fall Cleaning

For some reason I seem to do my spring cleaning in fall...go figure. But I think it's a great idea, making room for all the decorations for fall, Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas and new years. I've been trying to get Brett to go through his closet and get rid of the clothes that he hasn't worn in more then a year....he's a little reluctant, I don't know why. I'm getting rid of all my maternity clothes so if you know anyone one that is prego or is going to be let me know so I can give them to people that need them.

Jetty is crawling really well....too well in fact, He was crawling close to the railing and our railing is not up to code. He backed up and got stuck (Thank God!) I looked over and he was grunting because his head and shoulders got stuck so he didn't fall down the stairs. But it scared the poop at of me. Once again if anyone has any ideas about what to do about the gap, any ideas would be appreciated. He's got 4 teeth too. exciting times!

Gage is starting to talk a little better, I think we are going to wait until February before we call the early intervention people. But he's being very much like a little boy. Kicking Jett, pushing Khloe and throwing his toys everywhere. Boys will be boys I guess. But he's in for a big surprise when Jett gets older!!

Khloe is enjoying preschool and learning alot. She's being a little mom to the two younger boys, but they don't lsiten to her anymore then they listen to me. She is a great helper though and I don't know what I would do without her!

Brett is doing well in school. Well in that last two classes he is taking. He dropped two classes but it's better that he did. He took a math class that was was too high and the other class was a little too hard for him right now. But he enjoys Acting and sociology.

Thats about it for the Hammerstrom family. We leave for seattle in a week from Friday so I'm really excited about that. Hopefully we won't forget the camera so we can take some cool pictures of Oktoberfest!

I know its been awhile

The computer is being stupid again so until it's fixed or I get unlazy and download some software onto the laptop it's going to be a minute before I get some new pictures up. Khloe had her first primary program today and it was great! She was the loudest singer and had a pained look on her face the whole time. It was a riot!! Then we went to Lagoon with Brett's mom, Me, Khloe, Her cousins and an Aunt and 2 uncles. It was a lot of fun and it wasn't too hot. Wicked is an awsome roller coaster and I recommend it to anyone!! So more pictures......soon.....I hope!

So what's the virdict??

I got my hair done on friday night. Just needed a change of pace and since it's fall I thought I would go darker. It makes my eyes look really blue. And when I look at myself in the mirror out of the corner of my eye, it makes me stop and say, 'who is that, oh yeah it's me!!" So let me know what you think!!

Different Look

I'm going to get my hair done today for a different look. I will post pictures when I'm done and you can tell me what you think!! I hope you all like it. Only brett knows what I'm doing and he's excited for me. Also we are going to an Oktoberfest in Levenworth, WA. Just Brett and I no kids......I'm sure I will be ok, But I know I will miss them immensly. But I have until the 10th of October to prepare myself!!

I love camping!!

Camping was such a blast!! As we were driving to Buckhorn Wash on Thursday, the skies were really dark and right where we were driving to had lots of thunder and lighting. I was a tad concerned because last time we were there the tent flooded. Granted we have a new tent but I didn't really want to be putting a tent with metal poles up in a lighting storm. A sheriff stopped us and told us not to go down there because 3/4 of the camp ground was underwater. But we were determined and by the time we got close the storm was starting to clear up. The crazy thing is as soon as we rounded a corner into the camp ground the sun was shining right on us!! So we knew it was going to be ok. Well it sort of was. The place we camped last year you didn't have to pay, so since no one was camping in the camp ground they decided to turn the place we were at into a pay place. I can see the reasoning, there was bathrooms and better dirt roads but we couldn't take the 4-wheelers on the dame trails we did last year. But what can you do, there was still enough trails and mud to keep us busy. So we picked out a spot and started setting up the GINORMOUS tent. It didn't take us that long but once we got everything inside we realized it's not really that big. We did have in there two queens air mattresses, a pack in play, two huge bags for clothes and still had room to move around in. So it worked out really well. The kids were great the whole time. Towards the end Khloe got a little moody because she was in the sun for too long, and Jett couldn't crawl around on the ground so he was a little perturbed. Gage was a touch whiny because he couldn't climb a tree like the other kids. We had fun on the four wheelers, even Brett's mom ( I think she wants to buy one!!). I can't wait to go next year!!
The first picture is of the cliff face that's by our campsite.....Brett wanted to climb it until the sheer face but I wouldn't let him.....sorry babe, you've got to much to think about!! But he was able to climb a big boulder that fell off a cliff when we went on a night ride. It was pretty fun!!

A camping we will go...again!

Thursday we leave for Buckhorn Wash!! I'm super excited to try out the new tent I bought. It's ginormous!! (18x10 to be exact) It's a great story so let me tell you. Last year our tent leaked so we decided to get rid of it. Well that and we have 3 kids plus us and all of our junk to put in a tent now. I looked online and I found one for $200 that was 20x10. My smart bro-in-law Jason said I should look at Sports Authorityand Big 5. Sports Authority didn't have anything big enough. So I headed to Big 5 and got a little excited because they were having a sale on camping stuff. I went in and saw a sigh that said that an 18x10 tent was $99!! I couldn't believe my luck. I couldn't find anymore so I asked a sales lady and she said that was all they had. I was CRUSHED!! Then she suggested she could look in another store had one...and they did!! I raced to the other store and bought it. I took it to Jason and Kristy's to use their front yard to set it up, ya know making sure it was big enough. HOLY CRAP!!! I know that 18 feet by 10 feet is big but I guess I really didn't realize just how big it really was. It's like 3 seperate tents pushed together, it has removable room dividers and 3 doors and the top is mesh so you can see out side (there's a rainfly in case it rains). It didn't take that long to set up once we figured it out. And being the awsome tent roller I am (with the help of Jason, Austin and Tyler) we were able to get it back in the bag!! So after we get back I will be posting pictures of my awsome tent. Hope everyone has a great weekend while we are gone!!

Happy Birthday Scotty!!

The 4th is Scott's birthday. As a matter of fact it's also Brett's sister, Ali's birthday too. It's kinda trippy that the oldest and the youngest were born on the same day. I didn't think Scott's death was going to affect me the way it has. I realize (of course too late) that he really was a great brother-in-law. I wasn't the friendliest to him all the time, sometimes downright rude, but he never said anything mean to me or behind my back (at least not that I know of!!). He was always polite to me and the kids and was never rude. He did somethings that I wish he hadn't but that evil part of his life is over now and I realize that wasn't who he really was but that's how I perceived him. He was a great dad to his kids, a hard worker, nice to everyone he met and devoted to his family. It's too bad that we realize these things after people are gone from our lives. But that is life!! I know Scott doesn't want us to be sad and mopey on his birthday. We need to celebrate his life and remember all the good times we had with him!! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTY!!! We miss you and love you!!