March 2007- Painting New House

I found these on my mom's computer...so thought I would add 'em!

This was the end of March, and we all got together and painted the house! The builder was just going to leave it white, so we figured before the carpet got in, we might as well take advantage of the ability to spill and it not be a big deal, and so we all got it done! This is what family is for! Thank you to everyone for your help! Even those that watched the babies, it is SO appreciated!

Mom and Vanessa in the kitchen trying to finish it all up! :)

Dad and his amazing skills to the ceiling- that's one steady hand!

jake doing the baseboards and corners!

kids painting in the living room- such good helpers!

September!

So,

Lindsay had her baby, a baby girl on August 30th @ 3:19 am. Her name is Rylin Paige Payne...and is SO cute! We are finally cousins, an aunt and an uncle! Chase and Kelton LOVE her and always want to hold her! It gives us hope for this new little one.

We found out, we are having a baby girl! We are figuring her name will be Taelin, or Shaelee. I guess it will depend on what she looks like! :)

We visited Wisconsin over Labor Day and really had a great time visiting Jake's grandma who is sick, but actually feeling better. We love you Grandma-Great!

Well, we are finishing our yard and putting in a fence this weekend, then curbing and grass! Yahoo! Next summer will be so much fun! Well, I have to run and get dishes done before Chase wakes up, as soon as my camera is fixed, I will add some more pictures!!!

Utah Visit

Kelton "surprised" that the parade of homes in Utah!
The gorgeous castle home on the hill

kelton under the stairs in a black light room...super cool!

Chase playing in the half basketball court downstairs in that castle house! fun!

While the kids were camping with Grma and Grpa, Jake and Vanessa got up SUPER early and drove to Mt. Tempanogas to see Matt get married. It was so fun to see his family again! They are amazing! It was fun to see Brison and Heather too! Matt's wife's name is Haley- she's super fun! Congrats Matt! We love you guys!

Just chillin' in Idaho

Hey all,

So, for this past week, we went camping (well, the boys and Vanessa) and then Jake came up for the weekend. The boys seriously had SO much fun! It was nice to find an amazing camp ground finally, we knew there would be one here somewhere...we just weren't really too impressed with Yellowstone, especially after being spoiled in Washington with Lake Cushman so close and gorgeous!

Jake is still working at the "site", as they all call it around here, as a safety refueling engineer. We're working on still getting him out of that job and into this Real Estate full time. The college in June was amazing, and we're planning on returning as soon as we can. We both learned so much and have been able to put things to use now.

I am now 20 weeks pregnant, and we are going to go to have our ultrasound on the 27th of the month, but we're still not sure if we're going to find out what the sex is. Kelton and Chase were surprises, and it was fun- so I'm pretty sure that we'll do that. Jake wants to know if it's a girl, but it kinda doesn't work that way- so we'll keep everyone posted. We're trying to figure out more interesting boy names, but we think we've settled on Ty (probably tyrone for dad) for a boy and Shaelee for a girl.

We are currently putting in our yard, and that is going slowly since we had to wait on the city to come out and spray where everything was plumbed (gas, electric, etc.) so that when we dig, we don't have to replace everything. But, I have faith that we will be able to see grass at least by next spring! :)

Well, I have two sleeping boys, so I'd better head off and do "productive" things while I have a minute. Hope you all have a great day and enjoy the rest of the summer!!!

Warm River Camping- Fishing with the kids

Kelton and Talea "Jumping" everywhere across the alligators that were all around them! :)

Chase was SO mad that he couldn't go into the water when he wanted! The water was SO cold! Just us chillin' right by the campsite. It was nice, the kids didn't get too close by themselves.

AUNTIE TALEA FISHING- KELTON SHARED SO WELL!

CHASE AND AUNTIE BOOBOO TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT! :)

KELTON SERIOUSLY FISHED FOR 8-9 HOURS THE FIRST DAY WE GOT THERE. HE CAUGHT HIS FIRST FISH THE NEXT DAY WITH UNCLE RYUN'S POLE AND CHASE GRABBED IT AND THEN GO GROSSED OUT! IT WAS HALARIOUS! KELTON LOVED WATCHING THE FISH COME IN AND THEN GET LET GO!!!

Just gettin' started!!

Hey, so we have decided to do this site too, just so those of you without facebook can look at the pics and keep up with the family!