Lil Riggs'

Brynlee at one

2012-01-16T22:35:00.004-07:00

Brynlee is such a great girl although she is a bit of a handful she loves her brother and loves food, she also loves to give dirty looks and yell a lot. We are so blessed to have her in out home.

Now the real fun begins...Brynlee's starting to walk!

2011-10-03T23:06:00.002-06:00

Old Stage Road & the Holy Ghost

2011-10-03T22:50:00.004-06:00

Colorado Springs from a southwest view

Raising her right, Brynlee loves to play behind the wheel of my truck. (not sure if that's spit up or excess slober)

Got Big Red up on some rocks

Only had 1 issue w/Big Red the whole ride...one of the wires that goes into the coil had come loose, a quick strip and crimp and we were back on our way...(til we ran into a stump on the way out nothing broke (that I know of yet)...guess I'll never get away from stump jumping)

Caeven was not to happy when we arrived at the spot where we stopped to have a fire, dinner, and smores due to his jacket "bugging him"...he did however make us laugh pretty hard earlier when we were 4wheelin' he goes,"Whoa! Now that scared the Holy Ghost outta me!"

Brynlee wasn't too happy to be all bundled up especially after having a bottle prior to the ride up and then being shaken worse than a gallon of paint at Home Depot!

The smoke was between Brittney and us so the shot was through the smoke.

very late Cali pics

2011-10-02T14:58:00.006-06:00

This was our Trip to Cali to see me sister we had a lot of fun Caeven loved it. Here are just a few pics of the trip

We were happy that we were able to see Kelli while we were there

Silly faces with auntie Shells
Fairy tail land

Six flags

on the plane
the little beach in San Fran
The best cupcakes ever.

One of the very big red woods

Jelly Belly Factory. Caeven loved this and he ate a booger and skunk spray jelly beans. I have no idea why he wanted to try those.

my pack-horse
Shooting an air soft gun

This was his new suitcase that he sat on and we pulled him through the airport.

More Easter

2011-05-03T09:21:00.005-06:00

Hewanted to clean up his mess
Caeven's bunny cake
This is my Grandpa Caeven calls him Gpop.

Easter Eggs

2011-05-03T09:10:00.003-06:00

This is what Brynlee did while the older kids colored eggs

Caeven loved this part. After he found all the eggs he went out and hid them for us to find he did this 5 times I think.

Easter

2011-05-03T09:06:00.002-06:00

My mom made us all matching clothes this year the kids looked to cute.

Brynlee's stats

2011-04-02T12:55:00.002-06:00

Brynlee is 4 months old and just a small fry. She is 11lbs 7oz and in the 10th percentile, she is 22 5/8 in tall which puts her in the 3-6th percentile. She is the same size that Caeven was at 2 months old. She smiles with her little tongue out all the time, but she also has a little attitude and likes to let you know when she is upset. She sleeps through the night and she can roll over from her tummy to her back and is very close to rolling from her back to her tummy. I could not ask for a better baby.

More Party pics

2011-02-24T22:14:00.004-07:00

Caeven's dinosaur chair that Nana made for him.

Caeven and his two best friends Gabbi and Gavin the three super heroes

The valcano cake complete with smoke that Stephanie made. Caeven loved this cake he was so excited when it started to smoke.

Dinosaur Party

2011-02-24T22:00:00.003-07:00

Caeven wanted a Dinosaur party for the second year in a row. So this year we made the basement into a Dino land. Caeven was being T-Rex

This was the waterfall

And the Volcano. He had all his dinosaur toys out. Which made me realize he has to many.

The Kids

2011-02-01T22:38:00.005-07:00

I think I have two of the best kids around. And I love how great Ceaven is with Bryn he loves her so much and helps me with her all the time. I am truly blessed.

Caeven's first love

2011-02-01T22:29:00.005-07:00

Caeven has a first love and her name is Gabbi, if they had it their way they would be together everyday. I think I may be in trouble with these two, Gabbi went to church and told everyone that when she grows up she gonna be a mommy and Caeven will be the daddy...kinda worried, she says jump and Caeven says how high.

Brynlee's Blessing

2011-02-01T22:19:00.006-07:00

We are so blessed to have this little girl in our family she is such a great baby.
No idea what is with that face.
I have the most talented mother in the world. She made the blessing dress and I love it. So thanks mom. I only wish I was that good at sewing.
One day I will get a picture with the whole family happy.

Chris' 5k-Veteran's Day Run @ USAA

2011-01-17T08:30:00.002-07:00

This was my first 5k ever and 1st time running in like 3-4 yrs. I must say I'm proud of myself 1 for doing it and 2 getting it done in under 35 mins even with the extra distance and pushing Caeven along in the Chariot-which pushed like a dream! Now I just gotta keep this trend going.

