California

Andrew's sister Lisa got married a week ago and we were lucky enough to take a trip out to California for the occasion. The little boys and I were able to go out there a week before the wedding and do a little playing. We went swimming in Nancy's pool, played with friends, went shopping, spent time with Grandma and Poppi, relaxed and had a nasty stomach bug. Overall it was really nice to go back and visit. The pictures are in a crazy order cause I am not smart enough or patient enough to figure out how to fix it on Austin's mac. Haha...I just turned that whole paragraph into a link also. I really suck at this but I'm not going to try and fix it. :)

Art and Roz at the wedding

Alex and Brianna at the wedding

Summit and his buddies Coen and Beckett

Andrew and Austin were able to come out for a three day weekend to enjoy the wedding and a few short hours in Nevada City. We had a wonderful dessert get together at the Clove's house. Here is our buddy Will reading books to the little guys.

All my boys at the wedding

My lovey and Me at the wedding

The bride and her daddy

Summit carrying the rings

Lisa and her daughter Christina

I was so busy worrying about the little guys that I didn't get any good pictures of the bride and groom. Sorry McLeod!

Handy Halloween Helper

My mom sent Summit these costumes that she had made me when I was a little tyke. He loves them and has been wearing them everyday.

We just got a new dryer and Andrew was hooking it up for me. When I went down into the basement to see how things were going this is the what I found. They each had a screwdriver and they were taking turns. How adorable is this!!! These are the moments that I live for as a mom!

Sum's B-day

I'm a little late with this but here it is. First thing when we woke up Summit went to his closet and go out his special birthday shirt that I made him. Then we decided to head to the park.

Next, the boys treated me to a nice peaceful jog.

Then we went home and waited very patiently for daddy to get home so we could open presents. As soon as dad got home Summit told him that he was waiting to open his presents until he got home and asked him to go in his room to see them. Next thing I know the two of them are in his bedroom opening presents without me. He got some movies, a game, some coloring things, and a trampoline. This is his surprised look when we took him outside to see his trampoline. It wasn't completely put together so it took him a second to figure out what was going on.

Here's the smile after he realized what all the pieces in the yard would become

Then we headed back inside and had cake. Summit requested a football cake.

Three Years Old

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our amazing Summit!

We have been so blessed by this wonderful little spirit coming to our family. There is no way I can express the joy and love we have for our son.

Here are a few things that we love most about Summit

• He is hilarious! He loves to make us laugh.
• He is so sweet! When I am sad he will come and comfort me and make me smile.
• He is the best little friend! I would be so bored during the day if I didn't have his company.
• He loves life!
• He is so confident!
• He's super smart!
• He is a great big and little brother!

Basically He is a SUPER COOL kid!

September 20, 2007

September 2008 - One Year Old

September 2009 - Two Years Old

September 2010 - Three Years Old

A New Step

We have started our journey down the solid food road with Tosh. It is incredible how much one child can LOVE food. He is an eater! The second time I fed him rice cereal he laughed every time the spoon started coming towards his mouth because he was so excited. It was hilarious.

Yellowstone and the Tetons

We took a short little vacation over labor day weekend. Why does it take so long to drive anywhere with three kids?!
We spent our first day in Yellowstone. Our first stop was Olf Faithful. Then we looked at some waterfalls and a few other smaller geysers. Summit was so excited to see buffalo so we were really relieved when we ran into a whole herd of them sitting on the side of the road eating. The next day we went to the Tetons and hiked around Jenny lake to the Hidden Falls.

I can't access the other camera card so there's no pictures of Austin or I but we were there.

We're here!

We've finally made it to WY! It seems like it has taken forever. We've actually been here two weeks but still no internet. It's a little hard to blog with no internet.
Andrew is really enjoying his new job. We are getting comfortable in our new house. Still lots of boxes to unpack...hopefully it will be done soon! I keep telling myself I have to wait to craft till I get at least our clothes and basics unpacked. Austin started school and is taking some cool classes. In his PE class he gets to scuba dive in the pool, fly fish, rock climb, orienteer, etc. Summit, Tosh and I are working on making some connections. We've been walking on the river every day and taking frequent trips to the park, the library, and the grocery store. We had a picnic the other night at one of the many fabulous parks here in Casper. Here are a few pictures of our adventure.