Walk with the kids at the Snake River Canyon

We are really enjoying our new apartment here in Twin Falls.

We can see this bridge, the Perinne Bridge from our apartment

balcony and we are just across the road from the Canyon Rim

Trail where I go walking with the kids almost every morning!

I'm actually really enjoying the desert landscape here.

It's very different from the east coast and aside from everything

being flat in all directions for miles and miles I love the canyon,

the grasses, the dry rock beds, and even the sage brush

(I can't believe I'm saying that!)

It will be nice when everything starts to get green and liven up-

right now the pictures really don't show how breath-taking the

canyon is because the colors don't show up on camera.

BRADY: "Why don't we live in Maine by the ocean anymore?"

ME: "Because now we live in Idaho and we are in the desert!"

BRADY: "Well, I don't like the desert!"

...about 5 minutes later....

BRADY: (running along the trail)

"I'm having so much fun in the desert!"

From the trail we can also see the Perinne Coulee waterfall where

Chris proposed to me on October 20, 2002 (his mom's b-day!)

Right now there isn't very much water running over the cliff but

in the spring and summer there is much more. When it's running

full you can walk in behind the falls and get all drenched!

All along the canyon trail there are these lookout points that

provide great views and camera opportunities!

Brady LOVES running out onto these

(he's apparently NOT afraid of heights!!!)

Here's my two little crazy kids- aren't they so cute!?

Brady can always make Olivia laugh!

And here is the...

"MOST HUGEST"

TUMBLEWEED IN THE WORLD!!!

(Yeah, we're DEFINATELY not in Maine anymore

when we see a bunch of these rolling around!)

My Little Baby isn't so little anymore!!!!

8 MONTHS OLD

Olivia is a sweet baby and makes us laugh all the time!!! She has already taken on some of her dad's ways...here she is sleeping on the chair with her feet up!

In the last month she has learned how to stand up and loves to wake up in the morning and stand up talking at me to come in and get her! Usually I say "Hiiiiiiiiiii Baby!!!" and then she'll say "Hiiiiiiiiiii" back!

Here she is very proud of herself for standing up for the very first time!!! She was just over 7 months when she did this and now she is 8 months tomorrow and does it all the time. She has very good balance, loves to crawl really fast and either sit on her bum or her knees when she's playing!





Our little bookworm!!!

Cute Kiddos

Miss Livy plays "peek-a-boo" over the edge of her travel crib...she's finally outgrown it and as soon as we move this weekend she will be in her big girl crib, sharing a room with big brother! For the first time in almost 3 years Chris and I will have a room to ourselves!!!

My pretty bathtime baby and her chubby cheeks!!!

(on both ends!!! Haha...who can resist a chubby little baby bottom?)

Look what my baby can do! She is sitting up almost as much as she "crawls" now!!!
Now her bald spot on the back of her head has filled in!

And here she is looking all cute and innocent before I catching her doing this:

I caught the little box chewer red-handed!!!!

This is what Olivia likes to do with her chubby fingers now...she's got two teeth down bottom and her top two front teeth are on their way down!

And, of course we can't forget my #1 boy!!! Brady loves his new Legos that he got for his birthday and likes to make big huge towers with the help of mom!

That's all folks!!! next pics...another BIG move!!! Twin Falls here we come!!! I can't wait to be SETTLED and STAY in one place, for a little while!

Welcome to the world Baby Jacobi!!!

My cousin Abe and his wife Sarah welcomed their second baby to the family about 4 weeks ago by emergency C-sections. Jacobi Anthony Antonucci was born 6 weeks early and is a very lucky little boy not to have any health problems that they know of to date. He just came home almost 2 weeks ago and he and mommy are doing great!

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Abe and Sarah got the "inspiration" for Jacobi's name when they were in Maine this past summer for a visit. They went to a Red Sox game and thought the name of one of the players: Jacobi Elsbury would be a great "Italian" sounding name!!! Abe is half Italian and the name fits!

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You can't tell by these pictures but Jacobi is so teeny tiny!!! Holding him is like holding a feather! He is almost 5 lbs. and doesn't fill his preemie clothes up! What a beautiful blessing!

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Congraulations Abe, Sarah and big sister, Natalia!!!

I'm a proud cousin!!!

Our Valentine's Day...