Our little Man and his Accomplishments

2011-01-17T08:07:00.002-07:00

Ok, so if you know Caeven them you know his little personality is oozing with creativity and craziness that is beyond entertaining. This was Dec 1st, Brynlee was about 6 days old and Caeven was having his dance party in the chosen attire. One thing that is different now is that the diaper you see creeping out of his pants will no longer be creepin', cuz CAEVEN IS POTTY TRAINED!!! He did so well while I was off work for 3 weeks back when Brynlee was born. He got the peeing part pretty quick but it took some talking to to get him "in control" of his poo poo. So as of Dec 12th little man is potty trained and has had only 1 accident at Grammy's cuz he couldn't get there fast enough. Way to go Buddy!

All Over the Place

2011-01-17T08:04:00.002-07:00

Hey All, so with all the social media sites and everything going on lately it's been a little challenging to keep the blog updated. With that said we may have some posts that are all over the place and may not be so much in chronological order but we hope you still enjoy!

It's been a bit...now Brynlee is here!!!

2010-11-29T21:25:00.006-07:00

This is Brynlee Rochelle Riggs, our newest addition. Born 11/24/2010 @ 10:13 AM, 7lbs 2oz, 18.5" long.

Excited Big Brother

She has quite a bit of crazy Blonde hair

Proud Dad!!!

Beautiful Mom and Baby!!!

How it all started:

Brittney woke up at 5:19 AM with contractions and woke me up at 5:40 AM letting me know this had to be it, the "real ones" could no longer be ignored! After showers and Grammy picking up Caeven we were finally off to the hospital. Got in at 6:45 ish and Britt's contractions continued to get stronger and closer together. After getting into the triage rooms the nurse checked Britt...only 3.5 cm 80% efaced...she said this would be an observation for the next hour to see if she was really in labor and then likely Britt would be going back home. WHAT!!!! After the nurse had left Britt said if they try that she will just go sit in the lobby and wait because she knew these were real! After a bit the nurse came back right as Britt was having another contraction and said, "you have the saddest hurt face I have ever seen, I'm going to go check on some things and then I'll come back and check you again in about 20 mins." By this time Britt was to 4 cm and a half hr had passed by I think. The nurse came back and said we're going to go ahead and admit you and gave her some fentanyl and the pains were curbed slightly. At about 8:17 AM we got into the birthing room and the epidural was in at about 8:42 AM and she was 5 cm. Britt's parents rolled just befire 9 and my mom came to the hospital with Caeven shortly after. Britt's Dr came in to check on her about that time and told us she'd be back in a bit. 10 AM rolled around Dr came back to check, sent Britt's dad and Caeven out, Dr broke Britt's water and said she was at 8-9 cm and if Britt felt like she had to push call her back in Brynlee's head was right there. Not more than 5 mins passed and the Dr was back in...3 contractions later @ 10:13 AM Brynlee was out in the world. We are so blessed to have had such an event free pregnancy and delivery. We are blessed to have 2 of the most beautiful children ever!!!

Chris and Brittney's Halloween Costumes

2010-11-10T23:39:00.005-07:00

WT Trucker
So Chris was going for Wolverine...close! Just need a little longer hair, thicker chops, claws more (much more) muscle...and a bajillion dollars! (comments by Chris)

Some Halloween Action

2010-11-10T23:25:00.004-07:00

The Fam!

Wolverine and Sharkboy; Chris looked all over for claws and couldn't find any and ran out of time to make some.

Enjoying the fruits of his labor, nothing like a good sucker! We just love this kiddo and his lil BIG personality!

Caeven was checking to make sure he didn't have a hole in his bag...I think.

Halloween

2010-10-29T12:38:00.005-06:00

The Spider on the left is ours, the bat was done by Kamee, and last one by Tim.

I did this one

Chris did this one

This is how Caeven decorates pumpkins. I tried hard to get him to help me clean out my pumpkin but he told me " thats pretty nasty mom, no thank you". So he stuck with the markers.

A little trunk or treating with Amanda and Grammy. He loved this part of the party he told everyone thank you after every piece of candy. He did get scared once but all in all a good time I think.

I love this face I have no idea what he is doing or looking at...a snack maybe?

My little shark, he was so cute. But I think he was a little to into it, half way through the ward party he was running around chasing the prinesses growling at them...he made one little girl cry. (couldn't get the photo to rotate)

Caeven wanted to help me decorate at my moms house. It turned into Caeven doing all the work he was so proud of what he had done. One of the things he filled with pine cones and the other he filled with pumpkins. The pumpkins had glitter all over them, which got all over Caeven and he walked around the rest of the day looking up and asking " where that light come from mommy".

