My kids and Grandkids...

My pride & joys in life:


Me and my 2 great kids!







Jen, Steven and the boys came down last weekend to visit. I love seeing them, and sure miss them when they go back home. Kaeden & I colored pictures in an "Underdog" coloring book Friday night. He is doing very well in school and can read pretty well. We were driving down the road and he read me some of the road signs. I love to read, so I am glad he is doing so well at it too. My little Kailer and I played soccer outside. He is sure a busy little guy. On Sunday I went with all of the kids down to the Nature trails and took some pictures. Here are some of the ones we took that I liked. The sun was almost too high in the sky, so I wasn't thrilled with the outcome of them. Oh well, better than none at all.

I helped Jared with a yard sale on Saturday and watched the boys while Jen and Tammy went to the Tri-Cities. They had to really twist my arm to get me to do that.

The group:

The group on the bridge:

Jen, Steven, Kaeden and Kai walking down the trail:

And when they turned around to surprise me:

Jared, Tammy, Quintin and Aaron walking down the trail:

Jared & Tammy:

Jennifer and Steven:

Jared, Tammy & Q by the Columbia River:

Jen, Steven and boys:



Til later...

Little Bailee Rae's photo shoot with Great Aunt Vicki

I had the pleasure of going over to Lance and Bobbi's and taking pictures of Bailee on Monday. She was 5 days old and very cooperative. Here are some of my favorite shots. Thanks to Pam and Bobbi for helping me with my "props".




























Til later...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY'S to my Little Man Kaeden & my Kai Guy!!!

I had the greatest day off last Friday and got to go up to Jenny & Steven's to help with the boy's birthday party. It almost seems impossible that my little man Kaeden is now SIX (as of Aug 29th) and my Kai Guy is THREE (as of September 8th). Jen, Steven and I all contributed to the making of the boy's birthday cake and cupcakes. The theme was the Nintendo game "Mario Brothers". It was QUITE a challenge to do the cake, as I used fondant, and I have never used it before. I made it from a recipe I found online. It was easy to make, but more difficult to "design and make" Mario's body. Here are some progression photos of him and the cake.

Jen & Steven working on the cupcakes:

The cupcakes done like the game:


Making the fondant:

The fondant after we colored it:

The beginning of Mario:

His body:


His head & body:

Head, Body & Hat:

Almost there with the body:



Whew...body done:

Body on the cake:

Finally finished after SEVERAL HOURS:

Kai with cake and cupcakes:



The boys and their cake:


The pinata's Jen and Steven made:


The party was so fun, and the kids were all very well behaved. Jen and Steven made the 2 pinata's and did a great job. I love how Jen is up to jumping in and trying to make things.

Kaeden started Kindergarten this fall, and I got to see him get on the bus and get home. The bus picks him up right in front of their house, so that makes it nice for Jen.


Kaeden & Kailer with their 2 grandma's~Gramma Vicki and Grandma Bea:


Here are some pic's of the fun time we had:
Not the best picture, but one of the only ones of all the kids:
Kailer, Tatum, Kaeden and Triniti:

Kai had been asleep and when we checked on him later, this is how we found him. He didn't fall asleep like this the first time, so must have kind of woke up, started to watch TV and fell back asleep like this:

All 4 kids helping Steven with the treasure hunt eggs for the party:

Kaeden & his friend Bryce doing the water balloon toss:



Til Later...

Introducing my new Great Niece...Bailee Rae Hughes

Welcome to this big world Bailee.



My nephew Lance, and his wife Bobbi had their second daughter this afternoon at 4:29pm. Her name is Bailee Rae and she weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 21" long. As you can see, she has a lot of hair and chubby little cheeks. She was so alert and looking around when I got to the hospital after work. She was about 1 hr and 15 minutes old when I got there. I am glad she decided to make her entrance while I was in town. Lexus was having a hard time understanding that she couldn't just pick her up and walk around with her. It will be interesting to see how things go once they get her home.

Here are some more pictures~
Great Aunt Vicki & Bailee:


Grandma Pam & Bailee:


Bailee showing what she really thought of this hard day:


Lance, Bobbi & Bailee:


Big sister Lexus Nicole, Bailee and Bobbi:


Look at that hair...I can't wait to see what it looks like after it is washed good: