Camille's first birthday!!

This is Camille raising her hand saying, "me" when we asked, "Who's birthday is it today?" We always ask a question like who wants ice cream or who likes daddy? and the kids all raise their hand and say, "me." Camille caught on, so all day we would say, "Who's birthday is it?" and she would raise her hand and say, "EEEEE"(which is how she says me).


Can we just be done with the pictures and get on to eating the cake already!?!?


That's better!!!


I had a very busy week canning pears, so I didn't make time to make Camille a fun cake. I barely got this cake made and let the three older kids decorate it. They were pretty proud of themselves!! The last picture also shows Camille's top teeth with the gap.

Road Rally

Every year our school has a road rally for the kindergartners. They decorate a car and walk around the school learning all the laws of the road. Jennifer wanted a mini van, so we turned Cordell's train from last year into one. Landon says when he's in Kindergarten he wants a motorcycle, so that should be interesting! Jennifer got to be the leader in her group!

Boys will be boys!!

Landon fell off a bucket and landed on the back of his head on the concrete. He split it open and was bleeding, but not too bad, so we decided not to take him to get it fixed. Jess just used his razor to shave around it, cleaned it up, and put a bandage on it. A few days later it was as good as new. The funny thing is, Cordell did almost exactly the same thing when he was this age, only his cut was bigger and deeper and we took him in and he got it stapled. I guess you don't freak out the second time around as much as the first. We gave both the boys buzzes yesterday, and the cut is in almost the same place on their heads.

Landon- just being his goofy self

Bike ride on the green belt and the Discovery Center

We had passes to the Discovery Center in Boise, so we told the kids we could go one Saturday. We had always wanted to go for a bike ride with the kids on the green belt, but hadn't done it yet, so we decided to do both while we were there. Jess thought it was about 3 or 4 miles to the discovery center from where we got on the green belt, so a 6 or 8 mile round trip. We thought that sounded like a good ride for the kids. It ended up being 6 miles to the discovery center, so a 12 mile round trip ride. The kids did Great!! I was so proud of them. Cordell and Jennifer rode the whole way with just a little complaining from Jennifer about being tired and having a sore bum. We probably rode for almost 2 hours. Cordell didn't complain once.

Landon at the discovery center


Jennifer laying on a bed of nails


Camille at the discovery center. She loved this swing thing and wanted to do it again and again


Camille got to ride in the bike trailer with all the gear. She was awake the whole way there, and we never heard a peep out of her.


Landon has a bike attachment that hooks onto the back of Jess's bike so he can ride without having to keep his balance. He didn't complain once and had a great time!!



It was perfect weather, we had a great day spending time together, and hope to get back to the green belt again soon!!!

Our little Princess

Camille put Jennifer's princess crown on the other night and was walking around like she thought she was hot stuff, so we had to snap a few pictures of our "little princess." She is the funniest baby- she loves wearing hats and necklaces and will leave them on for quite a while.


In this picture you can see her one tooth on the top. The first tooth on the top came in by itself and got pretty big before the other came came in, so she looked pretty funny with just one tooth. Now, the second tooth is in, but there is a big gap in between them, so she still looks funny!! I'll have to get a picture of that on here



She also loves wearing backpacks and will walk around all day wearing one.

Bronco - Our new puppy

He isn't very happy right now about his new home, but hopefully he'll get used to us.