Halloweeny...

Since Halloween was on a Sunday this year, we had sort of a weekend celebration of Halloween.  Friday night Jake and I went to a crazy costume party... Saturday, the kids went Trunk or Treating at the church, and Sunday was pretty low key, the kids had their Primary Program, and even tho it was on Halloween, it all went very well. It was so much fun to see Gracie, Ben and Natey on the stand.  Here are some pics from Trunk or Treating.  Gracie was a "beautiful butterfly," Ben was a Vampire Spider, Natey was a Stink Bug (his own choice, my personal favorite of the night) and Julia was our little Pumpkin.  The kids all came up with their own costumes this year, we wanted to try homeade as much as we could. It was so much fun, but SO much work.  I don't think there is such thing as "throwing a costume together!" Oh Well...we had so much fun, and the kids made a haul, so they were super happy about that.  Happy Late Halloween! 

We have lift off...

Holy Cow this little girl is FINALLY walking... Yes I know that she is 17 months old. She is the most stubborn child yet.. How that is possible I have no idea! =) We will say.."Julia, Walk."  Her response...."No." She is the funniest little stink. She couldn't be coxed, bribed, pushed... nothing! She was going to walk when she wanted to. Finally after months of stubbornness she has decided she wants to give it a try.  Funny little girl.

Where has all the posting gone!

Well.... I owe this blog a huge make over... seeing the picture of Julia on the cover is crazy to me how outdated it is!!  In the mean time, I have been a little busy with a few other things! hahahaha...  One of those things is...drum...roll...please.... I started my photography buisness!! I am so excited about this new adventure, I don't know how to quite put it into words...but if you want to check it out go to www.kateperkesphotography.blogspot.com. It is just getting underway, I have a million things I have to do still, but the fact of the matter is, I am doing it... and its crazy...but oh such a dream come true!

Happy Birthday Naters...

This little guy just turned 4! He has grown so much in the last few months, I can't believe how fast 4 years has gone. Nate had such a fun fun birthday. We went for a morning bike ride down the green belt. Then we had lunch at Red Robin. Then we went to Monkey Business ( a giant play place for kiddos) Then we had a rockin party.... What a day.....

Homeade Birthday Crown, made by Gracie
A PEEN-YA-TAAA (according to Ben)
The most unbelieveable Cake made by Aunt Karen....

Matt and Sarah's Wedding...

Nate was so kind to let me tag along on his recent wedding shoot. I was privileged to learn volumes from this one experience. Shooting a wedding is so exciting and the energy is wonderful, because you have this beautiful, in-love couple, and you get to capture their first moments together. Here is a few snip-its of their day, Thanks Nate! (check out Nate's blog at perkesphotography.blogspot.com)

Cherry Pickers

We went to Emmett this morning and did some cherry pickin! It was so much fun. Emmett has a ton of "U-Pick" fruit farms. It goes on all summer and into fall for their apples. We didn't do it last year, but this year we are going to take full advantage. We picked about 25 lbs of cherries for 24 dollars!! It was awesome.. not sure what we are going to do with them all, but I am sure we will figure out something..

A Fun Day on the Lake

Ben wanted SOOO badly to learn how to wakeboard this summer. He has been practicing on land, but this is the first time in the water. He was so excited to try, I can't believe how brave he is... I was the one sort of freaking out......

He got SOO close to getting up, I think he was surprised how hard it was, he tried a few times, and then got tired. He said he can't wait till next time, I was so proud of him, he did so awesome....

This is Gracie and her cute cousin Spencer! Christiaan and Karen and their family have moved to Boise and we couldn't be happier. It has been so fun to have them here!
Who makes these things??? Stupid LifeJackets!! Poor Ju-ju... this was one of the many tactics to get her to forget about that awful thing invading her cheek space...
Natey and Gracie
I thought that there would be some sort of time lapse, or some sort of "break" from boating, after our almost tragic happenings last time... But Oh No! Jake was just as eager as ever to get back at it. I am happy to report that his lip has returned to its normal size and he is doing much better...

All the "Watson side" Grandbabies... + Uncle Christiaan...

Poor little Henry, not only was his lifejacket a major cheek invader as well... but he had to wear the pink one! The excitement on his little face is almost too much....