Fun Match Dog Show

Today Caleb and Mimi participated in their first dog show. While they have lots to continue to learn together, they did excellent for their first show and are very proud of the medal they were given. Their next dog show is the fair.

Surprise

Tomorrow Caleb & Mimi have their first dog show. I decided to surprise them and make them a reversible dog bag to carry all of their stuff in. Caleb loved it. If Dan's mom had not helped me learn how to sew and put a bag together a few weeks ago, I would never have been tackle this project on my own. It's hard to believe in less than 24 hrs I took a new pattern somebody lent me and conquered it all on my own!

The Mighty Mutts

Caleb and Mimi are in the Mighty Mutts! The Mighty Mutts are our local dog 4-H group. Caleb is a Cloverbud. Next Saturday will be their first dog show for practice before the fair. I was in 4-H for 9 years when I was a kid and let me tell you that I wish I would have had the opportunity to be in a dog club. We are learning how to train Mimi and it is also helping Caleb to learn responsibility.

Trampoline

A few months ago we talked about and almost got a trampoline for the boys and then decided to hold off for a bit. Yesterday Dan decided it was the day and luckily Shopko had a great deal on. It was a bigger job than Dan anticipated assembling it, but once again he was successful. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, shady back yard and the boys are loving it!

1st Birthday!!

Yesterday we had family over for a BBQ to celebrate Oliver's 1st birthday. It was a hot hot day, but the kids were able to run around in the backyard while the adults got to hang out. The food was great and as you can see, Oliver had fun with his first birthday cake. He also liked all of his presents so thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate!

How Can It Be?

Oliver is 1!!!! It seems like it happened in the blink of an eye. I took him in for his pictures and saw a couple of newborns in for their first picture that looked so small. I'm sorry (well not really), but he is just so cute that I had to post all of his shots. He definitely has more hair than either Caleb or Elton did at this age. He has 4 teeth (2 on bottom and 2 on top) so I joke that he looks like a little rabbit. He is standing well and walking around things he can hold onto. He thinks his brothers are hilarious and loves to cuddle Mimi. He gets so excited to see his da da and says ma ma when he needs comforting. He will celebrate with his baby friends at the child development center and try out his first cupcake today! On Saturday we will celebrate with family and see what he thinks of birthday cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday Oliver!!!

Mom Speak

I guess I should have posted about this a couple of weeks ago, but I think most of you already know. I was chosen by our local newspaper to write a mom blog called "Mom Speak". Here is the link to the article that ran in the newspaper: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/07/05/features/sunday/165472.txt

This is going to be a fun venture and I hope you will take a look at it from time to time. Here is a link that takes you to the page for the blogs in the online paper: http://www.magicvalley.com/blogs/

Summer Fun!

Summer is flying by! Here we are enjoying some swimming. Doesn't Oliver look like a cool dude in his shades?

Canadian Visitors!

On Friday, friends arrived for a visit all the way from Edmonton (St. Albert), Alberta. We had been to see them 2 years ago when we went to the West Edmonton mall. On Saturday morning we took a trip down to the Perrine Bride and got to see about 10 base jumpers. We then took a walk on the trail before heading down to the Shoshone Falls. I had packed a picnic lunch and we managed to find a nice shady spot on top of the hill. After lunch we took a trip down to Dierkes Lake where the men and kids cooled off in the water. We had amazing weather this weekend considering it had rained the previous 3 weekends.