Saturday, January 8, 2011

New post before it is next summer...

I owe all of you faithful blog readers an apology. I haven't blogged since last June, which means I have some catching up to do. I am putting in a wide aray of pictures in the last 7 months. The good news is we are doing well. We had a very busy but great summer. We haven't done too much as far as vacationing. The economy continues to make things very interesting and challenging in the business world. Supposedly, the bottom is behind us and we are on the mend. I pray that they are right.

Greta has grown and changed at an amazing rate. She is talking a lot and smiling even more. She is the light of our lives and we are very blessed to be her parents. Day care is going well and she is learning things each and every day.

Our new home is definately "home" now and we are really enjoying living here and raising Greta. We were very lucky to have most of Kristi's family here for Thanksgiving. We had a very good time, but, as usual, it was way too short. The Washington folks did get to experience subzero temperatures for days on end. It was VERY cold the whole time so we just hunkered down and enjoyed each other's company.

We went to Cut Bank for Christmas this year. We are very lucky to be able to alternate Christmas with Kristi's family and my family. My brother and step brother and step sister were home as well. Greta got to spend time with her cousins and had a ball.

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Greta on her 2nd birthday on September 29
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Greta pushing here stroller with her best buddy Woody. She really loves Woody and sleeps with him most nights.

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Funny picture of G to show how long her hair has gotten. She still hasn't had a hair cut.
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Uncle Mike and Aunt Sandi Skyping on G's birthday. Greta is so luck to have so many people who show her so much love in her family. I love this picture and the joy on these faces. Thanks for all you.

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Greta doing some cooking. Cutie.

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Little G at the Dinasaur Park. She went there a few times this summer.
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G and her Mom at the park.
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Grandma Angie and Kristi

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Oh, the Bobcats had a GREAT football season. This is my cousin Brian and I enjoying a frosty treat one fine fall morning. The Bobcats are really looking good. The Eastern Washington Eagles won the National Championship last night and the Cats beat them during the season. Maybe next year, we go all the way.

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Mom, me and G in the back yard. You can see in the upper left hand corner of the picture, the farmers are getting their crop in. Our back yard borders a field of grain.

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Greta with her pumpkin she picked out at the Pumpkin Patch. They pull a trailor behind a tractor and take kids to the patch to pick out their own pumpkin. Greta really had fun and so did her Mom and Dad.
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Greta looking cute as ever.
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Me and Greta right before the big pumpkin carvnig. Thanks Greta for teaching me how to do all these great things I would never get to do without you in my life.

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Another picture of Greta on her birthday. She had a Dora the Explorer cake.

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Family photo.

I promise I will be better and posting this year. It was a hectic 2010 and I am ready to get on to 2011.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Summer is on it's way!!!

We spent the weekend in Olympia, Washington celebrating our nephew Trent's High School graduation. We flew in early Thursday and returned on Sunday morning. It was Greta's 2nd flight and she did great. It sure beats a 12 hour drive. We went to the Zoo in Tacoma on Thursday and Greta was able to see all those animals we see in her books. The weather was a bit overcast but very comfortable.
Trent Haberland, Class of 2010
Greta and her Aunt TheresaAunti Jodi having BIG fun!

Kristi's college friend Katie met us at the rental car place to let us borrow a car seat for G. We went to her house and spent some time with her and her girls. This is her middle daughter Josi. The girls had a lot of fun with Greta. Many thanks to them for helping us out.
Greta at the Zoo feeding the birds. She was pretty excited to have them land on her stick. She was trying to grab them which apparently is against the rules.
Greta sitting in front of the monkey cage. She wasn't nearly as excited as I expected her to be.

All the crazy girls at the kid play land at the end of the Zoo tour.
The monkeys goofing around. Pictured are Reese, Josi, Ashlie, Greta and Hannah. Reese, Josi and Hannah are Katie's daughters and Ashlie is Johnny's daughter (sister Jodi's boyfriend).



G and her Mom.



G playing with Mom's cell phone.Family photo in front of the elephants. Those things are huge!

Of course Greta needed a stuffed toy at the Zoo.
Kristi's sister Sandi on her porch during the festivities. Sandi's son Trent graduated high school in Olympia over the weekend.

Sandi and her husband Mike hamming it up with G.

Mike and his daughter Tawny at the campfire.

Big Mike.

The view from their house on Summit Lake. It was beautiful for the party.

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Kristi, Johnny and Jodi

Super G.

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Johnny, Jodi, Ashlie, Jeremy and Shelbie. Jeremy and Shelbie are sister Jodi's kids and Ashlie is Johnny's daughter.

Picture of the new house. We moved in about a month ago. It seems like we have been here for a week. I cannot wait to have it feel like home. The garage is still pretty full of stuff for a garage sale.

The back yard. We had a fence put in for the dogs the day we moved in. It is so nice not to deal with leashes all the time.

Another picture of the back yard. We are adjacent to farm land. It is very peaceful. I bought a bridge at Costco to cross the irrigation ditch.

G in the yard tonight.

Greta helping me pull weeds out of the rock bed. She is a great helper.

G sporting PJ's and white tennis shoes. She wasn't ready for bed quite yet.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day to all of you great Mothers out there...

Happy Mother's Day Kristi! This blog post is dedicated to Kristi for being such a wonderful Mom to our little sweetheart. We enjoyed a relaxing day today by going to brunch at Riverside with the Zantos and spending time together at home. We are looking forward to the big move on Thursday into our new home. We are very excited to finally have a "house" with a real yard for the dogs. We have been in our condo for almost 10 years. Wow, how time flies by. Grandma Carol and Grandpa Roger will arrive on Thursday to help out and Grandma Angie and Grandpa Fred will be here by the end of the weekend or beginning of the following week.

Greta playing with one of her 3 Elmo toys.
Greta hangin out in her cool PJ's.

G with some other PJ's

Kristi and Greta after the big gift opening session.

G and her Mom.

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Greta helping her Mom read her Mother's Day Card.

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Greta and Kristi after brunch at Riverside.
Greta on the floor.

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New family photo.

Happy Mother's Day Kristi! We love you very much.