Since you asked....

....here he is! A few of you have asked about the baby boy- he's doing well and sweet as ever, I swear he is the biggest baby ever! Sorry we havent't posted on him in a while- I actually haven't been great with taking pictures lately. In the shot below I snapped it right as he shook his head, that's why his ears are flying and his mouth looks scary...oh well - he kept moving. He doesn't come upstairs that often these days (i think because it's hard for him to get up and down them) but when he does, he always wanders into our bathroom; he knows we don't like him to drink from the toilet, so he usually walks up to the sinks and starts licking the faucet until one of us turns the water on for him...atleast he's polite about it right??

I thought this one was funny because of the angle of the camera his head looks 3x the size of his body- he looks like a cartoon!!

Otherwise he's doing great- still growing, I haven't weighed him lately. He seems bigger though i guess. It's hard when you see him every day, we don't notice. Because he's European though, he is slow to grow...meaning he wont completely fill out until he's close to 5! (this helps in dogs this large so that they don't develop the joint and bone problems) His dad is 170lbs though, so something tells me he's got growing to do!! Ta-ta for now! I'll try to post more often about him!

Just About Done

Well as I mentioned before- I am in the process of re-doing my guest room. Before (above) it was a bright yellow/green color and I had my old furniture in there that I've had for years! I got rid of the furniture (a double bed and long dresser) because I wanted a queen bed for in there for guests and because it is the only room in our house that has remained un-done and sort of a catch -all storage place since we moved in. So anyway, I'm just about finished with it! I painted it a brown...which is a little darker than I thought it would be, but the room gets plenty of daylight so I think it works out...I like it enough to keep it, plus I think it makes it tranquil! I'm still looking for a small end/night table and some stuff for the wall, but otherwise... ta-da!

After:

Just the two of us...

Well, it was a quiet week without Jackson here during the days. His first full week went well though and I think he is going to enjoy it. His teachers keep saying how good he is...he's just been a little shy I think; he's usually slow to warm up. In the mean time it's just me and this guy... but we kept busy this week going to the pool, playdates with friends, and ofcourse shopping! I'm on my way to see a movie so check back later for updates from this weekend!

Our first Rodeo

And probably my last. We went with some friends friday night to a Rodeo that ws in town a few minutes north of us. I thought since we had never been the boys might enjoy it and I was interested to see one too...I wasn't a fan. They are definitely over-rated, I felt COMPLETELY out of place (considering I wasn't wearing my boots, cowgirl hat, or belt buckle!) and I thought it was a slight form of animal cruelty...just my opinion. Anyway here are some pictures from the night- the boys did think it was kind of fun, I wouldn't say they loved it, but atleast now they've been.
besides that, anyone who wants to get that close to an angry bull this size is nutty!

Maddox did like seeing the "cowboys" as he referred to them.

I mean seriously, WHAT is that guy thinking??

Jackson thought they were crazy too!

First day of School!!!

Today is Jackson's first day of SCHOOL!!! We all dropped him off this morning...he goes from 8:15-2:45! Adam stayed home this morning so that we could all walk him in to his new class. He seemed to be ok when we left, he didn't cry or anything; maybe just a little nervous/excited??? Maddox didn't want to leave; he thought he was going to school too. So after getting home and asking for Jackson for a few minutes I think he realized it was just me and him! We took the dog for a walk already and then he started right away on painting the deck! Here he is getting ready to leave!

I didnt realize until I got to the car that he looks like a goof in this picture, but oh well- here he is in his classroom

I made him eat as much as i could this morning because they can't bring their own lunch and he is a pretty picky eater! Maybe he'll see other kids eating and join in???!?!?

New shoes and new bookbag...ready to go!!!

Week at the Lake

Last week we went to Lake Arrowhead and invited two other couples with their kids to stay with us for a few nights. Needless to say we all had a blast! We spent the days out on the docks and on the boats, had picnics on the dock, everyone had dinners together and then played some great games at night. All the kids could not get enough of each other and were thoroughly exhausted by the end of the day! Below is a launcher/trampoline that was a riot to even stand on much less be launched off of. One person crawls out on the end and the other jumps onto the end closest to the trampoline...it was a ton of fun. Avery and Jackson on the boat-

Maddox was loving playing on the dock during the day- we had to force him to get into the water, but once he got in he oved it!

Adam showing his skills- we all had a great time wakeboarding. A few of our friends had never done it before so it was fun to watch too! I played photographer- but there are some of me on facebook.

Maddox and JT

Picnic lunch at the dock

This was one night while we played a game called Partini- it is so fun...

...one of the things you have to do is called "pencil head" two people are read instructions on what to draw but have to do it with the paper on their head! Then they are compared and scored for a winner- this was Kacy and Patrick competing.

Kacy trying to wakeboard

a few of the kiddies swimming

This is a video of my friend Marcey's 4 yr. old son JT getting launched- the guys decided it would be fun to launch a 35lb boy into the air with them weighing nearly 500lbs all together!