The Bog

My sister and I laughed when we heard our parents were going to buy a cranberry bog.  The bog they purchased hadn't been harvested for many years. It was over grown and needed a ton of work.  This year they were able to harvest their first crop to Ocean Spray.

My father is now in LOVE with it and my mother...well, she has entirely too many recipes that involve cranberries.

 Working hard at the bog.

He likes Grandpa to pick up the sticks.

2010 season comes to an end...

The Seniors.

The high school football season has come to end at our house.  Reynolds went 1-10 for the season.  Nearly every game that they lost was by just a few points.  Those poor boys played their hearts out.  The last game brought tears to everyones eyes.  The next few years look very promising according to Coach:).

He absolutely idols the players.

 The end of game speech.

 "We will never give up"

Bad News and Fantastic News

The bad news is that Sean's team has only won one game this season.   The kids have been doing a fantastic job. However, during the last 30 seconds of every game the other team does something miraculous.  I just don't get it!?  They have a play-in game tomorrow against Forest Grove.  This game will determine if the season continues or not.

Ok, on to the fantastic news!  Taylor has been using the potty!  He is growing up so quickly I just can't believe it.  I won't be taking him out of the house wearing underpants just yet.  But, we are well on our way!  Woo Hoo!

He went for his 2 year check-up (or in our case his 2 year and 3 months) and he weighs 28.8 lbs (43rd percentile) and is 3 feet and 1 inch tall (85th percentile)!  The Doctor was slightly concerned about Taylor's speech.  He suggested we take Taylor to get his hearing checked.  I was never concerned about his speech before so this came as a complete surprise.  Unfortunately, we can't get into the audiologist until Dec. 13th. We will now be encouraging Taylor to pronounce dump truck correctly instead of "d@mn f*ck".  Wish us luck. :)

Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks ago Sean got the day off so we headed to a pumpkin patch.  This was Taylor's first trip a pumpkin patch and it took him a while to actually enjoy it.  It was about 30 minutes outside of Portland and there was so much to do!  A corn maze, tractor rides, a petting zoo, and a fantastic produce market with fresh apple cider!

Not happy about getting woke up.

 He kept saying, "Eeww, Yuck!"  

It was so muddy our boots stuck as we walked.

 Dada made it better by carrying me.

 "I want that one way over there!"

 Riding the Cow Train

 So muddy!

 He was using the flowers as a microphone singing, Life is a Highway.

It's a song off the Cars movie.    

Eating our fresh picked corn for dinner.

The Months of August and September

 We absolutely love cleaning ears!

  In August, Taylor got to meet his new cousin Ashlynne and visit with his Auntie Michele from Mississippi.

 You can take the boy out of Laredo but you can't take Laredo out of the boy. 

Daddy was cleaning out the storage room and found some goodies for Taylor. 

Hut Hut!

Taylor's 2nd Birthday, July 14th

Although we didn't have a party, I must dedicate an entire post to Taylor's Birthday.  Sean and I took Taylor to Oaks Park. He truly enjoys anything with a steering wheel or wheels.  Later in the evening we took Grandma Wanda and Grandpa Geno out for pizza.  Then we came home to have a cake and open gifts.

The Month of July

Taylor's first ride on a carousel.  

Not so sure about it.

Ok I've done this before.

Taylor getting a bath in his Sand and Water Table.  

4th of July.  What on earth are they showing him?!

Taylor's boo boo :(  

He fell on his face while running to watch summer football.

Reading books with cousin Emmy.  

We are so happy to be close to family!