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Cole's First Basketball League

2012-02-15T12:59:00.001-08:00

Cole's group rotated between 5 stations learning different basketball moves at each one. At this station, he made two shots shooting underhand.At the end of the three meets, all the kids received a basketball!

Favorite Things

2012-02-15T12:20:00.000-08:00

Two of the cutest boys I know!Brady is so good at using his daddy's touchscreen phone. He can pull up the basketball game all by himself. He is playing it right before bed.Cole playing with his action figures. The boys have so many of these toys, but they love them.

Christmas 2011

2012-02-15T12:06:00.000-08:00

Brady with his presents.

Cole with all his presents.This year, we got a Wii. The boys were so excited.Brady is still afraid to sit on Santa's lap, but he will say hi from far away.

Pumpkins

2011-10-31T12:50:00.001-07:00

We carved Cole's pumpkin.

Taking out the seeds. Cole was careful not to get anything on his sleeve.

2011-10-31T11:41:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch in Oakley.

We went through a haunted house,

and saw goats.

At first, we were the only ones there.

We went on a hay ride and stopped when the kids spotted the pumpkins they wanted.

The kids even fed the goats a pumpkin.

Next, we went through a straw maze.

and ended with miniature golf.

Brady was a great ball retriever.

Cole's First Day of Kindergarten

2011-09-06T22:21:00.001-07:00

Cole's had his first day of kindergarten on August 29th. He was excited to go to school.

He wore his spiderman shirt that turns red in sunlight.We had just moved into our new house a few days earlier. Brady is excited too.Cole is going to Mountain View and has Mrs. Plotts.Walking to the playground to wait for the bell. He goes to the afternoon class which starts at 12:15. He has an ironman backpack.When the bell rings, the kids line up behind their the first letter of their teacher's first name.At the playground, a boy from his pre-school class recognized him. His name is Hyrum and they are in the same class together.Then Cole saw another boy from his school, Josiah - in front of Cole in red. They are not in the same class.We picked Cole up on the first day but he complained and wanted to ride the bus. We found out the bus number and he was riding the bus by the third day of school. He absolutely loves it! What a great start to the school year.We only live three blocks from the school and the bus drops him off at the start of our street, only two houses down.

Lagoon

2011-09-06T21:57:00.000-07:00

On August 26th, our good friends Debi & BJ Brown invited us to go to Lagoon with them. We took Cole but left Brady home with grandmas since he is so young and wouldn't really enjoy the rides yet. We will take him when he is a little older.

It was amazing how excited Cole was about riding the rides. He wasn't even scared at all!BJ & Debi's kids, Braxton, Kylie & Brandon rode rides with Cole. They went on all the kid rides and also on any grown-up rides they were tall enough for. They all loved the bumper cars and Cole's favorite ride was the blue roller coaster.BJ's family in the Skyscraper.Our fam.ColeThe kids on the car ride home. Cole rode alone with Braxton in the spook alley. It was a really good day!

Hogle Zoo

2011-08-17T18:49:00.001-07:00

August 13th, we went to SLC to The Hogle Zoo and spent the night at The Kimball. It was a great getaway weekend.

T-Rex, part of Zoorassic Park. Brady was scared when he roared.

Look out Cole, the lion is going to eat you!Measuring up to gorillas.

Crater Lake, Ocean, Redwoods, Bigfoot

2011-07-30T10:59:00.001-07:00

We took a family vacation through Oregon, California & Nevada July 24-28. We brought Glen and met my dad, Joyce & Iris at Crater Lake in Oregon.

DAY 1

Crater Lake. There was snow in July!JasonOur first camp site roasting hot dogs.Brady was full of energy running everywhere.Cole was a great helper for Grandpa.

DAY 2

We took a tour up to Applegate Lake between Grants Pass & Medford, OR & found a sign off to the right called Coolings Mountain Trail with a bigfoot print on it. Glen, dad, Jason, Cole & Iris hiked pretty far and finally found the only government funded bigfoot trap! Joyce, Brady & I stayed behind and watched a family of eagles in a tall tree. We ended the evening with dinner in Crescent City, CA & found a camp site in the redwoods.

DAY 3

The Pacific Ocean in CA.The whole gang.We pulled off the road and played at the ocean for a while.Cole & Glen had a lot of fun running and getting their feet wet in the waves.

Paul Bunyan statue in Klamath, CA.Next, we drove through a tree!Brady inside the tree.Cole inside.Pretty big trees!Brady & Cole.We walked through this tree.Last stop of the day was in Willow Creek, CA where the first bigfoot sighting began. We stayed at a camp site near Bluff Creek and our camp host told us bears came out every night. We saw one! Then Iris spotted a deer and then the bear chased it away!Everyone scoping out the bear. The bear was across the river in the canyon below.

DAY 4

We came back to the Willow Creek museum since it was closed the day before. Then we drove through Redding to Reno, NV. We saw Iris's apt and then we stayed the night in the Sands hotel.

