Snow Day

Portland is funny. They reported that we should expect a lot of snow and that it would stay for a few days. They were a little right. It did snow but only and inch or two and it was gone by this afternoon. That always seems to be how it is. So around here any little skiff means no school! Yay! We all bundled up and headed outside this morning and had a blast playing in the snow! We built a big snowman and rolled lots of snowballs and threw a few, made snow angels and trekked across the field. We also had a few tastes of the snow - Dallas especially enjoyed eating it - and even enjoyed the sunshine through it all! It was great! SO here are some photos of our fun! =)
I know there are a lot but we don't get snow very often so too bad. ;)Jett's first order of business...a snow angel of course!

Our snowman! Jett called him Snowy and Tucker called him Mr. Snowhead.

Tucker wanted to hold his hand for the picture.

My goober.

He loved eating the snow - I made sure he got the clean parts. =)

Cheese!

I don't even know why he made this face. Silly booga-lips.

Jett made his own small snowman and later karate chopped it apart. It was awesome.

Handsome Tuck-man

He just makes me laugh.
=)

Happy Birthday Jett!

Happy Birthday to Jett!
SEVEN YEARS OLD!

We all had a great time celebrating Jett's birthday. At school everyone sang happy birthday and he got to pick a treat. Then in class he got birthday cards and I brought cupcakes for everyone. He loved it of course. Then Daddy picked him up from school and took him out to Burgerville for lunch and then to the store to pick out a toy. He got a cool shotgun! That evening Jett asked for chili for his birthday dinner - nice and easy for me ;) and then we took off to Grandma's house for dessert with the family!
It was so nice for everyone to come and celebrate Jett! He got totally spoiled and loves all of his cool presents. He has seriously watched his movies over and over and over already and he wants to play Battleship everyday. They do lots of shooting with the shotgun and all the dart guns and he looks so handsome in his new clothes. The puzzle has been fun to put together, the books are fun to do and he's in love with all the spy gear - especially the cool watch! Thank you everyone for loving our boy so much! It was a great birthday and he loves being a seven year old! Now just one more year til the big eight!!


Seven years old

Captain America cake

Super cool movies

Awesome night vision goggles

Silly brother

Making a wish!


Happy Birthday Jett!
We love you!!

Hubbie's Hobbies - Airsoft Edition

So Jayson is not in want when it comes to hobbies. I'm glad he finds fun things to do that he can enjoy. His all time love is riding dirtbikes, but skiing, cycling, air-chair, ping pong, snow-skiing, water-skiing, etc. keep his interest and he loves it all. We sometimes joke by trying to guess what the next "toy" will be. Recently however, his attention has gone to guns. He loves the real kind and wants to get a Taurus 800-series (?) soon to add to his 22-rifle and his 357 mag. I don't mind- I'm all for protection and I rather enjoy going out shooting. However, he has also discovered the joys of airsoft! This is a wave that has hit every Rowley man and has spread to a couple others as well. At first it was the cheap pistols from Fred Meyer that you have to rack manually after every shot. They were fun for a while, but then dreams of automatic pistols came alive and they all got awesome, real-life-like pistols that came with extra magazines and could shoot a lot more rounds per game with more firepower and simulated the real thing. These are awesome and so much fun...but...they don't work very well in the cold winter weather. And wouldn't an airsoft rifle be so cool?!! Thus we have entered the era of airsoft. All the guys now own their own airsoft rifles that have full and semi-automatic shooting capablilities, can hold hundreds of rounds in a mag and have even MORE POWER. Yeah it hurts more too and the guys often come home with bb-sized welts or scabs, but they're real men and they LOVE it! Now they don their camouflage and head out to the back yard and enjoy games like terrorist vs. SWAT, and one-on-one with a ghost shooter, and other awesome games that help them develop their army man skillz. So even though he's way into this new hobby, I'm actually okay with it. He gets to spend quality time with his bros and his dad, he has fun, gets exercise running around, and he's actually really good at it. He's also been good about balancing family time with his airsoft so hey - bring it on and have fun!

Jett's Lego Nativity

Jett was having fun playing with legos yesterday and came up with this nice scene! =)

Oh, Dallas!

MIA - our camera's battery charger. So I haven't been snapping photos lately. Maybe sometime I'll get some Thanksgiving pics from my sister or mom to share. We all had a great time with my family this year and of course the food was fantastic! I love me some good food. Now we're looking forward to Christmas, realizing that it is coming TOO fast!

Just thought I'd share a funny photo from a while ago. This is what happens when mommy is not paying attention. Dallas LOVES to climb onto the counter and get into things. Here he got into an ink pad and had some fun! Luckily it was washable!
Another time he was in my lap while I was working on something on the computer and I let him hold my empty hot cocoa mug - I thought he might get a taste. No. When I look down a little bit later, he's covered in chocolate with his hand in the mug trying to dig more out! I should have known - he always knows how to make a good mess! I just had to laugh because even when I'm holding him, he can cause trouble... I constantly have to keep my eye on that kid or else I find him "discovering" something new and fun! =)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween! We had a lot of fun yesterday celebrating Halloween at our ward's Trunk-or-Treat. There was a great turn-out and the kids had a lot of fun going from trunk to trunk filling their bags with lots of candy! Dallas was unsure of everything at first but after a few trunks he got the hang of it and said "Trick or Treat!" He loved putting the candy in his bag. It was pretty cute.

The boys are Batman, Robin and a Pirate!
They loved getting dressed up!

Carving Pumpkins

We had a great time carving pumpkins with the kids! First we had to empty the guts which always makes me laugh. Jett is so anti-getting-his-hands-messy that he has a hard time touching the pumpkin guts. Tucker dove right in and Dallas was not very interested. We saved a lot of pumpkin seeds for roasting and once the pumpkins were cleaned out, Jett and Tucker drew their faces on and Daddy and I helped cut them out. They lasted about a week on the doorstep looking all cute, but sadly they are now resting in the trash...oh, well...it was fun while it lasted!