Major purchases!

So it begins... we are making a purchase for the new business which is Deschutes River Constructions LLC, found a bargain on a house! Pics to follow!

Happy Halloween!

I'm kind of excited to see how Halloween is celebrated in Bend. I remember living in Portland and it is a very big deal everyone decorates with tons and tons of jack-o-lanterns! I love it!

Heading to Utah!

I just had to post because I'm so excited! We are going to Utah for a few days! :) We are heading down to our cabin in Bear Lake and I'm just tickled. We're gonna get to see Jennifer and Sarah and the grandbabies!! I can't wait! :)

Little Shop of Horrors!

We love the fact that here in Bend we get to experience much more of the arts than we did in Utah. There is always something going on here! Little Shop of Horrors is Chad's favorite of all time musicals! Well it is here now and we got to see it last night, it was great. The cast was wonderful, great, wow!

Happy Birthday!

This month we have 4 birthdays to celebrate!

Jake turned 27 this month!

Lukas turns 7 this month!

My brother Randall celebrates his 48th this month!

Chad's brother Mike is 51 this month!

We just want to say Happy Birthday, we love you all!

Cabin time!!!

We are heading up to our cabin in Bear Lake beginning of October, I'm really excited! I miss Utah and we haven't made too much use of the cabin lately and we need to as we aren't sure if it will remain in the family for too much longer. Life sure does have a way of changing, but sometimes it really is for the best :) We will miss cabin time, but it will force everyone to look for new adventures, and that's what it's all about...The Journey :) I'll post pics of our visit!

Graduation!!!

It's really gonna happen!! I'm gonna make it! Graduation Fall 2010!! I am so excited I've been able to secure every class I need for graduation, of course I have a ton of work to do! 20 hours is a lot, and it's a whole lot of writing! But I'm so stocked to be able to graduate finally! I'm gonna have a party!!

Chad is nervous cause it is a lot of work and I'll be crazy busy until December 9th but it is so gonna be worth it! I can't wait!

Labor Day Weekend!

We spent Labor Day weekend exploring a bit of beautiful Oregon! We went to Crater Lake and camped Saturday and Sunday nights, it was amazing! Chad had always wanted to see Crater Lake since a class way back when he was in college and the history of it really intrigued him. It was amazingly beautiful!
Next we went on to Belknap Hot Springs Resort now that was a beautiful place too! We spent time in the springs then took a long hike with Bella through all the gardens there and it was so pretty, we got lots of wonderful photos.
Bella loves to travel on the bike now which is good since we are doing a lot of exploring!
We played cards in the evening and in spite of Chad believing he is the king of gin rummy I won!!!! He might tell a different story but he's lying! :)

We LOVE Skype!!!

We would talk to Keleigh on the phone, well I would start but she would always ask for "PaPaw" within a few seconds so we would talk to her but it was hard for her because she couldn't see us! Skype is a great thing, we had not used it before last night but Sarah loaded it on her computer and we on ours so we could chat with Keleigh and she could see us talking to her, it was so funny! She was in shock when Sarah answered and we popped up on her computer! It was fun talking to her and being able to see her little face getting tickled! She kept wanting to see Bella even though when she was here to visit she didn't care much at all for Bella! Anyway Skype is free and wonderful to use when you are long distance from babies you can't visit often! Soon as Jennifer gets a camera we will use it to see the kiddos there too!

We have a new addition to our family!

Bella joined us July 23rd! We adopted her! She was waiting for us a the Loves Country Store truck stop in Ontario, OR. I should have posted early about our addition but just hadn't gotten around to it!
Bella is very rambunctious and we love her already. Chad is so good with her, we call her our baby we never got to have as we got together long after either of us wanted any more children considering we have 8 between us adding a 9th was just not something either of us wanted. But having Bella has proved we could have done it, she is like a baby for sure. She loves to be in our bed to cuddle, she is very demanding for attention, she has an attitude, see told ya she is like any of our kids!
She loves going on the motorcycle and she absolutely loves our camping trips! She even goes to the grocery store with Chad! He is so cute with her, it just warms my heart :)