Denver Museum

2010-10-29T12:22:00.004-06:00

They had a fish tank with this bubble in the middle that you could stand up in Caeven thougth that was pretty cool.

A giant Anaconda. He thought is was tough stuff for picking up a snake.

Caeven had so much fun at the Museum in Denver. He loved everything but we all know his favorite part was the dinosaur bones.

Fun Videos

2010-08-08T23:16:00.002-06:00

Caeven loves playing the drums when Chris plays Rock Band and he loves to dance oh and he loves his rainboots he would wear them with everything.

Sorry this video is the wrong way it wont let me flip it. I think you can still get the point. I love watching Caeven dance he isd such a fun Kid.

Summer in a nut shell

2010-08-08T22:33:00.005-06:00

One of Caevens favorite shows in the morning is Dinosaur Train. At my parents house he had me make him a train out of the big blocks and he had to sit in it while he watched his show and sang all the songs. I just love this Child!

Caeven just loves my dad and wants to do things like Papa. Caeven and I were in Alamosa for a week and one day caeven and my dad ate noodles one in the front room Caeven thought he was so cool eating like Papa.

My mom bought a pool for Caeven awhile back and when we where down visting he got to play almost everyday in the pool. One day he asked my mom so nicely if she would play with him, so she climbs in with her jeans on and played. Another reason why Caeven loves his Nana so much.

This is the swim suit wetsuit that Cathy bought for Caeven I love it. He looks so cute in it.

I guess I don't know how to put sun screen on. I felt so bad for his half burnt face.

Helping Grammy with Mac and Cheese

Swimming with friends at the Parker pool.

Birthday parties

Swimming with dad. If you can't tell Caeven loves the water, now to get him into swim lessons!

We went camping with Tim, Kamee and Eisley. Caeven and Eisley did so good, We were all sitting around the fire talking and Caeven climbed up in Chris' chair and was asleep in 2 min. It was so cute he sleept better than I did.

Happy Father's Day!!!

2010-06-20T23:04:00.003-06:00

Happy Father's Day Honey!!! I love these pictures of you and Caeven! It is so neat to seeyour relationship grow and just how much Caeven looks up to and loves his Daddy! I asked Caeven what he wanted to get his Daddy for Father's Day and without hesitation he said, "A dinosaur!!!" He was so excited about his gift that he tried to tell Chris at lunch that same day he got the dinosaur. He said, "Daddy, I got a surprise for you...a dinosaur!" Fortunately Chris didn't understand since he thought Caeven was talking about the dinosaur in his hand at the moment. I'm the luckiest woman and so happy you are mine, I love you Babe!

Caevens coat

2010-06-02T08:09:00.005-06:00

I tried to turn this but it was not working for some reason

I am very proud of this coat I have not make anything in a long time like this anyway. I did have a little help but I still did it and it fits him.

picture overload

2010-06-02T07:58:00.002-06:00

We took Caeven up the Woodland Park to the Dinosaur Museum up there and he loved it.

Caeven wnet to his first hockey game and he had a blast, he thought that all the players were robots. He would also stand up and and yell go Avs it was so fun.

He put these on his head and told us he was T-Rex.

Potty Time

2010-03-29T22:17:00.002-06:00

Caeven has just started hiding when he has to go potty. So today I saw him go to my room and shut the door I asked in if he was going potty he said "no . . . yes" So i asked the question that he always answers no but I thought I would give it a try. I said "do you want to sit on the potty" he runs into the bathroom and tries to take his diaper off. I was amazed, he sat on the potty for about 5 min. I told him if he went pee or poop he would get a prize he pushed and pushed an when he stood up the was pee in the potty. He was so proud off what he did it was great so who knows maybe this is the start to something good.

Time out

2010-03-04T15:00:00.002-07:00

The other day Caeven was drawling on the coffee table I asked him to stop and counted to three but i guess he would rather spend time in time out then listen. So when I went to get him from time out I said " What do you say Caeven" He gives me a big hug and says "sorry for farting" I started laughing and then realized that he had pooped. I love that he is talking so much.

2010-03-04T14:43:00.002-07:00

Caeven and his best friend Gabbie are so cute together. They love each other.

Happy Birthday ( a little late)

2010-03-04T14:27:00.004-07:00

This is Caevens "toptop" cake my mom found this cake idea, I thought it would be hard to put together but it was not bad at all and Caeven loved it.

I think Caeven got more for his birthday then he did for Christmas. He also had a lot of help opening the presents.

Why Hockey Games are so AWESOME!

