my long haired cutie p tootie

Handsome Boy

It's been a while since i've updated with pics of little man. He's growing so fast. Here are a couple of pics so you can see just how big he is getting. He's talking up a storm. He says the funniest things and always keeps us laughing!

We made it!

We made it to Washington after all! A couple days late but in time for Christmas! Thanks for the prayers everyone. We had a wonderful time with family! I'll post some pics soon. :) 

Make it stop.

My last post was a fun day in the snow... back when we loved the snow. Now, not so much. Make it STOP!! Due to the crazy amounts of snow and ice all over the pacific northwest they canceled all the flights into portland and seattle yesterday resulting in a long, disappointing day at the airport. We've been talking up Christmas at Grandma's so much Izak was in tears several times yesterday when we had to explain why we couldn't "get on airplane to go gramagrampa house." So last night after returning home we decided to drive I ran to the store for travel food, a DVD player and some Diego and we were set, or so we thought. turns out all the roads we would be driving on to get to WA are closed. :( Now that I've complained, there are a couple big things I am thankful for... first off, we are all still together as a family and that's important to me.  Secondly, at least we are stranded at home instead of some awful airport in some other state where we have no place to go. We're still hopeful they might add a flight to portland today or tomorrow but if not, we'll be around. :) Merry Christmas everyone!

Let it snow!

Okay so here goes nothin... usually I can find a million other things that are higher on my priority list of stuff to do, but tonight I am dedicated to finding a way to post pics. I don't know if you've been outside lately, but baby it's COLD outside!!! I'm offically beginning hybernation. Last week just before the weather dropped to numbingly cold temperatures we were able to squeeze in a mini snow day. I remember I woke up to huge flakes falling outside and it snowed ALL day until about 4:00. As soon as Izak woke up from his nap we suited up and hurried outside to enjoy the last hour of light. He had a blast throwing, eating and rolling in the snow but I think his favorite part was tackling the snowman. The whole time we were building it, he kept trying to knock him over. After the third beheading he finally agreed to help me with the finishing touches for a picture. Here's a peek at our backyard winter wonderland. :)

snow day

Okay well to all of you who are frustrated because i haven't updated my blog since the fourth of July... I promise I am more frustrated than everyone combined. Let me give you a little glimpse into the happenings of my attempts to blog... after spending the first hour or so finding and organizing the pictures i want to post, I begin trying to upload them... one at a time, four at a time, big/small it doesn't matter. The computer "thinks" for  a couple of minutes (which seems like hours) and gives me an ERROR message, again and again and again. I've tried switching browsers, making my attempts at different times of the day, changing the size and quality of the pictures and converting them to different formats... none of which have worked so far. So... unless my computer is broken or I am entirely dysfunctional, there will be no more blogging. At least not until I get the urge to try again.