Claire is Blessed

Yesterday We had a bunch of our family come out and we blessed Claire in our home. She is three months old and we have blessed every child at about this age.
It was wonderful to have Lincoln's Parents and my Parents and Lincoln's sisters family all come out to be apart of this special time.
We love having her be part of our family.

Two Reunions in one weekend!

We were in Oregon again this last weekend. We had two family get togethers in one weekend. It was busy but we had a great time visiting and relaxing with so many family and friends.
Lincoln's Family all got together and we pitched tents in their backyard. Sam let everyone know he hated our tent at 11pm at night. So thank goodness we had the option of him sleeping in the warm house. He liked that much better. We headed out to Hagg lake with the Denny Family and the kids enjoyed swimming and playing. We had the most awesome BBQ ribs and wonderful food. We headed over to Oregon City half way through the day and visited with my extended family Aunts and Uncles and Cousins its been a long time since we have seen some of them. The kids played in the spray park and we had a good visit. We were really busy running around but its always great to spend time with Family.

The Coast and Portland

First I just wanted to show a picture of how big Claire is getting. My Big girl. We saw my newest niece while in portland and she is three weeks old. Claire is looking awefully chunky compared to her. Claire is two months now.
We had the chance to go to Portland and visit my Mom and Dad for a week. We had a great time the kids love their Grandparents and spending time with them.
My Dad went with the kids and I to the beach. It was really fun. Kind of cold but they made Sand Castles and through rocks into the ocean. Sam loved the Sand and Water.
The Ocean was freezing as usual for the Oregon Coast but it was nice to go anyway.

Summer Activites

Madee and Sam have taken a few horsey rides on their Daddy'o. Totally loving it.
Doing a bit of finger painting. Its so much better to paint with your fingers.
On the fourth of July weekend we had some cousin's visit. Lots of slip and sliding fun.
Claire has picked up smiling! This is just one of her milder smiles. (no its not just gas)

Still catching up blogging wise

My wonderful sister came over before we moved and helped me take a few cute pictures of Claire. She has grown quite a bit since these pictures but I wanted to share a couple of them.
So tiny and peaceful.
And then awake.
This was my birthday and yes it was a few weeks ago back in mid June but I just wanted to share a little bit about it, the two thinks I love the most about it well three. number one Madee helped decorate the cake. I love it. Number two Sam and Madee helped put the candles all in one little chunk beautifully on the cake. Number three is I didn't make my own birthday cake this year. (Thanks Mom)!
I loved when everyone was singing happy birthday to me. It was Grandma, Madee and Sam. Yes Sam has quite the singing voice. It was so cute hearing him sing. I had a fabulous birthday. I did forget how old I was turning though. I over guessed so I guess that is good. I am not as old as I thought I was going to be. Ok well enough catching up.

Slip and sliding fun!

Do you remember slip and sliding as a kid? Wasn't it the best? Well don't trying doing it as an adult cause it really hurts. Madee and Sam Love the slip and slide. Madee finally started going on it the right way. Sam just runs around on it. So Fun!

Blogging with pictures again!

My kiddo's sure keep me hopping! They are cute too! I am so happy to finally be able to blog again with pictures. We have been having problems with our computer and after some tech support from Seth (my brother..thanks for trying). We ended up just getting a different computer. So picture blogging should not be a problem anymore.
Here are some pictures of our new place. We live in a duplex with a backyard and garage. Three bed two bath its pretty nice. We like it. You can see two of the bedrooms and the entrace to the from door behind me.
Our living room and kitchen kind of. There is a door off to the right that's the master bedroom as well. The best thing about this place is I finally have a dishwasher.
Here is more of the living room. Too much junk everywhere ahhh! The kids also love to leap off the couch onto the bean bags and back. All this jumping around makes me crazy.
Here is a picture of Sam right before we moved. Sure is a happy kid.