2010-02-19T00:55:00.002-07:00

you may want to start with the volume low

Valentine's Cookie Videos

2010-02-17T09:12:00.003-07:00

Caeven had so much fun hanging out with Grammy making cookies, Thanks Grammy!!!

Valentine's Day cookies with Grammy

2010-02-17T08:56:00.003-07:00

Free reign to be a kid!

.I bet you can guess how sweet these cookies were just by the looks of all the goodies on them.

No, I didn't eat any...I've been decorating this whole time, what you talkin'bout Willis!

I definitely think he ate more frosting and sprinkles than actually made it on the cookies...or maybe not looking at the upper picture.

It's almost as if he's not so sure about all this. By the way sorry it isn't sequential, I can't get the picture to move where I want them.

In there!

2010-02-17T08:49:00.002-07:00

Caeven likes to go under and between peoples legs and this time it didn't matter that Poppa was laying down...which leads to believe he wanted to go in Poppa's bum...too funny!

More walking with Dinosaurs

2010-02-17T07:42:00.015-07:00

Here are a few pics also from the walking with Dinosaur show, I'm not even going to attempt to spell the names of the dinosaurs but I'm sure ya'll know which ones are which.

Avalanche Game (Avs vs Oilers)

2010-02-17T07:42:00.014-07:00

Brittney and I went to watch the Avs beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 the 1st weekend in Feb. It was Awesome...except the little black box taped to the glass that is in most of the pictures. We were 12 rows up from the ice in the lower bowl and it cosst $80 for the 2 of us including a free meal. The last Avs game I went to was I think in '97 or '98 with Eric Halverson. It also was really cool the entered Mike Ricci into the Avs Alumni group and when I used to play for the Air Force youth center league we went up to an Avs practice and Mike Ricci had given me his stick because I was also #9. We are going again on Mar 6th to watch them again to play the St. Louis blues.

Helpin' make breakfast

2010-02-17T07:42:00.009-07:00

Caeven decided he wanted to help Nana make breakfast the other morning, this kid is too cute!

Walking with Dinosaurs

2010-02-17T07:42:00.002-07:00

Randy and I took Caeven to see "Walking with Dinosaurs" back in January and it was really, really neat! Caeven loved it! He did get a little scared and pulled a "TJay"(covering his ears, which actually most little ones did) when the dinosaurs would roar. Definitely a neat experience for all ages!

2010-01-06T15:06:00.002-07:00

Caeven got to ride a horse with my cousin Matt he loved it., even though it was freezing outside.

Christmas with Nana and Papa

2010-01-06T14:59:00.004-07:00

So i only have a few pictures of Christmas because Chris was using the video camera and not the still camera so we have a lot of videos but no pics. The top one is the tool bench that my parents got him and the bottom picture is the quilt my Grandma made for his new big boy room. Caeven loved Christmas well the opening of the presents part anyway and he still tells me he wants to open them.
I will try to get more picture of Christmas from other cameras.

Christmas Party

2010-01-06T14:52:00.002-07:00

Playing Mario on the Wii.

We had a Christmas party with some friends it was a fun night. and Caeven found his new favorite person Uncle " Pimmy" Timmy. Caeven just loves him, when he is in trouble he tells me " I want pimmy mommy" it is so cute.

catching up

2010-01-06T14:03:00.003-07:00

Caeven was so happy to meet Santa. He told Santa that he wanted a Robot.

This is Caeven showing his teeth off. I love this face.

Halloween

2009-11-02T14:09:00.002-07:00

I went to Old Navy on Friday because all the Halloween stuff was on sale for $2. This was one of two customs left, when I went to pay the lady told me it was only 50 cents because the pants had a little hole in them. So this is what caeven went trick or treating in.

We had a Halloween party Friday night Chris and Caeven went as Dr. Evil and Minni me I was just a chick from the 60's. I think it is so cute how Caeven was doing the finger thing that Chris was doing.

So for our ward Halloween Party Caeven was Handy Manny because Chris was going to get there late and Minnie me needs Dr. Evil.

Thermometer

2009-11-02T14:03:00.003-07:00

Ceaven was really sick a few weeks ago with a really high temp. The only thermometer that we have is one that goes in the bum. Caeven hates this which i don't blame him. Anyway I was at my parents house and Caeven found a thermometer he takes it to my dad and says " BUTT NO WAY NO WAY! " We about fell over laughing. We do have a new thermometer now that goes on his forehead.

What Caeven thought of the ride home

2009-09-27T20:49:00.006-06:00

Caeven was so slap happy on the way home, all the sugar must have been starting to wear off, because he was all giggles for about 10 minutes straight!

I would have posted another video of earlier in the day as we were headed up Old Stage rd but Brittney recorded it on her mom's camera so it will have to wait but it was crazy, the boy fell asleep on the way up the rough wash board filled road despite his little noggin' bouncing all over the place...well not too much, Nana was back there to hold it in place with a make shift blanket neckbrace.

