phone pics!

Get ready for a wild roller coaster of pictures from the past to the present . . . this is what happens when I only take the pictures off my phone every four months or so!

All the way back in October (Halloween weekend) when we stayed out at Birch Bay with Tom's family while the guys were gone hunting . . . Auntie Katie brought some fun craft stuff and Grace got right to work!

Tom's sisters used to call him "Enrique" when he was younger and would do their hair . . . I had to take a picture of Teddy being "Enrique Jr." and send it to Tom and Russ while they were hunting!
Grandma Leen's FAMOUS popcorn balls!
Chips and cheese dip for breakfast . . . only on vacation!
A little pre-Halloween fun!
Back at home . . . one night Vince was snuggled under Tom's baby blanket and Grace was snuggled under mine!
I texted Tom this picture and told them they better get home from hunting QUICK . . . Vince needed some boy time with his Daddy!
Playing outside in November . . .
The BIGGEST leaf we could find! Celebrating Maddie's birthday at El Nopal!
The kids took all the money and credit cards up to pay . . . hope they left a good tip!
Babysitting the Lautenbach boys at Grandma's . . . I promise Sy wasn't hurt, Jen!
Baby Jessi's shower . . . she is a DOLL!
Vince being so gentle with Jessi . . . Some Thanksgiving crafts . . . After getting an elk two years in a row, the guys invested in a cart to haul the elk out of the woods with. They have now successfuly ensured they will NEVER get another elk again!
Tom pretending to be a dead elk!
Grace was so proud of her coloring . . . it's come a long way!
Playing outside on a day that was really too cold and wet, but we NEEDED to get out of the house!
Just another night at Grandma's . . .
At the doctor for Vince's 18 month check-up . . .

Auntie Katie had a Scentsy party and Vince was in LOVE with all the little tins of scents . . .
Grandma bought all the families an ELF ON THE SHELF!!!!
Grace named our Elf, JOKER. He was pretty tricky (most nights)!Grace is having a baby!
Meeting Baby Abbie for the first time!

We went to Panda Express after doing some Christmas shopping and Vince LOVED it!
Even a princess knows how to use power tools!
One of my favorite nights . . . we went to Mark and Tammy's and watched old home videos. Tom never got to meet my Grandma and Grandpa Jones so it was so cool for him to be able to see a little glimpse of them. Such a good reminder to keep taking videos of the kids!
A lazy day at home . . .
Tom helping Russ get a brisket ready . . .
Two peas in a pod . . .
My little buddy is OBSESSED with tractors . . .
Somehow Grace snuck her way onto the bench while we were watching Maddie and Allie's basketball game . . .
About a day after Vince got his first haircut, I knew I should have let Melissa cut it shorter. A few weeks later we were back for another haircut. Carl happened to walk in and Vince went right over to him and crawled up on his lap when he was done! Definitely turned into a big boy once the hair was gone! Grace got a pretty braid and sparkles in her hair!
Jackson's first birthday party at Milt's!
Vince would have driven the race car all night . . . All the cousins . . . what a fun night!
Grandpa Ted, Vince and Jackson . . . we got together for lunch while Laura was home.
I found Grace pretending to be a baby . . .
OUTSIDE!
And then a walk down the road to visit the calfies . . .
Going for a quick ride . . .
We were at Teddy's basketball game and I told Grace to take a picture of him playing . . . this is what she got!BYEEEEEEEEEE!
Grace and Maddie with their winnings at the Superbowl party!
Vince eating one of the girls cool football cake pops . . .
At the Sumas Park . . .
She looks like a BIG girl in this picture . . .
Can't wait until Vince learns to pump on his own too!
The Lautenbach boys came to play too!
We finally got the trailer out for the tractor that Vince got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Jones . . . they both LOVE it!
We hadn't been to visit the pigs in a LONG time . . . there were 15 babies born the night before we went.
Grandpa was gone golfing in California so we made sure to keep Grandma entertained!
Happy Valentine's Day! We celebrated the weekend before while Tom was home.

Tom always brings home "treasures" from AT&T stores . . . a few weeks ago he brought home a fishbowl. So we had to get some fish to go with it!

Decorating some Valentine hearts . . . Ready to go to Auntie Jen-Jen's for a Valentine's party!

So happy to celebrate Valentine's Day with Zoopie!

We had quite the Valentine entertainment . . . their band was called "Two Masked Men" formerly known as "One Masked Man and the Little Girl". After visiting the calves and getting to see the neighbor boys feeding all of them, Grace rigged up a bottle in the shopping cart so they could pretend to be calves too.

Grace might be taking the "baby" thing a bit too far!

And finally . . . Colt's birthday party on Monday! Happy, happy birthday Colt!
Phew! Even though the pictures aren't always the best quality, I would have forgotten so many of these things if I hadn't taken a quick picture.