Austin's new word

So, last night, I was bringing Austin's new pj's down for him to wear. They were Batman themed. He says "is that batman, mommy?" I said, why yes it is. How did you know that? He said "cause I'm SMART"! Love it! Just had to share that! It was too good to keep to myself!

Merry Christmas time!

Lovin' these two lovebirds!

I took this picture of my grandparents on Thanksgiving day! I just love them and thought I would post this picture because they are just so sweet together! They are my only grandparents left and I treasure every minute I get to spend down at their house just chatting and laughing away! Love you gramp and gram!

A Super Grand Fall Day!

The boys were excited to get out of the house today! We started in the backyard for some super cute fall photos in the leaves! (Thanks Krista for inspiring me to take them.) Fortunately our neighbor has a tree that drops it's fall leaves in our backyard! Yeah for us that we didn't have to drive anywhere to find pretty leaves! Then, we headed off to the Pumpkin Patch in search of the right pumpkins for each of the boys! Darin had to work, so it was just us 3! It turned out to be a great day and warm too!

Collin turns 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, my baby is growing up! He is officially 9 years old and in the 4th grade this year! Yikes! It's hard to believe. He's gotten so tall over the summer and he's just a little man now...no baby left in him :( Happy Birthday my sweet Collin!!! I love you...

Collin enters the 4th grade

Collin started the 4th grade yesterday and seems to love it! Here's to a great school year!

Crater Lake baby!

So, I had to be convinced that I wanted to travel ANOTHER 90 miles to go visit a national park. I wasn't thrilled to be in the vehicle for that long again, but my dad and other siblings and their family wanted to go. Plus, Darin thought we should go as well. So, with that said, we went, and had a great time! The weather was perfect! Glad I went afterall...

Some really cute kids!

My precious niece Grace, 5 years old!

Princess Pey Pey ~ almost one years old!

My son Collin with my sweet niece Maddie and adorable nephew Logan

My cute 1 yr old niece Annika

Some precious boy cousins...Logan, Austin and Collin!

My handsome nephew Reece!

Okay...so the above pics are of my children and brother's children (but most of you know who these kids are!). I was told by Krista that she misses me blogging...so just wanted to post some pics of these pretty cute Motsinger grandchildren. Can they get any cuter? I mean, really???

Reunited at last!

Well, my dear sweet handsome grandpa Charlie went home to be with the Lord tonight. I am saddened by his departure from this earth, but happy to know he is spending eternity in Heaven with our Heavenly Father as well as Grandma Rose! We will surely miss you grandpa. I love you lots!

And the Rockets Red Glare!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone! We had so much fun today! What a busy day it was. We spent it in Tillamook this year. We started with taco salad, played a mean game of U-N-O and ended with the awesome fireworks that my brother Michael did for us! I hope you all had a wonderful day with friends and family! God Bless the USA!

It's "Too-th irty". Do you know where your child is?

At the dentist office, that's where!!! Austin had his first dentist visit today. He loved, loved, loved it! He was timid at first, but loosened up and loved it! When the dentist was done, he got to sit up in the chair. The dental assistant gave him a bag of dental goodies. Austin sat there holding the bag and said "I'm done". It was so cute!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all my beautiful friends that are Mothers!

Beautiful Weekend!

We had gorgeous weather ALL weekend and I loved it! Thankful the rain decided to go away for awhile!!! Darin was off yesterday and I actually got a picture of him with Austin. I also got a picture of Collin riding his dirt bike and a sweet one of Austie just smiling! Enjoy!

Happy Easter! He is Risen!

Today we can celebrate Easter because Jesus died on the Cross to take away our sins, and then rose again, so that we can have eternal life with him some day in Heaven. Today in kids church, we had a Bible lesson, and we included different colors of jelly beans. Black represents our sins, Red is the blood that Jesus shed on the cross for those sins, White is that we are white as snow (pure), Green is for our growth in Christ, Blue is for Baptism and Yellow is for Heaven. It is just a good reminder to us all that as we grow, we experience different colored "jelly beans" in our life! I hope and pray that we are all in the green/blue stage. I just think, that as the grass grows, so should our Faith in Christ Jesus who died on the cross to take away our sins!

Happy Birthday Shawnia

I just wanted to wish my friend Shawnia a happy Birthday today! She is fortunate enough to be celebrating it in Maui. She got to snorkel today. Love you girl!

Beautiful Day for the Park

Austin got to play at the park today. It was such good weather, I couldn't believe it! Collin was in Eugene today for his friend's birthday, so it was just me and Austin and my girlfriend Heather and her son Noah. We had a blast! Thank goodness for springtime!!! I can't wait for summer weather.

