Trip to Central Point!!

DeA and the boys are living the high life down in Oregon while I slave away here at the office.  She uploaded some pictures, so I'm going to do my best to describe them.  Here Ryker is busy refilling bottle water for the local bottling company.  Also, he's not wearing a shirt.

Rock found a straw cowboy hat and likes to bow and say "Howdy, partner".

The boys are having a ball playing on all the lumber and equipment.  They love climbing on stuff.

In the past, Rock was afraid of Buddy the Golden Retriever.  This trip he has decided that Buddy is his bestest buddy in the world.

He will just sit out on the back porch with Buddy and hug him, pet him and talk to him.

He even wanted to call Buddy while away from the house to let him know he was coming home soon.  Oh, guess how many times he's called me...zero!

The boys love to play with toy tractors, so it only makes sense that they like the real things, too.

Rock was more than willing to explain to Ryker how to drive the lift.

"...and this knob controls the laser beams."

What a cutie.

Ryker has always loved having his shirt off and feeling his belly.  Even when we lived in Renton and he was a newbie.

They helped Papa Dave prepare the site for the gazebo.

Rock discovered fishing, and he loves just sitting out by the pool and trying to catch fish with the old people's grabber thingy.

Mama Zista likes to plant pumpkins for the kids to enjoy.  Ryker picked out a good one that was just his size.  Also, he still doesn't have a shirt on.  I don't know, maybe DeA just forgot to pack them.

Rock loves getting lost in the garden with his gardener hat.

He likes to literally get lost.

Look at the little trooper go and find the perfect pumpkin deep in the field.

Meanwhile, Ryker was still waiting for someone to help him cook this thing into a delicious pumpkin pie.

The boys made sure to protect their loot.

Still shirtless, and loving it.

Aw, finally the little guy got a shirt.  He definitely looks happy about it.

I'm not sure what Rock is planning, but I'm going to guess that he's sneaking up on Buddy to jump on him like a horse.

Rock may just grow up to be a world class gardener.  Or a regular gardener with super powers.

"Ha, Buddy did a good job on this fertilizer!"

He did a good job watering everything that he could find out on the deck, including Buddy.

Meanwhile, Ryker was busy with the broom.  He sure loves brooms.

Corvallis Trip, Part II

Game day morning!!  We stayed at La Quinta because they are famous for their flip waffles (according to DeA).  Rock usually isn't a big waffle eater, but he loved the waffles.  He loved them so much that he never realized how much syrup got on his sleeve from dragging it across the plate.

Ryker is always a fan of any food, especially flip waffles and biscuits and gravy.  Some genius introduced us to the magic that is waffles and gravy.  He was pure genius.

"Wha?  No, I wasn't checking out the chicks.  Why do you ask?"

Speaking of chicks, Ryker found himself a little girlfriend during breakfast.  He kept mauling her with kisses and hugs, like a true gentleman.

Here's the Beaver marching band doing marching band stuff.

The boys were sure little champs and loved watching the game until naptime.

They really did look interested in what was happening on the field.

They were so interested that they started copying the players.

For about a quarter they just "tackled" and mauled each other.

Here is a good view of BYU's first (or so) offensive play.  Our seats were nice because you could see the whole field.  They were kind of not nice because we were 77 freaking rows up.  Way up there, with no hand rails and two little boys.  Come on, OSU, what's your deal?  You can't put a little money into railings?  Or a tow rope or chairlift or something!

Gameday In Corvallis!! Part I

DeA and I loaded the little guys up in Flipper and took off for Corvallis on Friday afternoon.  Oh, and how awesome is it to be your own boss and just take off because you want to?  Pretty darn awesome, that's how awesome!  Well, we have other, cooler pics on the camera.  But, I don't have the camera, so everyone text DeA right now and remind her to upload the camera onto the computer.  Well, we gots what wes gots, so here are the game pictures that I have on my phone.  

Saturday morning we went to the Cougar Club tailgate party at the stake center in Corvallis.  We ran in to Peggy and Aron (not pictured: Peggy and Aron) and their kids.  Rock noticed that other kids had their faces painted with Cougar colors, so he had to join in the fun.

Ryker wasn't on board with the face painting, so he sat disapprovingly while DeA got a paw print of her own.

Rock was pretty excited all morning.

One of the coolest things was he got to meet his (new) hero, Cosmo!  He was so thrilled to meet Cosmo that he wouldn't look at me for the picture.  (ed. note: I don't know what that kid is doing in the background, but he looks like he's having a good time.)

Notice how Cosmo's shirt is tucked in but Rock's isn't?  Guess who else noticed and tucked his shirt in the rest of the day...

Ryker wouldn't let anybody but DeA or I hold him...except for Cosmo!

Awe...adorable.

The boys did great the first half (and those pictures are on the camera, so text DeA again) and then crashed the second half.  

Spoiler Alert: Cougs Win!!  Cougs Win!!

Uncle Jim was there to help us rush the field!!  Cougs Win!!

 Remember how I said that Ryker wouldn't let anyone but DeA, Cosmo and me hold him?  Yeah, he's got some learning to do.  I would say that he'll figure it out one day, but his uncle Nick isn't setting the greatest example...

Pic Dump From Mama Rae's Camera

Those videos didn't work, so I'll try them another time.  Meanwhile, you can still look at the cute kiddos.

Yeah, they're pretty adorable.

Even Woody.

Ryker has always been a good little climber, but lately he's getting to be too good at climbing, if you know what I mean.  The kid is getting into everything.

Speaking of climbing, now that someone believes that he is Buzz Lightyear he has been jumping off of any piece of furniture that he can find.

"To infinity, and beyond!"

"It's not flying, it's falling with style!"

Ryker got to spend Friday night at Mama Rae's and Papa Dale's house while Rock helped me broadcast the Manson football game.  He was being adorable while riding the bike and wearing a hat, so Papa Dale tried to take a picture.  Ryker had other ideas.

"You can't see me!"

Seriously, Papa Dale took about a bajillion pictures like these of Ryker toying with him.

And then, randomly, he let's you take as many adorable pics as you want.  

They're adorable, but blurry.  He's sneaky like that.  

I've been able to announce some of the local football games for KOZI Radio, and this week I was lucky enough to do the Manson-Brewster game.  Rock and DeA came along since there was a promise of McDonald's made.

 DeA realized once we got to the field that Rock's only coat was definitely Brewster colored.  She was horrified that she overlooked something so important and crucial to our happiness.

 But, in typical Rock fashion, he was cool with it.

"Where's my blue coat?" 

Saturday I got to enjoy a two day seminar on L&I Impairment Ratings.  Two days in a stuffy conference center listening to the difference between "mild but significant" and "moderate but not significant".  Yup, those are real terms used by Washington State.  It wasn't all bad, since I did enjoy this view during the break: