Sunday, September 25, 2011

Kash

My 4th nephew Kash was born on August 9th. He was 9 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long.

Adam, Brennan, & Kash
Grandma Kanten & Kash
Love this picture of Brennan, Grandma Robison, & Kash
Daddy & Kash
Uncle Leevi & Kash





Camping


So we took Adam on our first camping adventure at the beginning of August...not sure much else could have gone wrong. We got there and the tent sites were on top of each other, it was close to 100 degrees, wind gusts while trying to put up the tent, swarms of bugs, swarms of bees, and another wind storm in the middle of the night. We only ended up staying one night since we were not having much fun.
Castle look out


View from the castle look out
Me and Adam...

View from our camp site



Roasting marshmallows

Tent site...



Register Cliffs - Where the Oregon Trail went through and people would carve their names to let others know how far they had made it.



House Part 2

I am sure most people know by now that we took our house off the market. We could not find an existing home that we wanted and the floor plan we really liked was slightly out of our price range right now. We are going to work on doing a few things to our house in the next couple years and then think about building. Third time is the charm right?

Saturday, July 30, 2011

House Hunt

Well we have had our house on the market for over 70 days now but no offers yet. We have been trying to find out perfect house and we think we have found it! We started off thinking we were going to build a quad level like we have now but weren’t sure we wanted to go through the building process. Then we found a house that had just been built and decided to put in an offer. The builder came back with a counter offer and we decided to reject their counter offer so we were back at square one. We realized that in order to get exactly what we wanted we were going to need to build so we decided to go back to the original builder and ask him to build the house below.

http://www.houseplans.com/1750-square-feet-4-bedroom-2-bathroom-Country-house-plans-2-garage-%2836443%29

 

We are crossing our fingers that everything is going to work out with this house.

Frontier Days

It is that time of year again…Frontier Days. I always dread the traffic and just how busy the city gets when Frontier Days rolls around. This year was the first year that Adam was able to really enjoy all the activities. I took him to a parade on Saturday and then on Tuesday his daycare went to the parade. On Wednesday Leevi kept him out of daycare and took him to the pancake breakfast and then to watch the Thunderbirds air show. On Sunday we took him out to the park and let him ride some of the rides and we looked around the exhibit halls.

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July 4th

I am trying to catch up finally. On the Fourth of July we decided to go up into the Snowy Mountains and get away from the heat. We took a picnic lunch and just walked around. It was amazing how much snow was still up in the mountains. In the evening we let Adam do sparklers, snakes, and poppers.

Looking out the binoculars at the lookout

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Adam & Leevi

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From the lookout

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Me & Adam

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Playing in the snow…

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Snakes…

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Adam throwing a popper

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He was not too sure about the sparklers

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Family Photos

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Iowa

While the drive was long, it was a wonderful trip. The long drive gave Daffney and I lots of time to catch up and talk about life. The visit with my family was great as my uncle and his family had not met Adam. It’s always good to spend time with my Grandma as well.

The Mississippi

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Couldn’t ask for a better friend than Daffney!

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Nana and Adam

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At the zoo

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Adam and Cheyenne

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Riding on the tractor with Uncle Larry

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Happy Birthday Adam!

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The tractor Jim gave to Adam. He loves it!!!

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