The Kershner's

Just not sleepy

2010-03-12T22:17:00.000-08:00

Last night Georgia and the kids got home about 7:00 from Medford. After dinner and bedtime stuff it was quite late. Neither child seemed sleepy though. Avery gave up with only a small amount of resistance, but Eli was not so easily defeated. I made biscuits for dinner for Georgia and I. The short time it took to make the Bisquick biscuits we made about 3 trips to the bedroom to quit Eli down. After we sat down to eat on the couch and watch TV we heard a thump and little foot steps. The door opened and then was politely shut for Avery's benefit. We put him back in the pack and play. This happened a second time but this time we had the TV up and running. Eli came out again and announced he wanted to watch a movie. Well it was so darn cute we gave in. Thus the photo below. We watch half an episode of Brother Bear. On demand TV comes in handy now and again. The cuteness quickly faded and after three more trips to bed and a few tears he fell asleep, althoug he was quite cranky today.

One is never enough

2010-02-28T07:25:00.000-08:00

So Avery and I got to build his stool this weekend. It was suppod to be last weekend and he had been grumpy about it all week. It is still not finished, but it works like a stool so he is happy, and possessive. I thought after I buying the material for it that Eli was going to want one too. I was right. So it looks like this week I will be making another one to keep the green eyed monster at bay. It is a cool stool though and I am happy how it turned out.

It looks like your father dressed you.

2010-02-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I got up with the boys, got their showers in, got them dressed and headed to the store so we could make Georgia breakfast. We got home and Georgia started laughing. I had made Avery put Eli's shirt on. Not a bad fit for size, but the length left something to be desired. Lucky it was winter and he had his coat on the whole time.

Happy Valentiness Day

2010-02-13T10:02:00.000-08:00

Kershner Fire Rescue

2010-02-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

Before Georgia and the boys headed back to Medford for the week I got a few minutes to play with Avery before I went to work. He wanted to play with my Little People toys from when I was a kid. We sent the fire crew to save Rowan and Niamh from the little house. I am not sure who is who? We did eventually get them out and replace them with a mom and a little boy. We also got them out. It is fun to watch Avery getting such a good imagination. He had planned this all out the day before. I saw his face fall when he watched me back out of the driveway and I did not know why. I found out when I got home that I forgot to read his mind and get these toys out of the attic.

Putting things together.

2010-01-30T13:01:00.000-08:00

Eli has been doing very well on the potty the last couple of days. We will see if it continues, but every time he makes a trip there is seems to be productive. We are very proud of him. He is every trying to be like his big brother and has started a little collection of topics to talk about when he wants to contribute to conversations. Fist he tells you about Olivia painting on the wall and then getting a time out (from a book). Then he tells you about the dog that got in the yard a left a present and he needs to GET OUT!. Then he also laughs and says Daddy pressed the wrong button. I accidentally honked the horn in traffic the other day. Both boys though that was funny.

I have also been very proud of Avery over the past few weeks. He has been being a very good big brother. He has been very helpful as of late. He has a new bible trivia game from school. It has a spinner so he really likes it. It is over all of our heads so Georgia and I are just making up questions.

Puddle Jumping

2010-01-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

Today was a slow day around the house. Yesterday my dad and I spent 4 hours fixing the sink, so I was not in a project mood. Georgia gave the boys each a hair cut and that was about the excitment of the day. Around 4 we decided to head to the river for a few minutes to get out of the house. We put boots on the boys and headed out for some puddle jumping. Thing were going good for the first 4 minutes untill Eli droped his stick into a puttle that was knee deep on him. He reached over to get it and face planted. There are no photos of this part becuase I thought I should pull him out. Man, I am a good Dad. Needless to say he was soaked. Georgia Stipped him naked, put a clean diaper on, and we headed for home. Moral of the story: bring extra clothes when taking kids puddle jumping.

Busy Weekend at Medford house

2010-01-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

This weekend was the first time I had been to Medford in a few months. It was a bit odd being back. Despite us all being sick we had a good weekend. Saturday I fixed the toilet. I took off the cloth diaper sprayer and then broke the hose. Ahh the joys of plumbing. The added help from the boys was also a plus. We went to Georgia Holiday Office party which turned out to be a good time. Today we cleaned up the yard and Avery I fixed the sink in the bathroom. This time he was a good little helper and it was a lot of fun. There are a few pictures up on Picasa.
Cute quote of the weekend (I thought). Georgia grabbed Eli to take him for his nap she said "It is time for you medicine". Eli responded "Thant's not funny Momma.
Runner up. After putting the faucet back together Avery asked "Is it mupaired Dad?" yes son it is repaired. Mom Mom the sink is mupaird, Dad and I Fixed it!

2010 Over the hedge

2010-01-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

A new year a new decade and a newish town. I can't say that I am sorry to see last year go. I am thankfull for my new job and my wonderful family. I can't thank everyone enough for all the support we have recieved over that last year. Keep you fingers crossed that the Medford house sells quickly and we can be done with that portion of our lives.

Happy new year!

Not much going on

2009-12-28T22:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry to not have an interesting BLOG today but I delt with a varity of sewer problems and got home late. Just thought I would put some pictuer because it is better then nothing.

