'My Angel, My Princess"

Every night Lanie whispers "Goodnight my angel" and I reply "Goodnight my princess". It is the sweetest thing ever and it makes me shine with happiness as we're drifting off to sleep. (I used to be the princess and she the angel, until Lanie realized she was the princess, in all regards, and we had to switch.) This morning she totally used our little ritual against me. As I was leaving for work, she woke up and sweetly whispered. "I don't want you to go to work my angel" This was fine until she started yelling "my angel! my angel!" over and over until I was so filled with guilt I didn't want to go to work. I guess she's learning the art of getting what she wants...

Hot Shot!!!!

Look at this big kid on her first day of school! Good thing dad was the one to take her. I would have probably cried... This is her 3rd week and she loves school and adores her teacher!

Big Shot

Believe it or not, he can actually shoot this thing! He is slightly obsessive compulsive when it comes to his bow and his deer!

Fun Times with Dad

David took the kids to the Bison Range one evening and gave me a much needed break and opportunity to do some scrapbooking.

End of Summer

Before I went back to school we tried to plan a couple of fun outings in Missoula.

Nicole and I took the kids to the carousel and Dragon Hollow playground.

And David and I took them to the new indoor waterpark, which was a blast!

Pool Party

Our friends had a pool party the same weekend we went camping.

Camping With Friends

The weekend before school started, we had one last hurah with friends. We went camping and had a great time hanging out and relaxing.

Dancing with auntie Erin is always good times for Lanie!!!

Jack's face says it all. I think he thought feeding the fish the little pellets was just about the coolest thing ever! I recommend this pitstop to anyone traveling outside of Portland. It is a beautiful park and right next to the Bonneville Dam, which also has Salmon ladders. We spent so much time at the hatchery that we didn't even stop at the dam.

Super Cool Fish Hatchery

This is the gigantic sturgeon at the hatchery. I can't remember his name, but he was impressive and the kids loved him!

Cool Critters

Fun Times!!

We were so glad auntie Erin and uncle Andrew spent the day at the zoo with us! Who else would we have gotten to take this ridiculous picture????

Portland Zoo

Lots of critters to pet, for my mom's sake I left out the one of Lanie petting a long yellow reptile...

The Big Day!!!

All of the "Keast" kids did such a good job the day of the wedding. We spent many hours before the wedding taking pictures and getting ready and they were so good and so patient the entire time!

Here a couple of wedding pictures, but I didn't want to post too many of other people without permission, but let me say it was a beautiful ceremony and the bride and groom looked fabulous!

Don't Auntie Erin and Uncle Andrew look dyn-o-mite!