Edwards Family Adventures

Date Nights for Ryan and Holly

2012-02-11T20:37:00.004-08:00

Well here is the latest family picture. We went to Higgens Point on a rainy day hike. Anika is now 15 months old and Zane is 4 1/2 years old.

Holly and I went to the Brad Paisley and The Band Perry Concert. We had a great time but it was a late night for us on a Thursday.

Yes, I own a cowboy hat. Holly thought it looked good.

We also had a ski date last week. It was a great time and we both enjoyed the snow and exercise.

Holly Ripping it up

New Years with Montana McGranns!

2012-01-14T15:22:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year. We had fun with the Montana McGrann's on New Years Eve. I skied with Garin and Randy and then we met Mark and Tracey at the waterpark. Check out this picture of Mark. It's one of my favorites from this year. His sexy pose on the bridge. Thanks for coming and we had fun.

Christmas in Canada!

2012-01-14T14:50:00.000-08:00

We went to Red Mountain in Canada for Christmas. We had fun with our friends the Larsen Family and spending a few days away.
The skiing was not great but we made the most of it. The kids enjoyed the snow and being outside. We hot tubbed and went to the hot springs.

Date night with Monte and Julie.

Paisley and Anika

Zane's gingerbread house.

We made sure Santa was happy when he showed up at our place. All of this was gone in the morning.

Zane skied 2 days and did really well!

Montana Football!

2012-01-14T14:18:00.000-08:00

My friend Sean and I joined my cousins Garin and Randy for the University of Montana playoff game vs. N. Iowa. Sean and I made the quick trip over to Missoula and raced to the game. We had a great time and the Griz won big.

We had great seats.

Did I mention it was about 17 degrees!

Halftime . I had to drink for Garin and Randy.

G-Pa Russ and the culvert Project

2012-01-14T13:38:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving week was busy. Our culvert replacement project started and I worked all week helping out with the work. This picture shows the size of the new culvert....it's huge. Notice our house in the center of the culvert.
Grandpa Russ came up for Thanksgiving. We had a blast and he was a huge help. We had Elk for Thanksgiving dinner and also went to an NIC basketball game.

Grandpa calls this wrastling

Zane and Mom

Anika Turns One!

2011-11-06T20:23:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Anika's first birthday with a small party. She enjoyed her cupcake and the attention.

Anika got a "baby" for her birthday and was very pleased and happy to give it hugs.

Our friend Julie and her family came over with gifts and also fun times. Look at that smile on Anika.

Carving Pumpkins

2011-11-06T20:15:00.000-08:00

It was pumpkin carving night. We had fun making Zane's pumpkin. We forgot to take a picture of the finished product.

Happy Haloween

2011-11-06T19:42:00.000-08:00

Here are our kid's in their halloween costumes. Anika was a skeleton and Zane was a "Mower Guy". Thanks to Gramme Mary Ellen for making Zanes shirt. He was the owner of Zane's Mowing Company. He had a mower bag for his candy. We planned to go downtown but I was out sick. Learn from me! Get your flu shot ASAP.

Ryan's ELK!

2011-10-16T18:40:00.000-07:00

I got my first elk on Saturday AM. After all these years I'm a successful Elk hunter! I shot a large cow elk. It felt great and was a good experience. It was plenty of work too. I packed out all the quarters and hiked approx. 16 miles in one day. Kenny and Connie helped with the quartering and hiked out the rest of the meat. We have meat hanging and I provided for the family this winter! Thanks to my friend Kenny for all his help. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, all I had was an old disposable camera.

Fun Times

2011-10-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

Zane and I went on a field trip to Carver Farms! I had fun with him and his classmates. We came home with pumpkins, gords and corn.

Uncle Tom came by for a visit. There is a new house being built. We enjoyed watching the pump truck do it's thing.

Tractor at Carver Farms

Our baby walks!

2011-10-07T18:13:00.000-07:00

Here are the kids being silly.

Go Griz!

2011-09-28T23:01:00.000-07:00

We had our annual fishing and football weekend with Doug Danser. We did not catch any fish but we had plenty of fun. Thanks Doug and Sean for the fun.

