Making the most of it

Nick and his dad had a big tuna fishing trip scheduled for September, but they got a call the night before saying the trip was canceled. There was some rough weather out at sea, and they couldn't risk taking a boat full of people out. A bunch of Nick's buddies from work were supposed to go too, so needless to say, there were a bunch of dissapointed guys around. Nick and his dad decided to make the most of their time off, so they headed to Skagit to river fish. They had a great time, and they did pretty well! They ended up going quite a bit over the next month or so, and they were priviledged to have 4 mini fishermen that tagged along quite a bit!

Joggin' their little hearts out!

The kids did such a great job at the jog-a-thon this year. They both got 24 punches, which equals 12 laps around the track! That's 3 miles each! Not bad for an hour! Nick, Coleson, Weston and I went along to run and cheer them on. We had just gotten back from Hawaii the night before, so we were lacking a little in the energy department.

Carter had a smile on his face the whole time, and just loved every minute of it!

Carter's little class- 8 boys and 3 girls!

I DID IT!

The 3rd graders taking off
Running hard!
Look at that red face...it was hot!
Still managing to smile...with a little help from her friend Emilyn :)
A BIG thanks to everyone who sponsored the kids this year. They each earned $95 for their school!

A much needed scrapbooking day!

My scrapbooking friends and I just realized that we have only gotten together twice this year, and our goal is 4 times. We have decided to in order to keep the tradition, we need to scrapbook once in November and once in December. Life is rough! I haven't scrapbooked at all since last time we got together, so my goal is to try to get going on it again. Hopefully I will have more pages to post soon!

He earned it!

Carter has been saving all summer for an electric scooter. He saved all of his birthday money, allowance money and tooth fairy money, and last week, he finally had enough! We headed to Bellingham and Carter got to finally see all of that hard work pay off. One brand new, shiney electric scooter! The only bummer was that it had to charge 18 hours before use, so he had to wait a whole day to try it out!

This thing goes 10 mph, so daddy had to go over safety and operation techniques.

I think all of that power made him a little nervous at first!
We weren't quite sure he knew how to stop, so a little more teaching was needed.
There's the confident little stinker that we all know and love...he's been zipping around on that thing ever since!
These two little guys were pretty jealous of Carter and wanted a turn, but not for a few years.
Coleson at 3- His favorite color is orange, he is still busy and into everything, he loves Mickey Mouse, he loves reading stories and singing songs, he is very quick to tell you who he likes and doesn't like, he started Sunday School and Children's Church and the teachers have negative feedback for me every week, he loves watching brother and sister play soccer, he loves snacks, he doesn't like time outs (but gets many of them), he is a terrible sleeper, he loves to cuddle!
Weston at 3- He is our happy-go lucky boy, he has the biggest heart, he loves wrestling with Carter, he likes counting to 10 and singing ABC's, he is a big fit thrower, he is a great sleeper, he likes helping mom in the kitchen, he likes making forts with his brothers, he loves movie nights, there's no one that he doesn't like, he does great in Sunday School and Children's Church and follows directions well, he says "I love you mom" multiple times a day, he is very silly!


Ava waiting for her turn on Carter's scooter. I think she's probably put more miles on it than he has! She was saving for a Nintendo DS, but I think she might reconsider. :)

Week in Maui

Nick and I had an amazing time in Maui last week with a big group of friends from high school. We all went for our friend Abby's wedding, and we had such a good time. It was Nick's first time to Hawaii, and my second, so we took full advantage of our time without kids and tried everything.

We met friends at Bubba Gumps for dinner. My friend Sarah's husband, my friend Erika's husband and I rocked the Forrest Gump Trivia!

Derek, Erika, Sarah, Jason, Joel, Brittani, Kristi, me and Nick

Our Sushi Night at Kobe Steakhouse...mmmm!
I could become a professional beach bum. LOVED IT!

Kristi, Brittani and me

Toes in the sand

Luau night with Joel and Brittani!

Joel and Nick

Brittani and me

The pig cooked all day in here

digging it up

The best pork i've EVER had! It was amazing!

Road to Hana-this one just loves to get his picture taken!

A beautiful beach that we stopped at on our Road to Hana trek

We kept on seeing these trees...not sure what they were, but they were gorgeous.

We jumped in this cold pool and swam under the waterfall. A nice man took our picture. It was freezing!

This beach had some big waves- the almost knocked me and Brittani over. Don't you love how our husbands are laughing in the background!

Brittani and I braved Black Rock! I have jumped off of anything that high. (I think it's about 25 feet.) We jumped from where Nick was standing at the very top, and it looked much higher from the top looking down. (Brittani is above with the pink bathing suit, and I'm right below her in the black.) We had so much fun we went up and did it again!

We hung out at my friend Sarah's hotel (right by Black Rock) all day. They had a lazy river, a beautiful beach, and a really good restaurant and poolside bar. What more did we need?

Brittani, Erika, me and Sarah

Abby's Wedding Day- I didn't anticipate the tears that would go along with her wedding. As most of you know, I took her wedding pictures, so tears and a view finder don't go well together. I ended up doing alright, and got ahold of myself. Abby and Clint's wedding was beautiful!

Me, Kristi, Abby and Brittani

Clint and Abby's beautiful beach wedding

My favorite picture