Family Pictures in Idaho

Since the pictures on our wall are starting to get old, we thought we ought to take some good ones of the boys to hang up on our wall. I decided to try and make them all look about the same, and really do them well, since I often just clean them up enough to make them presentable. I think most of these turned our really well, so I thought I would share them.

This is one of the only family pictures we have with Gavin in it. We have a lot of him and the boys, but not all of us together. The boys all did great sitting for this picture.

Gavin did pretty good at taking pictures. He is a very smiley little boy. Even while getting a third tooth on the bottom. Here is Owen trying out Tysons patented head tilt. Although I didn't want them posing that way, it turned out pretty cute.

Tyson has a great smile, but sometimes for pictures he hams it up a bit. He toned it down a lot on this picture, and his personality came through. I loved this area for taking pictures, but there were a lot of ants by the barn, and the boys were more concerned about them then looking cute for pictures. They got a cute little moment here though.
this picture would be a lot better with me (Clint) out of it, but at least Tiffany is there to brighten it up.
This was my favorite picture of all the ones we took. I really like to see them all just being themselves and having fun with each other.
This was taken while the boys were playing. I love that smile.
Gavin being happy. We are glad he has been such an easy-going baby.

Owen isn't a big fan of the camera, but when i catch him not shying away from the camera, I can end up with some real gems. Tyson doing his head-tilt. He thought he was so cute every time he did it.
Gavin was having a ball being outside. He just loves to play.
Here is Owen with the same smile Tyson usually has. He thought he was pretty funny.

our trip to idaho

We just got home this week from Idaho, and although there is a lot we haven't blogged about, we thought we ought to get these recent pictures and stories up. We got to spend Memorial weekend in Sandpoint this year. Our trip served a few purposes. One, it's an excuse to get away for a while. Two, we went up to see Tiffanys family, we don't get to see some of them too often. Three, we bought a car from Tiffanys Grandpa (we are trying to sell our old Honda now). It is a 2002 Honda Accord. We are really excited about it. Tiffanys mom drove back with us so no one had to be by themselves in the van with all three boys.
The trip was excelent. We really enjoyed seeing everyone and catching up. During our week, I took a lot of pictures, trying to document some of the events, as well as get some good pictures of our family (we havent done family pictures in a long time, and most of the photos in our house are out of date). Here are some that I was able to get.

Here is most of the family. The boys loved being outdoors in Sandpoint. I think they were outside at least 5 hours every day.

Here are Tyson and Owen helping to make breakfast. They have both been very good helpers lately, and they like to be involved in everything thats going on.
Owen and Caleb really liked jumping on the neighbors trampoline. They were much more enthused than Tyson. Although Tyson is more outgoing normally, he gets very afraid of things. We finally got Tyson on the trampoline, but it didnt last long. You can tell by his face that he's not too excited about it.

While trying to take some good portraits of the kids, we got a few pictures that cracked us up. They came up with some interesting poses. I love Gavins face here. Below is Owen doing his face at the same age Gavin is. It must be a family trait.

Tyson always cocked his head, thinking it was more artistic that way, or something. This is an extreme example of his interesting technique.
Tiffany and Tricia wante some sister pictures, and i thought this one turned out pretty well.
Its been a long standing joke that Grandpa Chapin is always asleep while holding children. Though he really wasnt asleep, this adds to the long line of pictures we have of him with his eyes closed holding a child.
Grandma Chapin loves being able to get the grandkids together. Here are they on the swing on the front porch.
We had a really good time being able to see everyone, and just being able to relax. We will have more pictures of our trip, and we will try to be better about keeping everyone up to date.

The Tree

Well the finally did it. we new it was coming. Our tree has been slowly dieing since we moved in and so they cut it down this last week. they actually took out both of our front yard trees. We are really sad about it but they promised new trees. so we posted a little tribute to our trees. We will post pictures when they get the new ones put in.









They pretty much destroyed our lawn and they accidentally broke up the cement rings around them.






We will have more post to come soon with pictures of the boys.