Ammon, Shanae, Chase, Asher and Toben

Toben and the Butt Scoot!

2009-08-07T14:40:00.001-07:00

Are you ready to laugh? This is how Toben has figured out how to get around the house without putting weight on his feet! Enjoy!

Summer 09

2009-08-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

As you can see, we have had a great time this summer! Chase and Asher have both had birthdays, we went camping, played some croquet, went to San Diego, enjoyed family and more!

Chase the Academic...

2009-07-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

I was on the computer and thought I'd better write this one down before I forget! Chase's new favorite movie is a documentary on dinosaurs specifically Allosaurus'. He is watching it as we speak. So funny! I think its boring, but, Chase is very interested in learning every fact about bugs and dinosaurs, so it works well for him!

A little more news: Asher "jumped" (okay, let me drop him) off the diving board at mommy and me swim class today! My little boy who is terrified of butterflies, flies, and any step bigger than one inch is a little fish! He hates it when the teacher talks to him and throws a HUGE embarassing fit every time she does, but is enjoying the time in the water with mommy. Toben scooted about 2 inches the other day, so we are hoping to see him push up to crawl (maybe hopefully) soon! Well, I have to go, the Allosaurus is preying on an innocent stegosaurus and Chase has some questions about it...LOL!

Three Months Later...

2009-06-30T12:47:00.000-07:00

Hello! It's only been three months since I have updated my blog and I'm sure nobody looks at it anymore, but that's how life goes. We moved into our new house and are LOVING it! Summer is here and actually did finally come to Ephraim. (I had my concerns when it snowed in May.) Everyone is doing pretty well- Here are updates!

Chase is enjoying his summer and the freedom of riding his "big rocket bike" without training wheels. He just turned six this week and tells everyone that we run into how old he is now. I don't go a day without laughing at his observations and comments about the world. He has made friends with all the kids that are building houses in our neighborhood and has taken it upon himself to teach all of them to ride their bikes without training wheels...(YIKES!) My sister Heidi is staying with us this summer and we are all enjoying her. Chase is excited because since she sleeps here, he gets a "sleepover for a loooong time!"

Asher turns two next month and the tantrums are already unbearable! He is such a strong-willed little guy! We love watching all the things he's learning. He only has a few words under his belt and is startint speech soon, so we are hoping that will help all of us communicate! He is surprisingly an excellent big brother. Always so concerned about Toben. If the baby is crying he goes and finds him and pats his leg saying "shh shh" until I come in. He gives Toben lots of toys, food, pats on the head, and really likes to be around him. Did I mention he is Chase's best audience? Nobody thinks that Chase is as funny as Asher. I'm amazed that even with a four-year gap, those two can play and, unfortunately fight. I have learned you don't have to talk to tease, irritate, and play with older brothers! He is so smart and understands everything I say. His favorite word is truck "Guck" and anything that moves on wheels goes by that title! He is getting SO tall and handsome.

Toben will turn 1 in August. He is such a fun and smiley baby! He loves attention from anyone and everyone! At the grocery store he gets lots of laughs and smiles when people say hi to him and he waves at them. He is a really social baby and cannot be away from mommy. We found out about a month ago that he has a minor "sensory defensive disorder" which is making it really hard for him to learn to crawl or even put any weight on this legs at all. He is doing a little better all the time, and the physical therapist is confident that even if it takes a little longer, he'll be moving around on his own. Since he's pretty immobile, it's really great that he has older brothers running around to entertain him!

We are having a good summer and enjoying as many small vacations- mostly camping- as we can before Chase starts kindergarten in the fall. Ammon is in his element with house improvements and putting in our yard. He is working for the college but up on the mountain this summer at the Great Basin Environmental Education Center and is really enjoying working outdoors. He is, as always, on the run at all times and completely exhausting me!

Funny Ash

2009-03-12T08:48:00.000-07:00

Asher is such a funny little guy. I was blowing an empty water bottle at him and he thought it was the most hysterical thing he had ever seen! He has been keeping me busy by locking himself in the bathroom by opening the drawers in front of the door so I couldn't open it and even pooping in the tub and then screaming in horror "Kah Kah!!!" He loves to be outside and is always saying Bye Bye to get someone to take him out the door with them. He's a fun little brother-he's Chase's best audience! He thinks everything he does is so funny. He's also a good big brother. Always bringing me Toben's binky and saying "DAY DEE" (Baby) When Toben cries in his port-crib, Asher goes and throws clothing items in there and then comes to get me immediatly to get poor baby. Funny boy.

