Neeley Family Blog

About a week ago, my cousin (on my mom's side) made a trip up from his home in Redding, California (near Shasta) to help our uncle Jim with some concrete work. My cousin Ty does really nice concrete work (you can check it out @ meirowconcrete.com) and my uncle needed some help with a project. We don't really get to see my cousin very often, so we all took advantage of the time and had lunch together to catch up. It was a very nice time together and we took a few pictures. I told them I would put them on the blog so here they are! This is my sister Brittany, our cousin Ty and myself: Here is a rare family photo. My mom's side rarely gets together for anything so we took a picture to capture the moment. Here is my mom, my uncle (the Mayor of Aurora) Jim, my aunt Mary and Ty. Yes, my uncle just got elected as the Mayor of Aurora (a small town near Woodburn, Oregon where I lived until I was 13). It is kinda neat to say actually. Here are the sisters and brother once aga...

The first snow of the season!!!! HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But it is cold, highs in the 20's, but with the wind chill it feels like 8 degrees. Still, we bundled up to play in the snow. Brayden saw other kids outside and had to go out! Everything is covered in snow and a little bit of ice too. Brock was having fun feeling it all out and falling down some too... Brad and Brayden wanted to build a snowman, but the snow did not really want to work that well. It is a little too dry for that :( It started to look a little like a pyramid, but then they just gave up! Tinsley and Rogue had a blast too... they were so frisky and were biting the snow and romping around.

Okay, so people wonder what you do all day when you have little ones at home. Well, it is a little difficult to get anything done sometimes with these two. I love them dearly, but just getting some laundry done or making a simple lunch can become a bit of a challenge. :) So we decided to go outside for a little fresh air... I thought I would just share a normal trip to get the mail. Brayden gets his tractor out and rides it down the driveway through the cul-de-sac while Brock and I follow in line. Brock usually helps open the mailbox door and we load it all in the trailer of Brayden's tractor. Then Brayden hauls it back to the house. And every once in a while Brayden lets Brock sit on his tractor. And then we end the evening with 2 gorgeous smiling boys! As happy as can be. They are too cute! And a wonderful sunset to go along with it!