OOOOOO Right there

2009-12-27T21:38:00.000-08:00

Eli got a new tool kit for Christmas, but he found a much better use for the jig saw.
Movie

Funny things we heard this weekend

2009-12-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Avery Singing
The little lord Jesus asleep in the.. Hey my cheese looks like baby Jesus

Avery passing the retirement center
Avery Who lives there
Dad Older People
Avery Old people
Dad Yes Son
Avery Why?
Dad So they have friend to eat and play games with
Avery And not die?
Dad Yes Son

Avery Playing Ice cream store (keep in mind Avery makes up word that end up being real words)

Avery Dad what kind of ice cream do you want we have : Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Looey, and Hog Piss.
Dad uhhhhh.......Vanilla Please.

Eli in bed (not sleeping)
Eli Bottl please
Dad Did you throw you bottle out?
Eli Yes

Good Bath Time

2009-12-15T06:21:00.000-08:00

Bath time has been a constant fight over the past few week, but last night we ran a bubble bath. Both both really enjoyed it. When it was time get out I let the water out and turned on the shower. Avery though this was great Eli not so much. I got Eli rinsed and dried and then a great thing happened, he asked to sit the potty. Nothing happened there but he did spend some time on the seat. I was very happy. Avery stayed in the shower the whole time and was very excited to get wrinkle fingers.

Is any body out there?

2009-12-06T11:12:00.000-08:00

I finaly have the means to blog again. Is anyone out there going to know if I am doing it. Please let me know.

Thanks

Another weekend half over

2009-06-06T20:06:00.000-07:00

Today we had a fun day for the most part. No house work at all. We had a slow morning the included a Wallace and Gromet move and a Bob the builder. Then the boys and I went to visit Uncle Bob and Aunt Sandy. We tried to go to a draft horse competition, but arrived a little late. We still got to ride on the draft horse wagon though (the same one from Jacksonville). Then we headed to DQ for a treat. A quick stop at Black bird for some tourist photos and we were done. There are pictures comming on Picasa so keep take a look over there.

ELI! NO! GET DOWN! WAIT! let me get a picture

2009-05-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

It looks like Eli is our climbing child.

Home improvement continues

2009-05-31T12:02:00.000-07:00

We are still chugging along on our projects to finish so we can put the house on the market. Here Avery is showing Georgia how installed the drywall on the header into the kitchen. It only took 5 years to get to that projects. All the base board molding is in thanks to Uncle Bob and we are about half way through painting it. Georgia has got the bathroom all spruced up. We were going to spray the fence this weekend but there was to much wind. We are making progress but it seems slow. Hopfully we can get the family moved up to Roseburg in the next few weeks.

Flowers

2009-05-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

I have been shooting flower pictures on asignment from Amanda. The color version of this made the grade I belive. There are some more up on Picasa. I guess I could blog about this a little. It is probably more apealing then playing "Whats in the sewer".

Status of the Kershner Blog

2009-05-24T07:53:00.000-07:00

It has been questioned weather or not the Kershner's Blog is dead. Well I don't think so it is just on hold for a while. Since I am only with the kids on the weekend I don't have much to blog about. Lets face it what I do at work it not what most people want to here about, but if you want to hear about what I saw down a manhole let me know and I will keep you filled in. I will try a little harder to keep something up at least once a week. Georgia and and the kids should get moved up to Roseburg in the next month sometime so I will have more to Blog about.

We introduced the kids to Reddi Whip yesterday. There are a few more pictures up on Picasa. It was a hit.

New Job

2009-04-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

Just to let everyone know who is not on facebook and who reads this I got a job yesterday. I will be working for the Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority. It looks like a good job and I start on Monday. It is a flurry of activity around here. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers over the past several months.

Ryon

Sweet Boy

2009-03-28T12:55:00.000-07:00

Avery was chomping at the bit to get outside so we just let him go after a little lunch. There was a knock on the door a few minutes later. I grumbled as a walked to the door. If he wants to go out so bad why does he not want stay there. Turns out he had picked this flower for Georgia. I got one a few minutes later. No more grumbling.

Avery flower for mom.
P.S. he just shoved a dandy lion through the dog door.

A weekend of firsts

2009-03-22T15:38:00.000-07:00

Along with turning one, have his carseat turned around, eating cake and taking some unprovoked steps Eli also made his first trip to Buncom, Oregon. Here is us in front of the United States Post Office. The building comprised 1/3 of the town.

Happy Birthday

2009-03-22T15:32:00.000-07:00

We had a very nice day for Eli's birthday. Both sets of Grandparents made it down for the event. Grandma Mickey came over and so did Uncle Bob. All other parties that were planning on comming came down with various ailment. We hope everyone is feeling better. Eli enjoyed his cake very much. He had two hand fulls and would alternate between them. There will be some pictures up on Picasa tonight or tomorrow.

Happy Birthday, here is a needle in you leg

2009-03-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

Today was Eli's 1 year check up, just one day shy of his first birthday. All things checked out okay. He weighed in at 20.3 lbs and was 30 inches long. He got a shot in each leg. I am of the opinion that the shots don't bother him that bad, but being held in one place really gets his blood pumping. The doctor said he was meeting all him milestones for a normal one year old, which is good since he was born so early.

Looking for Leprecons

2009-03-17T21:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Saint Partics day to all. More pictures up on Picasa

Its good to be spring!

