A New Baby in the Family!

We have been planning our trip to Bend for a while now, since Joe is going hunting with my Dad. It was the perfect time for a trip since it was before Special meeting and right about the time Kyra was supposed to have her baby!!! Lucky lady went and had her little boy early, so now I'm even more excited to go home than ever!!

On Monday afternoon Kyra had a little boy! He was 8lbs 3 oz and 19 inches tall. They named him Westley Steen and I think he will be the cutest, sweetest little "farm boy" ever!! I wish I had some pictures to put up here, but I don't know how to download them from my phone, and I don't really want to take the time to learn! So, when I get to Bend and see this sweet little boy I'll be sure and take some pictures!

Chloe is very excited about this trip too! She always likes going to Grandpa and Grammy's, but this time she seems to really "get it!" Her little sleeping bag has been packed and stuck in her backback for two days now, and every morning when she wakes up the first thing she says is, "I'm going to my Grammy's house!" Which then means I have to tell her that, "yes, you are, but not for "X" amount of days!!"

She's also super excited about her new cousin and will tell you that her new cousin's name is "Westley!"

Funny Stuff

Chloe is at a really fun age right now, actually both of the kids are! She is through the terrible two stuff (for the most part!) and Elijah is just starting to talk and do all kinds of fun stuff, so we are loving life around here. Anyway, I just wanted to write down a couple of funny things Chloe has said lately.

1. After twirling around about a dozen times she very dizzily tells me "The house is spinning!"
2. On a bike ride the other day she spotted a cell phone tower and yelled out in excitement "Mom, it's the Eiffel tower!"
3. Each morning she comes into our room and informs us that "The sun is up, Mom!" I think that's her way of telling me to get my lazy behind out of bed so I can help her get some breakfast!

Elijah on the other hand just likes to ask over and over again "Whass that!!" Actually he says quite a bit, but that's his phrase of choice!

Lovin' the Lake!

Our Summer may have started off a little slow, ya know- the kind of summer where you don't really take the boat out as much as you could for no real good reason... That was our summer- we had only taken the boat out a total of three time up until Labor day, but we're making up for it now!

Nicole takes the first run of the morning!

This is why I hate to see summer go!

Amanda came up with Nicole

Our little boater girl!

Amanda's smile never left her face- So cute!

Joe catching some air!

And more!

Nicole too! Her pony tail always looks so funny!

Woo Hoo!

Friends chillin' back at the cabin

Chloe being goofy!

Sippin from the bubba keg!

So cute!

Her pony tail stuck straight up because of the wind!

Me and the kids!

It's a good life!!

My sweet boy!

And the other one!

Swim break before we go home!

Everybody loves watching an airshow!!!

I mean everybody!! They are just so amazing... I'll bet that even people that don't like flying, enjoy watching jets zoom and swoop around the sky!

So after our morning of skiing we had a quick lunch at home and headed out to the empty field in front of Walgreens over by the base so we could watch the airshow for free! It was the Thunderbirds this time and they put on a good show!

Chloe and Joe on the tailgate waiting for the planes to zoom by!

Chloe and Elijah... Elijah does not want
Chloe to put her arm around him!!

Playing around in the truck!

I LOVE this one!

Enjoying the show!

Mr. Cool!

When Joe went to take this picture, Nicole said "There's never enough of you to go around!"

There they go! These pictures were really hard
for me to get because the lighting was so bad and
it was really hard to keep them in the view finder!!

They are amazing!

Wonder what you'd have to do to get a ride with them?

The Crew!

All six of them!

We met up with Juan and Cari too! Then we
invited ourselves over for dinner and they fed us
an amazing meal! We'll have to do that again!
What a fun Saturday!!

Lollipop, lollipop

The kids enjoying lollipops on the way home from the lake!

Good stuff!!

Saturday Morning Skiing!

Saturday Morning we headed over to Camanche for a few hours of skiing. As we were getting into the truck to go, big drops of rain started splatting all around us! WHAT! This is not what we had planned. We decided to go since it didn't look too serious, and it ended up being a great day on the lake!

Nicole, Chloe, and Amanda on the boat! Notice the sweatshirts!!

Sweet little "Lijah" boy!

This was on our way out to the dam where we usually ski!! White caps, rain, wind, and even a little lightening!! Not your ideal weather for skiing!

Hey Mom!

Nicole's up first!

Cutting it up!

It was almost warmer in the water than out!

Amanda's turn next!

This picture shows you how stormy it looked!

By the time I went it had cleared up a bit!

Elijah Loves Driving the boat!

Joe doing a little wakeboarding!