Our Family

4th of July

2010-10-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

We had a fun time this fourth of July with family...

Sparklers are always a favorite of the kids'.

A friendly competition between brothers...

Newport, OR

2010-10-18T13:19:00.000-07:00

We made two trips down to Newport this summer in Jared's parent's Motorhome. The kids absolutely love camping and love the beach.

We even took Dustin, Jessica, and Jett the second time!!

Good times were had by all!

Paige Growing Up

2010-10-17T15:59:00.000-07:00

Our big girl graduated from pre-school this fall...

It's hard to believe she's not a baby anymore!!

And, if that wasn't bad enough ~

She started Kindergarten this fall!!

She's really turning into a beautiful young lady.

DisneyWorld!!!

2010-10-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

We had a great time in Disneyworld in May. We spent 10 days. It was sunny and hot and wonderful!! We spent 6 days at Disney, 1 day at a waterpark, 1 day watching the Atlantis Shuttle launch and then hanging out on the beach, we also did lots of shopping!! What a fun time we'll never forget :-)

Paige's 5th Birthday

2010-03-05T14:04:00.001-08:00

Paige's

More Playing OUTside

2010-03-05T13:57:00.001-08:00

Here are two shots of the kids playing out in our yard. The creek started running (a little) last month. The kids enjoy taking walks ("adventures" as they call them)around our property.

Randall Park

2010-03-05T13:49:00.000-08:00

We are so excited for the weather to start warming up...Here are a few pics at Randall feeding the ducks! We have been visiting the parks a lot lately, kids are sick of being stuck in the house!

Logan's 3rd Bday

2010-01-13T16:07:00.000-08:00

Our little Logan turned 3 back in November. He had a great party at Kids' Castle with much fun had with his friends and family. Back home, he got his present, mainly from his dad, a four wheeler made for kids. It goes pretty fast, probably too fast for a three year old, but he loves it!

Christmas 2009

2010-01-13T15:44:00.000-08:00

We had yet again another great Christmas with our family this year. The bottom two pics are of the kids with Santa on Christmas Eve at Chad and Julie's house (an annual tradition that started way before our kids were born!). The top pic is Christmas morning with all the presents under the tree!

LOVE

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Awww...How sweet!

More Fall Fun

2009-11-16T14:48:00.000-08:00

Sweet Little Logan
I love this one!

Fall Pics

2009-11-16T14:44:00.000-08:00

Cute Paige

Hawaii ~ October 7-13, 2009

2009-10-31T13:00:00.000-07:00

Jared and I went to Hawaii with Chana and Brad this month, and had an AMAZING time. It was beautiful. We can't wait to go back soon (very soon we hope!).

FAIR TIME!

2009-10-31T12:47:00.000-07:00

Fair Time! The kids had a great time at the fair this year, earlier this month. Logan was able to ride some of the rides, which he was thrilled about! Paige and Lili had fun riding some of the bigger rides!!

San Francisco - March 2009

2009-07-13T15:55:00.000-07:00

Jared surprised me with a trip to San Fran for my birthday back in March...Yeah, I know I'm slow...But we had a fabulous time! We went to the Broadway play, "Wicked." Had dinner at a beautiful restraunt on the ocean, and walked a ton doing some sight seeing! I have such a great husband!

Easter

2009-05-13T17:48:00.001-07:00

Well, the kids had a great Easter. They loved searching for eggs the Easter Bunny hid out in the yard. Funny thing was the Easter Bunny didn't want to get up early to hide them, so somehow snuck inside our kitchen after breakfast to get the eggs out of the fridge and then hid them! Paige was purely amazed that he managed to do that when she wasn't looking!