2009-03-12T16:28:00.000-07:00

For the last two days the boys and I have been enjoying the sunshine in the after noon. Even though it is below freezing at night, daytime temperatures have been pushing up into the 60's. Today we did a little work on the flower bed. Eli was a big fan of Avery's rake. He spent most of his time twirling it above his head, or just sitting and watching what Avery and I were doing. It is so nice to be outside in the sun! Too bad it looks short lived.

More Food Please

2009-03-12T15:19:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of eating with Eli as of late, this is a visual representation of how he sounds when he wants more food. Home Town Buffet will never be the same.

Cat Herder

2009-03-09T14:21:00.000-07:00

While in Bend we thought we would train Eli to be a cat herder. Ridem Una

The future

2009-03-08T22:11:00.000-07:00

Eli the future BBQ king? maybe so!

Avery Learns to Peddle

2009-03-08T13:34:00.000-07:00

We are currently in Bend visiting Gary and Krista. We went outside for a bit on Friday and Avery figured out how to peddle. We made several trips from the shop to the house. He kept getting better. It is snowing today so we have not been back out.

Me and the Boys

2009-03-04T20:11:00.000-08:00

As a cost cutting measure we have cut the boys back to two half days at daycare. We don't want to lose our spot and this is the bear minimum that they allow. Today was my first day home with the boys in the afternoon. All things considered it went well. Being with them has been the best part of being laid off. I need to work on the routine a little but we will get better at it. Eli and I had a nap in the rocking chair while Avery had "quite time". I woke up to " Want to Get UP!" being repeated over and over. I survived though and so did they. Probably the most stressful part of the afternoon was taking the picture below. Avery wanted to run the camera and kept moving things and Eli wanted to stand on the tripod and eat the PC cable running to the flash. During the process Eli did stand up for probably 30 to 45 seconds all by himself. That was a personal best for him. I snapped a bunch of pictures but they don't really tell the story.

Happy Birthday Uncle Bob

2009-03-03T22:05:00.000-08:00

Today we were invited to dinner with Uncle Bob and Aunt Sandy for Uncle Bob's Birthday. We had a good meal and a great time. Eli has taking to shrieking when he wants something. You could hear him from one end to the other of Hometown Buffet. It is strange when Avery is the quite one. Below is Avery explaining the drawing he made on Uncle Bob's card. I believe there was a backhoe, and airplane and a tractor. Don't be shocked but the card was green, as in "My favorite's green!". Avery got to pick out his desert, as anyone should at a buffet. He picked the green cake of course. Being able to read would have helped him out because green cake was the sugar free desert. Luckily dad came through with the soft serve cone (swirl in case you are wondering).

He has a new name for everything.

2009-03-01T19:30:00.000-08:00

Today we went and visited my Grandmother in Ashland. Grandma Micky loves jewelery. Avery was looking through a small jewelery box that his cousin Michael had made for Grandma and admiring all the rings in it. He took over to Grandma and they examined them together. He picked one out that he thought she should wear. Grandma agreed and said "let me take off my wedding rings and put that one on." Avery said "Daddy has a wife ring too." Looks like he gets it already.

Ahhhhhh

2009-02-27T20:26:00.000-08:00

The first signs of spring are starting to appear here in the valley. It was in the mid 50s today and the sun was out every once in a while. Recent rain has started our grass growing. Avery and I went out a played a for a bit this evening. We tossed the disc around, played chase, played with the hose (no water just the hose) and of course we broke out the shovel. He dug a nice hole so I can sprain my ankle when I push him on his swing. After our 2 weeks hovering around freezing in Switzerland is was nice to be out without a parka and a gloves.

There are a few new pictures up on Picasa.

Lullaby

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

Brahms Lullaby Verse 1

Lullaby, and good night, with pink roses bedight,With lilies o'er spread, is my baby's sweet head.Lay thee down now, and rest, may thy slumber be blessed!Lay thee down now, and rest, may thy slumber be blessed!

While we in Switzerland Emily and I would sing to the kids at night. Emily would sing Brahms Lullaby as requested by her kids. Avery requested it tonight at dinner as he has become a fan also. Georgia and I were looking up the words and came across them as shown above. Georgia asked what is bedight? Avery quickly replied " you get your flashlight out when you go to sleep then you have your bed light". Georgia and I about fell over laughing. He is quick on his feet, you have to give him that.

The Kershners are home! (27 hours later)

2009-02-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

To say that our trip home went off without a hitch would be a lie. First thing we hit the train station in Morges headed for the airport. We had seven bags, 1 stroller, 2 kids, and one father who gets anxious when he has to catch trains and planes. Georgia put her credit card in the ticket machine and it got stuck. We had about 10 minutes of panic there. The ticket agent came out and freed the card though so every thing was okay there. We just made the train but climbed into a first class car by mistake. So I had to drag all the luggage through the train to get to our car while Georgia juggled the kids. The airport in Geneva went okay but our flight was delayed by bad weather in Frankfort. This gave us about 20 minutes to get boarding passes and make our flight inFrankfort, which was 2 sprints and a tram ride away. Nothing like working up a sweat when you have to sit on a plane for 10 hours. No scratch that there was a head wind - 11 hour flight back to San Fransisco. Once we arrived we were a little worried about making our Medford flight so we ran for the passport check and made it trough in no time. Then waited for our luggage to come out of the carosal so we could go through customs. Ours were the last 4 bags to come off the plane. I never saw the fifth or the stroller come out. We then made it through imagrations, dashed for security and headed for the gate only to find our flight had been canceled. We should have checked that first. Come to find out we were already booked on the 10:30 flight home. We were pretty happy with that until we watched the board for a while and watched our departure time creep later and later into the night. Our flight that was canceled was supposed to arrive in Medford at 9:30 PM. Our actual flight left San Fransisco at 12:20 AM. We made it home by about 2:00. My head is still spinning from the entire ordeal. It was sure nice to be home after that. We did have a great time though and it was hard to say good bye when we left. The picture below is that last night for the kids. We broke out the matching Christmas PJs. Little Muriel was already asleep, so there it is 10 toes short, but still pretty cute.

