Life as The Donners Know it

We have been doing lots of things these days, but I am horrible at blogging, and I am sorry that our "fans"(Christina) has to suffer for it. So if you've given up on us, I don't blame you. But you will be upset that you missed this one.


Every yeas we go to the Art in the Park and every year Kris looks forward to eating a Gyro! Yummm, lamb, or goat, or whatever it is. (yuck)



My Donner Boys! Hanging out with all that art.

The Donner Fam, fully equipped with two stollers, a sippy cup, a bottle, plenty of diapers and wetwipes, and a butt load of good times.


The Cornia Family


The Bean, and all of her glory.


Next we have pictures of what it is like to hang out at our house...


Here's a picture of Truan. Let's take a closer look: Truan has only one sock on, one of his arms hanging out of his shirt, a bruise on his cheek and playing with Mommy's phone, which he's not supposed to do. This is how Truan lives his life, in total shambles.




Truan ignoring me when I asked him to give me my phone back.



Truan has learned that he can roll his high chair around and climb up on any countertop of high reaching shelf that he's not supposed to be in. He knows when he gets caught..


In other news: The Jelly Bean is rolling over, whether we like it or not!




We are Boise State fans....can you tell?





Thanks to Kellie, we got to enjoy a pre-season Steelheads game! Wahoo! I soon learned that I do not like Hockey Fights. It can be very bloody.... Other than that, is was a LOT of fun!








Ok, so there was this lady who sat behind us and was totally drunk for the game. SHe was so loud and was making all sorts of awesome comments. I think my favorite comment was when she held her face with her hands and said, "God bless America!" GOOD entertainment! Can you see her in the back of this picture??


Girlies!

It's really blurry, but here's a pic of one of the fights. Can you see the fist coming down?? Too much for me!



In our Sunday Best



Truan has a favorite song. He asks for it by request and has a shockingly amount of smooth moves that goes with it. See for yourself!

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Ummmm I freakin Love These Kids

Labor Day

I know it's been a while since I've posted, so I will not try to catch you up with all of our activities. This post will be about our Labor Day camping trip. But just know that we are having the time of our lives with these two little people! Who else says things like, "Oh Man! Are you kidding me", "Well look at that..." and "Bad mommy! No spanking Truan!" ? As much as a two year old drains every ounce of patience out of you, we still keep him around for comic relief (plus it doesn't hurt to to have a mommy-daddy date, every once in a while, to smooth things over). Jelly Bean loves to coo and "talk" all morning long, her favorite time of day. She also LOVES to have her diaper changed and taking long relaxing baths. Love these babies of ours!


Helping Uncle Miah set up camp


Matching head lights...can life get better?


This is his "camera face"


All snuggled up in the trailer, with eye covers. Yes!

The Popes


We love four wheelers!


Look at that face


Daddy Time with the JellyBean



The Donner Girls!


Morning Camper!

These next two pictures deserve an explanation:
This trip was Truan's first run on the Top Bunk! The first night he did fabulous and peeked over the edge to wake us up. Night #2 was a different story. At 2:15 in the morning, Kris and my hearts sunk when we heard a THUD! Truan had fallen off the top bunk. Nothing broke and he's doing fine, but the poor little man looks so beat up. Sad Sad.


His marks of tough and rugged




Kris's First Ascent out in the wild!


Look at that man climb!!


Lovers




In the trailer, playing with Grandma Kellie



Aunt Kylie and JellyBean having a good time around the fire


These ladies look so good for being on a four wheeler ride!


Late night Scattergories. SO good!


Have you seen these two love birds?







Umm when did my two year old become a gangster? I think when he asked for his "Inja Turtle Hat" (aka bandana)


FACE



FACE #2

Smoooothie

Too funny not to post.
This morning Truan learned how to blow bubbles in his beverage. It just happened to be in his smoothie. Lucky for me, it didn't end up on the walls.....today.

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What's For Dinner?

The hardest part of my day is trying to figure out what to make for dinner. What do we have in the fridge? How many times can you make chicken and pasta in one week?

I've recently been planning my week out on Sunday evenings. This way when 4 or 5 o'clock rolls around I know if I should be defrosting chicken or frying up some ground beef. This has now made my Sunday Evenings very unpleasant! Trying to think of one dinner is hard enough, but thinking up 6 dinners in one sitting seems to be extremely stressful for me. You'd think planning ahead would take all the stress out of it. Nope.
I'm not sure who said it first, but in my family we joke about how every woman only has so many "dinners" in her. Is it possible that I've reached my quota at 25 years old??.......Yes.

Infinity, and then Some.

Truan continues to make us laugh daily. I don't know if every two year old is this hilarious, but we are enjoying it!
Funny thing #1:
Truan Loves Toy Story. Watches it at least once every day. And when we went to Walmart recently he wouldn't let go of a Buzz Lightyear action figure. Because we are softies and only have one child (for now) that asks for toys at the store,we happily bought the toy. Truan carries it with him everywhere. He even sleeps with it sometimes (Pottsie, Beware!) Now Truan will stand on books, ottomans, couches etc lift his fists and exclaim "To Infinity,And Beyond!" although it comes out like this: "Infee, ON!"







Funny Thing #2:
Kris and I were talking about when Aria and Walter were coming to visit.We turned to Truan and informed him by saying, "Do you want to see Uncle Walter?" In response, Truan covered his mouth with his fatty fat little hand and whispered,"Oh my gosh."! It was so hilarious, that we continue to replicate it by asking about Uncle Walter, and without fail,he responds the same way because he knows now that it makes us laugh. I tried really hard to get it on film.It is very hard to hear him whisper into his hand, but if you listen closely you can hear it! Enoy! We sure have!

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Oh by the way, The JellyBean smile these days and we LOVE it!

Nap Required

This is a video of Truan on a day with no nap. I feel like a bad person for video taping and laughing at my two year old falling apart and crying on the floor. But I just can't help myself. His face is still delicious.

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