My first haircut!!!

Well.... I got my first haircut. I was getting

some long wings on the side and the back.

Mommy decided she was going to try and cut

them. Needless to say... she didn't do a very

good job and daddy thought it looked pretty

bad so he decided to get the clippers out and

clip away. So I got my first haircut and look

handsome as ever! I even held pretty still, but

was getting mad at the end and wanted them to

let my head go.

Daddy trying to get everything straight. He did

a pretty good job. Thanks for cutting my hair, daddy!!!

Me afterwards!! I got a bath and got all the hair

off of me and then see..... how do I look????

Mommy has been TAGGED!!!!

My mommy has been tagged..... which means she has to list 8 RANDOM things about herself. She has thought long and hard about them....so here she goes!

1. I knew ever since I was a little girl that I wanted to be a nurse. My grandmother, who is my hero and true inspiration was a nurse. Growing up I would watch her go to work (that was in the days where they still wore the white dresses and cap). I always wanted to go with her and would say "Grandma, can I go to work with you tonight?" She would say, "Kelly what would you do all night at work with me?" I told her "I will just stand in the corner and watch." I love being a nurse and I love my job!! I owe a lot of it to her...Thanks Grandma!!

2. Growing up, my dad made ice cream and we would literally have 5-6 flavors in our freezer at all times. So I grew up loving ice cream and eating lots of ice cream cones. Bubble Gum was my favorite. I still love ice cream today!!!

3. I have been married 6 wonderful years. I first met my husband when I was a senior in high school and he was freshman in college. The weird thing was that he was from Portland, Oregon going to school in Virginia and I lived in Pennsylvania. He was roommates with my cousin and we went to Virginia one weekend to watch my cousin's basketball game. Aaron was there and I thought he was great from the second I laid eyes on him. I told my mom that someday I wanted to marry him (not even really knowing him). Well after dating for 5 years and being married for 6... I am the luckiest girl and have found an amazing husband and father!!! I love you honey!! (other weird thing is that we went to college about 2 hours from Bridgette and Chad and never knew them till we both ended up in Boise~talk about random!!)

4. Patience is a virtue I lack, especially when driving. I can have major road rage!!

5. I grew up as a Mennonite and went to a Mennonite University. (No, I don't wear a bonnet).

6. I only have 1 sister and growing up we fought a lot about clothes, me being the youngest and spoiled and her being the oldest and things not being fair..... well today she is truly my best friend. Though we live thousand miles away, it has only brought us closer and I am blessed to call her my sister and friend!!

7. I worked at Hershey Park (Hershey, PA where all the Hershey's chocolate comes from). It is a big amusement park and I operated different rides there. It was a GREAT summer job!!

8. I am a pretty healthy eater and exercise a lot. Except when I was pregnant and then I learned the true meaning of "GOOD" food. Needless to say I never ate chocolate before and now I love it, especially mega peanut M&M's. French fries are always good too!!!

Those are my 8 random things about myself!! Sorry they are so long!! I know Tag Amber and Karen

10 months and

counting....

Mommy can hardly believe I am 10 months

old already. I am getting so big.... I like to crawl

everywhere and get into anything I can find. See...

I even like dirty dishes and I love getting into

Koda's food.

My new thing is crawling up the stairs. I think

I am so big and it is so fun. I am not sure how to get

back down though.... but am really good getting

up them. Mommy had to buy a gate to put up

so I can't go up them and fall down them.

Holding on for dear life!!!

That is about all that is new here. I am getting two

more teeth in on the top.... that will make seven. I

love to eat almost everything too. Ice cream is my

favorite. I can't believe summer is almost over. I am

ready for fall and some cool weather!!

Love~Owen

Snapshots of

our week!!

Madison and Ashton giving each other a hug!!

Me and Aunt Tara!! I think she wanted to take me home. She told mommy that if she could have one at my age...she might think about a third one!!!

Me with Maddy. We like to call her Maddy because that is what Ashton calls her. It is so cute. He would always say.... Maddy... what Maddy...why Maddy...... Maddy liked to hold me and even pick me up. I think she would love to have a little brother or preferably a sister. She is a great BIG cousin!!

