Finally.....Christmas Pictures!

The pictures aren't an any real order. I guess that Libby is such a relaxing place to me that I forgot to take any pics there...sorry Mom!Merry Christmas!


Papa pulling the kids on the sled behind the 4-wheeler.

Chad looks pretty comfy with two don't you think


Riding the Carousel in Missoula

Nana and Papa (Tracy and Jeff) took the kids to build-a-bear for their Christmas present. Justin walked around looking at all of the animals and then grabbed a black puppy of the shelf hugged it tight and licked it...so that was the one he got to stuff and keep. During the stuffing part he was more interested in playing with the stuffing then he was putting it inside his puppy.

Taking a bath with cousin Adee. He thought it was fun to drive his cars on her head!

Justin REALLY enjoyed opening the gifts this year. He even cared what was inside....unless it was clothes....those just got tossed! He thought he needed to take the bows and name tags off before opening.

Cousin Adee and Justin eating Christmas cookies. I think they just licked the frosting off and were done!


Such a busy week of traveling...all tuckered out.

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Inappropriate for the family blog...maybe....a perfect example of our marriage....YES! I am continually trying to surprise/shock/embarrass Chad and he is either so use to it that he is not even phased or he completely ignores it not letting me get the joy out of seeing his face turn red. I love this picture! (not sure why half is white?)

OOPS!

So I really do have all intentions of updating the blog. Actually one of my goals today was to download, save on cd, and print all my pics to get me caught up to the end of 2007. But seeing how I left my camera cord up in Libby I can not do any of these things until I get it.
We did have a great Christmas in Montana and I can't wait to share the pictures with you.....

Happy Anniversary!

Today is Anniversary #5! A lot has happened for us since then. We have moved 6 1/2 times, have spent more than 13 months apart and at two different times we lived in different states from each other, one kid and one on the way. I am so luck to say though, that for us marriage comes easy. I could sit here and list all the things that I love about Chad and our marriage but the #1 that comes to mind is that I love him more today then I did the day that we got married. Happy Anniversary!

Yes, I know that I am, at times, one of those "dork moms." Here is example #1. Justin had a pj Christmas party at story time today. I was going to let him go with out any shoes since his pajamas have footies but he really wanted to wear his boots....so this is what he left the house looking like.

THANK YOU TANYA!

Thanks Tanya so much for watching our little boy for us for so long. You will never know how much we appreciate it and how happy we are that he is so comfortable at your house. There is no one else we would have wanted him stay with you are such a good mom! Thank You also for being such a wonderful sister-in-law. I am so glad that we have been able to live so close. WE LOVE YOU!!! (sorry the pic is so old)

ALOHA!

Hawaii....Hawaii...The only way to describe our trip is through pictures.
(I won't mention this again but I did not know how much 2 people could miss one little boy so much and being pregnant doesn't help the emotions either!)

We arrived Tuesday night...The next day was one of the worst rain storms they had seen in almost 30 years. Flash flood warnings, no power for 48 hrs, chocolate milk ocean and our streets were flooded. Yep, that street is where our rental house was. No swimming yet.....

Amber was lucky to have a couple hours of power the morning of her wedding (enough to get a warm shower and get curlers in her hair). No one had electricity to bake her cake and the beach that she was suppose to get married on was washed out. Even still she was beautiful and the wedding was great. (I think Chad is chewing gum!)

More rain! so we decided to go for a walk (Sara, Riki, Chad and I) the more we walked the harder it rained the wetter we got but what do you do...We were in Hawaii!

Finally some SUN! So we took a drive and ended up on some one lane road passing through all these small villages. We met Randy (1st pic) in this green little hut selling "the best banana bread ever." He was funny and had mannerisms a little like Captain Jack Sparrow. We also stopped to help these honeymooners from Canada with a flat tire. It was just great to get out!

Chad having Scott and Grandpa Erickson hold him up so he could pick bananas off of the tree. I guess having his mom be a cheer coach for so long paid off...at least it was a good excuse to watch the cheerleaders! He also worked really hard at opening this rotten coconut he found on the beach.

This was the sunrise on top of the Volcano. We did briefly see a glimpse of orange once. The point of it was to watch the sunset then to bike down the volcano. After getting sick and having to have the van driver, Jimbo, pull over twice so I could throw up, I found out because I was pregnant that I could not bike down with the rest of the group. So I got to endure the van ride back down but had the company of my grandparents. Riki did wreck but I think they all enjoyed it.

The whole trip was great but the last few days really made up for it. We were able to put on our swimming suites and play in the ocean. We got to snorkel and I learned not to wear sunglasses in the water because those waves can take you down at any time and that Chad is afraid of Sharks. (Sorry to post a swim suite picture but it was Hawaii). Everyone pretty much left on Sunday but Chad and I didn't fly out until Monday night so we had the whole day together. We spent 3 hours at the aquarium, watched the wind sailors and surfers and went to a really nice dinner.

We were very excited to come home and see Justin. It made it even better when he was just as excited to see us! To top the whole trip off we came home to 10 inches of beautiful snow and got stuck in our drive way! ALOHA!