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Look-A-Like??

 I have been asked time and time again "who does Connor look most like?" I really do think the answer to that is a perfect mix of both sides of the family...but when was going through a few pictures when I was home a while back to compare Connors pictures to mine I came across this one....  I have to say that looking at these pictures.. He definately has my smile and face shape :-)

July was filled with a lot of playing for us, we planned it that way because we knew that August was going to be work work work...

The 4th of July week/weekend

Grandma Nancy came over for a BBQ Wednesday afternoon, she played with Connor so we could get some yardwork done :-) Beemer and Connor are driving the car in this picture :-) Connor thought it was hilarious having her on his lap, she didn't agree :-) but she was a good sport about it..

After meeting our friends Greg and Lisa invited us up for some dessert and a firework show put on by their young kids ;-) it was a beautiful evening, and a great introduction to fireworks for Connor.

Connor and Dad watching a smoker

Connor with the fireworks the kids would be setting off

Devin and Chase.. master firework tech's

watching one go up!

The smoke is a little distracting, but we were doing a sparkler :-)

On our way home Nancy called and said we should drive to town and  see the community firework show. This is the first year Omak City arranged it.. being so close the reservation, basically everyone has access to and uses the big "illegal" fireworks, so there are usually several fires spread all over the county.. Well to prevent that, the city decided the best solution was to just put them all in one area, so they said "Bring your own fireworks, find a spot in East Side Park (where the Stampede arena is..) and have fun :-)... It was AMAZING! imagine the finale of a firework show going on for several hours.. it was crazy :-) I have a feeling it will become a big event for Omak.... vendors, canival etc.. the works because the firework show it worth dealing with the crowd.. or just sitting up on the hill like we did for most of it was great too :-)

Friday the 6th Jeremy's cousin Angela and David her hubby and Teagan their daughther were driving through Omak to go to Canada, so Nancy had us to her house for breakfast before they left. This picture is priceless of Teagan in the pasenger seat on the cell phone and Connor in the driver seat.. 

We spent the day Saturday in the Waconda area with Jermey's good friend BJ and his girlfriend Megan and her kids Arlen and Jamie who are fraternal twins.. 1 year and a few days older than Connor.. He had a blast with them, and we had a good old country fun time :-)

I wanted to test out good old Johnny Deer... fit all 3 of the kids.. they all looked so much alike and so similar in size, it would be easy to mistake them for triplets :-)

We (BJ, Jeremy, Me and the kiddos) drove around the property and took care of a ground squirel problem :-) I ended up being the pillow for all three kids to take their nap on while the guys had target practice!! I was covered in drool, but I didn't mind, they were all exhausted!

BJ let Jeremy fire up and test out one of their new dozers.. Jeremy enjoyed himself :-)

The kids woke up while the guys were on the tractor, so they watched in sleepy awe the tractor heading out direction :-)

Does this photo surprise anyone? It shouldn't Connor is obsessed with anything that goes.. "That boy loves Wheels and Wings" as Grandpa Kevin says :-)

He even got to sit on Daddy's lap in the tractor for a little bit :-) He is either hamming it up for the photo or playing shy in this picture :-)

Jamie was sweet enough to let Connor have the chair, and she sat on a wobbly cooler :-)

We had a delicious dinner had a bonfire, then called it a night!

GOATS

Last Fall we sold our 6 goats to a gal who was going to use the males for packing and the females to try to breed so she could start getting milk to make cheese, part of the agreement when we sold them was that if any of our females took, we would get a couple kids off of them in the Spring.. well they did and so now we have 2 little weathered boer goats :-) Connor thinks they are pretty cool:

they don't have names yet.. but here they are one is naturally dehorned, the other looks like he will have a little bit deformed horns.. :-) They are both super cute :-)

Connor with the baby goats... they are really calm once you get them laying down :-)

Connor was all over them, laying on them, crawling on em, hugging.. it's pretty cute to see how much he likes them!

LOVE this picture of Connor and Daddy going to do the chores one evening! Connor is such a good little helper :-)

Chelan Draggoo Family Weekend

We went with the Draggoo side of the family to Chelan for a long weekend get away.. We had a nice time, the place we stayed was BEAUTIFUL... and perfect for Connor!

The view from the hot tub at sunset!

There was a "poker run" going on when we wer ethere and the owners of the house we rented actually were in charge of it, so we went down to their boat house and watched at 68 boats came  rushing in to pick up their first set of poker cards before they headed up the lake for their next card.. It was quite the deal, as you can see by helicopter! Connor was absolutely in awe of all the excitement :-)

Watching the boats at the boat house...

a few of the many boats who participated in the Poker Run.. a charitable event we were told!

Connor in his car.. with the veiew we had one direction :-)

Connor and Gma Nancy swimming

ICE... has become a new favorite.. Clayton scored points with both Teagan and Connor by feeding them ice!

wrestling with daddy!

