Merry Christmas

Sitting on a gift....

Oliver was so excited about the Christmas tree, ornaments, lights and presents. He had taken all the bows and decorations off the gifts, many ornaments off the tree, and loved to touch the lights (if Mom and Dad were not looking)! It was such a fun Christmas; Oliver had a big fun day filled with lots of joy and excitement.

We love our small town Livingston!

Yesterday we got an exciting visit!! Oliver was down for his afternoon nap, when all of a sudden, 3 fire trucks pulled up in front of our house and the neighbors, sirens and lights on!!! I looked around the house and knew it wasn't burning, then opened the drive way door to look at the garage & carriage house~nope, they weren't burning either~ YIKES. I didn't know what was burning. well, nothing. By the way, Seth wasn't home, he was kite skiing. Santa hopped out of one fire truck and came to the door!! SO COOL. He came to say Merry Christmas to Oliver and give him a gift. Too bad Oliver was sleeping and NO, you don't wake a 1 year old from nap!
Very exciting..they stopped at many many houses so Santa could deliver Christmas cheer to childern. Thank you to the firefighters....it was a special day.

tomato soup

We had tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches today for lunch. Oliver LOVES tomato soup and made a huge mess. oh well, it all cleans up and it was yummy!

Trip to Beartooth Highway to kite ski

Seth took a trip recently to Cooke City (Beartooth Highway) to kite ski with Ella & Madison AND yes, that is my snowmobile as he is working on his and it's taken apart in pieces in the garage.

yup...still working on the bathroom

Oliver helping out...and he's got the carharts to prove it! I am happy to say, our bathroom is 99.9% finished finally...I'll post pictures of the final product soon. For those who don't know what went on, we have one bathroom in our house, which didn't have a bathtub, just a huge glass shower. Also, in our small bathroom was a extra large vanity and minimal storage space. Seth worked hard at totally gutting it down and it shows!! Some tasks were...slightly moving 2 walls, putting in a bathtub, tiling the shower, floor, and walls, putting in chairrail, painting, building a custom cabinet, moving electrical outlets, putting in a new toilet and pedestal sink and more.......

Hot tubbin` with Dad

Oliver loves warm water, whether its Chico or our hot tub, he always enjoys the water!

Bathroom remodel

one more yard picture...

Holding the ladder for Dad. Always helping out!

Birthday party

I love cupcakes!! yummy!

Happy 1st Birthday Oliver!!

a look back at the blessed year we've had....

8 days old~ these pictures were taken by Kelly Kuntz

1 day old

3 months

4 months

Oliver and his buddy Rowan ~ both 5 months old

June ~ 7 months

San Diego August 2008 ~ 9 months

Hiking around the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone Nat'l Park

October 2008 ~ 11 months

Fall yard clean up last weekend ~Nov. 2008

We've had a fun and blessed first year, filled with family, a 3,000 mile Winnebago trip at 2 months old, a trip to Chicago and Madison at 4 months, many exciting weekends camping, boating and swimming at the lake, swimming at local hotsprings, visits to museums, hiking and exploring Yellowstone National Park, and fun days exploring in the yard. That doesn't quite do this past year justice, but it's been a blast and......bring on the adventures in the year ahead!

Cruisin` in the dodge

Sunday was yard clean up day and wow, did we have a ton of leaves to rake! We can thank the nice large cottonwood trees all around our yard for that! Oliver, with help from Dad, took a ride around the yard in his Dodge truck. He was very proud of himself and didn't want to get out of the truck!!

Happy Halloween