Boys being Boys

(The title of this video was given solely by Cole Smith. Big dreams around here.)

Future Notre Dame Player from Catherine on Vimeo.

Boo at the Zoo!

We picked up Whitney too. She was Dorothy complete with Toto in a basket. 

After all the Halloween activities this one didn't even make a peep and went straight to bed. 

The next morning was Cole's first day at a new school (again). White Pine Charter School accepted Coley on Tuesday and he started Thursday. We are so so so glad to have him in such an exceptional school. He has made quite a few quality friends already and was moved into accelerated math 

the first day. He's such a smart kid and this school will challenge him. 

Carter was tired and really didn't want to turn around for the picture.

He finally did after some begging on my part but he wasn't happy about it. 

Here's to a fantastic rest of the year.

Oktoberfest 2012

Victor, Idaho. Beautiful views. Fun festive drinks and 

Homemade root-beer all around.

Quiet moments at night. Moments to remember.

Late August Happenings

Baby Logan was born! We drove to Logan that night to meet him. Too bad this was as close as our kids could get to him. The hospital had a rule that no one under 14 could go back to see the babies. We totally understood...the kids were just a little sad. He's super tiny in these photos and was just hours old. 6 lbs 9 ounces at birth...but he was 4 weeks early. Go Madi and David!!! They are going to be amazing parents. Logan is a very lucky little boy.  

That weekend was the Snake River Duck Race so we headed down to the river for some fun. 

Carter turned 4! Wowza. So much fun! So we had a special dinner for him before his party at The Snakebite in downtown Idaho Falls. It is very delicious.

Our little 4 year old on his birthday. 

Cole made him a special sign that read "Happy Birthday Carter" and designed a trailer for his remote control car to pull it. Pretty innovative! 

Carter's PARTY!

Last weekend we headed to Butte, MT. It has been a super busy month. We were I believe in at least 5 states in a span of 3 weeks. California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Montana. 

Butte Farmer's Market and also Artisan Market. 

Visited the Mining Museum of Montana and the kids LOVED seeing all the artifacts. 

Along with seeing all the HUGE machines. 

Pretty awesome. School begins next Tuesday. I'm pretty excited for the kids. It's been a whirlwind of a Summer. I just LOVE summer and the kids do too. One thing we did not do that was on our list of fun for 2012: swimming lessons. So we will have to do that this fall. Cole has flag football with his first game this week and hopefully we can get Carter into a fall sport. He was 2 weeks too young for soccer so we'll find him a sport to begin. Both kids are just incredible and so clever and 

unique in their own ways. We are so fortunate.