Our Zoo

Aiden's Hair

2011-04-11T20:21:00.000-07:00

Aiden Jacob has a head full of beautiful hair.

Everyone that meets him compliments him on his hair.

But lately he has discovered scissors and it does not matter how many times I hide the scissors, he manages to find a pair. He has taken little chunks out of the top each week and we keep trying to layer it into his hair.

However, tonight when I picked him up I looked at him and thought that's it, I am going to take him and have it fixed. He did not want to go, so I was able to talk him into letting me give him a new do.

Last time I cut his hair like this he was almost 2 and I cried. This time I am trying to be supportive of his big boy hair. He says, "Mom, I look like Riley".

My baby is growing up. He will grow it back out I'm sure, he is a low maintenance type of child, though I LOVE his cowlick.

Birthday Week

2011-04-11T20:06:00.000-07:00

This week started on Friday, April 1st with Sabrina's 40th Birthday.

The week ended with Tim's 50th Birthday, on Saturday, April 9th.

Lot's of cake to go around made by Nana of course!!!!

Prom Night

2011-03-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

Tanealya and Trevor

Taylor, Jeana and Shade

Celebrating prom with a special dinner at Nana's house.

Nana decorated the house up special for this special groups first prom.

Handmade menu

Homemade meal

STUFFED!!

They ate shrimp cocktail, salad, bread stick, seafood medley over rice, chicken Alfredo with green beans, and cheesecake.

Jeana and Aiden have a special little thing going so we had to get a picture with her holding him, he is sneezing and every time he got close to the three of them he sneezed.

He must be allergic to girls(good boy, says this mom)

Taylor was the chauffeur. Believe it or not she was able to drive hoop skirt and all. She called it her built in air bag.

Dennis(Aiden) the Menace

2010-07-25T18:38:00.000-07:00

This week, Tim was at work everyday from open to close getting ready for a big visit from the CEO of Staples. With that said it was me and 3 kids. On Monday, I had school and didn't know what time I was going to be done so the boys talked me into taking their bikes to Nana's. I packed them into the back of the van and brought them back home. On the way up to the house, Riley was on my left pushing his bike and Aiden was on my right. Aiden decided to run around me, to Riley and ran right into the handlebar of Riley's bike with his eye. Needless to say, as the week went on, his eye went through the different stages of bruising. I tried to get a picture of it but this child does not sit still very well. He also had two bloody noses this week, threw up on the floor from eating too fast, flooded my bathroom and laundry room and dumped three water bottle full of used vegetable oil on the kitchen floor. My little Dennis the Menace was very busy his last week as a four year old.

WATER BALLOONS!!

2010-07-25T18:21:00.000-07:00

Here are the waterballoon toss pictures. It started out as a game. Here Riley is giving Aiden something to shoot for.

They had a blast getting each other wet. Even some parents got wet.

I'm a Big Boy

2010-07-25T18:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, July 24th, Aiden turned 5!!!

Nana made him a Fireman Sam cake because Aiden is going to drive a Firetruck when he grows up.

When he woke up this morning, we said Happy Birthday and he was so excited that his day was finally here. He asked if we could do fireworks tonight so we found him a sparkler number 5 for his cake.

He gots lots of Toy Story presents from Mom and Dad, Phineas and Ferb with Perry the Platapus from Riley and lots of money from family.

We had a firetruck pinata, Thank you Nana.

The pool was set up in the backyard. There was a waterballoon toss and lots of trampoline jumping by all of the cousins.

Today the Birthday Boy is taking a much needed rest after his big day of fun.

There she goes again

2010-07-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

Tanealya left for Nebraska to head off the Youth Activation Comittee for Special Olympics during the summer National Games.

This is Tammy, Sam and Tanealya

Getting their tickets so they can sit together on the plane.

Tanealya and Sam have about 40 lbs worth of luggage each. They are going to be gone for 9 days.

Off they go. Spread the word team. Say NO to the R word.

