Road Trip

The kids and I jumped in the car on Tuesday drove over the east side of the state and then drove back home the very next day. It was a great drive. It was fun to just load everyone up and take off. My cousin had a reception that night and at the last minute, I decided I wanted to go...and that I did. WE HAD FUN!
A couple of things I learned from that car ride.
1) Luke can undo the top part of his seat belt. Brad had to work, so I being the only adult had to make about 4 stops to buckle him back in.
2)Owen's baptism talk is already prepared. Three hours in the car will do that.
3) Always count on leaving two hours after your planned departure time.
4) Don't forget the portable DVD player.
5)Watch out for the grasshoppers. One of my Luke stops was out in farm country and a grasshopper almost jumped in the car.

6)My kids do really good in the car and there the best kids ever!Home Grown Potatoes! Out loot.

You could say every Potato is home grown, but these are Grandma Redford's home grown potatoes. Yeah! Grandma stuck her shovel in the ground lifted up the dirt and all the grand kids picked out the potatoes. Now that's the true way to harvest.

Thanks You! Thank You!

Thanks Christa for letting us stay with you. A irrigation circle was watering the field right above Christa's house, and a stream of water was trickling down into her driveway. I look over and see Lucy on her belly swimming in mud, giggling and Luke flopping around like a fish out of water. They had so much fun! Mud was everywhere! This is Jacob.... the cool cuz. Owen thinks the world of this kid.

And thank goodness he really is a good kid.
Living out in the country equates PETS. Owen kept saying "these animals think I'm their owner, mom." That was his subtle hint to me. He was gentle and loving with all of them.
This is her wonderful view! I'm serious this place is like heaven on earth. In the morning you watch the sunrise with the colors dancing around every cloud and in the evening you can do the same thing. Its so quiet and peaceful. This is the perfect vacation spot...right here. Check out that view!
Of course my kids think they have the coolest toys. Luke with the helicopter. Hes in a helicopter phase right now.
Well she doesn't look as muddy as I remember her.

That night she did have an impressive ring around the tub though.

Sweet Savanah. Notice she's sitting up now. Six months.
"Hello!"
I love this picture. Just checking things out. Notice Luke's diaper.
Two teeth, sitting up, eating foods, cute as can be, my last little cookie cutter Redford!

Photos that make me Smile!

These are some photos that make me smile.

Luke's world has changed now that his three older siblins are in school. But, he has figured it out, he'll just ask Savanh if she wants to play! Problem Solved. This is by far Luke's favorite game.
This pictures makes me giggle everytime I look at it. Oh, Lucy!
This the the first day of the 2008 school year. Owen in 2nd grade, Jaeger in 1st. Not your typical "first day of school" pose. I think thats why this cracks me up.

Colorstrology

http://www.colorstrology.com/colorstrology_sniffer.html

This was pretty cool. I stumbled across this and thought I'd give it a try. I guess my color is Violet Tulip, which translates into "Easygoing, Friendly, Pleasure oriented"
I did everyone in my family just to, you know see if its close and it was. It was fun! Check it out!

Enjoying a quiet night!

Its real late! I should be in bed, and I'm even tired, but the house is so quiet. I just don't want to go to bed. Instead I'm blogging and looking at everyone Else's blog. Do any of you do this too? And the later it gets, I'm thinking "Your crazy Anne, your going to be tired tomorrow" but I'm not listening, I think I'm just going to enjoy this peace and quiet and deal with the rest later!

Tag I'm It!

Tag I'm it...

I was tagged first by my sister-in-law, Stacey, but I wanted time to think about my quirks, it was during that "thinking time" I was tagged again by my other sister-in-law, Kim, so I guess its time to get my quirks out!

kimandtrent.blogspot.com
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The Rules:
•Link the person(s) who tagged you.
•Mention the rules on your blog.
•Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
•Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
•Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Here we go....

quirk#1:
I love accents! You know phonetic habits of the speaker's native language carried over to his or her use of another language. I've been know to break out into different accents myself. Its really fun. It freaks my kids out though. They tell me "Quit talking like Harry Potter!" That's my favorite. Although I'm trying to broaden my accent portfolio. I used to work at the Appaloosa Horse Club and we'd get a lot of calls from people on the East coast. I loved to pick up the phone, cause most likely there was an accent on the other end.


quirk #2:
I have two black hairs that grow on my forearm.


quirk#3:
Sensitive Thumb Nails! Touch them and you might be eating a knuckle sandwich.


