Heartbeat!!

well, it's official!! we heard a very strong heartbeat today. the little muffin will be "baked" by april 7th. we are very, very excited!

Tombstone!

For Labor Day weekend we decided to do what we do best...go camping! First we went to Tombstone and had a great time people watching. Everyone was all duded up for "Gunfighter's Weekend". We camped there one night and then Cannon took me to his old stompin' grounds out in Portal, AZ. He worked there several years ago for the Forest Service. It was incredibly scenic. You'll notice one photo of a deer (with a blue bandana around it's neck)trying to pass as a pet dog. We were puzzled and amused at the sight of that fat, lazy deer sitting outside. Maybe he's getting fattened up for purposes unbeknownst to him...or maybe dogs just aren't as plentiful as deer are for making domesticated pets in Portal...

Heidi, Dave and Baby Luke

while we were away on vacation, my little sis heidi gave birth to luke! he has green eyes and dark hair. he is adorable. the first photo is heidi holding luke, the second, a beaming new grandma w/ luke, the third is luke modeling the shirt his grandpa gave him and the fourth is cannon and i holding luke for the first time! so sweet!

a few pictures from our vacation to idaho last week. it was so much fun! things move a lot slower up there so the week didn't go by too fast and there was time to enjoy the river, the mountains, west yellowstone, family and friends and all things idaho (including chicken fried steak)!

first blog inspired by les

les inspired me to get a blog started for our fam. thanks les! now...if only i had something to say or even had a pretty picture to post. i guess we'll have to scrape something up to make our site interestin'.