Happy Arave Day!

2009-02-22T20:56:00.000-08:00

We Araves celebrated our first annual Arave day! So what is Arave day you ask? Well, one year ago (Feb 16th) our family was sealed in the St George Temple to our sweet little Asher. Now that's something to celebrate! We took the kids to "Bouncin' off the Walls" and we had a great time. Great celebration for a great day!

January 2009

2009-02-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

A Little Update:
Here are a bunch of pictures in January...My boys are all growing up so fast I can't stand it!
Chase is learning so much at school and is starting to get ready for Kindergarten in the fall. He spends as much time as possible with friends, but if he can't do that he plays on webkins.com or loves to watch movies. He has several stuffed pet animals: Egward, Lenny, Bones, and Max and takes very good care of them. He names them himself and usually takes one with us wherever we go. His favorite foods are Nutella sandwiches and pancakes! But he always reminds me he "hates to eat" I love his confidence and curiosity which has me answering a lot of difficult questions. He doesn't like to be teased (Boy was he born into the wrong family) and is such a good big brother.
Asher is a little nut! He is into everything! He loves to dance and is particularly fond of our "seseme street learning letters" video he calls it "Dee dee dee dee" (Maybe that's ABCD???) He is bored out of his mind is Chase is gone and has gone from being "mr independent I don't need to mom" to "If anybody besides mom or dad looks at me I'm going to hide" in just a couple of weeks! He thinks if he can't see you, you can't see him and spends a lot of time averting his eyes from people who are trying to get his attention. Asher is learning a lot of things he's communicating with words and actions. If we can't find something there's a good chance its in the bathtub, toilet, garbage or any drawers he can find. Yesterday I found a pan lid in the bathroom drawer...what a kid!
Toben is getting big too fast and I'm doing everything I can to prevent it. I have just BARELY started him on rice cereal and veggies (he's working on it) and am hoping rolling over isn't any time soon. I just want him to stay a baby. He doesn't cry much and doesn't laugh much, but he smiles all the time! He's a great baby except that he doesn't sleep or nap. I guess at least he's happy?!
Ammon and I are just staying busy with his job and the kids. Our house should be done in about April. I need to get some pictures of it up so you can see. We're all doing really great!

Sledding...you can't do this in Bunkerville!

2009-01-13T12:51:00.001-08:00

Among all of the bad things that winter provides here ie: COLD COLD COLD! Dirty cars, slippery walkways etc...One thing it does provide is playing in the snow. Ammon is a great sport and spent some outside time with the boys.

Our House

2009-01-13T08:12:00.000-08:00

Most of you will probably think we are CRAZY, especially any of you who knew us while we built our Bunkerville house, but we are building again. I have to share this with you because it's pretty unbelievable- The hole for our basement was dug on December 6th and as of this week, the electrical, ductwork, and plumbing are all done! The framing of our house took 2 days, that's right, two days. We can't keep up! So, to all of you who have experienced the clark county building- there is hope. It's not like that everywhere...THANK GOODNESS!

Protecting Baby Brother...

2008-12-30T20:43:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I know that I need to post our Christmas stuff on here, but I need to post this before I forget. I had a very frustrating day with Toben who was SO fussy. Toben started crying for what seems like the billionth time so I walked over and said, "Toben I am done with you...what do you want!" Chase looked at me and said, "Mom! You don't be mad to Toben!" "If you are mad to Toben then I will not let my friends come over anymore and I will give toys to Asher but not you and mom...that's the deal!" "That's just the deal." Well...what do you say to that!

Chase the singer

2008-12-14T14:03:00.000-08:00

Chase sang this song for sacrament meeting all by himself. He did such a great job and didn't even get scared! Here he is singing it at our family Christmas party.

Toben J

2008-12-11T20:19:00.000-08:00

Our sweet Toben is three and a half months old! Our good friends offered to take some pictures for us and as you can see they turned out just darling!(Of course I may be a little partial)

Polar Express 2008

2008-12-08T11:05:00.000-08:00

We took the boys to the Polar Express. Let me say that it is fantastic for 5-year-olds, not so hot for 1-year-olds. The train ride is about 1 1/2 hours long. Asher was interested for about a quarter of that time. We did have a good time though as you can see.