DAY 5

We drove through Reno heading back to ID. Before we left, we stopped at Target because I was sure today was going to be their 75% off toys clearance day. I was right! We packed the car with tons of presents we can use for Christmas & birthdays. Jason had GPS on his phone. I am so glad because I tried to find a Target alone earlier & got lost.

Roaring Springs

2011-07-12T10:04:00.001-07:00

We went to Boise to Roaring Springs July 11th.

Cole riding a tube down a slide alone.
Jason & Brady.

We went with Angie, Josh, Cadence & Cameron.

Cole loved this slide!

Cameron, Cadence & Cole.

4th of July 2011

2011-07-12T10:01:00.001-07:00

For the 4th the kids spent the day at Grandma Janes swimming and we had a bbq. That night we went back over and watched the fireworks.
Cole had fun with sparklers.

Harris Pond

2011-07-12T09:51:00.000-07:00

We had the Ritchie Reunion on June 25th at Harris Pond.

Jason & the boys finding life jackets to go on the zip line.
Uncle Glen & Brady.

Brady up high ready for his first trip on the zip line.

He loved it!

Cole's turn.

Time for a ride on the paddle boat.

The Boys

2011-07-12T09:48:00.001-07:00

Memorial Day

2011-06-24T17:47:00.001-07:00

We went to Shoshone Falls. It was such a windy day!
We didn't stay very long at all.

Next we went to Caldrin Lynn.

Easter

2011-06-24T17:41:00.000-07:00

We went to Perkins for dinner just before Easter and the kids ate free and got to see the Easter bunny.

Brady was scared.

When Brady saw the bunny from far away he would wave and kept looking for him when he walked away. Everytime the bunny came close, Brady would turn away. He called the bunny bun bun.

He eventually took a candy from the basket.

Birthdays

2011-06-24T16:42:00.001-07:00

JASON'S BIRTHDAY

For Jason's 31sth b-day (March 9th) we went out to lunch at El Caporal.
I got braces Feb. 22nd so here's the first shot.

BRADY'S 2nd BIRTHDAY

Playing with bubbles.

COLE'S 5th BIRTHDAY

Cole has been talking about going to Chuckee Cheese for his birthday for a long time. We made plans to go to the closest one in Boise. We drove up in our new car we bought from Jason's sister Amy, an Oldsmobile Bravada. It seats 5 and has room for both car seats. We still have our Toyota Corolla. I have been working at The Amalgamated Sugar Company Co since December of 2010. I work on shift so I have to work nights and days. Jason had a single cab truck that couldn't fit both car seats so he had Cole sit in the middle without a car seat. One day he was pulled over and the cop told him both kids needed to be in car seats (which we already knew and wanted but had to make due). Luckily, I happened to be driving by and Jason told the cop so the cop had me stop and take Cole since I had his car seat and Jason avoided a ticket. We decided right there that we needed a bigger vehicle. So we bought Amy's and got a great deal.

On the way, we saw tons of windmills. Uncle Glen came with us.

We stayed at a hotel in Meridian. Cole's birthday was April 22nd and Easter was 2 days later, so we decided to celebrate Easter the morning of Cole's birthday in the hotel. Jason has MTW off and have TH F off. This way, we only have to have babysitters on the weekends right now (my schedule changes). Jason took a personal day so we had Easter too on the one day we had off together. Anyway, back to Cole's birthday.

After Easter, we made it to Chuckee Cheese.

When we arrived, the host asked if it was anyone's birthday. Cole said it was his and he had the biggest smile on his face. He was given a sticker with his name on it and a few extra free tokens.

We ordered pizza and bought lots of tokens. Each machine took a single token so we were there for hours. The boys had fun.

Cole danced with Chuckee and caught some token he threw out to the kids.

That night, we invited the grandparents over for cake and Cole's party.

Haircuts

2011-06-24T16:33:00.000-07:00

Brady had his first haircut a few months after his first birthday.
He didn't cry. Aunt Steph gave his things to keep his mind occupied.

Cole likes getting haircuts.

Sleeping

2011-06-24T16:26:00.001-07:00

I just had to compile a few pictures taken when I found Brady sleeping throughout the past few months.
Poor guy in the picture was sick this day while mom was working. Grandma fell asleep too.

One of my favorites. Brady and Cole share a room and one night, Jason was woke in the middle of the night and found Brady asleep at the side of our bed on the floor. He had made it that far from his room and passed out without us even knowing he was there.

Christmas 2010

2011-06-24T16:19:00.000-07:00

So Cole has had a wonderful year in pre-school this year. His school performed at the festival of trees.

Halloween

2010-11-05T11:03:00.001-07:00

Cole was a zombie. He was able to dress up at school.

But his mask was really scary so he didn't wear it much.

Brady was really scared of all the masks and would start crying. Poor guy, not his favorite holiday. He was Spiderman. They didn't go trick or treating this year, I had to work and Jason was planning on going to our ward's trunk or treat but they had it last week.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-05T10:41:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to an awesome pumpkin patch in Rupert this year that had all kinds of pumpkins.

