My Carson

Carson is my handful......and my squish :) He has the CURLIEST hair (no idea where he got it from) and is the kid that is always into everything. He is only 2 and a half, but is a big boy.....already fits 3T perfectly and will be moving up before his birthday in May. He loves his books, we have read his favorites at least 25 times this week already. Over and over and over and over............He loves the outdoors, coloring, Kip (our dog) and snuggling. He has asthma just like Preslee, which is a challenge, but we're working on it.

Preslee

Trying to be like her big brother and self-photgraph
Her new bike....soooooo cute!!!
She's just a cheeser

She loves when Karrie does her 'crazy' hair :)

Preslee is almost 5 and is in Pre-K. She is a little bummed that she will be the only girl, but the older she gets I bet she likes the perks. She is a little mother hen/family spy :) Thru her I know exactly what everyone is doing. good or bad. She is VERY girlie and is the only one of my children to be excited when the gifts are clothing, she has VERY specific tastes already.....uh-oh. She is great at keeping her room clean and bed made and is a sweetheart. She loves to snuggle.....oh, and talk!!! We are going for a girls weekend to Seattle in 2 weeks and she cannot wait.

Trying to get a pic of himself with the Chickens
He has been practicing his photography skills.

Hanging in the Homestead Crater.
I LOVE this pic! It makes me laugh....Seattle Aquarium.

Conley

Well, 2010 was a big one for Conley. He has lost 7 teeth total now, he just turned 8 on November 1st and is in 2nd grade. He goes hunting with Trent every chance he gets, but refuses to get blood on him....fine by me!! He has a really good camera and loves to try and do professional stuff, Alex who is living with us for 2 more weeks, has taught him a few things to do. It's so fun downloading his camera and seeing what he has done. He has been playing Little League and loves it.. He is a great big brother and cannot wait for the new baby to come. He got to go to Grandma's house for a week for the first time on his own.....he can't wait to do it again. We have 9 chickens and it is his job to care for them......and talk to them......and pet them......and hug them, he IS the chicken whisperer. It's too funny! I love that he can read me a bedtime story now and he loves to write his own. My oldest is getting old!! He's a good kid and I love him very much :)

Notable in 2010......and some of last year.

Lists. I LOVE lists, dunno why, but I make them for everything! So this is the way in which I will recap.

*August 2009: My Dad passed away and was buried in Twin Bridges, MT. He is much better off where he is now.
*We did NOT get back into the school Conley had been attending and had to make a split second decision where to send him during the funeral since school started days later. It did not, however, work out very well for us.
*Soooooo, we bought a big, new house in the school area we wanted and we are currently renting our other home out......stress!! We moved in the beginning of February this year. But worth every moment.
*Well, good thing we bought a bigger house! Baby #4 (a boy) is due Valentine's 2011!! I have been pregnant at the same time as 3 sister-in-laws!!
*Trent's work is going great, very busy, which now brings us to hunting season (even busier) and the holidays. We have been very busy without very many other big moments. We have been very blessed and can't wait to see 2011!

I hate Facebook!!

I'm tired of it!! Do people really not know how to function without it anymore?!? Yes, yes, I know, I even got people started on it, but now I regret it. Conclusion: if you not ACTIVELY participate on Facebook......you do not exist. Emailing rid of us letters,cell phones rid us of cordlesses, texts have replaced phone calls, and Facebook has replaced blogging. Well.....I'm rebeling!! I will go retro and blog again, well try anyway. I'm too isolated and alone anymore to go without some online attempt to keep in contact with people, but it does require that you return the favor. I'll try if you will.........