March Family Movie Night

This month's movie was The Bee Movie.

I liked it, and that says something coming from me and cartoons.

Mittens in March

3/28/08....Almost April?? Is that snow??

Our Alpacha Fieldtrip

Here's a pic of us at the Sander's Alpacha farm. We had about 15 moms and more kids than I could count!

Sandi, Dan and Pip, the alpacha.
Chloe, Luke and Pip.
And here we are (us ladies) jumping a dead car! That's right....us women rock!

Today we got together with a couple different mom's groups and went to our friend's (the Sanders) Alpacha Farm. It was a blast! Alpacha's are actually so cute! The kids had equal fun in the big pasture and throwing the hay everywhere!

Easter Dinner

We had a great turn-out for Easter Dinner at mom and dad's. John's parents came, both my grandparents, and sisters bro-in-laws ect....


Luke's steppin' up to the plate when it comes to deviled egg consumption. There will still be way too many deviled eggs leftovers without John here.
The girl's.....and Brady
Cousin picture before our big hunt :)

The Greatest Easter Egg Hunt!

These are pics of the Adult eater egg hunt. It was totally awesome and quite competitive...here's an action shot of me dashing for an egg.

Here's Luke giving Keith an unfair advantage. Hey...there's no teamwork in this game!
The other thing Luke found was a flamingo.....what was it doing in the horse pasture??
Kaite (in pink) rushes in and grabs the egg....leaving Keith and I in the dust!
The Easter Egg hunting crew...what fun!

The Great Easter Egg Hunt!!

Chloe, Joel, Luke and Brady hunting eater eggs at Aunt Tressa's....well, Brady didn't make it very long.

The Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny visited our house last night....he brought the boys these awesome spiderman suits (which Luke insists on even wearing to bed), and Chloe was estatic about her headbands and fingernail polish.
Joel was too busy eating Easter Candy to really take a good picture.
Chloe in her Easter Dress.

The River Walk

Out for a run on the river walk. Lucky for me, Bob and Genie were here to watch the kiddos, so I got to run without a stroller!

Bob doesn't fit...guess he'll have to walk.

Kids throwing rocks in the river. Genie spent hours with the kids picking up shells on the shore. They have bukets full of them!
Chloe Joey :)

Weekend with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Genie

Chloe and I at the playground

Bob...ready to shoot :)
Kids, Bob and I at the playground
Joel loves the kiddie slide, but hasn't quite gotten up the nerve to go on the big on.
Genie and the boys :)

Brett and Danielle's Wedding Celebration

Bob, Genie and I went to Selah to join in on the Roger's wedding celebration. We had an awesome time! Congrats Brett and Danielle!

Spring has Arrived!

Looks like spring is finally here! The kids are working on homework at the table :)

A cashe of junk!

Well, John might be out there finding weapon cashes, but we're finding our own cashes in our back yard! This used to be a pile of dirt with huge overgrown weeds and as I started to get rid of the weeds and leaves and shovel out some of the dirt, I unearthed what seemed like an entire basketball court! Really it was a basketball hoop, backboard, poles and all..even cement! Also there were lots of gates and tons of plastic pots...totally crazy.

New Job and a few pics

Luke's finishing up the breakfast nook.

Chloe is happy that spring has come! I guess Luke's her horse??

I'm usually fairly good at posting, but we've had technical dificulties this past week. Just happened to fall on the week of a new job for me too....gotta love how that happens :) I just took a contract dietetics job in Yakima for thier Head Start program. It's only one day/week, which I think is just right. I'm pretty excited about it.

Alex Comes for a Visit

Holly's boyfriend Alex came to visit today. The kids love wrestling/chasing him. :)

What am I doing with this huge yard?? Ahhhh!

OK, so our house sits on an acre...approx. John and I aren't yard people, so what am I doing with this huge yard??? I'll tell you what I'm doing with it today...raking!!! 60 bags down and I'm only 1/3 way down 1 of 3 fence lines!

A Few New Things

Hey there,

There are a few new things on the blog. First is the music. John gave me a lot of crap for having the song "bubbly" kick on. So John, here's some Kutless and Skillet for you. Also is the counter downer, John you might think this is actually a depressing addition, but I think it's sort of fun. Lastly, is all my friend's blogs.

Glad you're enjoying the blog :)

--Katie

Project of the week

Here are some pics of the hallway.....ya, it's not too exciting, but much more work than anyone would realize. 4 doorways, one door, two closet doors and 4 drawers, plus baseboards and adding quarterround. Also painting the hall that yelloish-tan color. Lots of work that only I'll notice. Glad to be done with that one....well, I actually have one more door to paint.

Dad's b-day dinner :)

Papa and Chloe
Luke gets a hug from Brady

My sister's son, Brady Boo :)

Here are some pics from Dad's birthday dinner :) It was fun for all!

Trip to the dentist

Here's Chloe at the dentist office. It was a great visit for all the kids becuase the dentist is a friend I grew up with and everyone in the office was wonderful! Plus, they loved the toy drawer.