Huhtala Family

Remember When.....

I have not really had too much to post lately as my camera was missing it's battery charger and I haven't been running to the computer every time my kids say something funny. So...I thought that once in awhile I would "re-post" an old entry just for the memories :) Here's one from August 2007 when Tyson was almost 6 months old.

My Cranium

I've tried to be a good baby. I hardly ever complain, however.....

Apparently my Family and Doctors think my head is funny shaped and won't fix itself without some help.

They are going to try and fix it with one of these numbers (disclaimer: I have no idea who this character is)

So after much thought....I've agreed to cooperate.

Here's me wearing a cool sock before I got my head laser measured.

I mean, I'll humor them but who wouldn't love this head??!!

It's going to be FABULOUS!!

Ladybugs

There is an infestation of ladybugs around Plumas Lake this Spring. If you know Plumas than you know that each year there is a "plague" of a certain insect. This year I believe it is ladybugs. So my children have been obsessed with catching ladybugs. They keep them for awhile and then the lucky few that survive get let go.

No matter how many times I've told my kids that because ladybugs are really pretty we DON'T pinch them between our thumb and forefinger, stomp on them, pull their wings off, or keep them in the dogs water bucket (they don't survive), they can't seem to stop the genocide!

The other day Jason heard the following conversation outside between Bella and Tyson:

Bella: Here Tyson, hold my ladybugs. I'm going to go find some more!

Tyson: Laadddyybug

Bella: (Returns) AWWWWW TYSON! You squished em!

Tyson: Laaadddyybug

Tyson pulled me outside the other day because he was very excited to show me something. He walked over to a black splotch on the patio, stomped next to it and said, "Squish laaadddyybug". *Sigh* Do you think kids that squish ladybugs go to heaven?

Cereal Boxes

If you were a child with siblings then you remember the cereal box wars. Everyone wanted to look at the back of the box but the problem was, there wasn't enough boxes to go around. The other morning, Jay came out to see Bella staring at the inside bag of Cheerios while she ate. He said "Bella, what are you doing?" and KT said, "She wanted to look at a box but I was looking at it so she asked for the bag."

She's quite brilliant, I'm sure she's reading "binary code" within the cereal or something. After being brilliant, she decided to be creative and dressed up her brother (much to the horror of her Father).

A purse was added to the ensemble later :)

I solemnly swear......

....to update this blog more often. I'm sorry the blog has been lacking, for our most devoted followers, here's a new desktop background picture :)

Porsha

The other day we were driving and Payton and Jay had the following conversation:

Payton: Dad, I'd rather have a porsha than this car!

Dad: Dude, it's a porsche

Payton: Whatever.

Dad: There's no "whatever" when it comes to porsche.

Ummm....ok. Glad the male knowledge is being passed down.

Tag

My friend Kimmie tagged me. Here are the rules:

1. go to your my document/my pictures
2. go to your sixth file
3. go to your sixth picture
4. blog about it
5. tag six people

This was from last summer. My little toddler one day saw me scrubbing walls and decided she wanted to participate. I gave her and Tyson washcloths and it kept them entertained for like 20 minutes! They washed everything in site, including a package I had gotten from UPS. Just today she did it again and went so far as to add Windex spray to her homemaking skills. I'll have to watch her a little more closely. Wouldn't want her using ammonia and bleach just yet ;)

I tag: Kristi, Kristi, Kelli, Katrina, Michelle, Tabitha (I sure know a lot of people who start with "k").

Monterey Bay Getaway....Day 3

Our final day we went to Big Sur, California. Beautiful coast lines for miles and miles....

We stopped at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to see a beautiful 80 foot waterfall that drops directly into the ocean. It was pretty windy and sprinkled here and there but the views were well worth it.

We met up with Deb and Ron (Jays Mom and Step Dad) who were also on a getaway weekend. We kept running into them after this at every location we stopped at...it was pretty funny.

One of the many views

The Waterfall

Happy 12th Anniversary to us!

We had a great time but it felt good to arrive home. When Tyson saw me he screamed MOMMY!!!! And started scrunching his face like he just wanted to pinch me as he ran towards me. It was really cute :)

Monterey Bay Getaway.....Day 2

Today was much better weather. We started out our day with a 3 hour whale watching tour on a boat in Monterey. It was really neat, only about a dozen people went on the 9am tour so there was plenty of room. We saw at least 20 whales. We didn't get super close to them but it was still awesome. We also saw lots of sea lions diving amongst the waves and even right in front of the whales like they were playing with them. We also saw tons of jelly fish just under the surface glowing under the water as we toured out to see the whales. After our boat ride we shared some calamari and a chowder bread bowl, did some shop browsing, took a hike, and then flew a kite on the beach. We had a lot of fun but now we're beat and just want to veg in our hotel room.

Here we are...going out on the boat