Sean and I had great seats.

These guys were my hero's. After each touchdown they threw DingDongs and Twinkies into the crowed. Sean and I were lucky to get treats twice!

Ravalli Montana County Fair

2011-09-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

We went to the Ravalli County fair to visit our Family the Montana McGrann's. We had a fun time doing all the activites and enjoyed seeing Garin and Randy auction off their pigs. The prices were a bit out of my league to bid but we had fun. Garin won Grand Champion Showmanship and Reserve Grand Champion in the Round Robin where you show 5 different animals.

Montana McGrann's

Auntie Tracey

Randy the pig master

This reminds me of one of my brothers old girlfriends. This is a 1,400 lb pig!

Should say "Garin" They will fix it later.

Garin showin steers

Here is the video of the awards ceremony where Garin won. Great job to Garin and Randy!!!!

BUSY Vacation!

2011-09-04T09:22:00.001-07:00

Good times with Aunt Kelly.

My Mom says she is never on the blog.....well, here you go mom. She fell down and smashed her face pretty good. She was in good spirits though. I told everyone that Kelly did it to her.

We had a great time with my mom and Aunt Kelly. We spent 2 nights at the Snoqualimie Pass at the Byrne Cabin. We then went to see Ben and Gen's new property in Issaquah. From there we hit my Grandma Helen's 90th Birthday party. We hurried up and headed to Derek and Michele's wedding in Shelton, WA. We had a wonderful time but it was a long day!

Casebeer's Visit

2011-08-31T20:47:00.000-07:00

Jan and Lon came up for a visit. Aunt Sarah and her two boys Nathan and Dawson came up too. We were busy with boat rides, playing games and a fun campfire. Thanks to them for making the trek up. We had fun.

First Day of School!!!!

2011-08-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

Both kiddo's did well on their fist day. Both were happy and excited.

Date Night!

2011-08-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

Holly and I celebrated our anniversery with a Date Night to the Michael Franti concert at the Festival at Sandpoint. We had a blast.

Grandpa Russ Visit

2011-07-31T22:03:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Russ came up to Idaho for Zane's birthday and a long weekend. We had a great time and enjoyed his company.

Zane Turns FOUR!

2011-07-31T14:24:00.000-07:00

Our Son Zane turned 4 on the 13th. He had a great party with his friends. We had a baseball theme and played wiffle ball.

Zane scored with a real bat from Brodie and the Larsen family.

Time for cake!

Tom McGrann Bird houses

2011-07-31T14:01:00.000-07:00

Uncle Tom brought Zane a new Birdhouse. We had a great time with him.

4th of July with Ben, Gen, Logan and Blake!

2011-07-31T13:41:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July! We had a great time with Ben McGrann and his family. Check out this sail boat. This was so cool and set the mood for the day. We had a blast.

Holly and I would never let our kids eat something like this. Can you believe Logan ate that whole Sundae himself?

Auntie Gen and Baby Anika

The Keystone Club

Yes, we went on Date Night. As Gen said, "Yes, we're up past 11 PM!"

Table with a view please....

My Rafting Trip on the Owyhee and Grand Ronde!

2011-06-30T23:02:00.000-07:00

Good times were had on my rafting trip on the two rivers in Oregon! Thanks to Scott Klaue for the trip. 100+ miles in 6 days.

Jay's Graduation and Travis and Wendy's wedding

2011-06-30T22:48:00.000-07:00

We traveled to Seattle to celebrate Dr. Jordan's graduation. They got to meet Anika at the graduation dinner.
Travis's wedding was fun even though it was raining.

Zane and I enjoying a wedding donut! Very fun.

Walk for Autism

2011-05-08T20:10:00.000-07:00

We joined our friends in a walk to raise awareness about Autism. It was cold but fun!

My kids on the cart

Dean on Zane's bike, he's trying to get in the lead!

Zane on only 2 wheels!

