that time of year again...

it's crazy how fast time goes by.

it has already been 1 year since our last family photos where taken.

so here are some new ones!

we had them done by racheleve photography.

she did a great job and she had really good pricing.

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Another "Spooktacular" Halloween

Halloween has come and gone again...

here are some of the pics form this years festivities.

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LOVE

the kitchen is almost done. we still need to hang a couple more lights and get the backsplash on and a couple other little things, but this is the before and after. hard to believe.....



and now...

 i love cooking in my new kitchen. i have so much more room.
adding the bar has made such a difference. i love everything about it.
when the rest of the upstairs is finished i will post some more pics.

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homegrown

it's that time of year again.

last saturday i bottled 33 quarts and 1 pint

of green beans.

i should be done for the year right?

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dress up

need i say more....

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where has the time gone?

i'm not sure if i remeber cade looking like this. we had only been dating about a month when this was taken. he must have just turned 25.

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yellowstone {2011}

once again we decided to make the trip to yellowstone. we went last year and had so much fun that we decided to go back, but bring along a few more people. ellie and jorge made it and also heather and ben and their kids. 14 of us total and we all managed to survive. we all stayed at a rv campground at madison arms, which is right on hebgen lake so the kids had fun running down there and looking for small animals. the weather was on the cool side, but we seemed to have missed most of the rain. all things said...... it was a good trip and we are planning another for next year.

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sweetheart

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my little guy...

i know every mom says this...... but where did the time go?

dane turns 1 on april 12 and we celebrated early.

thanks to all who came. dane loved

his party, as you can tell from his face!

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FOR SALE

i am selling my car.

2006 honda accord.

let me know if you are interested or

anyone you know is looking for a great car!

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going green...

i finally got around to finishing a chest of drawers for dane.

with a lot of help from my mom we had this finished pretty quick!

cade made a new top and did such a great job.

i love the decorative edge.

i could not have bought a cuter one!

this goes in the "safari" room so perfect.

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say awwwwww...

1st trip to the dentist went pretty good.

there were 3 teeth that needed fillings.

all in all, she liked going.

lets hope it stays that way.

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daddy's girl

as most of you know.... cade loves to ski. so this year ava
got a season pass since cade did and she went up for the first time.

she thought it was pretty fun and did not complain at all.

after a few lessons from dad and a couple of runs down little

beaver all she wanted was to go in and get some hot chocolate and some fries.

i can't beieve my little girl is already big enough to ski!

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on the move

now that dane is crawling all over the house {granted it only started yesterday}

ava thinks that she needs to be the mommy.

she follows him around trying to get him to "fetch" things.

every time he turns in the direction of the stairs all i hear is

"mom, dane is going down the stairs".

it was so much easier when there wasonly one child in the house.

now i just have to wait until she is not so

excited about him crawling. then maybe

i will get some peace and quiet.

time to break out the baby gate.

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Hardware Ranch

last weekend we decided to go to hardware ranch

with my brother and his family and my sister

and her husband. we went on the sleigh ride

and got to see lots of elk.

i think that the kids had a good time. as usual dane

fell asleep on the way and missed it.

his eyes did pop open right as we were

done with the ride, so i guess

he got to see some elk also.

poor kid....he seems to miss

all the fun!

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holiday hats

yes i know ava has a pipe hanging out of her mouth...

it was part of a "snowman kit" that she got.

that is also where the hat came from.

dane got a new hat that my step mom made for him.

i sure wish he would leave it alone.

must taste good though.

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