Kyle's Home!
Kyle, my twin brother, is home from his mission...FINALLY! He got his first mission call (to the Philippines) over 3 years ago, but after being diagnosed with cancer in the MTC, came home for a year for treatment. He went back and served in Denver Colorado and is finally home for good! Here are some pictures...
Grandpa and Brayden waiting for Uncle Kyle
Uncle Kyle and Brayden Kyle meeting for the first time
Kyle and Brayden
and again. I couldn't help but take pictures!
Pictures of Brayden during our Vacation
Turkey Shoot
It's Harston family tradition that we go "Turkey Shooting" on the day after Thanksgiving. What this really means is we go to a rock quarry and shoot my dads guns until we get so cold we can't feel our fingers. This year it was my dad, 3 brothers, my brother in law and nephew, my sister and her guy friend, his brother and dad, and Sean and I. We had 5 guns this year (we decided not to bring the black powder rifle) so we had a bolt action .22, a semi-automatic .22 rifle, a .22 pistol, a 30 ot 6 (is that how you spell that?) and a 357 magnum revolver.
We had so much fun! We were probably out there for a good 2 or 3 hours and just had so much fun shooting, listening to the echo of the shots off the mountain-side. I love traditions :)
My dad, brothers William, Keith and Scott, Connor, Sean, Scott (hiding) Tyler, and my brother in law Quinn all watching my 5 year old nephew Tyce shoot the pistol all by himself.
Tycen and Quinn with the Semi-automatic .22
Connor and Sean shooting the Rifles
Shooting the Pistol
Shooting the 30 ot 6 Hunting Rifle. This gun had such a huge kick, the first time I shot it, I stepped backwards and probably would have fallen if my dad wasn't there to stop me. (He knew that was coming!)
Me with the hunting rifle again
and Sean with the rifle
We had so much fun! We were probably out there for a good 2 or 3 hours and just had so much fun shooting, listening to the echo of the shots off the mountain-side. I love traditions :)
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SIX things not commonly known about me!...
K guys...I did this at like midnight and some of these things I would never admit to usually...but alas, I'm tired and don't really care at the moment...so enjoy!
1. I can do some pretty mean tricks with my tongue. I can vibrate it, "swallow" it, fold it in half, and fling cheerios across the room with it... trust me, I've tried it.
2. I'm kind of afraid of stairs. I fell down cement ones when I was younger and am now always very cautious on them. I won't go down stairs unless I can see each step. If I have something in my hands that makes it so I can't see them, I stop at the top and very slowly go down one step at a time until I reach the bottom.
3. I have never seen a rated "R" movie. I've seen edited ones, but have been fortunate to never be really tempted enough to watch one.
4. I grew up on 5 acres in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. There are 9 kids in my family and we had the coolest yard. We had 3 trampolines, ping pong, fooseball, basketball, volleyball, air hockey, karaoke, a ropeswing (that you could climb a rope ladder then swing off a huge branch), a tire swing, a regular swing, tether-ball, a teeter-totter, 2 camp fire pits, a riding lawn mower, wild huckleberries, raspeberries, blueberries, apple trees, and the newest addition, a zip-line. How cool of a childhood is that? We could go out into the woods and chop down trees with our machete and build tree houses and forts. We could climb all the trees we wanted, be as loud as we wanted as late as we wanted because we didn't have any close neighbors, and stargaze as often as we wanted because it was always super dark at night. And Sean wonders why I want to move back to Enumclaw :)
5. I don't really know how to swim. Well, I know how but I can't plug my nose under water without using my fingers. Water in my face scares me (when showering, I have to be within reach of a towel because I have to wipe my face after I wash it.) I can't tread water, and it freaks me out to be in the middle of the swimming pool or lake without something to hang on to like a noodle, or kickboard or something.
6. I have never been in a job interview. I have had 5 jobs since I was 16, each of them pretty much handed to me. I worked at Taco Time, and got that job because my best friend worked there. Then I worked at Enumclaw Stationers and Copy Center and I got that job because my mom found out they were hiring, picked up an application and they knew who I was so they hired me on the spot. (Things like that happen when you are born and raised in the same small town.) Then I worked at the Copy Spot in Rexburg and that job was given to me when someone accidentally saw my resume. After that I worked for Beneficial Financial Group . I was a friend of a friend of the boss, so he hired me. My last job before becoming an offical Mommy was an administrative assistant at Aperion Audio. My mother in law was the president of the company. Their previous Admin Assistant gave them 3 days notice that she was quitting. I had just barely moved to Oregon to be closer to my fiance and they needed a quick fill. Since I was going to go look for jobs that day anyway, I decided I could fill in for a couple weeks til they found someone new. After the 2 weeks, they realized that they liked me so much that they raised my pay to more than the previous girl was making, and gave me more responsibility. Good enough for me!!!