My favorite were the cinderella pumpkins.

We went with Jason's cousin Austin and his family and Brock.

Harvest

2010-11-05T10:02:00.001-07:00

I decided work during the beet harvest this year. It only lasted a few weeks but we worked 14 hour days 6 days a week. I worked past Rupert in like Minidoka or somewhere close to that.

I worked in a tarehouse shown above on a piler.

Trucks pull up and my job was to track the truck number and take samples from every 3rd truck from the same grower and field. Beets are fed onto a hopper and carried up, the dirt is filtered onto another belt that is weighed and then the beets are dumped into a huge pile to be carried away later. The samples come through a tube into a bag.

Here's a picture of a busy day. We had 3 pilers at our dump. I was helping out in #1 for a little bit.

I worked in piler #2. The sampling was a lot different than the other two pilers. In ours, we had to place a bucket onto a lever that would catch beets. Then we took it inside and dumped it onto a tray with a bag attached at the bottom and then we would pick up the bag and toss it into a crate down below. Our piler was also up high, not on the ground like the others.

This was the biggest beet I saw, also the first one to be captured in my bucket. It was HUGE!

My co-worker Faith! We had so much fun and we carpooled together.

The end of the season view of all 3 dumps.

We thought it would be fun to climb the beets.

Pre-School

2010-09-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

Cole's very first day of pre-school was today! I can't believe he old enough to be in school already.

He has school 3 days a week 2 hours a day. He is in the morning class.

I snapped a picture of him getting to know kids in his class.

Here he is with his teacher Miss Dawn. It's going to be a fun year and he really likes school already. His friend Isabelle is in his class.

The Fair

2010-08-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

We went to the fair last week and had a lot of fun.

Tuesday we saw the animals.

Wednesday was the parade.

Thursday we went to the carnival & rodeo.

After the rodeo, Jason took Cole to the carnival & they stayed until it closed since they arrived at 11:00 pm.

Camping

2010-08-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

We went camping at Lava Hot Springs Aug 5-7. We stopped at Ross Park in Pocatello on our way there. It is such a great place for kids!

The perfect depth for the little ones.

My favorite part was the lazy river, so relaxing.

That night, we found a campground and this is what we saw the next morning, geese.

Our tent was right next to the river. I took the above picture, then turned and took the second.

We were meeting Brock, Montana & Melanie for our second night of camping. This is a park we stopped at for a bit for the kids to play.

Our next camp was at Smith's Trout Haven. The boys played with Peyton & Mason in the grass.

Both nights we were there, it was really windy & rainy in the evening. Brady doesn't seem to like the umbrella much.

The last day, we went to the pool in Lava. Cole went down the slide quite a bit.

It even started raining today and they closed the pool due to lightning so we just left.

We really had a fun weekend.

Fun in the Car

2010-08-25T14:08:00.000-07:00

July 29th, we all went to Twin Falls for Target's toy clearance sale.

We found a lot of great deals that we will save for Christmas. We even stopped at Harbor Freight and got some free flashlights, Jason's favorite part. We have soooo many coupons for free flashlights so whenever we happen to be near a Harbor Freight, we all get one, even the kids.

I snapped some photos on the way home.

They must have really had a long day. (Brady is holding one of the flashlights)

Harris Pond

2010-08-25T13:27:00.000-07:00

On my 30th birthday we went to Harris Pond...

Cole & Brady both went on the zip line.

Cole had fun on the water with some of his cousins.

Aunt Ruby's House

2010-07-11T22:14:00.001-07:00

This past week I left for a couple days and went to Utah to see my Aunt Ruby with my dad, Joyce, Glen & Iris. This was the first time I have ever been away from my boys overnight.

Here we are relaxing in the pool...

and trying to avoid the sun for the picture!

Me, Glen & Aunt Ruby (my dad's sister).

Dad & Joyce

Glen & Iris

We have never met one of Ruby's boys Mick, so he came to visit and we got a picture of him & his wife Debbie! Here's a group photo. We had a great visit!

Ritchie Family Reunion 2010

2010-07-11T21:18:00.000-07:00

June 17-19 was the Ritchie reunion. All my mom's brothers and sisters were there and we had a great time.

We had several activities planned.

Here we are at Harris Pond.

One thing we do each year is hold an auction to raise money for the following year's reunion. We got this snake for Cole made out of a tie.

Cousins having fun on the train.

Back at Uncle Neil's house, Brady is riding a tri-cycle.

Glen, Brady & Scott

Taking a walk.

Cole shooting off his bottle rocket.

Enjoying the trampoline.

Our Busy Day

2010-06-08T19:16:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, we went to Twin Falls to get a few things and then had lunch in the canyon. It was a lot of fun and I can't believe I have never gone to the bottom of the canyon much before. The kids liked it and I plan on going back more often. I didn't get any pictures of that. Later in the day, Brock asked if we would like to go four wheeling so we did. We went to Oakley and started out from the town with Cole riding with Brock on one four wheeler and me, Jason and Brady on another.

