And we are CAUGHT UP!!!

Meet Claire. We adopted her last week. She is 2 years old. Sweetheart! Short and boxy with half a tail. She has adjusted very well here in our crazy busy home! Although Jezebel will always have a place in our hearts.....

This Saturday was the Oregon Classic in Redmond. It is the biggest tournament in the state and they have a woman's division we have taken girls to every year for the last 6 years. This year we had 3 girls wrestle. Lucy, Avery and Lily.

Lucy took first place!!! She is very proud and so are we! She has worked very hard the last few years and it really shows! Congratulations Lucy!!!

It snowed!!! So the kids made mini snowmen. I think they used all the snow we had....

Awww I feel much better now!!! I love blogging about our life and the happenings in it...sometimes its hard to keep up cause we are so busy!!! But I do know I have a few faithful followers who look forward to reading this, and for that, I thank you and will continue to do my best to keep it up!!!

Spontaneity

It was just a chill Sunday here in Atown, when along came a guy and an idea.
Lets head up to Silver Falls for a little walk around! Great idea Bob, great idea!!!

My Family, I do love them soooo much! Even the goofy kid in the front!!!

This trip got Lucy all psyched up for summer and lots of promised hiking trips!!

Mom, come in this cave with me, its so cool! Look up, it never ends!

And this guy, well he is always running ahead and exploring everything!

This place never gets old!!! Breath taking!

Awwww :-)

Magical!

Moose taking a break....

Self portrait.....

Lucy captured this beautiful shot. She has a good eye!

A great little trip. We do not go up there enough. And the funny thing is, its only about 30 min away! We HAVE to make a point of going a lot this year. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

Christmas....Better late than never!

 Ok so I am a few weeks off, but really its been a busy time and I got behind and then didn't want to take the time to catch up. Now I have a night to myself and this is what I am doing with it....

 Our Christmas was good. We enjoyed ourselves fully. We had fondue for xmas eve dinner, homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast on xmas morning....I let the kids open one gift every hour after 2pm on xmas eve. They had a lot of fun with that and it really spread out the gift opening. It also gave them time to enjoy each item they opened.

The first gift of the season! These were presents from my grandma, their Great Grandma Toots. Wonderful, cozy blankets. Caymus said that if this was the only thing he got all xmas, he would be happy because he loves it so much!!!

Both kids in their new blankets. They literally live in them. I don't blame them, they are wonderful!!!

This year we made new stockings. I had some cool fabric I had bought the kids last year and they thought it would make the perfect stockings. So they helped me draw up the pattern, cut and sew them.

Bob and Caymus new stockings! Or you could say Red Sox and Moose!

Lucy's with horses and Mine with wine labels.

Working on some bead key chains with a kit she got. She is my crafty girl!

Enjoying their "wine" out of fancy glasses. Always a special treat for them.

Caymus was so excited for Bob to open his gift that he made him. A hand painted picture frame with his school pic in it.

Tio Reid did not disappoint! Awesome kid sized Dakine Backpacks!!!

THANKS TIO!!!!!

The after-math!!!

Caymus grew a beard!!!

We headed to the coast to spend some time with Bob's family also!

John Bob's Dad, Bob, and John Bob's oldest brother. There are a lot of laughs in this house.

Judy and Caymus opening up some goods.

After our trip to the coast, my folks came down for a few days. There were many more meals, many more gifts and many more memories....unfortunately I did not use my camera to capture any of it...so I will have to get some pics from the folks and have a whole separate post about that visit!

And last but not least....Moka turned 11 this year!!!