Cakes Galore!

So here's mine! I absolutely love this class! Super fun!

Ethan at 3 Months

Is this the cutest boy you've ever seen, or what? I can't believe he is already 3 months old. I love his happy smiles and fun babble. He is a wonderful baby...we're so lucky.

Cake Decorating

Cassi and I are taking a cake decorating class - and we're having a blast. Just thought I'd share my first cake...Cassi, if you haven't eaten yours, take a picture and share it with the fam! (Just so you know, it looks almost identical to mine.:)) We'll photograph our work every week so you can follow our progress.:)

.....I kiss those lips. Broc not only gutted the deer he took a bite out of the liver. This picture shows that peer pressure makes people do weird things. We were all really impressed of the nick in the antlers from the many shots Broc took while the deer was running. My family had never seen that before with all the hunting they have done.

This was the first hunt this season for Broc & he shot his first deer!! He had so much fun! Broc and Harvey both got a good size deer. Broc's deer's rack was 3x4. He was so happy. My brothers joked that he is now officially a "man." I'm so proud of my him.

We are finally able to post. And all of you were right. It is so easy. Julie and I are now officially apart of the family.

Ethan's Baby Blessing

We all gathered for Ethan's blessing at the Dahmer chapel. It was fun to get both sides of the family together. Josh is telling me what to write as he is teaching me how to post to the blog. It's about time I get started! Broc and Julie, you're next.

We sure have some cute kids...and grandma!

Let's go fly a kite...

It's been so much fun having Grandma and Grandpa come visit! Despite working their tails off all week on house projects, we did stop a few times to have some fun. We had a great time at the park flying kites and playing. Grandpa has some pretty good kite-flying skills!

Go ahead, just try and not smile!

It is a rare occurence for Coop to laugh (he holds his breath instead) but Grandma AJ just hit the jackpot in this video. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

America the Beautiful by Super Dex

Enjoying the last warm days...

I love evenings like this...running races, eating ice cream cones with hose attachments ("Emma, gross! Stop doing that!" (click, click)), dancing, making funny faces, and frolicking naked in the backyard (no, not all of us). We're going to miss these warm evenings, but we're looking forward to the beautiful days of fall.

Emma's Struggle

I'm sure you've all seen something like this before...but I still couldn't keep from laughing!

Coop's First Experience with Rice Cereal

Coop did not like his first taste of Rice cereal. The texture was totally throwing him off! With every bite, the face got worse. After a while, Daddy made me stop because he felt so bad for him. At the end, Cooper preferred his bib to the rice cereal.


After a few tries, Cooper now enjoys his cereal just as much as the rest of us!

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Cooper is the Handsomest of them all! (Notice how when he catches his eye in the mirror, he gives a huge smile!)

Rolley Polley!

Look at Coop! He rolled over (with a little help from the red mirror). We are so proud ;-)

The Many Faces of Ethan

Ethan is 7 weeks old...my how time flies. He just started smiling about a week ago. I just wanted to share a few of my favorite faces. Enjoy!!

Farewell Virginia

I spent hours on our own personal family blog posting pictures of our adventures in Virginia and I really didn't feel like doing it all over again, so go ahead and just check our blog http://the-pope-fam.blogspot.com/

Chicken Pox Scare

Sunday night Caleb woke up with red spots all over his stomach and armpit. We thought it was some sort of bug in the covers but turns out another guy in the office who drove with Caleb last week, has the chicken pox. Who gets chicken pox at this age? Anyway, we then were sure that they were chicken pox (and I started freaking out about Cooper) so he went to the doctor only to discover that they were jus Chiggers. For those of you who don't know what those are (I didn't) they are microscopic bugs found in the woods (or in parks as in Caleb's case) who try to burrow into your skin, leaving the red bumps. They are extremely itchy but he is not contagious and can still hold his little boy. We are extremely happy for that!
Here are his spots...they were so bad!

Look closely, Cooper was so content with Daddy, that he fell asleep.

I want to be like Uncle Broc

I was changing Cooper this morning, and I couldn't help but think of how similar him & Broc look...you know, because he's not wearing a shirt;-) Thought it was cute!

Oregon Family Reunion

For those of you who could not attend the Burton Family Reunion, here are some pictures. Misty, Kathleen, Mom, I know that I was not the only one taking pictures (hint, hint)
Our award winning sand sculpture.
Mentos & diet Coke...hours of fun!
Just try and keep it in there!
I'm still at a loss for why it didn't work for Adria!

After Bret buried the kids, they decided to bury him.
Fun, fun!
Our practice sand sculpture.
On the hike (notice the amazing amount of Gundersen grandchildren as opposed to the 1 Burton grandchild)

Ethan at 3 weeks

Just take a look at the video and see what Ethan has been up to. Realize this was the 5th time and he was getting tired.

Ashlyn's recent work

As some of you may be aware, Ashlyn loves to steal the digital camera and take pictures around the house. The best part of about this is that we don't know about it until we go to dump the pictures from the camera into the computer. Here's just a few--our favorites--of Ashlyn's recent work. Enjoy!