Finally some sun!

Boat time baby!

 

I wonder what she’s thinking about?

CDA Half Marathon

Elaina and I with our friends Brad and Brittany Niemeyer.  We trained for months and completed the CDA half marathon.  I don’t remember the results, but I’m pretty sure I beat everybody…. or lost to everybody…. no one really keeps track of that stuff anyway right?

Dirty Girl

The Playhouse

Elaina and I built a playhouse in the back yard.

This is a project where I start out teasing Elaina for her organizational skills followed by thanking her immensely for said organizational skills.

This is also a project where I realize how different our project/working styles are.

A project where I admit her way is much better than mine.

She spent about 30 minutes taking each piece out and stacking them alphabetically by part number.  I teased her at first, but honestly think she saved us about 6 hours worth work compared to the tornado-like mess I would have created.

 

Olivia didn’t care either way.  She is just happy to play.

Easter 2011

 

Elaina puts together some pretty great activities for Olivia and her cousins.  This year’s Easter egg hunt was awesome!

 

Great hiding places….

 

 

A TON of eggs with great prizes…..

 

And some happy kiddos.

Utah Trip Part 2

We met up with my friend Kevin Connor for some 4-wheeling out in the dunes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elaina came in 2nd place in her division of the St. George triathlon!

 

She even talked the kids into competing!

 

 

Sandy showing off her 1st place medal…. Elaina showing off her 2nd place medal… The kids showing off their medals… me showing off my medal sunglasses.

 

Love this wife of mine.

 

Here are some great photos with Helen and her legacy of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

 

Big cats

A little outing for Olivia and the girls to ‘Cat Tails’ which is Spokane’s version of a cold, sad, zoo… for large cats.

 

 

We stumbled upon this carnival in a vacant lot and thought, “hey this looks legit and safe.  Let’s try out the roller coaster!”

Daisy and Lily played a game to win gold fish.

And by “played” and “win” I mean we finally spent enough money to actually buy the fish.

Both mom and dad said NO to bringing the fish home …… so…….  WE have a new pet!  It’ll only live for a month or so right?

 

Olivia has some pretty great cousins.

Utah Trip Part 1

We took a loooong trip to Utah.  Here are the highlights!

 

 

St. George – Best. Cupcakes. Ever.

 

Zion National Park.

 

 

We took some great hikes and Olivia only cried in the backpack for a solid hour!  Very relaxing!

 

Potty training is (not) fun

 

I have often heard Mothers guilt trip their children about the number of hours they spent in labor.

I think they should really use the number of hours spent sitting with that child to get them to go in the dang toilet!

Hi Daddy

I’m funny

Olivia is at a great age where pretty much anything I do is funny.  I’ll be pretty sad when I get that first eye roll and am no longer funny.

I have no problem taking the cheap laughs for now.

Winter Condo 2010

We had another eventful winter at the condo this year.   Olivia LOVES the condo and asks to go all the time…. apparently so she can wear Fargo hats and play football.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a great shot of Trey.  Every time I took his picture he made sure to pose as cool as he could.

 

 

Jase and I decided to try some back country snow boarding.  It makes us sound awesome and adventurous just like the picture shows:

 

Back country snowboarding was actually 45 minutes of hiking followed by two minutes of boarding in snow that was nearly too deep to get moving…. plus a lot of resting.