24th of July Fireworks & Hancock Reunion

We were so excited to finally see some real fireworks!!! We don't get many at home because of the dry conditions and lot's of trees to burn. They were so fun, we got to watch them with my Mom & Sisters family. We then headed out to our annual family reunion camp out. We had beautiful weather and lot's of peace and quiet it was so nice to get away and spend sometime with my Grandma & Grandpa. My folks & Sisters family then came up to spend a couple of days with us. We did some relaxing, Scott built a swing for the "kids", we did some crafts, a little sight seeing, cut some wood, and way to much good food as usual.

Family Reunion 2009

Thanksgiving Fun

We had great fun at thanksgiving we had so much good food and I had more deserts than I did food which wasn't good for my waist but boy did I enjoy it! We had lot's of my family together at mom & dads (34 total) it was a little wild and crazy at times with 8 kids under 6 but as always it was worth it. Then on our way home we got to stop and see some of Scott's family at his cousins homecoming it was so great to see them we really miss them we don't get to see them often enough. It was a wonderful weekend and we have so much to be thankful for.

Fall Fun

We went over to Mom & Dad's for the weekend. We had such a great time, we hung out with family and let the kids play in the beautiful weather. We worked on a few projects and had fun catching up with everyone.

Matt's 1st Black Eye (I think???)

So I'm not sure how he got this but never the less it's here, and not very pretty, guess it's a good thing he's tough. I don't have much to say for myself except that I will try to keep a closer eye on this kid but he usually get's one to two new battle scars a week from the way he runs around like a crazy man... His eye is no a nice shade of green & black.

Grandma & Grandad's House

The kids had so much fun playing in the pool at Grandma and Grandad's House. It was so fun to get to spend some time with everyone, we didn't have enought time to visit and hang out much as we spent most of the weekend picking veggies (if you look at the size of the garden you will understand) I couldn't believe how big everything was the kids thought it was like a jungle, canning, chasing kids, and the guys worked on the Garage getting the wiring and siding done.

Updates....

Ok so for all of you who check my blog I'm soooooo sorrrrryyyyy! I have been a blog slacker lateley, the last few months have been so hectic, but I think that this will catch me all up for now & I will try to do much better from now on. So here is what's been going on, the company that I worked for closed their doors here locally so I had 2 months to find something new, I did get a new job and have started to work for WL Gore, (the bad thing is they only hire f/t so I went from working 4hrs a night to 10 hrs a night 2:30-12:30 pm) wow has that been a shock to my system, but I think I am figuring it out. We went to our anual big family reunion for 9 days and enjoyed being to relax & hang out a bit (we missed everyone that wasn't there), we came home on Sunday & I started work Monday I didn't plan that too well, but Scott was amazing and made sure that everything ran smooth, I really am very spoiled! Scott has had several appointments with the Mayo Clinic and we fill we are getting somewhere so hopefully soon we will know what we can do to help him out so that he will start feeling back to normal (or as close as he can). We have a great Nanny (Ann) that comes in to be here with the boys during our few hours of overlap and she has been awsome to help with some of the house work too, the boys sure love her, thank goodness. Oh and probably the funnest news (atleast for the boys) they got bunkbeds and oh how they love them! Matt has done very well on his big boy bed & Jake loves getting to be on top cause he's so big. I know the beds aren't made but the boys were so excited to get to bed. I hope you all enjoy catching up with us, we love to see how you are all doing, sorry for all the slide shows but it was the easiest way to get caught up. Love Ya All. Melinda

Scott's 20/10 Birthday

For Scott's B-Day we did a Suprise Party for him. It was so much fun, we really suprised Scott, it was fun to have so many Family & Friends their with us. A special thanks to everyone who helped me there is no way I could have done it without all of you!!!!

2008 Family Reunion

Wow I don't know what to say other than we had a great time. We got to camp for about 10 days with Grandma & Grandpa and had lot's of others up durring the weekends & weekdays. The pics should say it all. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa we had a great time, and can't wait for next year!

4th of July

We had such a good time over the 4th. Yep we were at the Ranch again, we sure love that place, especially the people that usually come with it. It is so fun to get to spend time with so much of our family while we are there. The Brinton's let us crash with them again, and we are sure greatful, the boys have even taken to them as an extra set of Grandparents :-). My kids are sure lucky to have so much family that spoil them and love them. We had some strage weather while we were there some sun, rain, snow, & even hail. But it was all worth it to get to be out enjoying good company.

Never a dull Moment...

Well it seems like we are constantly bandaging something, kissing something better, & going to the Doc. I am not sure if my kids are just clutzy or accident prone or if it is just the fact that they are boys. An we all know "Boys will be Boys!" this happened on Saturday (not at father's & sons) We were outside working on the trailer & boat getting them all washed up and the boys were playing in the back yard. When I heard Jake crying & went to the back to get him and he was coming aroud the front holding his head bleeding. He had been trying to do the Monkey Bars all by himself (he did tell me he's not big enough to do them and will get help from now on.) when he fell hitting the side of his head. Lucky for us it wasn't to deep and we were able to just butterfly it shut rather than having to do stitches. Poor kid hopefully we won't have to bad of a scar! Never seems to getting boring around here.

Gone Fishing

Scott had Monday off and we decided to take the boys Fishing. We got to the lake and got set up and it was so beautiful it reminds me why I am so lucky to live here. Jake had a great time casting and reeling his line back in, my reel broke about 20min into our adventure which is ok as I got to take more pictures that way. We say the coolest birds I'm not sure if it was a pelican or something like that but it was very neat to see it so close up. At one point Matt was so excited to see what Scott was doing and started to run down the little hill to be with him and of course tripped and fell head first into the lake (so sad I didn't have my camera for that..) Once we got him changed he was good for the moment. With no luck we went to the next lake and atleast saw fish in the lake even though we got no bites!!! The bugs were horrible and they were bitting plenty. I guess we'll have to try for earlier in the morning or closer to dusk if we want any bites from the fish. The boys had a good time but by the time we left the 2nd lake I think they had hat it. Hope it goes better next time.

Hard at Work

We were all out working on the yard and getting the trailer ready to sell and the boys couldn't not stay away! It is so fun to see them want to help and be a part of "everything" even when it is more work for you in the end. I had to grab the cammera I just thought they were so cute. It was a wonder that the trailer ever got wet with the amount of water the boys had everywhere else.