Joining the Masses

Now that I think I have the basics of Blogging down, I decided to join all of the masses on My Space. I got a quick intro lesson from The Resident Rock Star and she pretty much set it all up for Brian and me. Anyone else have a MySpace? I am totally out of my element and have no idea how to find anyone or even ask them to be my friend if I could locate them. Looks like I need another lesson specifically on requesting friends.

You can find us by searching for Brian&Katie DuRocher.

Sometimes the Action Finds You

Over the Labor Day weekend, we went up to Big Bear planning on getting outside being active in nature. We packed our fishing poles, hiking shoes, and kayacks. The trip became a lot more than we bargained for. We were met with the greater forces of nature. On our hike, we were interupted with a downpour of hail. "The Little One" and I bolted back to the car while the boys took it easy and strolled on back, apparently not bothered by getting pounded by the ice. Just a few hours later, we were greeted with a knock on the cabin door by a kind neighbor warning us that we might need to evacuate due to the fire we could see from our porch. The fire stayed far enough away so we didn't have to cut our weekend short. The next day we attempted kayacking. We found it strange that the local police were patroling the area on the lake close to the dam, not allowing any boat near it. Several minutes later, helicopter after helicopter started arriving to try to put out the fire. It was pretty exciting! We stayed and watched until we got rained out. A great weekend of action!

Trucking along.

Hiking by the lake.

The Coo Foo started running, then decided to hang with his dad instead.

Fire!!! Fire!!!

Chillin' at the cabin

Doing it their own way.

the heros!

Self portrait

The Rest of the Crew

Meet the Little One

Reasons we adore her:
1. She Bops around all of the time. The girl has serious rhythmn.
2. She is 99.9% of the time happy. Who doesn't love that!
3. She's a game playing fool. She'll give anyone a run for their money at Sorry, Boggle, you name it, she wins.

Meet the Resident Rock Star

Why we adore her:

1. She is always up for any adventure.

2. She is very creative and reflects it in her writing and outfits. She totally owns her own style.

3. She is a huge helper and never lets us down.

This is the Coo Foo

Why we adore him:

1. The guy loves to learn. He rocks at school and takes it super seriously.

2. He constantly tries to show up his dad - getting bigger air on the snowboard, bike, you name it he tries to do it better.

3. He is full of energy. We never know what to expect when his door opens in the morning.

It's About Time

It's about time! That's what my husband loves to say. But he is the most patient man alive. Just imagine living with a not so patient wife who always seems to be in need of help and 3 kids to take care of and get out the door for any activity. The man is truly amazing. After months of thinking about capturing my wonderful life on camera and sharing it with my favorite people - here is my family's blog.

You will have to forgive me if the entries are infrequent - but our family motto "out living life" explains it all. I really wanted a picture of the 5 of us together, but I didn't have one on my work computer so this one of Brian and me ziplining will have to do for now. It captures the mood of our life and hopefully our blog perfectly. We look a little tore up at the end of the day, but the smiles on our faces always show we had fun (as the rednecks would say) "gettin' it done"