We drove all the way to the top of the mountain almost to Bostetter where there are camp sites. It was a lot of fun. Both boys fell asleep on the way back on the four wheelers.

We saw a lot of cows and Brady was really excited. Cole and Brock even drove right through some cows.

Walking

2010-05-24T21:11:00.000-07:00

This morning Cole & Brady were in the living room & I was in the kitchen & Cole said, "Brady's walking." I looked over but just saw him standing there. I waited but nothing happened so I thought sure, we'll see. A little later, Cole said it again & sure enough, he was right. Brady took his first steps today! Thanks Cole, you are a great big brother & you are always looking out for your little brother.

He has been walking around with his step n ride a lot lately, but he hasn't wanted to walk.

I got better footage on video.

It's pretty hard to tell he is actually walking with these pictures.

He took 5 steps at the most today. We'll see how far he goes in the days to come.
He turned 14 months today & today is also Grandma Joyce's birthday!
We are so excited that our little guy is walking. Just in time for summer!

4 Already!

2010-04-22T20:55:00.000-07:00

Cole is 4! Wow, he sure has changed a lot over the past year and he is so smart. Here's a look at his awesome day...

He got $4 for turning 4 from Gm & Gp Page, Jess, & Jordan as wells as color changing markers & a coloring book.

He wanted a white cake with chocolate frosting and he really wanted it to be orange thus the orange writing. This color worked out perfect since we had a Diego theme this year.

Exactly what he wanted, play-doh from Angie & her girls!

Washable aka kid markers from Gm Ann!

And much more including a card and $ to buy a present from Gm & Gp Petty. Thanks everyone for making Cole's birthday so special!

What We've Been Up To

2010-04-22T20:25:00.001-07:00

This past month has kept us busy, here is a recap of the recent events:

Grandma & Grandpa Petty came to visit the last weekend in March.

The boys & I took a trip to IF on March 31st & visited Tosha and her girls & also saw Christa's family on our way back. We had a great day.

The kids playing Xbox a couple days later.

Easter morning...

At first glance, Brady sees an Easter egg, or as he calls it, a ball.

What is this?

I think I'll just dump it out all over the floor! He loves to do this with everything. Totally the opposite of his older brother.

April 14th Cole just hopped off the coach to go behind our massage chair, or to his "cave", & his face hit the wall & the cord to the chair leaving him with a 1" scratch. We took him to Dr. Grandpa because I was sure he needed stitches because of all the blood. Luckily no stitches were needed, but he did have it glued together & had to wear this band-aid. Turns out he had a reaction to the band-aid and broke out with a nasty rash a few days later. Now the rash is clearing up and hopefully he will not have a scar! Let's hope not.

My little angel having fun with the newspapers!

Happy 1st Birthday Brady!

2010-03-24T21:04:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is one! This last year has flown by. We are so blessed to have Brady as part of our family. He has 7 teeth, says ball, mama & dada, and crawls everywhere. The theme for his party was a sports theme. This was perfect because he loves to play with any kind of ball.

We had a lot of family and friends over...

we all fit in our apartment, luckily.

Cole sure enjoyed playing with his cousins.

The cake turned out wonderful and we had enough for everyone.

Brady had fun with his cake but wanted the frosting off after playing for a while.

He received many fun new toys.

His cousins were very helpful bringing him the presents and helping to open them.

Thanks to all who came and shared this very special day with our sweet baby boy. We love you Brady!

Walgreens Trip

2010-03-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

We just started receiving multiple Sunday papers this last month and have been putting our coupons to good use. I will admit it is a lot of hard work from looking for the great sales to having success with a cashier who knows how the coupons should work. Luckily, I have been getting great advice on how to juggle everything with the help of some wonderful coupon blogs. These sites are amazing and they give you links for internet coupons that can be used right away with a store's weekly ad. They also tell you what newspaper coupons to use and how to use them.

Today I went to Walgreens where their Purex laundry detergent was buy 1 get 1 free. I had 4 coupons for buy 1 get 1 free. So, I was able to get all 8 for free! I bought dish soap for $.89. I didn't think I could really get all of these for free, but it worked. This is what I look for, things that my family uses everyday at a great price. I have a great stockpile started for many things already.

Photo Shoot

2010-02-20T16:41:00.001-08:00

Here are pictures of Brady taken back in November when he was 7 months

These were taken by Sarah with Sarah Stokes Photography sarahstokesphotography.blogspot.com

10 Months

2010-01-24T21:23:00.000-08:00

Lots of things happened this last month while Brady was 9 months. At the beginning of the month, Brady would go from sitting to his stomach. He now has 4 teeth. He said his first word mama Jan. 15th and his two front teeth came through the same day he started crawling which was Jan. 17th. Just yesterday he started pulling himself up on furniture. Yes, it was a month full of firsts. Of course he is still a really good eater and a happy baby.

Today he turned 10 months!
We also started brushing his 4 teeth today.

Target!

