Wageman Circus

2011-10-25T16:50:00.000-07:00

Now that we are coming to the end of being residents of Charleston S.C.

I thought I would catch you up a bit on some of the fun we have been having while I haven't been posting.. I know how much you missed us!

Our old truck had a baby!

Jeremiah took Kennen to a Hockey game last year.

They had some great daddy daughter time!

One of our favorite places here is walking along the water front.

Here Jeremiah is throwing the kids over about a 6ft drop.

Before taking the kids out into town we try to wear them out... run bases, jump off things.. safety first.

We had beach day every Saturday...

Until it dropped below 80 degrees and now I think its freezing!

We recently had our last camping trip here, and we made sure the mosquitoes had their fill!

The huge rainstorms here were the best!

We will miss the Alligator hunting! (we shine flashlights on the water and see there big ol eyes)

If I can give advise to any who wish to come to S.C. ... Don't swim in the water and be aware of the smallest puddles!

And of course the first day of school!! They are growin up so fast.. (sniff)

Phew... what a day!

2011-02-22T05:40:00.001-08:00

Kennen had an awards ceremony at her school! She got A hand writing award from her teacher and then a special award from the principal. We are so proud of her, she is such a smarty pants and good student! This picture of Brooke is from the ceremony. When we were walking to find a seat, we walked between a woman and a small boy that she was trying to coax over with a sucker... I don't think he got the sucker.

These are dark. The ribbons on her shirt were class awards. The heavy medal is the one from the principal.

My family disappered one afternoon. I thought they took off in the car without me. but then i heard the giggling coming from outside..

Kennen made her valentines this year! they turned out so cute and super yummy..

She also enjoyed the Valentines that she got from her friends.

Taking the kids out bike riding.

Yes, the kids loved it!

They are so cute!

And finally, we are selling our giant truck! We just got it and I'm so sad to see it go.. but it is to big for Charelston. So this is my goodbye to it...

Goodbye big red truck!

2011-01-13T18:24:00.000-08:00

This is the pile of leaves that I spent hours raking together.

hhmmmm, there seems to be mischief a foot.

Their leader..

yes, mischief!

I once raked a pile of leaves...

Because

2011-01-12T06:37:00.000-08:00

In the Deep Deep Forest...

2011-01-02T10:40:00.001-08:00

We made caves for our Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...

Oh my!

They look so fierce.

Jeremiah played a very important roll here!

Without him the whole thing would come crashing down.

Oh and the Tiger lost one of her ferocious teeth!

Probably gnawing on something very scary, like candy canes!

Gross!

2010-12-31T06:00:00.000-08:00

~~Merry Christmas and~~ Happy New Year!!!

Wow! Another year come and gone!! Time goes by so fast when you have kids. Not sure if its because they are so cute and you have so much fun with them everyday that its over in a flash... or if its because they keep you on your toes all day and run you ragged that when it comes time to put them in bed and you finally get a moments peace, you fall asleep standing!

Well we have had a great year, busy but great! I will write just a few short paragraphs of all that has gone on this year! If you are interested in seeing what the Wageman family has been doing then please keep reading.. if you are not, well then maybe you should be looking at someone else's blog! Ok, Ill start with the youngsters!

Brooke beans (3 but pretends to be older)! She is still a little crazy monkey. I have come to believe there isn't anything this child can't do, or get into! We don't hold much back from Brooke. If Kennen can do it Brooke is soon behind her figuring it out! She loves her babies, dress up, mud, playing in the mud in her dress up, burps on que, laughing, hugs and kisses and blowing bubbles with her gum. And me... she loves me.

Carson (4, I'm not ready for him to be any older)! He is so much boy! Sometimes I wonder where he learns it from and then I catch his father doing the same thing... Carson is very different from my girls. He won't learn something unless he wants to. And that isn't a bad thing, because he is super smart in things that he wants to know. The girls will sit with a book reading or coloring for hours.. Carson will sit taking apart my electronics and counting all the pieces! Carson loves his games, working with daddy, tormenting his sisters, tooting, and figuring out how the world around him works. And me... he loves me.

Kennen is all girl (16 stuck in a 7 year old body). She is ridiculously smart, her teachers love her. She is a bit of teachers pet, but hey, it gets her what she wants... She reads faster than I do, and is well rounded in all of her other studies. She stuns us all. We are very proud of how well she does in school. She loves to play with her brother and sister, music, computer games, reading, helping me cook and clean, dancing, and avoiding chores. Oh and she loves me too!

Now me (22.. )! I don't really know if I've changed much this last year! I'm working hard to stay caught up with my kids, and I've had so much fun in the process! I like to learn new things, and keep busy. I love to play with the kids, cooking, crafty things, trying to ride the dirt bikes, running and other odd exercises, reading, and getting to know my husband again, since it seems like he has been on a ship for the last three years! I may seem kinda boring but really I'm awesome!

Miah... Ummm (see Carson from above)!!

Miah has been a wonderful father and husband. We recently moved clear across the country to South Carolina and he has been able to be home more. The kids and I couldn't be happier... even though he has been a bit of a menace! Miah loves to take the pieces that aren't really needed out of my household appliances, his dirt bike, tormenting the kids until they are running around like crazies, driving me nuts, making brownies (that way he gets to eat the batter) playing on the computer and me, he loves me! He may seem kinda boring, but...

