February in Montana

The boys are totally addicted to the Ipad or any tablet that plays games...  Van went nuts anytime he saw one and had to play!  Spending time with Gramma

 Trying on Grampa's shoes...

 Keenan needed his picture taken too, can't give ALL the attention to little brother.

 Oh, better try on Gramma's shoes too...

4-wheeler rides with Grampa and a few cousins (next few pictures were taken from my sister's blog)

One way to get this many kids to listen... mention suckers!

Once they were all sugared up, they had enough energy to tackle Grampa down.

They still have extra energy... they are rolling down the hill

Grampa, on the other hand ran out of energy and took a short nap.

Time to bike down the hill

My sister Christy took Keenan with her and her kids for an afternoon and when I went to go pick him up Cade and Avery met me at the door with backpacks and sleeping bags... how could I say no?  They managed to talk me into spending the night twice (Avery three times).  Thankfully they are ready to go to bed early... but then they also wake up REALLY early.

Someone found the peanut butter. All four kids found the peanut butter, I kept finding spoons covered in peanut butter put back into the silverware drawer.

Yummy, best when it's all over!  Peanut butter is protein, right??

This bald eagle was right next to my parents house in the calving pasture.

February was spent taking out tonsils and playing with cousins as much as possible!  My sister Jami came down with Cade, Avery, Chase and occasionally Everett pretty much everyday.  It was really nice being able to spend time with her and all the kids.  My parents left the house to myself for 10 days in the middle of the month while they went diving in Fiji.  As much as I enjoyed spending so much time with family I am COMPLETELY ready to be in my own house and get back into a routine.  I am OVER living out of a suitcase!  Four more days until we can call Tunisia "home".

Keenan, Cade, and Avery

Here's Keenan playing with my sister Christy's kids, Cade and Avery.

Keenan had just woken up from a nap and wasn't too sure what to think when Cade decided to hop on right behind him on the toy.





Cade Justin. Notice his shirt says "Pull my finger" I think my dad picked that shirt out for him.

Both Christy and I trying to get pictures of our little boys

Avery. She seems so tiny and petite compared to Keenan. She's 7 months old and isn't interested in crawling, she wants to walk! She wants to walk with anybody who will stoop down, hold on to her fingers for balance and walk.

It's been fun to watch all the little kids together. There's six little cousins, age 3 and under!

A little behind...

I'm a little bit behing on my postings. I've taken a ton of pictures while I've been back in Montana. We've been busy trying to visit with everybody, spend lots of time with all Keenan's cousins, and trying to complete a rather large shopping list while we're here.

Keenan really likes to take off streaking as soon as I pull his diaper off. Here he really wanted to put grampa's boots on and thought it was pretty funny. Hopefully Keenan didn't leave any little puddles behind in the boots.

Keenan wasn't too sure what to think of his youngest cousin Chase. He really wanted to poke him and steal his binky. Chase is soo little! It seems so hard to believe that Keenan was that size just over a year ago!

Here's Keenan with his older cousin Carter (she gave herself a haircut). We went to her house the next day and while Keenan had fun playing with all of Carter's toys it was a little traumatic on her. Just as fast as Keenan could grab a toy Carter was trying to chase him down saying "that's my toy!". After awhile Keenan got pretty good and grabbing a toy and running away with it.