Alright, I'm tired and I'm sure tomorrow I'll be embarassed that I admitted some of these things but oh well. I hope you guys enjoyed learning a little bit more about me!
I tag Rachel, Amanda, Claire, and Mandee.
K guys...I did this at like midnight and some of these things I would never admit to usually...but alas, I'm tired and don't really care at the moment...so enjoy!
1. I can do some pretty mean tricks with my tongue. I can vibrate it, "swallow" it, fold it in half, and fling cheerios across the room with it... trust me, I've tried it.
2. I'm kind of afraid of stairs. I fell down cement ones when I was younger and am now always very cautious on them. I won't go down stairs unless I can see each step. If I have something in my hands that makes it so I can't see them, I stop at the top and very slowly go down one step at a time until I reach the bottom.
3. I have never seen a rated "R" movie. I've seen edited ones, but have been fortunate to never be really tempted enough to watch one.
4. I grew up on 5 acres in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. There are 9 kids in my family and we had the coolest yard. We had 3 trampolines, ping pong, fooseball, basketball, volleyball, air hockey, karaoke, a ropeswing (that you could climb a rope ladder then swing off a huge branch), a tire swing, a regular swing, tether-ball, a teeter-totter, 2 camp fire pits, a riding lawn mower, wild huckleberries, raspeberries, blueberries, apple trees, and the newest addition, a zip-line. How cool of a childhood is that? We could go out into the woods and chop down trees with our machete and build tree houses and forts. We could climb all the trees we wanted, be as loud as we wanted as late as we wanted because we didn't have any close neighbors, and stargaze as often as we wanted because it was always super dark at night. And Sean wonders why I want to move back to Enumclaw :)
5. I don't really know how to swim. Well, I know how but I can't plug my nose under water without using my fingers. Water in my face scares me (when showering, I have to be within reach of a towel because I have to wipe my face after I wash it.) I can't tread water, and it freaks me out to be in the middle of the swimming pool or lake without something to hang on to like a noodle, or kickboard or something.
6. I have never been in a job interview. I have had 5 jobs since I was 16, each of them pretty much handed to me. I worked at Taco Time, and got that job because my best friend worked there. Then I worked at Enumclaw Stationers and Copy Center and I got that job because my mom found out they were hiring, picked up an application and they knew who I was so they hired me on the spot. (Things like that happen when you are born and raised in the same small town.) Then I worked at the Copy Spot in Rexburg and that job was given to me when someone accidentally saw my resume. After that I worked for Beneficial Financial Group . I was a friend of a friend of the boss, so he hired me. My last job before becoming an offical Mommy was an administrative assistant at Aperion Audio. My mother in law was the president of the company. Their previous Admin Assistant gave them 3 days notice that she was quitting. I had just barely moved to Oregon to be closer to my fiance and they needed a quick fill. Since I was going to go look for jobs that day anyway, I decided I could fill in for a couple weeks til they found someone new. After the 2 weeks, they realized that they liked me so much that they raised my pay to more than the previous girl was making, and gave me more responsibility. Good enough for me!!!
Alright, I'm tired and I'm sure tomorrow I'll be embarassed that I admitted some of these things but oh well. I hope you guys enjoyed learning a little bit more about me!
I tag Rachel, Amanda, Claire, and Mandee.
You have new picture mail!
Cool! So I just figured out how to send picture mail from my phone to my blog. I have taken thousands of pictures of Brayden on my phone that I haven't shown anyone cuz they're in such an inconvenient place. Well, now that I figured this out, I'm sure I'll post more pictures straight from my phone!!!
This is my absolute most favorite picture of Brayden so far. I love his smile and I love the colors!
This is my absolute most favorite picture of Brayden so far. I love his smile and I love the colors!
Picture Time!
So, I've been really bad at taking pictures lately and even worse at posting. Here are a few recent pictures...but I vow to take cuter ones and post them soon. :) Enjoy!!
Sucking on his fingers
Playing with his favorite toy with HUGE eyes!
again...
Sucking on the diaper bag while on a walk
His smile that makes my days so enjoyable! This was taken this morning
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