More Mother's Day

I got plenty of snuggles on Mother's Day, the kids were great to me. Bella woke me up early in the morning with all my surprises and then the boys joined in a little later.

I love my kids....

Mom's and Muffins

This morning I had the privilege of attending "Mom's and Muffins" at Bella's school to celebrate Mother's Day. It was exactly that, the entire school and their moms, eating muffins (served by Dads I might add) in the cafeteria. It was fabulous!!!

Cannon Beach, OR.

We recently took a family trip to Cannon Beach, Or. What a great time, we were right on the beach and it was amazing!
The kids got to explore tide pools and see wonderful sea life near "Haystack Rock".

My favorite was this very purple starfish.

This wall is COVERED in shells, either oysters or mussels, not sure which.

When we got to our room, the resort had these ADORABLE robes for the kids to wear. They of course loved them and wore them to the pool every night.

Evenings were spent cooking over a fire on the beach, couldn't get any better. This is the kids first attempt at smores.

Darin in his element. The meal shown here is actually roast lamb with potatoes and asparagus. Who eats like this? Oh ya, we do.

Cameron of course had to find the best stick on the beach.

Notice the coffee?? Always a must during a morning walk on the beach.

Cam the Architect

What a smart kid.

April 28, 2001

I know I'm a little early, but we will be on vacation and I don't want to post to the blog from the hotel.

Eight years of marriage, twelve years together and three children. Our love is strong, our determination even stronger, we are only just beginning...

Brave Bella

It's tradition for our family and friends to have a lamb roast every year around Easter to signify the sacrifice of the lamb. This year, one of the people there had rigged up ropes for climbing and Bella couldn't wait to try. He was a logger by profession so his skills were quite amazing and he was very patient with her as well.
As soon as she was hooked up, we couldn't get her out of the tree!

I think we have a future logger on our hands! She even removed a few branches while she was up there. At one point she had to have been at least 40 feet in the air! I was surprisingly calm with the whole adventure.

Oh, a little side note. Cameron had absolutely NO interest in trying this.

Bikes and Such

Our new favorite activity when ever the weather permits is bike riding. Cameron has just figured out the pedaling thing and loves his Thomas bike.

Logan's vehicle of choice is the rocket..could he be any cuter?