ClineClan

2010-06-21T17:39:00.000-07:00

Our attempt at a garden. So far we have radishes, carrots, corn, sweet peas, green beans, lettuce, broccoli, cucumbers, zuchini, crooked neck squash and lots of weeds.
Our celery and onions haven't done anything yet-not sure if those are a lost cause or not. The watermelon is still inside because it is too cold at night. We haven't had much sunshine so they are a little stunted but progressing. Conner's corn just popped through (rows 2-5). We also attempted some red potatoes. We will take another picture when it looks more like a garden. Hopefully we can keep the squirrels away long enough to harvest.

2010-06-20T20:37:00.001-07:00

The slideshow below is mostly of our surprise visit from Candys and Brandon. It was a great weekend.
The others are of Porter at outdoor school.

2010-06-20T20:31:00.000-07:00

2010-05-15T16:45:00.000-07:00

This is Mason handing off the baton fo rthe 4x400 relay--each person ran 1 time around the track. His team dominated and beat all the others by almost 1/2 a lap.
The second picture is Mason running the 200 meter race. He usually took 2nd in this race.
Never thought Mason would turn out to be a runner--I remember baseball when he was little, he would run so hard and just looked like he wasn't going anywhere. Amazing what stretching the legs can do for someone.

Mason's record beating jump

2010-05-15T16:35:00.001-07:00

This is Mason beating the Baker Middle School record for the high jump. The record was set in 1977 at 5'7". Mason beat it at his last track meet jumping 5'7 1/4". He tried 5'8" but couldn't quite make it. This was a very exciting day for him and the school. No one ever came close to Mason during competition--he took first in all his meets. The 2nd place usually jumped 4'10" maybe 5' if they were lucky.

2010-04-22T20:23:00.001-07:00

Porter & Conner ahd their first track meet on Wednesday.

Porter did the 4 x 100 relay, long jump, 100 & 400.

Conner did the shot put, 400, 4 x 100 relay and javilin.

2010-04-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

Baseball has begun--Freezing weather and all.

Mason played 2nd base and pitched the last 2 innings.

It was a fairly uneventful start to the season.

Congrats Conner

2010-04-22T20:06:00.001-07:00

After 12 pinewood derby cars, we finally have a winner.

Conner took 1st place at tonights pinewood derby against 12 other cars.

2010-03-23T17:02:00.000-07:00

Conner is recieving his Bear Rank advancement finally-he earned it back in Sept but is just know getting it. He is well on his way in Webelos and enjoying every minute of it.

2010-03-23T16:58:00.000-07:00

You can't see if very well but Lance is standing in the middle of a heart and he drew in the snow Lance Loves Shauna. The letters were as tall has he is. Just couldn't get a very good angle and not enough contrast to get a good picture. What a sweetheart!!

This is the view of the mountains and frozen lake we were walking on. It was an overcast day but is a beautiful sight.

2010-03-23T16:54:00.000-07:00

I know you have all been dying to know what an Ice Fishing hole actually looks like---well this is your lucky day--it looks like a hole in the ice--suprise, suprise.

2010-03-23T16:46:00.000-07:00

Porter & Conner made their first welds. Grandpa Cline would be proud. They, with the help of dad, made a tether ball pole and Porter & Conner welded this piece on.

2010-01-09T11:37:00.001-08:00

Made a trip to California for Shauna's grandpas funeral Had a great visit with Candys & Brandon, The Crumps and many more family members.

2010-01-09T11:13:00.000-08:00

We finally got enough snow to go sledding. It was very fast and slick but they had a blast. See the slide show with pictures. I am trying a new site I found for slide shows. Hopefully it works. I think if you click on the slide show it will go full screen.

2009-09-22T19:44:00.000-07:00

This was one of the waterfalls we saw on the hike up to the lake.

2009-09-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

Austin & Mason were trying to roll this tree trunk into the water--didn't have much luck.

2009-09-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Took a hike on Labor day--10+ miles round trip (going up almost 2000 feet in elevation--not flat by any means) to a secluded lake. Would have been a great lake to swim in except it was way tooooooo cold-although it was tempting. Saw some beautiful sights--next time we have to remember our fishing poles.

2009-09-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

We took a quick family camping trip to help Porter get his Second Class rank advancement for scouts. Since he is the only boy in is group, he has moved quickly along. He is first class and already working on a merit badge and he won't be 12 until Nov. Great job.

