well we sure know the meaning of COLD these days in Royal City! It was -3 this morning when thomas left for work. we have huge snowdrifts in our driveway and back yard almost four feet tall. I have never seen a little kid want to go outside as bad as Auger has wanted to the last two days. Poor kid has been stuck inside only being able to look out the windows at the beautiful white stuff falling from the sky. Hopefully it warms up soon so he can get his wish!
He is really into toothbrushes these days and thought he was pretty smart for finding a giant one haha

He had a playdate last week and spent the whole time following Julia around and pulling her socks off. She was a little nervous about him but they still had a fun time.

I took Auger to the playplace at mcdonalds last week. I know he doesn't look like it in this picture but he was having the time of his life. All the big kids were playing with him too so he just chased them around.

well it has been a really long time since i posted, but i have been slacking in the picture taking department. This month was filled with some big changes. . . erin and andon moved out much to the dismay of auger and andon, and i got a job! haha well sort of. Erin and I started our own Zumba studio called The Wearhouse. You can hardly call it a job because it is so freaking much fun! right now i just do it on tuesday nights, but erin is starting her own studio in ellensburg on monday. we are trying to team teach as much as possible because it is way more fun. we have an awesome group of ladies that come to our class and an awesome location that is close to my house. I am also organizing a race to put on June 18th 2011. I have been meeting with so many people trying to get all the proper forms filled out. im just waiting on one more before i can start the actual race preparations. wish me luck!

our new zumba studio!!! and all the ladies!!!

its been pretty cold but auger still insists on being outside most of the day so i have to bundle him up pretty good

alright we took like a million pics on halloween so i just picked a few of the good ones . . .

this is auger's tough guy face i guess lol

we all wore our jerseys

i pulled out augers old bouncer, he thought it was HILARIOUS!!! but his bum was resting on the ground because he was WAY too big for it.

k there is a story behind this outfit :) the poor kid got way sick last week. he threw up all over himself and his daddy and his daddy's truck, then he had terrible diapers for about three days. i was seriously changing the poor little guy every half an hour. so since it was pretty cold and he kept needing diaper changes i put these awesome leg warmers on him so i didnt have to take off his shoes or his "pants" all day long :) i thought it was pretty ingenious lol. dont worry we didnt go out in public like this, but i guess i am putting his picture up on the blog so that kinda cancels in out.

andon and auger loved pumpkin carving. auger actually ate quite a bit of raw pumpkin and seeds and andon didnt want to do any of the actual scooping or carving, but they still both had lots of fun watching me and erin do all the dirty work.

sorry about the lack of pictures, i will do better next month!

love dana

Well time certainly flies doesn't it. My little guy is 1 year old! He is walking all over the place, starting to say a few words kinda lol, and getting an attitude too! he wont eat anything unless he can feed himself, that makes for some fun messes. he also refuses to come inside most of the day. he is quite the little adventurer. a few days ago he decided he was big enough to walk down the stairs instead of scooting on his tummy . . . this was the result, along with some serious crocodile tears.
proud of himself . . .

stuck . . .

not so confident . . .

sleepin on the kitchen floor

reading in his basket

stuck again. seems to happen a lot these days

well thomas has been up to his eyeballs in farming work. he has been chopping corn every day and cutting beans every night.

erin has been staying with us for a few weeks now and she has been keeping me busy. we are starting our own fitness center of sorts. right now we are teaching zumba together and she is teaching strength training and we might start yoga soon. i am also organizing a 5k and 10k race next summer.

my parents are coming up in a week and we cant wait. its been awhile since they saw auger, hope he remembers them!

this past month has been pretty awesome. combine a family reunion, wedding, and football in the rain and you get a pretty fun time. we had the most amazing rain storm a few weeks ago! we were actually on our way out the door to go swimming and within minutes a HUGE storm moved in. we had tons of thunder and lightning all night and since we didn't get to go swimming, we decided to get wet anyways.

success! . . . auger likes broccoli :)

thomas brought in a few loads of gravel just before the wedding so we could make the swingset area look nice. only one problem, we couldnt get the truck inside the cement square without breaking anything. so we had to dump it outside of the area and use buckets and a small tractor and the four wheeler to move it all in.

skyler and lisa's wedding turned out wonderful of course. here are a few candids from the parties

my two boys looked really nice in blue :)