Cole's birthday

For his birthday, Cole had a BBQ in the backyard and then went to the pool with a bunch of his friends. He (i.e. Dad) got a new iPod touch for his birthday, along with more cash than the GNP of most small countries from all his friends and grandparents. Of course we garnished his money severely for room and board...gotta make a little extra cash somehow, right?!

Krew's getting bigger

McCall comes to town!

McCall came a visiting to see the new little Russon addition. She seems to always come around when we have a new baby, but she has assured me that it's the pleasure of my company that really brings her up, so I'm sure it's just a coincidence. We love having her here, she plays with the kiddies, makes dinner and cooks up more treats and cookies than we can eat in a month of Sundays. It's a rough job eating them all, but someone has to step up and do it. Of course now we'll have to find some other way to entice her up here to visit, not sure I can have another kid just for a plate of cookies!

Gramps and Granny visit

G & G Hansen came up for a visit, to see the new baby (Krew) and see the big baby (Miles) get the priesthood! As always, the kiddies loved having them here, to spoil them with whatever their hearts desire.

Krew William Russon

The latest addition to the Russon clan finally has a name...Krew William. Someone astutely pointed out later that we have a full crew now, so it's fitting. He is doing well, and he and mom are recovering at home, while fending off many well-wishers and way too much food brought by friends.

Baby Arrives!

Well, it's official, the Russon's now have 4 boys and 1 girl. Boy number 4 arrived today at 6:00 PM after deciding to just hang out for many hours and stump all efforts to prod him along. He came in at 7 pounds and 20 inches long. He has a little dark hair in a fringe around the back, but not much else. He's healthy and has all the right parts in all the right places. Lisa is recovering nicely too. Now the hard part, the name! We had a couple of good solid girls names lined up, which doesn't help us now, so we are back to the drawing board. Pictures, and hopefully name, to follow.

Final Preggars Pictures!

Heading down to the hospital in the morning to have Lisa's induction and (hopefully) the baby too! Here's some final pictures of Lisa in that last month, now that you can finally tell that she's actually pregnant. What a cutie!

Miles 12th Birthday Party

Miles party this year consisted of 17 of his "closest friends" going to the pool and proceeding to wreak havoc on the place. They all had a blast, including the rest of our kids who joined in. Unfortunately we couldn't talk Lisa into putting a swim suit on, since she is having the baby in 3 days. Can't understanding her reiticence. Below is Miles doing his Tarzan imitation, to the obvious delight of those waiting to swing behind him (or at least the female ones!)

Easter

Happy Easter 2009!

Lisa's Birthday

Lisa's birthday was mostly Shay opening the presents for her, wanting to blow out the candles and eating her cake. I think Lisa managed to get a little piece herself somewhere along the way. Luckily it was a very nice Spring Day, and it was also General Conference, so we got to be lazy, sleep in and hang around the house all day for her birthday, what more could you want?

Whistler 2009

Last hurrah before baby comes! We went up to Whistler for 3 days (and my birthday!) to do some Spring skiing and play around. Wasn't so much Spring as it was snowing and cold, so we actually had great skiing and plenty of snow. We definitely got some looks with the 4 kids running rampant, and the obviously pregnant Lisa. What, you don't see families of 5 much?! We had a blast and enjoyed the trip immensely.

Gage's 5th Birthday

Gage turned the big 5 today, and had about 13 of his friends over for the party. Nothing better than a house full of 5 and 6 year olds running around, yelling and tackling each other, or at least the boys were. The few girls that came were being good and quiet, by comparison. Gage got a cool robot cake, courtesy of Lisa's great cake-making skills, and ended up with lots of presents too.

Skiing with the boys

This year, we FINALLY convinced Gage to go skiing with us, and of course he loved it. We had to bribe him to go, but now he keeps asking when we can go again. He took right to it, and I didn't even have to hold him between my legs like I did with Miles and Cole (thank goodness, my back was hurting just thinking about doing it!) He was quite the little trooper and stayed the whole day. Miles and Cole did some skiing with us, then headed over to the Terrain Park to ride the rails and hit the jumps (ahh, to have young knees again.)

The ride home after a great day of skiing (in the SUN of all things, which in Washington is always a huge bonus!)

Here's a video of Gage's first day, pretty much making it look like he's been skiing for years!

Waterfront property available

After all the snow we had this year, we then had a nice warmup and rainfall, causing extensive flooding around the state. It was bad enough to turn Western Washington into almost an island. Both passes were closed and the highway south to Portland was flooded over too. The only way out of Seattle, was to go North to Canada, and even that had some blockage on some roads. The waters finally receded from the roads, but there is still a lot in the lower lying valleys and fields that just won't evaporate due to the colder temperatures and continued rain. We had some friends that had to use a boat to get in and out of their property for a week or so.

The (Very Prolific) Russon Family Reunion

More Russon's than you can shake a stick at...after this was over we all felt like whacking each other with sticks, not just shaking them! Dad had to be coached through how to make his camera take pictures with the timer, "all this new fangled gadgetry!"

It's all fun and games...