Fun In the Sun

Summertime was loads of fun this year. We didn't do any traveling this summer, but we did find ways to beat the heat and enjoy the beautiful weather. We had cousins at our house everyday. Camryn and Cooper had a blast at the waterpark. What you don't see in this picture is James trying really hard not to get wet. I tried to stay in the shade as much as possible with Logan and Zada.

Cooper got a new bike for his birthday. This is his first bike ride. We even bought a special Disney Cars Helmet, knee & elbow pads. He didn't care much for the safety features at first, but we were insistant and he gave in.
On the 4th of July we went to the Auburn 4th of July festival...it was one of the hottest days of the summer, but we had fun. We saw birds, farm animals, but Cooper's favorite was meeting his new friend, DOZER. They were the same size.
Here we are...The Twiddy Family...This was the pre-sunburn picture...you think I would have put sunscreen on myself after caking it on my children...oh no...that would be too easy.
Little 6 1/2 month old Logan sporting his carefree, heart-melting smile and his Baby's first 4th bib. He really is the sweetest, happiest baby...He really loves the outdoors..He spent alot of time outside this summer laying on the ulgy orange blanket. He loved staring at the sky and feeling the grass between his toes.

April Trip to Montana

In April we took our first family vacation to Montana. We decided to take our time, and make as many stops as possible. It took us a whopping 5 hours to cross Washington, I think that's a new slow record for us. We stayed our first night in Spokane, and visited with the Spokane Clan. When we were almost to Swan Lake, MT it started to snow, it was so beautiful. We had great time visiting Great-Grama Geri, This was her first time meeting Logan. Cooper had a blast looking for fish off the pier, and throwing rocks in the glass-like lake & of course getting his shoes wet, which abruptly ended our walk.


Cooper & James loving the snow, but it was sure cold...the next day it was beautiful!!! Our next stop was Cascade, MT to visit Uncle John & Aunt Sandy. It was a nice visit and I'm glad we stopped, as Uncle John passed away this summer. We stayed the night at Sandy's beautiful house, and went to Helena the next day to visit JD, Heidi, & Ruby. Ruby & Logan had a great time getting to know each other and Cooper had a blast terrorizing their poor dog. That evening we went to Great Falls, and stayed with Uncle Mike & Aunt Vicky. They sure had fun with the boys and the visit was awesome. We decided to stay a full day in Great Falls and make it all about Cooper...he was such a good boy in the car...he needed time to stretch his legs and have a fun day....so we filled it in with all the goodies I remembered as a kid...
We lucked out and were able to go to Gibson Park and feed the geece and ducks. Cooper was in heaven. He ran up and down the sidewalk chasing the poor animals, and yelling "Eat! Eat!" He also climbed the toys and went down the slide. I don't know who had more fun that day Cooper or Uncle Mike!
It was on to Giant Springs to feed the fish. Of Course Cooper had so much fun! He would yell, "Mommy, Fishy, eat!" We went to the giant slide in Black Eagle, and I had fun there...so many memories of this place. I had fun because being the competitive Momma that I am, had the fast kid there. There was a little boy just flying down the slide, and Cooper was going but I felt he needed to keep up with the little boy, sooo I put down Logan's fleece blanket, put Cooper on and well, thankfully James stood in the middle of the slide, Cooper flew down the slide, and at the mid-point hit a bump and caught a little air. James was there to make sure he didn't fly off the slide...soo Fun! Cooper just kept walking back up the stairs saying " more more! again! " I was grateful that I was able to take James, Cooper & Logan (even though he was asleep most to the day) to places of my happiest childhood memories. We decided to take a break for lunch of course to Taco Treat. We took a half an hour at the cemetary to paint Aimee's headstone and clean it up. The highlight of the day for Cooper was our last stop......

Uncle Mike had arranged for us to go and ride the horses. They sold the horses, but Mike knew the owners and had stopped by a few weeks before we came and asked if it would be okay for him to come give Cooper a ride. They were very friendly. When we told Cooper that we were going to ride the horses he got so excited, that he frightened the horses just a bit, Mike calmed down Sage and saddled him up...meanwhile, Cooper was freaking out because he thought that he couldn't ride them...Once he sat on Sage, Cooper was calm and had the biggest smile on his face..he loved it! He had so much fun that day. He was worn out. We went home and had a great dinner, and Cooper literally Crashed on the floor watching TV! It was so much fun! We didn't want our time in Montana to end. James loved it too, He loved the openess, the wildlife, and the slow pace. We considered moving there....which happens everytime I go there...but we know that we needed to be here, close to grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins....maybe someday we'll move, but until then we'll just consider it our little patch of heaven on earth to visit.

Christmas 2006

I know it's August, better late than never. Of course, I will probably have a hard time forgetting this Christmas, as 12/24 is Logan's birthday. On my way to church, Christmas eve, my neighbor told me I was going to have the baby today. I replied " Yeah right, he's not coming until Jan. 9(planned c-section). Well, that was a false statement. While sitting in church I started feeling really sick to my stomach and was having sharp pains, and eventually got sick. My mom & Aimee, kept telling me to go the hospital, but I said, no, it's just the flu, I'll go home and lie down. I got in the car and James said, " Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" Realizing that it was probably a good idea, I said, okay. At the hospital they found my blood pressure through the roof, and the enzymes in my liver where way off the charts, so I'll I remember from that point was hearing, " You'll be having your baby today." Sure enough, within an hour and half at the hospital, Little Logan James was born, 5 pounds 10 1/2 ounces, 17 1/2 inches. In hindsight I was really glad that yes, my mother and Aimee were right, my husband really was concerned, and more especially that I lived to tell the tell. Doctor said if I hadn't come into the hospital, I probably would have had a seizure or went into a coma. I give all the credit to Heavenly Father for blessing me with his spirit, and family and friends that know how stubborn I am, but still love me.

The first of many...I hope

In a effort to remember the fun times or sometimes not so fun times we've been having as a family, I'm hoping this is the first of many entries. If to keep family posted, a journal entry for my failing memory, or just to vent, I hope that this is the first of many Blogs about the life and times of the Twiddy family. As an explaination of the title, "Twiddy Twisters; disaster central", it fit perfectly for the craziness that always seems to abound in our little apartment. Anyone who has children, takes care of other people's children can probably relate. I hope you enjoy.