Making Aunt Amanda Proud

2009-02-16T06:54:00.000-08:00

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Seems like there is something missing

2009-02-14T08:07:00.000-08:00

Today was not a good day for me. While visiting the cathedral today I asked Emily if I could use her new camera while she sat with Georgia. During the 10 minutes I had it my camera walked away. I had already broken my standard lense so I was borrowing Pat and Emily's from their older camera so it is gone too. A sad thing on vacation. Needless to say this may slow my picture posting. Luckily most of the picture from the trip are on Pat's Computer. O well live and learn I guess.

It is hard being to small

2009-02-12T10:13:00.000-08:00

It is hard being to small to play with the big kids.
You just want to know what is going on.
It is nice when your big cousin comes along
And extends a loving hand.

Flying Solo

2009-02-12T06:16:00.000-08:00

Today we headed out (the Kershner's that is) on our own to Chateau de Chillon. This is what the weather looked like at 6:00 this morning. We got the kids ready and headed for the train station. Everything went well and we enjoyed the trip. Even though it was cold both the boys hung in there for the trip. If you every though castles were warm places try standing at the top of the keep in a snow storm. Check out the Picasa page for some picture of the trip.

Well Traveled Root Beer

2009-02-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

This well traveled root beer final met its match.

A guest post from Amanda

2009-02-11T00:24:00.000-08:00

Apperantly every generation of parents thinks this is cute.
Thanks Amanda

It is somebodays birthday I wonder who?

2009-02-10T05:53:00.000-08:00

This pretty girl tunred a year older today. Can't tell though :)

Happy Birthday Georgia!

It always feels like some one is watching me!

2009-02-09T07:51:00.000-08:00

Who is who? It sure aint hard to tell who is a Kershner.

Jet Lag

2009-02-09T03:40:00.000-08:00

Having not been any farther out of my time zone then Anchorage or Denver I have never really had jet lag. Come to find out I don't like it. Avery woke me up at 3:00 this morning and I could not go back to sleep. I grabbed a quick nap before we went to the store today because my hands were shaking. The kids seem to be sleeping okay though, just as long as they are laying with us. I took this picture around 4:00 a.m.. It is light painted with someones shark LED flash light. Inspiration comes at weird moments.

We Made it

2009-02-08T08:06:00.000-08:00

Well we made it to Switzerland. A Day late but we made it. Our very first flight was delayed. We only had an hour in Sanfransisco so there was no was we were going to catch that flight. We still flew down to Sanfransisco and spent the night in a hotel. We caught our flight the next morning with only a few small problems. It was a long time to be in the plane with the boys but we survived.

The first night here was a little hard because our boys thought they should be awake but things seem to be going okay now. I will keep you posted on how things are going.

More pictures posted here

Puma

2009-02-02T15:56:00.000-08:00

Cute shoes

2009-02-02T13:24:00.000-08:00

Here is a couple of pictures of Gary's Mom's Shoes. It was my photo project from Amanda this weekend.

And you almost forgot.

2009-01-27T10:34:00.000-08:00

Let it be know on this day in 1910 a great hero to world passed away leaving behind a legacy that comforts us all every day. Yes today is Thomas Crapper Day. While many of you pass though each day without a thought to the man, the myth, here at the Kershner house we are reminded every day as we have a Thomas Crapper Line toilet with the emblem as shown below. Every time the seat is put down (yes I do that, it is not safe for the kids otherwise) we see the glorious reminder of the man. So sit back, grab a copy of your favorite periodical, and give thanks to Thomas Crapper for the gifts he brought to this world. For more information look here

P.S. Thank you to my sister for pointing this out. Go Kelley!

A visit from Nana an Pop

2009-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

We had a nice visit from my parents this weekend. We had lots of fun took some pictures and ate some good food. Thanks mom and dad for the visit.

No its not DAD!

2009-01-23T08:05:00.000-08:00

The object in question below is Avery's Fun dog cup. It is so named because it has dogs on it and..... well it is quite fun. Last night at dinner Avery asked what the blue thing was. I told him it was a pinkney flange. He said no its not dad. I showed it to Georgia and said "Mom is this a pinkney flange", she agreed it was. Then Avery said no dad it is to keep the water from leaking out. Neither Georgia or I had explained that to him. Sometimes it hurts a little when your three year old one ups you. And for those of you who don't know a pinkney flange is found on most foreign cars and should be changed every time you rotate the air in the tires and have the blinker fluid changed.

