Why this blog has been so quiet...

 

I want to eat this.   Everyday.

We bought one of these.

(It was a sad, sad day) :)

 We thought we learned to believe in miracles when Calder was born. 

I guess God didn't think the message sunk in. 

Because this is a miracle.  

We are terrified and excited. 

So far everything is going well and I feel really good.  I am glad to be done wearing giant baggy sweatshirts and leaving my coat on trying to hide the belly.

Grandma Mary and Grandpa Gary's Hot Tub!

Shane and Tayler LOVE the hot tub and Grandma and Grandpa Westby's.  Whenever we go down for a visit Shane makes sure T calls to ask, "Is the hot tub on?"  So that it will be warm enough by the time we get there.  This weekend Calder got to try out the hot tub for the first time!

 Calder forgot his swim trunks.  I do not think Grandma and Grandpa appreciated that!
Also, just so you know the hot tub was turned down low and he was only in for a couple of minutes.   So, nobody freak out!

Winter Mornings

Pumpkin Pancakes!
Skip Bo!
Coffee!
Christmas Music!
PJ's!

Oh, Calder...

This kid can just not catch a break.  This year we had Thanksgiving at our house with our friends Alan and Kara and their baby Sienna.  My mom and Nick and Caitlin.  We missed Kadene, Madalin and Levi! 

We had tons of fun!  Yummy food (Kara helped me cook) and fun company!  After dinner Shane and I were doing the dishes and we hear, "WHAM"  "WHAAA"!  Oh, Calder.  The little sucker fell of his unsteady feet right into the coffee table.  So, Mom and Dad headed straight to the emergency room.  What is this Calds?  Trip number 4?  He split his bottom lip and needed two stitches in that.  He also sliced his frenulum which is the flap of skin that holds your upper lip to your jaw.  So, he needed 4 or 5 stitches there too.  Poor little chubster.  Shane had several visits to the emergency room on Thanksgiving each year due to the yearly Turkey Bowl.  Let's hope this is not a family trait!
 
These pictures are a few days post fall. 

Tayler is 13!

Oh, boy is this a late post.
Tayler requested to go to Spokane for her Birthday.  So, we did that and also had a small family party at home.  She had a fun time.  We ate chili and stuffed our bocas with Apple Pie (the requested birthday dessert).  She got super special Ugg boots for her Birthday (her feet have officially stopped growing) from me and Shane and Calder gave her some fun lotion that he picked out himself.   On her actually birthday she requested going out for frozen yogurt.

Fall Visit

We had another 24 hour visit to Spokane this fall.
Tayler's birthday request was to invite a friend to Spokane to Harvest.  How can you say no to that?
Despite it being so short we had a ton of fun!  We did two corn mazes. One at night that was super scary and fun.  Ate tons of donuts and caramel apples, chili.  Picked apples and pumpkins.

 Going through the corn maze!

Volleyball!!

At the last minute Tayler decided she wanted to play volleyball.   So, she tried out and made the team!  She worked hard, had fun and improved her skill and confidence throughout the season.  Can't wait to see what you do next year, T!