My "BIG" baby boy!

So we get these coolers once a month with Adrienne's shots in them.  Then I put duck tape on them to keep the lid on them and to add a little color. We have 13 now (I have had to throw a few away) but get a new one each month! He loves them!

He pushed his highchair into the family room and climbed in and was just sitting there watching TV

We swapped out his crib for a bed since he tried to climb out of his bed head first, and well I really shouldn't be picking him up. When we (I was involved and really tried hard not to lift things) first put the bed down he climbed on and put his feet out the end of the bed in that little slot and hung onto the top of the fire truck and said "go go" and then Trevor pulled it up to the wall, and then he kept doing it thinking it would still "go"!

We made a bunch of changes to his room since he can get up and roam whenever I figured I should remove the changing table, and go to a shorter dresser. He likes to climb a lot.  He was getting really mad at Braden and Paul for moving his dresser into Adrienne's room (Adrienne loves it though), and then all night he was just really clingy!  He did take his nap (very short) and he is sleeping in it now.  I just sit in there with him till he goes to sleep.  Mom not to worry he is using your blanket, but when I took the picture he found this blanket that his great-grandma Campbell made and thought it was cool and had to try it out, but we switched back because your is warmer, bigger, and it has other trucks on it so it goes with the fire truck!  Braden laid down on this bed, and well Edward was not very happy about that and wasted no time in letting Braden know he better get off his bed! So yes my baby boy is getting bigger, but my baby he always will be!

Others

By Charles D. Meigs (written sometime between 1890 and 1902)
Lord help me live from day to day
In such a self-forgetful way
That even when I kneel to pray
My prayer shall be for – Others.

Help me in all the work I do
To ever be sincere and true
And know that all I do for you
Must needs be done for – Others.

Let “Self” be crucified and slain
And buried deep; and all in vain
May efforts be to rise again
Unless to live for – Others.

And when my work on earth is done
And my new work in heaven’s begun
May I forget the crown I’ve won
While thinking still of – Others.

Others, Lord, yes others
Let this my motto be
Help me to live for others
That I may live like Thee.

Happy Halloween!!

We have had this little pumpkin in our home for about a month now.  Edward thinks it is a ball, I am really surprised it made it to Halloween in one piece! This is Braden texting and carving at the same time!

Braden's job was to help Edward, and he did a good job!

Yes this is Adrienne's 50 lb pumpkin!

Check out how thick it was at the top!

Edward Helping draw the picture, he also had marker all over himself with Braden's help!

Ready Mad Hatter, Lucy, Alice and Dumbo for the Trunk or Treat?

Looks like he is ready for flight! 

Adrienne's is being held together with pins, & Edwards has a cleft lip, But I think they all turned out pretty good!

On Halloween Braden is going to a friend’s house to help scare trick or treaters.  Adrienne is going to the singles activity at the Rollerdrome, Oliver has to work, but will probably get off early when things die down, and he may head out to that same activity.  Trick or treating is dead in our neighborhood, so I think we will take Edward down to where Braden will be and let him do just a little trick or treating.  Tonight Edward was just running all over the place having a blast not really getting it.  Trevor just followed him around, and let him go where ever he wanted, and  he was just running around out in the big field.  When Adrienne saw this she just did not think it was right and showed him what it was all about.  He did pretty good until he felt the other kids needed to give him candy too, then Adrienne tried to turn around and come back on the other side where more cars were lined up…he just couldn’t see that the cars were on both sides, and kept trying to go back to where he was and keep gong the same direction.  The good thing about the not into eating is I was able to just give him 1 peanut butter cup and he was good.

Hope you all have a happy Halloween. 

It is ok to see cousins with out going to a funeral!

My sister Mary reminded me of this as she was telling me about a conversation she was having with another cousin.  Something like "Ya know it is really nice seeing you, but I wish it wasn't under these circumstances"  So now she has started making time to get together with different cousins that are close by, and maybe just going to lunch, or what ever.  Well a few months ago Katie Ripplinger (Wayne & Karen's daughter) moved up here to the Treasure Valley.  It has been a long time since I have had family live so close, so after getting off the phone with Mary that day I contacted Katie to plan a time to do something together.  We planned a hike in Juniper Gulch!  We went yesterday, it was only her and her oldest son Makade.

This is a fairly recent picture of her family.  Her youngest is 1 month older that Edward, so we are going to get the 2 of them together more often. Then Makade is 9 Alxis is 7 Teigan (boy)6 and Tiagh (girl)6 and Reilly is 20 months.  This picture was taken out side the Logan Temple.  Her husband David just opened his own dental office just a few miles from our house, but he didn't take our insurance so we went somewhere else.

This rock is called "the frozen wave"  and well Adrienne always wanted to catch a wave and figured this was the perfect time!

We couldn't have ordered up a more perfect day!  The weather was awesome, and the sky was so blue, and well this is everyone but me cuz I took the picture.  Braden at the lead with Makade, then Trevor with Edward on his back then Adrienne, the Bob (our friend and dentist) and Katie.

So Edward and I would hang out, and everyone else climbed around on the rocks.  He didn't mind so much cuz it gave him time out of the back pack, and well I really didn't mind keeping my feet on the ground! Here he is kicking up the dirt!

I took some pictures of Adrienne and Trevor jumping across a split in the rocks as they were climbing around. 

I had to get this quick cuz he was sliding down, he didn't like to be up on the rocks so much, well by himself.

They thought maybe they could come down this way, but then decided not and came down another way.

We are in Juniper Gulch, so we there should be at least one Juniper salute!

K maybe 3

"The cutest Boise State Bronco fan on the planet!" quoting Mary from face book.

This is all of us, well you might ask "What about Bob?" Well he is taking the picture!  This is Toad Stool Rock! but now we call it poop rock because we have now changed 2 of Edward's poopy diapers here.  I was also hoping for some fall colors, but I guess if you go to a place called "Juniper" Gulch you should not expect much.  There were many rocks with a lot of different colors, and well with our blue and orange we added a little color too!

I think this looks a little like PAC-man eating a pellet.

Just playing around!

Braden and Makade found a sniper spot!

I just really couldn't get enough of the rocks!  It was amazing!

This is about the only time I freaked out!  I could not see how close to the edge Adrienne and Trevor where, and after watching them for a bit, I started getting dizzy and I could really feel my little spot where I was shrinking fast, and knew I just needed to turn around and walk away. Other than that I did pretty good!

As we where walking out I looked up and I saw this little hole (well I am sure it is not that little) but from my perspective it was little, (can't see if very well in this picture) with the sun right behind it....did I mention the amazing weather, and the blue sky!

Well I had to get a few butt shots!

Katie and Makade...we hadn't told them about the Juniper Salute yet!

Adrienne liked this tree and just didn't want to take a picture of the tree!

This is where I was at when I freaked out a bit! (looking and Trevor and Adrienne)

I still catch my breath a bit looking at this picture...I am glad I didn't see this happen!

He didn't quite fall a sleep before we got him down and had lunch, and then he slept all the way home!

Well we had a wonderful day, and recorded the football game and watched it later (what a great game)!  I am really feeling it today,  but don't regret a second of it!  And well if any of you decide you want to come and check it out I would do it again a million times over!  It is a beautiful place, and a fun place to go!  I guess next weekend I will need to go in search of fall colors somewhere else that doesn't have "Juniper" in it name!