NEW COLOR

2009-01-23T07:47:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday when Avery got hom from school he asked for his backpack (aka his lunch bag). We asked what was in it and he got a cut look and said it is a SUPRISE! I got it for him and he rummaged around a bit and produced his new color. His teacher teaches them Spanish. He was very excited about it.

Play Hard = Sleep Hard

2009-01-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

This is Avery after a shopping trip to Ashland for new shoes for dad. It wore him out. He fell asleep in the car and I moved him to the pillow. We let Eli crawl on him a few times to try and wake him up. He never moved.

Look at this

2009-01-14T18:25:00.000-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/PhoneMovies#5291340203465512002

You have to want it

2009-01-11T11:42:00.000-08:00

So we did not get right to chocolate in our Averyskeeter (as Avery thinks they are called) but we did get to it. I read mixed thought on weather a non flat bottomed cast iron pan should be used on a glass top stove so I braved the weather and headed to the grill to cook them. Cooking outside meant I would be doing to the cooking so I geared up and headed outside. This was my first time cooking Aebleskivers Things went well and they are very very tasty. Definite worth the effort. The kids and parents both like them a lot.

Here is the cooking setup and the ambient temperature.

Me in action and sneaking a bite :)

The kids enjoying!

Popcorn

2009-01-11T07:11:00.000-08:00

A few nights ago I snuck out to workout as it had been quite a long time. When I got home I finished putting Avery to bed. He did not seem tired but after I left him he was quite. About 30 or 40 minutes passed my hunger got the best of me. I fired up the popcorn Popper and made a big bowl. As soon as I was done I heard Avery crying. I went in and got him and he mumbled something I did not understand. I went to put him back to bead and he got upset. I asked again what was wrong this time I got it "I hear popcorn". Well it was too cute to not let him have some.

And the Angels Did Sing

2009-01-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

Today, as Georgia was looking through the mail she came across her Williams-Sonoma Catalog. There on Page 15 a great moment of clarity came across my beautiful wife and she exclaimed "THEY PUT CHOCOLATE IN THEIR ABLESKIVERS". All things were dropped and off she went. We will let you know how it turns out.

You just never know what he is going to do.

2009-01-05T21:51:00.000-08:00

First off this pictures is up to let everyone know Avery is doing everything he can to avoid having his picture taken. This may be the view of him you will have to get used to.

This morning I hear the usual "Dad... Can I get up, Dad? Dad?". It was indeed time to get up so I grabbed my clothes and slippers and sneaked out of bed (Eli had joined Georgia and I sometime during the early morning hours). I sat down on Avery's bed and stared getting dressed. Again "Dad, Can I get up?". I said sure and as I was slipping on my slippers he began to tell me about the dream he had. Usually when he is told he can get up, he heads straight out for a cartoon, but not this morning he just sat and told me his story. It seems him and his friend the bear (I believe the bear to be Stillwater from the book Zen Shorts) went to Jacksonville (to Avery Jacksonville is only the toy store in Jacksonville). I asked if they got toys and he said the just played there. Then they went grocery shopping. Each destination was described in great detail and quite accurately mirrored the actual things we have been doing over the week. He proceeded to tell his story for about 25 minutes. I didn't say much except for a nod of my head now and again to let him know I was listening. I still floors me that he tell a story for 25 minutes with no stop in the action. At the 25 minute mark the garbage truck pulled up and he had to go peek out the window, so it kind of broke his flow but we still stayed in bed and read a Curious George book. It was quite a special morning.

Well he listens sometimes!

2008-12-29T22:09:00.000-08:00

You have to hand it to Avery, when mom says "you can lick the bowl" he licks the bowl.

To his defense they were some darn fine muffins.

A few Avery quotes for the day.

1. "Dad you need to thank me and mom for the muffins" (he was right about this)

2. "I want mom to push the cart, she is smart" (he was right about this too)

3. [Dad] "You want some cereal now son" [Avery] "No I think it is time for a candy cane"(he was wrong about this)

New Pictures

2008-12-26T09:56:00.000-08:00

I am still adding to the Christmas folder so keep checking.
There are a few new photos this morning.

From Christmas in Newberg

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all for the Kershners. We have had a wonderfull day thus far and now we are getting ready to eat, what could better.

New pictures up on Picasa with more to come.

A proud day

2008-12-22T18:51:00.000-08:00

Today at 9 months and 1 day Eli started making truck noises!

http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/Movie#5282812991698868898

Christmas is near !

2008-12-21T20:27:00.000-08:00

We have been busy running around like crazy trying to get christmas stuff done. Avery and I went over and got snow tires put on the car. On the way over he declared "Dad, people with wiskers can talk LOUD" I said "So since I have wiskers I can talk loud" "YES". There you go.

We went to Jacksonville today to enjoy some christams festivities. We had the kids sit with Father Christmas and then we took a horse drawn wagon ride around the city. Avery really liked the horses. I will put some pictures of them up in Picasa.

Makes a dad happy

2008-12-14T19:13:00.000-08:00

It is fun to see the boys play together. They spent most the the Georgia was in the shower (30 or 40 minutes hehe :), it is good she never reads these) playing on the basket together.

Question????

2008-12-14T19:09:00.000-08:00

How can a kid who takes up this much of his parents bed when he is alone, take up the entire bed when his parents are in it with him?????