2010-01-15T18:16:00.000-08:00

I went to Target today and the toys were 75% off! Today is the first day so hurry and get there fast. I snagged some great deals that will make great presents for my boys' birthdays. Also Old Navy's clearance is an additional 50% off! I used a 25% off coupon and got 4 pairs of pants, 3 shirts, and a coat for $13. I should have got more, but I didn't want to go too crazy. I was so excited. Did I mention how much I looove these stores?

Sunbeam

2010-01-06T12:04:00.001-08:00

Cole is a sunbeam! He did really well for his first week. We teach Valiant 9 so we were able to be in primary with him during opening exercises. He sat still in his chair and when it was time to go to class, he followed his teacher. It's a good thing he has friends in his class, Josh & Isabelle to name a few.

My sunbeam

Christmas

2010-01-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve photo with my boys!
Christmas was exciting this year for Cole. When he woke up he came into the front room, looked around and said, "where did all this stuff come from?" Later he asked how Santa got into our house. Lots of fun.

Brady has a fun Christmas as well. My poor baby had a fever all day though.

Opening presents at Grandma Jane's.

A relative made hats for all the grandkids.

Later in the evening we opened gifts from Grandma Ann.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-19T21:52:00.001-08:00

So I am way behind on posting that's why I have 3 posts today. The following are from Thanksgiving although I didn't take any pictures of the actual meal. We first went to Jason's parents' house then to Treva's house.

Brady with his dad after a yummy dinner.
I finally have some pictures of the boys' cousins. I need to take more.

Cole is not happy I want him to pose. Landon is a natural.

Landon, Cole & Bodee

Two days later, we attended the Paskett's annual after Thanksgiving Christmas Party. Santa always comes.

Brady's 1st time seeing Santa.

Cole's 2nd time this year.

Waiting to open the gifts. Cole is not happy that he has to wait until everyone has seen Santa before he opens his.

SLC

2009-12-19T21:38:00.001-08:00

Nov. 19-21st we had a chance to go SLC for a quick getaway. We took our kids with us and invited my mom along as well. We stayed at The Kimball right across the street from the temple. The first evening we looked for a place to eat and found a Panda Express in the phonebook. There was one in the Gateway Mall or one around 1700 something, a ways further away. Jason did not want to go to the mall so he opted we go to the other location. We find it and it was a Panda Restaurant instead. We had Cole with us so went to the mall and it took forever.

My poser.
The next day my mom went the genealogy library. Then we went to see Aunt Retta while Jason was asleep. He works night shift so he was still on that schedule. My mom and I then went to the Gateway Mall.

That evening, my mom watched Cole while we went to dinner with Jason's cousin Montana and his wife Melanie at Joe's Crab Shack. Jason had the crab and I had coconut shrimp. So good.

My Helper

2009-12-19T21:05:00.000-08:00

This past month Cole has been really good at helping me with Brady. He surprises me all the time at what is going on in his little mind. He is learning so much which is still hard for me to believe that his really is getting older and will be in school soon. He will go to primary in January. Cole has always been a well mannered boy. He is always soft with toys and doesn't break or draw all over them. He leaves things around the house in their place. He is not a messy eater and he knows how to help me stay patient. I told him a long time ago if I ever start yelling or get mad at him, he should tell me to "take a break". So I hear it all the time, "take a break now."

Love the dimple.

We received this high chair from my good friend Angie and lately Cole has been helping to entertain Brady while I try to clean up real quick.
Brady now loves any kind of food. We have soooo much baby food of all kinds. Cole helps pick out what to feed him and this was the 1st time Cole fed Brady - Nov. 15. He did really good!

HaLlOwEen

2009-11-01T12:59:00.001-08:00

We had a fun Halloween this year. We started out by going to a halloween party at the Blacker's house. There were a lot of fun games for the kids to play...

Brady was a skeleton.

Cole was a pirate.

Brady even played some games and won fabulous prizes.

It was a beautiful day outside.

They had a costume parade and Cole won a prize for a category of best costume.

At the end, they all went trick-or-treating.

After that, we stopped at a car dealership next to our house where they had a lot of merchants giving out candy. Later that evening, we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat and went around to a few houses.

After that, we went to Stephanie's house for another halloween party. Here is Brady with Kaylee. This was the only picture I took. I should have taken more. There were some really good costumes of the boys' cousins.

7 Months

2009-10-25T22:12:00.001-07:00

Growing up way too fast.

Recent Happenings

2009-10-25T21:58:00.001-07:00

Pictures of Brady at 6 months.

Oct. 10
Oct 13th, I had just put Brady to bed and came to check on Cole and this is what I found. He was putting a pull-up on his rabbit.

Target practice

Brady started rolling over this month and he also got his first 2 teeth.

He loves bouncing in his jumperoo.

Last pose as a 6 month old. What a cutie! He also started clapping (or playing patty cake) this month. He does it all the time.

Pumpkins

2009-10-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

Cole has already gone to 2 pumpkin patches!

