A trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

Cameron in the hay bale maze!

 

Cameron jumping through the large tire in the hay bale maze!

 

Cameron & Daniel on the hay bale pyramid!

 

Cameron sitting so cute on the hay bale pyramid!

 

Daniel climbing on the hay bale pyramid! He is more daring than Cammy!

 

Feeding the goats! Auntie Am got food to feed them!

 

 Petting the pretty and soft white bunny!

 

 Cammy feeding the goats!

 

 Daniel riding a pony for the first time!

 

 Cameron riding a pony for the first time!

 

 Family photo! Yes, this was the best we could get! They just

don't sit still!  Couple of little wiggle worms!

 

Cameron found a pumpkin! Such a cute face! 

Daniel kept picking out the green pumpkins!

Sorry buddy! Try finding a different one!

 

 Daniel finally found the perfect pumpkin!

Actually, Daddy found it and Daniel said,

"Oh! That's a cute pumpkin! It's MY pumpkin!"

 

 Daniel and Cameron sitting on OUR pumpkins while they

held THEIR pumpkins!

 

 Say Cheese!  It was very hard to get 1 good family pic

this year!  Daddy closed his eyes for this one! Silly Daddy!

 

Finally a good one of Daddy and Daniel is saying "CHEESE!"

 

 As everyone came up the hill, I turned around and told

everyone to look! I love this pic, but need to photo shop

myself into it!

(Papa Larry, Dustin, Auntie Am, Daddy, Cammy, Grammy & Daniel)

 

 Daddy & Mommy (AKA: Bryan & Jen)

 

 Another funny pic while the kids say "Cheese"!

And Grammy too!

  

Daddy & Daniel scrubbing the pumpkins clean!

Cammy & Daniel with their pumpkins!

So these are the pics from the pumpkin patch!  We had tons of fun and I can't believe how big the boys are getting each year!  They did so much more this year and were able to climb up into the wagon like big boys!  My parents and my sister and her boyfriend all came, even though Amber wasn't feeling very well.  Cameron actually climbed higher this year on the hay bale pyramid than every before!  Daniel has never had a problem climbing to the top.  And Cammy actually crawled into one of the tunnels in the pyramid!  We couldn't find him at first or find which exit he was going to come out of!  I didn't care for that much and was being a worry-wart Mommy!  But he made it out just fine!

Then we went over to the hay bale maze and the boys just ran like crazy through it and through the tunnel as well!  They didn't care for the tunnel last year!  We just kind of held back and let 'em run this year since they are a little older and not as fearful.  Such big boys!

Then off to the petting zoo to pet and see the goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, pigs, turkey's, cows and donkey!  Auntie Am got food for the boys to feed the goats and that was lot's of fun of course!

Then it was time to hop on the hay ride out to the Pumpkin Patch!  Last year, it had recently rained, so the ground was very muddy.  Not this year!  It had been dry, so the dirt was kicked up like crazy on the ride and we had to cover our faces!  The boys tried to run through the pumpkin patch, but the boots we had them wear were a little big, plus they kept tripping over all the pumpkin vines!  Daniel kept picking up the green pumpkins or pumpkins still attached to the vines!  Silly little boy!  Eventually, Daddy found a little pumpkin and showed it to Daniel.  He said, "OH! That is a cute pumpkin! That's my pumpkin!"  They kept gathering little pumpkins and piling them up.  It was very cute!

Then we took our ride back with our pumpkins and Daddy had the boys help him clean the pumkins!  They were enjoying themselves and having lots of fun!  Then we got in line for the boys to ride on the pony's!  They have never ridden on a horse before, so this was a totally new experience!  They looked so cute and enjoyed riding their little pony's! 

Then it was time for the pumpkin shoot, where we sling shot tiny pumpkins out into a field!  Cameron had fun and tried it a couple times!  Daniel cried because he didn't want to sling-shot the pumpkin!  Poor guy!

Then it was time to head out and grab dinner!  See you next year Bi-Zi Farms!  Thanks for another fun year!

Happy Fall everyone! Hope you enjoy the pics!

Luv,

Jen

A day at Grandma and Grandpa's!

So this would be a day at Grandma Teri and Grandpa Bud's house!  They make these boys work hard while they are there!  They helped Grandpa Bud scrape the paint off the deck so that he could put on a new coat.  I'm sure they enjoyed making the mess and using the tools!

Then it's time to go look at and climb on all the equipment in the street from the road being worked on!  Those are big tractors and little boys!

   

Then Grandma T makes them earn their keep by vacuuming the house!  They are messy boys, but I'm sure they didn't get the house that dirty!  I can just imagine Grandma T on the couch saying, "You missed a spot!" (Just kidding!)



Then it's time to head back outside and play a little B-Ball!  Look at the moves those boys are displaying!  Future basketball players!  Cameron holds it over his head so Daniel can't reach! HA!



