These are some old ones that I couldn't upload. Summertime strolling down Sherman ave. The two men looking like studs, especially the cool dude with the sunglasses in the stroller. People kept stopping and looking at him and laughing and it kept taking me a secomd to remember that he had mommy's sunglasses on and was keeping it that way. Then there was one of our trips to Costco and the cute pic we got of the cousins and of course his, "I see weird people..." moment with the shades. He also let me know how he prefers to eat my homemade wheat bread, and that's about the last 6 inches all for himself...silly boy.

Hi all. These updates are going to come in short, weird spurts now until we get our new computer that should be done shortly. So "hang on to ya butts"! Richard and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary in September and went to the Oval Office to eat. (My fave.) Bennett enjoyed the delicious strawberries the only way he'll eat them, which is kind of how Cookie Monster eats his cookies. And "Nano" and "Senna" helped around the house. I swear when the other computer is up and running, these won't seem so random. And I can also update you on the many goings on and Ben's new vocabulary which is huge! I hope everyone is doing well. Love ya!

"The face of a child can say it all. Especially the mouth part of the face."
Jack Handey

Here's a little of our trip to Manito park. It was so beautiful and the kids had a lot of fun. The season's winding down and while I love fall, I'll miss the flowers. But then again...it just means we're closer to apple picking, pumpkin doughnuts and Green bluff!!! Yay!

K, so here is a quick update of our happenings. Richard's lil sis Rachel a.k.a. Raquello, has moved in with us, which has been awesome! I think especially for Richard though because he's been getting to use his pro wrestling moves and play video games more often. We all went camping over the labor day weekend with the McReynold's clan and had a blast. "Spuh-duh-min" was also there to watch over us and Rachel actually caught a fish with some crap she found and threw together at the bank of hayden lake! She and I DID have to kill a butterfly to use for bait though and once the fish was caught, she screamed,"ASHLEY!!"and then I screamed and she screamed and WE screamed. It was sweet and the fish lived to see another day, gently floating atop the waters of the lake. Just kidding, it actually did swim away. Oh, also, my kid eats dirt. PEACE!!!

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THE FIVE

10 years ago I:
1. was 18
2. Had moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to St. George, UT
3. Going through total shock at being broke and away from everything I knew
4. Working at Down East Outfitters
5. Gaining a richer testimony while living with my awesome cousins

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1.Dr.s appt.,
2.call Angela Back,
3.Call Courtney Kimbal back,
4.make lunch & take care of Ben,
clean house,& call Rachel and see if she needs help

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Almost anyting mediterranian
2. Maui onion and garlic roasted almonds
3. HOT Krispie Kreme Donuts
4. Bell Peppers
5. a HUGE glass of ice water

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Buy a home and start an awesome garden
2. Buy a sweet car
3. Invest in either something smart or something crazy like my MANY inventions
4. Get guitar lessons, piano lessons and make an album
5. Obviously I'd pay tithing but I would also buy a part timeshare in some horses (does that even exist?)

5 places I have lived:
1. Great Falls,MT
2. Coeur d'Alene, ID
3. St. George, UT
4. Phoenix, AZ
5. Post Falls, ID

I tag... Rachel, Natalie, Megan, Christina, Matt&Heather, Dave&Lindsay

Can you tell how much baby Ben enjoyed his first haircut? We took him to this place for kids because with this mound of thick hair, even the best at home haircut looks pretty bad. So Grammy treated him to a cut that we thought he might enjoy. There were a ton of toys, we got to pick out his favorite movie and he was riding a zebra! But in the end, he was put in a gentle headlock by the stylist and he went ape the rest of the time...seriously, these pictures aren't even the worst! Those pics are just blurrs of tiny fists and frowns. So I think we'll be going back to the Flo-Bee.

If anyone can tell me how to post a video from my camcorder-I need. I have a video of Jonny stealing the little neighbor's kids bike at Christmas and riding it down the street as the kid screamed behind him. It's truly precious!

In my defense...she WAS younger than me!

Courtney looks innocent enough but there's no way I was responsible for that...gut.

Now and then, then and now. From "ladies who lunch" to...well...this. From ages 1, 5 and 9 to now at 20, 20, and 20.

So I went to my 10th reunion the other night and I actually had an awesome time! It was great catching up with old friends and shakin' it to the horrible tunes of "DJ Juicy", I assume that's his name because his belt flashed it across a digital screen. I wanted to push him off the stage and take over. It was so funny reminiscing about stupid stuff we did in high school including the science baby Miles and I created that had every disease possible, a silky uni-brow, acne, bad teeth, and sweet crew cut. His name was Falcon Talon something and he was ours, made out of love...I don't remember what grade we got but Mrs. Gomes hung his pic on the wall above the white board for all to enjoy so that says something. We were there until almost 2 a.m. which suprised me because on the way there, Richard and I were trying to come up with a code word to escape the party in case we needed it. I was sorry I didn't get a chance to talk to everyone there but DJ Juicey was blaring "Cotton-eyed Joe" too loud. (Ya that's right, freakin' COTTON-EYED JOE...I was so close to asking someone to put me in a choke hold until I passed out just so I could miss the song! But I danced to it anyway.) Long story short, it was great and I'm glad I went.

I wasn't even done loading pictures but this laptop is so problematic that I put in what I could, which takes many attempts because the computer kicks me off every time, and decided to write another day. So here goes...In June we went to Car d'lane and gawked at the many amazing cars like the original woody wagon, which has always been my dream car, and the "band wagon" car. I have no idea if that's the name but that's what I called it. And I thought, "It's a band wagon...should I get on it?" I think all it took was something like a dog wearing a scarf to distract me again, but we saw it and kept moving, which was hard being that the immature dweeb in me wanted to violently jump on and start banging and smashing around in all the instruments like a trunk monkey. You know, like those Jack Russells you see that are always shaking because they just want to run wild but they've been trained not to? Ya, we're like kindred spirits. I also tried wearing Bennett on my back until I humbly had to admit that in the first five steps I had taken, I almost fell over three times. Richard laughed at me and gave me this,"oh you sweet, naive little weakling", and threw him on his own back. We also have been enjoying playtime in the back yard and our trip to Manito park in Spokane. I swore to Bennett that we'd go when it wasn't just the two of us with him on a leash but that's the only way I could keep up with him. It's really beautiful, these pics don't do it justice. Then for the 4th of July we headed to Bigfork and enjoyed some time with Grandpa, Mimi and the family. My friend Megan and her two kids, Joel and Ella also joined us so it was really fun. Richard had the flu more than half of the time so he missed out on a lot. It was so sad. We've been doing well and Bennett is talking more and more everyday and flirting with all the ladies he can. He can count to ten and hasn't been charged with grand theft auto yet which is both suprising and great because he manages to steal one or two cars from EVERY house we visit. I seriously should start documenting it and taking pictures! We hope you all are well and are enjoying your summer! PEACE!!!