The Messiah

2008-11-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

In an effort to find something that makes me matter to the real world outside of my home, I am singing in The Messiah written by Handel. It is interesting to note that Handel wrote the entire piece symphony parts and all 4 vocal parts in just 24 days. The version that I have does not include the symphony score and it is 138 pages long. It is also even MORE amazing that it is polyphonic music which basically means that all the vocal parts are doing something different at all times-YIKES! It is nice to have something to challenge me and something that I enjoy. If you want to hear something crazy listen to "Worthy is the Lamb that was Slain" out of the Messiah and just listen to all the crazy parts doing all their crazy things...let me know what you think :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWEneZoyyo
This is a link to that song that is almost descent. It gets pretty crazy around 2 min. and then again at the end...

I Got Tagged...

2008-11-11T21:10:00.001-08:00

8 Shows I like to Watch...well, we don't have TV that's right, not one channel, but, when I'm somewhere else or on the internet I like:

1-The Office (watch EVERY episode online)
2-House
3-The Ellen Show
4-CSI
5-Lost (Ammon and I are only to season 3...I think)
6-30 Rock (Thank you netflix)
7-Scrubs
8-Supernanny

8 restaurants I like to eat at:

1-The Olive Garden
2-Famous Dave's BBQ
3-Cafe Rio
4-In-N-Out
5-Port o Subs
6-Chilis
7-Gandolfo's
8-Pizza factory

8 things I did today...

1-Mopped with pine sol (smells so good)
2-Ate a spoonful of peanut butter with chocolate chips on top :)
3-Screamed when Asher pulled my hair and then laughed hysterically because he thought it was so funny.
4-Got puked on (Thank you Toben)
5-Ate lunch with my in-laws
6-Sent Ammon on the road AGAIN :(
7-Packed to go to Mesquite (Yeah!)
8-Fought with my insurance company

8 things I am looking forward to:

1-Going to Mesquite and warm weather
2-Ammon's travel season to be over
3-Toben sleeping through the night (please say it will happen soon)
4-Asher learning to tell me what the heck is wrong...
5-Being able to leave all 3 kids for more than two and a half hours (Toben refuses the bottle)
6-Going on a date with my Hubby on Thursday
7-Our new house being DONE
8-The Polar Express in Heber

8 things on my wish list

1- A place to go in Ephraim when it's freezing
2- Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
3- A Diet Pepsi (To go with #2)
4- A Full Night's Sleep
5- A cell phone that works all the time in Ephraim
6- Some sort of accessory that Asher won't break (goodbye necklace #4)
7- A backyard
8-Clothes that actually fit (or how about a body that will fit into my old clothes?)

8 people I'm tagging

1-Heidi
2-Tahina
3-Melissa
4-Emily
5-Roz
6-Jilene (if you find some time away from babies)
7-Dawn
8-Meghan

Halloween 2008

2008-11-03T20:36:00.000-08:00

Here are the Arave boys on Halloween. Chase is Mario, Asher is a moustacheless Luigi and Toben is a dragon (Bowser) all off of super mario brothers. Asher hated his moustache and so I waited until right before the picture to paint it on...then, he sneezed-oh well, he still looks cute! My favorite Halloween moment was when we were a few houses down and there was a little dog inside barking. Chase took one step inside the house and looked at the dog. He immediately told the owner "You have a really ugly dog!" Oops.

Can I Go To Bed?

2008-11-03T20:33:00.000-08:00

Is it normal that I hear this question from my child? Chase has always been such a funny kid about going to bed. When he's ready, he simply asks or just goes all by himself. When he was really little he would go find his binky and climb into bed. I'd go looking for him and he'd be fast asleep for his nap. He asked me tonight, "Can I go to bed right now please?" "Yes, of course you can." "Oh, thank you mom." Counting my blessings...

She's Gonna Blow!

