Five of the seven brothers - James, Brandon, carson, Brian & Justin...
Monday, July 30, 2007
Any excuse for a party!
Uncle Justin and Aunt Rachel and little 'Liza leave this week for Virginia! This weekend we got the fam together for a big bbq/going away party! It was nice having the family together - we all agreed that we should "do this more often" but with everyone's busy schedule, the odds are slim! I took a ton of misc pics - mostly for grandma Lee to see (I even left them a little bigger than usual so she could click on them and see everyone up close).
Five of the seven brothers - James, Brandon, carson, Brian & Justin...
Five of the seven brothers - James, Brandon, carson, Brian & Justin...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Happy Birthday Dear Jason, Happy Birthday to You!
Those of you who know me well know that I've spent the last 24 hours or so saying things like, "13 years ago, right now, I was packing my bag for the hospital" and "13 years ago, right now, my water broke" etc, etc.
Well, 13 years ago, right now, I was holding my first baby. I was a mommy for the very first time. It was such an amazing feeling - and it hasn't changed a single bit over the past thirteen years. Jason was a gift of a first baby - he made parenting easy - made us look like we had half a clue as to what we were doing! He's still a pretty darn good kid - his brothers and sisters adore him...and his parents think he's pretty special too!
Here he is, all 9 lb 9 oz and 20.5 inches of him! Jason Kendall Lee!
And now here he is - all 101 pounds and 64 inches of him!
I joke with Jason and call him "Princess" all of the time - every once in a while, he will have a sissy moment and we all enjoy his reaction when I call him princess! That family joke made this gift bag too good to pass up!
Well, 13 years ago, right now, I was holding my first baby. I was a mommy for the very first time. It was such an amazing feeling - and it hasn't changed a single bit over the past thirteen years. Jason was a gift of a first baby - he made parenting easy - made us look like we had half a clue as to what we were doing! He's still a pretty darn good kid - his brothers and sisters adore him...and his parents think he's pretty special too!
Here he is, all 9 lb 9 oz and 20.5 inches of him! Jason Kendall Lee!
And now here he is - all 101 pounds and 64 inches of him!
I joke with Jason and call him "Princess" all of the time - every once in a while, he will have a sissy moment and we all enjoy his reaction when I call him princess! That family joke made this gift bag too good to pass up!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Swimming at the lake!
Jacob had a Cub Scout Pack Meeting last night at Deer Lake. We spent the first hour swimming and the hotdogs and awards followed. It was so much fun. The water was warm and it was a small group of kids so the swimming area wasn't crowded. Jason wasn't with us - he was with his Scout Troop passing off merit badges!
Madilyn
Joseph
Jaynie
Maggie
Jared
Jacob
Malorie
Madilyn
Joseph
Jaynie
Maggie
Jared
Jacob
Malorie
Monday, July 23, 2007
Morning Visitors
I was up early this morning and saw our little deer family in the back yard and took some pictures. Brandon keeps reminding me that when we have a garden next year, these "cute little deer" are going to be the same "cute little deer" who eat all of our vegetables and flowers! "Giant rats with antlers" is what I think he called them. So I'm going to enjoy them as much as I can this summer, just in case he's right and I really hate them next year! I took the pictures through our living room windows - they are in our backyard, about 30 feet out our back door.
Saturday in the park
This weekend we had a church potluck, party, playday thing. We rented the public pool for an hour and then had a picnic dinner and played games. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast at the pool!
Jared has turned into a fish this summer! We are just amazed at how well he swims. I guess when you're the younger brother, you learn a lot by watching the older kids!
Jacob found the box w/ the goggles last week and we can hardly get them off his head!
Jason has Scout Camp in another week and talked his dad and a lifeguard at the pool to see if his "technique" would pass the swim test at camp! (It does! ha ha)
Megan is Jared's runner up when it comes to swimming. She would spend all day in the pool if we'd let her!
Even Joseph got to get in the big pool. Once he was in with dad, there was no taking him out! He loves being in the water!
There's our pretty little cheese-ball Maddie! I wanted to catch her without her seeing me, but I obviously failed!
Malorie LOVED swimming in the "pool with the red ladders". She hung on to the wall for the first several minutes, and then she realized that she could move around the pool with her life-jacket...I didn't see much of her again until our time in the pool was up!
