Backyard S'mores

we had a little campfire for Family Home Evening a while ago....we roasted hot dogs for dinner, and had s'mores for dessert. Lane was in heaven. Lucy enjoyed the experience and even got to try roasting her own marshmellow.

of course she couldn't quite get the stick over to the fire, but she had fun waving it around

she also had fun lounging in the camping chair most of the evening.

enjoying the fruits of his labor

s'more face


this was Lucy's first graham cracker....she was (and still is) a BIG fan. Note the intense concentration and "don't even think of taking my graham" expression...

S'mores 101. Lane was a fast learner

roasting lessons. two handed! he's a natural.

More Family Pics

Here's some more Fam pics we took while in Ohio......

OHIO

Here's some more random pictures from our Ohio trip..

Lucy discovered tinker toys
Lucy also perfected her wrestling technique and pinned 9 year old cousin several times. Here she is demonstrating "the smackdown"

us at the zoo again. Lucy was REALLY excited about the bird.....

Lane made a new best friend, Bilbo......much to bilbo's dismay

forced family photo

Riding cousin Alan

Learnign to use the doggy door

Sibling Snuggles

Zoo

While we were in Ohio, we went to the columbus zoo. Lane had a good time, and got to see lots of animals. It was a long day though and Lane had to get used to the crowds of people. I think it was the biggest place he's ever been in his short life.

Sitting on the stinky flower

Lane's hand on the monkey hand

Feeding the birds

Me and my sister (Local wildlife :) )

attempt at a group photo at the shark statue

Lane and Nathan in a one of the rare "good" moments :) They had a little bit of a struggle learning to share the cart. Hopefully it won't take as long when Nathan and family come out to washington this summer.

Petting the snake

IT'S A.......

(the objects in this photo are smaller than they appear. I.E. the belly)

I KNOW I KNOW!!!!!!!!!

I told everyone I wasn't going to find out what we were having.

BUT I cracked....

And it's a GOOD THING I did, becuase I was was 100% positive we were having a boy, and was about 2 seconds away from tearing down the nursery and making all BOY stuff for it.

SOO the sign represents my sentiments when the ultra sound guy showed the picture on the screen for about 30 seconds, and I didn't say anything, and he says, "You know what you're looking at right?" I say, "yeah....but I don't see anything" He says...."umm...that's because it's a girl" And I say..."no...we're having a boy, your machine is clearly malfunctioning, becuase I don't see anything" He says.."Um...that's becuase it's a GIRL" it took a minute to sink in....WHAT!?!?!! Another girl? My first thought was "poooor Lane" then i thought.....yikes. These girls are going to practically be TWINS, and I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope that they get along in say....oh, 14 years!!

SOO there you have it :)

We are excited, but have to start ALL over on the name game becuase of course, we were having a boy, so why come up with girl names....

Seriously....

Crazy Hair

Lucy's official First "crazy bath hair"

I think she likes it :)

Why Bother??

Why bother putting the couch cushions back on the couch? Ever? Really?

Especially when he has this cute cheerleader egging him on?

Action Jumping on the pile shot.

Freedom

Sorry for the naked picture...If it offends you, just go to the next post :)

After the pool incident, this is what I found on my porch...and I couldn't help but capture the PURE joy on film. I don't think there's any happier being on Earth than a little boy, naked as a Jay bird, in the summer, running around in the woods, eating a popsicle.....

Who needs a Lake?

Even though we live at a lake with a beach....we decided to get the pool out today. Lane was in Heaven. No matter that it wasn't really THAT warm out...and the water was FREEZING! He was still in Heaven

Putting toys in the bucket
Keeping Griz OUT of the pool

And of course the shorts HAD to go because they just kept falling off. A problem that will be remedied before heading to the beach....don't worry :)

Notice something missing? Besides the swim shorts? Hmmm..how about GRASS?!??!?! See my desperate need of grass? This "lawn" makes for a very messy "mudroom" And a really mucky pool.....and very dirty children. Here come the daily...sometimes twice a day baths!

We LOVE it!

Chicken Update

Remember these guys?? Well they're still alive! YAAAY. Despite getting out of the pen, being chased by grizzly bear (our dog), and stalked by Kitty (our cat), and having to be caught by me and scott numorous times..

Look how big they're getting! So fun...They're like mini chickens!

So the count is down to 11....from 12....only lost one as a chick so not too bad! I'm not sure when they will be laying eggs...but at least we know we can get them this far! We wanted to start from chicks to see what it was like because we'd like to get meat hens next year. THAT should make for some fun blog posts....maybe not for the weak at heart I guess :) I'll try and keep the documentary as clean as possible.....for the children who view this blog! :)

My Crazy Chicken anology

I'll tell you the story I told my YW the other week....One Sunday, i went out to feed the chickens and two had gotten out. I'm not a very good chicken catcher, so i chased the chickens around and around and around the pen to no avail. Then i decided to try and sneak up on the chickens. SO i snuck up to the chickens...around and around and around the pen. That wasn't working so i decided to TRAP them. SO i invented a barracade and trapped one and was able to grab her and throw her back over the fence. The OTHER one however, was insane...flapping like crazy, squawking like crazy...just BESIDE herself NOT wanting to get help....All the while almost killing herself trying to run THROUGH the chicken-wire fence to get into the pen. SO I thought on my way to church....hmm.....ya know.....*I* am kind of like the crazy chicken sometimes. I WANT to go in the right place...sometimes i go crazy and almost kill myself trying to do the right things when REALLY i just need to CHILL out and let the Lord help me out. I try and do things on my own alot and end up pretty much like the crazy chicken, when really He's trying to help me all along. SOO my lesson from the chicken was to try and just chill out and let myself be guided more often.

I thought it was a pretty genious anology. I love analogies....I should write a book of them, though they'd probly only make sense to ME :) But that's ok. Hope someone out there can relate to being a crazy chicken like me!

6 months!

Lucy is 6 months old today!! Here are some pictures that I took today. My blogger is being weird again...and won't let me type between the pictures...but anyways..here's some fun facts about lucy at her 6 month mark:

Lucy is a fun loving baby, most of the time. She's a little bit more clingy than Lane was, but she loves to laugh and smile and yell and sing. She LOVES LOVES LOVES her big brother and lights up whenever she sees him. Even when he isn't the nicest big brother. She get so excited at the littlest things and flaps her arms and legs when she sees her bottle, when she sees someone come to get her in the morning, when she wakes up, and random other times. She likes to play and chew on EVERYTHING. She does not have any teeth. She HATES being on her belly for more than 10 seconds. She's super strong and loves to "walk" around holding your fingers. Loves to stand, and be tickeled. She likes peas and sweet potatoes. Not a big fan of fruits. She makes me laugh when she "talks" especially during the entire sacrament meeting at church. She doesn't growl anymore. She has the smily-est eyes and the biggest smiles. We love her and are so happy she's part of our family! We love Lucy! :)