Lucas has conquered his fear of slides. This slide is really tall. He would either climb up the stairs or climb up the slide part and slide back down by himself. Boy, its nerve racking to watch my baby growing up. I kept wondering if this was too grown up for him to do by himself. He did fine.

First ice cream cone

I'll be some of you have a hard time believing that, huh?
I've never given Lucas an ice cream cone. I figure he doesn't need that much at once. He got this prize from his cousin Jadon ( also 2). Jadon was shivering while eating it. Then he was sharing it with Lucas. Finally he simply gave it to Lucas and went back to his house to warm up and clean up.

mosquito bites

Ahhhh.... The one thing I don't miss about Minnesota is the state bird.... The Mosquitoes! Lucas had huge welts on his head from their bites. This picture doesn't do them justice. He had goose egg sized lumps all over his head.

How to Make Play dough!Mixing the dry ingredients.

Tasting the dry ingredients.

Mommy and Aunty Genni helping with the boiling water.

The finished product.

More sprinkler pictures

These pictures are from before we went to Minnesota. Here's my naked farmer boy.

















Getting a drink


















Filling the watering can.

She's laughing

Hello All,

I don't have a picture or video of this... Abrianna started laughing last night. I was tickling her neck. It was so precious to hear those giggles. My baby will be 4 months old next week. She can reach for things now. She tries to shove peoples fingers in her mouth too.

Minnesota

Hello from the green

state of Minnesota!

My brother Kyle took these pictures of Lucas with his cousin Jadon. Alyssa is into Cowboys/horses and Kyle's into the Civil War- hence the hats.

I'm sure you've all heard through the grapevine by now, that Rick has a job in the tri-cities. He started a week ago.

My mother has a saying, "God is seldom early, but never late".

I had resigned myself to the fact that God must want us to move. Rick was to leave Thursday the 31st. He received a job offer from Vista Engineering on Wednesday. He hadn't heard back from the city of Walla Walla either. The city was supposed to call him back by Thursday. So, he called them and they said to call back Friday morning. That seemed to be cutting things really close to me. Long story short,Vista Engineering ( Rick worked there for several months as a temp. employee) offered Rick a job for $4,000 more per year.That ought to cover the extra commuting costs. We already have health, vision, and dental insurance. Hurrah! The vacation days and paid holidays are comparable too. We get to keep our house. My business will remain intact too:-)

The kids and I will be flying back to the state of Washington Thursday.

See you all soon.