Misty's Senior Pictures

So Misty decided she liked the kid's pictures that I took so she wanted me to snap some for her Senior pictures. She had to get one turned into the Yearbook and the deadline didn't allow her time by then to get someone to do them. So, off we went to my dad's old sheds and what not and did a few pics. You can totally tell they were not done by a professional, but hey...they worked. She liked them and who knows which ones she'll actually use. Here is a sneak peak of some we took. We snapped a lot, but I really did have fun doing them. I just can't believe she is going to be graduating! YIKES....watch out world. LOL

Ryder's 5th Birthday!

Our little Ryder turned 5 on September 19th. I couldn't believe it. He is just getting to old and growing WAY too fast for me. :) I finally have some time to post pictures from his party we did for him. He had a dinner over here with just the grandparents and Misty and then he wanted his Aunt Piper with cake and icecream. He then really did want a friend party so the next weekend we let him invite three friends. We went bowling and then we took them to eat at Pizza Villa. He had a blast and so much fun with all his friends. They did so good too and all got along so well. It was a lot of work with four boys and Brooklyn, but was indeed fun. Here are the pictures from his birthday.

Ryder's new discovery of watching TV...

So a little bit ago we bought the kids a little play tent. I found it at Family dollar for cheap and they just totally LOVE it. They like to hide it in and play house in it together. It's just been a big hit. Well, the other day I came out after changing Gavin and doing a few things to find Ryder tucked away in it watching his cartoons. It was funny to me that he discovered it was so cool so I had to take a few pictures. He stayed in it like that for probably a good hour watching a movie that was on TV. Funny kid! I think he also enjoyed it so much because he was by himself and didn't have his sister bugging the day lights of him. :)

Ryder's PreK year has started.

Ryder started his PreK year now. He was sick for his very first day and it was drama at our house! He finally got to go yesterday though for his first day and he was so excited to go. He goes to Mindy Daley in town and this will be his second year with her. He got right up that morning and just kept asking how much longer. Finally he got all ready and we left and the whole way to town he just glowed he was so happy. Brooklyn had a little bit of a hard time and really wanted to go with. I could have had her go this year, but chose to hold her off until next year. Poor girl didn't know what to do without her brother for a few hours.
Here are a few pictures of him all ready to go.



I just had to take one of him and his sister. Poor girl really wanted to go and they really are quite the two little buddies! Brook then wanted to take a picture so I let her take one of Ryder and I. She did pretty well. lol


Below is now a picture of Ryder with his teacher Miss Mindy. Also, one of him waiting patiently with his class for pick up outside.


Ryder really had fun and keeps asking me when it's time to go again. The kid just loves it. I don't enjoy all the drives to town, but it's worth it. I just can't believe he's getting so big and will be in Kindergarten next year! He sure is a fun kid and my big helper with Gavin. I miss him when he's gone and I am just happy he likes school so much. I hope he keeps it up. Now here is to hoping next year doesn't come too fast....I'm not ready. :)

Our newest addition to the family!

Here is a slide show of pictures of our new bundle of joy. We named him Gavin Brigg Olsen. He was born on July 28, 2010 at 7:33 A.M. and weighed 7 lbs. 15.5 oz and was 20 inches long. He was my biggest baby out of the three. I was so happy to have him here after having been put on some bed rest before and just being extremly wore out and beat. My Dr ended up being out of town so another Dr. delivered him and all went fairly well. I did loose a lot of blood at delivery so I came home with Iron supplements, but am getting better now and healing fairly well from everything. All is well with Gavin and we love him to pieces. We are so thankful all went well and we got him here. :) Enjoy!

Preston Night Rodeo Weekend

This year for that Famous Preston night rodeo I was in the hospital having our new bundle of joy so it was not the usual out and about we usually do. I was sad to miss out on the rodeo and carnival with the kids, but I was happy to get my little Gavin here instead. My mom had my kids while we were in the hospital and so on that first night of the parade she brought them up to the hospital and Nils wheeled me out to the curb and we watched the parade together. The kids had fun! They thought that was neat to watch it and hey, I still got to watch it too. I did get a few weird looks though. lol We got rained on, but still had a blast. Here we are waiting ever so patiently for the parade to start. Yes, I look like poop, but remember I just had a baby okay? lol

I was then released from the hospital Friday afternoon so we didn't go up and see the Friday night parade. I was in no shape to go up there. I had my brother come up to visit from Arizona with his girlfriend and they decided to go watch it Saturday night. I felt pretty good (I thought) Saturday so I told them I would go too. We got a parking again at the hospital and I figured just getting out of the car and sitting to watch the parade I'd be fine. I was for only about the first 15 minutes. By the time that parade was over I was hurting bad. I was in a lot of pain and we headed home. It was probably a dumb mistake on my part, but I at least got to see the big Saturday night parade. We missed all else, but it's okay. It will be there again next year right? lol
Here we are waiting on Saturday night for the parade with the "gang." My brother isn't in the pic though; he was the lucky one taking the picture.

Little Gavin did great though and only fussed because he got hungry. Overall it was a good week/weekend. We got to see two nights of the parade, kids got their candy, and we got a new bundle of joy. :)

4th of July

Well, I am finally getting some things updated on here! Man, there is just not time for everything lately. For the 4th of July we took the kids to my parent's house and lit a few fireworks there and the kids had a blast.
Here is Ryder with one of his sparklers. He thought that was pretty cool.

Here is Brooklyn with her sparkler and yes, she thought she was big and tried to light it and all by herself and do as she pleased. She found them cool though too!

It was just an easy 4th this year, but I think the kids still enjoyed it.