A Thought

Heard this at church yesterday...

To take everything and hand it over to God may not be easy, but once you do, the world has one less candidate for misery. ~Paul Scherer

I, for one, feel like being a little less miserable!

Catching Up

Several of you have been complaining that I have not updated the blog for a while. Apparently, life has been taking over and I just have not had time to breathe. My job this year is a little overwhelming, and I have been taking a ton of classes to update my license and get a minor raise. Anyway with the recent snowstorm, I decided to catch you up on a few things that have occurred since the beginning of October. Hopefully I won't wait as long until the next posting! Until then...happy reading!

A Family Trip

On Saturday, we decided to head up to the mountains to dispose of some leftover remnants from Craig's hunting trip in mid October. He didn't have enough time to completely clean the elk up, so we had a few legs left over and our local trash company doesn't except bones. Can't imagine why!?! Anyway, in our adventures we decided to get a head start on finding the perfect tree for Christmas. Unfortunately we didn't bring the proper attire and the snow ended up being a little too deep to trek too far into the forest. We ended up taking a nice drive and enjoying some great family time together.


A beautiful girl along with a beautiful view!


What a looker!

Another Year Older

How is it possible this child of ours could be growing up so quickly. Eleven. Who said she was allowed to turn eleven. We aren't old enough to have an eleven year old. Enough already. We are done. We have officially declared this to be the last birthday our family will be celebrating. That is until Caleb turns nine!

Happy Halloween

Each year, our cousins, Samantha and Kirra come up for dinner and trick or treating. This year we were hoping Uncle Scott could make it so Caleb and Kirra dressed up as Darth Vadar and Yoda, while Emaleigh and Samantha were Queen Susan (from Chronicles of Narnia) and Princess Jasmine. Aunt Beth made it to help us gather up some candy and for the first time ever, I decided I needed to venture out to see what all they hype was about. I usually stay home to hand out candy, but with the weather being relatively decent, I decided to tag along. It was quite a hoot to see the kids so excited about ringing strangers doorbells for free candy. Caleb even took his chances an spun the wheel to try to double his candy at one house. He also had the chance to lose all his candy or win a free pet. Of course he won the free pet. What kind of pet you ask? A darling goldfish names Halloween. He lasted about 2 weeks, and then decided he needed to go to the graveyard!


The gang all decked out!


Aunt Beth aka Yoda


The New Addition

Caleb's Track Day

We have yet to find a sport that Caleb does not enjoy. So when track day comes along, he is overjoyed! A whole day of running around outside in his jersey shorts and top would probably be one of his most favorite things in life. This year he participated in the long jump and the high jump. He placed 2nd in the high jump with a jump of 3 feet 2 inches. After numerous jumps with the kids in his class, it came down to just his friend Benji and him. They each jumped 3 times before Caleb's little bootie hit the bar first. It was great!

The other event he excelled in was the 75 meter relay race. He was a fill-in for someone who was sick. His team ended up taking 1st place!

He also received a 4th place ribbon for the individual 75 meter dash.

Way to go Caleb! We are so proud of you.

Dad came out to see the events, but it looks like he got a little distracted!


Such concentration!


Lift that bootie!


Bringing it home!
(note: if you click on this picture you will really be able to see on his face!)