Highlights

After much pushing from a certain co-worker, I'm updating my blog! Sorry - it's a long one. Prepare for a ton of pictures...

We were lucky enough to get to the beach a few times this summer and the last rip was perfect! Sunny, warm, a bit crowded, but awesome! Bryan loves to jump over the waves, run away from them, pretend they're bad guys and hit them, you know, whatever. As long as he's in the water he's great!

We had a blast when Joel came to visit and we all went to Moulton Falls for the day. We were lucky enough to get our old stomping ground and had just enough rocky beach to play on and our own stretch of the river to soak in. Bryan still asks if we can go to the waterfall to throw rocks and swim.



Had to put in the pic of Joel peeing across the river...

Because of some awesome friends of the family, we were able to hit the Clark County fair for cheap (free!!)... other than the 3 hot dogs that Bryan ate throughout the afternoon and all the food I ate (which I won't list it here - there's not enough room!).




Our next adventure was potty training. Sorry - no pics, but Bryan did great! The week after that, we went camping at Camp Dakota where we got dirty, panned for gold, and had a blast with family. Sadly, our camera died shortly after arriving, so please excuse the blurry pics...



All in all, it's been a great summer! It took awhile for the summer weather to arrive, but I don't think we wasted a minute of it! We're so blessed to be near so much family and all of Bryan's cousins. I can't wait for this fall and all the upcoming adventures!

Fun Weekend

We were completely spoiled this last weekend. Mostly because Matt's B-day was on Saturday!



We started the weekend early when Matt and I went to see Les Miserable. It was the 25th anniversary of the show and it was wonderful! Thanks to Janice, we were able to get group tickets, so we saw some family and some family friends that night. It was Matt's first musical, and he said he enjoyed it (although he may not admit that to his guy friends...).



This is a pic of the dress I made for the occasion (yes it was crazy to try and make a dress with no pattern, but there are exactly zero nice, modest, maternity dresses outside of the state of Utah). Please don't look too close - I wasn't ready for the pic to be taken... and I look enormous.

I took Friday off and spent the day with Beth and her boys. We had a blast! Even when B got stung by a bee and we thought that he had just been shocked by the playground. He didn't really cry that much! Such a trooper (thanks to Tommy and Michael, he's a little tougher these days).

That night, we went to dinner and a movie with Matt's parents to celebrate Matt's b-day. We saw Capt America. It was pretty fun and there was a full preview for the Avengers at the end. Not sure if it was "clap at the credits" good, like the grown woman in front of us thought it was, but I could be wrong...

Now, Saturday morning, I went golfing for the first time with Matt, his brother Jason and his Dad. It was my first time golfing. I have been to driving ranges and have always been the joke for anyone around since I average about 1 ball hit for every 6 swings I take. Thanks to Matt's grandma, however, I now have a set of clubs that were made for one of my stature and I was able to bring that average up a bit...maybe not on the first hole, but definitely on the others.

Golfing was a lot more fun than I thought I would be. And, in that company, I didn't feel too bad for not being very good. Especially since one of our team members had a swing similar to this:

http://youtu.be/s50K65PNeBU

Later that day we went to Ethan's baptism. That was awesome! So proud of that guy! The baptism itself was wonderful and then we went to a nearby park for a picnic dinner. Perfect evening! I hope Ethan knows how proud we all are of him and how much we love him!

I wish I hadn't forgotten the camera!!!

Bryan's New Hat!!

I love blackmail...

Overload!

Okay. I'm really bad at this blogging thing. Deal with it. ;)

And now I can't get it to take out all the extra space...sorry!!

We've settled in quite nicely in the wet Pacific Northwest. Matt is loving working at the clinic and I'm enjoying my new job as well. We're the boring ones, though. Bryan is growing like a weed (all this rain!) and loves playing with his "friends" aka his cousins. He's lucky enough to be watched by Kamaki during the day and gets to play with Tommy, Micho and Juwinana all day! Baby Boy #2 is getting bigger, along with my belly and the numbers on the scale. Tomorrow I go in for another ultrasound to check on his kidney to see if there's any change.

So, here comes the overload - all the pics from the last couple months:

Kinda creepy, but I find it hilarious! B really wanted his pic taken with Ronald McDonald.

The Bunny Romp at the zoo with the Kamahaku's, waiting for the Easter egg hunt to begin.




Petting the goats.


Easter! Bryan loved Easter. He did alright with the string and asked for the next few weeks to find more eggs.


Looking debonair in his Easter outfit



We went to Dozer Days with the Kamahaku's, where B played in the dirt and on the tractors. He loved it!




While camping at the beach, we went to the Seaside Aquarium - pretty cool!


Playing in the sand...

..and in the water!

It's been a pretty fun few months!

Welcome to Washington!

We made it!!

The Great Northwest greeted us with the usual rain and gray skies, but surprised us with some sun as well. The trip out had it's share of weather too... a snow storm in Snowville (fitting, I know), snow leaving the Blues and rain in Pendleton. But, it wasn't too bad of a drive, although Bryan only slept 45 minutes of the 14 hour drive. Thank you portable DVD player and dollar-store toys for "surprises" when B got restless.

Loving the moisture in the air, the smell of the pine trees and being near my sisters again. Already missing my parents and brother. I know, I'm a baby ;)

Wish us luck in the wet-lands... I'm hoping we don't get too much mildew on our stuff while it's in storage!

It's about time...

This blog is turning into a quarterly-ish update...but I finally got updated pics onto the computer.

So we ended October with a bang! Bryan had a hard time at trunk-or-treat, but was a good sport. He loved the big knife he got to carry around while being Chucky. So cute! And a little creepy...

November's highlight was the visit from the Kamahakus. We had all the kids and grandkids together. The not-so great part was letting Natalie talk us into braving Black Friday... it's a good thing we got such great deals at Target! Group shot!

December was crazy, as always. I made a ton of treats for Christmas, ate way too much, and had a great time with my wonderful family. We couldn't put any presents out where Bryan could see them until Christmas morning - he'd try to open every gift. He still refers to some toys as "presents". Here he is showing me his gift from the Norman Christmas party:

Remember this? Bryan dressed up as Santa at almost 3 months old...

Well, he saw the outfit in a box in January and really, really wanted to wear it...

This is what I've been working on for the last month....it didn't take quite that long, but I was burnt out on crocheting after the Christmas rush. Now Matt's got me making a blanket for us. It's weird to make something just for us. :)

Matt's been workin hard and has accepted a position in a Chiropractic Clinic in Vancouver. We're moving at the end of this month! It'll be great to be back in the northwest, but we're sad to leave Nana and Papa, Uncle Joel, and Uncle Jake and Aunt Jamie. They'll just have to visit a lot!

Bryan's face when we told him he gets to see Drewbie soon:

It just took a while to make him understand that soon didn't mean now... :)