2011-05-08T19:24:00.000-07:00

Zane is riding his bike without training wheels, in fact he never even had them!
He went from his strider to a real bike in a few hours!!!! It's soooooo cool. He's pretty fast too.

Skiing with Zane!

2011-04-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

Zane and I had a great day at Silver Mtn. We did 9 runs together. We watched the Pond Skimming competition and Zane loved it. A 9 year old boy flew across it. I look forward to many more days on the mountain with my son.

Vacation in Hawaii

2011-04-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

Hawaii was a blast, just went by way too fast. We visited the Island of Oahu. We stayed in Honolulu. Holly's parents Lon and Jan met us in Hawaii. We had a great time and celebrated Lon working through his Cancer and ending his treatments.

Surfer Mom waving to Zane

Lon smiling. Save this picture! This is rare!

Zane met Elmo in Hawaii, who knew Elmo lived in Hololulu and was so big.

A young Jacques Cousto?

The mountains are so cool and awesome.

Jay Day

2011-03-06T21:13:00.000-08:00

Today was a special day and we

remembered our friend Jay and visited the bench in his memory. The sun came out and felt good. We met up with our friends the Freeman's and had fun chucking rocks into the lake. We miss you Jay.

Hangin with Luke and Zane.

Sean and Emily

Tom and Yo Visit

2011-03-06T20:57:00.000-08:00

Uncle Tom and Aunt Yo visited from Yakima. We had a feast of a dinner and many good laughs.

They brought many gifts. Diapers and wipes for Anika, A kite for Zane and a case of Beer for Ryan for his birthday! I hope we don't mix up who's gifts are who's...

Tom and Zane hanging out

Tom showing off his new shirt he got for his birthday. Ready for sunshine!

My Kiddo's

2011-03-05T22:00:00.000-08:00

Anika and Zane photos. These are about a month old but still cute pics.

Going on a HIKE!

2011-03-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

We enjoyed a couple of nice hikes with the kids. What beautiful area we live in. Zane is getting to be a good hiker.

CHRISTMAS! Santa came!

2011-01-01T11:45:00.001-08:00

Here we come, down the stairs to see if Santa came to our house. Zane was very excited.

Santa came through with the Gonzaga Jersey that Zane asked for!

Zane also got new skis for Christmas!!!

Here is Brodie, the neighbor boy. They are showing off their loot from their Christmas
haul. Brodie got a fancy bat and a ski pass.

Grandpa Russ came for Christmas!

2011-01-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

Zane and Ryan picked up Grandpa Russ with a great sign. We had a wonderful and relaxing visit with Grandpa. He played with Zane a lot and even joined us on a ski trip to Silver Mountain.

Holding his granddaughter, Anika.

Hanging out with Zane.

Abby and Chris Visit

2011-01-01T11:23:00.000-08:00

We had a great visit with Abby and Chris. They stayed for 2 nights and we had many laughs. Abby was a great help with Anika and held her while Holly made dozens of cookies.

Future Christmas card for Abby and Chris??? Chris looks a bit worried.

Apple Cup 2010

2010-12-05T21:51:00.001-08:00

What a great Apple Cup. WSU vs. UW. It came down to the last 44 seconds. Jake Locker got his win to go to a bowl game. I wish WSU had won but I got my wish, just a good close game. Cousin Derek came all the way from Seattle to attend the game and spend the weekend with us. I had a great time with Sean and Todd at the game too. Thanks guys.

Todd being a little crazy.

Big D in Big P

Happy Turkey Day

2010-12-05T21:34:00.000-08:00

The snow has arrived! We had a great turkey day weekend. We went to Silver Mountain. They have a water park that Zane and I really enjoyed. He loved the slide below and went by himself about 3 dozen times. We are thankful for our new baby girl, Anika. We are thankful for our fortunate lives and good health. Remember our troops and freedom. Pray fer snow.

Baby Pic's

2010-12-01T22:36:00.000-08:00

Baby Anika is doing well. A little upset tummy the last few days.

Holly's mom, Jan came to help with the new baby. She was great and we appreciate her making the trip and all her help.

