And the letter 0f the day is....

Chl0e l0ves t0 d0 scrapb00king I think as much as I d0. She even has her 0wn scrapb00k that she l0ves t0 sh0w t0 every0ne wh0 c0mes 0ver. Here's s0me 0f 0ur latest w0rk.

Y0u might be w0ndering why my letter 0's are all the #0. Well Cavan decided t0 pry 0ff the butt0ns 0n the keyb0ard. I f0und every letter but 0. Y0u w0uld be suprised h0w much that letter is used! Instead 0f jabbing a pen int0 the letter 0 cavity, the #0 is making my life easier until we g0 get a new keyb0ard.

Edited t0 add: bl0gger was s0 kind t0 change my zer0's int0 0's, but y0u get the p0int!

0n an0ther n0te, we are s0 lucky t0 be near the Beng0a's. Seeing them with J0el was t00 preci0us! He is s0 sweet and hands0me, and C0dy & Tiff are just beaming with j0y!


Cavan and Parker in the mine at Virgina City, NV

Uncle C0dy walking 0n the beach

"M0mmy and daddy wh0 l0ve each 0ther"

Life has been pretty busy for us lately, there's no denying that. Brock and I work wednesday through sunday. I start work at 4 am until 12:30, I get home then Brock gets ready for work and he runs to do any estimates he has before going into work at 2:30, then he gets home after ten where he must promptly go to bed because the kids will be waking him up before 7. Then on our weekends Brock usually has both days filled with jobs and estimates.

Yep, it's busy. So on my weekend with the kids I try to have lot's of fun and get that quality time in.

We started our day at Chuck E Cheese's. Ten dollars in tokens really lasts forever there, good cheap fun for the kids!

Then we had a yummy lunch at The Olive Garden

Followed by the splash park, the ultimate in free kid fun. Even I can't resist my inner child screaming at me to run through the water with the kids.

Life may be busy, but it's so sweet!!

My favorite thing to do when the kids are napping

My absolute favorite hobby right now is scrapbooking. I really thought it wasn't for me and I would never get into it, but my friend Kristine got me hooked and we've been scrapping together ever since.

I had boxes of old pictures that I cherished, but never actually looked through. Scrapping gives the photo's a story, something you might have otherwise forgotten.

It's also inspired my photography. Now i'm taking photo's of everyday moments and the simple things in life instead of just holidays, it's the day to day stuff that I don't want to forget.

Our Lake Tahoe camping trip

Brock and I had a great time camping at Emerald bay in Lake Tahoe. The weather and scenery were beautiful, there were no sounds of kids screaming, fighting and whining; just birds chirping and the wind in the tree's.

We mostly just relaxed around the camp, but we also did a nice hike along the shoreline of Emerald Bay which led to a Scandinavian style mansion from the 1920's called "Vikingsholm", we took a little tour there and then hiked back to camp.

We were just about to bite into our burgers for dinner when we had a bear visitor in the camp. We were alerted to the sound of people blowing air horns and turning on their car alarms to scare it away. He then came in our area and investigated each campsite around us. We actually watched the bear walk across the street then go through our neighbors campsite and get into their stuff (they weren't there). We investigated after he left and he had found some hot chocolate packets and tore them apart.

Overall camping was great and seeing the bear was scary, but really cool!


I wish I was more computer savvy! I cannot for the life of me get this slideshow of pictures to work. You can click "view all images" if you really want to see them ;)

Some cute everyday moments

Here's Cavan thinking he's gotten away with sleeping in mom and dad's bed.
























This is my attempt at some real photography, the roses in our backyard matched Chloes shirt perfectly, I had to try!




























Chloe will be taking the summer off of ballet lessons, so I had to share some adorable pictures one last time before fall.
































We picked out a new toy for Bone, and boy did he love it. Cavan was just relaxing and watching a cartoon on his beloved Cars couch when Bone went crazy on the sqeaking chicken. I don't think there's much Cavan dislikes more than when Bone tries to lay on his couch.

A fun day at the river

Throwing rocks in the river, they could do it for hours














A pretty pose













Cavan is trying his best to push those pedals! (and another pretty pose)






















Cavan and Noah being boys, they have so much fun together!












Best buds

Aren't they adorable?

Chloes first ballet recital

My little prima ballerina


































getting a before show hug from brother













ready for the show!