Kevin did this photo of us at Bonneville Fish Hatchery. It was a ton of fun learning about the fish. My hardest part was trying to take pictures of all the seals we spotted over there because the employers kept shooting off their guns and fireworks to scare them off. But this was my favorite photo done of us through out the Oregon trip.
Kim is inside a big tree I spotted as we were walking back to our vehicles from one of the waterfalls we hiked up to see closer. She really looked cute inside the tree. She could make a cute tree fairy.
I also like to take photos of wildlife. This duck was sitting in front of me near a pond at the fish hatchery and it looked like a great picture to take. "Peek-a-boo"!.
And little Mr. Collins just sitting on the bench all by himself. It was cute.

okay, for some reason my last post didn't update my other photos i tried putting on here. let me try it again...okay i think they worked. He is a photo of Chuy. And then I saw this great area over at liberty Station where we live that has an anchor in the middle of a field. For Christmas, the landscapers designed it with poinsettias. I just thought that would be a great time to take a family photo over there. It was so beautiful I couldn't pass it up. And if I didn't take a photo of the anchor with the poinsettias in it, I would regret it. So we took family photos. It was nice. And of course a photo of Cassey in his uniform. I thought it would be nice for his parents to stand by him and let me take a photo. I also have one of him standing alone in his suit. Which I don't have posted. I might post it later. So enjoy the photos.

NEW YEAR AND AHEAD

Well all last year has been pretty busy. I finished up my classes for a while. I will be taking a break and then starting back up again when I can. Cassey has been really busy on the ship. They have had computer problems and Cassey has had to go to the ship and figure out the problems. He is hoping some time in February he will attend Navy school for a while. I don't know how long that will last, but he is excited to stay off the ship for a while. The only days he will have to go back to the ship are on his duty days. He seems excited to be off the ship.
We had a great Christmas with Cassey's family coming for the holidays. We had lots of presents for the kids. Our Christmas tree was stocked with gifts for everyone. I haven't seen our tree filled since I was little and we had five children and two adults in the home. We were excited to see family. We don't see them a lot. We probably won't see them again until summer time. But we will see what's ahead.
Kimberly is enjoying preschool. She goes to two schools right now. She is under a program with Hawthorne Elementary in the mornings, and then she attends school at Bay Point Elementary which is in front of our house. If I haven't mentioned this before, I love the area we are in because everything I need is walking distance. So it is nice to be able to save gas with the economy so bad here in San Diego.
Collin is getting smarter everyday. Cassey and I have been keeping track of how much words he can say in a sentence. He can say up to seven words in a sentence. He is only 2 years old. But he sure loves to chit chat. If any one asks how he slept through the night, he would go off with words and just talk to you about his dreams. He is really cute. Kimberly likes her little kitchen she got for Christmas. And she also loves her tea set. She plays pretend with us all the time. It is really cute.
We receive a really precious gift for Christmas from Yvonne. A puppy. We named him Chubacka. I don't know if I spelled the name right. But we call him Chuy for short. He is in definite potty training right now. So it isn't much fun. But another problem we face is that we aren't allowed pets in the home. So after a lot of deciding and trying to figure out what to do with the puppy, we have decided that we will be moving. Cassey really doesn't want to get rid of the puppy. And I don't want to break his heart in telling him we have to get rid of the puppy. Because he is really happy. And I would rather see him happy than sad. So right now we are in the process of getting our home pre-inspected before we move out. So wish us luck and hopefully we can find us a home.
Well that is the scoop on us for now. I will post more when I come up with more to talk about. I will post photos up here so everyone can see how we have grown in our family. Loves to all and Happy New Year!