This is much longer than I had expected... It has been a good year for us, and lots of love... for me! We look forward to starting 2011!

Teaching the kids about Christmas, is fun!

2010-12-28T06:27:00.000-08:00

The Christmas Slump.

2010-12-28T05:36:00.000-08:00

We are in the Christmas slump! The house feels cramped now

from the holiday decor and I am way behind on the blogging.

So I took the tree down yesterday, and now I'm putting 4 posts in one!!

Lets start on... before Christmas activity.

Carson and Brooke gathered some seed pods from

outside and wanted to make ornaments.

They were lovely!

We went back to the festival of lights to see Santa.

It was fun a second time around too! We got there right when

he had to take a potty break, so we rode the carousel... i thought it a bit scary!

But the kids liked it!

SANTA!!

Christmas morning!! At 8am! I was awake and ready to go at 6am

and thats only because Miah said if anyone gets up before 6am then they

would go back to bed... So I forced myself back to sleep when I had woken up at 4am.

AAHHHHH!

And so, let the mess begin!

This damage is after they told me that they had taken all their stuff upstairs... hmm

Well we had a blast this Christmas.. I love Christmas day.

We all sit around and play with our toys and eat leftovers from

Christmas eve dinner and junk from our stockings!

What a slow wonderful day!

Sugar Cookies!

2010-12-15T10:00:00.000-08:00

Usually I start making cookies around Halloween and go till Summer,

but this is the first batch since, uh well its been awhile. I think I over did it!

But after having them today... Mmmmm they are back baby!

Aren't they pretty!! Kennen was such a good helper.

Carson and Brooke missed out on the action, because they played at dinner

instead of eating. But not to worry.. We still must make Santas!

I have tried many a sugar cookie recipe and let me tell you, this one is my favorite!

Thanks Candice Sorensen! We still make them all the time!

'Tis The Season...

2010-12-13T14:24:00.000-08:00

To start off some of our Christmasy fun, we went to the Festival of Lights!

It was fantastic, we drove through it I think, three times. We had snacks and some delicious

hot cocoa! We didn't do the full walking activities because it was freezing cold!

We were able to take the train around so that was fun for everyone! The kids

had these snazzy glasses that when you look at the lights it turns them into snowflakes,

Santas, and snowman! they were pretty cool, its the best way to see Christmas!

Like I said, we got these really cool glasses for the kids!

This was one of our favorite light sculptures. It is the Cooper River Bridge.

it changed ever so gracefully from the old bridge to the new one!

Miah wanted ya'all to know that he took this picture.

The kids were plum tuckered!

See Carson is still wearing his awesome glasses!

Next we set out for our original South Carolina Christmas... Bush.

We found a rather large one to trim! Ain't she purty.

Kennen also just had the little first grader Christmas pageant!

She was so cute (Driving us nuts with all the practicing but she knew her songs!)

We haven't been able to locate our video camera, so its just pictures this year.

We have had a blast with all the Christmas delights!

Hope you are having a jolly holly season too!

Merry Christmas everyone!

2010-12-06T16:25:00.000-08:00

Ok, here is the skinny and a few pictures!

Before we left Washington Kennen got to start First grade.. yeah I'm a little behind I know. So here she is... She is grown up so fast (sniff)

She loved Madison, her teachers and friends. She really misses everything about it!

Before we left we got to go out to Shore Line with my buddy, Laura Suttle. She rocks and we had a blast. The kids all got soaked and I think I will need a new washer after doing laundry this day!

So skipping into our trip to South Carolina! This was out side of Denver (had so much fun there with the few families we got to see, wish we could visit more but it is a long drive!). Carson was hiding from the sunshine! He has become a little Nintendo nerd and he had almost free range of it on the way here!

Even though it was a long drive and took us days, we still managed to hit all the Cabela's and Bass Pro shops on the way! (something that you and dad are going to want to plan for when you make your trip, mom.)

Ahhhhh here we are!! We did it! A few more hours and we are there! Sorry about the blurriness but I wasn't ready as I sped by! but you can still make out what it mostly says!

Hot Cha!

2010-11-27T07:10:00.001-08:00

Oh my, I'm not so sure anyone looks at this anymore! Well if anyone does, here is a small update! Sorry no pictures, so if that is what you came for you might as well turn around now. We just got to South Carolina and for some reason I can't find my camera wires.. I'm sure they are in the trailer.. (cross my fingers) Other wise I have no idea where they are!

Ok like I said, we are in Charleston again! Miah has returned to teach! I did take pictures of our extremely long drive here, but I have no idea of how they turned out or if there is more to them other than the back of the trailer! It was a long drive but lots of fun!

We had so much fun being able to stop in Denver and visit a few very awesome families! Thank you, Megan for coming and spending time with us! You are beautiful as ever! Please keep me updated on the soon to be new addition in the family! We also got to quickly stop and visit with the Fishs! they were so great! We felt right at home with you, again. I hope we didn't over stay our welcome! We were in a bit of a hurry to get across the United States, so sadly that was all we got to visit in Colorado! We made it with out to many problems to Tennessee where we got to visit Stockings! I'm so excited that we live a little closer now! I'm hoping we will make trips once in awhile for visits! And finally rolled into Charleston the next day. It took us seven days to get here. We had to take it a little slow, Miah has a hard time seeing after dark so we parked it as soon as the sun went down!

