Garrett is growing so fast! I can't keep up with that kid. One minute he is sitting up, then cutting teeth, then crawling, then pulling himself up on everything and standing. The kid is a maniac and seriously needs to take a chill on the growing up thing. I wish he could stay this age forever. My little man! He now has 6 teeth, fyi. With all his hair and teeth, he looks like a toddler already. Very sad!

Adam is going back to school! For those that don't know, things in the family have been very bad since Adam's sister Alicia passed away. Because of everything, the family construction business is pretty much no longer. For years I have been wanting Adam to leave the family business and pursue another career and with everything falling apart, it was finally the time to make the plunge. He will be going to college to become a high school teacher and hopefully coach football. We have a long, difficult road ahead of us, but I know he will do great and we will be much happier not involved with the business. It is a scary time, but an exciting adventure that we can't wait to start!

Emma is in Kindergarden(sp?). It is so crazy to think that she is old enough. It's been quite a change having her go to school every day, but she enjoys it and her two little boy friends are in her class, which is nice. I wanted to cruise up to Salem the other day and thought I could leave early in the morning to get a good day in, and then my plan was thwarted when I realized that I can't do that anymore because of school. Argh! Don't get me wrong, I am definitely glad she is in school, but that makes things not so spur of the moment.

Butte to Butte

So, I have to brag a little now. Usually I don't, but this deserves it! My biggest accomplishment this summer was running in the Butte to Butte race. It is a 10K and the first time I have ever done that. Brynne got me pumped to start running in races, and it is really fun! The race was on July 4th, and was the day after my sister-in-law died, so I was emotionally and physically exhausted and had decided not to run. My husband encouraged me, and my sister stuck with me through the race, (which was awesome of her because she could have blown right by me from the start) and I finished! It was such a sense of accomplishment. I can't wait to do it next year, and I also want to start training for a triathlon sprint, or maybe a triathlon! Yeah right, i'll start with the sprint anyway.

The whole fam gets hitched!

This summer was full of happy times, and sad times. The last two of my family got married this summer, which i'm sure mom is happy to be done. Although, there might be one more to come...
Anyways, the weddings went great and we were happy to be with Ryan and Ashley on their day in Portland, and it was very relaxing at Derek and Brittany's wedding at her parent's house. The girls were flower girls, as you can see. They were so adorable. Shout out to my sister for doing their hair so cute.

New Blog! I'm doing it!

Ok, so i was checking out everyone's blogs, and it seems pretty neat. So I thought, why not give it a go? The worst that can happen? I don't keep up on it. No, the worst that can happen is that no one checks it out! So you all better check me out!
This summer has been a crazy one for us. The house on the market-somebody buy it please! Having to keep a clean house with 3 little ones. That's a fun trick!
The worst news of the summer was that Adam's 19 year old sister, Alicia, passed away on July 3rd. That was the worst day and week, and weeks, and months of our lives. She was in a horrible car accident that she was never able to recover from. She left behind 2 beautiful children, a young husband, and a family that loved her terribly. I miss her every day.
Good news, Emma is a water dog now! We've all been in swim lessons and she can now go down the slide and doggie paddle to the stairs. It's awesome and I am so proud of her, especially because she used to freak out in water. Which made me think, this can't be my kid!
My kids are awesome and adorable. They are so fun and hilarious and difficult! You all know what I'm talking about. Emma is 5 and will start kindergarten. Yeah Emma! Natalie is 3 and my little stinker-literally and figuratively. Garrett is my sweet baby boy and he's now 8mths. Time has flown so fast! It needs to halt once in awhile!
Adam is good and so am I. We are ready to sell our house so we can start building. The days keep ticking by.