Happy 3rd Birthday!

Finally getting Sawyer's 3rd b-day pictures up. What a great weekend we had. Sawyer had his b-day party with family and friends on Sat., April 5th - Grandma, Papa, Auntie Sissy and Great Grandma came over from Western WA. It was a "cowboy" themed party and we all enjoyed the gear as you can see from the pictures below.




Sawyer had lots of fun with all of our visitors, Great Grandma is always so much fun!



Mama and her girls....



On Sawyer's birthday, Wed., April 9th, we had cake at his school. Green frosting everywhere, I don't know why I chose this twice in one week :)

Easter with Butch

We attended the annual egg hunt in Pullman and of course, Butch was there to say hi. This picture is of Sawyer and his friend Ryder...taken by Ryder's mom ;) More pictures of this event to post later.

Celebrating 33 years

Dan turned 33 on the 10th so Sawyer and I baked him a cake with sprinkles and made dinner too. It was a fun night with just the three of us. Dan's gift from my parents and myself was this wonderful picture of the three cowdog princesses done by Rebecca with ArtPaw - a fantastic job that we will all enjoy for years.

http://artpaw.com/

Almost Spring....

Today Sawyer, Tallulah and I got out to the park. It was sunny and the snow is almost all gone. It feels like spring might actually be just around the corner.




The pond at the park was still pretty frozen so no ducks to watch today.

2 feet and counting!

More snow then we've seen here on the Palouse since our arrival in 2000. Lots of work but Papa is visiting and is stuck here while the passes are closed so another shoveler on hand is always nice.






We headed up to campus after WSU was closed for the first time in 20 years. It was a beautiful winter scene with lots of students out and about - snowboarding & sledding. Dan & Sawyer took a turn down the hill.

A Winter Wonderland

We woke up to more snow today on the Palouse - the weather is just beautiful today, bright light, warm sun, no wind. It really couldn't get better this time of year.

We took a usual hike to a local park with the dogs and Sawyer towing behind in his sled.





A couple great barns near the park.




Dogs were "dog tired" when we got home....

Happy New Year - 2008

Sawyer's visit to Santa a few days before Christmas. The closest he got to sitting on Santa's lap was sitting on Mama's lap ;)




We took a New Years walk in all the snow Pullman has right now. Sawyer wasn't up for it at first but he livened up after a while.

Sledding on the Palouse

Today we got to get out and walk in the snow and brought our sled along too. Sawyer laughed the whole time :)









Wipe out and still laughing....



Mama & Sawyer

October Outdoors

We are all enjoying another beautiful October on the Palouse this year.
A hike up to Kamiak Butte a couple weekends ago with the dogs and Sawyer was lots of fun. Sawyer hiked most of the 3 mile loop on his own!




We put Sawyer to work too ;)





A Halloween party at school with Butch! Sawyer was a very excited Elephant



Dan got his old highschool football helmet out for Sawyer and they had some fun yesterday...