Since we have been here we were in a desperate search for a house! We looked online a bit before coming but didn't want to choose something unless both of us got to see it! We got really lucky, We found a beautiful house that is close to the base and in a great neighborhood! We won't move in until Dec 1st. So in the mean time we have been staying in a nice vacation home, it has everything we need already so we were able to leave everything in storage!

We have been doing good. Kids are still adjusting being so far away. but being able to still run around outside in shorts has helped! We got to see our last snow coming through Tennessee, and so we are good for the year or three. We miss everyone and hope you all have a great Holiday season!

So much to post!

2010-05-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, To start this hopeful blogging streak, I will tell you what awesome friends I have!

These pictures are part of the tulip festival street fair. It was a blast. We went early, so that was good because it didn't get over crowded with people until we were leaving, and as you can see we had a large stroller parade, people kept asking us what club we were with... I'm pretty sure after awhile we just started making up names for our party. It was lots of fun, I love these gals!

These pictures are small because I stole them off my facebook, my friend Janna took them and I need to get better copies of them because they crack me up! Janna is the one that you can bearly see in the center of the picture up top!

I should have bought this purse! It was only one giant pocket, so not very practical. But I would have had a lot of fun with it. They have a store here somewhere and when I find it... Miah will be so proud!

We should have bought these hats too! They were very stylish, I even got the lady talked down $10, which should only tell you how much of a rip they were, since I didn't even buy it then! It was a splendid day!

I have lots more pictures to post of things that we have been doing but I didn't want to do to many at once so I will try to keep it up.

2010-05-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry Susan, I would change this and put more pictures up of my family, but I don't really have any right now. So this is the best I can do... just this little post.

Susan Klingenberg

2010-04-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Late Birthday Susan!!

I think your awesome!

Take me out to the...

2010-04-11T10:00:00.000-07:00

Kennen is playing Baseball!! She rocks! this picture is blurry... sorry.

I liked that you could see her miss the ball.

When she did hit the ball she knocked it out of the park.

I missed the shot of the hit because of a small boy that was distracting me.

But look at her throw that bat!

Standing on second, ready for anything!

My beautiful friend Janna, holding my baby boy Gunnar. And Brookie Beans,

with permanent marker on her cheek and a cheesy grin on her face.

This just looks like trouble! Kennen and Tyler, aren't they CUTE!!

Look at her run!! Does she even know where she is going?!

This was kennens first game, so I'm sure there will be more pictures to follow!

Hey, new post!

2010-04-04T21:39:00.001-07:00

Brooke didn't like using the egg dipper to get the egg out of the die, it took to long...

We went out really early to find the died eggs in the yard...

We took the kids to one of the parks for an egg hunt with some friends and neighbors!

Happy Easter everyone!! Hope it was a happy day for everyone!

Our Christmas letter....

2009-12-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

ok, well we usually send out Christmas cards with letters of all the stuff we have been up to, but with Jeremiah being gone so much we never got a family picture taken and I never got around to working on the Christmas cards because I always thought he would be home... and I procrastinate really bad! So this is my Christmas card-ish thingy... Really almost everything that we have been doing is on this lovely blog of ours! I'll give you a few quick updates though!

Kennen is in kindergarten this year. We just had her first parent teacher conference and are happy to hear that she is already reading at a first grade level and is still progressing she has also mastered all the kindergarten number goals for the year, they set new ones for her. This really isn't to big of a surprise. She has always been a little smarty pants and is always wanting to learn new things! We are very proud of her!

Carson is home with me. He is our rambunctuous little man. There are two sides to Carson, his wiggly silly side and then his cuddle and hug side. He loves to put things together and then take them apart, he has taught himself how to count objects... which has baffled Miah and I. We love his boyish little grin and he always tells me that Kennen and Brooke are his best friends (sniff, tears of joy).

Brooke is..... well she is crazy! I'm not really sure what to do with her yet! Her and Carson are quite the pair! She is usually the brains in the outfit and he is the brawns. She silently stands behind him in all her mischief and watches him take the fall time and time again! She already thinks she is the boss of the house and takes her position with joy! She is always giggly, cute and hilarious! we have yet to stop laughing!

We are very proud of all our children as you can see! Miah and I are are about the same as last. He is busy with work, family and friends... In that order, not by choice! I'm busy lion taming, its a risky job that will take years to master (about 18! and then they get the boot!). Thats about everything, we are happy and healthy and we still love each other! Its been a wonderful year! Merry Christmas everyone!

(I think something is wrong with me... For everyone that I wished a Marry Christmas to... I meant Merry. Marry just doesn't work!)

2009-12-14T16:43:00.000-08:00

It snowed yesterday! I think I was the only person in Washington, that was excited about this! We went out to play in it a couple of times. The pictures are of us on a walk, because it just wasn't deep enough to get out the sled yet, but it was brought out later that day! We had a blast! I took a lot of pictures but I'm being too lazy to post all of them. There are a lot more on Facebook and I think that just about everyone that looks at this is on my facebook too... So Grandma and Grandpa, enjoy!

