My Little Family

My little family

Above pictures taken Oct. 10 at a park

along the Columbia River,

Washington side.

Pictures taken September 26, 2009

The leaves are starting to crunch and the air is a little brisk in the morning...fall is here! I'm excited about warm apple crisp, snuggling up in a cozy blanket to watch movies, hot chocolate (herbal tea is more my style), PUMPKIN PIE, and sleeping with socks on :)

Lauren will be turning 1 on Halloween...I can't believe that a year has gone by so quick!

Here is a video of our little "Lou" from today.

HAPPY HARVEST!

Pictures of Lauren

Here's some up to date pictures of our little's one, Lauren that so many have been wanting to see--Grandma especially!! So loves that thumb so much. I tryed and tryed to keep that thing out of her mouth but no good. Enjoy!!

Katelynn is our little jumper. She just wanted to jump and jump so Sarah strapped two pillows on her with her belt and Katelynn went wild.

On Memorial Day we went down to a lookout point that over looks the Columbia River Gorge. The building is called "Vista House" and was built in the very ealy 1900's. We are on the Oregon side of the river, the other side is Washington.

These are my girls! Lauren loves that thumb and is almost a year old!! Halloween is the big day!!

Family Hike

A few weeks ago our little crew took a Saturday afternoon hike to a beautiful place called Bridal Veil Falls located in the Columbia Gorge just outside Portland. We picked this hike because it is only a mile and just right for little legs (i.e. Katelynn) to make it without having to be carried. The woods were beautiful and it was a sunny warm afternoon...ahh, summer :)

I saw these tree leaves glowing from the sunlight shining through them.

It was cooler in person :)
Katelynn sitting on the observation deck by the falls. She is such a sweetie!

Jon packed Lauren and she loved being out side. She is 9 months and doesn't have much hair. She has been called a boy several times despite being dressed in pink...
(Jon was quite the pack horse, pretty handsome and muscly)

Katelynn and I at the top of the hike looking at the falls.

It was a pretty place to spend our Saturday. We are looking forward to other hikes this summer.

We have found various other places to make our weekend trips to around our area and it has been very rewarding. Just this last Saturday we found a really nice paved path through a dried stream bed or gully and took our kids for a stroll, Katelynn's favorite part were the ducks we saw swimming in a pond by the path.

So far this summer has been treating us wonderfully:)

More family adventures to come soon!

All Dolled Up!

Just wanted to show you all what I made this weekend. Teryn, a friend of mine has a little girl Katelynn's age (Claira) and she has made lots of fun little outfits like this for her, she let me borrow one of the little dresses/cover-up to make one for Katelynn and this is how the first attempt turned out.

Katelynn blowing kisses.

Lots of fun...and a cute little girl!!

This was easy to make and just right for the hot weather we have been having. I also made this little skirt for a birthday gift for for Claira because we missed her birthday back in June. I have other projects in the works so stay tuned :)
Those skirts and dresses aren't as cute as this little face, Katelynn {Kiddo} and I had fun "playing" in my make-up... what a darling.

Awesome video of Christ

I just happened to find this on youtube the other day. This is my favorite hymn, I've always only liked it with a full choir and orchestra because it delivers so much more power but I really like this version and the pictures are amazing! They are all photos taken, you can go to reflectionsofchrist.org to learn more and see some behind the scenes stuff, they show how they took the picture of the angels. You can even buy the pictures. So watch the video and enjoy but get ready to feel the spirit, I'm just telling you. My favorite picture is the picture of Christ in white at about 4 mins. What do you think has anyone seen these pictures before? I guess they do traveling exhibits.

~{ Summer Time is Here }~

Summer is here and we have had wonderful weather here in Vancouver the past two weeks. The zoo does a Two Dollar Tuesday once a month where adults get in for only $2.00, so we took advantage of the fine weather and went with some other friends only to find that everybody else thought it was a good day to go to see the animals too~ so it was literally a "zoo"! Because there were so many people we had to park a few miles away and take a shuttle bus back to the front gates and then wait in a long line. I know, a little crazy but Katelynn loved the bus ride and we got to see a tiger, giraffe, penguins, polar bear, elephants, and a bald eagle with an eight foot wing span!It was loads of fun but we were ready to head home after a few hours.

The zoo was just the kick off to the summer. Katelynn is now taking swimming lessons and doing good, she had one day where she didn't want to get into the water but the next was better and now she loves playing in the water.

Katelyn is just a cutie!!

Here are some pictures taken on Father's Day. What a hunk of a man I have :) He has been working out a lot and getting big muscles...I'm not complaining.

These are my two little darlings. Katelynn is almost three and a half although she acts like a four year old and is a "little mama" to Lauren and keeps her out of stuff.

"Lou Bug" as we call her, is almost eight months old, has four teeth and is all over the place. Her favorite thing is to pull herself up to a standing position and is now learning to travel around things while standing. Yeah, I'm in trouble. She has teeth and is almost walking at only eight months. Ahhhhhhh....