Catching Up!!

I'm going to try to catch our blog up and then hopefully keep it up. It has been a eventful holiday season, with many unexpected alterations to our plans.

So here goes:

We went to a hockey game. Calvin won tickets from a radio station. Had a blast!!

I have to say from everything I've heard about hockey.... I was expecting to see a fight. No fight, and they lost.

Here are the 4 of us!!

Christmas Eve.

There was more "cheese" then what was being served for dinner!!



Calvin said he always wanted the drum stick!



Luke thinking he needs to do what ever Calvin does!!




Christmas Morning.

A Raiders Jersey!! Thanks, Kandy!!
You know what puts a smile on his face!!


Calvin opening his gift from Santa.



And Grandma Kandy!! Thanks for coming to spend Christmas morning with us!




It was a White Christmas.

I think "Santa & Mrs. Clause" stayed up to late!!

Like TWINS!! Jason and Josiah

The cousins playing the Wii.

I love all the memories that Christmas tree ornaments hold.

Calvin, Trevor, Kaleb & Luke had lots of fun on the hill out in Mom & Dad's pasture.

Kaleb's (belated) 8th Birthday!!

Yes that is tissue paper flying!!

The kid knows how to get to the goods!!

After the pizza and cake portion of the party, we headed to a hockey game!!

Here is Kaleb with Winger.

He even won the DQ Birthday ice cream cake.

Here is the group!

back row L to R: Andy Schultz, Jason Ragsdale, Jason Luke, Calvin, Ron, Me & Chad Schultz

front row L to R: Trevor, Winger, Kaleb & Luke

That is the last month & a half in a nut shell.

I know I missed stuff, but for now it will have to do!!

Multnomah Falls

Saturday we went to Multnomah Falls. The sun was shinning, there wasn't any wind. What a beautiful day.

Here is Jennifer on the bridge before we got to the falls.

Here is Jennifer with Multnomah Falls in the background.

Aunt Jennifer & Luke

Aunt Jennifer and Calvin.

Here we are!!

My Honey & Jenn being crazy!!

Jennifer, going out on a limb!!

Me rock climbing, hee hee!!

Jennifer found a swing!!

Here is another angle of the log they were out standing on. Yep that's why I was the one taking the pictures!!

The explorers!!

Just too wonderful not to take a picture of!

The climb to the top is completely worth it!!

Jennifer at the top.

The view from the top.



Here we are at the top.

Mount Hood Railroad's Polar Express

Friday night Mom & Dad H. took us to Hood River for the Polar Express Train ride. We dressed up in our jammies and hopped the train.

Here is Mom, Jennifer, Trevor, Calvin, Kaleb & Luke.

This may have to be our family Christmas card!!

We were served cookies & cocoa. Sang Christmas carols
and then Santa came to visit!!




Trevor & Santa


Calvin & Santa


Kaleb & Santa




Luke & Santa
(Luke now thinks that Santa might be real.)

What a fun night!! Thanks Mom & Dad!!

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Well it's that time of the year again. And although these aren't the first pumpkins carved this is our first trip to the pumpkin patch.

Here are our guys getting ready for the ride out to the patch.

My Honey & Me!!

Here are the boys with their finished pumpkins. Dad took more pictures, so I will have some more to post when I get them from him. I was seriously up to my elbows in pumpkin guts!

Trevor's Pumpkin - flash and no flash

Calvin's Pumpkin

Kaleb's Pumpkin

(are we noticing a theme.....I think they liked the one from last year!!)

Luke's Pumpkin (he likes to be different)

And my "cheater" pumpkin.

And you can keep on calling them cheater pumpkins, Jason, I sure do like my patterns. :)