Paige Loves To Party

2008-11-06T22:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the poor picture quality...it was completely dark in there minus the strobe lights! :)

As I am trying to catch up the past month and a half, I am doing some mass posts here. We had two birthday parties in October. The first being Paige's cousin Hannah, who turned 7, had a swimming party at the YMCA. The following week, another cousin, Jasmine, turned 13 and had a surprise party involving a lot of teenagers, a live DJ, and a lot of food. Paige absolutley loves a good party. She had a great time swimming and an even better time dancin' the night away at Jasmine's party! She keeps asking me to go back to the party because she's forgotten how to do the chicken dance!

Fair FUN

2008-11-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

Notice the multiple bruises on Logan's forehead (not dirt) he's just an active boy!

The kids had a lot of fun at the fair this year. Paige had a great time riding all the rides with her cousins Hannah and Emma. She wasn't scared of anything, the faster the better! Poor Logan was stuck watching the girls, except for one little car ride. He was a great sport through it all, and even he had a good time too!

Randall Park

2008-09-07T13:14:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Randall Park yesterday afternoon. They loved feeding the ducks (as long as the ducks didn't get too close). They ran and played together the whole time!

Day Trip

2008-09-07T12:18:00.000-07:00

We took a day trip a few weeks ago to Tri Cities to go to their park on the river. The kids had a great time playing in the river, on toys, in the water play park, and taking a ride on the train around the park.

Paige playing in the river

Logan staying safe with dad

Skipping rocks

Fun in the water

Elephant = Dumbo

2008-08-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

Paige saw these two elephants at Children's Hospital and ran up to them and hugged them. She thought the little one was Dumbo (who she has been in love with since Disneyland). She later had to bring her stuffed Dumbo from Disneyland to see these "Dumbos."

Logan's Lump Continued

2008-07-29T16:01:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, Logan's lump didn't get better as previously thought by his doctors (see prior posting). We were home for two days when we noticed it getting bigger. So, off to Children's Hospital in Seattle we went. They had a lot of trouble getting his IV started. It took them over ten pokes in almost 24 hours to get it. After that was taken care of, everything went smoothly. He had surgery Friday afternoon to remove a large abscess in his neck. He was back in his room two hours later and back to his usual energetic playful self. You would have never known anything was wrong had it not been for the giant bandage on his neck!

Logan's Lump

2008-07-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

Logan spent four days in the hospital over this past weekend for a swollen lymph node in his neck. He woke up last Wednesday morning with this hard lump on the right side of his neck. We stayed home on oral antibiotics until Friday morning, without any changes, the doctors wanted to try IV antibiotics. After four days of IV antibiotics, and slight improvement, we came back home. They think it is going to take awhile for his neck to get back to normal size and the lump to go away. He was pretty good through the whole experience, mostly happy the whole time. We are happy to be back home, and will be even happier when his lump goes away!

Paige and the flowerpots

2008-07-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

This is Paige proudly examining our flowerpots.

I am not sure what I did when taking the picture with the coloring,

but I thought it turned out neat anyway!

She loves helping take care of and water the flowers.
She is quite proud of how well they are growing!

Paige Enjoying the Sprinklers

2008-06-25T17:12:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Paige running through the sprinklers in our front yard. She is so easy to please. She ran and ran for hours. You won't see a picture of Logan out there, he cried any time the water touched him, I think he thought he would melt.

California Trip

2008-05-06T09:20:00.000-07:00

Our family went to California with Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Lloyd a few weeks ago. The kids had an absolute blast. They were pretty good throughout the trip. These are pictures from Universal Studios. Paige really enjoyed meeting all the characters.

Seaworld

2008-05-05T14:57:00.000-07:00

Paige was all about posing for the camera at Seaworld. Logan is harder to get in a good pose, he loves pointing at the camera. So these are two kinds of pictures we got of him; pointing, or those when he didn't know he was getting his picture taken. I think this was Logan's favorite part of our trip. He loved all the "fishies."

