Wow. Nearly, seven months have gone by and so much has happened. Nothing revolutionary. Just life. Here are the highlights:
Jude turned 1 on June 28, 2010! We celebrated with a beach ball pool party at my parents house and had so much fun!
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| Getting ready to sing happy birthday to our little one year old. His cousin, Joy snuck in for a better look at the beach ball cake! |
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| Winnie the Pooh train from Grandpa and Grandma...a favorite! |
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| Swimming with my sweet Jude! |
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| At a water playground on his actual birthday. |
After the Birthday celebrations were over, we took on our yard sale, which is where i left off last summer. We couldn't believe the amount of items donated to us. It was unbelievable. We ended up holding two sales. We had great friends, family, and neighbors helping us pull it together. Between the two weekends we were able to bring in around $3500 dollars--a nice little start to our fund!
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| Our Backyard! There was more in the front yard, driveway and garage! |
In August we made a trip to Wallowa Lake...a beautiful place. Unfortunately, it rained so our camping trip became a cabin trip! The first night we planned at a Bed and Breakfast. Very fun and quaint. Jude did not do well in a strange place and cried and cried until 1am. oye. The other guests were kind enough to say they didn't hear a thing, but....i find that hard to believe! The next night was scheduled at the campground, but it was cold and raining so hard we opted for a cabin at the last minute. Thankfully, one was available.
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| Jude at Wallowa Lake..he spotted a bird. |
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| My boys on the Lake! |
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| At a coffee shop in Joseph, just down the road from Wallowa. |
Spiderman for Halloween! The mask didn't go over well, but we liked the muscles! We didn't visit any houses, but Jude loved running to the door and handing out candy. This year we had over 200 trick or treaters!
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| A windy day for the church harvest party! |
Christmas was fun this year and included lots of time with our cousins: Paul (4), Joy (2 1/2), Claire (2 1/2), Shepherd (14M), and James (13M).
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| Before Christmas Eve mass. |
There we go. The last 7 months in a very small nutshell!
