last month, trying to decide what type of party he wants. So when we heard him shouting from the back seat "I want this kind of birthday" we thought it was a Buzz birthday, but to our surprise he was pointing to a picture of the crucifixion of Christ in his little kid bible. We explained the picture and he then said, "I want a Jesus birthday! With the hats (crown of thorns) and spears!" WoW to have a two year olds perspective.

Like the picture Caleb wanted Lukey to ride on his shoulders just like he does on dads. As you can see they are listing to the left, Yep, they tipped over one second after this photo, but dad saved the day and caught Luke.

Luke is now babbling and Jarrett is trying to get him to say da da! Luke is also trying very hard to crawl. He has all the motions but can't seem to get that 21 pound body off the ground!

We had dinner with a new friend tonight, she has a 2 month old little boy, he is very cute. I think Caleb scared her a little, you know the thought of having a two year old running around the house can be a little overwhelming.

Love and snoozes,

Scarecrow

This evening we were decorating the house for fall. We decided it would be fun to make a scarecrow. Caleb was sitting next to the scarecrow sharing his blanket and telling Stacey and I how this was his new friend. It was really cute. He has been really funny lately.

Fall Ride

Do you love this photo???? Caleb and his HUGE gloves and his walking stick. Luke is in between Jarrett and I if you didn't see him he is in camo... hee hee.

Fall is really setting in here, so we decide to take one of our favorite rides around the lake yesterday with the boys! It was gorgeous . We rode about 25 miles and got to see some sheep and black bears. The boys were such troopers. Luke's hat kept slipping down over his eyes, he would kind of grunt and we would have to readjust. He fell asleep in my sweatshirt on the way home. It was sweet, he won't be fitting in there much longer. With my new schedule Jarrett and I have an extra day off together in the middle of the week, it should be fun.

Yesterday, Caleb got in trouble at the gym for fist fighting with another child. I hope this isn't an insight of what is to come with this bruiser! Caleb just said the boy pushed him so he had to push him back! We talked about using our words not our hands but I think it fell on deaf ears! Hmmm.

Jarrett got rear ended in the Volvo, it wasn't to bad, but now we have to deal with all the insurance stuff, what a pain. Just a little testimony to the volvo, it held up really well....Jarrett did too!

Love and new bumpers,