March

Happy 10th birthday Josiah!!!! He is so proud to be in the "double digits"!!!!!

The view from the plum tree:

Jake helping Zach:

February

We got to co-instruct another Wilderness Medical Associates Wilderness First Responder course at Camp Bighorn:

Marcia took this of Jake:

January

Boys in their snow fort:

Ice sliding, we had a huge frozen puddle in our side yard:

B sound asleep with his cracker:

Zach ice climbing Cascade waterfall, you can see Curtis up above Zach's head:

Our boys, plus the 3 kids I babysat all school year:

Jake, Cori, and B:

December

I'm just terrible about using my camera. You'd think I'd get better about it, but I still haven't. So I don't have many pictures from Christmas, and my ancient computer wont read picture discs, so I can't use the ones Marcia gave me yet.

Anyway, I'm going to do a picture catch up of some of our life over the last many months since I've updated this. Thanks to you who have been bugging me to update!

Paradise Grade School Christmas concert.

Conrad on stage:

Josiah as "Emmett" in the play. He is really enjoying acting!:

Josiah first on left, Conrad, 4th from left. Recorders:

The ONLY picture I took on my camera from Christmas. Oh my.

It was definitely the boys' favorite gift this year!

Jake, the new guy

A few weeks ago, we got a call saying one of the male dogs from the same litter Kinley was from, was needing a new home. So we took him on a trial basis, and he quickly proved to be such a wonderful dog, we just had to keep him!

So now we've got another boy in the house!

His name is Jake, 1/2 golden retriever, 1/2 some kind of black lab/border collie mix, about 10 mos. old:

Yes, he sleeps at the foot of my bed. And yes, in this pic he's using my purple blanket as a pillow!:

He went sledding with us and even rode on the sled with Zach:

He's a great car traveler, but he really prefers to sit on the seat!:

the inside

kitchen:

looking into living room from kitchen:

boys' room:

our room:

my bathtub:

we also have a walk-in shower!

There is also a kid/guest bathroom, a guest room, a playroom, the dining room is part of the kitchen/living room area, a laundry room, garage, and storage downstairs. Didn't think the world needed that many pictures! We are decorated for Christmas now, but these pics were from November.

House progress

Brenden helping:



grass!:

my first macintosh from the baby tree:

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