8.31.2008

Coates Family Reunion

We went up to Montana for a family reunion in July. Curt's sister just gave me this picture, so this post is a little late. We camped at the Lake Como campground (which turned out a lot better than I thought it would. Matthew sleeps better in a tent than in his own bed!) and boated on the lake the next day. It was REALLY fun. Thanks everyone that had something to do with putting it together and giving us such a great time!
Matthew really liked the boat. He actually fell asleep for part of it while Grandma Venice was holding him.
Grandpa Maurice sure looks good with his new boat!
This is Curt in his stylish life jacket. Yet he still looks amazing!

8.22.2008

This is how Matthew fell asleep for his nap today. I always know when he's tired because he'll grab this bear (or some other stuffed animal, but usually the bear because it's his favorite) and he'll climb in his bouncy chair. So I give him a bottle and turn on some music or a baby einstein movie and he falls right to sleep! After he falls asleep I put him in his bed. Today he took a four hour nap! Since we are moving soon we have a bunch of boxes lying around. Matthew started playing in one today so I set him up a little playhouse with three boxes. He played in there for over an hour! He loved it!

Curt's Boss at Western Fence threw a work party for all of the employees and their families. There was a lot of great food and fun games. Curt won almost all of the games (I won one of the only ones that he didn't haha...It was a hula hoop contest :) )
This was a water balloon toss. Curt didn't win this one, but luckily he wasn't the one who broke the balloon, it was the other guy that got all wet instead.
Matthew was really good at the party. He was especially polite when we were eating. He just sat on my lap holding a spoon and trying to feed himself. He actually did a really good job, and we didn't even get messy. He had a fever that night, but it went down long enough for us to go to the party. After the party though it spiked at 103 degrees so we took him to the hospital. They told us a lot of things that we already knew......and sent us home. We just kept him on Tylenol and Ibuprofen all night and by mid morning the next day he was fine...weird. I think it's something he picked up from Jexten's birthday party with all of the people around. Who knows!
This is the SWEET tool set that Curt won for me at the work party. I think it was when he won the T-ball game. They were supposed to hit one of those light plastic balls off of a batting T with a little plastic bat and see who hit the furthest. Nobody even came CLOSE to Curt's hit! He is sure amazing.


Matthew's discovered climbing. "Uh oh." (to quote matthew) He can climb almost to the very top of our computer desk, but I'm not going to let him stay there long enough to take a picture of that!
After I caught him climbing up the desk I put him in his playpen. He started screaming at me so I handed him his favorite toy---my cell phone. I'm sure he was trying to call Grandma Janet to tell her all about his woes.


Matthew and Cousin Wesley playing the piano at my parent's house.
This is the ring that Curt bought me to replace my original that I lost in Bear Lake. This one's center stone is actually bigger than my last one. Curt said he was going to upgrade my ring some day anyway. I guess he just didn't expect it to be so soon! Whoops!

Thorson Family reunion

August 9th we went down to Layton, Utah for a family reunion on my mom's side. There are 12 kids in her family including herself, so it was really big and really fun. Afterwards we went to Vicky's house for Jexten's 1st birthday party. Happy birthday Jexten!!!
Matthew was so cute at the reunion.
My boys

As part of Jexten's party we boated on Mantua resevoir. Matthew used to HATE the water, but now he absolutely loves it. I think it helps him feel more secure when he is in his ladybug floaty toy. He loves that thing! Thanks Vicky and Kurt and Kurt's parents for letting us go boating. Tubing with Vicky was awesome! My whiplash finally went away. hahahahahaha

8.21.2008



Curt Caught this 17.5 inch german brown trout snake river today. What a mighty fisherman!

8.15.2008

Family Pictures






We went to Tautphus Park Zoo with my parents and my sister and her two kids in July. That was way fun and the animals were beautiful. Thanks grandma Janet and grandpa Kit!
There were some pretty crazy monkeys there!
Grandma Janet and Grandpa Kit
Matthew had such a good time at the Zoo! It was a blistering hot day and we were all sweating, but it was way fun!
This picture was at Bear Lake over the 4th of July weekend. The trip was amazing! The only bad part was when I lost my wedding ring in the lake never to be found again. That devestated Curt and I, but we still made a good trip out of the whole thing, and I have a new ring now to replace my old one. Terrible loss though. Thanks to everyone who helped us search in the water and sand for hours anyway.
Matthew loves to swing. The only problem is that he usually doesn't get to enjoy it for very long before he goes to sleep. What a cutie!
Matt just lounging on this air mat at Rigby Lake. Thanks Cody and Tricia for going there with us! We had a blast
the Zoo again.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids that came to the zoo; Adessa, Jexten and Matthew
This was on the 4th of July just before we went to the Parade in Paris, Idaho. See how alert and happy he is here (mostly because he's with grandma Janet. I love how much he loves her!)
As soon as we got to the parade Matthew slept clear through it! He missed his very first parade and then he pulled the exact same thing later that night when we went to his first fireworks show!
Adessa sure enjoyed the parade. She gathered enough candy for everybody! By the time she was done running around gathering candy she was sweating so hard and her cute curly hair was in tighter ringlettes than ever!



Curt caught this beautiful trout at the Teton Dam site. He was so proud of himself! I love this picture of him. What a handsome man!
Father's day 2008!! Matthew sure loves his daddy! Look at that grin. I'm so blessed to have Curt in my life. Matthew has got the greatest dad.
FPOA (Future Plumbers of America) association :) Matthew is obsessed with throwing things in the bathtub. One time he was playing in the tub reaching in to grab a toy and Curt pulled down Matthew's pants and snapped this shot. priceless future blackmail.
happy family on the beach at Como Lake near where Curt is from. why am I the only one smiling here? Just kidding, it was a really bright day and I must have a high sun-in-the-eye tolerance.
There were gorgeous butterflies like these everywhere along Como's beach. They were just sitting there soaking up the sun.


Visiting my parents

8.13.2008



My happy hubby and me
HO HO HO!!!!!

Halloween 2007




Matthew's Birthday! May 25, 2007
Crawdads from the Bitterroot river
Those suckers were HUGE and mean!

Cute Curt


We saw this Big horn sheep on our way home from visiting Curt's parents in Montana



Me and Matthew when he was 2 months old