Biggest Loser

So, I was gonna post some pics of me. I even had Collin just take some. But, I don't seem to like any of them, so this is going to be a post without pics. I know, not like me, huh? Well, my weight loss journey continues. Since I wrote a blog about it a month ago, I have since lost 10 more lbs, and a total of 8.5 inches. So, that brings my total weight loss to 15.6 lbs as of this morning. I am in that in-between clothes size again. That is the part that sucks. My "fat" clothes are hanging off of me, but I'm not "skinny" enough yet to wear the next size down. Ugh...

My workouts have been tough, but worth it! I dred them every morning, but struggle through them, and am glad that I forced myself to workout when the workout is over! So, maybe in another month, I might like how I look and post some pics of the NEW me! If you could be so lucky! :)

Building a Fort

So, Collin had a friend over a few days ago, and they decided to build a fort. I think it took like 10 blankets and 5 or so chairs. Collin and his friend had snacks and drinks in the fort :) Austin even snuck in a time or two. Collin didn't want us to tear the fort down, so I allowed it to stay up for the whole day and night. When it was bedtime, I couldn't find Collin. I asked Darin where he was and he told me "in the fort". I couldn't believe it! Collin actually went to sleep in the fort! So, as usual, here I am posting pics from that!

For The Love of Papa!

My parents visited this weekend. When it comes to my dad, Austin won't leave his side. He loves his papa so much! It's adorable how much he admires him. He thinks his Papa is his best friend.

Boot Camp anyone?

Well, I've decided to just dive in when it comes to working out and losing weight. Between being a mother and wife, taking care of the kids, working and house work, the only time I have found that works best for me to work out, is at 6am in the morning before both kids are up! Darin does his exercise routine first, then it's my turn! He told me to give his workout video a try. I am on day 4 and it is literally kickin my butt! But, in a good way! i have also done my WII fit for the past month as well. So, I'm getting a double workout!! yeah! Here's to 90 LBS in '09! No, just kidding! i would look anorexic if I lost that much. But, 60 lbs would be just fine! i have already lost 6 of those 60! So, wish me luck, cause if i didn't have Darin encouraging me, I probably wouldn't have worked out this morning.

My babies are growing up!

These pictures I took yesterday of my buddy, my son! He just a joy and a delight to have! I just couldn't resist taking pictures of him.

By about picture 30, he was ready to be done with the photo session!!!

Brothers finally get to sit up at the table together and have dinner!

Austin has become quite the big boy. He wants to sit with us up on the high stool and he does pretty good. He even wants to drink out of a big boy cup, not the sippy kind.

This is Austin saying "cheese". It was so funny. He held his mouth in a smile with food in it and all. He kept saying cheese, cheese, cheese, until I took the picture! Guess that's what happens when you are in a house where the camera is always in use! :)

Once Upon a Time...

I'm having a nostalgic moment. I had the first grandson on my side of the family, and after Collin started to outgrow his clothes, I started passing them down to my nephew Reece. It has since traveled down the cousin chain and went to Logan. Now, it has cycled back to ME!!! Weird how that worked! Plus, the shirt is in awesome condition. I just had to take a picture of Austin in one of Collin's shirts that he wore when he was 2! Oh so long ago! I'll try and make a poem about it..we'll see how I do! :)

Once upon a time

in a land far away

lived a boy and his clothes

on a fine and grand day.

He grew and he grew

and his clothes didn't fit, you see

He had tons of clothes

to pass down to cousin Reecie.

When Reecie got older

he got taller and taller

he passed the clothes on to Logan

whose dad was a basketballer!

Then one fine day in the fall

Logan had to give the clothes to Austin Lee

But hey, after all,

that is where they originated from, you see!

Happy Birthday My Little 2 Year Old

Our little baby is 2 today! I am sad, but glad at the same time. No more sleepless nights, no more bottles, no more shots for awhile, I get a little more free time, etc... Austin has become quite the big boy these days. He is talking so much. It is just adorable to hear new words come out of his sweet lips! Happy Birthday baby boy. We love you!

Typical Tillamook Flooding

We were in Tillamook during Christmas break, and it decided to give us a mild flood. It didn't last long, but it stormed all day long and didn't let up for a minute. I think it finally stopped some time around 1 AM. Roads were closing, including the one that we have to drive on to get to my parents house. Fortunately on Friday when we woke up, the rain never continued and the water soon started to receed, contrary to the weatherman telling us otherwise! He said it wasn't going to let up until Saturday morning. Glad they were wrong. Collin was really scared about the flooding going on. He had never experienced one like I have before. He said to me as we were going to bed "Mom, what if it floods in the house?" I assured him that has never happened before. I reminded him of God's promise to us. I asked him if he remembered what the rainbow symbolized. He said yes. No worries after that! Whew! Of course, he had to go play in the water on Friday after the storm quit! Here are a few pictures from that!