His goal is to have his eagle by age 14. I am all for it--get it done and out of the way.

canning

2009-08-10T21:29:00.000-07:00

So my cameras are on the blitz--The lens is stuck on one so it won't take pictures and for some reason the other camera is stuck on video and won't take a picture.

So, you are stuck with a video. This year I tried my hand at canning without mom & grandma around to help. Lance's sister gave us some raspberries from her garden so we made homemade raspberry syrup and jam. I made the syrup recipe last year but cheated and just put it in the freezer until it was used. This year I thought I would try to be more of a old style homemaker and can it. I have heard several pops so far so I must have done something right. Thought about sending some to Mom for a belated b-day gift but not sure the jar would survive the mail.

2009-08-02T18:32:00.000-07:00

during a drive in the country--Austin was getting some drive time in--we almost hit a badger crossing the road--he was taking his sweet time going back and forth. We had to wait a few minutes for him to clear out so we could pass. We also saw a wild baby turkey.

2009-08-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

Conner is learning the fine art of photography. This is Mason on first base during his district playoffs for Babe Ruth. His team came in 3rd and decided not to go on to state as too many players had other commitments--Mason had scout camp. He had some great games--got an over the fence grand slam and a ground rule double (his hit bounced over the fence). He was a relief pitcher and caught most of the games. He had fun.

2009-08-02T18:25:00.000-07:00

Conner has been going to the library weekly for a summer reading program. They made homemade instruments and were a marching band in a kids parade for the 4th of July. He was very creative making his guitar out of a cereal box and papertowel roll. He spray painted it white and green and looked good.

2009-08-02T18:22:00.000-07:00

I was trying to get a picture of Austin batting but the camera got switched to video on accident so here is a video of him batting--not too exciting--the pitch was a ball.

2009-08-02T18:20:00.000-07:00

Not the greatest picture but Austin's 14-15 year old team for baseball went to the State playoffs. They came in 4th. Not bad for a small town. It was hot (105) and the boys just weren't into it. They could have done better--lost a few games by only a run or two. Austin did great--played second and got at least 1 single in every game--more than most of the team--they were struggling at the plate. He is glad it is over and had a fun year--He is ready to start soccer practice for the high school next week.

2009-08-02T18:16:00.000-07:00

Austin's Eagle project--he built a firepit by the Pavillion at the back of the church. He did a great job organizing everyone. He still has a few merit badges to finish but got the project out of the way--Hopefully by Spring he will be all done.

2009-08-02T18:11:00.000-07:00

Some Indy racecars came to town and the boys went to visit. They had simulator that they got to drive that was like driving a real racecar. Not too often you get to see this in Baker.

2009-05-25T17:02:00.000-07:00

Porters fish.

2009-05-25T16:56:00.000-07:00

We decided to try our luck at fishing at a near by pond. Mason gave up after 10 minutes. The others persisted. Austin and Porter both caught a few blue gills about the size of your hand. Conner had a baby trout but it got off the hook before we could bring it in.

2009-05-25T16:53:00.000-07:00

This was a dam the kids made, trying to divert the water--it slowed the rush but didn't affect it too much--it also made a nice bridge to get to the other side.

This is the view from the top of the lookout before we went down.

2009-05-25T16:47:00.000-07:00

The first part was easy--sit on your bottom and slide until you hit a tree or rock. Coming up was not so easy.

Our ending destination--a beautiful river with some small falls--more like big rapids.

Our Memorial day adventure. The hike we were going to take was still snowed in so we stopped at a look out point and decided to make our own trail. We could here a river down the mountain and decided to go find it.

2009-05-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

We went exploring on Memorial day and found this river. Had a great

time trailblazing our way down to it.

2009-04-04T19:23:00.000-07:00

Brandon got me a sheep for my birthday. When they were up visiting, he asked me to go see the "baaaaaaaaaaa"--I laughed everytime he asked it was so cute. So we had to say good morning and good night to the sheep--they were actually goats because I didn't know where we could find sheep, so I have probably warped him for good. Anyway, it the cutest sheep--it says I love you when you press her paw. SHe has little furry flip flops and pink bows on her ears.

I am going to show her off at work. Thanks Brandon.

2009-03-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

Roasting hot dogs and s'mores for lunch.

2009-03-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

We had an early Easter to celebrate with Brandon. He loved finding the eggs--he opened each one to see what was in it and then put the candy back.

2009-03-28T19:55:00.000-07:00

We went for a hike along the river. It was a bit cold but fun. Brandon didn't like walking in the snow so he got a shoulder ride from whomever would carry him.