Teagan and Connor reading a book with Nicole

Denver Colorado: 5 year Anniversary trip

As a fathers day/anniversary gift I planned a getaway to Denver.. Because we were able to save money by staying with family and borrowing a car, as well as using airline miles to get there, I splurged and got us extremely good seats for the Brothers of the Sun Concert.. Tim McGraw and Kenney Chesney! It was an amazing concert.. and we were literally 5 people (standing not sitting) away from the stage! We also had a great time with my Aunt, Uncle and cousins.. We stayed an extra night as they invited us to go to Brekinridge with them.. It was  agreat weekend.. Only bummer is my camera died on the plane on the way there ( I didn't take the charger) and my phone died at the concert.. so I didn't get near the pictures I would have liked to.. But these give an idea..

Dad and COnnor on the plane

Mom and Connor n the plane

We went to a shopping center that had an outdoor fountain.. Connor wasn't totally sure about it, but he liked watching the other kids play!

We toured the conservation area where my Uncle Kelly works and my cousin Kayla is doing an internship/summer job.. There were an incredible amount of LARGE bucks that Jeremy was pretty excited about :-) and the visitors center was fun for Connor

Thanks for the tour and the stuffed Bison toy Kayla!!

This shows how close we were to the stage!! It was a long time to be on our feet though.. Jake Owen opened and sang for an hour, then Grace Potter and the Nocturnals opened and sang for an hour, then Tim McGraw came out and sang for 2 hours, then Kenny Chesney sang 2 hours, then they sang a few songs together! It was LONG,... But TOTALLY worth it :-)

Tim McGraw... We've seen him in concert before.. but it was nothing like this.. being this close was a sureal experience!

Happy 5th Anniversary!!! :-) and thanks to Kelly, Bonnie, Kayla, and Kelsey for watching Connor so we could have an evening just the 2 of us!

Thanks to Kayla for taking a few photos when we were at Brekinridge... This is my favorite family photo lately :-)

We took the Gondola up.. they had great activities to do with kids.. but all were geared to older kids.. so we basically rode it up and went back.. but the scenery was phenomenal!

Connor thought the Gondola ride was pretty cool!

With mom.. he was staring at the other cars going by

Summer Fun

Just a few misc summer photos to sum it up :-)

Shades!

Horses..

Lawn Mowers..

Sprinklers...

Neighbor Girls :-)...

Neighbor kids

Cars...

Mmmmm

RASPBERRIES!!

Sharing...

Bluebirds....

Lemon Juice.....

We are about to break ground on our house.. so i'll try to keep the blog up to date as we build....



Busy start to a busy summer..

I'm obviously way behind on blogging! My appologies :-) I keep promising to do better, but I may just have to change my to a more realistic goal.. like once a month updates.... we'll see :-)

Memorial Day weekend we took a  long weekend trip which started in McCall, ID- where we were married on 7-7-07.. We hadn't been back to visit since we were married almost 5 years ago so it was a nice little getaway, kinda of a pre-anniversary celebration :-) stayed 2 nights in Mccall then headed on to Boise for a family reunion.. Here's the photos from McCall:

It's not a trip to McCall without breakfast at the Pankhouse House! We ate there both mornings :-) Connor ate an entire kids size french toast and eggs!! This kid can eat! We are in trouble :-)

The lake we were married on almost 5 years ago, not the same dock, but very close :-) It was a little chilly so we didn't spend too much time outside, or we woul dhave walked out onto the dock we were "legally married" on... our actual wedding and ceremony which everyone attended was actually about 15 minutes away at a golf course in New Meadows, but the lake in McCall will always be extra special for us!

Connor and Daddy getting ready to go for a swim in one of the many hot springs around the area!

So excited to get in the warm water!

Connor was loving the games Dad was playing with him!

Family photo!...

Mom and Connor playing games in the rain (yeah it started to rain on us, which was ok since the water was so warm)

Next stop on our little weekend get away was Boise to see the Cable side of the family, many who we hadn't seen in  quite some time

Brian and Jaylin playing the piano with Connor

I'm not sure what the difference was of being in Boise, if it was all of the people or just his developmental stage hit at the perfect time, but it was there that he got over his stranger anxiety and fear of large crowds.. he blossomed into this social.. spotlight loving kid :-)

This is the video of how and why he started to blossom into enjoying the spotlight :

He kept Dads hat on and actaully seemed to like it :-)

again clapping to get everyone else to clap :-)

He discovered he could see himself in the tub overflow :-) SO CUTE!

With Grandma after meeting waiting for our seat at lunch.. he thought the balloon was pretty cool

Getting rid of some energy before lunch..

The Cable side of the family at lunch..

Connor again hamming it up with an even bigger crowd! He thought it was cool to wear my glasses.. but liked the attention they got him most!

On the way home from Boise we stopped at a rest stop where the lighting was beautiful and Connor was in a great mood, so I took the opportunity to get a few pictures .. Basically these are Connors 15 mo photos.. I never got around to setting up a "photoshot".. I think they turned out ok for being last minute :-)

So hard to believe that 15 mo (16mo by the time I am getting to the blog) has gone by!! He's such a joy.. we can't imagine life without him :-) I do think it is time to officially start calling him a toddler, not a baby (however he'll always be my baby.... :-)

The new Yagues Family photo...