What I did today!!!

2009-11-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

Today was a great day!!! Jeremiah and I went riding and it was rainy and cold! But what was so great was that I got the guts up to ride Miah's bike! Yeah, I'm awesome! I didn't wreck it either... well except when I went to stop, I can't really reach the ground, so as I was going to stop, it was hard for me to hold up. But I only laid it over once! Miah and I worked out a system that he would ride ahead of me and jump off my bike and catch me, when we needed to turn around. And then after riding for a bit I was able to stop it on the last ride back to the car! Sharp turns though... well I was to chicken to try turning it! But it was a lot of fun to ride, much more peppy than my bike!!

Carving Pumpkins

2009-10-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

Miah adding his final details!... He Cheats!

We let the kids all do there own. This is Carsons' airplane pumpkin. It was really good then he decided that he wanted a monster pumpkin then I had to help him, if you look close he tried to carve it himself, ( no i didn't let him have a knife and go at it. the carving tools that they have now are really dull) and yes I know he has no pants... again.

Kennen and her Pinocchio pumpkin did it all her self also!

The whole family carving!! awww... Like my make up. I think it will be a new look for me!

Our finished products! We Rock!

Yeah... I cheated too!

2009-10-16T13:26:00.000-07:00

Ignore the nudity.... I can't keep clothes on this child!!

Maybe I should get her a stool!

Yes, I took pictures

2009-09-11T10:15:00.000-07:00

Everyone Takes pictures on their baby's first day of school!!! Yep, she's my baby! But I let her go with out any tears! So here she is... Isn't she styling?!

Yeah, she knows it too!

Waiting at the bus stop, this is one of her little friends in the neighborhood that is also in her class!

She didn't give me a kiss or anything! but she did tell me she loved me!

Bye Kennen!! Don't mind the bruise on her cheek!

2009-09-08T12:00:00.000-07:00

This last week has been a BLAST!!! Cenia is here to play, and Miah has taken some time off of work so things are busy!!! To start, Kennen is starting school and we are all excited! her first official day is the 1oth, but on the 9th the kindergarten teachers decided to have a half day to show the kids around and teach them the rules. I'm very happy with the school that she will be going to! Its an older school, and its all day, but they are very organized with things, especially transportation which put my nerves at ease! Kennen went in to take a placement test and was put into an advanced reading class!! I was extremely excited about that! Shes just a little smarty!

With Cenia here. Miah and I got to take our dirt bikes up and go camping this last weekend! We went on some trails over by Port Angeles. I loved it!! the trails weren't as hard as the ones around here! The only tricky part was when Miah took me up some steep wet hills with a few rocks here and there! My front tire lost grip on one of the rocks.... and I cartwheeled with the bike back down the hill!! After I was done cussing my husband and finally made it to the top... I found it funny. Nothing broken so that's good! We hit Port Angeles while they were having their Hill Climb Competition! Please don't mention this to Miah, he was really bumbed that he didn't get his bike out to play too! He would have done awesome! It was a lot of fun! Here are a few pictures that I took of the hill!

This guy was awesome!! He shot right up the hill!! This was only the first part of the hill but I think he surprised us all!

As you can see... He has a sense of humor!

Here the guy started going backwards down the hill, so the catcher dove for him!

This was the kids hill climb! also the first one to go! He went straight up the hill, right into the catcher and pushed him right back down the hill!! the catcher that is circled was standing somewhere around where the x is! it started out pretty good!

There is much more to come!! We also went and watched Christen Colonel play ball yesterday. So I'll get some pictures of that on here soon.. then tomorrow Miah is taking me to a Real Big Fish Concert for my Birthday!!! And then I get a spa day on Thursday!! but wait there is more!! We are also taking the kids to the Ringling Bros. Circus on Friday!!! I don't think we can pack anything else into these two weeks!! Most of this we were just lucky to have happen at this time!! Having Cenia here has been great, or we wouldn't have gotten to play so much!

Kennens Birthday

2009-08-31T16:49:00.000-07:00

We had a costume party for Kennen! It worked out really well, we had a bunch of little princesses running around! This pictures is Kennen and my friends little girl, Casey! They were really cute! We love her!

The birthday girl in all her glory!

Jessica (Caseys mom) and I! Jessica is awesome! She was a huge help with the party and kept me calm! I love her too!

Our cowboy! He had just woken up, and wasn't to excited about this set up! He had much more fun later but I didn't take pictures! (look Heather I finish his chaps! they turned out really cute a little big, but he wasn't awake when I made them!)

I think this was about all the partiers! We were sad to miss the ones we did, maybe next year, it was a short notice, so it was my fault!

Thank you everyone for the presents! Kennen had a great time!

2009-08-17T13:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, My sister reminded me that I didn't put any pictures from Brookes birthday on here. So its a bit late, but here they are. She is now our terrible two... but pretty dang cute at it! This first one is just a picture from some that I snapped last night. when I get done editing a few more of them then I will put them on my photo blog but I wanted to put just one of her on here! My friend brought me the flower so why not!

mmmm cake....