2008-10-31T09:44:00.000-07:00

I was looking on Amazon.com today for some Chrismtas gifts. I ended up looking at motherhood books and some of the titles are as follows:

She's Gonna Blow! Real Help For Moms Dealing With Anger

Motherhood: The Gift (then crossed out) GUILT That Keeps on Giving

Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons

The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies For Hiding Healthy Food in Your Children's Favorite Meals

Families Are Forever If I Can Just Get Through Today

I Didn't Plan To Be A Witch and Other Joyful Surprises of a Joyful Mother

PET: Parent Effectiveness Training

What do these titles tell you about the plight of being a Mother? I think the one I most related to today is She's Gonna Blow! But seriously 100 easy lessons? Does that sound easy to anybody here? The Sneaky Chef...and code name PET I feel like I should have had CIA training for my current position. The Guilt does keep on giving! Last night I told Ammon what a good husband he is and what good care he takes of all of us he said, " Yeah, I couldn't do it without you-You do all the dirty work!" What an awesome hubby. He is so good to notice and realize how hard my new full-time job really is.

Our Rock-Climbing Adventure!

2008-10-26T20:43:00.001-07:00

We went rock-climbing yesterday as a family. Who does that with 3 kids? We do. It was fun. Ammon, Chase and I all climbed to the top (about 60 feet.)Who knew I was that brave? Here are some pictures. As you'll see Asher let us know when it was time to go home.

Toben's Baby Blessing

2008-10-26T20:42:00.001-07:00

Halloween Family Home Evening

2008-10-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

We saw these cute shirts in Family Fun Magazine. So, we had a Halloween FHE. We made our cute Halloween shirts and watched "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown." while we ate popcorn and hot chocolate. Does it get any better than that?

It's Snowing!?

2008-10-13T19:53:00.000-07:00

We are from Mesquite, NV where it is warm...It's WARM!Now we live in Ephraim where is snows in October! Last Saturday we decided to go to the football game. It was very cold. Since we have two babies we left at halftime- on our way home it started to snow! I think Toben's face says it all.

Get him off this thing!

2008-10-10T16:11:00.001-07:00

For those of you who don't know, Toben has been on a heart monitor. Right after he was born, the Dr. thought he heard something wrong with his heart, so we have to haul this lovely thing around for 2 months. We only have about 2 weeks left, and everyone is confident that he is just fine...so I'm ready to be unplugged. Anywhere I go I haul a 5-year-old, 2 babies, a diaper bag, and this monitor (Ugh) The other thing is that when he wiggles out of his little electrodes, the monitor goes off. It sounds very similar to a smoke alarm-that's fun in the middle of the night. We are very grateful that that is the only reason it's gone off. We have a healthy baby and are ready to be done with the heart monitor.

Toben's Look-Alike?

2008-10-10T15:59:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe not. Ammon and I swear he looks like Ben off of Lost. I think it's the eyes...what do you think?

Butterfly House

2008-10-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

Grandma Wursten got Chase a Butterfly House. We raised the butterflies from little caterpillers. We enjoyed learning about butterflies and as you can see, they really took a liking to Chase.

Proud Mommy

2008-09-12T09:41:00.000-07:00

Look at all the new things my boys are doing!

Chase is making us proud on the soccer field. As you can see, no matter how crazy things get, he always makes time for high fives!

Although it may be hard for you to tell, this is Asher shaking his head no. He is mastering this new skill and we love that we're "communicating" with him. It's hard to tell because he tilts his head, but look closely and it is a definitely a no.

Asher is a dancing machine!

New Baby at the Arave Home!

2008-08-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

Toben J Arave was born Friday August 22nd at 3:35 am. He was only 5 lbs 8 oz 19 inches long. A few hours into labor we realized baby wasn't turned the wrong way so he was born c-section. We're both recovering nicely so far, but we have a long way to go. Chase is LOVING the big brother thing again, and Asher shows some interest, but is too busy learning to walk. We are all busy adjusting, that's for sure. What a special time for our family!

Our CRAZY Summer!

2008-08-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

First I would just like to say that I am happy to be online again. We moved at the end of June and got the internet this week. We are doing well here and Ammon LOVES his job! The boys are finally adjusting which is good because baby is due in 3 weeks! Baby boy Arave (no name yet) is being a little monster even in the womb- he is transverse and he has already rotated correctly and is now transverse again. We have an appointment to get him flipped (hopefully) next week. Wish me luck on that. We are renting a home until we decide where we want to be exactly. I am staying at home with the 2 (soon 3) boys and am adjusting to life as a stay at home mom. It's exhausting to say the least, but we are all getting used to our new life here. I am excited to hear from all of you again, that is, if anyone still checks my blog :)

Pictures of summer 2008

2008-08-06T20:55:00.000-07:00

Joy School Graduation

2008-05-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

Here is Chase and his Joy School friends singing the theme song. Chase is the one on the far left that won't leave his hat alone.

