Afi "Abi" comes to visit us in Montana

As you can tell by the pictures below, Braven was very excited to see "Abi". It was a short 10 days, but very fortunate that my kids were able to spend 10 more days with "Abi". He gave rides around the living room, they went farming, played in the sandbox, and enjoyed themselves at the lake. We did a quick trip to Kalispell, and checked out the fish pond. I enjoyed the time as well, as "Abi" did all the cooking and the dishes, so it was a very nice break for me. We're missing having Shelby around to help us out. It was a nice visit. I thought the boys would be bored, but I think they're doing just fine with just Mommy to play with. We're looking forward to Daddy's return on Sunday!

A first for Little Braven

BOYS will be BOYS!

The boys started out like this before bedtime, just alittle brotherly love is what mommy thought.

And it ended like this....brotherly love, the joys of having boys.

Where does the time go?

Just 8 months ago, we welcomed Bridger Laine into this world. And look at him now. He is a very healthy chubby baby boy. He is now eating 3 meals a day, and loves his baby food. Is still taking about 3 bottles a day. He still "Army" crawls, and gets everywhere and into everything. He prefers to stand, with the assistance of mom. He is trying hard to pull himself up on everything. He is working on his 4th tooth on the bottom, and has 2 on top.

Bridger Laine Latozke

Spokane continued.....

We spent 8hrs at the spokane River Front Park. It was so much fun. They had rides for the kids, ducks to feed or watch, we did the Imax theater, did a Gondala Ride over the water falls. Went swimming in the hotel, which was a big hit by the boys. They love to swim. Braven enjoyed the airplane ride, train ride, bouncy houses, and even went on a few bigger rides with daddy and Shelby, and loved it. It was a fun time, and we were very thankful that we had the ability to take a summer vacation this year. We made great memories, and had a blast.

Circus comes to Eureka Montana

The circus came to Eureka 7/7/10, so the kids and I just had to go. It was a very hot 88+ degrees, but we enjoyed ourselves. The kids did pony rides, and got snow cones, and cotton candy. Also, got their faces painted. It was great. I love the age that Braven is at, he was clapping and so excited to go to the circus. And he sat through the whole 2 hour show, and enjoyed every minute of it. We wish daddy could have been there with us.

Let Freedom Ring

Happy 4th of July! It was a cold one this year. The kids and I went to Kalispell on Saturday to the parade, ran to walmart, did McDonalds so the kids could eat and play, and then end the day in Whitefish, were the kids got their faces painted, and we headed home. Sunday we grilled out for lunch, did some fireworks for the kids. We probably went through about 25 boxes of the "pop its" and about 6 packages of smoke balls. We then went for a picnic, and stayed for the fireworks show. It was a cold but good 4th. The boys got cute matching 4th shirts from Aunty Amber, and wore them on Saturday to the parade, but was you can see in the pictures, they had to have sweatshirts on. And Sunday, it was even colder, so they weren't able to wear them. Hopefully it will warm up so I can get a picture of them outside. We've had our heat on this weekend, its been COLD!

The kids at the parade in Kalispell.

Mr. Braven......AKA....Animal Lover

Mom, where we going? Dad, where we going?

Spokane Bound! We went this weekend on a family trip to Spokane. We took in the CateTales Zoo. They had many different cats, lions, and Bears. We then went on to the hotel went swimming. Ryan and I agreed that both boys are like fish, and love to swim. We then went for Pizza, and a movie. Toy Story 3 was a big hit by everyone. Braven sat in his seat, and ate popcorn, drank his pop, and enjoyed some Mike and Ike candy. He last through the whole movie, til the last 20 minutes. Bridger was a good trooper too. He just sat on my lap and watched the movie, and slept the last 45 minutes. Then we went back for more swimming. More to come....