Holy Cow he is getting big!

I still haven't found the charger for my camera, so I don't have any pictures to post, but I had Ryan to the doctor on Saturday and he weighed 30.8 pound! He is getting so big. He wants to be big also. He wants to use the toilet like a big boy and is getting the hang of that. I don't push it to much because he is still pretty young, but if you ask him he usually will go. Ryan doesn't understand that he can not do everything that his brothers do. If they would let him he would follow them everywhere. He even "helped" set up for the pack meeting for scouts the other night. He also doesn't really seem to understand that his brothers are bigger than him and really could hurt him if they wanted to. He just pushes his way in and fights for what he wants. The last two weeks when I get tired of brothers it is usually Ryan and some one not just the twins among themselves. That is a switch for sure.

So far we have avoided the dreaded H1N1, but it has been all around us. I am not overly scared of it from a health stand point, but I am not very excited about the financial aspect of missing work to take care of kids. Oh well, if it catches us I guess we will take things as they come.

Nate and Cliff played soccer this fall and just finished flag football last night. Scouts are taking up a lot of time right now also. Popcorn selling season is at its peak. I am hoping things settle down a little bit now.

Josh is at my parents house helping with corn harvest. They picked all day yesterday and are hoping to get a lot done today. They are also hoping that the big storm will go North and miss them so they can keep going.

Much needed update!

So sorry it has been so long since my last post. We lost the charger for our camera battery when we moved, so we have not been taking as many pictures. The pictures we have been taking have been on the 35 mm camera which means I need to get film developed.

I am 17 weeks pregnant now. We have our ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby on October 23. Things with the baby are going fine.

God has blessed us, making it possible for me to be a stay at home Mommy for the first time ever. I will continue to work up to Christmas at least, but after that I will be home. We are purchasing a T-Shirt screen printing business in Grant and moving it to our garage, so I will still be working, but I will be able to have the kids with me.

Josh is still working for the rail road and still really likes it. He works a day shift that is Sunday through Thursday. This means that he rarely gets to go to church with us, but we do get to have him home with us in the evening. He also is a Seed Advisor for Garst now. He is just getting started with that, but basically he is a seed sales person. His other new venture is the Volunteer Fire Department in Grant. He hasn't gotten to go on a call yet, and as busy as he is with everything else, it may not work out, but he is excited about it and gets to hang out with a great group of guys. He and my dad are also remodeling our kitchen so that we can get the kitchen cabinets out of the garage to get the screen printing equipment in. They took out our chimney last weekend. That will give me an extra 24 inches of counter top and cabinet space. Josh also took a 30 leave of absence to help my dad with corn harvest. He will be gone from October 15 to November 15.

Nate and Cliff are in 4th grade. They had a rocky start, but are settling in pretty good. It is fall soccer season, which means our Saturdays morning are busy with games. Our Scouting activities have also started for the year. Cliff has a lizard in an aquarium in his room and Nate has a Chinchilla named "Scott" living in his room.

Ryan is 20 months old he is starting to actually say things that we can understand. "Hi, Bye, and Ok" are the clearest with Ma, Da, and some other words for Nate and Cliff. He is also starting slowly at Potty Training. He will go in the toilet if you ask him to. He doesn't usually tell us when he needs to go yet, but he is still pretty little, so we are taking this very slow. He loves his new babysitter and tells me bye before we ever get to the door in the mornings. Ryan also has grown quite attached to his Grandma Ferguson recently. If she is around, no one else will do.

Well, that is all I have for now. Hopefully I will get more pictures up soon!

Nate Cub Scout Day Camp

Here is Nate at Cub Scout Day Camp.
Nate and his buddy Johnathan eating lunch.
Nate shooting BB Guns

Cliff at Cub Scout Day Camp

The first Saturday in June was spent at Cub Scout Day Camp at Lake Maloney South of North Platte. Here is Cliff with his buddy Nathan.
Cliff shooting Archery. This was a little frustrating for him after shooting Compound Bows at 4-H, but he did finally catch on.
BB gun shooting.

They also had a scavenger hunt where they walked around the camp and tried to find something from nature starting with every letter of the alphabet. Z anyone? We don't have Zebras in Nebraska. They had a really great day!

Archery

Nate and Cliff are participating in Archery 4-H this year. I haven't actually gotten pictures of Nate at 4-H yet, but here he is at scout camp getting ready to shoot.

Cliff pulling his arrows out at 4-H
Cliff shooting under Pat's watchful eye

Ryan's First Hair Cut

Josh and I both got off work early today and decided that today was the day for Ryan to get his first hair cut. His beautiful curls have been getting pretty long and have started getting pretty tangled, so now he looks like a big boy! Thanks Doug!!

Squeaky in a bucket!

Ryan in the mop bucket. Silly little boy, likes to climb in everything. I let him have the bucket because it has a hole in it.