He's Sooooo Cute!

Marshall is now two months old and is so cute. He's got a killer smile that melts his Mama's heart.

Big Project

Note to self: When you see wet toilet paper under your bathroom vanity, something is wrong! I ignored it, and two months later we have a leaking ceiling, smooth. Aram has spent several hours (some not so pleasant than others) pulling down sheetrock, hanging sheetrock, mudding, and sanding. It's been a big mess, and Aram has been a big sport!

Future Cougar

The shirt says it all "Look out Cougars, here I come."

Polar Plunge

Crazy Cold!!! It's a Montana New Year's tradition to jump into Flathead Lake on the first day of the New Year. This year Papa Dude, Ryan, and Aram all braved the cold. I (Karri) was very grateful I had a doctor's note from my OB that excused me from my pride of proving how tough I am.

Christmas Joy

Christmas was so fun this year because Shep is starting to "get it" and we had our new little bundle of joy (Marshall) to make the Christmas Holiday complete.

Shep loves to kiss his little brother. If you can see Shep has a horse ornament in his right hand. He actually broke this horse at the store, so we bought it...but, I must admit we were going to get it for him anyways. The tail broke off so Aram kept super glueing it back on but Shep kept on getting it off the tree and breaking it over and over again. So I decided it will be a tail-less horse to preserve the memory.
The chair Shep is sitting on is a true gift of love from his Daddy. We went shopping at Walmart at the beginning of December and Shep saw this chair and absolutly loved it. He lounged on it and wouldn't get off. There were other chairs there, like a spongebob and Dora chair but he wouldn't even give these chairs a chance, this kid knows 'class' when he sees it. It was way out of my price range for a little kid's chair, but we decided he could have some fun and sit on it, in the shopping cart while we strolled through Walmart. It was so cute how much Shep loved this chair, but I couldn't bring myself to spend his whole Christmas budget on a chair. But, a week before Christmas Aram said "Karri, I know what I want for Christmas...I want Shep to have the chair." So Aram went without this year so Shep could have his LZ-Boy. Don't worry Santa brang a really good stocking to Aram.

Great Friends=Great Time

One of the greatest blessings in my life has been my dear friends. They are all such good people and inspire me to be better. It's kind of amazing when you think about it that I have known some of these people for 20 years now (namely Juliana). These are pictures of some of our best buddies at our Christmas party. Not everyone is in the picture, as some were coming and going at the time the pictures were taken.
It's fun to see the next generation...we are starting to have babies, and aren't they so cute. I think they all look like their daddies, with the exception of Tara and Jeff's little Kaitlin. She looks just like her mommy.