2009-08-02T15:12:00.000-07:00

So.. I got a longboard. I think its the new love of my life! It has been a blast. I got it 3 days ago and it has been used constantly. The first day that I got it, my friends husband actually broke his arm on it. Its kind of funny really. the day it happened I'm pretty sure I was laughing at him but now its a good joke all around!

It was to hot to ride it to the top of the hill!!

See I'm a pro already! (I don't recommend riding in flip flops!)

Here I'm riding towards a truck.

This is where the truck got a little to close!

And here I fly through the air with the greatest of ease!!

Ohh crap. my board, I can't let it smash into the curb!

I better get it!

These next ones are just some pictures that I liked. No story board.

I got a Barfoot longboard (Kim when you go to get yours, I highly recommend this guy!! Yes you do want one. Or what will we do all next summer! Watch the kids? Naa)

Barfoot is a big name in Snowboards and surfing and of course longboarding. Its a small company, but everything that I have read about it has been good. I am extremely happy with it. I even got to talk to Chuck Barfoot and ask him questions on what kind of board I should get! I am very impressed with this guy!

yes... Yes it is!

2009-07-21T18:30:00.001-07:00

Yes.. This is me falling into the river. What I like best about this video, you cant see on this, you can see it better on facebook where I loaded it. My favorite part is the look of contemplation that you see on my face before choosing my path. I had no idea that Maih was recording me, he was facing the kids. But since I have watched this and had a good laugh I thought I would post it for you so you could have a good laugh too... and I wanted to post it so Miah couldn't remark about it! So here it is... Miah edited!

2009-07-21T13:39:00.000-07:00

We went camping this last weekend! It was a lot of fun. and we took lots of pictures and since pictures tell my stories better than I do... well here are a few!

Kennen was supposed to jump at the same time but she was a little worried about it.

I was pretty surprised when she did jump, it was actually pretty far! And there was no way that Jeremiah was going to catch her even though he said he would!

She was pretty excited when she did jump!

Brooke was slipping on a rock and instead of Miah getting up and helping her, he just took pictures, I thought her face was funny in this!

I was bombing Miah with rocks in this... see I'm making the sound effects for it too! I also circled the rock for you fogies that have a hard time finding things like this!! haha

I just wanted to point out that I don't think we are red neck! We didn't have swimming suits for the kids and we knew they were going to play in the water so the logic would be too...

Okay we are red neck!

but I blurred their bums just for you!

This was later when we were cooking S'mores (mmmm S'more's!) Kennen has dirt on her face.

We love S'mores so much that we eat them for breakfast to (not recommended for kids under 5!)

With all this open nature, breathing in the fresh air, you know the boys in their natural habitat, Carson has managed to finally be potty trained. and Brooke is only steps behind him with only using a diaper at night (because I'm not getting up to clean messes at 1 am!) Yeah, I"ll probably be taking pictures of the last box of diapers that I will purchase this next time!!! SO EXCITED!

The rest of our weekend!

2009-07-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

We had a great time on the 4th. We first started out kind of slow, because well its just hard

to get Miah out of bed in the morning. But when we did we went outside and lit off a

couple of our small fire crackers with the kids. Carson liked Miahs snaps better than the

ones they make for kids. it was pretty funny, he liked the ones that were loud!

first they sprayed me with silly string...

Then they got me with confetti...

but the fun part was when we were done lighting off the kids smoke bombs, daddy got

his smoke bomb out and turned the whole neighborhood orange!

Then we went to some of the festivities going on in town.. here we are waiting for it to

get dark to watch the fireworks, Miah is playing that slap hands game with Kennen, I

don't think she ever got a turn to hit her dad back!

We listened to a couple of bands play and the kids danced...

Carson had some stellar moves when he was dancing. He kept drawing a crowed.

I was considering putting a hat out to collect money... but I didn't

The kid knows how to shake his booty... I didn't get pictures of his break dancing but

it was hilarious! Then we watched the fireworks (I know it isn't the best picture... I'm

in desperate need of a tripod here!)

and after all of that we came home and finished setting off the kids firecrackers and a

few of daddy's, and this is what the kids did!

We all stayed up till about midnight! It was a blast! The next morning Miah and I got

to go dirt biking again and I'm proud to say that I don't have anything to show for it!! The

trails that we went on were harder and a lot of fun. I get so nervous seeing the stuff I

can do! And now that its over... I want more!

Drive-in

2009-07-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

To start off our 4th of July weekend, we went to the drive-in. It was a lot of fun. the kids watched Ice age 3. and then fell asleep, and Miah and I got to watch the new Transformers. before the movie started we had to keep the kids busy. Thanks to Grandma Cenia for the bubbles!

Carson's Birthday

2009-06-29T19:47:00.000-07:00

He was so excited about blowing out his candles!

He learned to handle a gun from his dad!

This was probably his favorite toy! We had a small birthday party but it was fun.

We slept out in the tent that night to try out his sleeping bag!

2009-06-29T19:41:00.000-07:00

This is the giant tent that I got Miah for fathers day! This was a well thought out process... I read tons of reviews on a couple of tents and this is the one that I bought! I was so excited!!!

Now I see how you might be confused on the colors! Well it actually turns out that all the good things that I read about the tent above, were actually all the pros for this tent... so we got this one instead! I'm such a good wife! He loves me!

2009-06-19T10:32:00.000-07:00

Do you guys like the new background??!! hummm, orange sherbet sounds good right now... Odd I don't really like sherbet, I guess orange would be okay. Kind of like a creamsicle, now that sounds good!

The day we have all been waiting for!

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No.. I'm not pregnant. Let me tell you a little story, a diddy if you will... if you like to hummm while you read

anyway! I got to ride my new toy this weekend (thank you Jessica for watching my kiddies!)!! If you can remember from earlier posts my toy is... was a dirt bike. We went to Walker Valley to do some real trail riding!! It was lots of fun.. I can not even tell you how much fun it was! Well the first trail that we went on kind of sucked... because let us not

forget I am a new comer to this exciting new world, the first trail that we went on wasn't a groomed one. it was big enough for small 4-wheelers, however I wouldn't have been happy on a 4 wheeler! This trail was crazy, steep hills,

big rocks, tree roots, and my loving husbands eyes on me the whole time... I was nervous, but after avoiding a few

trees and a very large trench.. I made it out without a scratch (well maybe a small scratch). So deciding I just

wasn't ready for that kind of a workout. we took up some groomed trails. these were much better! they were more gravely, but better. I could get the speed that I needed to get up the hills, and a little more confidence on my cute

bike! So we were going full speed on a trail (my full speed, okay, really it wasn't fast at all) and I come around a

corner down a little hill. And some kid is standing next to his bike right in the middle of the trail. Well that wasn't a problem... I went around him just fine, the problem was the pointy jagged rocks and the end of the trail! Crap! I slammed my brakes but... that's right, it wasn't enough....

At least I stopped before the blackberry bushes! that would have

messed up my pretty face!

It looks a lot worse than it feels..

well maybe not... it feels pretty much like this..

I was licking my wounds!

weiner... showing off!

Miah didn't like seeing me wreck at all! He still doesn't like seeing all the bruises.

What a pansy! I was pretty proud of the wreckage.. Now my stuff doesn't look all shinny!

I knew it was coming... I enjoyed having an audience for it too. It gave the kid

something to go home and tell his mom (I'm practically famous). Good times.

(Miah is threatening to sell my bike).

No... this is not what I wore to ride in, are you crazy! I just put this on for effect!

I LOVE MY HELMET!

Well this was just a quick preview... I have it all down my left side, but I didn't think

you would want to see so much... anyway. Today they are

bruised a lot worse, I'll be posting more pictures when they hit their full height of ugliness!

"Paint ma house, Wak, Wak, Wak"- Scott Davis

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I said that I worked my family like dogs while they were here, well here is a sneak

peek at what was going on. Photos courtesy of Jamie Davis (my sassy sister!) who

had the hardest job of all...Watching my kids. Poor woman would collapse on the couch

as soon as we packed it up!

Scotty poo (my silent but monstrous, Brother in-law. He can be pretty cool...Sometimes!)

Sorry dad, I liked this picture the best!

We were really high up.... but not as high as this... (See next photo of Scott)

Poor man didn't know what he was getting himself into! eheheh!

For some reason this happens to Kennen every time I paint!

Okay well I have tons more to post, and I fully plan on showing you our final product,

but for now since we are on the topic of Jamie and her amazing photos. I want to show

you some more of her pictures from the little trip to Seattle!

Jamies pictures!

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Alright I didn't take these pictures!!! These are the beautiful work of Jamie Davis

(one of my rock'en sisters). I wanted her to see what talent she has!! I wish I

would have taken more shots, I didn't get any that turned out like this!

I think this one is my favorite... well besides the one of mine and Jeremiahs booty.

Jamie, I hope it was okay that I posted these, and made you a tag, and tweaked these in PS.

But they are really good!

Toys!

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Jeremiah's bike...

My Bike...

Yes it's mine, I know it looks more like kennen's... next to Miah's anyway.

Although Kennen could probably ride it better than me.

But I'm very excited to have my Bike and new gear!! This picture is for mom and dad... See Helmet!

Although it was harder to ride with all this stuff on!!

Dang I look good! check out those nice legs! rrrarrrr

2009-05-28T13:44:00.000-07:00

My parents have come to visit me!! and when I'm not making them work like dogs

we have been playing!! These are pictures from memorial day at Oak Harbor, its

was great fun!! And guess what I got to do the whole time...

Carson played with his stick...

Brooke didn't play in the water...

Kennen was trying to balance and walk across this but was having troubles and fell in,

so she gave up and just sloshed across.

Carson also was good at stealing grandpas spot!! he took a bunch of sand and

poured it down the back of his pants and when grandpa stood up he stealthily stole

the spot. This was when grandpa had stole it back, and Carson just realized what happened!

See when my mom comes, I end up in a few pictures too...

since the water got to cold after awhile the kids played on the logs,

so much to do on the Washington beaches!

Good Times, good times!

2009-05-27T07:16:00.000-07:00

So.. This was last summers boating escapade! It was jolly good fun, but I

kinda took a couple of pictures and then didn't bother in giving them to anyone

or try making them look good! So here are a few of the pictures so that you

guys can see I do have them and they are finished, yea! There really weren't very many...

Kim you crack me up!! Even while getting down in the water! You rock!

And this is what I love about you!

Let me show you how this is done!

One of my favorite pictures!

