Just a few more pics from the visit.

Well, I realize my blogging is so far behind right now, but I thought I would just finish putting up these pics from my family's visit before my in-laws come this weekend and I have more to post! Enjoy these various pics:

Cathy and boys
Wes, Cathy, Mom, Spence and my kids.
The girls

The boys
Boys again
Everyone but me and dad.
Solace's best pose.
Ender's best pose.
Spencer's best pose.

Solace found a beautiful flower.
Spencer's cartwheel .
Everybody loves Cathy.
Cathy and Solace.

Enderton's in Spokane: the Gondolas

For the first time, we rode the gondols at River front park. Dad wasn't with us (he wouldn't have liked it anyway based on the heights issue...), But here we are:

Spence and the kids on the ride over the falls This is Cathy, Wes, and Armour on the other one.
Ender LOVED it!!!
Beautiful Spokane falls.
Another look in the other gondola.
The falls

A look at Wes, Cathy and Armour's gondola going back up
In our gondola

More pics from my parents visit:Riverfront park.

This duck was totally checking us out! (Wes has informed me it is a goose checking me out.) Waiting to go on the carousel
On the carousel

Today's secret ingredient is...

Many of you know that I love to cook, and I am relatively good at it. I usually cook pretty elaborate meals for dinner every night. I always feel like I am selling out or cheating when I make a casserole or spaghetti, or anything easy really. However, many of you also know that I am pregnant, and for some sad, sorry reason this pregnancy has been really painful and tiring as I have an ovarian cyst (and a couple other "little" things). So, the point in mentioning that is that now I feel good if I actually get something like spaghetti on the table. Another symptom of this pregnancy has been that nothing is settling well, or even sounding good to eat.

That all said, can I just say, Campbell's tomato soup is the tastiest, most versatile ingredient ever! I used to think Cream of Mushroom soup was the be-all-end-all, but now I am liking the soup-cannot keep it in my house I am using it so much. It is great on noodles, with various meats (chicken and hamburger work well), or as a dip for sandwiches, or just to eat on it's own! Awesome, and I highly recommend using it, and using it often!

Campbell's soup is mmm...mmm...good!

I've been tagged (About time...) :)

I guess since I read this on Andrea's blog, I have been tagged, so here goes. ..

If you are reading this then you have to copy and paste and update your blog with your answers. (or email me if you don't have a blog). I will be checking. . .

1. Who is your man? Dr Johnson (aka Wes)
2. How long have you been together/married? 6 1/2 years
3. How long did you date? From Jan 6, 2001 on...(we were engaged on Feb 3 or 4 and married May 17)
4. How old is your man? He's practically a baby...28
5. Who eats more? Beckee
6. Who said I love you first? Wes
7. Who is taller? Wes
8. Who sings better? Wes
9. Who is smarter? We're both brilliant.
10. Who's temper is worse? Probably mine
11. Who does the laundry? I do usually, but he's not opposed to doing it!
12. Who does the dishes? See answer 11
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Wes
14. Who pays the bills? Me
15. Who has bigger feet? Wes
16. Who has longer hair? Me
17. Who is better at the computer? We're both pretty good.
18. Who mows the lawn? We have no lawn, and never have...
19. Who cooks dinner? Depends on who's home and available at the right time..
20. Who drives when you are together? We trade off-usually Wes
21. Who pays when you go out? Doesn't matter-all comes from the same account-usually me though, cause if we are out, it is usually because I am secret shopping...
22. Who is most stubborn? Me
23. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? We're never wrong
24. Whose parents do you see the most? We don't keep track of that, but try to keep our visits about equal.
25. Who kissed who first? Wes kissed me first-with much flirting on my part.
26. Who asked out who? We were set up, then I made up a date for our second date, so I guess I asked on that one...
27. Who proposed? Wesley
28. Who is more sensitive? Me
29. Who has more friends? About equal
30. Who has more siblings? Wes
31. Who wears the pants in the family? Wes

All Grown Up and Getting Married!

CONGRATS!!!!

Well, Wesley's baby sister is all grown up and getting married! Congrats Jessica and Bret!

Opa!

When my parents were here, we stopped to eat at a Greek restaurant. It was great. Some pics:

At the table From the other side
Solace
EnderArmour LOVED his first Greek food! Check out that meat!
And he even loved stealing the spaghetti-yes you read right-spaghetti that Spence ordered...

Fruit Picking/ Green Bluffs here come the Endertons!

When my parents, brother and aunt were visiting last week, we went to the apple orchards up in Green Bluffs. Here are some highlights!

Armour gets an apple Armour slam dunks an apple in the box
Cathy with Army
Mom and Dad
Cathy and all the kids
Everyone but me
Everyone but Cathy
Oh yeah-we played with fire picking apples-check out dad carrying Spence-we were pleasantly surprised that nobody fell! :) The funny part though is to check out Wes in the background-he's ready to catch if necessary!
Solace gets a pear.
Ender gets a high pear all by himself

"That's right mom, I got that pear all by myself."
Ender and his pumpkin-he couldn't help but grab and pick the first one he saw.
Armour, about to throw his pumpkin.
Wes and Solace with her large pumpkin (she said she had to have the biggest pumpkin, aka bigger than her brothers, because she's bigger then they are.)
But, Spence of course picked the great pumpkin. He was told he couldn't pick one because he couldn't take it to Utah, so he promptly went and picked a huge one he couldn't even carry alone. We now own the Great Pumpkin! :)
At the 2nd orchard getting berries.

Check out the raspberries on his cheek!
"Mom, did you get the beautiful picture of me picking a very red raspberry?"
Even Cathy got into it!
Spence too.

Grandparents day in pictures

Grandparents Day Video

For Grandparents day at their school last Friday, Ender and Solace we able to have my parents go with them. This is a video of 2 of the 3 songs they sang for the grandparents (the camera ran out of battery before the 3rd). Ender is front and center, Solace is harder to see-she is in the middle of the back row-long dark hair, singing her little heart out. Unfortunately my camera won't let you zoom on vodeo mode, so you don't get a great shot of Sol. Enjoy my first successful video post!

Come back for more!

So, it has been pointed out to me, repeatedly, and my many, ok well, by few, that I have been neglecting my blog for the last couple weeks. It's so true. But I assure you, I have pictures and stories galore! We had grandparents day, visits, and fun, fun, fun! So, stay tuned for more on the great Enderton family trek to see us here in Spokane! I don't promise to be hilarious as I have found I am less funny when I am not feeling well, but I promise I have lots of fun pictures.

BTW-Thanks to everyone who has been contributing to the names/ideas. I love them-keep em coming! I will likely put up a few of my recent ideas soon (pending whether I fear them stolen or not)! :)

A mother's nightmare...sorta...aka, another Ender adventure.

So, a week or so ago, in the middle of the night, while Wes was on call and at work in the ER, I went in to check on my kids. I looked in on Solace and she was sweetly sleeping. I went into the boys room, and immediately noticed an empty bed, and no sign of Ender. Before setting into full on panic, I glanced in the crib and saw that there was in fact a child in there, so Armour was ok. Then I started to search for Ender. I went into all three of his favorite bathrooms looking for him, searched under all three beds in the house, even double checked the doors to be sure they were still locked, as he has been prone to leaving now that he can open the doors alone. All was secure, but still no Ender. I went up and took a closer look in Solace's bed, making sure he was not stuck in the plethora of stuffed animals, dolls and blankets on her bed. He was not. So, finally, I went to take a closer look at Armour, realizing at this point that I had not even really looked at him, just seen that his foot was hanging out between the slots of the crib (as is his norm), and when I actually looked in the crib, after my frantic 5 minutes that felt like an hour, and right before I was going to call Wes at work, this is what I saw:





I am sure Ender was sleeping there the whole time, but in my panic, I had not even really looked. What a goof ball (both Ender and me I mean)!! Isn't he lovely wrapped in his sister's princess blanket?!