Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: The Top Five

5. Amy took this photo of Jack gettin' sassy with her after messing with the oven when he shouldn't have. It's quite funny though he appears quite evil and the truth is quite the opposite. (Most of the time.)
4. Cute little booger. We snuck away from his birthday to take this one. He's so cooperative.
3. You knew this one would be way up here didn't you? He is absolutely hilarious in his c'boy garb. We might need to consider teaching him that it ain't polite to point guns at people...
2. This photo is huge in my personal calendar I had made. I just love his face, the hat, the mittens, the everything about it. He's just handsome.
1. Duh. This photo is just perfect.

From The Mouth Of A Toddler

Some hilarity from Jack lately:

• At the church Christmas program, Jack was enjoying the peanuts out of his stocking. Noticing his mouth full of peanuts, Marge Gates leaned over and said, "You're just a little squirrel eating all those peanuts." He looked up at her and said, "I not a squirrel. I a boy."
• Jack was being a goof the other day. Amy was sitting there laughing at him and he looked up and said, "Mommy, I totes funny." Ummm...ooops...
• I was wearing shorts tonight at the dinner table and Jack put his feet up on my leg. His legs were freezing so I said something that led up to me also adding, "ICE ICE BABY!" He looked at me and said, "Ice Ice, Daddy."
• We are lucky that Jack stays in bed after he wakes up until someone comes and gets him. The other day, he was laying there yelling 'mommy' over and over again. I walked in to get him and he looked up and me and very snottily sniped, "I said 'mommy'".

There have been many more, so we'll update as we remember them.

Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: Numbers 10-6

10. Un-decorating the Christmas tree...caught doin' what dad told him not to do...

Whatever. He's cute.
9. No rest for the cowboy at heart. There's actually a kid's book titled "Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots On". Might need to snag that one from Amazon.

8. I don't know what's the funnest thing about his photo. The climbing? The mischief? The little diapered butt? The socks? All of the above?

7. He seemed to just know what to do here. Some kids just know how to be adorable.

6. This will always be one of my very favorite photos of all time. For obvious reasons.

Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: Numbers 15-11

15. For some reason, this photo just makes me chuckle. It has a very third-worldy vibe to it though, so I guess it give me mixed emotions to picture my child as a pants-less 'fugee.
14. He just looks so suave in this photo. Laid back and chillin' in the breakfast nook. I should warn him though that smiling like that is gonna give him crow's feet. Nahhh...

13. Forget the dang birds. I'M hungry!

12. Takin' a break at TiLynn's before hitting up some other peeps for some treats.

11. Yoga with Jack. Love this picture for so many reasons.

Tori In Some B-Ball Action

One of the many perks of my gig is that I have access to sports photos (ya know, since I'm down on the floor takin' em that works out pretty good) and I can use them. Since I photograph the sports, I try to get some extra photos of Tori while she's playing. I'm fair about which ones I run, don't worry; in fact I'm so fair that she's the least published player on the team so far! So, I'm gonna at least publish them here. Above, it looks like her teammates are worried the clock is running out and urging her to put it up, but they're just talkative I guess.

A little outnumbered there, Tor.

Putting up a shot against Hitchcock County. Her team plays them again tonight.

Hitting a bucket in a crowd.

I'm pretty sure what she and Blair are doing to this poor Paxton girl is illegal in most countries, but boy it looks effective!

Workin' the ball against Wallace. 

Grabbing a 'bound against Wallace. The Broncos (Tori's team if you're not paying attention) are 7-2 and rated seventh in Class D-1. They're also third in wildcard points, so that's really a good thing. Hopefully they don't need that to go to state, but it certainly never hurts!

Okay, so the Cambridge girl made it through just fine. A touch of drama never hurt anyone, right? Except her of course.

This is the one that was in the paper. I was having a bad shooting night on my first excursion since I returned. The settings were not working for me on the camera. This picture is good, but coulda been better. Whatev. They're all just fine now 'cuz I tooled with the camera. So, from now on, only award winners! (Just kidding.)

And a reminder, the Breeze Web site is awesome: Click here to visit it.

Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: Numbers 20-16

20. Jammers and a c'boy hat. They go together like mustard and ice cream, but sure look cute on this little boy, no?

19. For a while whenever I'd get Doodlebug out of the bath, we'd stand in front of the mirror and make faces. Mommy caught a really cute one...

18. He's such a little lover that you can't help but LOVE this picture of him sittin' on Grandma 'Laine's front stoop swing with her. Now he sees her all the time, so we all win!

17. Vroom! goes the airplane! Emily got a workout in at Dan's at the end of the summer, and kept Jack entertained in the meantime. Granny Janny snapped this one.

16. Like two peas in a mess-making pod. This is how much they dig each other's company: Last night, after two days of being sick, Jack finally coughed enough to hurl. He urped up on the living room carpet (which...meh...whatev...) then immediately looked up at me and said, "I go see Peyton?" Yeah, I don't think her Mom would be really happy with that right now, Bud.

Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: Numbers 30-21

30. My dad took this photo of Jack on Thanksgiving I think. I like it.

29. Using Gramps Tom as a climbing apparatus.

28. Nathan goofing off when the boys were bathing this fall. Jack hadn't bathed with another person before that day. Wasn't overly impressed by the sitcho.

27. Jack and his balloon at the Pioneer Days parade in June. He loved the parade, especially the very confusing part of seeing Uncle Joe on the front of the truck in a dress and wig.

26. Joe and Sarah sent COTC with Gramps and Grams to GI one weekend. Jack thoroughly enjoyed it.

25. Tori does an amazing job with the kids. She took this photo of Jack and her messin' around.

24. Jack and his cousins all together. We need to get another one of these now because Sawyer's here now and Jacob is not a little squisher anymore.

23. Chillin' in our fancy backyard pool.

22. Sippin' up on some limeade on the patio.

21. This photo is just the cutest thing ever. I shouldn't like it cuz he's not centered and it's way off-kilter, but his cute-as-a-button-on-a-bug's-britches smile totally redeems it.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Heidi!

(You were hoping the cheeser photos I took of everyone on the 4th would just disappear, huh? WRONG!)

I promised myself that I'd be really good about doing birthdays on here again. I have my trusty calendar ready for the new year, and Heidi's the first victim!

Happy Birthday, Heidi!

You'll always be two years older than me!

Our Fave Fotos 2008 Edition: Numbers 40-31

40. I think this was from before we went to see Elmo in Lincoln. Needless to say, he needed the nap he took during the performance.

39. Hangin' out with Brooklyn (from daycare) at the Scarecrow Patch this fall. At Jack's old daycare, the girls would pretend to marry Jack and he'd go along with it. When Laurie asked the girls why they didn't want to marry Cole, they said "because Jack does what we tell him". Ummm...

38. I know what you're thinking and get over it. He's 2 for gosh sakes.

37. Thrilled about the birthday thing. Over the moon about it.

36. Me and the nugget hanging out at the park. Unknown fact about this photo: He was looking off to the right of the camera because there was a creepy little kid standing beside Amy when she took this photo. CREEPY little kid. Can't stress that enough.

35. Those blue eyes are gonna cause some heartbreak someday no doubt.

34. My good friend Andrea (whom I miss) gave Jack this trike. It was her daughters' and now it's Jack's. She is also the one who originally got the cowboy boots Jack wears every day.

33. Chicks dig these guys. Jack and Gramps at the Hall County Fair.

32. Auntie Em and Jack in Des Moines. We waited outside this one restaurant for at least an hour before we finally got in. Good thing everyone was good at entertaining Jackles. Could've been a nightmare!

31. I just like this photo. It was taken as kind of an accident.