November 2007

Mr. Wisecrack! Dax keeps the mood pretty light around here (most of the time). Dax loves to fish, play tractors, trains, color, play with friends and eat popsicles, popcorn, apples . . . you name it. He has a fetish with wearing a belt every day, sleeping with a blanket and numerous stuffed animals. At the end of the day Greg and I find ourselves laughing at the comments and gestures he uses to get what he wants or think he needs!

Lucas is all over the place now . . . mostly following me around the house wanting to be held. He's actually been quite the bear lately, getting now his 8th tooth in 7 weeks and having an ear infection, but that comes with the territory I suppose. The cutest thing he does is wave. He started at about 8 months and now uses it as all forms of communication. It's so sweet!

Catherine Lever and I on Thanksgiving at President Olson's home.

Greg, Lucas & Tim, the guy who makes us all laugh; aka Greg's classmate

All us on the balcony at President's home on Thanksgiving. Lake Michigan is in the background!

Fishin, Apple Pickin, and Trick-or-Treatin

Fishin: the Chinook Salmon just finished running. Here's a picture of Dax's fish,

Shalet's Fish

and Greg's Fish! Greg got me in waiters for the first time since Dax was born--it was so so fun!

Trick-or-Treatin

Apple Pickin

8 months old

A couple of battle wounds from my brother: one from a frisbe and the other (between the eyes) from Dax playing baseball.

Pumpkin Pickin

Bags & Boys

So our second year has started and it's been so crazy although this semester hasn't been too difficult thus far. Dax is learning his letters and rides his bike around the house pretending to stop and buy pancakes and then hands them out to us all. Lucas is 7 months old, rolling over, sitting up and enjoying baby food. They are a whole lot of fun!

And I have just kindof started up a little business of making bags, totes, purses, whatever you want to call them. I just happened on some pretty charming ideas and thought it wouldn't be too time consuming or difficult to figure out. So with the help of my friend I got a pattern and have been trying to get the routine down. Anyway, here's my website when you get a minute, take a look and then pass it on in hopes that someone mght be interested!

http://www.onebrowneyedpea.etsy.com/

I'm getting a lot of fabric this weekend so check it again in a few weeks -- there'll be some great great Amy Butler stuff!

7 months old

I know Lucas is still pretty little, but these two get a long really well. Lucas is always laughing at his brother now matter how diminutive the show.

Carter, Dax and Jack being pulled around by one of Greg's classmates at their class picnic.

oh the fun we have had . . .

We took a trip the Washington, D.C. with some friends that are also Dental Students and from Cache Valley. If you can believe it there is twice as many trees there as there are here in Wisconsin. It was pretty breathtaking. We spent three days there and went a hundred miles an hour trying to see all we could. It was a lot of fun.

Saying from the World War II Memorial.

Kindof the common joke on the trip was who was getting the bigger and the better--anything. Greg won this time with the icecream cone at the airport. Our plane was delayed 3 hours due to inclement weather so they decided to get cones. Dennis deciding once he saw the size of Greg's. It was just pretty comical that there was so much difference between the two for the same price!!

"The White House" We weren't actually able to get very close but it was an extravagant view from where we were.

The Natural History Museum-- we loved it!

The Lincoln Memorial through the rain and the fog.

The Lincoln Memorial in the background.
The Biggest Trouper of All. Once we were home I took him to his 6 month appointment only to find out he had an ear infection. Those random fevers throughout the trip weren't just a cold after all.
Amber and I in the Union Station. It's an old train station they renovated.
View of the reflection pond, the Washington Memorial and the Capitol Building in the background from the Lincoln Memorial.


Worn out at 11:30 p.m. in the Milwaukee airport.

Abraham Lincoln Memorial


Dax's number one thrill: the train. We rode the metro all over D.C.--it was just the best way to get around that crazy city.

We're half crazy to have made the trip with kids but they were all such good sports.

View from the Capitol: the Washington Memorial with the Lincoln memorial behind that.

Lucas Reed: 6 Months Old

An attempt to build a sand castle.






My family (a whopping 15 of them) came out to see us. We went shopping, to baseball games, sightseeing, went to Kholer Design Center, Whistling Straits Golf Course (just to take a gander), swimming, golfing and to the Jelly Belly Factory. It was some great entertainment!

My mom with Jase Murphy and Lucas

My Dad

All the kids at the Jelly Belly Factory (likely just a one time occurance as it was pretty lame)

Dax and Tayli

Dax and Sadiez at the game

I dropped my camera and broke my good lens and then forgot to haul my other one around so needless to say I didn't get much of my family vacationing here.

Dax sure misses you and asks "Where'd those guys go?" He'd have you all come back tomorrow if he could. Thanks for coming to see us and for putting up with the "schedule". We loved seeing you!

Family Photos

"FAMILIES ARE FOREVER"

"You are uniquie--there is no one else like you" ~Marva Collins

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past and bridge to our future"