Texas

our trip to TEXAS

Turkey Trot 2008

Today was Savannah & Tristan's very first race. Christian has raced the Turkey Trott several times before, so he was a pro! Savannah placed 2nd in her division, Christian placed 4th in his division, and Tristan placed 4th in his division also! Savannah started off awesome and towards the end she started to get a little tired, but she still won a chicken!(First place was a turkey) Nana, G'ma Diana, and Taylor were all there to cheer the kids on! Fun, fun, fun!!

Erin, Talley and Helena

Helena spent the night with Talley on Friday. Helena is such a good girl!

Sock Hop

We missed you, Nana, at the Sock Hop! Caleb was a Red Neck(inspired by distant relatives during his visit to South Dakota) Talley and Christian are Mad Scientists(Test tubes blew up in their faces) Erin was a Pink Poodle,Eeva was a Pretty Princess and Viggo was a Brown Bear. The babies had fun dancing while the big kids played games and got candy.

We're glad you're home!!

It's story time Miss Eeva!

Erin and Eeva love "playing" together. Eeva smiles and hopes that Erin will "be gentle" with her sweet little face.

Disneyland 2008 We had a fun two day trip to Disneyland at the beginning of October. Erin's first visit! She loved Pirates of the Carribbean! :) My sweet Caleb and Talley still love going. They are so loving with their little sister.

Happy B-day Catherine!

Don't know if you'll check this but hope you have a nice day!

Gramma's and Papa's

We had a great week with Gramma Kit and Papa Jack! The girls played while the boys painted the front of the house. We all got to swim together each day(after the work was finished) at Aunt Kathi's and at Aunt Lori's the last day. 'Twas so nice to spend a little time with everyone! We love all you Thousand Oakians so much!

more "girls night out"

We had so much fun at the Mid-State fair in Paso Robles on Wed the 30th. We waited to go til the sun went down(it's usually in the triple digits there)so it was oh so nice! And oh so out of the ordinary for our girls to stay up til MIDNIGHT! We even went through Taco Bell on the way home!!!!! Talley couldn't believe I said OK when she asked.

Talley

Talley brings home the Bronze Medal-taking 3rd place for the 1500m run at the National Jr Olympics held in Omaha,Nebraska on July 29th!

Re:Girls Night Out

I couldn't figure out how to add text to the slide show....Sorry everybody! So, Cassandra, Talley, Erin, Savannah, and myself went to the Mid State Fair on Wednesday night(the 30th of July). We saw this Christian band called "Skillet". They ROCKED!! It was really loud, but really fun!! Savannah and Talley enjoyed waving the cell phones around during the slow ballads(the lead singer asked everyone to). Erin was unsure and needed periodical reassurance from her mommy, but was a great sport. She even "rocked" out a few times herself! We ate dippin' dots ice cream and funnel cake(which I paid for later-ha ha ha) and then when the concert was over, the girls got to pick 2 rides to go on. They are both daredevils, but unfortunately Savannah was too short to go on most of the rides. They ended up riding these cool swings that go way high in the air, and a silly fast round-e-round ride that made Cassandra and I sick just to watch!! It was a really great girls night out!!!

Girls Night Out

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Ever Had One of Those Days??

Nero(far left) has been a very sad dog since we moved from the ranch! He doesn't have access to all you can eat avocados so he has lost about 20 lbs! Riggs and Lexie are "best" friends, as you can see by this very cute picture!! Riggs is about 80 lbs and Lexie weighs about 15....who is laying on top of who???

Babysitting Erin

A couple of months ago, we had the pleasure of watching baby Erin for a few hours. She is such a cutie pie! She beat up the kids, pulled their hair, and then laughed in their faces....he he ha ha ha!! Savannah just adores her baby cousin and she wants to steal her for herself. Tristan is so great with Erin, he just lets her do whatever she wants to him. We feel so blessed to have so many awesome new family members!!

Porterfield Children

Wow!!! Look at those muscles....The kids were messing around in our home gym. Tristan is starting football practice this week (and judging by the size of those biceps, he needs all the help he can get...ha ha ha). Taylor is starting high school (look at that hair...) and Savannah is sporting her new shorter, sheeker hair do getting ready for kindergarten!

CONGRATULATIONS TALLEY!!!

Wow!! 3rd place Talley!!! Amazing!!! We're soooooo proud of you- way to go!! I'm sure the slooooow walk with great g'pa & I helped ;) (made you want to run even faster- hee hee).
Hope you guys had a nice trip too.

Kathi

Eeva & Christian...a bit of Eric too

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savannah' curly hair

Melissa curled her hair and she said " Mom, take pic so people can see" She really looks like a movie star. gramps

the Name Eeva Lani

Hey all! in response to the question about Eeva's name... Eeva is Hebrew for "Life" it is a popular Finish name. The two E's together make an AY sound so her name is pronounced Ava. Her middle name is Hawaiian for "heaven" and you pronounce it Loni because in Hawaii the A makes an O sound and the I makes the E sound... Poor kid I know... she will be explaining her name for the rest of her life. But believe me when I tell you it was chosen Just for her and the circumstances surrounding her existence.

from gramps

Thanks for posting the pictures. They are all great. What beautiful greats we are blessed with. Love to all of you. Catheryne I did a new post onyuors hopeit went through. gramps

Nana & Viggo

Eeva Lani

Eeva Lani was born April 30th @ 11:58 am. She was 7lb. 4oz. 20.5 in.

Helena & Christian

Look out Garth, you've got some competition!

Viggos 1st smiles were at his Auntie Melissa on Easter Day. He LOVES her!!!! Hard not to though, isn't it?

She's brilliant!!!!!

LOOK!!! Erin knows how to read ... okay so maybe not, but at least she knows how to hold the book the right way.

Our visit with the Buck Clan

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Viggo Alexander Michael Brown

Big Sister Helena

Sleepy boy

Viggo and Mommy (picture taken by sister)

Before and after of Viggo Brown

February 21st
February 22nd

Erin's New Do