Happy Mothers Day

Will actually put himself into this Senior graduation pose! :)





The pictures above here are the ones that didnt make the list but are cute as ever!

Below here are the ones we framed for mom!

The boys and I surprised mom with breakfast in the morning and our secret present that we have been working on for a while. I took the boys to Old Navy and picked out coordinated outfits and then the following day skipped out of work early and headed down to Lake Harriett with my camera and tripod. Setting the 10 second timer I jumping into the pose! we managed to get the perfect shots and had them printed and framed. Below are the winning shots. Mom said it was the best Mothers day ever!

Random other stuff

So to bring you up to date, Nathan is in his own big boy bed!!! He seems to love it. Although there was one night we put the boys to bed, thought they were asleep and went to the basement to watch our movie when we checked on the boys, we found Nate asleep with his brother! it was very cute.

We also hosted our first wine club party! it was fantastic, we did a blind tasting on Cabs! they were amazing! and we enjoyed many others, almost too many! there was 19 people (1 pregnant non drinker and 18 others) and we went through 21 bottles of wine! yikes!! those teachers can drink! It was a great time and we look forward to the next one. I guess you could say people enjoyed themselves, we had 2 take cabs, 1 sleep over, and another had to stop at the car wash on the way home! :)

Oklahoma

So we finally made the trip to Oklahoma to see our college roomates Carl, Christine, Jenny and Eric and there kids. We roadtripped all the way there, leaving the house at 3:30am and arriving at 6:00pm. Actually the car ride down there went very good. While visiting we toured Oklahoma University, home of the Sooners!! We got to run out onto the football field (80,000 capacity), we visited the Oklahoma City bombing site, and mostly just enjoy time with our friends. It was a great family get away!

Nates 2nd Birthday

OK, so Nate officially turned 2 March 1st, and William Turned 6! on April 22nd. I know crazy, I have a 6 year old! He is looking so much older, and he is a wonderful big brother to Nate.

Here a couple photos

House Update!

Ok, as for the house update! I have just finished the final coat of finish on the hardwood floors. I think I will just let the pictures speak for themselves! It was a lot of work but very rewarding !

Happy Birthday Nate!!! 2 Years old!

Ok, so we are into March, Happy Birthday Nate!!! 2 years old! such a big boy! Pictures will follow from tommorows party!!

I also have just read that I should be updating my blog more often, thanks for the reminders, I need them Courtney!

Kari and I had a date night last week and we went to see the U2-3D! it was the coolest thing I have ever seen in a movie theater!! If you have not gone yet, and you like U2, Please see this concert. Its the first live action movie shot in the new high res HD 3d camera, this in not your old school 3d! check it out!

We also took Nate and Will to the skating rink for the first time this winter. We might be the best Hockey State in the nation, but I do not think my son will be playing a lot of hockey. He actually suprised us and did very well, but after about 15 minutes and enough falls on his butt, and wrists and elbows he was ready to quit. Meanwhile Naters was playing boot hockey content not to be on skates.

Flashback to 1 Year ago.

Hard to believe how much the boys have changed in 1 years time! Nate was just about to turn 1 and will was still in pre-school.

Jake suprised Josh with a trip to Lake Tahoe and Napa Valley to see Jill & Jon. It was a present to Josh before the wedding. Good Times!

I hope you had a great Valentines Day! We spent ours at Convention Grill! Yum, the boys love the chocolete malts.

Kari and Jill Celebrated another birthday, so that was fun! Kari and I went to see U2-3D, we both agreed it was the coolest thing we had seen in a theater!

anyway, I have to get back to work, remember!! Kari only gave me 2 weeks to get that master bedroom remodel done!

New Year, Late Start

Ok, so its the new year and i am a little behind in my blog. So let me fill you in on the details since January. We have been enjoying the snow and William has gotten a lot of use out of his snowboard that Grandma got him for christmas. Will also got to boggie board at the Water Park of America, he loved it!!

Nate is picking up new words left and right, and new behaviors as well. He does not like to get out of the tub and lets me know it everytime! William is back in swim lessons and spending most of his time there underwater! Kari and I have taken a short break from the home remodeling, we finished redecorating Williams room, (which features his own bouldering wall! and the hallway is complete for now, but are ready to get back into phase II of the construction, (our bedroom!) yeah, Jake is so excited to gut the notty pine walls and popcorn ceilings! Well keep you posted from the guest bedroom, Kari has informed me that I have just 2 weeks to get it finished so she isnt disrupted for too long, I simply laughed.

We have been stimulating the economy latley and bought a "newer" mini-van, yep these are exciting times!! "we might hit bed bath and beyond too, but I dont know if well have enough time!! " Our old minivan finally died with 183,000 miles on it, I was sure to put enough oil in the engine to get it to the dealer for the trade! :) litterally! Well, thats about it for now. Hope all is well and you are having a great year.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Charlie Celebraited his 1 year birthday as well! Jan 17th, look how big he got!

Well Naters has figured out how to get himself a drink of water from now on.

Will and Jake carved their pumpkins the night before Halloween. Will picked out his design and even carved it himself. Dad on the other hand had some troubles. His pumpkin had some sort of impenatrible shield on it, even the large butcher knife was not going to break the titanium coating, but the Dewalt 18 volt XRP hammer/driver drill did!! and the combination jig saw made short work of the pumpkin carving! as Tim Allen would say ahahhohohoho. Binford! : )

Halloween 2007

So Halloween was a great time. William choose to be a Star Wars character named Bobafet. On the night of Halloween we couldn't find the mask for the costume but surprisingly Will was OK with it, but he did throw a fit because he wanted to ride his bike, so in the picture will looks like evil con evil or a motor cross rider! Nate was supposed to be a gorilla but we couldn't find that costume either! :) maybe we should have taken the night to clean our house! hahah We did find a costume in Will's closet that fit Nate, so he went as a crocodile! it was so cute. he tried so hard to keep up with his brother, and always made a oooooohhhh sound when they gave him a piece of candy, the only problem is that little chubbers always wants to eat the candy, in fact I was solicited this morning while in the shower.