Me crawling on the grass. I love the way it feels. I like to pick it and put it in my mouth.

Aunt Tara with her precious little kidos!! Ashton is 2 1/2 and Madison is 4 1/2. She will go to Preschool again this year and is very excited. Ashton is a little busy boy. He loves anything with buttons. He loves cell phones and trucks. He says "Mommy" and "why Mommy" all the time. They are good kids though and even better cousins.

Me and my cousins!!

My cousins Madison and Ashton flew the wholeway here from Pennsylvania to see me. They spent a week with me. Aunty Tara came along too. We played hard all week. We were all so tired by the end of the day and were usually in bed by 8 p.m. The picture on the right is the first night they were here. They didn't get in till really late. But of course they were all excited to see me so they snuck into my room and peeked in my crib. And of course.... I woke up only to hear them giggling! Mommy got me out of bed and we exchanged lots of hugs and kisses!! I knew it was going to be a good week.



We took a bath every night together! We all love baths so we just splished and splashed for a long time. They would make me laugh a lot.














We loved when daddy would come home from work. We would go to the door and give him lots of hugs. Then Madison and Ashton love to wrestle with him and play horsey. I had to sit on the sidelines and watch. Someday I will be big enough to play that rough and I can't wait!!


Some highlights from the week including going to the zoo, swimming, playing, eating an ice cream cone, taking baths, having Madison feed me my bottle and having aunt Tara rock me to sleep. We had such a wonderful week. Thank you guys for coming the whole way out here to play with me. I love you guys and miss you already. Owen

A day at the ZOO

On Tuesday, mommy and aunt Tara took us to the Boise Zoo. We got to see lots of animals. It was a really fun day. Mommy and aunt Tara even had fun. We got to pet a snake that was out. I liked his smooth skin. I think I scared him though because I tried to grab him and he slithered away. There was also this cool giraffe slide that we went down. It was fast. They are trying to raise money to bring a giraffe to Boise. Wouldn't that be neat!!



Of course I wanted down all the time so mommy put on this little play tiger. I thought it was so funny (laugh, laugh)!!

More Highlights......

It was pretty warm while my cousins were here. Almost everyday we would go outside and get in my little kiddy pool. We liked to slash all around. Ashton loved to play with the hose and running water!! I also live beside a park and everyday we would go over there and play. We would swing, go down the slides and climb around. It was a lot of fun.

Madison sitting on the slide and smiling!! She is so pretty!!

Daddy and Ashton eating goldfish. They were one of our favorite snacks. I love to eat. I am trying lots of new food. I will eat and put about anything in my mouth that someone gives me. Ice cream is my favorite!!

Madison sitting in the backyard trying to dry off after playing hard in the pool. She is such a great cousin and so fun!!! I love you Maddy!!!

God, thank you for giving me cousins~Owen

ONE......

TWO......
Three......
Say CHEESE!!!!!!!

I am getting so BIG! I have 5 teeth and am

pushing more through. I now crawl and pull

myself up on everything. I even attempted

to start climbing the steps. It is fun. I can go

anywhere. However....mommy begs to differ.

She can't take her eyes off of me.....because I will

be gone!! My poor little knees are all red and

bruised!! Oh well. Being a boy, guess I will

have lots of them. My aunt Tara and cousins

come this weekend. I can't wait to play with

them and have them chase me all around. Will

send pictures from our week after they leave!!

Love and miss you all, Owen

Trip to OHIO

Me with my family!!

We went to Ohio for a wedding. It was one

of daddy's friends from college and he

was a groomsman. We left on thursday

and come home late sunday night. Daddy

and mommy had a fun time and got to see

some old friends from college. On the way

home we got stuck in the Denver airport

for 6 hours. That was a fun time!! Daddy

was not very happy. I did pretty good the whole

trip, but was getting tired towards the end

and was ready to be home in my own bed.

Me with my mommy!!

This is me with my mommy and her good

friend Katrina from college. Mommy was happy

to see her and catch up with her. It had been

a while since she saw her. We were being

silly at the reception and taking lots of

pictures.

Me with daddy and Jimmy, the groom.

Me and my daddy!! I love him very much.