Okay so please get me some addresses so that I can send these to you!

A little sneak peep!

2009-05-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

I thought you all would like to see Miah's new costume!

So serious... dundundun

Miah and the boys that went to Virginia were so excited to get these, because

we aren't wearing them here yet. So when he got home he thought he should look

just in case they weren't supposed to wear them. Good thing he did, turns out there

is a whole role out period starting at the top of the food chain. Dang, he was so happy too!

Volunteer Park!

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This park was awesome. We were trying to avoid traffic in Seattle so I

pointed at the navi. and said lets go see what that green patch is, and it ended

up being this amazing park and also the highest point in seattle! They don't make toys

like this anymore, Miah and I had a blast... the kids had fun too!

This picture is why I take over 300 where ever I go! If I hadn't been

snaping away, he wouldn't have been looking at me!

These trees were great climbing trees! they would be perfect for tree houses!

I love Brookes face in this!

Notice Kennens worried look!

All I could think about when I was trying to flip around that poll was the people

on americas funniest home videos, that try to do things that they used to do when

they were younger and end up on there face... I was okay!

This picture cracks me up because Jeremiah didn't even notice I was taking it.

He just got done hoping across the logs and was just moving on to the next thing,

our girls had to wait for him!

And just to show you how much fun we acturally had at this park,

here are a few more pictures of us playing!

If I had waited just two more seconds to take the picture of Miah

then you would have seen him land on his head! Dang!

I'll have more on my photography blog of the area and some of the kids,

and some of the same ones just for fun!

TUTUS!

2009-05-03T09:21:00.000-07:00

We are battling colds right now so you probably won't see anything to interesting on here, I hope when Miah gets home I'll be able to get some tulip fest shots but don't get your hopes up!

I didn't realize that I would be without adobe photoshop when I took these, so I really didn't try to hard on the shots, Maybe I should rethink my career choices...

I made these tutus for the girls, but unfortunately Brooke doesn't get to wear hers very often...

See you put him in a skirt and he gets right to work!

He really does like to play with all his boyish toys!

I'm a slave driver.. what can I say,

my good looking man! Who is in Virginia right now, probably with his other family!

Kennen took this picture! The girls got skills!

EASTER!!

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My egg was better than his egg!

This is why you don't wake sleeping Children!

Brooke refused to let Miah have her yummy Peep, but she was willing to give him a kiss. Until she realized his ploy to taking her peep.

MMMMmmm... Peeps!

We all got Spiderman tattoos! dat dada

So thirsty!

A few strange things to discuss!

2009-04-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

I love my blog. I can put whatever I want on here!

So I went to church today, all by myself!!! Yeah no one told me it was

General Conference (well I'm sure someone told me, but it was probably while

Carson was screaming, you know... he works like a bleeper. Like when someone

says a bad word..

Friend:"Oh hey Erin remember that next week is...

Carson: AHHHHH.

Erin: What was that, I didn't hear you.

Friend: Next week is...

Carson: AAHHHH.

Erin: Oh okay, well I better catch a child now, see you later!")

That's okay it was a good day still. How did I miss that it was General Conference???

So I guess that you know I didn't watch the Saturday session, or Sunday morning

session.. oops.

Anyway on to more things to discuss! I hate the ice cream man! or woman!

Why do they always come right before dinner or right after baths. I swear they

are out to get... My children dirty! Don't get me wrong I love what they have to

offer, but can't it be a secret??? So I have posted a picture of the best view

of the Ice cream Person.

YEah.. Everyone wave good bye!!! I'll just get some later when my kids go to bed

anyway!

I also wanted to point out how beautiful of a week we have had! Thats right I said WEEK!

Not just one day or two... (you get the picture) But a whole WEEK (sorry husband, that is

sitting at the bottom of a ship. awww)! So Mom and Dad (all four of them) and everyone

else still sitting in the snow, JEALOUS???

It was so nice here that even the Ice cream Person came!! Hello!!!

Well that is all. I'm going to post my beautiful children now, in case you forgot how

lucky I am (puke). No Really... very lucky!

It may take a man to wear Pink but it takes a real man to ride a pink scooter, with style!

She dressed herself after "Church". Really!

Well that is all for the Things to discuss. Be ready for the next Things to discuss.

Featuring Brooke Beans and her Nightly adventures!

WELL HERE HE IS IN ALL HIS MOHAWK GLORY!!!

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yeah he is a little stud! this last picture was before I trimed the top, I took off about

an inch, and its still pretty long! he was pretty shaggy!! Its weird how when I cut his

hair all the sudden his little attitude started happening!

2009-03-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

Well I did it!!! I finally cut Carson's hair! I skipped over doing the mullit, I

would have had to shorten the top more than I wanted! Yes, I took pictures

of the poor boy, but I'm not going to post them yet because I'm tired and a little lazy.

And I'm not going to tell you what I did either. Although I'm sure you could guess!

2009-03-26T13:19:00.000-07:00

We have had a great time with the Wagemans visiting!! Its been really busy here!!

So here are some pictures...

Kennen posing in front of the space needle!

Carson waiting to go to the top of the space needle!

Dustin taking my kids to see some show girls!

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Kennen helped Kendra cook cookies!

Brooke playing in the tunnel!

