Bogle Kids

As I was looking on my computer I came across several old pictures of the Bogle grandkids. Before we had any kids of our own Tom and I loved taking pictures of our nieces and nephews. Here are a few of my favorites. I thought everyone would enjoy these. Sidney trying to be one of the boys.

I have no idea what Boston is doing but it is an awesome picture.

I absolutely love this picture of Emma. She looks like an angel.

Kas imitating Tom's Velociraptor.

Elton John, I mean Antionette Hird.

Zo loves her cake.

Tom loves this picture. Ian alwayed loved being outside.

Q-Tips Anyone?

Karsten seems to think Q-tips taste good. Karsten goes into the bathroom gets a Q-tip and goes into the other room to watch Baby Einstien. He doesn't swallow the Q-tip but he chews on it until it is soggy and spits it out. Then he is in the bathroom for another Q-tip.

Who would have thought that Q-tips were so good. Maybe he is lacking iron or cotton?

Karsten also loves to get into things and make messes. He loves to play in the toilet and the toilet paper.

Karsten is also a sweet boy. He loves to grab your face and give you kisses. I love having two wonderful boys. Hope everyone enjoys the pics.

Only the Necessities

Diaper, Sword, Helmet for Brecken these are all he needs. He loves to pretend he is a "scary knight" and fight all the bad guys. I am usually the bad guy.

He is my little comedian. I could post everyday with a new line from him (Maybe I will)!

Today he was in the bath and said, : "Mom, I tooted." Pause. "I made bubbles!!"

Brecken started Preschool on Monday. He kept asking when it was time to play. Here is an awesome school picture.

Brecken is so adorable. He brings laughter and hapiness to our family everyday. Tomorrow I will have to post about my other adorable boy, Karsten.

Pirates and robots

So Natalie is finally on the blog and is instantly taking it over. Good, someone needs to add a little cheer and sunshine around here. Let me just share a little thought that has been going through my head a lot lately. There was a really good local band that just split up a few months ago called XYZebra. They were one of the first local bands that really impressed me. Anyway, they have a song called "Of Pirates and Robots" and it is a song about them breaking up. See, one of the band members decided that he would be better off if he went up to Idaho to go to school. This song is the response of one of the other band memebers. It goes a little something like this. Click the title to give it a listen.

Of Pirates and Robots
I know that ship’s just not what she used to be,
We could talk all night and pretend that she is.
The ocean we made can’t be crossed, it’s impossible
Yeah the calm of the current is unmistakable.

You said that we should be honest, but you’re not willing.
You said those guys were just fillers, so what were you filling?
Oh well.

I’ll say what you need to make you believe this is for the best
Cause I’m moving on.

No, that ship’s just not what she used to be.
Yeah, the hole in her hull is so irreparable.
The ocean we made can’t be crossed, it’s impossible
Yeah the calm of the current is unmistakable.
And so is our mistake.

We still believe in miracles, don’t we?

I’m not offering solutions to problems
That we could better solve on our own
On our own… …Oh well.

I’ll say what you need to make you believe this is for the best.
Gather your things and move to the north where you’re better off.
Don’t say you’re home! Don’t say you’re back where you don’t belong!
Cause I’m moving on.

No, that ship’s just not what she used to be.
Yeah, the hole in her hull is so irreparable.
The ocean we made can’t be crossed, it’s impossible
Yeah the calm of the current, oh!

So, I know this sounds cheezy, but this song has got me real choked up the last couple days. It reminds me a lot of how I was feeling when Chris told me that he had to move to Portland or he was gonna go crazy. We had been doing AZMR for about a year, and I thought things were great. Then he just up and left. Well, he's doing good, but I sure miss him. Chris, whenever you're ready, come home.

You gotta love Boys

Well here goes. I finally finished working and have a little more time on my hands. I decided I would spice up (I mean take over) Tom's almost none existant blog. I might even change things up a little. Well see Tom kinda wants to keep it the same. Here are some great pictures of my handsome boys. Karsten got his first hair cut. He is such a little boy now :( He is starting to talk. He can say Go, Hi (Ha) and he calls me Da, someday he will get it right. Brecken is so funny. Today we had the primary program and I needed to go sit with my class. I told him "I needed to go sit with the big kids and sing." He said, "I can sing" The funny thing is he really can sing. He sings "Hey, Hey, you, you I don't like your girlfriend", "YMCA" and of course the great ones that will tear at your heart. "I am a Child of God" and "I Love to See the Temple" Just so everyone knows I do have the best boys in the world.

Make food, not grass clippings!

So I have been reading somewhat about a movement called "permaculture." Basically, it is the radical idea that people are wasting their land on growing grass instead of food. Now, I like a nice big lawn, but I have to say that I agree somewhat with their ideas. I can't even begin to try to promote the idea yet, because I just don't know enough about it yet, but I am very interested in learning more. Anyone want to help me experiment in Mom's garden?

I LOVE LIVE MUSIC!

So, to finish off this insane week, I decided to treat myself to a concert. It was the Awake & Alert CD release show last night, so I left work with so much left unfinished and headed to the show. It was about 9:45 when I got there, so I only got to see the last two bands play, but they are two of my favorites. I had really wanted to see the other bands, but oh well. The first was a band called Dear & the Headlights (get it?). I saw them play with A&A at the Women's Club, probably two years ago and they were really good back then. This time they were amazing. If you've never heard their stuff, look them up on myspace or purevolume or any other music website. They may even have a few songs on iTunes.

During the break I got to hang with the likes of Jason Pratt, Chad Rogers, Twitch, Taylor and Tony to name a few. They made me miss the old days of AZMR. We may do another show sometime in the next couple of months just for Grass is Greener and friends. Anywho, it was fun. the gang from Tugboat was there trying to get me to do shows again, because we were the first ones to get them involved here in the valley. Maybe some day...

Everyone was super excited when Awake & Alert came on stage. They had a whole performance set up, not just your typical "walk on stage, walk off stage" deal. When the curtains opened up, they had already started playing the intro to the first song and everyone went crazy. It was awesome. I loved the new tunes. I know you can listen to them on iTunes, so go do it now. I opted to get the album at the show, which sounds so good. They had Kim from Diamante singing back up vocals and Whit from several bands playing rhythm guitar and Korg, which added a little something extra. The finished off their set with Eternal Life, a duet written by Maya and Kim. I heard them play that at a show almost a year ago and have been waiting for the album to come out ever since. It was awesome. The crowd just would not stop until they finally came back out for an encore of Halos, one of their older songs. It was really stinkin' good. If any of you who read this like music, even the slightest bit, you need to check out the bands I mentioned. So good! The best part about the whole show, you ask? The stage that Chris, Reuben and I built was used as a drumstand. At least one thing I did still has an impact on the local music scene!