And then it's time to go inside and raid the fridge like every other growing boy that just finished working hard and playing even harder!  Fun times at Grandma and Grandpa's house!  Thanks for the pictures Grandma T & Grandpa Bud!  And thank you for watching them for us!

My kids have Cooties!!!

Cooties? Don't boys get cooties from girls? Ewwww! Well, my boys got cooties out of a box! Remember that game when we were kids? I do! So, I won this huge tub of games last Christmas and put back games that the kids were too little for! I found the Cooties game in the closet and figured the boys were old enough to play with it now! So they did! And they had fun putting the legs on them and the funny eyes and ears! Here are a few pics of them with their Cooties!


Daniel with his Cootie!


Cameron with his Cooties!

And on Saturday, we headed out to finish cleaning up the front yard from our Maple Tree that came down. We still had some wood to cut up and haul and a ton of dirt and sawdust that needed to be raked and leveled out. So the boys helped us a bit by playing in the dirt and helped haul wood! I hope they continue to do this as they get older! We also needed to put together a new mailbox since the downed tree took out our other one! So the boys pitched in and helped! Love the pic of my 3 boys using their screwdrivers! It was a windy day outside, so we were all bundled up! But we had so much fun!

Today we are going to the Pumpkin Patch, so I'll have more pics of that later! Hope you all have a wonderful day!


Daniel playing in the dirt!


Daniel helping Daddy in the yard!


Cameron making a mess on the front porch by
playing in Mommy's flower bed!


Daddy using his ax (and his muscles) to chop
up wood!


Daddy using his chainsaw to cut up the large wood!


The boys sitting on the front porch
watching Daddy use the chainsaw!
(Love this pic!)


My 3 boys using screwdrivers to put the
mailbox together!


Daniel showing me his screwdriver!

Stubborn Grandma = Healing Grandma!

I am very proud to say that my Grandma is slowly getting better in her re-hab center! She is getting more strength every day and increasing her mobility! We played cards this evening and I made it a strength training workout! I even had her shuffle the cards and even though she was slow, she did a great job! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner together (the food was ...... ok) but the company was great! I made her laugh and when she was doing her nebulizer treatment, I made funny faces at her! I tried to talk her into wheelchair races with the other tenants, but she said no! What a party pooper! Keep the prayers coming for her to heal and recover quickly, so we can rebook that cruise together! Can't wait to spend a wonderful vacation with her and the family!

I picked the boys up late tonight and they crashed in the car on the way home (YAY)! Which means they went straight to bed when we got home! I love evenings like that because then there is no fighting to go to bed!

Have a great week everyone!
Jen
(Proud grand-daughter!)

But why not?

So now is the time that we have started to hear, "But why not?". Daniel doesn't say it, but Cameron does it. I'm sure it will get annoying, but at the moment, it is very cute to hear! And all I can do is smile and laugh!

The boys have become very musical lately and enjoy playing their loud (and annoying) instruments! A miniature drum set and recorders. They were Christmas presents last year from cousin Kelly. She will pay dearly when she has kids! I see lot's of loud musical instruments in her future! In fact, they are both playing their recorders right now and I think I need to invest in some earplugs! Or another bottle of Excedrin Migraine! Imagine me cringing right now as the pitch feels like fingernails on a chalkboard to me! SSSCCCRREEECCHH!!!!!!

And we have finally learned the ABC's! LMNOP doesn't quite sound right, but that is pretty normal! Either way, I'm excited that they have finally learned all of the alphabet song! We also sing multiple songs at bedtime now! They include, the ABC song, Twinkle twinkle little star, the Ladybug Picnic, Lullaby and Little Bunny Foo Foo! And the new favorite that Bryan and I sing to them together is The Bear in Tennis Shoes song! Any of you remember that song? For those that don't know, Bryan and I met as outdoor counselors for a camp called Cispus! We had camp songs that we sang and this was one of those songs! It is one of our favorites and when we sing it to the boys, they are silent! (Yes! Silence is a miracle in this house!) And then when we sing the ending "The End, The End." over and over again, they can't stop laughing! So here are the lyrics so that you can sing it to your children! It's a fun song that should be a family favorite!

I have also added some new pics below of recent events! Yesterday was the Open House at the Washougal Fire Department! My sister's boyfriend Dustin became a volunteer at the fire department and we went down to check it out and support him! The boys had fun and got to ride in the fire engine, learn to stop, drop & roll!

And 2 weeks ago, our maple tree in our front yard came down. Well, half of it came down and the other half had to be brought down. Luckily, the only casualty was our mailbox! Oh, and our pocketbook! $950 to down a stupid tree! Mother nature was much cheaper!