Where did the sun go

2008-12-09T19:59:00.000-08:00

Avery has been bouncing off the wall so I decided to take him to the playground today. One thing lead to another and we did not get over there untill just after sun down. He still had a good time though. Eli was not as happy to be in the ergo. He much perfers to see what is going on. I also lugged my camera stuff as you can see. It was just about time to go and Eli lost it so I had to take him out of the Ergo and carry him. It was quite a mess with a tripod, camera bag, camera, kid, and another kid. We made it though. I got a few decent pictures out of it though so it was worth it.

I am sick of just sitting around

2008-12-09T07:47:00.000-08:00

Eli has decided that sitting it just not good enough anymore. He is trying to climb anything, but if it will hold him and he can hold it, up he goes. Besides the fire place he has also stood up on Avery, his crib and his diaper bag.

Avery quote of the day

2008-12-07T20:45:00.000-08:00

Today avery was asking about his aunt's for some reason. We asked if he knew who his aunts were. Not really grasping the consept he guess Bob, Sand and out friend Lindy. Well 1 for three ain't bad. So we started the process of explaing who aunts were. When I got to Amanda he got excited and said "MOM! Uncle Amanda is my Aunt" Very cute. SO I guess she is Aunt Uncle Amanda now.

Catch up (again)

2008-12-07T09:47:00.000-08:00

Well it has been awhile. Not even sure what to write. We had Avery's Christmas program this week. It was very cute. There are pictures (not very good sorry) and movies up on my Picasa page. Avery also woke up with another dream this week. It seems a bear, one of Georgi's old bears with a winder?, was trying to clime down some where. They were both trying to drive to the house but they could not find it. Then it turns out the bear is in the garage in a box. We have yet to make an actual search for the bear. He is also become quite the little singer. He is picking words up in lots of songs and is singing quite a bit. On the down side he has been singing the theme song the Fifi and the flower tots (there is an episode of this at the end of one of his Bob the Builder DVD's).

Eli is still on his quest to stand up. He tries to climb up just about anything he gets his hands on. He stood up once in the crib because I was changing Avery on the changing table at the end of it. He wanted in the action I guess. This morning Avery was on my lap and we were his preferred ladder. It makes him mad he can't let go when he stands up. He does not seem as patient as Avery did. He is still enjoying eating. Every time the spoon comes up his little mouth pops open. He also likes little sips of water out of a straw.

Eli has decided to be the early riser these days. Avery ended up in bed with me last night so I am a little groggy. There was whining about wanting something to eat about 3:30 this morning. I did not want him to wake up Eli so I drug him with me. So I had about 3 square inches of bed until 6:30 when Eli woke up. So I think I am just writing aimlessly now so I am am going to stop.

Catch Up

2008-11-24T18:32:00.000-08:00

From November 23

Well lets see it has been a while since I posted so I am playing catch up. Lets start with today. We had a real lazy day. Avery fell asleep for his nap at about 2:00. He then proceeded to sleep for 3 hours. He thought it was the next morning when he woke up. He was very confused. We are renting a movie for us to watch with him tonight since he will never go to sleep. Besides sleeping he has been eating a lot, at least in the morning. He must be in a growth spurt.

My parents came this weekend and gave us a helping hand. Thanks Mom and Dad. Every one had fun seeing each other. We did learn (again) that the kids do NOT like to sit for pictures henceforth the above photo.

Saturday morning Eli stood himself up on the fire place! It did not last long but he did it. He now gets up in his bear crawl position and can't figure out why he is not standing up. He just starts to scream in frustration. It is kind of cute. I am thinking he might skip crawling all together and just go from army crawl to walking. He is also working on his top two teeth. One broke through today.

Eyed Brown Grill

2008-11-13T08:29:00.000-08:00

No big surprise I have a Van Morrison CD in the truck which we listen to on the way to daycare in the morning. Avery really likes Brown eyed girl, but he calls id Eyed Brown grill. Oddly every time U2 comes on the radio he curls in the fetal position and cries, wait maybe that was me. I try and block out that kind of trauma.

I put a hat on today because I am going to be working in the field here in a few minutes. Avery though he needed a hat too. So we both wore our carhartt hats on. Halfway to daycare he decided he needed it on backwards like Uncle Mike. He walked into daycare and proudly announced he had his hat on backwards, not forwards.

From November 7

An update at last

2008-11-09T08:11:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been a while since I blogged something. It has been a busy and stressful week. I guess the biggest news this week is Eli's developments. I got a report when I picked him up on Thursday that he has started waving! Miss Amber said he waved at himself but waved non the less. We beat mom home, but when she got here sure enough we gave her a little wave. Then on Friday Georgia left him in the living room for a few minutes and when she came back he was sitting up. Right before I started to write this I watched him sit up again. He also learned that if he throws his toy off the highchair whichever parent is on that side will pick it up. So he tosses stuff then looks expectantly at you. If you give him a little grin then he just cracks up. Very cute.

Avery's Dream

2008-11-03T14:08:00.000-08:00

Today at lunch we had the pleasure of hearing about Avery's Dream. It seems that he and Nana were on a walk and encountered chickens. These chickens had it in for Mom and Avery and they took out after then to "peck peck peck" them. It seems they were being chases by a one legged white chicken. Now if that ain't scary I don't know what is. He also had the great misfortune to fall out the stroller. You see he was not strapped in. Nana should really be more careful. They were of course out on a walk in search of Backhoes.

