Let's Try This Again

Hopefully this youtube video will work for anyone who wasn't able to watch Carson riding his bike.

I Am The Greatest Bike Riding Teacher!

Okay, maybe not the greatest but after MLK Day I think I'm pretty good. We had really nice weather on Monday and Carson has been on me to take the training wheels off his little bike since Christmas so he can learn to ride on his little bike and then ride his new bike. Well, I finally got around to it and I'm not even kidding, in less than 45 minutes the kid was riding around the cul-de-sac like he had been riding a bike for years! Needless to say I was one proud papa and I'm pretty sure that Daneen got a tear in her eye. Our "little" Carson is growing up!

I'm just glad there were no freak accidents when Carson learned to ride his bike, like there was for me. My older sisters tried teaching me how to ride a bike when I was around Seven. The only thing I learned from them was how painful a broken arm can be when it get's ran over by a ten speed....

Anyway, here are a couple more pics of the munchkins.

Carson & I went bowling on MLK Day too, just the two of us. It was pretty fun. You know your out of shape/getting old when you get sore after bowling...

Here's Daneen's latest masterpiece. That puzzle was a beast. Can you see the piece that our dog chewed up??? I'll give you a hint, it's in a balloon.

And of course, here's a random silly picture of Sydney. She is obsessed with the plastic storage bins. She puts all kinds of junk in it and then she climbs in it and just lays and sits there. Weird.

All you teeth freaks will appreciate that picture :)

Paul

Happy New Year

Here are a few pic's from Christmas and what not.

So the Carson finally lost his first tooth...well his mom yanked it out of his mouth. He was so excited to finally lose one.

Christmas morning

gotta love it

He finally got his "real" Harry Potter wand and glasses.

Syd with her new cell phone.

Daneen made an AWESOME Christmas Dinner!!

Training our singstar

Bye GiGi & Grandpa...

Fun in the snow

Our snowman the dog mistook for a fire hydrant...

Cute kids

Cutie

Hope you enjoyed.

-paul

It's Beginning to Look alot Like Christmas...

Okay first off, the results are in for the dance competition. Don't have the numbers exactly but I think it's safe to say we funky colmadina'd the sweats! And on that note, I didn't realize what the lyrics were saying toward the end of our video. I was so intrigued with the movie maker stuff and making my credits etc. that I didn't notice where the lyrics were at. And in my defense, Daneen picked the song...hehe.

Now, back to the boring old blogging business. Here are some of the new experiences we've had over the last week or so:

The joys of decorating your own house for Christmas!


The not so joy's of owning a house!


The joy (or pain) of owning a dog.

So yeah, we've had a lot going on around here. We are excited about Christmas and look forward to having GiGi & Grandpa Gerber come spend it with us (if the weather cooperates). We've got our tree up and Carson is really excited. As for Sydney, she just wants to take everything off the tree. We will see if she gets excited opening presents.

As for the dog, his name is Zeke (or Zeek I guess). He is a German Shorthair Pointer and he is 18 months to 2 years old, not sure exactly. A guy I work with gave him to me. He's a hunting dog and is pretty well trained but on the downside he is a big baby. But he is good with the kids and wants to do nothing but please me. It's kind of sad really, he listens better than the kids.

Here are a couple more pictures. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and the next couple holidays too (just in case we go on another blogging hiatus).

-paul

Dance Competition

Okay, before you click on the video below know this, this was ALL Daneen's idea. She decided to challenge my sister and her husband to a dance competition and being the great guy that I am....(hehe)..... Here it is. Watch ours and then go watch my sister and her husbands, Andrea & Andrew's (click the link). Pick your favorite between the two videos and leave a comment on one of our sites voting for your favorite.

Hope you liked it. More importantly, I hope you don't think any less of us!!! hehe

-Paul

Drum roll please....

Okay, I can't bare the thought of all our blogger fans (and I use that term loosely) losing sleep at night over the fact that we (and by we I mean me) have not updated this blog FOREVER!!!! So in consideration of all fans (all two or three of you....) here is an update on our crew since the last time we posted anything big back in June.

What better way to update than through pictures? Here goes.....

Went fishing with Grandpa Gerber in June

Got to see Grandpa Kennedy one last time in July

Crawdad fishin with Uncle Joel and Carlie

Carson hit the big 6!

The pretty gals

The Fam in August

Bought Our First House in August!!!

Lovin the big back yard

Carson's first day of school!

Standin' on a corner in Winslow, AZ.......

Mark and Taylor's big day

Carson catching his 3RD garter (don't think he'll have any trouble tying the knot)




Syd turning 1 (not as messy as we were thinking)

A birthday pic

Paul turning....old

Carson getting Student of the Month Award

Salmon in the Columbia River at McNary Dam (pretty cool)

Carson lookin for fish in the fish ladder/window (he should have put on his harry potter glasses)

Carson and creepy clown at the corn maze

Halloween '09 (no Andrea, we didn't take your idea!)

Sweet Pumpkins (daneen did the star wars and I did the avatar)

Syd trying to be like her brother (she'd get mad if you took off her backpack)

Syd with an awesome shirt on an awesome hair day

Well, I think that about sums up the last 5 months or so. We are doing great up here in Oregon. Grandma Kennedy is here staying with us for a while. It has been great to have her here. It's getting colder though so I'm not sure how much longer she will want to be here. She walks around the house with a coat on all the time while I want to crack open a window... Daneen is keeping busy with Sydney. Now that she's walking she is a handful and a busy body. Daneen has also been doing an awesome job of finishing up with the unpacking. We can actually park our car in the garage now! I am still enjoying my job. I work with some great people and I can't complain about my work environment either. Since we've been here I have seen whitetails, mule deer, elk, antelope, rocky mountain goats, bighorn sheep, a bear, turkeys, pheasants.... I can't wait to start hunting again.

So, if I missed something, oops. If you need some filler material or a better timeline, let me know. I'll see what I can do. Hopefully we (and by we I mean me) will do a better job with the blog now that things are getting to a normal, well regular, paced life.

Paul

Made You Look

Here's a little teaser for anyone who cares..... Daneen doesn't feel like blogging at the present time so you will all have to wait until I can find the time to do a better post. At least there is a new cute pic of Sydney on the side..... More to come......hopefully. :)

paul