Caleb came running into the kitchen the other afternoon, while I was preparing dinner to go into the oven, screaming that his tooth had been knocked out! And this is how the story goes...

"I ran into the living room and what I saw was a monster standing straight at my head. I said ' Would you like to fight?' I started to fight , but he knocked my tooth out! Then I cleaned the blood up. And then I went into the living room again and I said nothing. But the monster tried to knock another one of my teeth out. Instead I caught its hand and threw it to Brazil."-Okay this is Caleb's fun version.

The real story is that Caleb and Adele were playing a game involving some scarves I keep for dress up play gear. A game of tug of war ensued and Caleb decided to use his mouth to add some strength to his tugging. Adele with all her red headed energy continues to pull and POP out comes Caleb's tooth. Adele really felt terrible. She cried on and off for about an hour after the event. To help console Caleb and her spirit she waited on him, giving him ice chips to suck on to help stop the blood flow and saying nice things like "Don't worry Caleb it will grow back soon." All the while sobbing "I didn't mean to." After sorting out all the details of the situation I told Adele she must be really strong to have pulled his tooth right out of his mouth. It wasn't even loose. She looked at me with wide eyes and said, "I should be Mr. Incredible!"- the end

Last Friday I bought Tim a chainsaw so we could make firewood out of some dead standing trees behind our house. The very next morning he could hardly wait to get out there and start cutting. While Tim worked hard splitting up the rounds the kids and I loaded and transported the wood to the shed. Caleb and Tim counted 75 rings on the trunk. Upon hearing this Adele exclaims "I didn't know there were trees older than Grandpa Dale!"

Our kids are such hard workers...they even used their bike helmets as hard hats for a safety precaution

Ryan in St. Thomas

Ryan took a trip with his grandparents to St. Thomas as part of his spring break. Here are some of the pictures they sent me.

New House

Part Naked Kids

We just wanted everyone to see why Aidan and Connor are wearing the same size diaper now, despite the age difference. I think Aidan's legs might actually be thinner than Connor's.

This is where we planted our peas and spinach.

Two weeks ago, coming across Snoqualmie Pass, Hunter decided he doesn't like snow. Today he apparently changed his mind when he found out that it's edible.

It's not really cold in this picture, but my wife doesn't believe me when it comes to dressing the kids.


This is our new place.

Those are the blueberry bushes.

That's the little playhouse.

The pumphouse and garden.

The front yard and our neighbors' house. Hunter keeps taking off over there. We haven't figured out if he's after their dogs, their chickens, or their sheep.
Caleb came downstairs from getting changed wearing Aidan's pants.
If it wasn't for the length, they would fit him fine. He's just not quite 18 months old.