Daylight Savings Time

2008-11-02T06:09:00.000-08:00

I hate daylight savings time :(. I read this morning why we have it. It was my previous opinion that it was to torturer people with small children who like to wake up at ~~5:30~~ 4:30. Errrrrr

Halloween

2008-11-01T11:19:00.000-07:00

Last night we made our trick-or-treat journey through the Rogue Valley Mall. It is a fun place to go because you get to see all sorts of costumes. The giraffe with the big booty is a fine example. Avery harldy said two words the whole time besides trick-or-treat and thank you. He was just soaking it all in.

Poor Amanda

2008-10-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

On the way home from daycare Avery Announced that Aunt Amanda was sick and we needed to go to her house and taker her to the hospital in the truck. I said "you want me to drive to Aunt Amanda's house and driver her to the Hospital in the truck?" He said "No me". Figuring what ever ailment Amanda had was safer then being taken to the hospital by a 3 year old driver we opted to stay home. Sorry Amanda.

Here is the loan chomper (for the time being)

2008-10-29T19:37:00.000-07:00

There have been some requests for photo coverage of the loan chomper so here you go. I don't think it will be long untill it is a dynamic duo of chompers.

Mom aint to happy

2008-10-27T18:45:00.000-07:00

The Kershners have their indoor photo shoot tomorrow. As you can see, Avery was little hard on his face
this weekend. First he stepped out of his booster seat into the bead maze and cut the inside of his lip. A couple of hours later he was using his dump truck as a cherry picker (not a good idea as it turns out) and fell and cut the outside of his lip on the other side. Then two minutes later he fell face first into his large metal dump truck. He almost took out an eye but just ended up with a bruied cheek. So, as you can see, he is slightly beat up. Then today Daddy got to go to work. I spend about 6 hours construction staking. Who needs sunscreen in in October? Appartly I do. Daddy is a little red. So we might have a group makeup session tomorrow. I hope she does not put to much rouge on me :(.

That's not good!

2008-10-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Has anyone ever had one child try to knock a leaf out of the other childs mouth with a rake handle? That's not good!

Pictures

2008-10-25T07:02:00.000-07:00

It is now 7:00 we need to be out the door at 9:00 to make it to Ashland for our family pictures at 10:00. Eli did not sleep much and was brought into bed at a time unknown to me. Avery had one nightmare in the night at about 4:45. I have been up more or less since then. Georgia went in for a 20 minute nap because she got no sleep. What I am trying to say is we should look beautiful for our pictures.

Update:
It is now 8:40 Georgia is putting on makeup Eli is asleep and no one is dressed for the pictures yet. I do have some snacks ready.

Final Update:
We made it! We pulled into the park and just as we were getting out of the car as the photographer walked by. Perfect timing. We were all a little red nosed from the cold we are currently sharing, but the kids did well and the photographer was pleases with how things went. The colors in the park were fantastic! They said the pictures would be up on the web in a week or so. We will keep everybody informed.

MINE!

2008-10-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

Eli discovered Legos DON't! try and take them away. His loan chomper will get ya.

Maybe he should have been Oscar for Halloween

2008-10-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

I am thinking now that he should be Oscar the Grouch, rather then a cowboy. I might get tired of pushing the yard wast around though.

PUmpkin Patch

2008-10-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

We made it out to the pumpkin patch yesterday. There are picture up on Picasa.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/October20#

Walking Moon

2008-10-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

Avery has been quite interested in the moon the last few weeks. Someone told him it was a waxing moon. He took this to mean it was a walking moon. He has inquired several times as to the fact that if it is a walking moon where are the legs? Now the moon is full and he is thoroughly confused.

From October 15

Mom and Avery looking at the moon after our walk

From October 15

The moon after our walk

Thats not a pocket son

2008-10-13T15:24:00.000-07:00

Today was quite a day. I stayed home from work because I am not feeling so well. Georgia took the kids for a walk and Avery found some seeds from a tree to show me. He put them in his pocket and they headed home. After the walk it was lunch and and then nap time. We are trying to get Eli used to the crib so we put Avery to sleep in our bed. I read him books and returned to my perch on the couch. A few minutes later he started crying. I had not heard a thud so I was not to excited about it. Georgia went in to check on him and I suddenly heard her commanding him not to sniff in. Yes you guessed it the seed was up his nose. We tried to get it out with the sniffer and even tweezers but we had no luck. I will tell you this if you want to make a kid mad pin him to the bed and shove things up his nose. So we rushed him to the doctors office where they got us in right away. The doctor informed us it was a routine problem. So Georgia held his feet. I held most of the middle of him and nurse held his head. The Doctor almost got it back out on the first try but it went back in. Then he put his finger behind it and shoved at the same time as he was pulling with his instrument and POP! out it came. The one in his nose turned out to be larger then the one his still had in his pocket. While we were there we squeezed in his three year appointment and he is looking well. He was 38.5 inches tall and about 32 lbs. Everything else looked good. I only thought kids stuck stuff up there nose on sitcoms on TV. Below is an example seed to show you what was up his nose.

From Avery's Birthday

It's Sombody's Birthday I wonder Who?

