Trip to England

So we went to England for 12 days.
The flight over wasn't pleasent Ashton was sick the whole way. but we did have event while waiting for boarding.
Ashton first tooth came out!

while he was eating a donnut!

It's A Boy... Again!

Yes. Number 3 is nearly here will be arriving late September to early October (due date October3).
The boys are over the moon that they "don't have to play with dolls". Dad is relieved that he doesn't have to start saving for a wedding!
and Mom's reign as Queen is undefeated.

A Day with Grandpa

Cordell was in the area this weekend for work and he came to visit with us on Saturday.

So as we have 2 very active boys we took him down to mount Vernon to George Washington's home.
We had a great day and had lots of walking.

One of Tom's Utah friend sent us a flat Stanley that needed to be photo at something in the area and sent back to his school so they could learn about places. so most of the picture we took include him!

One of Ashton too!

A Little Problem

Our camera is failing fast.
so Mike's and Emma's birthday was photot free.
So to was Easter So there will be very little in Photos for a while.

Feburary Storms

And they keep coming!
yes our area hasn't seen the last of the snow for the winter....
Tuesday Feb 2 2010 A light snow was to come through the area total snow fell.... 10 inches.

Saturday Feb 6 2010 The first big storm hit leaving additional  18 inches.

Oh dear we lost power! 40 hour of no electric which included heat. we woke up to a home inside temp of 56f. the next morning it was 41f. how does that feel? COLD.

but we survived and we got power back that 2ND day at 5pm. but it took another 24 hours until we were warm enough.

All our 72hour training from the church really helped. it was a bit like camping!!!! in the snow.

OK now that we have power....

Tuesday Feb 9 2010 2nd big storm hit the area. Adding 18 more inches to the totals. but this time we were lucky and had power and warmth. This time the snow was just too deep to do anything even walking was not possible as the snow reach emma's top of thighs. as for the roads... full-size tractors and dump truck were brought into the area to clear them. there was not space to plow the snow too.
School was cancelled too. but so too was Mike's work so it was a great inside holiday for us. just a little problem of cabin fever to deal with!
Do we have photos form the second big storm... sorry no. it was just too deep and cold to go outside. also there were not so pleasent side-effect of living in a cold apartment for 40 hours- SICKNESS.

Pinewood Derby

So for cub scout each year they have a car race. the 'boys' build their cars and have a race day.
Last year was our first and our car came in last place. So this year we were determined to do better. We got books and hunted on the Internet for tips to make our car go faster.

How did we do?...... we won all but one race, making our car the fastest one there!!!!!! ( the race we lost was on a bad track!)

Oh course. tom being Tom it had to have a gun on it!, even if the race was held at the chapel.

The build team big smiles!

For those who have ask if mike was 'willing' to wear the cub scout leader uniform.

P.S.

I cut my hair... again.

Tom's 9th Birthday

Yes  my little boy is now 9 and not so little.
for one thing he can and does now out eat me! at meal time and still be hungry an hour later.

Also he is shooting up really really quickly too, so it will not be long until he is taller than me!

And he got big boy toys too......

when friends have a big gun, you just goto have one too.