2009-03-28T19:50:00.000-07:00

Spring break brought Candys, Brandon and Wesley to Baker. Since the outside weather wasn't always great, we went to the church and played wiffle ball to help pass the time and get away from the WII video games.

2009-03-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to check out Phillips lake, about 20 minutes up the mountain. We found it to be completely frozen still--in fact we saw many crazy people ice fishing. The boys enjoyed shoving the blocks of ice back into the hole and watching it bob up and down. In some places the ice was more than 4 feet deep--we used the boys walking sticks to poke down a hole and couldn't reach the end of the ice. It was a cool experience. Conner & Porter ran all the way to the other side. It started moaning and groaning which was a little scary. It was the ice settling after they let water out of the dam.

In the bottom picture, the dark spots are all people ice fishing. Kind of crazy if you ask me--not my idea of fun.

2009-02-24T20:40:00.000-08:00

Candys sent us some pics of Brandon. The top one is Brandon taking a bath with his "soap paints" that we gave him for Christmas. You can kind of see drawings on his face and arm

The other pic is of Brandon and his kitty taking a bath--I've never seen a cat in the bathtub.

2009-02-24T20:30:00.000-08:00

Brandon made Uncle Austin a Birthday Bear for Austin's 15th. It was so cute--we were singing Happy Birthday from the birthday bear for days.

Ruehl: Notice the tie???

A few weeks later he got his drivers permit---wow, what happened to the little boy.

2009-02-24T20:28:00.000-08:00

Conner had his music program for school and had to dress up like a cowboy. Isn't he cute!

2009-02-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

My Sweet hubby and boys decorated my car on Valentines day. I came out of work to find hearts, balloons and streamers all over---way more than in the pictures. I had to take them off to drive home and made them redo some of it so I could get a picture. My homemade cheesecake and butterscotch fudge didn't come close to topping this.

2009-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:00

The boys have been participating in a bowling league. They have good days and bad. Overall they are learning and having fun--especially on the good days. Conner's Average: 72; Porter's Average: 100; Mason's Average: 115ish.

2009-01-29T18:20:00.000-08:00

It has been a while so I thought I would let everyone know we are still alive and kicking. I have not been good at remembering my camera lately so no new pics. They boys have been busy with basketball. Hopefully I can get some pics this week to show everyone. Austin has been playing on the Freshman BAsketball team, broken pinky and all (he got his finger stepped on during a seminary game and broke the last joint). He has done well and loves playing. Mason has been playing for the 7th grade middle school team and is now on a traveling team for basketball. He loves shooting 3 pointers and does quite well. Porter & Conner are playing on a team with the YMCA program. Only 3 more weeks and we will be done with basketball--then what will we do--oh yeah, baseball starts in March.
WE haven't had much snow since Christmas--mostly gone now. THe boys have been bummed as sledding is not an option. But it has been cold--the fog finally cleared, thank goodness.
We are looking forward to some warmer weather.
I had a nice visit with friends and family in Texas & California as I flew to Texas to move my mom to Baker and we took a side trip to Cali to suprise family--It was a success--you should have seen their faces.
Our main computer got a virus and is in the shop so pardon my typing--I hate laptops.
Check back soon for pics--if my computer gets fixed soon.

Love you all--Clines

2008-11-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

Porter has earned his Arrow of LIght for cub scouts--the highest rank achievable by cubs. He is very excited to move on to bigger & better things in 11 year old scouts.
Only 2 more years of cub scouts :)
I am the new primary president in our ward--the old cub committe chair. Our new cubmaster couldn't be there so I had to fill in. Hopefully next month I can be on the side lines and enjoy the last 2 years of cubs.

2008-10-27T20:14:00.000-07:00

So Everyone was complaining because there were no pictures of me---here you go. Enjoy.

2008-10-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

This one is my favorite.

2008-10-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

Porter Cline--age: almost 11.
Look for upcoming shots of the other boys. Hopefully the weather will hold out another few days.

2008-10-27T20:03:00.000-07:00

Our updated family picture. Not too bad for an amatuer--next time remind me to turn off the date imprint.

The first picture was testing the area. I liked the rock area better but the sun was in the background and made for difficult lighting.

2008-10-27T20:01:00.000-07:00

Don't they look excited for Family Picture time.

2008-10-12T14:45:00.000-07:00

My friend (Carol Crump) was doing some scrapbooking and found this picture and sent it to us. Austin and Mason were on a field trip for pre-school at Tilden Park near San Francisco. Her comment was that maybe this picture would help remind us of the good times while they are in their teens and may not always get along.