2008-10-10T06:50:00.000-07:00

Yes Avery turned three yesterday! Wow how time flies. It was a busy day as it was also a daycare day. We woke up, got ready, kissed Aunt Amanda and Mom good buy and headed out the door. We stopped off and picked up doughnuts to share with his friends at school. He chose sprinkles on his doughnuts of course. After work I picked him up and it took us three tries to actually leave the school. There was the first try of course, then the below picture happened. It was quite funny. It took the teachers a few moments to figure out why all the kids were glued to the window. After I finally got him to the truck I discovered a poopy diaper. Back we went. Try two I discovered a missing backhoe, and back we went. By this time Eli was well.... not happy. We found the backhoe after a school wide search resting near the sign out sheet at the front door (Avery likes to sign Eli and Himself out after school which involves scribbling all over the sheet). I felt confident on the departure this time so out the door I headed, to discover no Avery? I turned around, screaming Eli in hand, do discover Avery getting a hug from one of the girls in his school. When she let go Avery headed out the door only to be stopped by another little girl for a hug. It was very very cute, even with a screaming Eli in my ear. This time we made it home skipping the promised visit to the train yard, due to the screaming. There is another promised train yard visit scheduled for today.

Mom got home shortly there after and we opened up a few presents. He wanted sausage and Broccoli for dinner so I made a quick store run and made it back just in time to try out his new scooter. After dinner it was to bed. All in all a hectic day but it worked out in the end.

From Avery's Birthday

Good News

2008-10-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

We had Eli's Dr. appointment yesterday and all his kidney problems seem to have resolved themselves. We feel very blessed that he is okay now. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

From Bend Trip

Bend

2008-10-04T11:27:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of the bend trip so far.

From Bend Trip

Her is a link to Picasa
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/BendTrip#

ooops

2008-09-30T06:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry the movie did not work yesterday.

Here is the link to it and a couple of pictures on Picasa

http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/ShoppingAtFredS#

Eli's learns to drive

2008-09-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

Eli and Avery riding in the cart at Fred Meyers. Eli did very well at running the steering wheel.

A busy day

2008-09-28T20:12:00.000-07:00

Today was quite a day for the Kershners. Georgia had a rough night with Eli, so for a change Eli and I were the first one's up. Avery thought it was very fun to have other people awake and ready to play when he got up (Those would be the PJ pictures on Picasa). Georgia took Avery grocery shopping so Eli could have his long nap (today that was only 30 minutes). After groceries we headed to mall for some clothes shopping. I don't have pictures of this because quite frankly I am looking forward to forgetting that adventure. Who wants pictures of angry parents and cranky kids anyways? We did find clothes though. Then we headed to the duckpond which turned out to be a good trip. We saw water snakes, fish jumping, and dragon flies (there are pictures of this on Picasa). Then Georgia and Eli were ready for naps, so Avery and I rounded out the day at the small park up the street. Avery got to scoop dirt, his favorite hobby, and I got to take pictures, my favorite hobby. The picture here is from that part of the day. All in all a productive and fun day.

Here is the link over to Picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/September28#

Cooking with Avery

2008-09-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

More Lighting fun

2008-09-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

More fun with my new flash snoot. (For Emily: I bought a PC chord so I do not have to use the optical trigger I sent you the picture of. It is much more reliable and does not flood the picture with the extra flash. I would have lost the reflection in this picture with the extra flash on.)

A Grandm's Love

2008-09-26T20:34:00.000-07:00

Georgia had a work get together to go to this evening so me and the boys headed to Ashland to Visit with Grandma. We had a nice dinner and a good visit. It was pretty late to be out with Eli so he we not up for much but being walked around. Poor Grandma only got to hold him for a minute or two. It takes the love of a Grandma to keep smiling through that kind of cranky.

Fun with lighting

2008-09-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

I made a new attachment for my flash. There are a few more examples on the Picasa page. I liked this one the best. I even took this with a rescue helicopter rope around my ear and an Avery on my neck. I like to think of it as EXTREME PHOTOGRAPHY.

Adventures in Backhoe Driving

2008-09-25T17:35:00.000-07:00

The kids and I stopped to talk to my origihnal TKD instructor. He is building himself a new house and had his small backhoe onsite to dig trenches for utilites. He let Avery run it all by himself. Avery even started to het the hang of what the levers did. There are a couple of more pictures here http://picasaweb.google.com/ryonkershner/September25

Brrrrr

2008-09-24T22:21:00.000-07:00

Fall has set in and the morning are quite chilly. Here is the boys heading out for daycare.

A snuggle with Nana and Papa

2008-09-24T22:19:00.000-07:00

Avery fell asleep with Nana and Papa tonight. Papa is the bald one and Nana is of coure the one with the sailor hat.

I don't like pickles :(

2008-09-23T21:37:00.000-07:00

We had hamburgers tonight for dinner. Avery asked for a pickle. He then said "I don't like pickles" and took a bit. Judging from below he was correct. He is also starting to have imaginary friends. It took an extra 10 minutes to get George in the house a couple of nights ago. Today Georgia said he and his friends were ducks, complete with duck pond and duck food. Well I must stop blogging to go visit Karen's blog because she just texted Georgia and told her too. Isn't technology great!

Eli seems to like eating

2008-09-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

Today is Eli's third day of eating and he is starting to get the hang of it. He ate 1/2 of jar of the pears today. He also had his 6 month appointment. He is looking good I am told he weighed in at 15lbs. 12 oz. (25%) and he was 26" tall(40%).