Trying to get a picture of the boys!

Cody killed Miah at racket ball! I don't know how, Cody was mostly laying on

the ground laughing hysterically.

I'm such a good wife!!!!!!!

2009-03-08T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well today is our 6th year anniversary!!! And I completely forgot!! Yes people

that's right I forgot! But I remembered a week ago, so does that count for anything!!

I think Miah will be holding this over my head for awhile. So to kind of celebrate

we went and bought a Wii! Well except we bought it yesterday, and before I

realized it was our anniversary! But since I didn't get him a present, this is filling in!

It has been a blast! we bought a few games to go with it so we weren't just playing

the ones that came with it, although I really like the boxing and bowling!

Just because I kill Miah on it!! (okay so we broke even on most games!)

Since it is such a special day I thought I would recap on some important parts in our lives!!

Miah and I met in high school, but we weren't ever high school sweet hearts!! We started

dating right after he got back off of a mission for our church. Lets go back to that day!! I

first saw him, at his mission homecoming. but didn't get a chance to talk to him because I

was in a hurry to get to a friends farewell! So I had eluded him, and he was intrigued!

So the next available day he asked me to come see him! We went bowling,,, ahhh isn't love

grand! And since I was the most beautiful woman that he had ever seen. We were

already set to go out again, and then again after that, and then after that, and

well you get the picture! We had a great time together. So then we got married. And had Kennen, and then moved, had Carson, and then moved, had Brooke, then moved again and

well here we are (are you seeing a pattern, uhh ohh!)!! 6 years later and I'm still the most beautiful woman he has ever seen! And I guess he isn't so bad!

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We went to play at Deception Pass today! It was a blast! We had a camp fire,

played in the freezing water, and they had toys there for the kids too!

We took so many pictures, I couldn't choose just a few so here are a bunch!!

I'll post some others on my photo blog later! enjoy!

A Day at the Beach!

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These pictures are pretty self explanatory! Things have been great for us.
We are happy to have daddy home for awhile!

Chug, Chug, Chug!!

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Lets Eat Dirt.

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Kennens New Blades!!

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Amanda

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okay let me tell you about Amanda. I'm sure you are all wondering who is this crazy girl

and why does she have duck tape on her fingers. Well Amanda is my new friend who is

staying with us for awhile. She came from Hawaii this last week to get her soon to be born

baby girl, and take her home. She has been so fun to have here and a big help! Ohhh and the

duck tape was needed from playing rockband all night. Her new favorite thing to do!

This is Amanda...

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SHE ROCKS!

Monkey lips!!!

2009-02-14T12:10:00.000-08:00

So this is how brooke drinks when she is sitting in her high chair. It doesn't matter what it is or when. She always dumps her cup out and then sucks it up, well I finally got a picture of it this morning!

Daddys home!! again..

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2009-02-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

Yea! more updates, well pictures! Yes I know I take a lot of them, but it's fun for me! So here are a few of the kids. Nothing special, just more!

BROOKE MAD??

2009-02-07T19:03:00.000-08:00

So I have been playing with my camera, just trying to learn it better. Well you can imagine that I have had to take a lot of pictures to do so. This was Brooke at the end of my playing! She started to yell at me "No mama No" She was refusing to look at me! It was really cute!

CARSON

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KENNEN

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LETS RACE

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NEW BLOG!!

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Okay so I like to take pictures and to play with them. So I thought I would show some of them off! The blog is whatadandy.blogspot.com. I hope you like it!

NOTHING TO DO...

2009-01-30T22:15:00.000-08:00

I got bored today, so I thought I would make the girls some headbands.
unfortunately, it didn't take me very long to make the headbands so I got out my Camera!
That filled my time much better!

CARSON WAS FEELING LEFT OUT.

2009-01-30T22:12:00.000-08:00

He puts up with a lot from his sisters!
What a good sport, he only left it on long enough for me to snap the picture!
What a boy!

TAKING PICTURES FOR DADDY!

2009-01-16T20:40:00.000-08:00

I'm going for the mad scientist look!
I've decided not to cut it till Miah gets back!

Brooke has her own sweet look too!

...We all fall down...

YUMMM... CHEETOS!

2009-01-16T20:30:00.000-08:00

Miah taught them the important stuff before he left,
how to catch Cheetos on your mouth!

THE JOYS OF BEING A FATHER

2009-01-11T10:07:00.000-08:00

Helping the Princesses!

Awwww... Prince Charming!

We have a shortage of manly dress up stuff... But that won't stop Carson!

Carson was having a good time in the tub, but then he started to scream. So we went running up to see what was wrong, and found his tub overflowing with bubbles! He was freaked out by them, that's our son. Afraid of bubbles!

WE ARE THE THREE AMIGOS

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They may be cute... But don't underestimate them!

LET IT SNOW

2009-01-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

This is a lot of snow for Washington! We didn't want to go to far for sledding and the kids really didn't need that big of a hill, so what better than just going off the front porch! After I had spent all morning shoveling off the steps, Miah went out later and put all the snow back! What a good dad!

Yepp, We even sent Brooke down it!
What fun!

HALLOWEEN 2008

2009-01-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

My friend got Miah and I to dress up for Halloween! It was fun! Kennen did all the face painting!