Just because it's been a while, here are a few shots from our morning...

A baker in the making...

So here we have just a little bit of this and that from our household. The pic above: Owen helped me make zucchini bread today. By "helped" I mean he stuck his hand in the raw eggs, almost tipped the bowl over 7 times, ate some John Deere fruit snacks so that he wouldn't stick his hand in the bowl anymore, and licked every spoon or spatula that had been within 3 feet of the batter. And the picture below: He has decided lately that he loves to do somersaults. Only he gets stuck in the upside down position when he does them without the assistance of an adult. And then he just hangs out upside down. I love kids!

The Harrah Fall Festival...

Tucker

My beautiful sister-in-law and her boys

Grandpa and Owen

Today was the oh-so-exciting Harrah Fall festival and parade. Grandpa, Leah, and the boys came out to enjoy the festivities. Afterward, they came over to our house to play. It was a ton of fun to see them. I love it that Owen is old enough to play with the boys now. He doesn't fully keep up with them, but he certainly tries! There are more pictures in Picasaweb for those who want to see the cuteness of the Dahl boys!

Keith Howard helps the Kamiakin Braves beat West Valley

Keith Howard looking happy to go 2-0 on the season

A great evening for a football game

Well, I guess this would be my first post on the blog.  My lovely wife has done such a great job of updating all of you who visit this blog, on the going-ons in our life.  Last night I had the privilege of catching my brother Keith's second football game, which was held at West Valley H.S. in Yakima.  After not getting much playing time during the first game, Keith spent most of the game on the field, playing both offense and defence.  It was really awesome to see my little brother looking over to the coach on the sidelines, getting the play and calling it in the defensive huddle.  West Valley didn't put up much of a fight against the Kamiakin  Braves freshman football team of the Tri-Cities.  It looked like a shut out until the waning minutes of the fourth quarter.  The Braves had been so dominant the whole game and played with such hustle, that they looked a little tired and let one slip with 2:00 left.  However, the 34-7 romping of West Valley took the Braves to 2-0 on the season.  I got to say hi to Keith after the game was over, to congratulate  him on the victory.  Then it was off to Miner's Restaurant for the team, to enjoy those tasty burgers.  For those of you who know about Miner's, know that it's the spot for sports teams to go after games in Eastern Washington.

Great job Keith!  Keep up the good work.

C.J.

Happy Birthday Grandma Hake!

My beautiful Grandma

The birthday girl and Oliver

Cupcake goodness...

These pics are from the picnic we had today to celebrate my Grandma's birthday. She's a wonderful woman, that's for sure. We love Grandma Hake!

Kalaloch Round 2

We just got back from our second camping trip to the beach this summer....and it was AWESOME! Again, we owe a huge thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for all of their help with the kids. We certainly turn their relaxing beach days into chaos, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have it any other way. And I'm also pretty certain this is the first time in about 15 years I have actually set foot in the sand every single day of the trip. Gone are the days of playing Pinochle and taking naps all day. Instead, we chased babies around the campsite, wiped sand from their mouths about 128 times, threw a good 2,000 rocks into the water, ate lots of really unhealthy goodies, took several walks to the bright orange tree fungus for the wee ones to admire, and, well, you get the picture.....but...we enjoyed every minute of it. I took about 400 too many pictures and whiddled them down to 70-ish in case you are interested in seeing more from our adventure....they are in Picasaweb in case you couldn't guess. Oh yeah, and it's good to be home!