Welcome to the world...

Recently two very special people were brought into the world by 4 very special people! We could not be more excited about these little bundles of joy!

On September 16th, our good friends Jacquee and Chris Layton welcomed Cooper Christopher Layton. He is just the cutest thing ever and I can not wait to get to Seattle to meet him, and steal cuddle him ;)

3 Days later on September 19th, our newest niece, Lauren Paige McCollum, was born to Cassie and Joe McCollum. Jim and I were lucky enough to be one of the firsts to meet her. She is already so alert and aware of her surroundings and I can't wait for more snuggle time with her! Thankfully Joe and Cassie live here so I won't have to resort to kidnapping for some quality time with her.

side note #1: if you are keeping track of the McCollum brood thus far that makes 4 girls and 1 boy...Gabe is less than thrilled with these numbers :)

Sidenote #2: If you are an avid follower of this blog (and why wouldn't you be) you will know about the struggle that is Jim and hospitals. I am happy to report Jim voluntarily went to the hospital to meet Lauren. Once he learned it was still going to be awhile before we got to see her, he left to buy Joe some congratulatory liquor and throw up get some fresh air. I will say he did make it back in and seemed at ease holding a barely 2 hour old baby; so all in all I will take that as a win. Baby steps, people, baby steps!

Hospitals: 285- Jim: 2

Luckily we have quite a few more friends having babies in the upcoming months so this score could even out a little.

Congratulations Jacquee and Chris and Cassie on Joe on your perfect additions to your family. Jim and I are over the moon excited for you!

Ready for football...

It's finally that time again, my favorite time of year...cougar football time! There is nothin better than a sunny fall afternoon, good friends, good drinks, Pullman Washington, and a cougar win on a Saturday! Seriously it's one of my favorite things :)

Today was the home opener against the Eastern Eags (ka-kaw!) and Simpson and I headed down and met up with the Snyder clan. Jim unfortunately had to work but will be making 3 other games this year. Here's a few pics of our beautiful day at the new Martin Stadium.

A view of the updated stadium from the street

Getting our Tailgate on with Chris, Megan and Simpson

Loving all that Crimson!

Here come the COOOOUUUUGGGGSSSS!!!!

Here we go!

Defense Cougars Defense!

That Furney's got a foot!

In case you were wondering the Cougs held on for the W an head to Vegas with a 1-1 record.

Also I have to add as a fan nothing beats hearing Glenn Johnson making the calls over the PA at Martin Stadium or Bob Robertson doing the play by play on the radio. We are so lucky to have the best in the business working on the Palouse! And nothing gets me more prepared for Cougar Football Saturday's and the easing into fall than those two voices.

 

Till next time, Go Cougs!

summer rundown...

Well, it's official; summer is coming to an end :(

School starts back up on Tuesday for Jim, but he has been hard at work since the middle of August. I figured before its get too far past us I better catch up on the randomness that was our summer. So here we go with a quick rundown thru pictures of what exactly we did on our summer vacation.  

I took a ride in a cop car...for work

we drove to Seattle a couple times

We celebrated Stone turning 30

more celebrating...Welcome to the club Stone, I'm glad I'm no longer alone up here!

We took the dogs to the lake

Bledsoe seemed to enjoy it, Beasley not so much

The summer Olympics took over my life!

Hootie came to Northern Quest

Steve turned 30, yet still plays with dolls

Jim and Harper Bonded

Jamie and Al hosted a bomb.com BBQ!

Jamie and Al became parents to Nimbex!!!

We found a parrot in our yard, courtesy of our crazy bird neighbors

Mommies (and Me) night out

Love these ladies!!!

I got a lot of pedicures :)

Harper watched her first Coug game!

And finally,

I attended Gleason Gras with 3 of my favorite Gals. What a fun and inspiring night and the perfect ending to another great summer

At least with summer ending it means the start of something I love just as much if not more...

Cougar Football Saturdays!

And let me tell you...

McLaSnyd Number 5...

Last weekend we headed up to Priest Lake to enjoy our 5th annual McLaSnyd camping trip. It was a little bit different this year due to the addition of two beautiful baby girls, Reese and Harper, but as always we had a blast! We decided against actual camping with such young ins so instead we graciously accepted the offer of Jim and Sharon O'Connell to use their cabin. Let me tell ya, this is the way to camp-Beds, Bathrooms, and Booze...what more could you want :)

Group shot

I Love these peeps so much!!!!

Mommies and Babies

Harper's first boat ride/Harper's first life jacket :)
Those cheeks are to die for!

sunset at Chimney Rock

Sunrise from the cabin

soaking up the last days of summer sun

doing work on the knee board

awww what a cute couple

flagging is serious business...

so is looking this good ;)

enjoying some drinks while the men cook

our men know how to make us happy!

Harper and Reese...the first of many summers spent just like this!

I love this lake so much but more importantly I love the people I get to enjoy it with even more!

Over our family dinner we each took turns talking about our favorite camping memories together. We looked thru old photos and even talked about the not so favorite memories (which are actually kind of funny to think about now). Its funny what one person remembers and what others forget and it is amazing to look back over our times together and see how much we all have changed and grown. Jim and I are so blessed to have the Snyder's and Labelle's in our lives and I can not wait to share 50 more summers together at the lake.