Paige's Cheesey Grins

Logan loving the fish

Disneyland--April 2008

2008-05-05T14:42:00.000-07:00

We had a fabulous time in Disneyland! Paige, especially, was in heaven! She loved all the rides she was tall enough to ride (which was quite a few, including the Matterhorn, or "Snowy Mountain" in her words). She had the biggest smile on her face the entire time. It was so nice to see her so happy. Her favorite ride was Dumbo, and her new favorite toy since getting home, is the stuffed Dumbo she bought at the souvenier shop.

Posing Pretty

"The Favorite Ride"

Logan at Mickey's House

Ready for a 3D Movie

The McLaughlin's Come to Town

2008-04-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

Our friends, Bryan, Jessica, Jake, and Kate came from Medford to visit last week. The kids had such a great time playing together. Although Paige and Jake have only played together a handful of times in their short lives, Paige always remembers him, and has such a great time with him. They were all so cute to watch together, although difficult to get a good picture of!

Renelle's B-day

2008-04-01T09:02:00.000-07:00

Paige was very excited to learn that it was my birthday. She asked me all day when Julie was going to bring "the birthday." I finally realized to her, "the birthday" is the CAKE! (Aunt Julie usually makes the birthday cakes for the kids' parties). So, when Jared got off work, he and Paige went to the store to buy mommy a cake. She really enjoyed placing the candles and singing "Happy Birthday!"

All Smiles

2008-02-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

Logan is one of the happiest babies ever! He is always grinning with a full mouth of teeth!

Paige Turns 3

2008-02-17T14:06:00.000-08:00

Paige's long awaited birthday has finally come and gone! (Maybe she won't ask us 100 times a day when her birthday will come...) She had a great time with all her cousins--the princess cake and all the presents were her favorite parts of her special day. We just can't believe how fast she is growing up!

Boy in a Box

2008-02-17T14:03:00.000-08:00

Logan really enjoyed playing in this huge box from our bathroom vanity we just bought. He and Paige played in it for hours!

Sacked Out

2008-02-17T13:59:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, when Paige lays down for a nap, it takes her awhile to actually go to sleep. This was one of those days. When I went into check on her I found her asleep, laying sideways in her bed, it didn't look comfortable at all!

Future Star

2008-02-17T13:56:00.000-08:00

Paige enjoys basketball, almost as much as her dad and uncle Dustin!

Snowman Fun

2008-01-29T16:17:00.001-08:00

Paige decided she wanted to make a snowman today. This was her first experience in playing with the snow (only because we have not been brave enough to take her out in the cold). She was pretty skiddish, as she seems to be with anything new. She was very hesitant to even walk in it, she did enjoy picking it up and trying to make the snowman. But she didn't like how her feet fell into the snow when she walked (we have about 6 inches on the ground). All in all, we built a very small snowman, as it wasn't very good snoman-making snow, and we got a few cute pics! I think she liked the whole experience, because when I was ready to come in, she cried and cried (hence, the reason we have deprived her of playing in the snow this year!)

Hello!

2008-01-29T15:05:00.000-08:00

I have decided to start this blog site to post pictures of our two kids. We take so many pictures and don't always get to share them with you, our family and friends. This way, if we capture a really cute shot, you can see it too! Check back as often or as little as you like. I don't know how often I will post new pics, but I will do my best!

Thanks for looking!

Our Family

4th of July

Newport, OR

Paige Growing Up

DisneyWorld!!!

Paige's 5th Birthday

More Playing OUTside

Randall Park

Logan's 3rd Bday

Christmas 2009

LOVE

More Fall Fun

Fall Pics

Hawaii ~ October 7-13, 2009

FAIR TIME!

San Francisco - March 2009

Easter

Paige Loves To Party

Fair FUN

Randall Park

Day Trip

Elephant = Dumbo

Logan's Lump Continued

Logan's Lump

Paige and the flowerpots

Paige Enjoying the Sprinklers

California Trip

Seaworld

Disneyland--April 2008

The McLaughlin's Come to Town

Renelle's B-day

All Smiles

Paige Turns 3

Boy in a Box

Sacked Out

***Future Star***

Snowman Fun

Hello!

Future Star