Trenton is Three!

For Trenton's third birthday, we started the morning off with Country Donuts. He got to go shopping for some presents, go swimming with Mom and the girls at the club, play with his new puzzles and toys, and work on holding up three fingers. He requested french toast and sausage for dinner. Trenton is so fun right now. He is just excited about everything, and we can often hear him shouting "Oh, goody, goody, goody!" He is potty-trained (yay!) and is such a big helper with his little brother. He loves his sisters and can hardly wait for them to come home from school each day. We LOVE having Trenton in our family!

Rafting in January?

MLK Day in Boise was a balmy 54 degrees. The day before had been pretty warm too, and alot of the snow in the mountains melted, creating major flooding in many areas. The creek that runs through our neighborhood is normally VERY small, and is even dry parts of the year. But on Monday, it was raging...well, at least flowing fast enough and big enough for the Sevylor! Livi talked Rich into blowing up the raft and holding onto a rope as the children floated down 5 Mile Creek. Trenton was a little hesitant the first time around, but after seeing his sisters having so much fun, he decided to join them on the second and third trips! Quite a day!

Dress-up

Maple Bars

Rich has this theory about maple bars...that people always buy them, but nobody really likes them. He believes this because he says that if you see a box of donuts in the morning, chances are that by the end of the day, the only donut left is a maple bar. So Rich basically refuses to buy maple donuts. Katie came to visit this weekend, and she LOVES maple donuts. She mentioned Rich's theory to her students and they ended up signing a petition to say that if given a dozen assorted donuts, they would choose maple. She brought the petition to Rich. That morning we got donuts, and Rich even bought a maple donut for Katie. That evening, as we were cleaning up, I noticed Rich taking pictures of the counter...and this is what he found--a lonely maple donut!