Brittney reminded me that I have my mom's card reader so here's the video

The Sunday Drive home

2009-09-27T20:24:00.004-06:00

These are some panorama pics of Colorado Springs (but backwards this is the South end of town)

(this is the central part of town)

(and this is the north end)

We (I especially) had a lot of fun being out and getting to play in the bronco!

This is actually trail 370I that is really just a knarly shortcut (by no means faster) off the main road. It was full of moguls and as we were nearing the end of the road I had to stop and get some flexed shots of the bronco...for my brothers, I totally miss the days when we all lived close and could go camping and wheelin' in Kev's Scout, Ken's Jeep, and Carson's Comanche. Another reason why this hunt is going to be soo much fun playin' with the boyz!

Billy 2 is performing great, just wish there was more time and gas money to get out and see the 100's of other beautiful and fun places here in Colorado!

Sunday Drive

2009-09-27T19:58:00.005-06:00

We decided to go on a Sunday drive to see the leaves changing colors up Old Stage rd and up part way on trail 379 where we stopped to have hotdogs and smores...except we forgot the hotdogs so we had chips and smores, YUMMY!!!!!

Getting warmed up...sort of, this was quite a nice fire pit that was already set up when we got there. The trail, I think, is supposed to summit Almagre Mtn? at around 12k + feet.

Caeven had no trouble diggin' in to the chips, this boy loves to eat and can pretty much get away with eating whatever with a face like that! He is too darn cute!

This was alos Caeven's first experience around a camp fire and he loved it...wasn't that warm of a fire because we made it pretty small since we weren't going to need it for hot dogs.

Red Lobster & Napkins

2009-09-27T10:35:00.003-06:00

After we had taken our quick drive on Thursday we headed over to meet Mom, Carson & Lana at Red Lobster for dinner (another reason aside from the rain that the drive ended quickley) and while we waited nearly an hour for our food after we were seated Caeven was quite the entertainer and decided he'd try out a few different looks with his napkin.

Playing with Carson and the Bronco's

2009-09-27T09:44:00.005-06:00

This is so deceiving because the other sideof the wall is like 3 feet or os down.

Sorry about the quality of the pics they were taken on my cell phone.

Ever since I finished my Bronco I've been bugging Carson to fix his little Bronco so we can play. Honestly we could probably start a Bronco II club since I have a Bronco II, Carson has one, Timmy B has one, and Adam WANTS ONE...I hope he can get one soon. But any way I had Rhonda bring up the 30" tires I had originally before I did all the swaps so Carson could put those on his '86 since he finally got a new battery to get it running again. Needless to say it was like a kid with a shiny new toy when we went for a drive and ended up playing at the old Liberty Toyota lot.

Quick Drive

2009-09-27T09:17:00.004-06:00

Brittney, Caeven and I were going to take a drive this past thursday on my day off after I had fixed my bent radius arm problem...and it started to rain as we got closer to Garden of the Gods and even more as we started up Rampart Range rd, sooooo we only went up a little ways and I spotted this rock to try some test flexing. I still need to get back somewhere I can actually do some decent wheelin'. I have a feeling Billy 2 will be thoroughly "broken in" on our hunting trip in late Oct. (hopefully not just broken)

I had pulled up on the rock farther but in order for me to jump out and take pics I had to shut off the truck and set the e-brake...and the truck rolled back a tad. I'd say this rock was about 20"-24" tall (enough to be scary if your the one on the down side of the truck...like Brittney was in this pic and the other angle above)

I still think I could get a little more flex out of the front but I think the truck isn't heavy enough since the James Duff coils are for a V-8 powered vehicle and I lack the extra weight in the front. Still a lot of fun to run a round in though. I've had a few people get upset and throw their hands around because they think I'm too close or something when it's just my headlights shine right into their rearview (and also the fact that OBJECTS IN MIRROR MAY BE LARGER/CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR) ;-)

2009-09-22T09:17:00.002-06:00

Ceaven grabbed the paper one morning after he was done eating. He then grabbed a pen and while circled the things he wanted he said yum yum mommy. It was so cute.

Great Grandpa

2009-09-22T09:10:00.003-06:00

My Grandpa loves Caeven and Caeven feels the same way about him. We were over at his house one day just talking when out of the blue my 86 year old Grandpa was on the floor crawling after Caeven. Caeven thought this was so funny, i don't think I have ever seen my Grandpa do that.

Having fun

2009-09-22T08:58:00.003-06:00

When Kelli was here we went down town to the fountains the kids had a great time. Caeven was not to sure about the water hitting him in the face so he spent most of his time playing in the buckets.