Family of Seahawk fans. We've been disapointed lately.

Zane and Nana Jan.

The new Baby GIRL!!!!!!

2010-11-04T15:59:00.000-07:00

Here she is! Ms. Anika Casey Edwards
7 lb 18.5" Born November 3rd 2010

Proud Big Brother Zane. He held Anika for about 30 minutes and did great with her. He is so caring.

Just minutes old here

Halloween!

2010-10-30T09:36:00.000-07:00

Zane was a Seahawk Football Player for Halloween. He wore his costume, including helmet, to school on Friday. Pretty cute!

Zane in his room. Painting are by Abby Thielen. They look great. What a cool Room.

Carving Pumpkins

2010-10-30T09:16:00.000-07:00

Zane carved his first pumpkin with dad at the Heiman's house. He did a great job and was not scared of the slimy insides of a pumpkin. His was a "Happy" pumpkin. Dad carved a wolf but Zane added his touches and there was not much left! It was pretty funny.

Montana 73 Western State-Colorado 2, But still a Fun Time

2010-09-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

Sean, Doug and I took in the Montana vs Western State game, my Ala mater. Montana was impressive and I found myself torn on who to root for. The game had a lightning delay to the benefit of Western. The tail-gaiting was very fun as you can see we scored plenty of free beer and even a few Brauts. Thanks Sean and Doug for the great time.

We fished Rock Crick hard. We tried our best but only pulled a few fish out. What a beautiful stretch of water.

Sean with the best catch of the day.

Doug and Ryan relaxing after fishing.

Zane's first day of School!!

2010-09-06T21:35:00.000-07:00

Here is Zane on the front steps before his first day of school. He was very excited to see his friends and new teachers.

We went to a bike rodeo!

Yes, that is Zane riding his new bike, without training wheels. He has the riding and balance down. We are working on stopping and brakes!

Our Friend Brodie, made this bike for Zane as a gift. Zane calls it his motorcycle. It has a sheild with his name and the number 2....Zane's favorite number.

A Fun weekend

2010-09-06T21:10:00.000-07:00

Hanging with Nana and Poppa.

A ride on Brodie's kayak. He made it himself. Pretty cool.

Spokane Shock Win the Arena Super Bowl

2010-09-06T20:05:00.000-07:00

Nana Jan came to visit and a few days later Poppa Lon came too. We went to the Super Bowl of Arena football! The Spokane Shock won it all. It was a blast. You can it was loud, Zane wore his ear plugs.

Being silly and rocking out on the boat with Brodie, the neighbor kid.

Brodie's nice and delicious bass.

Nana and Zane.

McGrann Family Reunion - Banks Lake, WA

2010-09-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic family reunion. Banks Lake was a fun place to gather, but it flew by way too fast. As you can see, everyone in my immediate family came and then almost everyone in my extended family made it. Over 60 people in all.

We had a "Hawaii 5-0 party" party for Aunt Kelly's 50th birthday!

Aunt Emily and Uncle J.

Fun Tug of wars between our war vets and their gals. Travis and Wendi won.

Big enough to feed everyone.

Ryan's Fishin Trip on the YAK

2010-07-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

I got to go on a guided fly fishing trip with a co-worker, Chris Burnett. We hit the Yakima river, just south of Ellensburg, WA. We had a great time even though it rained pretty hard on us.

Ryan's friend Chris Burnett with a fish slightly smaller then Ryan's. Ha ha.

Grandpa Russ Came for a Visit!

2010-07-31T09:04:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Russ came for a long weekend visit. We had a great time and he and Zane really bonded.

Zane, Dad and Otto from the Spokane Indians Baseball team.
What a fan, Zane and I sat in the first row for part of the game.

WOW, check out this ice cream that Grandpa Russ bought Zane! No, he did not eat it all by himself.

Edwards' Boys

We had a blast playing baseball on the real field.

Check out that pitchers wind-up

Camping and Fishing with the Bennett's

2010-07-25T21:02:00.000-07:00

We went camping with Dean, Linda and their dog Kobe. Dean and I had a great time fishing together. He showed me some new tricks and caught just a few more fish then me....I owe him some beers from our bet.