Uncle Brock came over and took Cole one day.
He had a lot of fun

and came home with 3 pumpkins. A huge one for dad, a medium one for himself and a little one for Brady.

Pumpkin patch #2 came a couple weeks later on Oct. 20th.

Cole's pumpkin rotted so we came to another patch to find him a new one.

He looked

and looked.

Then he wanted to venture into the field to find one himself.

He looked all over saying, "Let's go this way mom, maybe we'll find one over here."

He really wanted to make sure I got one too. Mine is the small one and his is in front of him.

Renters

2009-10-04T16:09:00.001-07:00

This is our condo in AZ. We had to move February of 2008 after the company Jason worked for went bankrupt. At that time we had renters who stayed just over a year. After they left, we put it up for sale but nothing happened. After a few months of trying, we had our realtor try to rent it out. Finally after sitting empty for 5 months, we now have renters again! We are so excited. Now we will see what to do with the place next year. Until then, we can relax for another year.

6 Months

2009-09-24T21:26:00.001-07:00

Our baby is already 6 months old! Where does the time go? He is such a joy to have in our family and we couldn't be happier. Brady is learning to sit up on his own, but it doesn't last too long. He is so cuddly and hardly ever cries. We love you Brady!

First Foods & Bumps

2009-09-14T22:28:00.001-07:00

So I have been behind on posting so get ready for a lot of pictures to recap the last month.

First food ever, rice cereal on Aug. 21.
On Sept. 10th Cole was playing outside and fell on the sidewalk and got a HUGE bump on his forehead and also a scrape on top of it. He came home crying and I took one look and had to look away. It was the biggest bump I had ever seen (this picture doesn't show it well at all but it is huge).

First peas...he liked them today but not the next day - yuck!

(a better picture of the bump on Cole's head)

Craner Family Reunion

2009-09-14T22:09:00.000-07:00

We went to Harris Pond Aug. 22 for another family reunion.

The train was fun but Jason was determined to take Cole on the zip line. I thought he might be too scared to try it.Here he is at his first attempt. I was right, he didn't want to go.

After a little convincing, he tried again and eventually thought he would give it a shot...

Here they go...

He loved it!

Let's go again dad!

My Boys

2009-09-14T21:56:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures taken the end of August while Brady was 4 months.

Brady hanging out with his brother.

Brady doesn't like being on his tummy so much so I had to snap a photo while he was still in a good mood.
My boys on our balcony. We have a great view of the river.

Posing

Stylin' in dad's hat.

Sleeping holding his pole (notice how the line is in the chair showing that he caught a fish).

Parade

2009-09-14T21:46:00.001-07:00

During fair week, we went to the parade on Aug. 12.

Waiting for the parade to start.
Cole is just waiting with Uncle Glen who is there to help make sure Cole gets some candy.

Looking good in Uncle Neil's hat.

All tuckered out after all the loud noises.

I Love a Good Deal

2009-08-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I went to Old Navy and found some clothes on clearance and used a 30% off coupon. I bought 7 items for $20. Then I went to Target to browse around and ended up stumbling on their first day of their toy clearance sale. Everything I bought was 75% off! I kept picking things up and putting them back because I wasn't looking to buy toys but quickly thought about Christmas. I had the kids with me so I let Cole tell me what he liked. I had to convince him to leave some items at the store that I didn't want him to have, but he was fine with that. We left with 6 regularly expensive toys (including a tonka scoot & ride truck for $10) and a shirt and shorts all for $40. When we got home Cole was ready to play with the toys but we told him he had to wait for Christmas. He doesn't realize it is so far away but he left them unopened. Eventually we told him Santa was going to come get the presents while he was asleep and bring them back on Christmas. We then hid them where no one will look. We did't hide the truck so the next morning Cole saw it and said, "Santa forgot this one." A couple days later we hid it and Cole hasn't complained.

A week later we went to a yard sale and found a cute white bookcase that looks like it came from Pottery Barn. We only paid $13. I love finding good deals!

Summer Pictures

2009-08-11T19:25:00.000-07:00

Our baby is 4 months now. Ready to go to Harris Pond for my mom's ward 24th of July party.

July 28th - Cole after going down a blow up water slide at Grandma Jane's birthday party.

Having fun in the bouncy house

Brady getting in on the fun

He recently discovered his feet

Cole loves to hold his brother and is such a good brother

Aug 3 - First time at the pool all summer. Getting used to the water.

Uncle Glen teaching him how to kick and walk on his hands

This is easy mom! He wasn't ready to put his head under yet. I'm planning to put him in swim lessons next summer although I should have done it this summer.

He can hold both fish on his swing now. He used to only hold onto the green whale.

Always smiling for the camera!

Ritchie Family Reunion

2009-06-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

This year my mom's family had our family reunion at the KOA in Bear Lake on saturday. We had lunch and talked about family history. There were a lot of fun things for the kids...

miniature golf
bikes
and a huge bouncy pillow

It was raining almost the whole time so we kept Brady covered up.

