Fun in the Yard

Here is my first digital scrapbooking page ever. Oh, and this is Nick! Maybe just maybe I do have some artistic talent in me. These photos came from our day in the yard the week after Landon was born. Unfortunately Winter should approach quickly and we won't be spending too much time outside. We sure are glad we put grass in this year. Here's a look at our yard before putting down sod (and this is after it was looking quite a bit nicer from laying top soil)!

Here is the yard and garden when we first got everything planted and a little later in the summer.

Announcing Landon Marc Tobler

Landon Marc Tobler

Born - Friday September 18, 2009

Time - 4:39 p.m.

Weight - 8 lb. 8 oz.

Height - 21 inch.

Riding home in the car...

Nick feeding Landon in the Hospital. Nick has been SUPER DAD! He has been doing everything... feeding Landon, changing diapers, caring for the belly button, etc. I just sat back and tried to rest between all the nurses coming in and out poking me! Now that I'm home I keep asking Nick, "How do I do this?" ... "What is your technique?" I feel like Nick's got it down and I'm in the dust!

Spencer feeding Landon for the first time! He was so cute... what a big brother!

Getting ready to bring Landon home!

Stephanie and Landon

Grandma and Grandpa Roberts loving their 2nd grandson!

Little brothers holding hands...

Such cute little boys - Our family is growing!

Daddy feeding Landon... They are so cute together!

Roberts Family Reunion

Grandma and Grandpa playing with Spencer in the sand! Grandparents sure have a lot of energy, and they don't seem to be affected by the heat!

Grandma took Spencer on the Jet Ski and he loved it!
"Yeah boat!" He would say over and over.

Yes - I even went out on the Jet Ski (8 months pregnant)
Too bad that last bump wasn't enough for an early delivery!

Like Father like Son... Check out those sun hats!

Grandma, Nick, Spencer, Stephanie, Kristi, and Derek

Having fun on the Wave Runners

Nick, Jen and Spencer Mini Golfing

Del, Stephanie, Derek, Kristi, and Spencer...Checking out the big fish at the park!

All of us in the middle of our bike ride around the Boise Green Belt.

Grandpa and Spencer Mini Golfing - They were best buddies!

Come on Nate... hole in one!

We had a wonderful time at our family reunion. But like always - it went too fast! Thursday we took Spencer to see Horton Hears a Who, went shopping (the guys music, the girls and Spencer clothes), ate dinner and waited until midnight for Kristi and Derek to arrive. They were late due to a delay in flight! Friday we had fun Jet Skiing followed by a BBQ at Jen and Nicks, and then a movie. Saturday we went for a bike ride around the green belt, stopped off at the fish reserve, and then headed home for lunch. After we ate we went swimming at the Hymas' pool. That night we went mini golfing and then had pizza - basically we crashed from sheer overload of awesome activities! Sunday we went to church, ate dinner and then tried to fit in a few rounds of Nertz before everyone had to say good-bye and head home. Thanks Dad and Mom for a wonderful time!

Nick and Spencer in the Garden

Spencer loves picking food from the garden...

Nick and Spencer eating the peas they picked!

This is a good one! Nick holds it while Spencer pulls... thus we still have a plant in the ground when were done!

Happy Birthday America!

Nick and Spencer swimming at Aunt Lynae and Uncle Doug's Pool... Jeff and kids in the background.

Cousin Matt and his son Clayton on the tramp.

The girls just chatting while the boys swim and play with the kiddos!
Kara, Rachelle, Jen, Camie, ShaRee, and Stacie

Spencer with the most adorable feet... His toe pinch is so cute!

Daddy and Spencer - What handsome boys I have!

We had a wonderful 4th of July. We got together with all of the Hymas' for a yummy breakfast Friday morning. Matt and Camie Christensen were in town with their kids, and so we made it a celebration. We had fun swimming and catching up with everyone. On the 4th we ate a BBQ over at their house and played games until it got dark and we were able to light off fire works. Spencer loved the bright fire and lights, but not the screeches and loud pops! Thanks everyone for a fun weekend!

Spencer's 2nd Birthday!

Spencer loved blowing out his candles... We had to do it several times in order to get our fix of blowing out fire for the year!

Spencer opening up his gifts - thanks everyone for my presents! Spencer loved all his new toys, movies, clothes etc.

Pizza dinner and a movie in the Family Room! What a treat... Spencer thought this was the greatest idea ever!

The little man on his new scooter... zoom, zoom, zoom!

Birthday Cupcakes and lots of candy! Mom sure knows how to make Birthdays 'sugar'iffic!

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Thank you Lorin and Janet for a wonderful trip to San Fransisco and Carmel-by-the-Sea! We had a fantastic and relaxing time!

Nick and I went to Bubba Gumps to celebrate our 4 year anniversary... The food was just as good as we remembered it!

We had a great time playing at the Beach. Nick and Lorin threw the Frisbee for quite a while, and then the ladies joined in.

Go Janet! Queen of the Frisbee game...

Hanging out on the Beach at Carmel...

This is the great life - Right you two! We all had so much fun relaxing, eating great food, shopping for tee-shirts, etc. None of us wanted to return to real life.

Boys, I love the hot pink frisbee! We stopped at a game store and happened to get their last frisbee - what a find :o)

When the Manager of the Inn we were staying at found out is was our anniversary they upgraded our room to one of the Sweets and sent us Sparking Apple Cider on the official day! Of course we wouldn't have even been on the trip had it not been for the Tobler's, so we decided to share in the spoil of our 4 year bubbly drink :o)

The 17 Mile drive was Beautiful! We ate a picnic at the beach - Stop #5 and then joyfully sipped our drinks and we took in the gorgeous view!

This time I actually threw in a quarter to check out the view... and it worked! I saw all sorts of great things on the rock. Go figure - the telescopes really work.

Picture by our hotel sign...

Nick inside one of the cells at the Prison. While in San Fransisco we took a ferry over to the island to check out Alcatraz. We really enjoyed the tour and loved the view of San Fran. What a fun city!

Sea Lions at Pier 39!

We loaded up on fresh cherries, salt water taffy, clam chowder and of course, chocolates and ice cream from Ghirardelli. Yum! We also enjoyed stopping by Stanford and eating at a cute little Cafe that Maren recommended from her college days.

We had a great vacation and loved every minute of it. I even survived being away from Spencer for the week. He had fun with Grandpa and Grandma Roberts, Nate and Stephanie... I don't think he missed us at all. He made us feel good by running to us at the airport though!

We are having a baby...

Yes - We went in for our ultrasound on May 12th, and it is officially a Boy! We are so thrilled! We have already decided on a name: Landon Marc Tobler (Thanks Uncle Marc for letting us use your name for the middle!) I think Spencer and Landon will be the best of friends, but I have to say my exciting projects are out the window... I was having a lot of fun making bows, planning sewing projects, thinking about pink color schemes - just in case ya know. It looks like our family will stick with blue and green for a while longer, and lets face it boys love cars and balls - not much to work with there! I love my boys, but I am still wearing as much pink as possible... someone has to be super girly around here!