Lee is 53

It's that time of year where I poke fun at Lee's age (which seems to be getting closer to my age each year)!!! Happy Birthday Lee

Wow, it has been a while!

Here are some new pics. Melissa turned 13 in Jan and decided she didn't need to wait for a plate.


Max and Miranda at one of Melissa's soccer games last fall. I think I made them pose, they aren't usually don't stand that close to each other!

Megan in Hawaii. We were seriously jealous! Really, really jealous.

Theses two are of the kids at zoo lights. I went to New Mexico after Christmas for my parent's 50th and missed the lights! Looks like they had fun anyway:)

We seemed to have let life get in the way of our blogging! I know, big surprise. Life here is crazy as always. But everyone is relatively healthy and almost always happy. The alternative to crazy sounds a little boring to me, so I guess we will just keep going!

Max is a Nut!

Where Have We Been? Part 1

So I realize that I am not a very good blogger. I freely admit it. It is not that we haven't done anything since April that is worthy of blogging, it is just that we have been having too much fun to take time away to blog:) Anyway, here are some pictures of our summer. It has been great! I am actually not even looking forward to the kids going back to school! I really enjoy the laid back schedule of summer compared with the hectic school year schedule. But, alas, all good things must come to an end (until next summer!)
We started our summer with a visit from my sister Cindy and her family. We tried to wear them out with all of the fun things we do here in Oregon, but I think they could have handled more! We did everything we normally do in two weeks all in about 5 days! I don't know what their favorite part was, but I loved watching Danny scream like a girl on the tube! Or maybe that was Cindy:) We hope they come back next summer-there is more to do!
We did get in a little skiing this year. Miranda was especially excited because she now not longer needs me in the water with her to help. I was also very pleased about this! All of the girls improved, and they will hopefully get one more chance over Labor Day weekend.

Well, I better save some pictures for Part 2. Look for them soon!

Lee...Here it is...and you don't really have a big belly...At least not any bigger than mine!!!

Spring Break

So, Spring Break. It didn't exactly turn out like we planned. We always, always, always go to Brian's parent's lake house. So Saturday, I headed to the beach with Max, Miranda, Melissa, and BJ and Brian and Megan met us there after a detour to Portland. Everything was great. Sunday morning, Melissa said she had a headache, which of course I brushed off and made her get ready for church. About half way through church, Melissa's head is killing her, so Brian takes her home only to find out that she has a fever. Well, that fever did not go away until Thursday and Miranda also came down with a fever on Monday which lasted until Sunday-well after we had come home. I felt so bad for them!! They really spent the majority of their time on the couch. You would think that this would constitute a not so fun vacation, BUT, we still had a great time. With our busy schedule, it was actually nice to be stuck in the same house for the week. We watched a lot of movies and played a lot of Wii. I did take some of the kids up to Tillamook to the cheese factory one day, and we did manage to go walk on the beach and play at the park. All and all it was very relaxing and some much needed time together. Megan, Brian and I managed to not get sick, but Max did get a little fever after we got back home. Fortunately for everyone, it only lasted about 2 hours!! He is pretty pathetic when he is sick. Now we are in the beginning stages of soccer season (Sound like a disease!) Melissa is playing on a team in Springfield-yes Cindy, I gave in- and Max and Miranda are playing down here is Cottage Grove. Brian and I are coaching Max's team so that should be fun:) If you don't hear from me for a while, just assume I am driving my kids around or that I have completely lost my mind!

Okay Gina, You asked for it!

Here is Megan's foot, day 3. The circle bruise is just the opening of the pad Jared gave her to put under the wrap. That is where her ankle is supposed to be. Really, only 3 more days until spring break, anyway to speed this healing process up?? She is being a trooper, going to school etc. I am sure I would have tried to milk it a little more:)