4th of July

We attended our annual neighborhood parade this year around the block, Eli and Ella both decorated their stroller and bike just for the day. Elijah ended up not riding his bike so Chris and I took turns carrying it, I will be very happy when he learns how to pedal a bike.We sat in the fire truck too at the end of the parade but the camera decided not to work when Chris tried to take the picture, so you will just have to take my word for it.

Father's Day 2010

Dad and the kids pose for a picture on the porch this morning, I still can't believe we are now a family of 5. We are truly blessed to have such a beautiful, happy, and healthy family.

Water Fight

Dad joined in...

and they both went after Ethan

Ethan turns 11

inside the tackle box

Ethan opening his tackle box we gave him for fishing

Ella holding onto the gate, look at Brownie

smiles

Fun at Maggie Moo's

Here they are with a smile

This is what happened last night when we went to get ice cream at Maggie Moo's. There was a giant cardboard picture of a roller coaster that you could stick your head into for pictures, and of course that is the first thing Elijah tried to destroy when we arrived. He almost knocked it over twice. By the end of our visit he finally figured out that you were supposed to stick your head into the hole for picture and I took two cute pictures!
Here is the funny face

Chuck e Cheese Pictures

Chuck e Cheese

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Ella started crawling all over this week and pulling herself up on anything she can grab onto. This is bad for me since I now have to vacumn daily and watch her more closely or she falls over on her head. Even though she can pull herself up she cannot balance at all.

Eli was invited to a party at Chuck e Cheese on Saturday and was having a great time until he heard over the loud speaker that Chuck e would be coming out in 5 min. Panic set in and he was soon hiding for dear life under Ella's blanket. He ended up taking a picture next to him and he even said "Hi" when we walked by him.

Fun in May

This month has been a busy one so far and it is almost over, here are some highlights from our month so far.....

I hosted bunco last week and our theme was "Casino Night" and we had a blast

Ethan caught his first fish in Trail

Ella has started sitting up ..

and has started crawling , she was carrying her hair ribbon in her mouth the other day while crawling around. It was pretty funny in person.

Ella discovered the kitchen gate today and found a cat on the other side.

Fun at the Fair

Dad and Boo

Eli and Ethan on the roller coaster

Ethan on the Ferris Wheel

Me and Boo

Ethan holding Eli on the big slide


We took the boys to the fair by Eagles that comes every year and Elijah had the best time ever. He has no fear of any of the rides and wanted to ride all of them. It was so fun to watch him on the rides with Ethan. Some of the rides had a height restriction which was really disappointing to Eli since he thought he should be able to ride all the rides. The roller coaster was Eli's favorite ride, he rode on it twice screaming the whole time!!

Ella 6 months old

Ella is up on her knees all the time know rocking back and forth

she also likes to push up in a plank position

big smiles all the time

Ella definitely has eyes for her dad

Bloomsday 2010

Before the Race getting ready to head downtown

Ethan with his two friends

Ethan and I completed another successful Bloosday this year, with Ethan once again beating me with his friends. I was happy I completed it faster than I have for the past couple years. My official time was 1 hour 33 min 48 sec and Ethan finished in 1 hour 31 min 56 sec.

Fishing with Ethan and Eli

We took Ethan fishing on Saturday morning as part of the Fish-In program. Ethan and Eli went out on the dock and had a chance to catch 3 fish in 45 min. It was a pretty fun morning for Ethan and Eli since they have been wanting to go fishing for quite awhile. Ethan caught 3 small rainbow trout, and Eli caught 1 (the biggest one) rainbow trout.

Out on the dock at Clear Lake

afterwards with Hube, Ethan and Eli

Cleaning the fish

Ethan with the fish

Eli with the fishing pole

Eli eating the fish...yum yum

Do Right does it again.....

Chris played in the Rec League playoffs this past week at Eagles and his team won! Here is a picture of his team and a great shot of him scoring a goal!

Easter 2010

Uncle Joe and Ella

Eli searching for eggs at Grandma Jensen's nursing home

me trying to get a picture of Eli with eggs

Eli, Ella and Uncle Joe

We went to Boise for Spring Break and came home Easter Sunday, we had a lot of fun visiting all our family and cousin while we were there.