Here's some pictures from Nathan's birthday party. He's walking all over the place now and is making tons of noise, even
if he doesn't talk very much yet. I can't believe he's been in our family for a whole year now.
Here are some of my favorite pictures of Nathan's first year. Enjoy!
Just thought I'd take a minute while it was quiet around here and update the blog for this past week. A couple of weeks ago we decided that since Rebekah was having a half day last Friday that it would be a good time to go camping and invite our friends, the Hale's to go with us. It worked out really well even though the Hale's almost didn't make it due to an unfortunate turn of events involving their truck and Neal. Everything turned out okay though and we had a great time. We decided to go to Lynx Lake. I remember going there as a kid and thought it would be fun to go back. Things have changed a lot since then I guess, because you used to be able to just turn off the road and find a good spot to set up your tent. Well now it's all developed camping (very nice with restrooms and everything). I personally like it when there are less people around. To me that's the whole point of going camping is to get away from the city and the noise and everything, but we decided that for family camping it's not so bad since it's really close to town and has toilets. It was kind of funny because when we first arrived we could only find one camping spot and it happened to be next to this nice couple that wasn't too fond of kids. The girls decided to ask the lady if they could pet her dog to which she told them they could, but when they reached out to pet the little dog in her arms she kind of cringed like she didn't really want them touching the dog. When I saw that I went back and told Colleen, "They're going to hate us!" We were a campers worst nightmare for neighbors. Four little kids and a dog! Fortunately we had sent the guys out to check and see if there were any other campsites available that looked better. They did happen to find one that worked out better and there were actually other kids around, so I didn't feel so bad when our kids made a ton of noise.
The next day we went on a hike around the lake. It was just the right length to wear everyone out. Isaac actually made it hiking halfway, and then he got really grumpy and tired so we put Nathan in the snuggly for me to carry, and Isaac in the backpack so he could take a nap and degrumpify(yes this is a word I've come to use quite often in association with Isaac). Along the way we got to see lizards, a horny toad, ducks, and a crane. All in all it was a really nice camping trip. I'm so glad we were able to at least sneak one in there before the end of summer. I told Dwayne maybe next summer I'd like to go on a backpacking trip just the two of us. I think that would be really fun. Who knows anything is possible right? Maybe I can actually get my wish.
Right now my mom, Sharice, and Kael are visiting for a few days. Sharice and Kael are staying with me while mom is with my grandma and grandad. It's been fun having Sharice around and last night Dwayne had fun remembering what it's like to hold such a little one again (not that he's out of practice since it hasn't hardly even been a year since Nathan being born). I told Dwayne I think I'm to the point that I can enjoy having them visit without wanting another one of my own. We'll see how long that lasts.
Okay the quiet moment has passed around here and unfortunately I didn't bring my camera on the campout. Both Colleen and I forgot our cameras and thought no big deal the other one would remember. Oh well. So I found a pic of Lynx Lake on the internet to give you and idea of what it looks like. This is what it looked like hiking down from our campsite. Enjoy!
He just started doing this on Monday last week when I left him home with Dwayne. I know this isn't very nice to do to Nathan, but he only says it when I'm not in the room! If you turn up the sound you can hear his first word and it's not dada! That was Rebekah and Isaac's first word so I was surprised.
Since I haven't posted anything all week thought I should post something. Last Saturday (yes almost a week ago) Dwayne, Rebekah, and I went to Waterworld while the boys stayed at home with Grandma Day. Rebekah loved having the time to herself without any brothers and felt very grownup. The highlights of the trip were probably Rebekah's comments of, "That was awesome!" after being a little scared of the height and then getting the courage to go down the big slide, and at the end when she did her little pouty lip and said, "We can't leave! I don't want to forget this day!" And then after I told her she could keep her wristband she clutched it and said, "I"m never taking it off so I can remember always!" (The wristband stayed on until Monday at Riley's birthday Party.) Thanks to Ann at Dwayne's work for the tickets.
Rebekah also got to go to her cousin Riley's birthday party. There were tons of kids there and there were hotdogs, hamburgers, and swimming. Rebekah's favorite part I think though was when Riley opened her presents because she just knew Riley was going to share the present she picked out for her. (Which she was nice enough to let Rebekah play with it before she went home.)
And lastly, this week we decided to start looking for a house. The market is so low right now we can afford a pretty good sized one so we're going to try to take advantage. Only thing is most houses in our price range are short sale or foreclosed, so it may take a while, but we should get a really good deal in the end. At least that's what we're hoping!