I want to get a today picture like this but couldn't get them to do it. Mason is now taller, by a bit, than Austin and they have both passed me up.

Isn't that sooooo cute!!!

Conner Birthday

2008-10-12T14:42:00.000-07:00

Conner's birthday was last Tuesday. He had a great one. This is his new bike. He almost didn't blow out all the candles.

2008-09-28T18:15:00.000-07:00

Well, today we got to say goodbye to Tyler Smith--nephew on Lance's side. He is leaving for his mission--reports to the MTC Oct. 1st. He is going to Texas--we were hoping it would be close to our family there but not so lucky--he is going to Houston East Spanish speaking mission.
PS--no, we are not standing on a slight slope--yes, Austin and Mason have passed me up--I now get to look up to them.

2008-09-10T20:18:00.000-07:00

In one of the comments, Janette said I need to post a picture of me. This is as close as it gets. I am video taping Austin's soccer game. Conner decided to try his expertise at photography.

2008-09-10T20:09:00.000-07:00

Mason looking so enthused to be at Austin's soccer game. Mason is playing football for the middle school but games don't start til next week so look for pictures to come. He has had a rude awakening at practices--much tougher than anything he has done before.

2008-09-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

Porter is playing football again this year. He is #22--running in for the touch down on the first picture and running a reverse in the 2nd picture. He is doing really well. Mister aggressive---he has really gained confidence and skill since last year. He has already scored 2 touchdowns and they have only played 2 games. He loves it. He can't wait til next year as he will be the oldest on the team and still be able to run the football (the league has a weight limit of 110 for anyone running the ball. If you are over 110, all you can do is be a blocker. Not many 6th graders can run the ball---Not thinking Porter is going to gain 30+ pounds over the next year).
I will try and figure out the video clip stuff and try to get a few plays on the computer. May have to call Janette or Kristy for a tutorial.

2008-09-10T19:45:00.000-07:00

Austin is playing soccer for the high school team. He is the starting "keeper" (goalie) for the varisty team--we do only have a varsity team and it is a fairly new program. The team is struggling a bit but they are improving. Austin is enjoying it.

2008-07-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

Conner and Porter participated in Cub Scout Day camp a few weeks ago. The theme was Scouts down under so they got lots of cool Australia stuff. This was family night and the scouts provided the entertainment. Porter's group sang a song. Conner's group did a skit of the tortiose and the hair---Conner is the hair, laying down with the white scarf on. They had a good time.

2008-07-27T16:35:00.000-07:00

Part of the Miner's Jubilee was several activities at the park. They had a blowup obstacle course. They had several games for the kids to play---our not so favorite was the ping pong ball toss into the fish bowl and guess what you won-a gold fish---lucky us we accumulated 6 gold fish. The boys have been forwarned that we will be setting them "free" in the local river. They did have a good time.

2008-07-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Baker celebrated Miner's Jubilee where they celebrate the gold mining history of the area. We went to the parade and got a kick out of this "float". He was the rodeo clown with a clown horse.

I am trying to figure out how to make a slide show with other pictures from the parage. There were several cool floats and participants.

2008-07-27T16:28:00.000-07:00

We had a stake Pioneer Day this weekend. Lots of fun for everyone. Of course I do not think they had blow up water slides back then. The boys went on a hay ride, learned to use a 2 man saw, got to push lots of kids in wheelbarrel races and had a fun time.

2008-07-10T21:06:00.000-07:00

http://bakercityherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=6878

Link to Newspaper article about the allstars. Hope this works.

2008-07-10T20:58:00.000-07:00

More pictures from allstars.

2008-07-10T20:47:00.000-07:00

Mason's allstar's has been going very well. They are 3-1 going into the championship game tomorrow afternoon. He has mostly played catcher with a few innings pitching. He has done will. First game he hit a fabuluous double to bring in the tying run, putting them into extra innings. They pulled out that win in the bottom of the 7th inning.

2008-06-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

I know some of you have seen these, but wanted to share. Candys and Brandon went camping. Looks like he had fun. Love the dirty face. What is it about water that attracts boys?!

2008-06-25T21:14:00.001-07:00

Quicky update on us:
We are finally getting some nice weather and the snow is gone, except on the tops of the mountains. This year is the longest the snow has stayed, according to the locals. We are enjoying the mid 80's weather that always seems to have a nice breeze. Baseball is almost over and we will have a few months before football starts up. The boys are trying to not get too bored this summer. They have a few activities such as swim lessons and scout/cub camp. Other than that, it will be a mellow summer---maybe a trip or two up to the lake or a tube ride down the river, once the water has a chance to get a bit warmer.

