Forever in my heart - Grandpa, Ray Wellington Mahannah

The worlds best Grandpa was laid to rest yesterday, at a beautiful service on a hillside in Grants Pass. He will forever be in our hearts and his impact on this world was huge. Grandpa touched so many people's lives. You always new your had Grandpa's support and unconditional love.

My favorite memories of him are: him teaching me to shoot the BB gun and calling me Annie Oakley, whisker burns, hiding all of his shoes during a visit and him calling me later to figure out where they all were, knee-monia and toe-burculosis during tickling matches and hearing about his many adventures.

I'm so glad my kids got to meet their Great Grandpa and pictures will always keep his memory alive for them.

Grandpa, you will be missed and I love you!

Morgan Ray meeting his Great Grandpa Ray

Jackson loving all of Great Grandpa's tools.

The two Rayzos having a visit.

Jackson climbing on Great Grandpa after a good Thanksgiving dinner.

Jackson, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa at the Annual Mahannual 2007.

Grandma, Me (pregnant with Jackson) and Grandpa comparing bellies.

Five Months, Firetrucks and Fall

Morgan is five months old today. We have not done a very good job of documenting, one of the joys of being a second child.

He can almost roll over, will gave you great dimple smiles, just started giggling and loves Jackson.

The fire department had an open house which Jackson loved!

Rides around the block in the fire truck.

Sitting on the police motorcycle.

This year we visited the pumpkin patch with Jackson's pre-school.

We got to see what Jackson and Morgan would look like as scarecrows.

Riding the train.

Our Fall Pumpkins 2011

Grants Pass Trip - Great Grandma and Grandpa

New Post

So I know everyone that reads this blog is probably eagerly awaiting new pictures of the boys....but I have misplaced my USB cord to download pictures. I'm sure it will turn up one of these days. Until then here is a list of things we have been up to:

1. Morgan is almost 4 months old (man time flys)
2. Jackson started pre-school. Two days a week.
3. We have a new addition to the family (besides Morgan). A new kitty named Boots.
4. Boots may have been taken from his mother too early; he is fascinated with bottles of milk, pacifiers, and sippy cups filled with milk.
5. Dimple smiles make the 3am wake up call a lot more tolerable.
6. A kitten that steals pacifiers makes the 3am wake up call a lot LESS tolerable.
7. Reward charts really do work for helping keep a pre-schooler stay in bed at night.
8. When trying to teach Jackson about Mother Nature, he some how thinks Mother Nature is our crazy neighbor lady. Now every time she is outside, he wants to tell Mother Nature "Hi".
9. Summer was way too short this year!

April Showers Bring May....Babies

May 23rd Jackson turned three. So hard to believe it had been three years since we brought that little guy home from the hospital. We celebrated in traditional Birthday BBQ style with lots of friends and family. His theme this year was Fire Trucks and it was complete with a Fire Truck Pinata and Fire Truck candles.


And then not three days after Jackson's big day his brother made a surprise entrance to the world. 2am on May 26th my water broke (4 weeks early). So we also celebrated the arrival of Morgan Ray at 5:57pm on May 26th.

Paint

Jackson has been such a big helper with our bathroom remodel project. Here he is diving right in to help us paint.

Need for speed

Jackson riding Gramp's motorcycle.

On you mark, get set, go!

Feeling the Heat

When Jackson grows up he wants to be a Fire Fighter. This is Jackson getting ready to spray the fire hose....
.......again, and again! Jackson's buddy William turned 3 last week and his Mom had the cool idea to go on a fire station tour before the party. The kids had a blast!

Jackson checking out all the equipment on the back of the fire truck.

This is Jackson trying with all his might to carry around the fire fighters axe. The firefighters were very patient with the many questions!

Thank you William for having such a fun birthday party!

Paging Dr. Jackson

Jackson checking for Baby Monkey's heartbeat at 20 weeks.

Jackson checking on Baby Monkey today 34 weeks. He is going to be an excellent big brother!

Too Cute!

This is Jackson and his bud Avery from playgroup. It was so cute to watch this. Jackson asked Avery, "Can I hold your hand?" Then they just went strolling along.