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Asher's First Haircut

2008-05-30T19:36:00.001-07:00

AFTER

BEFORE

Funny Eater

2008-05-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed watching Asher eat Pork 'N Beans the other night. We hope you will too. When he gets excited, he clenches his little fist and leans to one side-isn't it funny?

Chases Jam

2008-04-05T15:22:00.000-07:00

2008-04-05T15:21:00.000-07:00

Chase loved the M&M Factory in Las Vegas. Here he his doing a dance while we wait for the 3-D movie. My favorite part was when I asked him where he was (wanting "the M&M factory") and he says..."Right Here!"

What did we do in March?

2008-04-05T14:44:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty busy month as you can see. Some of the highlights (in some cases lowlights) included:
-Asher with pneumonia,RSV, and an ear infection
-Camping at Whitney Pockets
-Trip to Las Vegas (M&M Factory, Coke Factory, and Doctor for mom and baby)
-Asher with the Chicken Pox (Poor baby, I think they were almost worse than RSV)
-Easter Morning and rolling easter eggs!
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Who is helping who?

2008-04-05T13:18:00.000-07:00

While we were rolling Easter eggs, Chase slid down the hill. Aunt Krystal decided to try to go down and help him up...maybe not the best idea!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-02-19T22:30:00.001-08:00

Adoption Finalized!

2008-02-04T20:40:00.000-08:00

Last Monday, we went to Las Vegas to have Asher's adoption finalized! We are excited to finally have that behind us and are looking forward to taking him to the temple in a couple of weeks. The judge commented that Asher slept through the whole thing-a very important day of his life and reminded us that we can't give him back when he's 16 (ha ha)We are so excited that he is officially ours!

Happy New Year

2008-01-02T21:12:00.000-08:00

We didn't do too much for the new year. We just hung around at home and then played games at Grandma and Grandpa's. Here are some pics of the boys hangin' around at home.

Merry Christmas!

2008-01-02T20:36:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas in our new home. We were all really spoiled. Chase didn't get his Blue Motorcycle, but he did get a power wheels 4-wheeler. He rides it everywhere! He likes to ride it outside on the hills just like the big kids do-Yikes!

Happy Halloween and Thanksgiving

2007-11-25T17:27:00.000-08:00

We've had a great start to our holiday season. We went to Lagoon with our friends, the Rays, we had a super Haloween (minus we all had strep) and had a fun Thanksgiving weekend this weekend.

We've Been Busy this Month!

2007-09-23T13:18:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, we want to share all the exciting things we've been up to this month. Ammon is teaching, coaching soccer, working on his masters, and still running our business. We are all just chasing after him trying to keep up. Chase is in Joy School and Soccer (although that's not really working out-how do you explain to a 4-year-old that it's okay NOT to have the ball all the time?)We went up to a family wedding so the boys got to see their great-grandma this week. We can't wait for the weather to cool off a little more so we can do more work on the yard. We'll see what next month brings!Click on the picture below to see more!

September 2007

Asher the smiler...

2007-09-11T10:03:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Asher started smiling and it sure is fun to watch him change and grow. He is 23 inches long and 12 lbs 11 ounces. He's a growing boy. Check out these pictures...

Asher's Photoshoots

2007-07-28T11:12:00.001-07:00

Asher's shower

2007-07-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome Baby Asher

Finally we are able to welcome our new addition- Baby Asher Breven Arave! We quickly took the time to put these pictures up to share him with all of you. We'll add more when we get a chance.

Chase is 4

2007-06-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

Chase's 4th Birthday

My sweet little boy turned 4 this week! Happy Birthday Chase!

Trip to Idaho

2007-06-24T23:22:00.000-07:00

Trip to Boise, ID

Chase and I went to Idaho while Ammon was on a 60-mile backpacking trip. We had a fantastic time. Here are pictures of all the fun things we did while we were there visiting our friends the Rays. We have missed them since they moved, and had a wonderful time with them-take a look!

