The "Rocker"

Well here we go! Grady is only seven months old and is a "rocker" already! He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth. I am in big trouble! I don't know what I will do when I have three kids that can run away from me! I hate to see Grady grow up, I just want him to stay a little baby for a while. Is that so much to ask?

Richfield Wildcats

It is Football season again! I just love football season it is my favorite sport to watch. Fortunately this year Jed's youngest brother Ryan is a senior in High School and started on the Varsity football team for the Richfield Wildcats. Ryan gets to play a lot, almost every play and so it is so much fun to go because there are very few dull moments. The kids also have loved going to the games. They get to see their cousins and their grandma's and grandpa's! One of the major perks is grandma Jackie always buys the kids some treats and snacks for the game. We have made it to a few games this year, we have enjoyed cheering for #49! 

Grady & Dad making funny faces!

(Grady made this funny face all night and it 

was just so cute and really funny!)

Ryan with his teammates during the National Anthem,

last home game of the season.

Gavin & Keaton Anderson! Little buddies!

Grady with Grandpa & Grandma Kyhl, & Grandma Jackie!

Thank you Ryan for a great season and some fun 

memories that we will all carry with us. 

GO CATS!

Gavin Goes to Preschool

Ok Halie going to kindergarten was one thing but now I have two kids going to school! I can't believe that my "little Petey" is going to preschool. I guess that it just seems so fast because Halie only went to one year of preschool and Gavin will have two years. I am so glad that he is going to go for two years. He needed the social part this year so that next year he will be able to really learn and know how to listen when he needs to and when to play. Gavin is my very active and rowdy child. I love him to pieces but I knew that this would be interesting at the beginning, while he adjusted to the idea of going to school. The inevitable happened on the second day of school. I got the, "can we talk to you?" after his class when I was picking him up. I knew then and there that this was not good. Gain had hit a little boy during class. Apparently that was a bad day for many, there were at least five little boys that had to sit on time out that day! I had to tell Gavin that he couldn't have the water balloons that i had told him that he could have because he hit a little boy. Let's just say that it was not easy listening to him cry because he couldn't have the balloons but to this day he has not had to sit in time out. I love this little boy and although he is strong-willed, he sure is a sweet boy and he is so stinking cute! Gavin loves to go to his school and color me pictures, he has learned many fun songs and I find him singing all of the time. He will sing to Grady and it is so sweet and Grady just loves to hear him sing his songs and dance around. Gavin has become our little entertainer. He even loves to do his homework so that he can show his teacher what he has done. ( think that it also has something to do with the fact that when he does his homework they put a treat on it when they hand it back, this may have something to do with it.) Sometimes I am sad that my children have to grow up but at the same time I am loving watching them grow and learn. What an amazing joy and blessing!

Halie Starts Kindergarten

I can't believe that my little girl is starting kindergarten! we returned home from our cruise we only had a week to get Halie all ready for kindergarten. She was not excited to go to kindergarten, or as Halie called it "the big school" for a while. I finally figured out that the reason that she was not excited to go was because of her kindergarten shots that  had at the doctor's office. She thought that if she went to kindergarten that she would have to have more shots! I can see why she didn't want to do this because when I took Halie in for her kindergarten check up she was great until the shots. Lets just say that it took three nurses and myself to hold her down while they gave her the shots. It was a little traumatic to say the least. When I finally figured this out I explained that she only had to have the shots once so that they would let her into kindergarten and that it was going to be a lot like preschool, and that they don't give shots at school, only at the doctor. She then perked right up and was so excited to get her new school clothes and backpack and all of the fun supplies that her new teacher had asked her to bring. Well we made it to her first day and she looked so cute in her little uniform and all excited to meet some new friends. Her teacher Mrs. Hiatt sent Halie a  postcard in the mail and told her that on the first day she could bring her favorite stuffed animal and so Halie took her build-a-bear that she made on her birthday. Halie has made a lot of new friends in her class and she loves to spend time with her teacher.

A Little Behind!

Ok so I am just a little behind on this posting thing...

 Only by about three months! 

Wow how fast time goes and how much little time I get to just sit on my own and blog without all of the interruptions that come with being a mother and running a business. I am going to attempt to catch you up on a few fun things that we have done over the past little while...

Our Cruise to Alaska!

What a Christmas present! Jed's parents gave all of their kids a cruise for Christmas last year. We all had different ideas of where we wanted to go. There are so many options for a cruise that I started to wonder if we were ever going to actually decide on where to go. Well we finally found an Alaska cruise that Gordon and Jackie go on every few years with a tour that they put together. So we decided since they were already going that we would tag along. It was amazing! I have to admit that I was all for the warm weather and crystal clear blue water of the Caribbean, but was I in for a surprise. Alaska is so beautiful and very scenic. The best part was that since Jed and I have been married we haven't been on a family vacation with the Anderson's. Spending time with them was a blast. We had such a great time doing all of the excursions together, Our first stop was in Juneau, Alaska. There we had to chance to go whale watching. WOW! I can't believe how amazing that was. We were able to get as close as 300 yards to humpback whales as they were feeding. Unbelievable. Then we went to Skagway, Alaska where we went on a train ride that went up the beautiful mountains. Along the way we saw glaziers that were crystal blue. ( I guess I did get my crystal clear water after all it was just frozen instead!) We were scheduled to go on a bike ride as well but we were rained out. We were ok with that because by then we were due for another buffet meal. We were at sea for the next day as we went into Glazier Bay to see these huge glaziers. They were incredible. As they broke it sounded like thunder as they fell into the ocean. Our next stop was in Ketchikan, Alaska and this was definitely the highlight of the trip. We went on a zip line excursion. I was so nervous because we were about 150 feet in the air on the tops of these trees as they were swaying back and forth, but so excited at the same time. There were seven zips and two bridges that we were able to go across. The longest one was about 650 feet long. It was as close to flying as I think you could get. If we wouldn't have had a ship that would leave us on the island I know that we would have gone back and done it again. The views that we had as we went across the trees was breathtaking. Some even saw a black bear fishing in the stream for salmon. Our last but not least stop was in Victoria, BC. What a beautiful place and enchanting town. We were able to catch the Butchart Gardens before it got to late and dark. Amazing! For those of you that know me well know just how much I love flowers. This was the garden of all gardens, and I could have stayed there for hours. This was a family vacation that we will have forever in our memory. I want to thank Gordon and Jackie for this wonderful experience and for the quality time we were able to spend as a family. Thank you so much!