The other day
(echo)
I met a bear
(echo)
In tennis shoes
(echo)
A dandy bear
(echo)
(all together)
The other day I met a bear;
In tennis shoes -- a dandy bear;

(other verses similar)

He looked at me,
I looked at him.
He sized up me,
I sized up him.

He said to me,
Why don't you run?
For I see you ain't
Got any gun.

And so I ran
Away from there.
And right behind
me was that bear.

And then I came
up to a tree.
I great big tree --
Oh goodness me!

The nearest branch
Was ten feet up.
I'd have to jump
and trust my luck.

And so I jumped
Into the air,
And I missed that branch
Away up there.

Now don't you fret.
Now Don't you frown.
'Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down!

The moral is
No shocking news:
Don't talk to bears
In tennis shoes.

(and the classic camp song can't-leave-well-enough-alone
epilogue:

The end. The end.
The end. The end.

The tree down across our driveway.

The rest of the tree still standing.

Our mailbox post!

The rest of the tree being taken down.

Stump grinding!

The hole, the sawdust and a pile of wood!

Cameron, Auntie Am, Dustin & Daniel (and ice cream)!

Amber and Dustin

Riding in the engine!

Mommy and her BIG boys!

Playing with the dog food in the "kitchen". YUMMY!

Fall is here!

Hello friends and family!

Well, it has been quite the crazy month with tons of things going on and good and bad news as well. On September 14th, Daniel had his adenoids and tonsils removed. He had been snoring since the day he was born and was quickly given the nickname "Darth Vader" by Bryan! Yes, it's mean, but totally true! It never got better and we decided to check out the adenoids with the doctor. In the mean time, when we went to the beach in August, we heard him sleeping and breathing at night and it appeared he was having some apnea issues. Once the doctor checked him out, she found his adenoids were HUGE and advised that they really should come out. He was a trooper, even though he HATED having to be there and we struggled to get him to calm down before surgery. He was screaming and kicking and fighting and wanted to leave. Needless to say, the Anesthesiologist gave him a drink of something that made him calm down and act like a little boy high on drugs! He was hilarious and had me and Bryan laughing until we cried! He had to have a liquid or mushy food diet for 10-14 days and is finally back on to regular food. I never thought my kids would refuse ice cream or popcicles, but a week of them and they were tired of that stuff!

In the mean time, Cameron has started physical therapy once a week for his toe-walking. He also has braces that he wears that force him to walk flat-footed. We have excercises he does and we encourage him to carry heavy things that force him to walk flat on his feet. He does well with his braces, and we encourage him like crazy! He has also recently started talking even more! When we took him to his P.T. appointment by him self, he didn't stop talking! Without brother around to talk for him, he is quite the little jabberjaws! I love it!

Daniel recently started asking to use the potty!!! WOOOOHOOO!!!! Very exciting news! More pull-ups being used and less diapers! Can't wait to quit using diapers! What a saving that will be! I don't even want to know how much we have spent on diapers in the last 3 years! Probably enough to buy a new car! HA HA HA!!!

Bad news that we received was on August 12th, my Grandma was taken to ER because she was having symptoms of a stroke. After many tests later, it was determined that she has small cell lung cancer and it has spread to her brain and her adrenal gland. Unfortunately it is in stage 4. She wants to fight it and radiation and chemo will help extend her life, so she did 15 days of radiation. She completed it on September 17th and was scheduled to start chemo on Sept. 22nd. The really bad part came on Sept. 19th. Early in the morning around 3:30am, she had horrible stomach pains. My Grandpa took her to ER and she was admitted. After some more tests, it turned out she had Diverticulitis which is an infection of the colon and it was leaking into her body. She was going into septic shock and her blood pressure had fallen to 60 over 32 at one point. The Dr.'s needed to do emergency surgery. During surgery, we almost lost her. The Dr's had to shock her twice to bring her back. They weren't sure she would survive. She went to ICU to recover and was taken off sedation meds on Wed. Sept 23rd. She finally woke up on Saturday Sept. 26th. She has finally been moved out of ICU to a regular room and will be going to a Rehab Center in the next few days to regain her strength. She is such a fighter and I couldn't be more proud of her! She should start chemo once she is recovered.

The good news is that when Grandma got her cancer diagnosis, it was decided that Bryan, myself and my sister and her boyfriend, would join my parents and grandparents on a cruise to Mexico! We are still planning on going, however, it has been postponed. We were supposed to leave on the 9th of October, but Grandma won't be ready by then. We are hoping to leave a few weeks later. This will give her time to recover. Can't wait to enjoy this special family vacation together! It will be the first cruise for me and Bryan and I'm looking forward to the time we get to spend together! We haven't been on a major vacation anywhere since our honeymoon 10 years ago to Disney World!

I hope that you and your family are doing well! Sorry that this post is so long! I need to do updates more often! Have a great day!

Jen