Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hello to all,
Happy Holidays my camera is broken so no pictures at this time. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did it at the new house it was nice to have it here. Christine is getting big she has lost two teeth. She is doing really great at school. New job is going well.
Love to all,
Me

Birthday Party at school!

I'm really having a hard time believing that my child is really five. Time flies so fast!!! She was just a little tiny baby in my arms.





Here she poses and shows off that tooth less smile. She got to wear the birthday pin and the crown all day. She really had a great birthday week!

Pumpkin Patch with Class

We went to the 7 oaks farm with Christines Pre-K class. She is doing really good and likes St. Annes alot. My Mom met us at there and we hung out with her for the day over in medford.




Christine and Mom enjoy the hay ride.


After the Pumpkin patch we had lunch with a friend and the went and saw some of Christine's friends, 8 week old brittany spaniels pups that she has been playing with since they were little pupies.





Aren't they cute!!!!
She is so good with animals.

Christine turns 5!!!

I believe Birthdays are really important. We didn't do the big party like usual because of weather and with the new house stuff. So this is how we celebrated my baby turning 5.

We had a 4 girl friends come and join Christine and I for dinner. My best friend Linda was also there to help me with the girls. Todd was over seeing a work party at the new house. The girls are all friends and got along really well. Grace has the yellow crown, Alex has the blue crown, Christine has the red, Rebecca has the purple, and Jaidyn is in the pink.


We were at Angela's Mexican restaurant. Our Favorite waiter Tony served the girls double shot Shirley Temples and quesadilla's.


As we left I got one more picture of the crew at Angela's. We had a great time! On the way to the movies I was serenaded to all the songs of High School Musical and got to hear how cute Troy Bolton was. For goodness sakes these kids are only five and younger and already talking about cute boys. CRAZY!!!!




This was the pack at the movies. We took up the hole isle. We saw Game Plan with the Rock. It was really cute and the girls really liked it.









This was after the movie. We played some games and then went home. Doesn't everyone look tired.




The next morning we got up early and had breakfast with the Willaman Clan. Here is Christine and Matt snuggling up at Hearts.

Christine loses her first tooth!

Christine lost here first tooth on Tuesday the 2nd. It was wiggle and bothersome at school the teacher looked and saw it hang by a thread and told her to pull it out. She saw a little blood and asked her teacher pulled it out. She was a real trooper.

Christine didn't want to put it under her pillow because she wanted to keep it. So we had to write the tooth fairy a note to see if she would leave it for her. The tooth fairy let the tooth and a dollar.

Christine, Rebecca, & Daisy

Christine & Rebecca are best friends. We were just goofing off in town. We have decorated bears like this one all over town and the kids love to get there picture taken with them.

New House is looking good!

Building this house has been get we go up there every night to see what is new. Christine likes to catch lizards and get dirty with the dogs while we are there. We just can't wait to get in there.


Here is the front view of the house. It is not painted yet but will be soon!

This is the view from the front door. These are the cabinets for kitchen & bathrooms.



This is a shot from the back door.Things are going really good. We can't wait to get in there!
Hope you like

First Day of Pre-Kindergarden!!!!

Christine on her first day of school. Her bag was filled with all her supplies(& it weighed a ton). This the unifom she has to wear.(yeah!!no more fights about outfit choices) Oh yeah the school is St. Annes Catholic school & she loves it. She is going to be a real smarty pants! They have had homework every night since it started.

Todds New Toy!!

Todd's new Tractor....a great way to travel...
(Yes that is a person in the bucket)


Christine & the Boy's....take a ride up to the new house.
I don't ride....so I can get the hurt person to the hospital if need be.

We now have all the attachments. Todd is giving up teaching and becoming a farmer.(ha ha)

Josephine County Fair

The fair was great fun!!! The girls got to hold little ducklings.

Below Christne is petting a baby calf. The girls really enjoyed the Petting Zoo.


