Last Green Beans

Today we had to do the last batch of green beans. James loves sitting on the counter to help out!

His favorite was to put green beans in, and then pour them out.

Cat Tale Zoo

Well Jon had planned on hunting all this week, BUT since he got his bear on Saturday he came home Monday. We decided that he would still take all week off and we would spend it as a family. On Tuesday I cleaned house and let Jon play with the kids. Wednesday we decided to take a trip up to Spokane to go to their Cat Tale Zoo. It is a very small zoo with 36 cats (lions, tigers, bobcats, and cougars) along with 2 bears. We were sad we came at a time where the animals were taking afternoon naps. James loved pointing at any animal that was moving. His bear was the favorite, only because it was pacing the fence the whole time. We also got to have cold stone (we don't have that here), it was a welcomed treat :)

He just wanted down to follow the bear

They have 4 monkeys to set on, James really liked this one. 

And yes Millie and James came home with a new stuff animal :)

Jon did it!!!

After 4 LONG years, Jon did it. He got his bear. Its a long story that I am trying to get him to write down. When he finally does I will get it on here. So far we know it is a black bear, but it is a chocolate color. We have no idea how long he is. Hopefully we will know this weekend. The skill measures around 19 1/2 inches. It is big enough to go on record in Oregon. We will be getting a bear rug, and it will take about a year to get. I am not sure who is more excited Jon or my dad :)

THE BEAR!

Dad Made a friend at camp. She loves chips

Millie is 4 Months Old!

Millie is now 4 Months Old! She weighs 16.10 pounds. Yes she is growing just fine. She is starting to like her tummy a little bit more. She can roll over, but wont. She just lays on her back for hours. She gets A LOT of attention from James. When she is laying on the ground he likes to lean over her and get right in her face, just to say "Hi". She is completely a daddy's girl. In all seriousness she will only smile for him. We love that her personality is starting to come out. We kind of like, I think we will keep her :)

Oh no!

Jon was hunting and came home Sunday during church. Jon swung by and picked James up (he did not want to stay in nursery, I had Millie and had to teach my primary class). When I got home this is what I found....

I guess James had try to climb up the entry way table and it fell on him along with some pictures. He is going to be one tough boy :)

Tuckered out

Millie fell asleep waiting for me to catch up on our blog. Lovely little angel...

Just Chilling

I am not sure how to explain this, or where he picked it up...

Pendleton Round-Up

Oh my gosh! This was such a good idea. I was not sure what I was thinking taking both kids to a rodeo without Jon. Luckily my mom was there (it was her idea). Jon was super bummed that he could not go, we sure did miss him. James and Millie did pretty good. They both got a little hot towards the end, but who wasn't. Apparently this rodeo is like a really big deal. I have never seen Pendleton so crazy. I wish I could recap everything that happened, it was so amazing my words could not do it justice.

On our way to our seats, James was showing grandma the cows. (the bulls were being kept under the stairs)

James, Grandma, Millie and Ruthie






These were Indian horse races, I had never seen them before.

Setting up to do team roping and steer wrestling



A little taste of the bull riding. Oh and in case you were wandering, those are only PVC pipe fences that are keeping the bulls inside :)

Millie got over excited about the whole thing

What she looked like at the end. (trying to keep her cool)

We can't wait to go next year :)

Did he just...

This is a bad picture (taken with my phone), BUT lately James has been bringing me our peppers and they look like this...




See anything missing? That is right, he has been taking bites out of them. What a kid!

Caught in the Act

I caught James playing the garden, luckily it is more of a sand pile at the moment...

Also since Jon has been gone this week (in D.C for work), I have had to change a few things. One is now the kids are getting bathes together. James loves it, Millie is still adjusting :)

Tried and Failed

I think James is the only kid I know that has never tried climbing out of his crib. No instead he prefers to climb into his crib. I think it is to get the binkies that stay there, but who knows. I had this thought that we would convert his crib, that way his has full access any time he wants. Following my train of thought?? Well he loved it. He played a lot in his room that day, I thought to myself "awesome!". Then nap time came. Not so awesome. Needless to say I think we will wait a little bit longer.

Side Note: This kid loves the stroller :)

Family Pictures

I am not sure if you remember but back in June I posted about the Winn Reunion (I would insert a link if I knew how to do that). Well I finally have a copy of the family pictures! It is a good start, as I would like to get "nice" pictures taken of our family at least once a year.

(Now I just have to play with the resolution so I can get some printed)