Jeff does this with the kids...he holds them up...
makes their legs go back and forth......
then tosses them on the bed (they think they are crickets because he makes the sounds). Its funny to watch (for about 1 minute) but they think it is the greatest.
Our favorite activity! Laying in bed watching movies (can you really call that an "activity"?)
Gilly is completey forbidded to play with Abby's Nintendo. 
Thats why he sneaks it out and plays it in the car after she goes to school.
Today he had his first school field trip to the library. He is looking very serious after he picked out his tractor book.
He actually made it farther than he usually does and thats why he looks a bit defeated.
In anticipation of this cold weather we are having I bought Gill a track suit to keep him warm
Like all his pants, I had to safety pin them in order to keep them from falling to his feet
Unfortunately during preschool the safety pin came undone and he ended up holding up his pants for most of the day. You'd think with all the mini corndogs he eats he'd be able to wear a size 3T without any problem!
Ever since Emily saw John and Monica ride off into the sunset via horse and carriage she has been begging to go for a ride. Well tonight we were at the Gateway (Gilly lost his baby dinosaur that you see in just about every picture of him so we had to make a trek out to Build a Bear) and we happen to see an available carriage. We went for a short jaunt around the shopping center and Em was in her own little corner of heaven (of course I didn't have my camera!) and now she wants to be a horse rider/dentist/fisherman when she grows up.
I love taking pictures of the choocher while he's asleep. I just want to squish on him with love when he's like this!
Gill's dirty, sometimes scabbed, most always eczema afflicted feet. (the flash hid some of the dirt and blackness here, I think its needless to say that I have a hard time getting him to keep his shoes on.)
So, we decided to hit Red Robin for lunch today. My little brother and his very cute wife came along for an afternoon of good laughs over yummy fries. At RR they have this video game thingy that, if your good enough, you can win great prizes. Whenever I see one of these I think 2 things...
Abby made this microphone from a toilet paper roll, electrical tape and tin foil (thanks for the idea Beth!) and has been a pop star ever since.
I asked Em what in the world was she doing with mittens on her feet, her reply was she was being Curious George.
Ever since Miss Claire learned of her aunt Jen Jens aversion to grasshoppers she has become quite the collector.
she even named this one "Jen".
Today Gill thought he'd like to swordfight like a pirate.....
These are all the water bottles that those slobby bike riders just tossed aside. What about saving the environment?
The 5th place winners, not bad for first timers.
I am one supportive wife. Before the race began I placed this sign, unfortunately it was on the wrong road.
Just crossed the finish line!
This is the relay team...from left to right...Preston, Chad Waldron, Jeff, Chad Butler. The fifth place overall finishers!!!
Their sweet a** rides
In the Tour de France, the winners toast with champange, since we are NOT in France and in Jacksons Hole, we toasted with hand made Teton Tiramatsu at this fabulous authentic Italian restaurant Noni. (This was my favorite part!)
As some of you may know, one of Jeff's many hobbies is the weather. Anyone withing a ten mile radius of our home can spot the odd looking device atop our shed. This morning Emily felt like it was going to be a cool day and insisted on wearing a long sleeve shirt. Hey, maybe its in the genes because she was correct.
Gill wanted some boxers for his first day of school, he only let me take his pic in them because I told him David would see them and would think they were cool.
Here he is on his first day of leaving the nest. Funny, I was only weeping tears of gratitude.
He really likes that Miss Mickey (its really Viki) has a pepsi machine, I just have to make sure we have change every day.
Playing with his mates
About 15 minutes after school was out he was gone, Thank you Miss Mickey.