Austin has enjoyed his trip to CAlifornia with Grandma and Grandpa CLine. He spent lots of time with friends and family. He gets to fly home by himself===last time he flew he was 2 yrs old. Should be an interesting experience. Luckily he is old enough to not require the "guardian" of the attendants. It will be nice to have him back home---Mason is bored stiff with out him, although he won't admit it. Maybe Austin will appreciate his brothers more.

Nothing much else has happened here in lovely Baker---besides the mosquitos. We have to spray every time we go out===not used to that. We are all healthy and happy and plugging right along.

Thanks for looking at the sight and I will try to get some more pics on soon.

2008-06-25T21:09:00.000-07:00

Well, we have been busy with Baseball the last few months. It was 5 days a week between the three teams but it was great---even though we froze at some of them. Have not experienced playing baseball while it is snowing until this year. The kids all did well and learned a lot. Mason and Porter both made the All Stars teams so they are still playing. Porter's tournament is this weekend and next week. MAsons is after the 4th of July.

2008-04-25T20:03:00.000-07:00

this is what happens when you miss a baseball. ps: it is Porter
but i still struck out 4 kids and made a double play!

2008-03-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

Grandma Knight brought her infamous jacks with her and we had a jacks tournament while everyone was healing from the flu. Grandma whooped us all.

2008-03-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

Coloring eggs was quite the experience this year for Brandon (Candys and Brandon flew up to visit us for the weekend---it was great seeing them again).

I wonder if Brandon's hands will ever be a normal color again.

2008-03-28T19:41:00.000-07:00

Porter got the egg with the special prize note and won a rather large stuffed bunny. The other boys skipped over those eggs because when they shook them, they thought they were empty.

2008-03-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful easter weekend. These pictures were from the city easter egg hunt at city park. As you can see, all ages enjoyed the teeter-totter.

2008-03-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

Candys sent us this picture of her and Brandon. Brandon wasn't too happy, as you can tell.

We are very excited to have them come visit for Easter and will have many pictures to post after they leave.

2008-03-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

More of Austins fishing trip. He did not catch all three that he is holding on the left but did catch the one on the right. He really had a great experience and learned a lot as it was his first time fly fishing. Now we have an excuse for the Crumps to come visit---Jeff, the avid fly fisherman can find great success up here in our rivers.

2008-03-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

Austin made his own fly fishing pole in scouts. He got to try it out on a fishing trip last saturday. It was very successful. This is one of the steelhead he caught.

2008-03-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

It was Pinewood Derby time again. They both had pretty quick cars. Conner won a certificate for sportiest car and Porter got one for the Most Aerodynamic car. It was Conner's first and Porter's last. Only 2 more to go.

2008-03-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

Austin's final project in his woodshop class was a gun cabinet for Uncle Mike and the boys. He did a fantastic job. He made notches for the barrel and notches on the bottom shelf for the butts. Then there is a storage area for the bullets, etc. It stands about 5 feet tall and about 2 feet wide and deep. The Smiths were very grateful and are giving their 3 boys a hard time as they never made anything like that in woodshop.

2008-02-09T19:13:00.000-08:00

Candys sent us this picture at Christmas time. Boy does Brandon look like her.

2008-02-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

Today we went with the Smiths to visit the Elk feeding area outside of Haines (about 20 min from town). There were some huge elk. It was a beautiful day--got into the 40's today--yeah. It was cool to see all the elk, there was probably 100 or so all gathered together. We rode a wagon right down into the middle of the group.

2008-02-09T19:02:00.000-08:00

Candys sent us some pictures of their visit to the zoo. Brandon is getting so big. He likes to listen to us talk on the phone but doesn't say much back yet. They are currently living in the Sacramento Area. We miss them terribly.

2008-01-27T19:57:00.000-08:00

For Webelos, Porter planted this bulb that finally grew---it was supposed to blossom for Christmas but since we don't get much sunshine it took a while to bloom. It was a beautiful flower.

