happy birthday asher!!!

my sweet sweet boy asher turned 6 on march 1st. we are so proud of him!!

here are a few of my favorite pictures of him. love you asher!!

meet my valentine!

My husband!!
Doug, I can't believe we've been together for 11 years!! I truly feel lucky to have you for my partner in life and in love. Thank you for all you do for me and the boys. We love you very much!!!

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year!

Happy Birhtday Wyatt!!!

Don't judge me too soon!!! We were with our sweet nephew on his birthday, I just haven't had time to blog about anything lately. Now, back to Wyatt. I remember three years ago standing outside Emily's hospital room waiting for the doctor to come out and tell us everything. When the doctor came out you could hear all of us take a huge breath in (I think there were close to 15 of us waiting in the hall). She didn't tell us anything. A few minutes later Ryan came out with a video camera and told us Wyatt was perfect!!! We have had so so much fun with him ever since! Wyatt, we love you so very much and are proud to be your Aunt and Uncle. Happy Birthday!

my model husband!

Lately I have kept myself busy with organizing all my digital pictures. I'm not one of those who immediately downloads pictures right after an event. Trust me, I wish I was. No, it takes me sometimes months to get pictures off my camera. So there are literally thousands of pictures in all sorts of different folders.
While going through them and putting them into different categories, I ran across some pictures of Christmas 2006. I know!!!!!! I don't know who had our camera but apparently Doug was in a great mood and wanted to strike a pose! Well, a pose he struck!!!!!
PS It's not to often that when pictured with a baby the adult is the one people look at!

i love the pumpkin patch!+

It's October right? That means it's time to go to the pumpkin patch!!!!! We love this day. Our whole family goes. Grandma's, Grandpa's, mom's, dad's, aunts, uncles and cousins. We have so much fun. We have been going to the same place for the last three years, Bauman farms in Woodburn. There is so much to do for all ages and they are one of the three farms in Oregon that are certified to produce Apple Cider. It is Delicious!!! Here are some highlights!

jog-a-thon

This morning was Portland Christians annual Jog-a-thon. It's one of the two fundraisers they do every year. Last year Asher ran but this year he had to have sponsors!! Sponsors can choose to give a flat rate or make a per lap pledge!! Most people choose to give a flat rate but there are those crazy people who will make a per lap pledge (usually the grandparents)! It's always so much fun to watch the kids run around in a big circle! Now Asher is in kindergarten, five years old. They have 25 minutes to run as many laps as they can. Personally, I can't run for ten minutes. I don't know many who can, but kids are a different story. Our little Asher ran the WHOLE TIME!!!!!! 25 minutes!!! I was so proud of him!!! So, back to the pledges. Asher ran 23 laps in that 25 minutes (I know, very impressive) and we had one crazy pledge three dollars for every lap. I will do the math for you so you can finish reading...... $69.00!!!!!!!!! Great for the school, not so great for that person!! All in all Asher raised close to two hundred dollars for his school. Great job Asher!!!!