We Love Our New House and Neighborhood

2007-05-30T22:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun pictures of our new neighborhood. Chase and his cousin and good friends-she lives down the street. If you look in the background you can see all of the rest of the kids having our "Block Party Water Fight" We are so lucky to have awesome neighbors and lots of kids for Chase to play with. Click on the picture and see for yourself.

Lagoon

2007-04-30T11:13:00.000-07:00

I took my choir kids to Lagoon last weekend and ended up taking Chase with me. We had such a great time! He loves to go on rides. Here we are on the sky ride. He liked the part where the water would come up and almost touch his feet. He went on the bumper cars once and hit the curb, he bumped his knee and was very upset. Every time we walked by them after that he said," Those are very dangerous." It was really funny.

Happy Birthday Ammon

2007-04-13T21:13:00.000-07:00

Ammon's 27th'>

We had a great time with our families for Ammon's Birthday today. We had pork ribs, steak and even homemade icecream cake (which was almost a disaster-sometimes I try to be a little too creative for my own good.) Chase had such a great time hanging out and riding 4-wheelers that by 8:30 he was out! It was fun to have a special day for a special husband. Click on the picture to see more-

Happy Easter

2007-04-08T16:24:00.000-07:00

Easter 2007'>

Happy Easter everyone! We had a great time coloring eggs and doing Easter. After church today we went to the Dam on 4-wheelers to roll our easter eggs (a silly tradition Shanae's family has.)Click on this pic to see the album. (Thanks for teaching me how to do this Jilene)

Knottsberry Farm

2007-04-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Ammon (the best hubby in the world) got me tickets to Wicked for my birthday. It was so amazing. I had a wonderful time-Ammon even found himself enjoying it. Since we were headed to LA we went to Knottsberry farm and to the LA Zoo. Here are some pics of our trip.

Our trip to Knottsberry Farm was so much fun. Here is Chase with Snoopy. He loved seeing all the characters. They had a special Spring Safari for the kids where they have to go from station to station and get "treasure." Chase thought it was so great.
This is a picture of Chase pushing his "baby." He has such an imagination-he all of a sudden decided that he was pretending to have a baby sister. Everyone looked at us like we were crazy as we had to take the baby out of the stroller so that Chase could ride for a while. He was always checking to make sure I was "still holding her with two hands" and "being very careful." We were laughing. He was so careful with pretend baby. Any time we would leave the stroller he would make sure we brought her or left someone watching her. He's already a great big brother. Look how happy he is...

Mom and Chase giving a high five on the merry-go-round. We thought we would have to leave early as Chase got tired. He was quite a trooper. We got there at 10:00am and were dragging him out at 8:30pm because we were tired! He was always the smallest one on the rides. He's so brave. All the other parents comment as they watch him put his little hands up in the air.

The Next Tiger Woods

2007-03-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

Chase in the backyard golfing with his buddies. They have been practicing almost every day. We're hoping to take them to the real golf course soon. Look at that backswing. Chase actually gets some pretty good hits in.

Chase the Rocker

2007-03-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

Grandma bought Chase a guitar one day when they were together. Imagine my surprise when he turned on the microphone and said, "Here's my question...are you ready to rock and roll?" I can honestly say I have no idea where he got that. The rest of the night was filled with much "music." As I put him to bed he said, "I love rock and roll." We also got a good laugh out of that one.

Chase at the Youth Rodeo

2007-03-22T16:53:00.000-07:00

I took Chase to the Youth Rodeo last night. We had a great time as you can tell. Chase wanted to do the egg toss like everyone else. He had to wear overalls so he could be like "Old McDonald at the farm and make things grow...." He had to be really brave to sit by this little goat. The handler helped me get this picture.

Chase the photographer

2007-03-22T16:31:00.000-07:00

Chase is quite the little photographer. As you can tell, he will not shoot until he is quite satisfied you have a good enough smile. Here's Aunt Krystal, Mom, and Dad...say 'Cheese!'

Our House

2007-03-17T23:45:00.000-07:00

Most of you know we have been building our house for what seems like forever! Here we are actually moved in and lovin' it.

Why we blog

2007-03-17T23:22:00.000-07:00

We chose to open a blog account to help us in our hope to adopt.We have been blessed by adoption and are happy to share our growing family