Spring, not yet!

Ok waking up Saturday morning to this was not my idea of starting of the weekend great! Lol! I can't believe it snowed so much overnight, I mean I knew winter was not over (hello we live in Idaho) but I was just hoping it was over! LOL! My dad, Larry, blamed Travis for riding his bike home a couple of weeks ago when the weather was so nice and ever since the weather has been so cold and bleak! We told him to go put the motorcycle back into storage! The snow was very beautiful and it melted away by that afternoon; typical Idaho weather in the spring. Later, Amy

Angel's 6 th birthday!

Our little granddaughter Angel turned six this month and we celibrated with a pool party! Hailey, Travis' step-daughter called and invited the boys and I to swim while Travis was at work and we gladly accepted. Travis was able to join us later for ice cream sandwhiches; I can't believe how big this little girl has gotten! She is a gentle and kind girl (at least while around us! lol). Thanks for letting us celebrate with you! Later, Amy

basement updates!

Yes, we are still working on this poor basment and probably will be for another year, lol! I am very excited to announce that we have a wall and the door framed in for the wash room, we have taken down part of the wall when you walked down the stairs on the right side and had to build about a foot and half out from the old wall coming from Eric's room and have the family room down stairs framed in now. I took these pictures before the electrical boxes and outlets were up but that is half done for the hallway, wash room and family room. Travis' Mom helped us out with the electrical supplies to keep the project up and running, which we greatly appreciate. Now we have to work on getting the insulation up on the outside walls so we can dry wall. I am very excited to be able to use this space soon. Later, Amy

Happy Birthday Trevor

As usual I am late in posting Trevor's birthday pictures, my baby turned 4 on Febuary 26, 2010. He is getting so big! His only request for his birthday, a big green 4 on his cake and 4 candles, so not one candle shaped like a 4! Lol! He certainly knows what he wants and is not afraid to tell you. He had a lot of guests at his party and got some great gifts, including Play Dough which I acutally let him play with now! Lol! I hate the mess of play dough but he is pretty clean with it and so far it has not ended up in my carpet (hoping that continues). Later, Amy

A day out with friends

Travis' friend Shane called up and asked us to meet him in Lava Hot Springs and we do not need much motivation to take the kiddos there so we agreed to meet him. Shane lives on the other side of Lava and it was kind of middle ground for both of us. Shane brought his son and his soon to be step son and with our two boys we had a hand full for sure! Lol! It was a ton of fun and great to see an old friend and just relax for a little bit. Our boys love the really warm water but once little Trevor gets to hot his will only sit on the side of the little pools or on the steps. Eric is a fish and doesnt care if it is to hot he will swim all day and night there. Later, Amy

happy valentine's dad

ok so I know I am late posting......still, but I am trying to catch up and do better at blogging and keeping you out of towners up to date. I had a lot of fun with Trevor decorating cookies for Travis and Eric wanted nothing to do with pink frosting or decorating, only eating the cookies. Lol! Trevor had a tough time helping as well because the frosting kept getting all over his fingers and he didn't like them being sticky! He totally cracks me up and reminds me why we have more than one child after the misery of being pregnant. I have gotten lazy (or smarter) and bought my sugar cookies already made so don't think less of me for it but I do not have time during the day to make the dough, bake it and decorate it so to spend more time with the kiddos and less time being frustrated over how big they drop the cookie dough onto the sheet we went store bought base with a great frosting and treats on top. Travis really loved them, although the kids helped themselves, and Trevor was so proud of what he had made. Later, Amy

family ties

So Travis had the wonderful idea to make Denny a quilt with these iron on Denny's trucks that he found at the shop so my mom and I went to work at it for him. We had iron on's on each orange and white squares then in the middle of the quilt we were able to get old pictures of Denny out on tow calls and working with new trucks and such over the last 30 years or so and put those on his quilt as well. Travis and everyone at the shop couldn't wait to see Denny's face when we gave him the quilt. It was truely a work of love and we are so happy the he loved it. Denny will not even use the quilt and is waiting for Shirley to buy a quilt rack so he can hang it up in his "fishing" room at his house. Thanks everyone for all the help to pull this together for Denny! Later, Amy

vet!

Trevor was in charge of the camera so not the greatest pics but he is my little budding artist. We took Tinker at about 5 months to the vet for just a general check-up, no shots or anything and she got her claws clipped. she did good with the leash and being around other dogs and cats in the office. The kids really enjoyed it as well since they got the fruit roll-ups and treats as well. I have been "yelled' at for not keeping up with this blog so I will be working on doing a better job at this and keeping up all up to date. I also will be changing my settings here so you can leave a comment without having a "blogger" account just remember everyone can see your comments so dont post something you dont want to be public. Thanks for your patience with me, Later, Amy