quirk#4:
Bursts of energy usually expressed when I'm trying to get from point A to point B. For example when I'm in the process of getting to point B something in my head says "Run!" I'll just sprint in the house or to the other end of the house or to the car. This came in handy when I lived at pebble cove and my car was so far away from the house. I know, somethings you just can't explain.


quirk#5:
I have a weird sneeze! Instead of one big one, I can get between two and the most I've ever done is fifteen! (That's only during allergy season though) I know, I'm amazing. My family counts when ever I start sneezing just to see how many I can get. I have stopped counting a long time ago. Try driving when a sneeze come on. YIKES!


quirk #6:
I'm Jumpy. I'm convinced all those horror books I read as a teenager, has made me a jumpy adult. Although my mom is just as jumpy as I am, so I might have inherited it? I'm real easy to scare and I'll scream, a good let it out, Pearce the eardrum scream. I scream at Brad all the time! And his only response to me when I do it is "How long have we been married now?"

Fort Casey! 8-22-08

Fort Casey!
We had our annual camping trip with the McClung's last weekend!
We went to South Whibdey Island this year to camp. And Friday we took a little day trip to Fort Casey. It was built way back when for the WWI and they also used it for WWII.
My boys thought this was very cool. And I agree with them it was very interesting. This place had no guard trails...at all. With my kids, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. The boys had fun climbing all over things and looking threw things, and yes they played army.

Then afterwards we drove up to another beach that looks right out towards Admiral Way, the boys threw rocks into the water and built forts from all the driftwood and Roger, Dawn, Brad and I sat on driftwood and watched barges, and more barges come in, two barges had tons (literally) of scrap metal or aka garbage. It was cool. It was very refreshing to sit by the water and relax.

One big Cannon!
Jaeger is leaning over this guard trail and Owen is inside. This little watch tower is very high with steep stairs. I started up it with Luke, but had to turn around when I realized it was very Luke unfriendly.
The Redford kids squished in the van we were on our way home. We were actually waiting for the ferrie. Lucy is zonked out!

If you look a couple of pictures down, you'll see this from afar. The boys thought this was way cool.
Every wonder what it looks like down a cannon barrel? Jaeger is at the very end. You'll have to enlarge the picture to see him though. Its a cool photo.
The thing that cracks me up about this picture is Jaeger has his arm around the gun like its his best friend.

This is Luke running for the green things. Well its more like "wait for me, guys!"

This really isn't a great photo, but the only picture we took of any adults. Funny. Savanah was asleep, Dawn is walking by me.
Fort Casey looks out towards Admiral Way. It was beautiful. Looking down at the water, you could see the currents hitting the land and then moving back out into deeper water. There was actually a calm spot, where the water was perfectly still, then 20-30 feet all around the water was filled with waves. It was very cool to see the water like that. And the rocks on this beach were breathtaking. My Mom and Aunt Ardis would go wild. Although, I don't think you can take rocks from this beach, there protected, then again, every beach over here is "protected". Jaeger climbed into this little hole in the wall and automatically laid down like this. Kind of creepy if you ask me.
Here he is sitting up in it.
So they had walkways all over. It echoed like crazy. And the kids were running all over exploring. They would run up head of us and we could hear their echo, but you couldn't tell which direction they went, I had many panic attacks thinking I had officially lost them. But just as I would be about to freak out they would come into view. It was dark and sort of creepy, walking threw all of that concrete.

Brad's backpacking trip...50miles

Brad was able to go with the young men on the 50 miler backpacking trip, trekking across the mountains. Although I was in Utah, I sure did miss him. Having no contact with him for a week was really lonely and different. He does go on business trips a lot, but we still talked to one another, in the evenings or during the day, but having absolutely not contact with him, was hard. I'm glad he's back. He had so much fun. When Roger dropped him off at the house, Lucy just looked up at him, staring at all the facial hair (Brad is always clean shaving, so this was weird for her to see) So she looked at him and then at Roger, and back at Brad and said "Dad" and then giggled "Your dirty!" This picture looks like he almost didn't make it. A mosquito bite right by his eye. Ouch!
Check this out! Keep in mind that pack weighs about 7olbs.
I went on a 50 miler when I was a youth. I loved it. Being out in the wild, totally secluded. It makes ya want to frolic around, in the nude, cause nobody is gonna notice. I don't think they did that though. I love the feeling of being way out in the middle of nowhere, surround all by God's creations...minus the thought of Bears of course.

There is beauty all around!
I might be able to make some hikers out. John, Nick, Brother Yuen, Mikko, Bishop, Eithan, and David. (I think I have them right)
Some of us just want to do this, just thinking about doing a 50 mile trek threw the woods.
There is my mountain man!
A pretty meadow, perfect with wild flowers.