Relay for Life

2010-07-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

Friday night was Relay for Life, it is a celebration of surviving cancer and remembering those who did not win the fight. Here the kids and Tim are taking a little rest.

The kids bought some glow in the dark necklaces from Sletten to show there support.

We are such angels, walking for cancer. See our HALOS!

We got one of Tim's chemo nurses to take a family picture for us.

We started our evening at 7PM and walked until 10PM.

There were different booths set up to buy food, shirts and miscellaneous items with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

The kids ate their fair share of snow cones and cupcakes.

We saw lots of friends and listened to some good live music.

At dusk, they light the luminaries that are lined all around the inside of the walking track.

The kids made these ones for Grandma and Grandpa Hueth and one for their Daddy.

At 10PM they had a ceremony of remembrance. They announced all of the names on the luminaries. It was very touching. Riley started to cry at the beginning of the ceremony when they played a Sarah McLaughlin song "Angels". We stayed until Tim's name was read, it was 10:30 by then and little Aiden was ready for bed at 9:00.

Fun with Friends

2010-07-15T19:06:00.000-07:00

The boys spent the evening playing on the trampoline with Caleb, our next door neighbor.

Here they are counting 1..2...3... and then they try to land on their backs and spike one another.

We love summer because all of the kids are out and playing.

Summer Time

2010-07-13T17:52:00.000-07:00

The weather was finally hot enough to enjoy the pool.

Taylor is taking some much needed R&R, she has been helping out a ton this summer, watching her brothers while I am in school and working, taking her Dad to his doctor appointments and chemo treatments, and going to school herself to get a jump start on next year.

Aiden has been her little buddy all summer.

I guess they figured they would dry off faster on top of the shed in the back yard. These little monkeys are always looking for new places to climb.

THANK YOU

2009-05-10T15:57:00.000-07:00

I know that we have not updated this post since August. Well this is why. For the past year, I have been going to nursing school and was working a full time job on top of that until the middle of February. I have had many all night study sessions, long hours preparing for clinicals and many, many tests to take. My family has been great. I want to thank them for putting up with a messy house, dealing with me locking myself in my room to study, taking care of each other while I was at the hospital picking out patients and preparing for my clinicals. Without their patience and support I am not sure I would have done as well as I did. There were many nights I would ask myself why and then I would come home after a long day and see their smiling faces and remember why.

So, Thank You Tim for pushing me and never letting me fall

Thank you Tanealya for helping with the house

Thank you Taylor for watching your siblings and continuing to do your best. Good job!!!! National Junior Honor Society :)

Thank you Riley for your stories, jokes, and hugs

Thank you Aiden for your kisses, hugs and beautiful singing

Thank you Mom and Dad for all that you do for our family and giving me words of encouragement when I need it the most

UNCLE AARON

2008-08-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

We had a blast with Uncle Aaron. The kids decided to challenge him to a friendly game of soccer.

Taylor showed him her moves and Riley was all over it as well

Aiden is assisting by tackling Riley

NO REFS! PUSHING ALLOWED!!

PLAY BALL!!!

2008-08-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

We live by a baseball park and decided to take the boys to the park to practice hitting balls.
It's outta here!!!

Riley and Daddy's biggest fans

Aiden thinks golfing may be easier.

GREAT EXPLORERS!

2008-08-12T19:15:00.000-07:00

While in Bozeman, the kids thought they would explore as Lewis and Clark did.

Aiden was looking for new friends. I guess no one was home though.

THE ZOO

2008-08-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo in Billings. We thought it would be fun to see what it was like to be an attraction. Aiden was sure curious!

Aiden made a new friend and brought Riley over for introductions. Taylor had a stare down with Aiden's new friend. I think they decided they both look pretty.

CRAZY FLYERS

2008-08-12T18:42:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Riley thought they would try out their gymnastics skills on the giant jolly jumper pillow at the KOA in Big Timber. They had a little competition to see how many back handsprings they could do in a row. I think it was a tie with three each :)