Cole's First Fish

2009-06-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

Cole loves fishing! His dad has been taking him a few times a week for the past 2 weeks now. One night Jason was having a hard time getting Cole to go to sleep, so he told him to go to sleep now and then they would go fishing in the morning. The next morning Jason went to wake him up and as soon as Jason put his hand on Cole's shoulder to wake him up, Cole woke up and said, "time to go fishing?" Cole can't stop talking about how much he wants to go fishing every day. That is all he talks about. These pictures are from their fishing trip friday morning June 12th.

In the past, Jason has helped Cole reel the fish in.

This bass he actually caught all by himself with his little Cars fishing pole shown above!

They take the fishing boat out at Grandma Jane's and sometimes they fish from the dock there or where we live since our apt complex is on the river.

Brady's Baby Blessing

2009-06-07T19:38:00.001-07:00

We blessed Brady today. Jason gave a great blessing. Lots of family were there and we had a lunch afterward. We took more pictures, but not with a digital camera. We borrowed this outfit from Jason's sister Amy. It is also the same outfit Cole was blessed in. What a great day. We are so blessed to have two beautiful, healthy boys and look forward to many more happy days together.

Dentist

2009-05-22T21:31:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since we have been to the dentist. Now that we have insurance, we made an appointment and Jason, Cole & I went on the same day. Not a good idea. Jason went 1st leaving the rest of us in the waiting room for an hour. When my turn came, they took x-rays then asked if I wanted to come back another day for my cleaning. I said I would and then it was Cole's turn. This was his 1st trip to the dentist. He was a little resistant at first but ending up doing very well.

He liked the idea he could wear sunglasses
Dad held him while the dentist examined his teeth. Cole didn't open his mouth very wide like we had practiced, but wide enough to get the job done.

Fun Pictures

2009-05-22T21:16:00.001-07:00

I am behind on posting pictures so here are some from the last month.

1 month
Cole likes boxing and is our very active boy

5 wks

7 wks

8 wks

One Month

2009-04-25T08:59:00.000-07:00

We took Brady in for his one month check-up yesterday (his Grandpa Page is his dr) and he weighs 9 lbs 8 ozs. He is so much fun and he is sleeping great. Of course he still wakes up every 3 hrs to eat. Cole always wants to know where his brother is and every time he comes over to Brady he says, "I want to see his eyes." It is so sweet.

3 wks - looks at those blue eyes! Brady looks totally different than Cole when his eyes are open...
but just the same with them closed. Here is Brady at one month.

Cole Turns 3

2009-04-22T21:25:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Cole!

We had just some of our family come over to celebrate Cole's birthday. There are so many people that it would be impossible to fit everyone inside our little apartment. Also, there were two other boys born into the family within three weeks of each other so we don't want any babies to get sick.
He got a fishing pole with fish from Rick and George.
The cake was supposed to be Mickey Mouse...sorry Cole we tried! We didn't have much time before the party to get it assembled correctly and to color the frosting. At least it had some chocolate like Cole wanted, the frosting. I think it looks more like a reindeer.

Make a wish

The loot...basketball hoop from mom & dad, counting book from Grandma & Grandpa Petty, card with $ to get something from Aunt Iris (we will go shopping tomorrow & let you know Iris), make it yourself bouncy balls from Grandma & Grandpa Page & Jess & Jordan, USA map puzzle & Lion King coloring book from Grandma Ann & 2 trucks and Spiderman ball from Uncle Glen. Thanks for the great birthday everyone!

Late Easter Post

2009-04-22T10:51:00.000-07:00

Cole & Bodee coloring eggs at Grandma Jane's

Cole's eggs

Finding eggs Easter morning in the front room that were full of his favorite candy, M&M's

Excited about what the easter bunny brought

First 2 Weeks

2009-04-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

2 days old
3 days

1 week

11 days

2 weeks

Jazz Game

2009-04-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

On March 28th, Jason and Cole went with Jason's family (the guys) to SLC to see the Jazz vs. the Suns. It was Cole's first pro basketball game. He was so excited.

Before the game, they stopped by an arcade.

Cole at the game. He loved cheering with everyone else. Grandpa even bought him a basketball to remember the game. He came home and told me all about it and how he can't wait to go again.

He's Here

2009-03-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

Brady Glen Page

March 24, 2009

7 lbs 4 oz

19 1/2"

We arrived at the hospital at 7:30 a.m. and Brady was born at 11:31 a.m. after a smooth delivery. We are so happy with our new addition and mom and baby are both doing well. We didn't decide on a name until just before leaving the hospital.

Cole has been so good with the baby and likes being a big brother. Brady has been such a good baby. He is a pro at eating right now he sleeps during the day and is awake all night. Good thing daddy works nights and has been home for a few days and can stay awake with him while mom gets some rest. He will be going back to work tonight so hopefully Brady will switch.

Cole is learning how to read baby brother stories and he knows only to play with soft toys around him.