Zane tired fishing too. I guess I'll have to try fishing in my underwear some time.

Playing baseball. This is Zane's "Hair Ball" pitch. Looks like Dean is going to crank it.

Hanging by the campfire.

Zane's BIRTHDAY

2010-07-25T20:34:00.000-07:00

Zane had is 3rd birthday on July 13th! He got a big boy room for his gift. He got a new bed! A basketball hoop in his room! And all kinds of sports themed stuff to fill it up.

Zane seeing his new room for the first time!

We were so lucky to have family in town on his birthday. Here Aunt Kelly and Aunt Sheila celebrate Zane's new books!

We had John E., Gerald, Pat, Sheila, Kelly, Mark, Tracey, Garin and Randy all visit and celebrate Zane's Birthday!

Aaron and Josie's wedding!

2010-07-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

Yep, our friend Aaron Davidson got hitched to a wonderful woman, Josie. They had an incredible wedding on a boat on Flathead Lake. We had a great time. After the wedding they and the whole wedding family jumped in the lake. I'm glad they didn't get married in Feburary!

The happy groom

Hanging with Devon.

Zane the Boat Driver.

I found a old boat and we went rowing around Flathead lake together.

Good times with Doug

2010-07-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

We went to visit our friend Doug. He and I had a great time fishing together.

Zane and Doug hanging out.

4th of July!!!

2010-07-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

We had a great time watching the fireworks at the Hurtado's. Great view from their new house.

Some fireworks with the neighbors and Jairus.

Zane and Jairus hanging on the boat!

Hoopfest!

2010-07-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

The "Spencer Lakers" came to visit us and play in Hoopfest. We had a blast watching them and hanging out for a few days. Colin Byrne, Trevor Simpson, Francis and Cody were the team. Carly and Anna also came to support. Check out Colin with this sweet shot.

The loyal fans. Mighty Hot women Zane hangs out with.

Francis, Trevor and Colin below.

Fun in Montana

2010-07-01T23:26:00.000-07:00

Zane and I caught a nice fish. We had a great time on the boat.

We went to Montana and visited Aunt Tracey, Uncle Mark, Garin and Randy. We saw many of their farm animals and had a great time.

Pigs are not soft and cuddly. Ha, Zane enjoyed seeing the pigs, chickens and cows. Thanks for the great time McGrann's.

Date night with Abby and Chris

2010-07-01T23:07:00.000-07:00

Abby and Chris are headed to Portland. We had date night and sent them off with well wishes. We'll miss these guys. Abby was so influential in Zane's life. We're so thankful for what she has done. We'll miss them.

Gramme Came to Visit

2010-07-01T22:37:00.000-07:00

Gramme Mary Ellen came to visit. We had a great time. Zane enjoyed ice cream and playing bubbles. Thanks to mom for coming up.

Casebeer Family Reunion, Sunriver, OR

2010-06-13T10:37:00.000-07:00

Zane is helping Papa Lon drive. Wait, who's watching where we are going?

Zane, Dawson and Nathan kept us busy with some Tee-Ball.

Hanging at the pool.
Uncle Chris and Dawson showing off their catch.

The lady Casebeer's. Peg, Jan, Jenny, G-Ma Leona and Grandma Sue. Sue is the reason we are all here. She started this clan.

Hanging with Papa and Nana

2010-06-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

Zane doing a bit of fly fishing! Ahhh, his dad is so proud.

Raining in Bend, OR..WHAT!

Dawson and Nana Jan.

Zane and his Papa Lon. Warmed up right away.

Fun with Devon and Matt

2010-06-13T09:27:00.000-07:00

We were fortunate to get to visit with Devon and Matt in Bend, OR. We stayed at their beautiful home for 2 nights. Here we went out to dinner with Devon to McMinnimun's restaurant and bar. We had a great time and look forward to seeing them in Montana in July for Aaron and Josie's wedding!

Devon and Holly wishing they were floating the river and pounding some beers..

