Thursday, April 24, 2008

Seattle Fun



Look how BIG those flowers are!
The twins are so big! And were sooo much fun. I realized I hadnt spent enough time with them actually getting to know them. They have some of the cutest personalities. Dean has never been one to just snuggle for periods of time, so I thouroughly enjoyed all the loves the boys gave me. They were so quick to be my friend. I love you boys!
They liked to poke eachother. Dean was pretty fascinated with the twins. They were so good to put up with him touching and poking them all the time.


We played frisbee golf or "Frolf " as Vernon calls it. Actually the guys and Tiffany did(with me subbing in for a couple rounds). DeAnn and I pushed the strollers through the dirt mounds. It was actually great exercise. I pushed the two seater for awhile and it worked some of my muscles good. The next morning I was sore. I know pathetic.
It was kinda funny when we flew into the Seattle airport Vernon and I thought it was so cold! When we got to there house and were talking about things to do, they all thought we should do something out side because of the "beautiful weather". We agreed (thinking they might be slightly crazy) and threw on our sweaters. The next day we understood what they meant. It was freezing and raining. The news said that day that they were expecting snow that week. SNOW!!! In APRIL!!! And it did snow and hail and rain. And if you readers really know me then you know that I of course only packed flip flops and one hoodie. I ended up borrowing jackets and buying shoes which were well worth it. (Vernon just threw on thick socks borrowed from Tommy with his sandles... hehe he makes me laugh-but he was warm).
The tulip festival was very pretty unfortunetly it was too cold for them to bloom so we only got to see the flower garden they have up front. They were still beatiful and HUGE! The drive was also beautiful. It was snowing through a lot of it and the fields were gorgeous with a light haze over them. I rolled down my window one time when it was snowing/hailing, I still cant decide wich one it was, to catch some and some fell into the truck and some ended up down peoples coats and in there hair I have NO idea who would be so immature to do things like that! Needless to say Justin locked my window after that. Sad day for me!
(Dont worry my punishment was shortly revoked)
We also went to the aquarium, but sadly since I had to hold Dean the whole time I completely forgot to take pictures. Luckily DeAnn is much cooler than me so you can look at her pictures of our adventures here : http://thebattys.blogspot.com/
We had such a great time visting with friends and family. It was so relaxing we didnt want to come home to life. Thanks Tommy, DeAnn, Justin, Tiffany and of course Mason and Justin for a wonderful vacation!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Me

Well I finally did it. I have been wanting to cut my hair off for forever, but you see I'm kind of a wuss. Weird how we can get so attached to hair. So far still not missing it though. It only took me like 10 minutes to completely get ready today! I still prefer long hair over short on me but wow the benefits of having short hair are well worth it...
1. Dean cant get as good of a grip on my hair
2. I wont have bald spots
3. I wont be completetly bald by age 23 due to my son ripping my hair out every chance he gets.
I now understand compeletly why so many women after having kids chop off their hair!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Family Fun



This is Allie. She looks like she is praying and doing it oh so cute. But really she just doesnt like the wind. She is such a sweet baby.

What a cute pose!
Vernon put dean in this tree and he sat there all by himself and had a blast. No worries we had people ready to catch him just in case.



Tyrel, Megan, and Allie.





Dean loves to be outside playing and screaming. He is so much fun!













To top the month off Tyrel and Megan and adorable baby Allie came to visit us. We had so much fun being with them. Tyrel and Vernon had fun having a LOTR marathon (which they didnt even come close to finishing). And oh so talented Megan taught me some new tricks on photo shop. She also helped me with my new banner for my blog (thanks :)) We also took a quick trip up to Blackberry patch or Ash Creek I think is its "official" name and had a picnic.
Thanks for coming out to see us guys. We love you :)




Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Cedar Springs


He loves being with his daddy.

Me and my beautiful niece Rachel.
The next weekend we went to Cedar Springs with the Batty/Evans/Turnidge gang. It was quite a weekend. We had a 7month pregnant lady, a baby boy who has never slept in anything but a crib, and extremely strong wind. Luckily thanks to Jon and Emma we had a porta potty close to camp so we could make quick trips to the bathroom when needed. The wind was pretty annoying and we dont know if we all got burned by the sun or the wind. And even though Dean screamed/wiggled/fussed/kicked/played/and ate most of the night we were still able to have an enjoyable time playing on my dads little go cart/climbing rocks/etc...
All in all a splendid weekend.



Oliver Knoll

I lOVE flowers!


Emily with Dean.




Well we have had a fun month so far. We started with a trip to Oliver Knoll with the Batty/Lunt/Griffin gang. It was absolutely beautiful. We had a picnic with yummy KFC and then went hiking around the Knoll. We didnt actually get to the knoll since it was pretty far away. But we had fun exploring and learning new things from Grandpa Jon. Dean had so much fun playing and being out in the great outdoors he zonked out on Grandma Emma on the short stretch back to our picnic site.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Eating. Crawling. Playing.


Dean has FINALLY started liking food. He is still scrawny as ever. But he definitely knows how to pack away some food. It usually takes 2 or 3 times to get the food successfully in his mouth but once its in there he loves it!


My crazy fun boy!



He is getting pretty good at sitting up now on his own but sometimes he forgets and bonks his head. I havnt gotten a picture of it yet ( since im usually the escort ) but he loves to
W A L K around the house. One night when Vernon came home Dean saw him and we started walking over to greet him and Dean got SOOO excited that Dad was home he started running to him. It was adorable and it made Vernon so happy.



Stink bug!



Just practicing...


Thursday, January 24, 2008

Photo Shoot










I know I'm dork. I just love to take pictures of me and my son. He is the coolest guy, and I get to hang out with him all day. Lucky ME!