Merry Christmas 2010

Caden (with Buck looking on) digs through his stocking!

Colton opening up his new ipod Touch...looks pretty happy huh?

Boys opening up their new laptops. It was a high tech kind of Christmas here.

What is it? What is it? Hip waders from Jerry for Caden!

Buck - please say it is over!!

I hope you all had a warm and wonderful Christmas. We sure did. The best gift of all? My Mom being here with us this year. THAT was the best. Love her.

September Birthdays!!

Colton and I both celebrated our birthdays this month. Colton's was a low-key family only party (he is actually having the rest of it this weekend - a few good friends are spending the night. Junk food and Xbox...a teenager's dream.)

Mine, however, was a pretty large affair. A few good friends of mine organized a Fabulous 40th Fiesta. Complete with a margarita punch, sombreros and plenty of mexican food, family and friends crowded around to help me celebrate the big 4-0! Was so nice actually. I didn't feel any different waking up at 40 than I did waking up at 39. huh.

What we have been up to!

We have had a very busy summer! Devin and I did the Alaska Zipline up at Eaglecrest this past weekend. What a blast! That first platform was truly a leap of faith! It was really fun.

Caden started Kindergarten last week. This is Mrs. Currier. She is an awesome teacher and so far (knock on wood!), Caden is doing great!


Before summer came to an end, we took our annual trip up to Whitehorse, B.C. This picture was taken at the Fish Ladder, one of the world's longest all-wooden fish ladders. We could see the fish through a window running upstream to spawn.

We picked lots and lots and lots of blueberries. 16 cups to be exact! I made tons of blueberry jam and if you are lucky enough...some might appear in your holiday gift boxes!

Finally, on July 4th, we had a lot more than just fireworks come to town....Nana flew in from Phoenix to spend a wonderful week with us. We relaxed, we made beer batter halibut, we went whale watching, and we just visited. Perfect!

Caden's 5th birthday!

Today is Caden's golden birthday. He turned 5 on the 5th of April. I had never heard this expression before but it sure fits him to a "T". He is a joyous, bubble of engery. Always inquisitive, always helping, and always full of questions. He is very golden to us!

Opening his treasure box he got from Gramma. It was full of all kinds of treasures. Candy, squiggly creatures, wind up toys, and balls.

He got a huge monster truck too!

AND a movie!