Family

This week we got a special visit from Danny's cousin.  Luciano and Carla live down in southern California and were taking a road trip to visit her two sister's in Salem.  We hadn't seen them since our wedding eight years ago.  They stayed over at our house on their way and the boys got to meet their second cousin's for the first time.  I didn't think about breaking out the camera until a few hours before they left, but I did get a few of them out checking cows with us. 

Tyge had to show off a little....if he were talking yet he would probably be saying "see, I can pet the bull".

Weston really liked hanging out with Jacob and was sad to see them go.  I think we'll have to take a trip to Disneyland and visit them now!

4th of July

This year we bbq'd hot dogs and hamburgers over at Jacob and Tabitha's, followed by a few sparklers and driving into town to watch the fireworks.  Both boys love it all.



After the firework extravaganza the sleep over was at our house, with Madison, Stephanie and Abby all staying the night.  Weston was super excited to sleep on the floor out in the living room with the girls, and lucky for me they all fell asleep shortly after we got home.

Start of Summer

In June we didn't have a whole lot of warm days, but we tried our best to take advantage of the few we had. 




Tyge continues to be a Daddy's boy and keep an eye on all the cows.  Danny takes him out with him all the time and some days he ends up with more kids....on this day they all went for ride to check cows while Christy and I made berry and peach jam.

  

We dug out the Mickey Mouse pool so Weston could cool off.  Tyge was napping so he hasn't had a chance to use it yet, but I'm sure we'll get it out again as the days get warmer. 

 

Firemen for the day

A few weeks ago the Brownsville fire station held it's annual open house.  As this is our second year attending, I think it will become an annual tradition until the kids out grow the activities.  For now however, they both had a great time climbing all over the equipment, turning on the fire hose, viewing the safety video and watching the Medi-flight helicopters land and take off.

Hannah suited up, but we couldn't get the boys to put it on.

Teamwork!



Tyge left his hat on long enough for a picture.....Weston kept his on for three days.

  

Hanging on to his hat while we watched the helicopter leave.



Just pictures

It's been so long since my last post, I don't even know where to start.  So, you are just getting pictures.....feel free to ask questions later if you are still wondering what the boys have been up to!

Springtime.....sort of.

As you may have seen in my previous post, it's been pretty cold around here.  Although one day we had snow, and three days later I was mowing the lawn.  It is warming up a little but with all the rain we have had in the last week the change in temperature is barely noticeable.  The daffodils have been blooming for a few weeks now, and just in the last few days my tulips are opening up.  A welcome sight, although I'm not sure the tulips can hold up to Tyge putting little rocks inside of them. 

Ready, set.....go!

Holding on for dear life!

And even though it may not be warm outside, who says you can't enjoy a popsicle?  Almost looks like it could be summer time with since my kids like to run around the house with no pants. 
Note to other moms out there....the Popsicle brand Slow Melt Mini's are awesome....perfect size and they will eat the entire thing before it starts to drip all over the place.

Snow!

On Wednesday morning we woke up to quite a bit of snow, by Thursday morning we had a lots....and I missed most of it!  This week I had to spend two days in Portland for work meetings and Danny was left in charge at home.  On Thursday morning I was sitting in my meeting when he sent me this picture.  

By the time I got home later that afternoon the sun had been shining for a while and most of it was melted, but I was able to get a little bit of play time in with the boys before it got dark!