Some Summer Fun

We have had a pretty eventful summer so far, spending a lot of time with family and friends. Grandma and Grandpa also got a new house trailer and we have had some fun camping trips. Here are a few pictures...

Jana and Ashley enjoying the swing ride. Jana looks like she is having a real good time.


Ella and Scotty


Ashley driving by herself.


Ella riding the dragon.


Ella and Ashley on their horses.


Ella riding mules with Uncle Tim.


Hey Tim!!! That is a nice ass.


Ella is a good little cowgirl.


Grandma and Grandpa's new home away from home.


One of the cutest little girls in the whole world. (And one of the biggest trouble-makers).


Hmmm.... What could we get into next?


I promised my mom I would post a picture of her looking her best. :-)


The End....

The Baby!!!

We just had the 20 week ultrasound today, here are a few pictures of the baby. The due date is December 25th. And for those of you wondering if it is a boy or girl, you can keep on wondering. We haven't found out on the previous two and we are not going to find out on this one. We need to have some surprises in life... And don't give me the, "it's a surprise when you find out at the ultrasound" or "what are you going to do for clothes if you don't find out". Those are just weak excuses. (We have some upset Grandparents that sent monetary bribes to the ultrasound tech, but were unsuccessful.)

Ella and Ashley keep referring to the baby as a boy... I don't think they understand that we don't have a lot of say in the matter. We took them both with us to the ultrasound... Ashley keep wanting to know when they were going to cut mom open and get the baby out. I don't think either one of them were impressed with the picture quality.

I think we are all hoping for a boy. We definitely have enough barbie's in our house and I don't think Jana or I can handle any more drama. I can't imagine having another girl, I would most likely have to live outside in a tent. But as long as the baby's healthy, we don't care what it is.

The side shot

The Foot (all 5 toes, we counted)

Good shot of the hand

Side profile shot


A picture of the face. We had a hard time getting the baby to put its arms down.

I almost forgot...

Here is our most recent family photo of all 5 of us. All FIVE members of our family are in this photo. We just thought that you might want to see a current picture of Me, Jana, Ella, Ashley and ???? (and no, the guys in the background our not in our family.) ;-)

Where have we been and what have we been doing???

Well, I am assuming that this is going to be my responsiblity to keep this thing updated... I was hoping Jana would take it over. :-)

Looking back, the past few month's have been pretty eventful. (That's probably why I haven't had the time to update anything.) We have had Easter, we celebrated Ella's Birthday, took a family vacation to Yellowstone, Jana was able to come along with me to Orlando for a work conference and the girls have had fun enjoying their summer just running through the sprinklers.



A COLD Easter egg hunt...

A typical Ashley expression...

Ella using her "glamor shots" pose and Ashley trying to be funny...












Me on my float tube fishing in the background on the mighty Buffalo River in Island Park. (You can just see the fish trying to get away from my deadly cast.)








This fish wasn't so lucky...

The girls on the cabin porch with Grandma Kerry.

Buffalo in Yellowstone.

Baby buffalo.

The girls and "Old Faithful".

Who are these people?

Grandpa and the girls.

From our trip to Orlando on the beach in St. Petersburgh. This is our best Baywatch impersonation. I am the Hass and Jana is Pam Anderson. :-) We are going to go rescue that guy floating in the background.

The girls and the sprinkler they bought me for Father's Day. (I haven't got to use it yet.)

"Ashley the Brave". She's not afraid of anything... Expect for taking a nap.

Let's Build a Snowman!!!

Ella pushing the snowball a long...

still pushing...

The construction phase.

As the dogs watch on.

Yummy in my tummy...

The finished product.

Tastey snow eskimo

Jana Turns 1/3 of a Century Years Old!!!

Due to the tough economic times, we were unable to purchase enough boxes of candles to cover each of years Jana has been on this earth. Instead we borrowed a scented candle from the bathroom. Don't worry, no one licked the bottom of the candle. (Ashley did try).

For those of you who can't tell what the cake is suppose to be, it is a "crabby paddy". Sponge Bob Square Pants reference.

Unfortunately Sponge Bob was unable to make this crabby paddy, so Stephanie stepped in a made it. Thanks Steph!

A crabby paddy and a crabby.... (I better not go there. ;-)

Singing Happy Birthday... Don't worry, the whole family was in their underwear, not just Ashley.

Ashley, after she got into some lip gloss. "No make-up until you are 18!!!"

The two troublemakers, right before church.

Enough being cute... Let's make some faces!

Been a long time...

It has been almost 2 months since we last posted anything. (we're sorry we have let blogger-nation down). Over the past 2 months we have played in the snow, made gingerbread houses, had Christmas and I even grew a sweet beard... Now it is time to post some photos. Hope you enjoy.

Ella making snow angels

Everyone enjoying the first snow of the year...

Trixy freezing in the snow.

Trixy with ice on her.

The girls making a gingerbread house.

Ella & Ashley dancin' in their new tutus.

Gettin' ready for Santa and his reindeer.

Christmas.... what a mess....

Dad and his sweet beard...

And Ella and her sweet beard.

Jana let me keep my sweet stash for about a half an hour... Time enough to get some good pics with the fam.

We'll all miss you moustache...