Zane in the Candy shop.....too many to choose from.

Cox family Visit before their big adventure

2010-05-16T21:13:00.001-07:00

The Cox family came over for dinner before thy left on their adventure. I don't know how Hollie and Brandon do it with a 7 person family but they are all great kids. Here they are on the steps for a group picture.

The Boat is in!

2010-05-16T20:17:00.000-07:00

The maiden voyage. It was a great day and we got the boat in the lake. Pray for sunshine!

Uncle Tom and Yo Visit

2010-05-16T20:09:00.000-07:00

Uncle Tom and Aunt Yo came to visit!
We had a great time and they treated us to a fine dinner at the new "Texas Roadhouse" BBQ.

Zane tried real bowling. He did great and we had some good laughs.

Hiking with Zane and Wheeler

2010-04-14T21:21:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, Zane and I enjoyed a great hike. He made it about a mile. You can see we had fun.

Easter pics

2010-04-14T20:56:00.000-07:00

We went to Portland and saw Aunt Sheila and Uncle Chris for dinner. We had a great time. We forgot to take pictures with Gramme. She kept us busy and her house is coming together. We had a good time but was a fast trip with lots of driving.

Zane and I enjoyed easter with the Gibbens and Klaues. We had a great time and thank you for all the easter gifts for Zane. Also, the food and desert was grrrrreat!

Easter egg hunt for the kids. Very fun to watch.

Zane's First Bike!

2010-03-30T21:27:00.000-07:00

On Sunday Zane got his first and brand new bike! It's a Strider Bike! Yes, no pedals. He moves it with his feet and will learn to coast and balance. This bike is designed to make riding a bike easier and skip the whole training wheels process. Go Zane Go!!!!

Baker Fam Came to Idaho for Spring Break

2010-03-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

Can you hear them? 3 Wild boys! We had to go to the Hot Rod Cafe! We had a great time with the Bakers. Thanks for coming

Aunt Holly and Sweet DB (Dawson)
Cool Kids in the park

Hang in Mr. Baker's back seat

Chris pondering life with his friend the goose.

Party at the Gibbons/Klaue's for Dominic

2010-03-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

As always we had fun out at Janet and Gibby's house. Gibby is doing well after his sugery. Zane had fun on Dom's new 4 wheeler! Thanks for the good time guys.

Cool cake with a 4 wheeler on it.

JAY DAY

2010-03-07T13:29:00.000-08:00

We rememebered our friend Jay today. It was a beautiful day. We met up with our friends for breakfast and then went out to Higgins Point to the Bench that is there in his memory. We ended up spending a few hours out there playing on the beach and the boys throwing rocks in the water. It was a great way to remember Jay.

Oh, and baby Emily was there to with her great dad, Sean. Sorry the picture is sideways.

Montana McGranns came to town!

2010-03-07T10:58:00.000-08:00

Mark, Garin and Randy met Ryan for a ski day at Lookout Pass. We had a great time and they wore Ryan out! We then went to the NIC basketball game with Holly and Zane. Afterwards we went out for Pizza. Thanks for the great time guys.

Zane learns to ski!

2010-03-07T10:36:00.000-08:00

Bode Miller watch out! We have a skier! Holly and I took Zane skiing for presidents day weekend. We stayed in Sandpoint and enjoyed some hot tubbing too.

We had fun!

Zane and mom (snow bunnie) hanging out

Nanna and Poppa Visit!

2010-03-07T09:47:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Lon and Jan who flew up for a visit. We had a great time and enjoyed our long weekend together.

Zane got a new basketball!

Jan and Lon visit / Quinns Hot Springs

2010-03-06T23:31:00.000-08:00

Zane had a great time at Quinns along with Lon and Jan.

Good Times

New Years in Phoenix

2010-01-07T19:32:00.001-08:00

Cousins Zane and Asher Hangin out.

Asher and his ma, Allison. We had a fun time at the Childrens Museum of Phoenix.

New Years Eve Night. We were wild! Watched a movie. Grandpa Russ took the picture.

