It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We just want to say WOW! Christmas (Marks 35th birthday) is almost here! We wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope to see as many of you as possible over the holiday! By the way Appells since you will be in town what is your New Year plan? Seems as though we should be together?
Love you All!!!!!

Santa sure starts early these days!

So the kids have allready told Santa what they want. Now its time to sit and wait to see if they've been naughty or nice!

LIFE!

So I'm (Amy) 33 years old! I have an amazing family and a wonderful life, but yesterday I fully realized my grandmother whom I dearly love isn't really with us anymore. She is somewhat healthy for 89 and pretty happy, but no longer lives in 2007. I'm sure where her resting brain is, is a wonderful place. A place of great happy times. Without a short term memory I imagine every day is filled full of confusion when interacting with others and happy memories when alone. I love my grandmother and as long as shes happy thats all that matters!

A few more from Thanksgiving!

Just a few more memories to help us remember why we are so Thankful.

Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful for!

Giving Thanks!

Thanksgiving is upon us and I just want to say "Thank you" because if you are reading this than you are one of those people that we treasure and are thankful for. Thank you for your love and support through the years.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! We love you all!

Very PRETTY!!!!!

Peri worked very hard at making me pretty and I think she did a very good job.

The Bradley Bunch

Last weekend we got together with our friends we met in birthing class. The kids are now 4 and we all still have a great time when we get together. This time the kids had tricycle races and rolled down a hill together. Mira and Peri played dress up while Wil and Javy did boy stuff. It was the Lincoln Logs that finally brought them all together.

Four year olds are great!

Tonight Peri said that Jon Bon Jovi looks like her uncle Craig. We love that she said that.

A couple of nights ago she named her new little bear (a birthday gift from a girlfriend). Making her papa proud without any coaxing she named him "chicken wing". You would think we eat a lot of chicken wings around here or somethin'.

The things these kids do, its just great! At the end of the night we get to reflect on the crazy things they say and do. What fun!

Hearing check?

Seven words put together. I couldn't image I was hearing correctly!!!!
I was in the kitchen , the kids in the bath, Mark walked past the bathroom stopped and said "Don't put the dinosaur in your penis"
Mark couldn't believe his eyes. Quinn was ready to ram the dinosaur tail into his penis?@#?
WOW! kids do strange things.

Four generations!
My Dear grandmother Pearl, My ever so kind mother Jan, Myself and my darling 4 year old Peri Pearl.

Our Texas Trip!

So we did some multi tasking while on our trip to Texas. We squeezed in lots of family time, a trip to Dinosaur Valley, the Dallas Zoo, Old City Park (in Dallas),a lay over in Memphis and a lay over in Minneapolis. We had a fabulous time visiting family in Texas. One of our highlights there was in a Dairy Queen when my brother tried to use the bathroom but got a surprise instead. He opened the door and there was a man in his hat and boots naked on the pot. We can only assume that's how they do it in Texas.
So I can now say I've been to Memphis (Mark disagrees). Our 1 1/2 lay over in Memphis airport had the lovely smell of Barbecue.
Our much anticipated lay over in Minneapolis was filled with the enjoyment of our close friends The Appells (www.aimeeandnelson.blogspot.com).

The 4th birthday party with Peri's girlfriends!

TEXAS

we did texas! Mark took his first trip to the big "D". Peri celebrated her 4th birthday at the Dallas Zoo with her cousins.

We are preparing for our first and probably last family trip to TX. When people ask why Dallas? I tell the truth. Family! We can think of a lot better places to spend a family vacation which reminds me that i'm going to have to bring up the idea of having family gatherings somewhere worth vacationing. I do look forward to showing my family the town I was born in, the house I spent my first 12 years (where I rode dirt bikes, went to school, our special fort in the hedge between our house and the neighbors, main street where the hands across america went through our town) and all the fun memories that helped me become who I am. So wish us luck! We're going to the Big "D"

Port Gamble, Wa is Alive! OOO With Little people!

You might have wondered what was up with Port Gamble, Wa. Well now we know. Litlle people in costumes all over the place.

Halloween Fun!!!!

What do witches, tiggers, doctors, lions and skunks have in common?