These are a few pictures and videos of us hanging out at home between weekends...

Connor likes my Camelbak better than his... ha ha of couse!

Connor with his buddies...waiting to go outside

Funny video of Connor "helping" me at the consignment store one day....

We had Chelan convention the first weekend of June.. Connor was absolutely perfect.. everyone told us last year when he was only 3 months old and we were exhausted that "next year will be so much worse"... but it wasn't ! He was the perfect age.. starting to get independent, so would play with other kids, but still wanted us near, and couldn't run fast enough to disapear... He is also still taking 2 naps a day.. so he pretty much slept every morning and afternoon meeting which was great! In fact when we got home, I think the lack of routine wasn't well accepted! I've actually started trying to time his naps at 10:00 and 2:45 give or take :-) ha ha.. we do what works right!

Connors infamous rolling arms while walking, which started at convention.. pretty cute- wish I could get inside his head and know why he does it.. but I never will, it will just always be something unique to Connor :-)

Connor with Lydia putting rocks  through the holes on the ramp

Uncle Brian with Connor and I

Lydia teaching Connor how to smell flowers!

"smelling the flowers" :-) I think he was more just letting them tickle his nose and make a scrunchy nose face.. ha ha :-) But he's getting the right idea.. now anytime he sees something resembling a flower or leaf.. he stops, bends over and "smells" it then looks up and giggles...

Connor in his Sunday outfit!

Jeremy and his cousin Josh, Becky and brother Braden

Our  convention family picture

Jeremy's family

Us with 2 of the 3 Uncles :-)

Connor was walking up and down the ramp by himself at first.. but it must have looked like fun.. because he drew in quite a crowd.. The ramp has pretty sharp spikes for traction.. that might have done some damage on a little ones knees or hands who it just getting comfortable walking.. So Jeremy was helping him out.... It was pretty fun to see Jer up there surrounded by kids :-)

Durning tear-down Connor and Lydia went to town digging in the dirt. ..Connor had wanted to do that all of convetion, so he was a very happy boy!

Back Home......and now to yard work to get the house ready to list...So we did everything we could to find activities to keep Connor occupied

We filled the pool up with warm water from inside and Connor loved it..

Good start to what he'll likely be doing a lot this summer as the weather warms up. He is splashing in this picture.. Below is a video of the action :-)

Video of Connor on his "waterslide" .... all of this was so fun we didn't get ANY yard work done because we were playing with him!! ha ha amazing how little work gets done nowadays :-) o well, we will never get these moments back!

**FATHERS DAY 2012**

Connor and Dad on Fathers Day.. The sun was so bright it made for a little bit squinty photo.. but it's still cute :-)

For Fathers Day we went out to lunch at Los Camperos in Brewster with Luke, Verla and Dan after Sunday morning meeting. Across from the restaruant is an aircraft on display... Connor of course noticed it right away, so we decided to take a few "Daddy and Me" photos with it :-)

Connors newest favorite thing to do(among many favorites) is to help feed the chickens. Luckily these irrigation type boots I bought him a month or so ago still fit :-) I thought this was an adorable photo of him and dad in their boots!

Connor is getting so big and grown up... Physically he definately looks more like a toddler now than an infant.. He is thinning out significantly, actually hasn't gained any weight in at least 4 months, but has just kept gaining inches in height!.. He can be a handful at times with the typical tantrums and having a mind of his own, but signing has significantly reduced the language frustration, it's more just the not being willing to always do what is asked of him :-) Speaking of sign language, he knows about 30-40 words thanks to Baby Signing Time! He is crazy mobile, walking forward and backward... running... and even climbing. Loves to be outside and it starting to talk all the time.. Some words are understandable, a lot is still babble for now. We understand words he says like dog, woof, thank you, love you, mama, dada, there, mak mak (his version of what a chicken says),  dat, he knows the animal sounds for horse, cow, dog, chicken, kitty, monkey, bird others I can't think of right now :-) He also knows the difference when looking at pictures between basically all things that go (motorcycle, 4-wheeler, hay baler, tractor, lawn mower, airplane, boat, trycicle, race car, truck... it goes on :-) definately a boy!!

Coming up: Trip to Chelan with the Draggoo Family, Trip to Denver CO for our annivesary to attend the Brother of the Sun concert (Tim McGraw and Kenney Chesney!!) We have REALLY good seats so we are stoked! Then first part of August Jeremy is going to Alaska with the "guys" for a fishing trip (i'm a little jealous...) but I get to go to Boise for a week, while i'm there I will photographing a wedding of a friend from high school.

Also the 1st of August we plan to break ground on our house!! YEAH... hard to believe it's really here.. VERY Exciting, but it will definately make the rest of the summer and fall BUSY.. We most likely will just get it "shelled in.. and whether tight" then we'll stop contruction until our current house sells, which in this market could take a while, the sooner it sells the sooner we'll be able to finish building.. so we are hoping for a quick sale :-)  That's all for now.. I hope to keep up and blog again soon :-)