Our girls after their spa day

New Years with Grandpa in Phoenix

2010-01-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

Zane and Grandpa Russ hanging out at the Kids Museum.

We had a great round of golf in Phoenix

Swiming with Grandpa at his pool.

Christmas Morning!

2010-01-07T16:45:00.000-08:00

Zane was a bit shocked that Santa came! He kept saying "A Sled" "A Sled!"

Here he is opening a special gift from Great Grandma Ona. A wood box for all his treasures.

Zane stuffed his PJ's with legos. Guess he thought they were safe there.

Christmas Eve Dinner / Gramme's Visit

2010-01-02T22:37:00.000-08:00

We had special guests Gramme Mary Ellen, Sean, Di, Luke and Emily. Emily is Sean and Di's new baby. She is very cute and wonderful. Hope Santa came to your house.

The ladies having a Christmas eve drink. Gramme was here for Christmas.

Zane and Luke having a dance party

Turkey Day with Uncle Tom and Aunt Yo

2010-01-02T21:31:00.001-08:00

Thank you to Uncle Tom and Aunt Yo for a great Thanksgiving. We had a great time. Anna, Brian, Genevieve and Logan also attended. The dinner was great and we had a lot of laughs. Zane talked about Logan for days afterwards. Check out these pictures.

2009-11-15T19:34:00.000-08:00

Fun with Zane, Dad and Wheeler. Photos credits to Mom.

Dang ole Seahawks. They're playin like dogs!

Zane and his silly smile.

Girls Weekend

2009-11-15T18:32:00.001-08:00

Got Hairnets?
Sarah, Jan and Holly donned hairnets for their tour of a Bakery. I think they could wash lettuce and flip burgers if they make career changes.
They had a great girls weekend and missed their men terribly.

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-01T09:24:00.000-08:00

We had a great halloween and met up with many friends. We went Trick 0r Treating with Luke (superman), Jairus (spider), Reed (Dragon/dinosaur) and Zane (Dragon/Dinosaur) I was the Dog Catcher and Holly was "Smartie Pants". Thanks to the Harris family for the great party.

Abby and Zane

Fall Work

2009-11-01T08:40:00.000-08:00

We had a nice day and cleaned up the leaves and pine needles. We burned for a couple of hours. Zane had a great time.

Scott's Birthday Party

2009-11-01T08:07:00.000-08:00

Zane got to check out Scott's new sled!

Tia, Holly, Zane and Granny Janny

Silly Zane

2009-09-29T21:07:00.001-07:00

Here is Zane wearing dad's socks. He thought it was great.

Seahawks Game vs. Bears

2009-09-29T20:52:00.001-07:00

I had a great time with my uncles Pat, Tom and my friend Mike Finzer. The Seahawks played well until about 2 minutes left.....we had great seats with a close view.

Travis' girlfriend is Wendi, on the front Right. She did a great job and cheered on the Seahawks within a few minutes of victory.

Beautiful Seattle Sunset.

Uncle Tom's Visit

2009-09-16T18:15:00.000-07:00

We had a great visit with Uncle Tom. We were able to get out on a quick boat ride.

Here is a rainbow from our house. I looked for the pot of gold but did not find it...If I had the blog would be a bit different this week.

U of Montana vs. Western State College of Colorado

2009-09-07T17:52:00.000-07:00

My friend Doug Danser and I enjoyed our favorite teams facing off in Missoula. We had great seats! The First Row! The Griz pulled out the win and it was a great time. Thanks Doug.

Hitting "The Press Box" bar for breakfast and the first beers of the day.

Doug and I also went fishing on Rock Creek on Friday. Nice fish!

Pictures of Zane!

2009-09-07T16:39:00.000-07:00

My "Z" from Aunt Sarah.

Washing my car.

Hanging with my buddy Luke.

Jan, Lon and Grandma Leona

2009-08-24T14:05:00.000-07:00

We had more visitors! Jan, Holly's Mom, came for about a week. She got to spend some quality time with us and especially Zane. Lon and Leona came up last Wednesday and hung around until Sunday AM. We had a good time with them. We had a few boat rides, good food and they helped us in the front yard. Thanks for making the trek to North Idaho.