First bike ride

2009-09-22T08:56:00.001-06:00

We got this bike seat for free from someone Chris works with ans Caeven loves it.

Zoo

2009-09-22T08:43:00.002-06:00

Caeven has always loved the zoo even more so now that he knows what the animals are he gets so excited when he says the names.

A day as the races

2009-09-22T08:23:00.003-06:00

My cousin Matt races cars down in Mosca Colorado, they are fun to watch. And if any one has heard the song hick town that fits the people that are there. We went on the fourth of July and my dad and I got to sing the National Anthem, which i have not done since high school so hopefully it sounded good. Caeven had the best seat in the house. I thought that he would hate the loud noise of all the car but he loved it.

We found our way of keeping Caeven happy just give him a sucker and all is good.

Chris' Bronco Conversion

2009-09-21T22:31:00.004-06:00

To help give some perspective on height, my father in law Randy (who helped a ton) is about 6'1" or so and I'm 5'5" on a good day.

As most of you know I bought an '84 Bronco II this past summer that was and is exactly like the original Bronco II that I had in high school and up to post mission until the tragic descent down Mt. Blanca and I tipped Billy 1 on his side. I had great plans and chopped the top and was going to do all kinds of work but then realized that it wasn't as good of an idea as I thought with a family now in the pic and limited funds. So I picked up Billy 2 for $500 from a family up off of 70 west just outside of Denver, threw in an old tranny I had stored at my brother's house and away we went. Wasn't long though and I decided that I couldn't keep Billy 2 stock and decided to swap over all of the running gear from Billy 1 (the Dana 44 solid front axle w/locker/disc brakes & the matching Ford 9" rear end with a posi trac from an Early Bronco) and make a nice, capable family 4x4 and camping rig. So I bought James Duff 3.5" progressive coils and new c-bushings along with rear spring eye bushings. It took me about a week all together to get everything swapped over (the weather didn't cooperate much while we were in Alamosa and I needed to spend time with the fam on my time off also). The truck also has the stock BII rear leaf packs with 2 explorer leafs woven in and a toyota overload leaf that are all atop a 3-4" lift block. I put on the 2nd shock set up front and it has helped tremendously with the trucks stability since I'm not running sway bars. BTW my wife is heckling me as I write the details of my work. To wrap up it is a ton of fun to drive but there are still a few kinks to work out with the radius arms not sitting level, re trimming the fenders and cutting down the '79 bronco t-style steering linkage to fit and a few other things here and there. In total it has changed front frame rail height from about 15" from the ground to 31" off the ground. I estimate it to be about 8" suspension lift and then the 35x12.50 BFG's pick up the rest. I will be posting more recent pics as well as hopefully some action shots too in the bear future!

The Summer in Review

2009-09-21T22:22:00.002-06:00

With this and many other posts to come we hope to be able to bring everyone up to speed with what we've been up to this past summer...since today is officially the last day of Summer (and it snowed here in Colorado Springs). Our summer was pretty laid back for the most part, I worked on my bronco for the week I was off in the end of June, my sister and her kids came out to visit for a few weeks, there were a lot of trips to the zoo, Brittney and her parents went to San Fransisco to visit her sister Rochelle, and in between it all our little man has been growing up soo quick. Caeven is now 19 months old and gabbin' up a storm. It is so fun to see his little personality develop...now that he's approaching 2 yrs of age it must be time to jump on the band wagon with several of our other friends and plan for the # 2 kiddo (however, this is definitely NOT an announcement). As the summer was winding down I headed back to school at UCCS taking about 6 credit hours and am looking to increase to about 9 or 12 next semester so I can get off the 7 year program as I've been working towards a BA in Communications. The change in weather has been very nice as it has already brought some beautiful fall colors and we plan to go for a drive this Thursday to see more of the leaves changing. Hope ya'll enjoy the pics and updates!

Slackers

2009-08-29T22:53:00.001-06:00

Hey all, we are such slackers! It has been quite some time since we've made any updates...which should be changing as we've finally stepped into the now and now have internet here at our house. More to come!

Poop

2009-06-28T23:23:00.003-06:00

The Other day i had to run upstairs to get something, the whole time i was up there I hear Caeven yelling at me. When I come back down it smell like poop. When I step over the gate I see why. Caeven got a dirty diaper out of the trash opened it up an rubbed it down the baby gate and on the floor. The worst part about it was that he had it on his hands and he was sucking his thumb. I did not get any pictures because well i had to get it cleaned up. And i figured that no one wants to see that.

Caevens Love of brids

2009-06-28T23:13:00.002-06:00

At the Zoo they have a placed called my big back yard and they have chickens that run around and Caeven spent 10 mins trying to touch them.

