Emma shake down

Tell me what you know Teddy.

I said tell me what you know!

That's it I'm running you over with my horse.. Buhaha

Emma's favorite toy, Clippidy Clop. When you pull on his ear he sings.

I'm a pretty pony Clippidy Clop, Clippidy Clop
Such a pretty pony Clippidy Clop, Clippidy Clop
I love to have my coat brushed underneath the old oak tree

Lets run and jump and have lots of fun
When you come and play with me

This song will be forever burned into my brain! So sweet!

Little farm in our backyard

Dane's garden. Built and planted all by he and the kids!

Yes, we even have chickens!! Dane's building a bigger coop as our 7 chickens have outgrown this one. Let's see if I can remember their names.. Steve, Bitey, Quickster, Maddie's little helper.. I guess that's all I can remember, all named by Maddy. I'm looking forward to fresh eggs!!

Maddy's bunny "Sweetie Pie"

Scrapbook pages

One of my goals to get done before baby arrives is to get caught up on my scrapbook pages! My mom got me this awsome digital scrapbooking software for Christmas. Here is a couple of pages! WDYT?

Sam's 3rd Birthday



Sam and my hair :)

We're going to Disneyland!

My belated Mothers Day present

My belated mothers day gift. The two emeralds are for Madelyn and Samuel both born in May. Christian born in May has the middle stone. Maybe someday we can replace that with a real diamond! :)



Wenzel Fantasy Trail

This is my in law's fantasy trail that they open to the public during the Halloween and Christmas season. The entire extended family help work the trail on busy weekends, in which guests fill the entire parking lot.  Christian and Maddy especially like to help serve hot chocolate in the snack shack. Even little Sam participates, handing out candy canes to all the visitors!  It truly is a family affair.

Christian's Lego gun designs

Christian's been designing his own guns for a few months now, and he seems to be quite talented at it! What's even more impressive is that he doesn't use any pre-made kits with instructions. Instead, he uses spare Lego parts to create unique designs. Furthermore, he doesn't even look at gun pictures to copy; he simply recalls the ones he's seen in movies. All in all, he is a pretty impressive kid!

Black pistol

Revolver

Rounded middle where the bullets go

Gatling Gun

End of gun spins round

Machine Gun

Clip feeds on the other side

Pistol

 w/ working hammer

Sniper

Scope on top. He used the parts from a Star Wars space craft engine. Pretty cool!

Shot Gun

His longest gun. Masking tape helps hold it together.

Sam's new shoes!

I saw these converse shoes at Kohl's the other day and had to buy them for Samuel!

I GOT A NEW CAMERA!!!

As an early Mothers Day present Dane bought me a Nikon D60 camera! I so excited! I know I haven't been posting much lately, but now I'll probably posting like crazy! I've never owned a DSLR camera before, so I'm in amazement at how amazing the clarity and colors are! I'm not much of a photographer so maybe I'll take an online class to learn more. Here are just a couple I took today!

Maddy the photographer

I let Maddy have my camera this weekend and this is what she took. Not to bad huh! Later I will have her title each picture.

I'm now in the world of blogging!

I've always wanted to start a blog, but after reading other people's blogs I thought mine would be so boring to read. All I ever do is get up in the morning make breakfast, do as much cleaning as I can with a 5 month old, and pick up kids from school. Help with homework, make dinner (if Dane's lucky), then get the kids off to bed. All this just to start over again the next day. 

"I believe I can see the future... Every day is exactly the same"

But then I realized something the other day. Maddy was doing something absolutely hilarious! She was helping her new kitten reach a bug at the top of a window so she could bat it and try to catch the bug. She kept saying "Come on you can do it, I know you can!" She's so stinking cute! I told Dane about it later, but we'll never remember something like that years from now! I enjoy our kids so much and they are growing up in front of my eyes. But those memories just won't stick for us or possibly them! I take tons of videos and pictures, and this will add just one more thing for me to look back on to cry in joy! So this blog is more for me than for anyone who wants to read it. So please don't patronize me for spelling or grammar errors. Remember I was the adrenaline junky that went to the police academy to be a 911 dispatcher and babysit cops, tell firefighters where to go, and help deliver babies over the phone (came so close to this happening to me). I skipped out on the 4-year degree and followed my dream. Then later a whole other dream of having a family became a reality. Dane and I never travel (except for our yearly run to Disneyland), we don't own expensive cars, and our house is tiny and always a mess thanks to 2 and soon-to-be three messy kids. I hardly read, heck the only ME time I get is watching ER reruns thanks to our DVD player! You're very welcome to come and see what's new with our family and all the crazy things my kids are doing! Family is the most important thing to me! I love being my kids' mom!

Night at the Quest

Dane, I, and several friends went to the only club in Portland that allowed minors. This song started playing and I dragged my fellow swing choir friend Eric onto the dance floor.  Dane often reminds me of how he watched me dance with him while watching my every move. He then fell in love with this alternative song...