Thursday, August 14, 2008

A Boy's Trip -- Alaska

Aaron just returned from a 9 day long trip from Alaska where he fished the Kenai river for Salmon and went deep sea fishing for Halibut. They also checked out some Glaciers and saw sled dogs...sorry not very descriptive, but I really don't know what all they did and trying to find time for Aaron to explain it to me is way too much work! Sorry there are so many pictures, but it looked so pretty I couldn't choose just a few.
















Aaron with his brother Deryl and nephews Jason & Bracken

Aaron's big salmon he caught on the Kenai River


Deryl's baby trout

I love this pic...it is so pretty!


Aaron's halibut-- about 30 lbs each

The sled dogs

Bracken holding the puppy

Jason, Aaron & Bracken

Floating ice

Friday, August 8, 2008

Just Because They're Cute





Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Blog Slacker

Ok, Ok, Ok..I know..I have been a total blog slacker! We have been so busy having visitors and moving into our new house..there just isn't enough hours in a day.
So a little what we have been up to...

Moving..obviously! Thanks so much to Aaron's family and our friend Corey for all your help with us moving..we would have never of made it on our own! We pretty much have our house put together. At least the main area anyway. We still have decorating in the bedrooms to do and figure out what we are going to do with our loft. The biggest challenge has been the boys' room...my Dad swears it is going to fall off the back of the house into the pond behind us due to all their stuff! Did I mention how spoiled they are? Geez..you know it's bad when you go to Toys R Us and can't find a single thing to buy your 2 year old for his birthday but pick stuff out anyway because you have to get him something. Then you are kicking yourself later for picking out a noisy helicopter that drives you CRAZY! But I am proud to say that I took a TON of toys to the Goodwill..just not enough, I'm sure we will be making another trip there soon!

Visitors..first, Aaron's Mom came to stay during the weekend we moved which was so nice. We mostly put her to work entertaining the kids and they all loved every minute of it! Thanks so much Grandma Snyder for all your help..we love and miss you lots. Then, the day she left, my parents came from Denver. They walked into a house that was a complete disaster with boxes and furniture everywhere and left a house that actually looked and felt like a home. They moved boxes, took dressers upstairs, hung pictures on the walls and played with the kids. I think we wore them out..I still hope they enjoyed their "vacation" even though they worked so hard. Thanks PaPa and Gramma for all your help..we couldn't have done it without you and we appreciate everything you did to help us..we love and miss you lots too! The day my parents left, my cute cousin Cari came from Denver and my friend Christy came from St. Louis. As I blogged before, we had tons of fun with the girls and my boys love them to death. Cari is still here visiting us until the 12th of August. She decided she wanted to stay longer, which is fine with us, we LOVE having her! It's going to be a sad day when she has to go home..my boys can't get enough of her!

Tanner is still doing swim lessons, hopefully he will be done by next week. He is doing awesome swimming, he is just a little drama king during lessons and cries for his "mama". I know you are all thinking "oh, poor little guy", but no really..it's pathetic. I will post video..I just hope one day he makes lots of money with all those acting skills! Kaden will be starting all day kindergarten on August 18th. I'm not sure I am ready for him to go to school, how did he grow up so fast? I'm sure he will be fine, but will I?

Other than that, we have just had lots of fun playing this summer....going to the beach, Universal Orlando, the pool and hanging out with friends. I don't want summer to end, but I am ready for Florida "winter" weather.

One more thing, I put a link below for a blog friend of mine (it's the CHEER FOR HEATHER link.) Her name is Heather Snyder..no relation, but our last name is what brought us together. Heather is battling Stage 4 Melanoma cancer, she is 30 years old with 2 sweet children. Please fell free to visit her blog and leave her words of encouragement as she fights this nasty battle.

I can't blog without posting pics, so here are a few from over the last week or so.










Saturday, July 19, 2008

More fun with Cari


Universal Orlando City Walk, Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios








Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Hanging with the Girls


We have had lots of visitors lately. Most recently our friend Christy and my cousin Cari. Cari is actually still here visiting for another week and we have been having so much fun! We had so much fun while Christy was here. We had a girls day which included pedicures and shopping. We went to the beach and just hung out. We love having visitors and hope they all come back soon!


Cari & the boys

Christy & Tanner


Silly Tanner with Christy's glasses

Tam, Cari & Christy Tam & Christy


New Smyrna Beach


Cari & Kaden



The Girls

The Boys



Trying to rinse Kade off..he was freaking out over the big waves

Christy & Cari

Silly Boy


Just had to post this silly pic of Tan Tan at the pool wearing his daddy's goggles! Too cute!

Tanner's Birthday Party

Tanner had such a fun Birthday, he was so excited for his Elmo cake. We just had a little party for him with Grandma & PaPa and Deryl, Katy and the kids. He was so excited for all his presents too. Thanks so much to everybody for all the birthday wishes for Tanner and all the presents...he received packages all week long from lots of family and friends!
Happy 2nd Birthday sweet Tanner...we love you!





Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Happy Birthday Tan Tan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!



Happy 2nd Birthday to our sweet Tanner! We can't believe that you are 2 years old already. We hope you have a great day..we love you so much little man!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

4th of July Weekend


July 4th at the City Festival and watching fireworks


July 5th at New Smyrna Beach with PaPa and Grandma

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Huge Dragonfly

Since moving to Florida, we have seen bugs and creatures that I didn't even know existed. The other day there was this huge dragonfly on our front door..I had no idea they could actually be this big.

Painting

We have been so busy painting and moving into our new house, I haven't had much time to blog or even take any pictures. Here are a few pics of us trying to paint a spot on the stairway that was unreachable. First, Aaron tried to lean over...couldn't reach, then he tried to convince Kaden to let him hang him upside down to reach the spot..yeah right...Kade was not going for it! So they talked me into standing on the ladder on the stairs with 3 people holding it...that worked!




I had to add this pic of Kaden's paint job...we let him paint behind the refrigerator