Fishing with Papa

One Saturday in March the kids got to go fishing with Troy and Papa out on the lake in Papa's boat.

Visit with Great Grandparents!

It sure was great to see Grandma and Grandpa Ortlieb doing so well after 65 years of marriage and still going strong. My kids enjoyed visiting with thier great Grandparents while they were here for 3 weeks staying at my parents house. They had to go back to Wisconsin but my kids are still talking about them.

Mr. Brett as Brett Favre

Brett had to do a biography book report at school and he chose to read and do a report on Brett Favre's life. Brett really enjoyed reading the book, and then presenting the book report orally to to his class dressed up like Brett. The night before it was due Brett needed to do a trial run in front of family, so he presented it to his Great Grandparents who were in town from Wisconsin. They thought he did a wonderful job and really enjoyed hearing about Brett Favres life. Great job Brett Jones.

Family Bowling ....

Grandma and Grandpa Ortlieb and my dad.

My mom was actually the winner of the whole thing with a score of 145 and she had 3 strikes in a row! She's a competitive one!

It was a super rainy Saturday morning and we were looking for something to do yesterday so we headed to Reddings finest entertainment. BOWLING! We actually had a really good time, and the kids all improved from last time bowling. My Grandparents are here from Wisconsin and they even came along to watch. My brother and sister in law Eric and Rachel also came to town to see Grandma and Grandpa. For some reason we didn't get a photo of them. After bowling we went to Anderson to check out the logging show at the Shasta Fairgrounds in the pouring down rain. The backhoe rodeo was pretty entertaining. Then we went to Circuit City to check out the going out of business sale and to see if we could find a new t.v for my dad.

Happy Valentines!

Must wear Red on Valentines since it is my favorite color! The kids each had fun Valentine activities at school on Friday and all came home with loads of pink and red treasures and lots and lots of Candy!! Except Kaylee she accidentally left her special valentine bag at school, so she will come home with hers on Tuesday. Troy was off again on Friday so he got to join me in visiting all the parties. I am loving our Friday dates every week, it will be sad when he has to go back to work full time, but we are still praying for more work!

Guess Who!

I found these photos from a couple months ago in Brett's camera. He got to go crow hunting with his Papa and papas friend Jeff. He even got to use the camo blind to hide from the birds. He was so proud of his birds. Brett didn't actually get to shoot the ones he is holding but he got to practice his aim with his beebee gun! Brett was so cold and so hungary when he got home, but he didn't care cuz he had so much fun with his Papa.

A Monday Morning

A couple of photos of our kids on this Monday Morning before school! It is about 29 degrees out and all frosty in the back ground.

Oh and by the way the cats name is cookie dough...

Cookie Dough

Well wouldn't you know it the very next day after we decided to keep the cat, a neighbor lady told us that she is pretty sure this cat is expecting babies. NICE, so now we are going to have several kittys running around. The kids are so excited and we even are feeding it now! Can you believe the Jones family has a cat???? Keep on laughing! Its all for the kids! hee hee

Cat!

Well anyone who knows me knows how much I like animals???!!! RIGHT? Well this cat has been hanging out at our house for about 2 months now and I couldn't even scare it off. I sprayed it with a hose, clapped my hands at it and yelled at it to go home for several weeks and still it stayed. We did not feed it or anything, but for some reason it likes our house. SOOOO now we are thinking of keeping it, and my kids are so excited.