Here the party girls are riding the rides with hands in the air. Look at those smiles ;)

Linda's Mom Peggy was great she paid for the girls to ride the rides and she also bought some really good fair food. You know the kind cotton candy, ice cream.....we were on a sugar High!

The picture above was of the girls showing off there rocks they got at the gem booth.

The Fair was a really fun time. The girls rode every ride they were tall enough for and crashed hard when they were done. We got to walk around and look at all the exibits when we need the shade.
We love the fair!!!!!

My Birthday Week!!!

In My family we celebrate a birthday week. Todd thinks we are crazy but thats how we roll.
My week stared with a celebration with almost all my family at the Annual Mahannual(our big family campout). I was completly spoiled and want to thank everyone so much!!!!
On my actual birthday I got a beautiful watch, a bird feeder, a great steak dinner and this wonderful cake. Christine & Todd did a great job. It was really nice.

On Tuesday my Mom took Christine for the night so Todd & I could go take a break at the coast.(much need) We had a great time..Maxing & Relaxing!

This is us in front of a light hoouse we checked out.





















This was a really fun part of our trip.I begged Todd to do this.... it was so funny. We drove thur this tree down at the Red Wood. This tree was huge.
We also went to the Casino & won a little money....can't say how much. Don't want the IRS to track us down. Ha Ha!

Things have been great this week lots of lunch & dinner dates. My friends and family are the Best!!!

Thanks everyone for making this week so great!!

Fun at the River

We have spent many a night down by the river trying to cool off. Here are some shots of Christine & friends.


Christine is here with Grace her long time friend & Look is Donkey from Sherk.

I'm not sure who this is but it sure looks like fun!



Christine has picked up some new past times this summer........Here she is panning for gold.
I hope she strikes it rich so i can quite work....She is in love with the river!!




Todd & I are trying to stay cool...Ha Ha
These Hippos were chilling when we went to wild life Safari.
Summer as we know it is winding down. Boy it went fast this year!!

Summer Fun with Cousins

Here are some of Christines Cousins & our friend Jordan. They were getting a quick snack after playing on the water slide most of the morning.Pictured Left to right Christine, Jordan, Jewel, and Jaron.

Our New House

As you may know we are building a house on our property. Really exciting!!!

This was the start & then this is where we were at a couple of weeks ago. We now have a roof, electrical, siding and much more. We can't wait to celebrate our new home. Will keep you posted on the move in date & the house warming party.

Summer Time Blues

Hi everyone! Sorry i haven't blogged lately. We have been moving, changing jobs, and builing a new house. Look for new post in the next week or so. Christine is getting so big and keeps us on our toes.
We love & miss you all.

Fathers Day !!!

Happy Fathers Day!!

Fathers Day was celebrated early this year at our house. Todd has been gone for every fathers day due to Football camp. He & his team were gone most of the week. He was missed terribly by Christine. She was really glad when he got home & is looking forward to spending the rest of summer at home with Dad.

Here Todd is holding his one of a kind tie-dye shirt made for him by Christine. He received other gifts as well. Christine was really proud of her creation.

Trip to Jessie's Graduation

We had a really great trip! I was so good to see all the Tillamook family. Jessies graduation was really nice & we made a funny sign for her. Christine was really excited to get her picture with the grad. It was weird...How many of you remember Jessie as that winey kid. Now she is all grown up and really great!

Time sure flies by!!

Jim was the proud papa! He poses with the kids...doesn't Jimmy looked thrilled. Gotta love it! All the family in attendance had a really great dinner after the gradution & Jim's house. Thanks Jim for taking such good car of us!!

My Little Grad! She graduated from Preschool the day before but didn't get to wear a cool hat. So she borrowed Jessies for the photo opt.

Abby & Christine in tiedye that they made.

Christine with her Teacher Julie after her graduation.

Christine's Graduation from Preschool

Christine graduated from preschool on friday of last week. The had a carnival party & had lost of fun. This her friend Abby. They are both in there tiedye t-shirts that they made the week before. It was really fun & they were a great class.