When we go in to feed the birds Caeven gets so excited he tries so hard to whistle.

Watermelon

2009-06-28T23:10:00.001-06:00

Caeven loves watermelon he eat this so fast he had it all over him.

Chris's Dad and Jacqueline

2009-06-28T23:00:00.003-06:00

We went down to Pueblo to see Chris's and Jacqueline. We grilled and and the kids played it was fun. And nice to see them again.

Amanda and Caeven both loved playing with Grandpa.

All Caeven wanted to do was go to the water which made me nerves because he would just jump in so Jacqueline took him down and was teaching him to throw rocks. (which now he does all the time only he throws them at everthing not just water).

This is Chris's cool trick. HE IS So STRONG!

The Guys

2009-06-28T22:55:00.002-06:00

At the sand dunes if you stand in one place long enough the sand will move around your feet it holds you in pretty good as Chris and my Dad are showing you.

Sand dunes

2009-06-28T22:44:00.003-06:00

We took Caeven to the sand dunes a few weeks ago. At first he was unsure but he got a little better.

Caeven is so funny he hates things getting on his hands. If he falls down and grass or sand touches his hands he gets so upset. I think it is so funny.

He got a little cold. poor thing.

Trip to the Zoo

2009-05-01T16:16:00.003-06:00

My friends and I took our kids to the Zoo last week it was a lot of fun. We got there late though so we did not do much but the kids had fun. Caeven loved the Giraffes he was the only one who would feed them.

Nightmare

2009-05-01T16:03:00.003-06:00

Caeven had a really bad nightmare the other night at like 11:00. Chris and I were up watching a movie that Chris and to write a paper on. It took Caeven a little while to clam down enough to go back to bed. So for about 5 min. he sat under Chris's legs and watch the movie I thought this was so cute. I just wish i could find out what it is he has nightmares about.

Nuggets game

2009-04-22T11:35:00.003-06:00

We went to a Jazz Nuggets game one night it was a lot of fun. Chris and i both don't pay much attention to basketball so we did not care who won, but Adam and Corey are Jazz fan so that's who we cheered for. We were getting dirty looks from every one around us it was great. I never realize how mean Denver fans are.

Caevens new word

2009-04-22T11:20:00.003-06:00

Caeven has started saying "HI" and he says it all the time. He also loves to say Hi dad.

Say Cheese

2009-04-22T11:12:00.001-06:00

I was taking pictures of Caeven the otherday and i told him to day cheese and he smiled like this. And now he does it all the time.

yummy

2009-04-22T11:06:00.002-06:00

Caeven had his first Popsicle the other day it was a little sour but he ate the whole thing. I just love all the faces that he make, it is never the same face. And as you can see most of it ended up on his shirt and face then in is mouth.

The boys snowoarding

2009-04-22T11:00:00.002-06:00

My Chris and my Dad went snowboarding a while back at Monarch. They had a lot of fun until my dad fell and broke is rib. It is nice that they have things in common and that they enjoy spending time together.

Bath Time

2009-04-22T10:47:00.002-06:00

Caeven like most kids love bath time. He is so much fun I love that i get to spend my days with him.(most of the time that is)

Chillin' w/Grandpa

2009-02-15T18:20:00.004-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa got Caeven Baby Einstein for his birthday and he got to watch one of them with Grandpa before he had to head back home.

Reaching for another chip glued to the show.

The 80 year old chair

2009-02-15T18:03:00.002-07:00

Great Grandpa Bill gave Caeven his chair from his childhood and it's just the right size!

Caeven on the slide at Lil'Biggs

2009-02-15T17:32:00.004-07:00

The mess

2009-02-15T17:27:00.004-07:00

Sweet, sweet cake!!! Where have you been all my life!

I guess he got tired of using his hands.
It's hard to say if was really the cake that made him as messy as he was, likely the combo of the amount of cake and the ever incessant drooling...since he was 3 months old.

The Birthday Party!

2009-02-15T17:10:00.002-07:00

Caeven's personal cake.

Trying out mom and dad's gift, a boouncy horse that connect's to the TV.

A gift from Aunt Amanda (Brittney's friend), such a col box.

Help from Nana and cuz Amanda opening gifts (he wasn't too interested until he could see something under the wrapping)

Cool Froggy cake that our great friend Kamee made for the rest of us...as you can see she's good at it and there's other's she's done on their blog-Tim & Kamee.

1 year ago...

2009-02-15T16:30:00.004-07:00

9 mos.

6 mos.

2 1/2-3 mos old

5 days old.

