My boys are wishing!

Gavin and Connor can't wait to go home to visit our family and of course the zoo! These are all pictures that I took at the Portland Zoo last summer.

White out

I don't know if you can make out the picture but that is a trailer that is about 70 feet away from my house. You can barely see it right now.

Snowy day of fun!

Connor and Gavin had a ball being towed around in a tube behind the four wheeler a couple of weeks ago!

Don't turn your back on them!

Tonight the boys were painting with watercolors while I was talking to my parents on the phone. Well, we all know better you she always keep your eyes on your kids... here is what happens when you step away for just a minute. LOL

Boxed in???

Do you ever feel a little boxed in, stuck in a rut??? Gavin made being stuck in the house a ton of fun! Too bad I wasn't that small again, so I could play like I was driving a car or space ship.

The tooth fairy is going to go broke!

Connor finally got his tooth out after over a month of wiggling it. We let him stay up late last night to get it out because it probably would have fallen out during his sleep and he would have lost it or swallowed it. Anyways, he was so excited last night when the tooth fairy left him some money under his pillow. I am sure the tooth fairy will be visiting a lot more since he has two more teeth that are loose.

He's ready!!

It's almost out... just hanging by a thread.

It's out!

Watch out for my "Little Hulk"

When Gavin puts the gloves on he becomes the "Little Hulk." He is a character running around acting like such a big boy. (Probably because he barely weighs 30 pounds and is 3 1/2 years old)

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As you can see, I had fun taking these pictures. The man that has his goatee all frozen was one of the mushers out every day racing. The mushers were usually out for around 40-45 minutes mushing and looked like the had icicles hanging from their facial hair. There also was a musher that was an "uppa" or grandfather racing and doing a great job.

Dog Races

Here are just a few of the many pictures I took the past couple of days during our small carnival in our village. I had a ball taking pictures, playing with my camera and just seeing what I caught. I plan on putting many more on.

Finished Gingerbread House

Here is the work of Connor and Gavin. They had a great time making and decorating their gingerbread house. Thank goodness that I left this until today since it was -20 outside.



Our Gingerbread House


Connor and Gavin's indoor project. The final product of the Gingerbread House

2009, Here we come!

The summer of 2008 wasn't the best thing in the world but it could have been a ton worse. My sister in law, was on bed rest in a hospital for a month during her pregnancy.... everything turned out great and I have another nephew, Hank. Gavin broke his femur while on vacation in Washington and had to be in a full body cast. The third thing, my dad broke his ankle and his tibia while at work and is out of commission for probably three months. So, the three bad things have struck, and I am ready for the new year. (Hopefully, not as eventful... just a big move!)


Gavin first week in his body cast after his femur break.


My dad recovering. Happy New Year Dad!

The talking helmets

Gavin was a storm trooper. He likes his helmet but likes Connor's much much more.


Connor is Optimus Prime! With his cool helmet, he actually sounds 100% like Optimus Prime too.

Gingerbread House

Ron's mom sent the boys a gingerbread house kit. This is what it is supposed to look like when you are all done. We will have to see what ours looks like tomorrow when we are done. WISH US LUCK! It may become a new family tradition for us too!

Picture Gavin took

Gavin, three years old, loves taking pictures of us around the house. I actually thought he did pretty good on these pictures. He even was telling me to say "Smile" and "Cheese."


Silly close up!

Gourd Snowmen

This blog goes out to my mom. She had this great idea for my students to paint gourds and make them look like snowmen. They came out awesome and everyone that saw them while visiting my classroom was very curious to know what they were. So, besides teaching the kids, I guess the adults learned something new too.

Who's looking at you? LOL

Snowmen gourd made my class this past week.

"Winter Wonderland"

One of the many beautiful sites we saw yesterday when we were searching for the right Christmas tree.


Another beautiful winter picture

Oh, Christmas Tree

Connor and Gavin helped us with the choice of the tree. (Good picture, except my eyes are closed)


This year was my year to cut the tree down. It took only about 3 minutes and it was down. (Probably because the tree was frozen and a small trunk.)

Pulling the tree to the four wheeler.

My Little Angels

Today while playing in the snow, we got some amazing pictures of the boys making snow angels. Can you see it in the picture?

Dog Mushing

I wasn't able to pull my camera out in time for the picture with all the dogs and part of the sled but this is actually the dad mushing his dog. The other is the six year old that has started mushing a two dog team.