April 2010

Easter Sunday

Every Easter the Easter bunny brings the boys swimsuits, their favorite mini cereal, a chocolate bunny, and hides the eggs the boys decorated the day before. Here are the boy in their new swimsuits. I should have taken pictures of decorating eggs and the boys all dressed up for church. Oops, dropped the ball on that this year!

Happy Birthday, Parker!

On April 6th, 2005 at 8:30am we were blessed with a baby boy. We couldn't imagine our lives without our energetic, full of smiles, tough little Parker. He is a joy to have in our home.

For Parker's 5th birthday he got to have a friend party. His birthday party theme was Hotwheels and he invited about 12 friends over to celebrate. It was a BLAST!

Parker is lucky to share his birthday with his good buddy (cousin), Matthew.

The birthday party guests

Parker and his Race track cake

Parker and his birthday couch, full of all his favorite things!

Snow White Play

Taylor stepped out of his comfort zone and tried out for the Missoula Theater Company School Play. He not only got a part but a pretty important one at that. He was King Backwards, Snow White's father. He was hilarious and knew all of his lines! It was so much fun watching him and seeing him grow with this experience. I am so, so, so proud of him!

Robie Creek Race

Tol challenged himself this year to run in the Robie Creek 1/2 Marathon Race. It is one of the toughest in the Northwest.

At the starting line, Taylor, Brayden, and Tol got temporary tattoos.

After crossing the finish line he said to me, "Check". It was brutal and he doesn't have any desire to do it again. He did really great, though. :o)

Timberline Fun Run

Every year we run the THS Fun Run together as a family. The boys do the Kids 1 Miler and Tol and I run the 5k. This year was Parker's first year of finishing the whole mile! Woohoo, he did great! I love this family tradition!

I ran the 1 miler with my nephew, Levi. At the end I slowed way down and he told Uncle Bart, "I was super fast at the end. I even beat Aunt Nikki!" He was so excited!

The boys were excited to finish the kids 1 miler with their best time. I am so proud of them!

Brandie and I ran the 5k together

Tol and me before the 5k

Brayden knew how much his teacher, Miss Hoover, loves running so he invited her to the THS FUN RUN!

Brayden's 2nd season of Soccer...he's lovin' it!

Minute to Win It

We got into watching the new TV game show, "Minute to Win It". Contestants have 1 minute to do various quirky challenges. Here is a rundown of the challenges we did:

Cookie Challenge - Start with a cookie on your forward, and without using your hands move it to your mouth.

Nose Dive - Move 5 cotton balls from one bowl to another 5 feet away using your nose dipped in petroleum jelly.

Elephant Walk - With a nylon over your head and a basball at the end, swing your "trunk" to knock down 8 water bottles

Junk in the Trunk - Attach an empty kleenex box filled with 8 ping-pong balls to your bum and shake with all your might to get those ping-pong to drop out of the box