Jaynie stayed on the side with mom. She got in for a few minutes with Malorie and hung on the wall...she looked so miserable! She wanted nothing to do with letting go, so we had her get out and watch the kids with mom and she was much happier!
How cute is this little boy?!
Jared has turned into a fish this summer! We are just amazed at how well he swims. I guess when you're the younger brother, you learn a lot by watching the older kids!
Jacob found the box w/ the goggles last week and we can hardly get them off his head!
Jason has Scout Camp in another week and talked his dad and a lifeguard at the pool to see if his "technique" would pass the swim test at camp! (It does! ha ha)
Megan is Jared's runner up when it comes to swimming. She would spend all day in the pool if we'd let her!
Even Joseph got to get in the big pool. Once he was in with dad, there was no taking him out! He loves being in the water!
There's our pretty little cheese-ball Maddie! I wanted to catch her without her seeing me, but I obviously failed!
Malorie LOVED swimming in the "pool with the red ladders". She hung on to the wall for the first several minutes, and then she realized that she could move around the pool with her life-jacket...I didn't see much of her again until our time in the pool was up!
Jaynie stayed on the side with mom. She got in for a few minutes with Malorie and hung on the wall...she looked so miserable! She wanted nothing to do with letting go, so we had her get out and watch the kids with mom and she was much happier!
How cute is this little boy?!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Make yourself comfy...this one's a doooozy!
Wow! What a busy couple of days we've had already this week! It started Sunday afternoon when we had Uncle Brian over for lunch. He came to town to go on the annual "brothers camp out" thingy that they do. The kids enjoyed spending a few hours playing with him - he's such a good sport!
Early Monday morning, Brandon and his brothers left for a week of camping in Montana...so, the kids and mom packed up and went to grandma's house for a couple of days. It never feels like we get to stay long enough (to us anyway...I'm sure to grandma it feels plenty long) - but we packed a TON of things in to 2 days!
We started first thing Monday picking the apples in grandma's yard. We got them in the house and made some amazing applesauce. It was such a domestic moment for me - and really all I did was pour it into containers to go into the freezer! LOL But the kids had a blast picking apples. Jason was the first one up the tree! He was followed closely by Jacob!
Megan is her mother's daughter and opted to stay safely on the ground and pick apples from there! There was a little bit of playing around going on, too!
Joseph enjoyed UNpicking the apples out of the bucket. At first he'd pick them out and take a bite out of each one - then he moved on to just hucking them down the hill. Good thing he's so cute!
Later Monday evening we went to Uncle Dick's house for family night. Joseph made quick friend's with the cat.
Malorie and Melanie took their cups and ran around the raspberry bushes picking berries.
Jason and Uncle Dick picked some zucchini and squash for us to take home.
Jared and Megan enjoyed taste testing the berries and peas from the garden.
Aunt Lori, Aunt Marlene, Uncle Mike and Maddie were raspberry picking die-hards!
LOOK! Mom made it in the blog - Joseph and mom (and her chins) playing the Binky game. I hold it by the back in my teeth and he grabs the bink from the front - looks like a big old sloppy kiss (and sometimes it is).
Melanie and Joseph "sharing" - well, not so much!
Maddie getting kisses from either Duncan or Dianna - one of Aunt Marlene's Yorkshire Terriers (I think that's what they are anyway).
After all of that tromping through the garden and the raspberries, Melanie's and Malorie's feet were DISGUSTING! I don't know that I've ever seen those two girlies so dirty before! So, a bath in grandma's kitchen sink was in order!
Tuesday morning we started some projects. First Maddie and Jason sewed together some wet bandannas for Jason to take to Scout Camp in a couple of weeks. They are the coolest thing. They start out as a tube and then we added I think the same thing that they put in baby diapers! LOL It absorbs water and then keeps your neck cool throughout the day from all the water stored like a soggy diaper! :)
Jacob ventured into the kitchen and made some Rice Crispy Treats!
Jared helped grandma pour the soggy diaper beads into the neck bandannas.
