Future Photographer.....

Gretchen found the tripod for the camcorder one day and decided it was her camera. She played with it for a good couple hours. She is just so darn cute and her imagination has no limits.

AARG Matey.....Walk the Plank!

I know that I'm a bit late in posting this, but it is hilarious. A while ago it was National Talk Like a Pirate Day and Gretchen learned how to talk like a pirate while staying with a few of her favorite people, Mandie and Shelly Kimball. Before this day she would find whatever she could to put over one eye and she would tell me she was a pirate. She is just sooo funny with some of the things that she comes up with. Take a look at my little pirate.

Kinley

Thank you all who were praying for Kinley(previous post). They confirmed that she had ecoli in her blood stream and not sure how she got it. The doctor that she saw in Boise was mis-treating her and the meds. they had her on was what was making her soooooo sick. She came home Friday night from Utah and is doing great!

Please PRAY!!!!!

I got an email today from a friend today about another friend about another friend about another friend. No not really all those friends but I did get a disturbing email today. My friend Kelly has two little girls and the younger who is just about a year old has been quite sick for a while now. She is having kidney problems and just recently they found that she has a blood infection. After dealing with the local dr.'s and not being able to figure out what is going on they went to Boise with no luck. Today the headed for Salt Lake to Children's Primary Hospital to hopefully be able to get some answers. The nurses told Kelly that there was no time to waste and get there ASAP. Please pray that 1) the Dr.'s would be able to find out what is wrong with Kenley and treatment could be started immediately and they would get the best dr. for them and their situation and 2) that they would find God through all of this and that His will will be done.

Conversations

So you never know what you're going to find out when having a conversation with Than. Or better yet when you hear Than playing with his toys and the conversations he has with himself.
I was on the computer blog surfing when I hear Than whistling a tune. Neither Tony or I can whistle so I was quite impressed with what I was hearing, careful not to say anything that would make him stop. Tony came down stairs and was getting ready for work and he heard the sound too.

Tony: Is that Than or Dani?

Me:What? Whistling?

Tony: Yeh.

Me: Than.

Tony: Oi, where did you learn to whistle?

Than: I just blow.

I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!!!!!!

We finally accomplished what we started this summer. After much frustration and many tears from everyone, Dani has finally taken off on two wheels. We didn't really have plans to ditch the training wheels this year. Tony ran over the training wheels so we had no choice and I refused to buy new ones. She was going to learn how to ride a bike. I tried, Tony tried(anyone who knows Tony knows that was a short lived experience), and Chante tried. We bribed as you will see in one of the videos. Chante had told me about a thing that you put on the bike to help them balance but you don't have to brake your back trying to hold onto the bike, and they learn quickly. What did I have to lose? I went to Target and bought the Balance Buddy(the funny handle on the back of the bike), that was back in July. I finally got aroung to putting it on the bike tonight and gave it a try. All the testimonials that I read said the child should be riding on their own within 10 min with no tears. They were right! Dani we are so very proud of you and all you do.

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!

hands on demonstration.....still didn't work

Yes....you did it!

I'm still trying to figure out loading the videos so watch the bottom on first then the top one

Monkey #2

This is what I found the other night while I was cooking dinner. Becca had left my side which is a very rare thing in and of itself. When I went looking for her this is what I found.