2 Years Already?!

Gavin turned 2 in December. What an event. I tell ya, having a kid with a December birthday sucks! Wish we could celebrate a half birthday or something. Needless to say, he got spoiled by both sides of the family. I guess it's easy to buy for a 2 year old who tells you every day how much he likes cars, trucks, trains, airplanes, buses, and anything else that can be hooked together and made to move. He even takes his foam blocks and turns them in a way so that the half circle connected with the triangle looks like a boat. He's such a creative boy.



Here are some pics from the Carroll family party. I'm still figuring out how to use Garrett's nice camera, so the pictures are pretty dark.

My awesome friend Alicia made his cake. I found instructions on a cool blog and sent them to her. It was devils food cake with homemade frosting. She did an amazing job and it made me look like super mom. Thanks Alicia!


Gavin was too excited to eat dinner or cake the evening of his birthday, so the next morning, when he asked for cake, I let him eat it for breakfast. Reminded me of that Bill Cosby skit - Dad is great, give us some chocolate cake!


We had an Oler party the night before and combined the party with Tatum, who was turning 6 on Dec 23rd. She and Gavin are becoming good friends so it was fun to have their party together. Gavin loved learning the concept of getting presents. I think it helped prepare him for Christmas. By the end of December, he was a pro at opening gifts.

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.