FuN In thE SuN!

Thanks to good friends & family Jake & I were able to get away to Mexico for 5 nights without kids!!! We had a BLAST! Our trip could not have been any better. The hotel was amazing, food was yummy, company was good, and the sun was shinning:) We swam with turtles, snorkled, fished, relaxed, and did whatever we wanted. Rich and Jackie (our nighbors) were able to go with us. We has tons of fun together! Oh yea not to mention I got to sleep through the whole night! Which was awesome:)

Wow what a party we had on Monday! Griff has been talking about his birthday everyday for the last 2 months. He decided he wanted a costume party. Uncle Steve was suppose to be Incredible Hulk, and he wanted Grandpa Griffin to be Darth Vader. I was very surprised to see both Darth Vader, and The Hulk show up in full costume. They had both spent a majority of the day searching for the perfect outfit. I have never seen my Dad dress up, and Jake hasn't seen Steve dress up since he was about 9 so it was a surprise for us all. Thank you to everyone who dressed up for the birthday bash Griff is still talking about it.

My Cute Family!

We had our family pictures taken a few weeks ago. Those of you who have kids know how difficult it can be a times to get a good picture of the kids. Brig woke up that morning and was grumpier then ever. I was not looking forward to picture day at all. To my pleasant surprise he was awesome. Every time Heather went to take a picture he held still and gave her a big old smile. You can tell in a few of the pictures that Brig has a black eye. I thought about changing the day, but it wouldn't be Brig if he didn't have some kind of battle wound. His black eye had barely went away last week. He has stated to walk this week and is crazy. The kid has no fear. So, yesterday he fell forward and hit his eye on the corner of the coffee table resulting in yes...another black eye! I will post a picture of it later. Thank you Heather for the awesome pictures of my cute family.

It's about time!

Sorry I have been such terrible blogger lately! My Internet wasn't working very well, and I have had a hard getting my pictures downloaded. So that is going to make for a long post because we have been having tons going on.
As for me I had the opportunity to go and visit my baby siter in Kentucky. She has recently had a baby, and had gotten very sick. After talking with her on the phone Wednesday, and listening to how bad she felt. I wanted nothing more then to be there with her to help her with her two babies. So, there I was on Thursday on my way to Kentucky. Thanks to Andrea, Lauraleah, Coutnee, and Jackie for helping Jake with our babies. I had so much fun hanging out with my sister, Kyle, Kasen, and Addie. Kasen is my little buddy and I miss him and am looking forward to seeing him at Christmas.

Brigs is 1 now!! He is changing so much every day. He can now go up and down the stairs. He can also stand on his own, but still isn't brave enough to take a step. He got his first black eye yesterday because he tries to climb on everything. He said thank-you yesterday! The lady at payless shoes will vogue for me! He hasn't said it again so I not sure if it counts.

Griffin is still as happy as ever and does the stiff armed fancy dance for a treat. He has recently gotten new glasses which he loves and wants to sleep in at night. He is getting a little more uset to Adria being gone all day at school. He looks forward to his play dates with Carter, and Kennedy.

Adria had been doing very well in school. She is a social butterfly who has tons of friends. She has also just finished her first season of soccer. Her daddy and uncle were the coaches of the pink panthers.

It's Jake's favorite time of year. Can anyone guess why? Yep, it's hunting season. He has had a very successful year so far. He managed to sneak throughout the Field crawling in a rattle snake infested ditch waiting for hours for the hope at a shot at a huge bull elk. It was a bad day for that elk when he saw Jake suddenly rise from the ditch and shoot him with his bow. Jake is very passionate about getting the kids involved with the love of the sport from a young age. Last Saturday he took ALL THREE kids antelope hunting with him. Yes, even Brig!! The kids thought Jake was the coolest dad ever when he shot an antelope. Jake is such and awesome husband and dad! It snowed 22 inches last week. Jake, Rich and the kids built the coolest snow man ever. He and Rich also rolled the biggest snow balls I have ever seen! They were the size of a huge round bail of hey!

Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun weekend! On Saturday we took Adria and Griff to the Bighorn River for the first time. They were so fun to have along. Jake caught the nicest brown he has ever caught. Good job babe! Adria loved saving the bugs in the water and Griff was good as long as he had a snack. The next morning we went over the Beartooth pass and went and visited a friend who has a cabin right on the clarks fork river. It would be so fun having a cabin like that! Adria loved catching the baby fish, and Griff loved playing in the sand with a stick. On Monday we slept in and went to breakfast with our neighbors. Later that day we went and looked for elk. It was fun just hanging out together as a family. To bad labor day only comes once a year.

Schoool Girl & School Mom

I'm a school mom now! I tried so hard not to cry when I dropped my baby girl off to school today. Well, it didn't work I had a hard time walking away. The good news is I didn't let her see me. When I pulled into the parking lot this morning I asked, "Do you want me to walk you up?"..."No thanks I'm fine." To bad I didn't give her a choise. She was so excited to start school. She has been patietly waiting all summer, and is so excited to meet new friends. All I can think is WOW they grow up way to fast. Hopefully it will get easier each day as I let my baby go.

Memory Lane

My friend Katie has this posted on her blog. What a fun way to bring back fun memories that you have with friends and family. Hope you will play along!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! (Chelsie, or Jake)

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.