2008-01-27T19:52:00.000-08:00

Austin had a big week this week. He earned his Life rank in Boy Scouts, second only to Eagle. He is the second highest ranking boy in his troop--=of course there are only 6 boys in his troop and 1 just moved in. None the less, we are very proud of him. He will be working on his eagle project this summer and finishing up his merit badges---he has 15 and needs 6 more. He is preparing to go on a Klondike campout---they build a snow cave and sleep in it. We are hoping for warmer weather before mid Feb---we have been in the below zero range lately.
He was also ordained to the office of a Teacher in church today. We are very proud of him.

2008-01-27T19:51:00.000-08:00

Conner earned his Bobcat---the first rank in Cub Scouts. Our pack does a face painting ceremony with a paw print on the forhead and blue and yellow stripes on the cheeks---it isn't just a unwashed face. Way to go Conner.

2008-01-27T19:50:00.000-08:00

Porter got some new glasses---pretty snazzy, they are a metallic blue.

2008-01-27T19:47:00.000-08:00

Conner and Porter had to make a cake for cub scouts Blue and Gold. Conner made a giant smore. The stuff oozing out is chocolate and marshmellow. Porter made a checkers game with blue and gold kissables. Thanks to grandma for the fantastic cake book that gave us the idea.

2008-01-27T19:46:00.000-08:00

Mason recieved his first 2 merit badges---rifle shooting and communication. We are finally getting started on the path.

2008-01-27T19:44:00.000-08:00

Conner has joined the ranks in the family with glasses.

He has to use them when he reads, works on the computer, plays video games, etc. It has made reading a bit easier as the words are clearer.

2007-12-27T15:45:00.000-08:00

Mason's art project from school. I thought it was so great, I wanted to share.

2007-12-27T15:42:00.000-08:00

Our lovely Christmas tree. We almost didn't get a tree this year---waited too long. Apparenthly Oregon is not like California---Antioch always had trees to spare. Not up here. On Dec. 14th, we got one of the 5 remaining trees in town. The boys were hoping for a big tree since we finally had space and a high ceiling. Not so lucky. This was the tallest of the 5 trees left. We will definetly go out earlier next year.

2007-12-27T15:40:00.000-08:00

Conner and Porter got new sleds from Santa so of course we had to go try them out. The local golf course has some great hills for sledding. Boy do you pick up some great speed---just watch out for the ditch at the bottom---we discovered that it was not completely frozen over. (Shauna and Conner trying out the sled)

2007-12-08T19:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the exposure---camera doesn't do to well indoors. Austin's school choir sang at The Festival of Trees which is a fundraiser for the Hospital. Companies around town decorate a tree and it goes up for auction. The hospital got $4000 (didn't think anyone around here had that kind of money:)) for their tree (also included are a variety of gifts that are under the tree). Each tree has a theme they decorate the trees with. It was neat to see all the cool trees. Austin was part of the entertainment. He is in the middle row, middle with the santa hat right behind the girl with the white button up shirt on.

2007-12-08T19:05:00.000-08:00

Some of the scenery from the train ride. It was beautiful.

2007-12-08T19:03:00.000-08:00

The boys wanted to ride on the outside car---the 2 inside cars had wood burning stoves---but no we had to go on the outside one. It actually wasn't too cold once we got a blanket to put under us. It snowed 8-10 inches 2 nights before the trip so everything was white.

2007-12-08T19:01:00.000-08:00

Today we went for a ride on the Sumpter Valley Railroad. It is a very slow train that goes up to Sumpter. It was fun with lots of beautiful scenery.

2007-12-05T20:19:00.000-08:00

Like I said, they caught one tiny fish. They had better luck on Labor day when their cousins (Dekker and Tyler) took them.

2007-12-05T20:15:00.000-08:00

I love this picture. This was our last fishing excerusion of the summer. There is a pond close by that is pretty kid fisherman friendly. We were too late in the afternoon and only caught one very tiny fish.

2007-12-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Another first for the Cline Boys. An actual pile of leaves you can play in. They had fun burying each other and trying to scare me.

2007-12-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

Praticing football with a pile of leaves for cushion.

2007-12-05T20:09:00.000-08:00

Creative minds---the game of "catch the falling leaf before it hits the ground".

2007-12-05T20:04:00.000-08:00

A great day at the park. I have never seen sooooooo many leaves on the ground. It was beautiful until you had to rake them up. We took over 280 lbs of leaves to the dump and still had them all over.

2007-12-05T20:02:00.000-08:00

Not the greatest picture---but, Porter is the one on the left bottom end. He joined the 4th-6th grade choir at his school. He gets to carol down mainstreet next week and go sing a the nursing homes. He has loved it. The thing around his neck is a recorder which they played for some of the songs.