Vikings

As the Vikings perfect season comes to an end, I find myself fighting back tears as I write this. A game that was so close to becoming another win with a perfect drive by Farve in the last 2 minutes, but with the help of the refs with a stupid tripping call earlier in the game, it didn't happen!!


With that said, I am pleased to inform you that all these pictures in this blog entry are not from the Steelers/Vikings game today. They are from the Green Bay Packers and the Vikes game on the big stage that they call Monday Night Football (I LOVED THAT DAY)! If they were from today all you would see is me yelling at the TV. I'm not sure when, but earlier in the year we decided to host a party on the date Farve would face his old team. I am so thankful that we did and that the good guys won!


Here is a picture of all the kids: from the left starting at wide receiver Andrew "I'll burn you like a cheap cigarette" Dyk! On the other side, it's the man that will make you faint if you watch his legs instead of his hips, Mason DDDDYYYYKKKK! Starting at QB the man that is almost 40 years younger then our current quarterback Rysen "Lock in Load" Tuomisto and coming out of the back field it's the A-bomb with the A-moves on the A-Train ADDY "ring the TD" Belle GAAAMMMMRRRADDT

No one can play on game day with out a nutritional dinner. Here are the players eating their pre-game meal Mac-n-cheese! On the right kind of out of view is the man who will kick you a 74 yard field goal if you need one Kai!! He just goes by Kai don't even try to give him a last name because he will kick your teeth in.

I think this is my favorite picture. Why you ask? Because this is the view the Packers saw all night, that's right reading the back of our Jerseys!! Take that Green Bay!! Still LOVE YA Jed!!

We were victorious this night and we have the worn out carpet to prove it. All I could do is pace back and forth for 97 percent of the game. I'm not kidding I made the nervous Ryan trail that went all of 4 feet. I'm just happy that at the end of the night I could say, "Nice Work Vikes!" now we just have to beat them one more time next week and I will be the happiest Viking fan in the Pacific Northwest.

You have to LOVE the mighty purple and gold!!

6 Month Check Up

I can't beleive the boys are already 6 months old! Man does time fly by. Last Thursday, with the help of my mom, I took all 3 kids to the doctor for the boys' 6-month check-up. Usually I would only take the boys since it was their check up, but Addy needed a flu shot so she had to come along. The funny thing is, she was ok with getting a shot throughout the whole appointment. She kept saying "Addy shot," and she would point to her arm. However, as soon as the nurse came in to give her the shot, she then realized that she didn't want one. The boys got a clean bill of health and 4 shots each.

Easton is rolling everywhere! He is almost on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. The scary thing is, he already pushes himself backwards. I give him a month and he will be crawling. He sits up by himself with only a little bit of assistance, and if he sees something he wants he's able to figure out how to get it (especially if it's something his brother has)!

Length - 26 3/4 inches - 60%

Weight - 17lbs 12 1/2 oz. - 53%

Head - 17 5/8 inches - 75%

Owen on the other hand doesn't really care to roll over yet. He does it when he needs too, but he's found that screaming seems to work for getting what he wants (especially if Easton's just taken a toy out of his hands). Pretty much he is like his dad and is most happy lounging on the couch watching sports!

Length - 26 1/4 inches - 50%

Weight - 15lbs 6 oz. - 10%

Head - 17 1/4 inches - 50%

The boys are eating oatmeal, sweet potatoes, pears, and prunes. They are getting the hang of eating off the spoon pretty well and seem to be improving each day. I am starting to introduce a sippy cup for them and the Gerber puffs. Below are some pictures of the boys from month to month.

On a side note we are potty training Addy right now, and she pooped in the potty for the 1st time! I was so excited that I took her to Bartells and let her pick out some candy!

Birth Day

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

While Ryan's Away...

Ryan flew to Minnesota this weekend, so while he is having fun in Minnesota with his family, I decided to take that kids to a pumpkin patch. Julianne came of course because I don't know if I will ever be able to go someplace by myself until the kids can all walk (and even then I'll probably need leashes for all of them)!
But before we went to the pumpkin patch we had to take care of a little problem in Addy's room. This morning I went into Addy's room to wake her up for church, and it smelled like she pooped her pants. To my surprise she didn't have any poop in her diaper. When we got back from church, Julianne and I hunted around Addy's room to figure out what was causing the smell. Julianne was the lucky one to open up the crawl space door and find a dead rat in there. I of course freaked out and was trying to figure out who I could call that would be willing to come and take care of the rat. To my amazement Julianne offered to remove the rat herself. I can't even tell you how bad it smelled and gross it was to see a dead rat. Luckily the smell is finally gone.
Now that the rat was taken care, we decided to stop by Target to get the boys some winter hats for the pumpkin patch. Of course the only size hats that they had were 2T, but I bought them anyway. As you can see with the last picture, the hats don't fit very well, but they are really cute. I also found some Hello Kitty rubber boots for Addy. (Side note: make sure when you buy new boots for your kid, your kid has time to get used to walking in them before you walk around in the mud.) I can't tell you how many times Addy tripped with her boots, or she would come out of her boots. We didn't come home with any pumpkins because by the time we got there, went on a hay ride and bought some delicious doughnuts, Addy let us know that she was tired and ready to go home. Next time I need to plan a little better around her nap time. Ryan and I are planning on taking the kids to another pumpkin patch on Thursday so stay tuned for more pictures and hopefully she will walk better in her boots.