Our Valentine's day started out by making heart-shaped eggs and pancakes which Brady and I enjoyed very much by ourselves because Chris was still in Twin Falls working. We weren't planning on having Chris come home for the weekend in order to save some money on gas but at the last minute on Friday night I called him and told him that I missed him and wanted him to come home! So although he missed our breakfast we still had the rest of the night together. Chris also suprised me with a rose and some chocolates...I failed to take a pic in all of the hustle and bustle!!!

In the evening since we were busy packing and everything in the kitchen was already packed we had decided to just get a pizza and hang out as a family...however, right before Chris left to get the pizza we saw a show called "Man Vs. Food" where the guy was eating a humongous hamburger. That got Chris' "beefy" side turning and he wanted a burger!

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So we went to his favorite "burger joint" FUDDRUCKER'S.

Usually he gets the 1 lb. burger but this time he settled for a half pound. I was more than full with a 1/3 lb. burger myself!
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Fuddrucker's is a neat place because they have all of the toppings a la carte so you can pick and choose what you'd like from the traditional lettuce, pickles, tomatoes to hot peppers, and fresh salsa. They also have cheese and jalapeno cheese sauces for your fries and rings. There are other sauces too: mayo, mustard, BBQ, hot sauces etc...

I usually make myself a salad to go along with my burger!

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The atmosphere is also really fun. Here's some of the fun decor:

Gas station gumball machine!!!

They have an arcade and Brady had a blast pretending to play the racing games...yeah, I'm too cheap to fork over a couple quarters...

Here's what was left of our meal...such a romantic night out!!!



Olivia really enjoyed her dinner too!

She ordered the infant's special
"Toe-Jam Salad!!! with a side of slobber!!!"

Our little Cowboy Brady had a fun time too although he hardly touched his meal! Oh well, at least it was free (when you buy an adult's combo meal) and it made a great lunch for Chris the next day!!!
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Yes, Brady did wear a complete Cowboy outfit to the restaurant! he had just gotten it earlier in the afternoon for his birthdy from Grammie and Grandpa Morgan and he was all decked out. When we were going to get the pizza Brady had asked Chris if he could go with him. Chris didn't want to take Brady dressed up like that but I convinced him it wasn't a big deal and that all little kids like to play dress-up and that people would think he was cute!

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Well, since we made such a hasty decision to go out to eat we just threw Brady in the car "as is!" When we got to Fuddrucker's there was actually a "REAL COWBOY" standing outside of the lobby in the parking lot (we ARE in IDAHO!!!) Brady got a kick out of it and so did the other guy! We heard him say to his friends: "Hey, did you guys see that little cowboy dude?!"

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Anyhow, it was a fun night even if it wasn't "ROMANTIC!!!" It was just nice to be together as a family again!!

Belated B-Day Gifts: Now he can be a REAL Idaho COWBOY!!!

Brady was so excited to get another birthday package in the mail...

And even more excited when he opened it up and found a cowboy outfit!!! Brady loves playing dress-up and he wore this for 2 days straight...and would probably still be wearing it but I have to fix a small rip. Isn't he so cute?!

A Mom's dream...Handcuffs!!! Oops...his wrists are small enough to wriggle right out AND they're just pretend so all he has to do is push a release button!!!

Burley High School Varsity Basketball Game!!!

We had a great time going to one of the BHS games where Chelsae was cheering and Shawnae was playing Sax in the band. It was Brady and Olivia's first basketball game and I'm sure there will be many more games, plays, and concerts to come! It's really fun watching Chris' sisters be involved in their actvities.

They won the game too!!! To Minico their team rival from across the bridge!!!

Olivia cheering on the team! She did a great job at the game.

Brady did good at the game too although he was really fidgety and wanted to be moving all over the place! He had a great time cheering for the "good" team too with his pom pom!

Here he is meeting the Team Mascot- the Burley Bobcat!!!

Burley has a new high school and this is the new gym. It was such an awesome gym with an indoor track, nice scoreboards and a nice court!

The flag for the National Anthem was lowered from the ceiling!!!

This is the best picture I could get of Chelsae cheering! She was so cute to watch! I couldn't find Shawnae in the band from where we were located so I couldn't get a picture of her playing her saxophone but I can't wait for their Jazz Concert that's coming up so we can see her play then!