Thursday, September 17, 2009

Labor Day Weekend

We were so excited for the labor day weekend. We went to Greg's parents home on the Oregon Coast. 2 of his brothers that live hours away from his parents decided to come over while we were there so most of Greg's family was there and we were excited to see everyone.

On the morning we were supposed to leave Jayse was sick - vomiting everywhere. Nobody else was showing signs so we thought it might just be isolated to him but boy were we wrong! On our way over we didn't even get to Nampa before he starting throwing up all over the car. We had to pull over and clean him and the car then we were back on our way.

We made it into Oregon before we had another accident and then Greg started to feel sick. Greg and I still both thought that because both he and Jayse had gone to a softball game the night before that maybe they ate something that gave them food poisoning - again boy were we wrong! After all the stops we had to make for the sick people we didn't get to Greg's parents until really late or early depending on which way you look at it. We stayed up and talked with Greg's mom, LaRee, for a little bit and then went to bed.

Friday morning Jayse and Greg were both feeling better so we thought we had put the sickness behind us. So we headed out to the ocean to do some crab fishing.

We went out on the boat with Greg's dad and it was a lot of fun! Jayse loved being the co-captain. His new obsession is steering wheels.

We caught a bunch of crab and had our limit within 45 minutes.

We saw a bunch of sea lions which I thought was cool but Greg and his dad told me they were there trying to steal food from the crab pots - not ours though because we used chicken as bait. The twins were so cute. They didn't even hesitate to try and touch the crabs and they did really good on the boat for the most part.

After crabbing we met Greg's mom at the beach with Tyler & Braydon. Right after I got Jaelee out of the car she threw up! We were hoping that maybe she just had a little bit of motion sickness and that she wasn't getting what Jayse had.

We had a good time at the beach, the twins walked around in the sand attempted to play on the rocks and even got wet. Jayse got a little too close to the water and a big wave came up and knocked him over - we were done at the beach after that.

Back at the house we got to eat some fresh crab and hang out. Jaelee, however, continued to throw up and was sick for the rest of the night.

Saturday morning I woke and felt awful - needless to say I had got the stomach bug. At this point we realized that this was something more than food poisoning and motion sickness. Realizing that we had brought this sickness with us and now every one of Greg's family members was going to get sick made us feel just terrible. Saturday I just laid on the couch in the basement and watched movies while Greg took care of the twins and hung out. Later that evening I started to feel better so Greg went golfing with his brother Scott and I took care of the twins.

Luckily Sunday for the most part everyone was feeling better! We had a lot of fun hanging out with Greg's family. Greg wanted to go golfing again and I wanted to go with because I have never even been to a golf course before. I was more interested in getting to drive the golf cart then golfing but as that would turn out I didn't get to do much driving...

If I even attempted to move Jayse he would scream so I let him sit there and I "helped" him to drive.
I think this picture is funny.... Jayse is driving and Jaelee is on the phone. I have a feeling this a is a glimpse into the future.

Golfing was fun but it was super windy out there and starting to get cold so I was glad to be heading back and I was excited to try Darrin & Jess' enchilada pie and boy was it delicious. After we got the twins to bed Greg and I went over to Brian & Stacey's to sit around the fire pit. While we were there, their oldest got the stomach bug. I felt just terrible. By the time we were leaving on Monday almost all the kids were sick. Overall we had a really good time but I still feel bad we got everyone sick! And to top it off when we got home we found out that while we were gone my family had been sick.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Weekend - Picture Explosion

We had a lot of fun this weekend. It started with Greg & I's softball game where our team almost won the game. Our team is notoriously horrible so an almost win is awesome for us!


We celebrated by relaxing in the hot tub. Saturday morning after breakfast we went yard selling. We got some great new photo props for me aka toys for the kids (I'm sure I will be photographing the kids with them soon). After yard selling we decided to go to the lake. It was a little windy but I have been wanting to go there all summer and since the twins are walking now we thought it would be fun. When we got there they didn't even hesitate to play in the sand and water.

(Jayse's fat little foot.)
(Jaelee's chubby feet)








We brought our raft and paddled out onto the lake. The twins seemed to like it at first but then I think they wanted to explore and they were trying to move around all over the place and touch everything, so we decided to make our way back to shore. It was starting to get a little cold so we decided to pack up and go home. We forgot to bring towels and a change of clothes for the twins so we striped them down and put them in t-shirts Greg and I were wearing. Couldn't help but think how cute they looked.





On Sunday we had what I like to call a Cinderella Sunday, this is where we clean clean clean the house. Which we really needed and now the house looks better. After all the cleaning we decided to go to the park and play some frisbee golf. Well really Greg is the only one that plays.

(Look closely at his face, he looks so serious)
Jenelle and I just walk around but we had a fun time with the twins. I let them walk around the park and they loved it. Jayse liked to push the stroller around

and Jaelee just walked where ever she could.

It is so fun seeing them walk!



(Pictures like this are why I take my camera everywhere)


Future frisbee golf hall of famers right here!

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Jayse & Greg's Shoe

So since I mentioned something about Jayse's shoe obsession I thought I would get a few pictures of him. It's so funny that he just crawls around with a big old shoe on his foot. So here he is....




Saturday, August 8, 2009

Some Photo Fun.

I did a photo shoot with a 3 month old baby girl today and had so much fun. She was just adorable. You can see a sneak peak of her photos here: Sneak Peak of Baby L

Once I was done the twins saw all my cool props and started playing with them so I snapped a few photos of them. They were more interested in playing with my stuff than sitting there but I got a few good photos. Even Greg let me get a few photos of him. You can see his photo on the right side of my blog. Isn't he adorable? I just love him so much!

This is one of my new backgrounds. I think it's adorable. Jaelee really did not want to sit there but I made her anyway (I'm so mean in the name of getting a cute photo). By the way she is officially fully walking now! She just walks around the house doing laps. It's so cute. And Jayse is going to be right behind her any day now.

This is one of my new tutus. Jaelee HATES it. I think it is so cute on her and would make a great photo but the second I put it on her she screams and pulls at it. This is the best pic I could get.
And here is Jayse displaying my new huge tea cup. He's a little big for it but he sure looks cute in it. Jayse couldn't get out of it so I got a few cute photos of him. He sure does love his feet. And lately he has had this obsession with shoes. He puts Gregs shoes on his feet or hands and crawls around the house with them on. He screams when they fall off.

What a cutie! Finally a picture of him smiling. I had to work hard for this one! But boy is it worth it. He has a such a cute smile.

And the last picture Jaelee and her daddy. Not much to say about this but LOVE it!