Trying to Finish Well!

Nothing much to report, it seems like we are on pause this week before Kelli starts school next Wednesday. It is a good thing, since I know it will be crazy this weekend with Shane home for three days. This last weekend was Shane company picnic at the Woodland Park Zoo. We probably spent more time looking for parking then we actually spent in the park. It was funny but once Shane dropped the kids & I off he found a parking spot. I of course thought we could take our time getting to the picnic sight, so the kids & I looked at the lions, giraffes, Hippos, gazelles. Then I persauded the kids the we should go find food. The had fun looking at all the different animals and riding the carosel . I tried to get a picture of Daniels smile, it was just perfect how he smile conveyed the joy he was having. It was a fun time but next time they have it there we will most likely decline. :-)

So this past week has been one full of surprises and of painful but necessary appointments. Kelli had her 5 year old checkup before starting kindergarten Sept. 3rd. The downside was we had to finish her immunization records. Which meant 4 shots! Kelli has never done well with getting shots, and it has not gotten better over the years. This year we had to have an extra nurse come in and hold her legs while I got the upper body. She sat in my lap, I don't know who it was more painful for her or me. Got a good wack to the upper lip. I know I was probably as bad in points of my life with doctors and such. But Gall I hope she out grows this like I did. She is 65% in weight and 75% in height for her age. Her vision is getting to the point that the doctor recommended going to see the vision clinic. We also talked about her ears, which looked good but she recommended rinsing them with warm water from a what I call a snurker. Big bulbed syringe thing. Daniel is doing good, still working on ...

37 Years and Counting It is hard to believe that my Mom and Dad have been married for 37 years, but considering that I am 35 years old almost 36, it is probably a good thing. A lot of memories come to mind when I think of my Mom and Dad, like the motorcycle that Dad bought to ride to work, and then promptly sold about two weeks later when he couldn't keep Wade and I off it. Camping on Red Fish Lake, paddling around in a borrowed canoe, sitting in our popup camper playing Sunken Treasure until Midnight. I remember the summer that Dad went to work on the forest fires and we drove up to see him, camping was involved of course. I remember when we drove to Mexico for Christmas my freshman year of college and the time that Mom, Dad and Wade flew down to Seattle, rented a car, and came and picked Misty and I up from college, we put about 5,000 miles on that rental car in about 10 days, great fun, great memories, we laughed until we cried, especially in Witchita, Kansas. Most of all I reme...

So thanks to Kelli's ingenious thinking this is how we are planning on getting 4 kids into the one bedroom. This is from our friend Bekha Carter's 2nd Birthday party. She is pushing Dakota around on the 4 wheeler her parents got her for her birthday.

Here are some pictures of Kelli & Daniel enjoying the warm weather we've been enjoying this week by jumping and splashing in the pool. Dakota likes to play in the water as long as she doesn't get splashed to badly. After she gets wet she goes in search of my chair and claims it as her own.

Hello everyone out in blogging land! So I guess it's time to make a few rules here on my blog. It happens no biggie! If there is something that you would like me not to share on the blog please let me know. Also If I say something offensive to someone in my blogging please take it up with me via email or phone call. I do not mean to say offensive things or over step boundries of propriety. I just get excited when I hear good news that I want to share with those who've been praying for others across this country, that I don't normally get to talk with on a regular basis. So I apologize if I over step in anyway. Now onto fun news!! Went camping this weekend, pictures to come later. Kids & I found a nice spot along the river about an hour from the house. The kids had fun playing in the sand and water. Had to chase down Shane since he didn't know we were at that spot. The kids didn't go to sleep very well but that happens sometimes. Woke up around 7:30 a.m., went to...