Monday, November 29, 2010

Day 333 of Project 365


Tomorrow we say good bye to Kylo. I don't think the reality of that statement has fully sunk in yet, even though we've known for a while now that it is what is best for him. We took him home with us to Idaho for Thanksgiving, to have one last family outing and see my parents and sister one more time. I think he had fun despite the long truck ride and freezing cold temperatures. Since we've been back he's gotten lots of special love and attention. Rob even lets him on the living room carpet! (Unheard of since we got new carpet installed almost 2 years ago.) I've had Kylo since he was just a puppy, and I was only 18 years old. He's been with me through quite a bit over the years, and although this will give away my age as well, he is now 13 years old (almost 95 in dog years!) I think he's lived a good life. I always wanted him to live long enough to meet my first child and now he's had over two years with Jenica. He will be greatly missed and it is with great sadness today that I write this post. Tomorrow will be a rough day so please keep me in your prayers. Thanks!

On a happier note, and I only mention this because of Jenica's attire shown in this picture, she's been in big girl underwear all afternoon and has used the potty twice and had no accidents! Go Jenica!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Day 332 of Project 365


Alright, we didn't take this picture today but we did hand out our Christmas cards at church today with this photo on it to announce the newest addition to our family, due in early June.

It was a day filled with both joy and sadness at the same time, as I realized it was 3 years ago today that our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage and our little baby went to be with the Lord. Because of that, the first trimester is always a challenging time for me, but I am happy to be through the first 13 weeks and well on our way to the birth of a happy healthy newborn in only 6 short months from now!

Thanks for sharing in our excitement and keeping us in your prayers!

Day 331 of Project 365

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Day 330 of Project 365


Thanks to Rob we finally got a group shot of everyone before we all headed out for the drive home!

Day 329 of Project 365


I loved this picture for some reason and since I never did get a picture of the whole family on Thanksgiving Day, I thought this would be a good picture of the day. Not only does it show off our table, you get Rob in the background, shopping the Black Friday deals on his iPhone, and a good view of the infamous "bathroom door" (that's mostly for you B). Dinner was delicious despite some minor modifications due to some of our ingredients freezing on the trip over. Good times... and definitely full of good stories to tell our kids later!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Day 328 of Project 365


The view as we arrived at my Dad's cabin outside of Clark Fork on Wednesday. It was so pretty with all the fresh snow and he even had a sledding hill all prepped and ready for us! My parents built this house over 30 years ago and I lived in it until I was 6 or 7 while they built "the big house" on the same 27 acres of property. That house has since been sold along with part of the acreage during my parents divorce and then ended up burning down a few years ago. It's kind of sad to walk down and see that piece of land now, looking nothing like how I remember it. But it's really fun that my dad still has this piece of our childhood and he did such a good job of making it feel like home for us while we were there. Here's a picture of the old log bed he made for me when I was probably about Jenica's age.


Thanks for hosting a fun Thanksgiving for us all Dad! Jenica still keeps saying she wants to go to Grandpa's house, even after 9+ hours of traveling, so you must have made an impression!

Day 327 of Project 365


A stop to stretch in the gorge on our way to Idaho. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to our friends' Dave and Genies as planned due to an accident on I84 that had us stopped in traffic for close to 3 hours. Instead we spent the night in a cheap (but surprisingly clean) motel in Boardman, Oregon and made the rest of the drive to my Dad's house in Clark Fork the next day. We'll have to catch you next time Kirklands!

Day 323 - 326 of Project 365




Thursday, November 18, 2010

Day 322 of Project 365


Jenica and Marcy showing off her great Christmas decorations at the new business she just opened, Skin Zen on Main Street in Portland. She has great rates on waxing and other body treatments and is super nice and did a fabulous job on my eyebrows. You can check out her facebook page for more information: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Skin-Zen

Day 321 of Project 365


My friend Shelly invited us to story time at Barnes and Noble today and it was lots of fun! Not only did they read books to the kids, they also had a fun arts and crafts project and snacks for everyone. I think it's every Wednesday at 10am. If you have time, you should check it out... plus you can always get some of your Christmas shopping done while you are at the mall. That was my plan, but then I ended up buying stuff for myself instead. Drat!

Day 320 of Project 365


Photo by Rob. Way to go babe! Think Jenica needs her own iPhone for Christmas this year?

Monday, November 15, 2010

Day 319 of Project 365


A great afternoon spent at our friend Jessica's house, complete with a pancake dinner, requested by Jenica herself. Oh, and I had to include the beautiful flowers Rob brought home for me yesterday in the background. Thanks honey!

Day 318 of Project 365


Thanks for lunch, ice cream and a great visit Grandma and Grandpa Bachelder (and Aunt Amy!) Let's do it again soon!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Day 317 of Project 365

Today has been a great Saturday. Besides getting caught up on almost 2 weeks worth of Project 365 photos and blog posts, we had our Christmas card photo taken today. I know, it's early, but I had a Costco coupon I really wanted to use and after taking all these fun fall family photos for people, I really wanted some fall leaves in our family picture this year as well. My friend Emelye was kind enough to brave the elements (ie, come out in the rain with us) to take our picture and it turned out soooo cute! If you think you are going to get to see it here, well, you're wrong. You'll have to wait to get it in the mail like everyone else. Well, maybe I'll post it here eventually after I mail it out because I do want it to be part of my Project 365 photo book, but until then, you will just have to wait in suspense. I will tell you that Kylo made the Christmas card this year, after being absent last year, but since this will probably be his last Christmas with us we thought it was only fitting that he get in on the Christmas card action one last time. Here is a picture of our super cute photographer. Thanks Emelye!

Day 312 - 316 of Project 365





Day 305 -311 of Project 365

I hate getting so far behind! All I've done for the last 2 hours is try to get this Project up to date. Here is the first weeks worth of pictures (Nov 1st - 7th).