The day he was born 2/12/08

We were blessed with this sweet little boy, it's hard to believe a year has gone by so quick and he's gotten so big...well almost he's still pretty short and we love him to death. He's brought and still brings so much joy and happiness to Brittney and I.

Dancing

2009-01-23T10:31:00.003-07:00

Caeven loves to dance when ever he hears music he gets so excited.

Our little man

2009-01-23T10:15:00.002-07:00

Caeven like most kids puts everything in his mouth. But there are two things he loves and they are socks and shoes.

Caeven just gets better and better as the days go on I am so lucky to have such a great little man. Chris and I both just can't get enough of this guy.

Caevens new game

2009-01-23T09:53:00.002-07:00

New Years Eve

2009-01-23T09:47:00.002-07:00

We played a game with Carson and Lana on New Years Eve and well Chris won. He is soooo pretty. I think he would be a model don't you. He could not get all the eye liner off so the next day he had very defined eyes. I thought it was great. I don't think he was that amused.

Chris and Carson

2009-01-23T09:43:00.001-07:00

We got this muli game table from Craige and Steph. It turned out to be pretty fun. Well mostly for the boys.

Hangin' with friends

2009-01-23T09:36:00.004-07:00

This is the only way they could all be "the same height" since Chris is such a shorty :)

Caeven and Amanda

2009-01-23T09:31:00.004-07:00

I love watching these two play together they are both so good with each other. I wish that all of the cousins lived closer.

Christmas Day

2009-01-23T09:19:00.004-07:00

This is the rest of Christmas.

This was Christmas day. We went to my Grandma T's house now this lady has so many Santas Caeven had no idea what to do. I think he ran around and tried to eat all 200 of them.

I just love this face.

Caeven got so many toys for Christmas it was crazy. He was riding on the toy that Chris and I bought him and he fell off, I think that he laid on the floor for like 3 min. He was looking at us like, Whoa! What just happened to me.

Great Moments during the Christmas week

2009-01-02T14:21:00.002-07:00

Caeven & his Great Uncle Tyler...aka Mr. Claus

I just love the way he walks around with his hands behind his back!

As you can see he was thrilled to get the jar of Hot Cocoa mix from my parents home teachers.

2009-01-02T14:13:00.002-07:00

Paul (Adam & Cory's Youngest) and Caeven at the ward Christmas party, they don't know it yet but their bound to be best buds like their Dads.

The only "non fussing pic" he was wanting to get down and go play

Grandma & Grandpa excited to have the little man for a week!

Snowboarding At Copper

2009-01-02T14:10:00.001-07:00

This is the only picture we have because is was so cold and snowing all day. So we took a picture in the car when the day was done.

Game with Dad

2009-01-02T14:01:00.002-07:00

Caeven was having so much fun with Chris it was so cute .

Cousin Hailey look alike?

2009-01-02T13:59:00.002-07:00

Mostly the eyes but I see that they do look a little like each other

Caeven's "1st time walking"

2009-01-02T13:49:00.002-07:00

Washing Machine Amazement

2009-01-01T20:08:00.003-07:00

Caeven couldn't just play with his toys instead he had to be adventurous and go climbing over them.

Caeven was absolutely amazed by the washing machine since he could see everything moving around.

A little more from the Halloween season!

2009-01-01T20:01:00.004-07:00

Halloween...I know still behind

2009-01-01T19:52:00.003-07:00

Joe Dirt...the facial hair is mine, not the mullet.

This was our get up for Allyson's annual party (mom's best friend)

This was our other get up for our friends Tim & Kamee's Party, Ms. Swan(Mad TV) & Joe Dirt

Brittney's Mom's handy work, she made Caeven this little monkey costume. He's the cutest!

Mr. Mischief

2009-01-01T19:40:00.003-07:00

My mom found this hat for him. He is so cute we just love his smile.

Caeven has so much fun pulling everthing off the movie stand. I just love this picture, the look on his face is like, I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think he learned a few tricks from his cousin Matthew.

2009-01-01T19:40:00.000-07:00

Lilttle Man Full of Giggles

2009-01-01T19:15:00.003-07:00

Caeven seems to be growing up so quickley and developing such a cute little personality...which is mostly smiles and laughs.

Apologies

2008-12-21T00:56:00.002-07:00

Chris here, I wanted to apologize to everyone that it has been soooooo long since we have updated our blog so many new and exciting things have been happening for us...especially Caeven. Unfortunately we haven't been able to update anything because we haven't had a reliable connection to do so, however seeing as how I can't sleep at the moment I figured I'd add some fun things that we've done over the last several weeks. Oh and by the way my $100 treasure has been stripped down and is just about ready to be swapped on to my '84 Bronco II's chassis which I'll hopefully make some good progress on it this week while we're in Alamosa for Christmas vacation.