not so hungry

Ever since I can remember Colton has not been a "good eater" its always been a struggle with him to eat healthy and also to get to eat his dinner. well, now since he is older and understands more we are trying many different ways to get him to eat. I don't expect him to clean his plate, just to eat maybe half of it, or at least try it. We have tried everything, i mean everything....tried bribing him with sweets, tried having him help me pick out whats for dinner, tried having him help me cook all of it, tried not telling/showing him whats for dinner, tried letting him get down and eat when he is hungry... the list goes on. So last night i decided he was not to leave the table until he eat his food, well after a while i came into check on him and this is how i found him. needless to say, he didnt eat much, i woke him up, told him to eat and he still wouldnt so he went to bed at 7...lets hope tonight goes better than last night.

Portland Zoo

A few weeks ago, I won tickets to the Portland Zoo off of one of the radio stations, unfortunately, they expired the first of October so I had to use them this month, and since Carson is bow hunting pretty much every weekend, he was not able to go. so I took Colton, my brother Thomas, cousins Maddi and Jeremiah, and we were able to meet up with our other cousins Mel, her husband Aaron and their 4 kiddos. we all had such a good time, even if the weather was a bit cool. The kids all had such a good time at every animal exhibit and they also had a dinosaur exhibit that the boys just loved. I would have to say that the monkey in the picture was so funny; Chad had a bag of sunflower seeds and that monkey was determined to get the seeds from Chad, he kept following the bag and next thing we knew he was up on the fence reaching out and screaming and demanding for the seeds. (ok, so maybe we tossed a few in the cage for him) the kids thought it was great. I had so much fun watching Colton play with his cousins and get so excited to see each animal. I really wish we lived closer so they could all play together more often.

we are so lucky to have a wonderful park just a few blocks up from our house. Our niece Bella and nephew, Evan came over this weekend to play, the kids had a nice time playing at the playground.

deschutes County Fair 2010

we took Colton to the fair last week, he had such a fun time.... this year he was finally tall enough to ride the big kid rides, and he actually rode them all by himself....such a big boy!

family photos summer 2010

Carson's best friend from High School Doug, his wife Lindsey took some family photos for us a few weeks ago, she did a great job.... we are so lucky to have some talented friends that like to take pictures of my good looking family :) hehe
Thanks Lindsey, you did a great job!!!

summer is finally here and we are having a great time spending the days outside!!! Colton got a bike handed down to him from a friend, he loves it!! it was time for a new bike, he really had outgrown the little trike he had.
we also have been enjoying a little park we have here in Redmond, it has a ton of water fountain type things shooting up from the ground, more or less like a ton of sprinklers the kids can run and play in. Colton loves that place, and never wants to leave when its time to go. :)