Play Time

Millie has a bad diaper rash/ yeast infection. We try to let her "air dry" as much as possible. Today James wanted to keep her entertained...

Most of the Time...

This is what she should be doing most of the time...





...but it rarely happens :)

New Bowl

We got a new bowl (20 quart stainless steel) It is going to help with canning, especially with salsa. Until then this is what we do...

Millie 2 Months Old

Stats:
Head: 37.9 cm (26.21 %)
Height: 23 (73.64 %)
Weight: 14 lbs 3 oz (99.08 %)

Yes we have a very cute chunky monkey :)

Helping Mom with Laundry

(Good thing the clothes and grass were dry :)

5 Year Anniversary

Happy 5 wonderful years to us!!

Green Beans

It is that time again this year. We just picked green beans for the first time. So far we have canned 14 quarts and 32 pints. Jon and I did most of the work when the kids were sleeping. This one time however James was a wake. Good or bad he is a fast learner. Luckily he only wanted to "help" for a short time.







Then we worked so hard we needed to take a break :)

Ice Cream- We all scream

Weekending

Jon went into Yellowstone with his brother Wednesday the 11 til Sunday the 15th. (Pictures to come) During that time I decided to take the kids down to Monument. In my mind I was thinking it will be nice to have the help. I forgot how bad of a sleeper James is away from home. I also was unaware how bad Millie was going to be away from home. Luckily my parents were good sports. They helped me in the night time when neither kid wanted to be sleeping, they let me sleep in, they were just plain good to me.

While we were there James played in their little pool every day. The first day we worked on getting him in the pool, the second day we worked on him walking around the pool and by the third day he finally sat down. I think he really liked it though. Helped grandma and grandpa in the garden. We played with chickens and pheasants. We made strawberry freezer jam. And went to Boyer's everyday. We came home Sunday right after church, I could not take the kids any longer, I wanted to be home. Plus Jon was going to be home earlier then we thought.

Playing in the pool

Helping in the Garden











Playing with birds

Millie Sleeping (during the day)

And Other Things

Peaceful

After what we have been going through with Millie it is nice to see/watch her sleep so peacefully :)

4th of July

It felt so weird to have the 4th of July on Wednesday. We made the best of it though. I told Jon (since he had the whole day off) that we were not doing any yard work or working on projects. We got up and went about 20 minutes north to a small town called Basin City. They had a parade, and we heard that they handed out ice cream sandwiches. It was about 45 minutes long, and awesome. They do hand out the ice cream sandwiches and LOTS of candy. When the fire trucks went by they actually sprayed the crowd. The parade went along a canal, and many crowd members had water guns and buckets. When the fire trucks would go by them they would stop and have a water fight. It was fun to watch.













We got home and hung out around the house to try and get kids to nap. We had some close friends over for a BBQ that night. Millie was on one, and would not calm down. Each adult took their turn. It was horrible. We had bought a few fireworks to do with James. It ended up being for the neighborhood kids. We literally bought like 6 fireworks. Our neighbor wanted to hold James, so Jon pretty much did the fireworks with the other kids. It was still kind of fun.