Boys

Deans first attempt at photography

Dean, Cole and cousin Mathew riding in Dean's Christmas present (Yay Craigs List!)

We are glad when Mathew drives because, although he is getting better, Dean runs into things and gets stuck alot

Dean asleep in front of the kitchen sink for some reason

Dean asleep while playing with his Batman motorcycle

I should get an award!

... For being the WORST blog updater!

Vernon really wanted me to put up pictures of our finished basement. It's been done for a long time now. Well "done" is being used loosely here. We still have paint touch ups and cocking and door handles, lights, and the entire bathroom to finish (to name a few). But it's finished enough that we use it all the time!

The white wall is our projector screen. It's 9ft tall. We LOVE it!

Also just because I love this picture... One day when Mathew (cousin) came over to play he found this plaid "blanket" and was trying to cover himself -to hide under but he couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. I saw him and asked him why he was playing with Uncle Vernon's pajama pants. He looked at me like I'd gone crazy and told me he's hiding under a blanket. I laughed and tried to convince him that it was not a blanket they really were Vernon's pajamas. He was very skeptical so I put him in one pant leg and Dean in the other. I'm "pretty" sure he believed me after that.
P.S. These are actually very large pajama pants even on Vernon... just for the record.

The one that survived

We finally had a kitten that survived to adult hood. I was pretty excited! Shiskabob was super sweet and was really good with our kids. And she had 4 little kittens (technically she had 6 but one was still born and one... read on) and was a great mom. She was even nice to Cole after he sat on one of her babies and killed it. We gave two kittens away once they were big enough to a great little family with 2 kids. So we still had 2, an orange cat and a calico- I was pretty excited.

Now, I have never really been a cat person. I always thought they were snobby and kind of annoying, but apparantly I had become somewhat attached to Shiskabob. A couple nights ago we are assuming a coyote came into our garage where Shiskabob and her kittens sleep and trashed the place. There were patches of fur and poo streakes everywhere. My desk drawers were pulled out and the unopened bag of cat food was torn into. It smelled and looked terrible. We found Shiskabob down at the end of the street half eaten and no sign of calico kitty. Orange kitty was hidden pretty good and apparently stayed out of the fight. Other then being skittish and lonely she seems fine. I actually cried! (I couldn't believe it myself.) It might just be because I'm a little extra emotional lately but who knows. I miss Shiskabob and it makes me sad to think that Orange kitty had to see it. I know there just cats, and I know Orange kitty will probably forget all about it, but it was still a sad day for us.

Cousins are fun

Megan got a new fancy camera and took these two really cute pictures.

Alright I'm done posting for a little bit now. I need to take some more pictures before I post again. We finished our basement and added some more color to the outside of our house. So when we finish up I'll post again :)

Arrrrrr Mateeees

So these posts are in no particular order. Sorry about that- but I dont want to take the time to organize them.

In October some time we went to the County Fair with Tyrel, Megan, and Allie. It was a lot of fun. Tyrel tried to do the rock wall and almost did it. Dean and Allie rode the Merry Go Round a few times and loved it.

and as you can see Vernon joined them on this little train ride. It was very entertaining.

We also went up to Mt. Graham to play in the snow. Dean HATED it at first but then I put my scarf and gloves on him and he ended up having a blast.

And this is Halloween. At the Trunk or Treat. Dean and Allie were both pirates. And sadly I dont think I ever got a picture of Cole. But he was cute in his Turtle/Dragon outfit (thanks Bonnie)

hiking, Kitty, and Cole

Vernon and I hiked down Mt. Graham back in September with my brother, Emily and Kayleigh (and all the other folk who I dont think I could name anymore). This was a lot of fun and something I want to do again this year. I dont think Kayleigh and Emily will be joining us again. They were hilarious the whole time. I think they both fell more than they hiked. (I know I shouldn't think that was hilarious but they were walking so funny and then would just fall get up and do it all over again)
This is our cat Shishkabob (no idea how to spell that) We had a gray cat named DuctSealer too but it didnt last very long.

So it's been awhile...

I cant believe how many things I havn't posted about. So hopefully in the next few days I can catch ya'll (such a fun word to use) up to speed on our family. I was going to go to bed, but I stopped in to turn the computer off and decided I should finally post something!!



So first up -- some pictures from the wonderful rain we've gotten in the past few weeks. Vernon went in to work a little late so he could take me and the boys to the wash.


We went down the wash a ways. Dean threw rocks in and told Daddy "bee caweful Daddy." or "wash out!"
That's our front yard. It was a soupy sloppy mess forever!!! We still have pools of water in places. Mostly though we just have ginormous ruts everywhere! Vernon has so many house projects I have no idea where "smoothing the front yard out" ranks on his list. Whenever I drive over them Deano always says "Wooaahh"