Byrne's Visit Idaho

2009-08-24T12:46:00.000-07:00

We had a great visit from the Byrne family and additions. Eiliene, Marty, Derek, Kim, Dylan, Tara, Scott, Cody, Carly and Colin rolled in Saturday night. We wanted to go boating but bad weather kept us home and playing games and watching the Seahawks. On Sunday we made it out for some boating.

Grandma Helen and Aunt Marcella

2009-08-24T12:39:00.000-07:00

We stopped to see Grandma Helen and Aunt Marcella. We had a great dinner with them. Thank you.

Byrne Family Campout

2009-08-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

We crashed the Byrne family campout! Since we could not make it for the 4th of July we decided to come in August. We had a great time. Zane camped in the tent with us and we had fun with the whole Byrne family and extended family and friends. Thank you!
PS-This is a picture of us on the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle on a beautiful August day.

Fun with the Uncle Tom and Aunt Yo

2009-08-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Our adventure started at Tom and Yo's in Yakima. We spent the night with them and ate like King's and Queens. Thanks for the great time!!!!

A stop in Noxon, Montana

2009-08-04T18:21:00.000-07:00

We stopped by the Danser's house on our way home. They showed us a great time and made some meals that were fit for Kings. Zane warmed up to Doug and Karen very well. Doug took Ryan fly fishing and they had a successful outing. They have a wonderful home and were awsome hosts. Thank you.

Ryan's Fishing

2009-08-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

First the important stuff.....
Zane and Holly.

I was very fortunate to go on a guided fly fishing trip on the Flathead River near Kalispell, MT. My guide was quick to release the fish....yes I did catch some, 4 Cuthroats and 1 Rainbow. Just no pictures. The guide, Tom, brought his dog Heidi.

Heidi sat in my chair most of the day. That's okay, I was busy fishin. I got home very tired and hungry. Thanks to Holly for watching Zane all day.

McGrann Visitors

2009-08-02T16:34:00.000-07:00

We had Aunt Sheila, Uncle John E. and Uncle Pat come spend the night. We had a fun boat ride and they helped with our back yard the next morning. Then Thursday night we met the Hynes family in Spokane. We had a great picnic with John, Millie, Matt, Jennifer and Katie came too!

Ready for football season like dad!

The Jay Danser Memorial "Gutters and Greens"

2009-07-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

As you can see We drank from the cup of victory!
Our team won the combined bowling and golf score! It was a great time and a wonderful way to remember our friend Jay Danser.

The Winners

Dad And Holly

Diane, Sean, Tom, Russ and Holly

Zane with his crazy new smile...

On a hike on tubs hill with Grandpa Russ

Grandpa Russ came to visit for Zane's Birthday!!

2009-07-19T16:15:00.000-07:00

Zane calls Grandpa Russ....Grandpa USS. They played together and had a great time. We celebrated Zane's 2nd birthday and Dad's/Grandpa's 60th. Thanks for coming G-Pa USS.

Zane being Silly

Kevin, Allison and Asher came for the 4th of July!

2009-07-07T21:50:00.000-07:00

Zane and Uncle Kevin having a good time

Silly Zane playing with Asher

Cousins

Date night with Kevin and Allison. We took the boat into town and then hit the hot spots!

Kevin caught a monster Bass

Thank you to Kevin, Allison and Asher for traveling up to Idaho for the 4th of July. We had a great time with you guys. It flew by quickly and we had a fun time.

Zane opening his birthday gift! Thank you.

Hoopfest with Cousin Derek and Colin

2009-07-07T21:33:00.001-07:00

Muscle Man Colin Byrne
Derek, Colin and Ryan

Hangin with Mr. Byrne

Two Hansom Men

We got a surprise phone call from Derek that he was in Spokane and in Hoopfest. We finished up our chores and headed over to watch their team, "The Rainbow Trout"

The Slide of Doom

2009-06-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Dean Bennett for this production!