Malorie and Melanie got to sit down w/ grandma's smelly pens (remember those from grade school - blueberry is still my favorite) and some stickers and do a "project" of their own. (ps - Magic Eraser will get pen and stickers off of hardwood flooring)
Megan had a busy day! She got up before the rest of our family and made some raspberry jam with grandma - would share pictures of that, but like I said, she got up before the rest of us, so I missed the photo opportunity. Then she sewed a pillowcase that matched the curtains she also sewed for her bedroom!
We had a wonderful time at grandma's house! It was a fast and furious couple of days, but we loved every second of it!
We're home now waiting for dad to pull in from Montana. He and another brother couldn't take the whole week off work, so they're coming home early - wish he could stay longer, glad he's coming home. It's always fun to be gone - but it's nice to be back home!!
ALSO - see all those pictures up there? I'll have y'all know I uploaded them ALL in less than 2 minutes! Yes - our satellite internet connection is FINALLY up and running! (insert the sound of heavenly harp music) Wahooooo!
Early Monday morning, Brandon and his brothers left for a week of camping in Montana...so, the kids and mom packed up and went to grandma's house for a couple of days. It never feels like we get to stay long enough (to us anyway...I'm sure to grandma it feels plenty long) - but we packed a TON of things in to 2 days!
We started first thing Monday picking the apples in grandma's yard. We got them in the house and made some amazing applesauce. It was such a domestic moment for me - and really all I did was pour it into containers to go into the freezer! LOL But the kids had a blast picking apples. Jason was the first one up the tree! He was followed closely by Jacob!
Megan is her mother's daughter and opted to stay safely on the ground and pick apples from there! There was a little bit of playing around going on, too!
Joseph enjoyed UNpicking the apples out of the bucket. At first he'd pick them out and take a bite out of each one - then he moved on to just hucking them down the hill. Good thing he's so cute!
Later Monday evening we went to Uncle Dick's house for family night. Joseph made quick friend's with the cat.
Malorie and Melanie took their cups and ran around the raspberry bushes picking berries.
Jason and Uncle Dick picked some zucchini and squash for us to take home.
Jared and Megan enjoyed taste testing the berries and peas from the garden.
Aunt Lori, Aunt Marlene, Uncle Mike and Maddie were raspberry picking die-hards!
LOOK! Mom made it in the blog - Joseph and mom (and her chins) playing the Binky game. I hold it by the back in my teeth and he grabs the bink from the front - looks like a big old sloppy kiss (and sometimes it is).
Melanie and Joseph "sharing" - well, not so much!
Maddie getting kisses from either Duncan or Dianna - one of Aunt Marlene's Yorkshire Terriers (I think that's what they are anyway).
After all of that tromping through the garden and the raspberries, Melanie's and Malorie's feet were DISGUSTING! I don't know that I've ever seen those two girlies so dirty before! So, a bath in grandma's kitchen sink was in order!
Tuesday morning we started some projects. First Maddie and Jason sewed together some wet bandannas for Jason to take to Scout Camp in a couple of weeks. They are the coolest thing. They start out as a tube and then we added I think the same thing that they put in baby diapers! LOL It absorbs water and then keeps your neck cool throughout the day from all the water stored like a soggy diaper! :)
Jacob ventured into the kitchen and made some Rice Crispy Treats!
Jared helped grandma pour the soggy diaper beads into the neck bandannas.
Malorie and Melanie got to sit down w/ grandma's smelly pens (remember those from grade school - blueberry is still my favorite) and some stickers and do a "project" of their own. (ps - Magic Eraser will get pen and stickers off of hardwood flooring)
Megan had a busy day! She got up before the rest of our family and made some raspberry jam with grandma - would share pictures of that, but like I said, she got up before the rest of us, so I missed the photo opportunity. Then she sewed a pillowcase that matched the curtains she also sewed for her bedroom!
We had a wonderful time at grandma's house! It was a fast and furious couple of days, but we loved every second of it!
We're home now waiting for dad to pull in from Montana. He and another brother couldn't take the whole week off work, so they're coming home early - wish he could stay longer, glad he's coming home. It's always fun to be gone - but it's nice to be back home!!
ALSO - see all those pictures up there? I'll have y'all know I uploaded them ALL in less than 2 minutes! Yes - our satellite internet connection is FINALLY up and running! (insert the sound of heavenly harp music) Wahooooo!
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