Cousin Boys

We are in Portland for the week and today we took the three boy cousins all born between August and November 2007 to Kiddie Kandids for pictures. It was pretty cute. We did this 5 years ago with Tyler, Kyle and Jacob and the new picture looks almost identical. This is Ethan (7 months) our son, Heath (4 months) Andy and Mari's son, and Isaiah (5 months) Casey and Angela's son. They are so cute.

Springtime

I haven't really wanted to update the blog because I don't have a whole lot that is exciting to report! The weather is getting warmer and I am excited for the daylight savings. I have always enjoyed being able to stay outside longer when it stays light. The boys are doing well, funny as ever. Especially Brandon. He and Tyler (one team) are playing hide and seek right now with Brian and Ethan (they are on the other team together). I have to say that I am grateful for the fact that none of us have gotten sick this winter like almost all other people that I know. Ethan has gotten two teeth and he is really smilely so it's cute to see them almost all the way in now. He is a crazy crawling little spider monkey. He scales walls, furniture, everything. He falls over a lot too wich is sad. He has a few brusies from it. Brandon tries to protect him from falling....last night Ethan was standing at the coffee table and took the 3rd tumble for the night and so Brandon stood him back up and held onto his hand. After that got boring for him (20 seconds later) he decided that he would just put a DVD case on his hand to protect him and weigh his hand down so that he wouldn't fall again. Let's just say, it wasn't really fool proof.

Something new every day...

So here are Tyler and Brandon in Ethan's clothes....and Brandon in his "sthnow clothes"....it was hilarious. He and Tyler went out into the snow 15 mniutes before church on sunday. It's too bad it had just started to pile up and we had to be faithful and go to church!

Brandon Sleeping....Ethan Crawling???

I walked into the room this afternoon to find that Brandon was a bit tired! He is sporting his newest racing gear that wears while he rides his dirt bike. Also, here is Ethan showing you his latest moves.

January 2008 Happy New Year~

So our boys got a mini dirt bike from SANTA and they really like it. It has training wheels....kinda cute huh? The boys get all geared up and go with Brian on saturdays, it's fun for them and great for mom to be alone with the baby. Ethan is doing great. He is eating a lot and growing a lot! He is already up on all fours (hands and knees) and about to crawl. He is really fun. Well, I have accomplished yet another post!

Merry Christmas!

We have had a great year. Tyler learned to waterski and Brandon learned how to talk! We had Ethan in August and he just learned how to roll over and Marnae started a company. Brian is still in Project Management for Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company in Bend and enjoying it. He is looking forward to his next job wich will be his biggest so far in his career! We are still enjoying Central Oregon although not enough of you have followed us here! We do miss family and friends but are happy to be so close to Brian's parents, and aunts and uncles. Our boys are keeping us really busy and they are fun. Ethan has brought nothing but joy to our lives and the boys are mostly concerned with Santa and Reindeer! It is fun when they begin to understand the holidays.
We hope this Christmas finds you well and happy. We wish you all a merry Christmas and hope that as you celebrate you will remember our Savior and what he has done for all of us. We are grateful for all our blessings and hope to have a wonderful 2008!

Love, The Powells (Brian, Marnae, Tyler 5, Brandon 3, Ethan 3 months)

Some more Pictures

As you can see we have some funny boys. I walked in one day and found them "experimentitng". I died laughing this time. Boys are hilarious.