Pre-Birth Shenanigans

Just before Harrison was born, we went out with some friends, the Morrisons, and took our kids to Discovery Zone in Vancouver. At the time our families had five kids between them - now we have eleven. We took that "multiply and replenish the earth" thing seriously.
And what better way to celebrate being nine months pregnant... than by crawling into the ball bin and letting your friends cover you up till only your belly shows? Going...

Going... (that's Dave Morrison on the right)

Gone! Love that plaid belly!

Now for some bath time. It's weird to think that there was ever a time when I only had two kids, but here they are... Brennan was six and Bella had just had her third birthday...

STRONG MAN

What mean parents, making the poor kid freeze while we take her picture.

Looks like we're all happy again. This was our last night of "the four of us" with a few family members thrown in... yes, the plaid couch and loveseat set are Mom's old set. It went GREAT with the Pepto-pink carpet in that house. :)

Couch antics

If only we could all look like Angelina Jolie while we're pregnant. I was not blessed with that gift. But Harrison got the gift of a cute new blanket that Neenaw made for him (on the right).

No one can resist that Solitaire game.

Ernie: "When's this kid supposed to show up?"

Melanie: "I know. C-section births are so boring."

Good night, Bella girl!

Neenaw's favorite thing, doing the dishes. :)

Easter at Grannie's

We had a fun Easter time at Grannie's house in Walla Walla this year.

Tawnee giving baby Zane a bath in Grannie's sink

Dying eggs: Brennan, Tawnee, Kiley, BC

Brennan, Tawnee, Kiley, BC, Isabella

Kiley, Bella, Brennan looking goofy (it starts!!)

Kiley stuffing her cute little face with something yummy

Brennan holding Zane

Easter Egg Hunt! The weather wasn't too frigid - just cold enough for parkas and hats.

Bella

Kiley

The cousins

The parents get in on the act

Look at all those eggs... in my crystal ball, I see some deviled eggs coming to grace our table...

Blowing bubbles outside the front door

Kiley and Bella

Easter baskets! Yeah!!

Bella's haul

Aww, cute little matching dresses. Roz wore Bella's just last summer.

Let's see how Zane likes the floor.

Now for the family group shots. BC and Tawnee and the kids, looking very sweet...

Then a blimpy ugly hog-nosed woman with her unfortunate family. (I was pregnant with Harrison and about to pop, felt ugly, and thought, "I can either be ugly anyway, or be REALLY ugly on purpose" and took the second choice.)

We have a nephew!

We have a new nephew, Zane William Daniel. Here he is at three months.

Summer 1998

Me, Bella, Brennan, Kiley, BC

Outside of Cedar's Restaurant in Kennewick.

Izzy and Walt

Brennan and Isabella, in Neenaw and Gran's living room in Redmond. We didn't get to visit them much after this because the year after we moved from Utah to Vancouver, they moved from Redmond to Eagle, Idaho - talk about being at cross purposes. Gran always called Brennan "Walt" (after Walter Brennan, the movie actor) and Bella "Izzy."

heheheheee

Cousin Christie and Isabella, goofing around at the table. We sure enjoyed visiting with the Montana S Family that year at Gran & Neenaw's house.

Family Portrait

On the playground in our apartment complex - taken by my friend Sherri J

We have a niece!

BC and Tawnee and baby Kiley

Christmas 1996

Brennan's fourth and Bella's first Christmas. She looks curious but was probably too young to freak much. Brennan by now had figured out that Santa wasn't going to hurt him (all previous pictures to the contrary) and knew it was "smile time." He was four and she was almost 8 months old.

Bella shows up

Our beautiful Isabella Kathleen in her beautiful lacy blessing dress. Grannie bought it for her at ZCMI. She and Rozzie were both blessed in it. Pretty soon after she was born, Bella lost the small amount of hair she had and was pretty much bald until after her first birthday. When she was really tiny, we called her "Henry B. Eyring." But when it grew in... it really grew in.

Christmas in Logan '95

Brennan, age 3, wearing one of our many Gymboree outfits, usually gifts from Aunt Kristy. Along with the turtleneck, sweater and pants, it included matching socks and suspenders. All three boys wore it to church at least once - I barely got rid of it a couple years ago after Carter outgrew it (except the socks, those are still hanging around).

Here we are in our Logan apartment on Christmas morning... I'm having my Christmas dinner.

Mom & Melanie

Summer Vacation

We were living in Logan, and Hubby was attending Utah State University. For our summer vacation, we left Logan, went west to Nevada and then north through southeast Oregon toward Brookings. It was a most interesting route, one I'm glad I've traveled (so I never need to wonder what it was like - once was enough). We had a lot of fun, just Hubby, Brennan (age 2 1/2) and me. When we finally made it to Brookings, we visited all the old haunts. Here's Hubby at Lone Ranch beach, one of my favorite childhood spots.

Christmas in Logan '94

Merry Christmas! Mel came down to Logan to spend it with us this year. Brennan, being the only grandchild, was spoiled rotten - here we are, watching him play with his new train set.

So Hubby's parents wanted a nice family picture of us, and everything worked out fine except that Hubby had his eyes closed for this shot. Fortunately they knew how to paint EYES. Creepy...

Spring 1994

My sister & her date - school dance

First Christmas in Logan

Little Brennan, about 15 months old

Howdy

Hubby, Kristy and Pa, getting in the holiday spirit.

Edith Bell Berrett Timothy

Grandma Timothy

Redmond Cousins

I don't know whose camera took this picture, but it was a little tweaked... here we have, at Neenaw and Gran's house, Jen, Ernie, Melanie, Stacy (on the back of the couch) and Gran's hands on the right. Looks like he's putting together a little paper crown or something.

Christmas in West Richland

"Grandma Valium" and Brennan

Four Generations

Hubby, Grandma,
Grandma Timothy holding Brennan

Brennan's Blessing