Old Penitentiary March 28, 2009

It was a gorgeous day today, so we decided to go to the Old Penitentiary. We had a great time! Definitely not a place I would want to stay. We were able to go around to all the buildings, solitary confinement (yikes), the gallows and death row building, all the cells, a museum with all the WWII weapons, and more.

The cells were extremely small. This one isn’t too bad, because the other one’s had 2-4 people that had to stay in one about the same size! Very dirty!

Finally got them both behind bars!

Ended the day with a nice little walk; all-in-all a great day at prison!

Brad’s Birthday March 3, 2009

Brad was at school and work for his entire birthday, so we pushed off the celebration to the weekend. Brad’s parents came up – and I’ll let you know, our table and kitchen countertop were covered in cookies, cakes, rolos, carmellos, and all sorts of sugar! Emma is pretty happy with the miny-Emma cookies, and I’m trying to resist the pile…  We then met up with Aunt Annetta and Grandpa and went out to eat at the Texax Roadhouse. WOW!!! We were completely satisfied with the steamy, fresh roles and cinnamin butter, and then came the meat! I have to agree with Brad – Texas knows how to cook their meat! We were thoroughly impressed! Brad’s never too excited when his birthday come around, but I think we all had a good time.

Food January 30, 2009

Emma has discovered that she loves spaghetti! Can you tell? It’s a complete mess, but she’s happy, so I’m not complaining. (in the second picture, you can’t see it very well, but there’s a noodle on her forehead, and sauce in her hair) —–Bath time!!!

Alllll clean!                                                                       Are you still taking pictures!

Brad was happy with his food, too. He wouldn’t let me post the after shot….but let me tell you, I was frightened! (just kidding)

Shootin’ the Fam December 10, 2008

We want to give a HUGE thanks to Rachael Wight for taking these pictures for us over the Thanksgiving break! She’s got such a great skill! I think they turned out great! These are the first real pictures we’ve gotten of us as a family since Emma’s been born. It’s so much more fun when there’s a little person!

September 16, 2008

Jeff came over for a few days on his way to Stanley and then back to Oregon, and what do you think the engineer and future computer science major did for fun? Pulled out their laptops and talked about their new levels of “dorkdom.” Still, it was fun couple of days, and Emma, though not so sure at first, got to know her Uncle Jeff a little bit.

It’s amazing how fast Emma is learning and growing. Our neighbors have a cat that likes to run in our house every now and then, and Emma loves to chase it and squeal when it runs away. She also enjoys pulling herself up to a standing position; though with some attempts ending in tears with a bonked head, she’s doing pretty good.

Emma’s new thing is scrunching her nose (picture on the right) mainly when there’s wind or sun in her face. She also pulls this face at new people as if to tell them they stink

Emma Moving Forward….Brad Going Back September 1, 2008

Well, on Saturday, Emma started to crawl just a little bit, and we were so excited! Then we woke the next day to find that her new skill had greatly improved. Needless to say… we are not so excited anymore. This girl is into everything!!! I pour a whole basket of toys out for her, and she turns and goes for dvd’s, remotes, cords, and her favorite thing… Brad’s amplifier which we have placed a mirror in front of until we can find a better solution. We have a lot of Emma-proofing to do…  (I apologize for the quality of pictures…still working with the camera)

Onto another topic… Brad started school at BSU last week and found that he was spending at least 45 minutes a day walking from class to class and back to the car, and so to find a solution to this problem he looked back to (what I like to refer to as) his “skater-punk” days. He can get this thing cruising; it’s pretty impressive!

Anniversary August 18, 2008

Well -Brad and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary on the 12th with steak, baby-back ribs, and chocolate cake. We had a really great time, and the food was delicious. It’s amazing how fast times goes….it seems like just yesterday we were down in my parents basement holding hands to Indiana Jones (okay – maybe a few weeks ago   )

We are now in Boise and loving the bigger city. Brad transferred to the Home Depot up here, and it’s not as busy as the one in Twin – so he feels like the time kinda drags on, but school will be starting soon, so he’ll be plenty busy. Although it took Emma a while to adjust – everything is going great now. I’ve been bugged by a few people that the blog hadn’t been updated in a while, so here are a few pictures of Emma. She’s now 6 months and is starting to pull herself up a bit, and trying to crawl, though she can only go backwards at the moment.