Black Widow

A few weeks ago I had opened the back door to let in some fresh air. Later that afternoon Albert came home from work and asked, "What's on the screen door?" I had not seen this "lady" hanging on the screen when I opened the door earlier, and now wonder how long she'd made our home her home! Needless to say, she's gone home to meet her maker!

"It's a... nice day for a... white wedding."

On Mother's Day my brother-in-law and his wife-to-be ask me to take their engagement pictures. This is the one I thought turned out the best! Although, there were a quite a few that look great (if I do say so myself)! Anyway, they're to be wed on Saturday, May 24th with a reception to follow. We're so happy to have Larinda and her son Kelton as the newest members of our family! Sing with me now:

The Knudsen Family!
Da-da-da-dum [snap! snap!]
Da-da-da-dum [snap! snap!]
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum,
Da-da-da-dum [snap! snap!]

Ukulele Hawaiian Style

My friend Alonna (and fellow music teacher) posted this on YouTube and won a free Ukalele! For those of you who know her know what a talented, wonderful musician she is. CONGRATULATIONS ALONNA!

Where's Rufus?

I just went to COSTCO last week to pick up a few items, including diapers. Before I could take the box out to the recycle bin Rufus turned it into his play pen. He would squat down inside and wait for me to ask "Where's Rufus?" then...

... he'd pop up and squeal with laughter! I love this kid!

Hippty! Hoppity! Easter's on it's way...

I know it's a little late to post Easter stuff, but I'm trying to bring you up to speed since our computer crashed. Grandpa & Grandma came to visit us on Easter weekend and I decided I wanted to take Rufus to meet the Easter Bunny. Now I don't know why we parents are fascinated with taking our children to see giant fictional characters around the holidays, but we are. I found a store (Once Upon a Child) where the Easter Bunny was to make an appearance and parents could take pictures for FREE (my favorite 4-letter word!) Well, I think the picture says it all. Obviously not a pleasant experience. Although, I did find a couple pairs of shoes on sale for him at the store; so in all it wasn't a wasted trip!

"Git yer motor runnin'... head out on the highway!"

Just before leaving Holbrook (back in February) Grandpa took Rufus for a ride on his new ATV. They're like two peas in a quad! Grandpa said Rufus took in all the sights and sounds and didn't make a peep.

Well, now that he's had a taste of that Rufus sits on everything pretending it's Grandpa's quad. Here he lifted up the seat (that's the yellow plastic he's leaning against) and sat down in the hidden storage part getting his bum stuck!

Like I said, Rufus and Grandpa are BFF's! Anything Grandpa does, Rufus does!

As a side note, we have finally joined ya'll in the 21st century and now have high-speed internet! Our computer crashed earlier this month which forced us to erase everything and start from scratch. But we're now back up and running so I hope to keep our blog updated as often as I can.

Happy Birthday Rufus!

We're in the process of choosing a fast, reliable internet service so I haven't been able to regularly update our website. My brother and his two sons flew in for the long weekend to go rabbit hunting with my dad here in Holbrook. We've been looking for a reason to take a weekend vacation, so here we are in Holbrook enjoy some time away from home.

Rufus turned one year old this past Friday. We had a small celebration where he was able to opened a few gifts...

... and tore into a piece of birthday cake.

Rufus is learning to walk by leaps and bounds... literally! He went from taking 2 or 3 steps to walking across the living room!

Hope everything is going well where you are. Feel free to leave us a comment to let us know how you're doing.