Family Photos

Just some pics we had taken for our Christmas card. It was cold and the sun was very bright and Garrett and Gavin were not cooperating. I swear, Garrett wanted to push me in the waterfall. We still managed to get some nice pics though. Thank you to Chris for the photo shoot!

Oh, and yes, that's Gavin sitting in time-out because he kept trying to run across the street.

Halloween 2009

So, I'm a terrible blogger, I know. I'm going to try to be better.

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Garrett was Jasper but I don't have any pictures of him. Seems kinda creepy that we were the villains and Gavin was such a cute, helpless little dalmation.
I think someone even commented that he shouldn't go home with his parents.

Thanks for the awesome costumes, Mr. McBride!

Love a good deal!

Today, I bought a pair of $70 knee-high black dressy boots for $3.02!!!

Yes, you read that right. I'm so very proud of myself and hope to post a picture of them soon. I've been planning to purchase a pair of dressier boots this season and, being the coupon-clipper that I am, I finally figured out a way that I could afford them.

Here's how I did it: The boots were on sale at Kohl's for $41.00 (which was a pretty dang good deal anyway) and then I had a 15% off coupon good for this weekend. Then, I had a $10 off coupon that my wonderful mother so lovingly gave to me. Then, I had a merchandise voucher from a gift that I had returned earlier this summer. So, yes, I ended up paying $3.02 for a pair of very stylish, very comfortable boots.

I love Kohl's and I love a good deal!

Oregon/ Washington Road Trip

Here are a few pics from our trip to Depot Bay earlier this month. What a blast! More details to follow...

Easter Saturday

Easter weekend is one of my favorites. Since way before I was born, my mom's family has gathered together for a weekend of camping, four-wheeling, and Easter festivities. I remember how cool we thought we were when our parents let us drive the 4-wheelers without supervision. I could seriously go on forever about the fun we had. It used to be a much larger event but these days, we usually just get together for a few hours on the Saturday before Easter. This year, we got rained out the first Saturday. We still had fun around the campfire so we decided to come back the next weekend.




Here are some cute pics for your viewing pleasure. Gavin had his cousin Andrew helping him on the Easter egg hunt, and as you can see, they hit the jackpot! It worked well because we didn't want the candy so we gave it to Andrew and Gavin really only cared about the colorful plastic eggs anyway.

Gavin's New Ride

It's been a while since I posted anything so I thought I'd post a few cute pics of Gavin's cute little car we were handed down from a good friend.

He was scared to ride at first. You can see his sad face.

This is about a month later and he's still scared to push the button. However, every day when we come home, he points to the little car, makes his cute little car noise and tries to climb in. He always wants to ride but he never stays on very long. He's still learning to steer so most of the time, he ends up on the grass or in the gravel.

Kiss Me, I'm Irish

One of the best things about genealogy is finding out where you came from. Even though our Irish ancestry is a few people back on my fathers side, we still like to play it up. I tried to take a few pics of Gavin with his 'pimp' glasses but he wouldn't stand still. This is the best I got before I had to go to work.