End of Summer

It's almost a sigh of relief that summer is over, almost! You know how it is, summer vacation is not much of a vacation it quickly becomes the busiest time of the year. Well, I'm sad I didn't have very many restful days, you know the carefree lazy days of summer. Yah I think my last one I must have been twelve. Ah, the good'ol days. Anyway, the weather's sure pushing us right into Fall, the vary chilly cool crisp air. Time to pull out the sweaters. Oh another good indication of fall, the autumn harvest...we are canning, canning, canning and that is an understatement!!! Well, truthfully mom is the die hard caner, the rest of us like getting some sleep:)
Our summer was busy and I didn't post but twice. So here are a few pictures of the fun we had.






We did a lot with family and friends...lots of playing for the kids, lots of chasing for the moms.





Visiting cousins and friends in Seattle and having a lot of fun!!!

We've moved!

Well it's our temporary home. Friends of ours are off to China to teach English for the next 10 months, so we are house sitting. Mr T is atop one of our new responsibilities, one of five. Morning and night they need to be fed. It's one of the highlights of Mr T's day..."lets go feed the horses, k dad?" Well the 2 horses and 3 mules but to a 2 year old their all horses. I also am going to try and keep her 25 house plans alive as well as the beautiful grounds that surround the house. We maybe a ways out but the 13 acers of solitude are wonderful, it will be a hole lot nicer once we are totally unpacked and settled in. Right now we are living out of 2 places still and it's getting a bit messy and exhausting. We are really excited for our new adventure.

"HI TREES"

A few days ago Daddy and Mr T. were sitting down eating breakfast and Daddy said "oh it's getting windy outside." Mr T's response "The trees are waving at me. Hi trees!"

New Born Shoot

My Wonderful friend Ana, who is an amazing photographer (www.anahopkinsphotography.com) took these gorgeous new born pic's of little G at just 7 days old. I'm so grateful that i have these precious shots of my little angel to enjoy now and forever. She was weighing in at about 6 pounds here and Ana said she was the tiniest baby she has taken pictures of. We also stuck around and got an awesome family picture and Landon got some one on one daddy daughter time. To check them out and the rest of Ana's amazing body of work go to her blog anahopkinsphotography.blogspot.com or web site listed above or to her flicker account listed at the side.

Enjoy the tiny beauty.

4th of July

This year I of course stayed home with sweet baby G and Landon took Mr T with the clan out rafting. From what I heard Mr T had a blast but was definitely ready to return home. Paca said it was the coldest 4th of July he has ever known and though despite splash jackets and wet suits they all froze on the river. It didn't deter them enough however and they still made 2 to 3 runs a day...have I ever mentioned how crazy my family is...the die hards.
Daddy took Mr. T fishing and luckily he never caught anything, uncle Ty showed him the fish he caught and gave it to him to hold and the slime left on his hands was just to much for him. He really enjoys the casting and reeling part of fishing.
Fireworks were not a fear this year and he quite enjoyed himself as everyone lit them off of the bridge, oh and sparklers are pretty cool too.
He was so dirty when they got home I made him go strait to the bath, he didn't seem to mind and spent about an hour in there with his toys.
Again another successful memory filled forth.

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Daddy's out there. Especially to the father of my children. I'm so lucky to have Landon in my life, he's my best friend and I wish we could spend more time together. Good thing we have eternity, right? He does so much for others and in a good way has a hard time telling people "no", so he rarely does. We are lucky to have that can of a man in our home, he is such a wonderful example to us. Thanks Dad for being the best Dad for us. We love you!

Gretchen Anne Lybbert

SHE'S HERE!!!



We welcomed (with Landon assisting the Doc. with delivery) our daughter Gretchen Anne Lybbert into this world on Monday June 14th 2010 at 5:15pm. She also weighed in at 5.15lb and was 18 inches long. I know, our girl is a giant. Seriously though she is doing great and her pediatrician "can't find anything wrong with baby Gretchen" and neither can we, she is perfect.





Thatcher just adores her and can't stop saying little sighs of "oooh" every time he see's her and "she's so tiny mom", "she's so cute", "she has tiny feet", "she has tiny hands", he really loves holding "baby Gretchen" and smiles and giggles a lot.

She is five days old today and we just can't get enough of her.

I love both of my children and am so blessed to be their mother.

Kodiak Concrete Lifting LLC

Landon has started a new business adventure, he's been working hard to get it all to come together. He's been very busy and we don't see him as much anymore but we are so proud of him and Thatcher loves to ride in Daddy's BIG truck. So everyone needs to spread the word and his website www.spokaneconcretelifting.com. Here is some of his handy work.

I love being a Mommy!

This was my mothers day flower Thatch made for me in Nursery. He's such a sweety, he even picked off the top of Grammies tomato plant and gave it to me the other day. Grammie didn't think it was do sweet however. But he is always picking me little flowers "look mom pretty flowers". He is growing up so fast and anticipating the arrival of his little sister. He always says "baby Gretchen play me?" and "when baby Gretchen come out, I hold her?" or "she hold my hand?" I don't think he realizes how much of a change and impact is coming but I don't think I do either.

I'm dilated to 1 and still have 4 weeks to go, have my 4th ultra sound tomorrow to make sure things are looking ok. I have had so many extra Doctor and specialist apt this time around just as precautions so it's been a little nutty but better to be safe than sorry.

Shoes

These are just a few of the moments captured of Mr. T and his desire to wear other peoples shoes. I mean really, it's not that unusual, all kids do this but it is always so adorable.


Dad's Work Boots
Kids Ski Boots
Cousin Tristan's Slippers
Mommy's Runners
Wouldn't even get dressed before putting on his rubber boots(on the wrong feet) with his new favorite action figure Buzz Lightyear on them. "To infindy and deoned!"