The Big Day

2009-03-23T15:34:00.001-07:00

I had my routine dr visit today and he asked if I was ready to be done. I said yes, then he asked if I would like to do something about it, meaning be induced. Since I was induced with my first baby (over 5 days), I was happy he asked so I said yes. He went to see what day was available. When the dr came back he asked if tomorrow was too soon. It hit me suddenly that hey, I was going to have a baby tomorrow. I agreed so now we are frantically getting ready to have a baby tomorrow, 5 days before my due date. I never thought it would come this soon. I just expected to go over my due date like before. I am relieved that I won't have to worry if I was in labor or not. We are so excited.

St Patrick's Day & Family

2009-03-20T18:51:00.000-07:00

Cole's Grandma & Grandpa Petty & Aunt Iris came to visit us for St. Patrick's Day. We had a birthday party for Jason & Iris. Iris's birthday was on St. Patrick's Day & Jason's was March 9th. It was so fun to see everyone again.

Grandpa reading new books he gave to Cole.

Free Stuff

2009-03-20T18:05:00.001-07:00

I just started using coupons to find really really good deals. I found this great link for the Krazy Coupon Lady, listed on the side as a favorite link, and I am so happy I did. This is from one of her posts about a week ago under Johnson's Buddy Products. I used several coupons and was even able to get trial size items with a $3/3 Johnson's coupon. All of this was free.

36 Weeks

2009-03-01T17:25:00.000-08:00

Only 4 weeks to go. Right now it is just hard to sleep because I am so uncomfortable. Other than that, I haven't had any problems. We can't wait to welcome our little one into the world and no, we haven't picked out a name yet.

Simba

2009-01-24T15:21:00.000-08:00

Cole has a lot of toys that he likes, but he doesn't like anything as much as he likes his lion, Simba. He loves to watch The Lion King and ever since he knew he had a toy from that show, he takes him everywhere. He is really rough with him too and talks to him all the time, throws, sleeps, and even eats with him. One day Cole told me that Simba was his best friend. Poor Simba, he has been through a lot. My mom wants to get him a bigger one so he can pound on it.

Cole wanted Simba to watch him eat breakfast one morning...

Then he threw him around the house...

Later that day he asked Uncle Glen to come over to play lions

and fight.

I later found them hiding. He really likes Uncle Glen the best because Cole can count on him to have fun.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-08T15:44:00.001-08:00

We had a great holiday season surrounded by family and friends.

My best friend from High School Deidra with her daughter MaKenna. I haven't seen her since my wedding! Great to see you Deidra.
Cole was spoiled this Christmas. He got a guitar from his uncle Glen and another from his grandma & grandpa Page. He loves to rock out with his uncle. He also loves The Little Einsteins and trucks.

Our tree.

Crafts

2008-12-17T14:47:00.001-08:00

My 2nd attempt to create something. I am happy with how everything turned out. The plan is to hang this on my wall with family pictures.

Close up

This was the 1st project I attempted with vinyl. I got the idea from a craft fair and had Jason help me with the blocks. Then I painted it and added the letters.

This has made a great Christmas present.

A Little Luck

2008-12-16T20:38:00.000-08:00

Jason has been at a new job for 3 weeks now and his work had their Christmas party on Dec. 13th. There were a lot of people there and Jason chose to go to this rather than go with our brothers' band Redline to run the sound and record their show at their concert in Boise the same night like he always does. He said he would rather go to the party because he was told they were going to have a raffle that included some big prizes like a Wii, a tv, a camera, and more. He was hoping to win the tv. Plus, they had a great dinner. Well...

Jason won the big prize, a 32" LCD TV. He couldn't believe it. This is his Christmas present. Now we have to rearrange the living room and find something to put it on.

Congratulations Jason!

Seeing Santa

2008-12-16T20:23:00.000-08:00

Last year Cole was scared of Santa so this year I thought I would practice with him so he wouldn't be scared. He said he wouldn't cry and he knew Santa was nice. He knows you can ask Santa for presents so everytime he wants something or if we run out of something at home, he asks if he can ask Santa to bring it.

I had to capture the look on Cole's face when he first saw Santa walk in the door. He was so excited.

He could hardly wait his turn. Once it was his turn, he ran up to Santa and sat on his lap. He stayed for a long time and didn't want to leave. This was at my mom's family's Christmas party 2 days after Thanksgiving. We saw Santa a second time at the Festival of Trees on Dec. 5th and no one was in line. Cole saw Santa and ran up to him again.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-16T19:33:00.000-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving my sister Iris came to visit from UNR where she is going to college. She is a freshman so this was her first Thanksgiving away from home. She spent five days with us and we had a lot of fun having her.

We had a Christmas party and Aunt Iris gave Cole Brer Rabbit specially made and the book. He loves his Aunt Iris!

Cole and his dad.

Look mom, we both ate our bananas.

Jason and my brother Glen asleep after eating way too much.

Glen and Iris and more family.

Jen and Iris at the airport.

Carving Pumpkins

2008-12-03T17:27:00.000-08:00

Cole was a rock star for Halloween