Sunday Pictures...

So after church today, we stopped by the lake to take some pictures of the boys. They both looked cute and it was a beautiful day so I thought it would be fun. We got a few good ones, although I seriously could not get them to both smile for the same picture for the life of me! :-) Oh well...they did their best. :-)

My big GIANT boy Ryan...

He was supposed to be looking at me, but the picture turned out pretty cool anyway. :-)

Little Mr. ColerBear taking a stroll through the leaves.

Ryan was kind of sneaking up behind Cole to try to catch him. :-)

Ryan trying to blow the perfect bubble. :-)

The best picture of both of them that I could get! :-)

Cole's chubby wubby little hands!

Cole chasing the bubbles.

Our Fourth Of July weekend!

We went down to Eugene for the 4th.  Josh got to help out putting the booth together for the www.oregoncountryfair.org and I stayed behind and helped with the kids and all that fun stuff!  Jenn, Jess and I went shopping for dinner stuff and we had an great bbq before we did fireworks.  Here are some pictures!
 
As soon as I got the boys dressed, I made them sit down for a picture before they got all messy...definitely glad I did that!! :-)

Jenn's beautiful family!

 
Ryan (with his peace sign) and Cole.


Ryan and Me...Jenn accidentally cut Cole out. :-(



There he is!!

Oh that face means trouble! :-)


My Ryan boy!

 
Ryan and his sparkler


Cole trying a sparkler with daddy's help.


Watching the fireworks!
On Sunday, Cole, Ryan and I all got up and went to church were I got to see some of my wonderful friends that I miss so very much!! Then we headed to the farm to pick strawberries!  The kids had such a fun time and I somehow managed to get a pretty decent sunburn...no fun at all.  After the berry picking we went to the lake.  The kids had a really fun time swimming, even though it was a little windy.  We bbq'd at the lake and just really enjoyed the day!  That evening, we had to head back to Washington, but we will be back down there in a few days for the fair!  I love my family!
 
Petting the animals "Hey donkey, I like your fur.  Say hello to your motha for me."

Bright eating...er picking strawberries.

Bella

Morgan watching and waiting for someone to bring him some berries!

Cole and I.
 
Ryan found a berry!

Bella, Jenn and Anna.

Jess and Ethan.

Julia and Mia

The whole gang and their berries!

This face just cracks me up!

Cole decided he didn't want to be in the chair...just climb on it!

Pretty things! :-)

I made this at Fantastic Friday...it is the only project I finished...I REALLY need to not talk so much during craft nights!
My dearest Molly did my pans for me when she saw that I was struggling!
The hanging flower basket.
The "Salad Bowl". Molly and Cyndi helped me out with this and the hanging flower basket. I wasn't doing well so they made mine for me. The Salad Bowl has hot and mild peppers, cucumbers, romaine and iceberg lettuce and a tomato plant! It's AWESOME! THANK YOU LADIES!!!
Amber and I had a girls night at the pottery place. I made a cookie jar! This is the first cookie jar I've ever owned and I made it myself!! YAY ME! :-)
Another one of the projects that Molly finished for me! LOL! I added the picture! :-) Isn't she great! And how cute is Ryan?! I have one for Cole but I need a prof pic for it.

So there you have it, projects completed by and for me! :-)

Ten pictures and a video

So here are some random pictures that we have taken so far. They are kind of all mixed up, but I want to get to bed early so I'm not going to bother putting them in order. :-)

Cole playing on the water mat that Grandma and Grandpa got him for his first birthday!
Ryan playing with the cool sprinkler thing that daddy picked up for him so he wouldn't want to bug Cole.
Getting used to the water.
Ryan and Cole...it looks like the water is shooting right into Cole's mouth! LOL!
Ryan being silly in the car.
My AWESOME loaf of french bread!

Ryan found the sombrero in the garage and wanted a moustache to go with it! We had to try out a couple of styles! :-)
Cole trying to be daddy.
Ryan's picture of Superman. Josh and I were pretty impressed! He's such a funny kid!

Ryan and Cole taking to and thanking grandma and grandpa!

Happy FIRST birthday COLE!!!!

Oh my dear baby Colton! I can't even believe how big you are!! You are walking and have even started RUNNING! You try to do everything big brother does, even if it means that you end up tail over tea kettle! :-) With a mouthful of teeth (14 at last count!) you eat just about anything and everything. And if Daddy is eating anything he'd better be prepared to share cause you are going to want it too! You are growing well, at 29.5 inches tall and 20.8lbs your getting taller...but your activeness is keeping your weight down. Dr. Bartlett thought you will hilarious at your appt! You just kept running back and forth! You also sat so nicely while he checked your ears, teeth and body. You did great until it was shots time. That you weren't so happy about. But you did good and only cried for a minute. You are pretty independent and know how to get your way! You can say mama, dada, bruh (brother), eat, uh oh, hi, baba (bottle) and duh (for Uncle Donnie). You LOVE LOVE LOVE to be outside whenever you can! We are so happy that it's getting warmer outside so we can be out in the sunshine! You are such a doll baby. I love you so much! Even when you are getting into everything (like the dishwasher soap!) you are such a wonderful boy and I couldn't ask for more!

All smiles before his cupcake!!

Ryan and Cole...I guess somewhere Ryan learned to bust out the peace sign for pictures.

Ryan reading the card he got for Cole to him.

Cole waiting for his cupcake!

"GIVE ME THE CUPCAKE!!!"

Digging in!

All my boys. I love how Cole is looking at Ryan, like he's going to try to steal his food!

Just shoveling it in!

Still working on it!

Isn't he so cute...even covered in frosting!

PS...please excuse the pictures...they suck but since my camera died we had to use a disposable...BOO!! His real party is this Saturday and I promise there will be better pictures. My boys did amazing considering the circumstances and I just love them SO much!