Sorry, It's been a while!

We have been very busy lately with work and summer things going on that I haven't had a change to write in a while, I apologize. Also, Rod dropped my camera in the sand when we were at the Oregon Coast so needless to say I no longer have my digital camera - it won't work and they are going to charge me $150.00 to fix it, I only paid $200.00 for the thing. So....I have been using my video camera for my pictures and I keep forgetting to bring it to work to download my pictures, one of these days I will try and remember. We went to Cottonwood this last weekend to my parents and my sister came down from Post Falls with her family. We had a great time and I finally got to meet Finn. He is so cute and tiny, it was hard to let him leave on Sunday. Cole and Caden played so great together, it was nice to see that. Cole would come in and get Caden and say "Come on Caden, let's go play outside" and Caden would follow him. They each have a car to ride at my parents so they had lots of fun. We stayed at my parents until Monday morning and then came home. We hit a deer - more like Bambi - on our way home Monday just outside of Grangeville. I have to take my car in on Monday to get it fixed, I have to get a new front bumper and they are going to pound out the dents in my hood. Luckily nobody was hurt, expect my car!! Caden was sound asleep in the backseat and didn't even wake up.

Monday evening I went to an Artistry party in Nampa for our business and it was so much fun. I learned a lot and got to see some of the new trend colors they are coming out with for fall. It was great!!!


Artistry Iconic Elegance Collection Inspired


Artistry Iconic Elegance Collection Timeless

I attached pictures of the trend color that are coming out, aren't they fun!!!

Caden will be 2 in October, I can hardly believe it so I am starting to think about birthday things and what to do. He is really into trains right now so I am thinking something train centered. Let me know if anyone has any fun ideas for that - Michelle!!!!! (hint, hint)

I hope that everyone has a great week!!!! Will post pictures soon!

Finally - pictures of Finn

So, my mom and dad got home from Post Falls today where they have been staying my sister and Riley helping out with Cole and Finn, and I got some picture of my cute little nephew. Cole looks so cute with Finn in the pictures, he is already a wonderful big brother and likes to help Stephanie out with him. He brings her burp rags and tries to help out best he can. Here are a few pics that my dad sent me this morning. Enjoy!

Oregon Coast Slideshow

Oregon Coast Vacation!

So Rod, Caden and I took a vacation this past week to Oregon. We started off on Tuesday heading to Hermiston, OR and stayed the night with Rod's dad and then took off Wednesday morning for Lincoln City. We camped at Devil's Lake Campground Wednesday and Thursday night. Thursday during the day we drove down to Newport and saw the Ripley's Believe it or not, The Wax Museum, and the Undersea Water Creatures. We had a great time walking around on the pier and Caden loved all the boats. Friday morning we got up and packed up our camping stuff and drove north to Seaside where we met up with Rod's family - Pat, Steve, Brad, Amy, Lukas, Brian, Megan, Scott and Amber. We had such a great time. Seaside is definitely more touristy than Lincoln City so I really enjoyed that. We walked along the promenade and down to all the shops. Grandma took the boys on a train ride and Amy and I took Lukas and Caden on the Carousel. We had some really great food and it was fun to visit with the family. We had a baby shower for Rod's sister Megan who lives in Nashville, she is due the end of October. We had a bon fire on the beach and roasted marshmallows on Saturday night, that was really neat. It's fun to look out on the beach and see the fire! We got home on Sunday evening around 9:00 or so and now I need a vacation to rest up from our vacation.
Moltanomah Falls - on the way to Oregon!

New nephew!!!

My sister Stephanie had a little boy on Saturday around 10:00 p.m. He was 7lbs 4 oz and 20 inches long. She named him Finley - and they are going to call him Finn for short. He is so cute with lots of black hair and looks a lot like Cole.
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Here is the link to view the hospital pictures that were taken of him.
Stephanie, Riley and Finn get to go home today and my mom will be up there this week to help out with Cole and Finn as Riley goes back to work tomorrow. I will put up some more pictures when I receive them.

BIG BOY BED!!!!

So it has totally hit me that my "baby" is no longer "my baby", he is a toddler and boy does he know it!!! First it started off with no letting me feed him anymore and know it is sleeping in a big boy bed. On Monday morning Caden decided to climb out of his crib and he took a pretty hard fall, so Rod and I decided that maybe it's time to try out his big bed. Well Monday night around 8:00 we put him in his bed and told him that he would be sleeping in the bed tonight and he said OK and kissed us goodnight. He slept like like a pro and I slept horrible. Every ten minutes I thought I heard him fall out of bed and of coarse it was just my imagination. Then I woke up at 11:30 thinking that he was going to get up and come looking for me in the middle of the night and fall down the stairs so I got up put the gate up in his room so he couldn't get out. Oh, what a night!!! I tell you, being parents is stressful. The last two nights have been much better though. He loves his bed. We took down his crib and changing table Tuesday night and there is so much more room in his room now. He loves all the room that he has and that there is more room for his toys!!!

4th of July Weekend

Very Very Busy!!!! Caden and I left on Wednesday July 2nd and took the bus up to Cottonwood to visit with my mom and dad a few days early before everyone showed up at their house. The bus ride was great, Caden was really good and everyone gave him high 5's for being such a good boy! Friday Rod drove up to Cottonwood when he got off work and then on Friday night we had a 25th Wedding Anniversary party for my parents. The 4 of us girls cooked my parents a prime rib dinner with shrimp, spinach salad, potato soup and red potatoes. We got a carrot cake for desert and invited all of their friends and family over for cake and drinks. It was a really great time. On Saturday Stephanie and I had our ten year class reunion, that was fun to see some old friends that I haven't got see in a while. Sunday Rod, Caden and I drove home and we were so exhausted, in fact, Caden slept the entire 4 hour drive, I even dozed off once in a while. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Mom & Dad - 25th Wedding Anniversary

Cole & Caden in the jump house at mom & dad's

Rod pushing Caden and Ryan pushing the twins; Elise & Jordis at the park