It has already begun.

All right before you look at the answer below. Guess who this is?

Who do you think this is?

The answer....look below!! That is correct. The top picture is Addy. When she was a baby she LOVED the Jumper00. I think one time we left her in there for 8 hours. I'm TOTALLY KIDDING!! The second one is of Easton. I'm guessing that one was a little easier to pick. As you can see they both have the talent of being able to fall asleep while jumping. Owen isn't that big of a fan. He will go in it but he doesn't jump like a mad man like Easton or like Addy used to.

In this corner...Standing at 27 inches tall, weighing in at a hefty 17lbs....The kid that was born with more hair then David Hasselhoff. The one and only Easton James. In the other corner we have the kid that weighs in at 15lbs if he's wet. Standing at 26 inches tall...The one and only...I will knock you out with my cry Owen Robert! We decided to use there middle names for their last names and drop the Gamradt for security purpose's and so we can get away with tax evasion.

It all started over a 6 cent beaded necklace. As you can see Owen was playing with it all nicely until Easton decided, "Hey that looks like fun!" He tries to sneak a hand in there to pull it away and that's when Owen decided. It's on!!

Here you can see Easton wasted no time going with an upper cut and an elbow to the chest. At this point Owen was holding in there nicely but I think with Easton (I have more hair then David Hasselhoff) got on top he really didn't have a chance.

Like my mom always said, "It's always fun until someone gets hurt." I wish I could agree but I really think this is Owen's secret move. He didn't get the, "I'll knock you out with my cry" added to his name for nothing. As you can see I think it worked. Easton backed off a little and Owen is

still in possession of the 6 cent necklace.

I know you are all saying, " Why don't you spend another 6 cents for another necklace?" I say to you, "YOUR CRAZY!" Take away this entertainment and spend another 6 cents. NO WAY!! I'm already counting down the days until the next match. Owen might of scrapped by and won this battle but Easton is counting on a war.

New Fan

The first day that we moved into our house I think Kristi's exact words were, "We need to change that ceiling fan!" As I always do I listen then 4 years later respond. When we painted our house we borrowed some scaffolding from Kristi's uncle Jim. At first I didn't think it was going to work because on the outside we had to stand on our tippy toes to paint all the way up to the top but when Kristi told me that Jim was coming to pick up the scaffolding I said I better see how far it will get me. To my surprise it didn't only get me to the top but I actually had to duck.

Here is the old fan getting retired!!

It was one of those old 1980's fan and the biggest problem we had was that it was only controlled by a light switch so it was either on or off. We wanted one with a remote so we could at least change the speeds.

We decided to go with something simple. We didn't want a light because we thought it would look funny since it is mounted so high. This time we got one that was remote adaptable so I was able to hook it to that and we now have a remote. GOOD TIMES!!

We are both really happy with the choice. Now Kristi has to tell me what she wants for her next project and in 4 years it will be done!!.

Do the Puyallup!

I am happy to report we DID THE PUYALLUP!! A couple of Tuesday's ago we decided to head down to the Puyallup Fair with Lori, Andrew, and Mason. I'm not sure how but we picked the best day to go. We had perfect weather, no over the top crowds, and some free passes. How do you beat that? Addy is still below that magical height requirement to ride on the big rides but there were a couple that we were able to take her on. Here is Addy and Kristi riding on the new, high-tech, an glamours train. Hey, don't laugh it goes through a tunnel!!


Addy and I decided to tackle the Giant Slide together. The biggest surprise for me is how fast you get moving on this thing. It wasn't scary but the thought of throwing Addy off my piece of carpet and saying, "Every man for himself!" did cross my mind!! I'm just kidding I could of never thrown you off Addy.....I think! We actually didn't take any pictures of us coming down because we took video instead. That's why you don't see our smiling faces but we will try and upload the video down the road.

Easton just chillin in his seat. I'm pretty sure he is thinkin, "Why does Addy get to go on all the rides and all I get are these stupid stuffed animals hanging off my seat?"

What is a fair without the animals. Addy loves the animals. We were a little disappointed because all the cows went back to the farms already. I mean, SERIOUSLY!!! How do they allow the cows to go home a week early? It's a fair!!

Here Addy and I are check-en out the chickens!!

We found this old picture of Addy and I look-en at the chickens a year ago. Look how much she
has grown. Don't worry I still look the same!!

Addy on the train, inside the tunnel. I told you this train was impressive. I love this picture and the next picture because Addy doesn't really smile for the camera a whole lot but for some reason she decided to put a lot of effort into these 2 pictures.

Kristi and Addy enjoying the free glass of milk you get at the fair. I love the visor she looks so sporty wearing it.

Here are Andrew and Addy enjoying the petting farm. I'm not exactly sure if this is a good face or a bad face on Addy. She LOVED the animals but hated her shoes because the sawdust/hay would get inside and bother her feet.

Addy's first ride at the fair was on this canoe. For the first minute she cried but then I walked with her around the outside and she seemed to be fine. Of course Andrew was like, "Where's the motor on this....Can I ski behind this thing."

Coming around the bend. I think next year she will be above that magical high requirement so stay tuned for a lot more ride pictures. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing!!!