The boy is a year old!!

So Sunday was Logan's first birthday. We didn't have a big shindig. Jaron (older brother) and his family came to our house for dinner and cake. The boy (as we call him) got his own HUGE piece of cake. He was a bit timid at first, but after a few minutes he was all for it. He is so dang cute and we sure do love him.

A bit late, but Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memorial Day Weekend Brian and Melinda (Bro and Sis-in-law)and their family came over from Spokane to visit. We had a great and busy weekend. We drove all over Western Washington and Northwest Oregon seeing the sites. Little did I know that the weekend was going to be full of "Twilight" stuff. Bekah is it to the book and movie series and so is Melinda and Brianna (niece). I will hold most of my sarcasm in for this post, but I do not see what is cool about the whole thing. Bekah I am sorry I just had to get that in there. The movie was filmed right around home. So below you should easily be able to see that recurring theme in the pictures. We had a great weekend and are very glad the the some of our family come for a quick visit.

On the first day we just had to make a trip to see Forks, WA. The 8 hour drive seemed like a quick leisurely drive to get this picture. It took a while, but driving the Olympia Peninsula was cool. It is really a pretty area.




Okay fine, we didn't drive 8 hours to just get the picture of Forks. We went to the Sequim (skwim) Animal Preserve (aka zoo). This was by far the best zoo I have been too. You sit on your can in the car and the animals come to you. We had a few close encounters while there. The drivers side door of the truck still has Yak slobber all over it, and Logan about got eaten by a full size Buffalo. Other than the bears, tigers, lions and a few other animals there was nothing between you and the animals. As you can see in the photo below the bears will do all sorts of tricks to get food. I will say the Sequim is an awesome town. Absolutely beautiful. It also gets about half the rain the the rest of the Pacific Northwest gets because of where it is situated on the Olympic Peninsula. Nice town, highly recommend it.



On our way from the Zoo to Forks. We drove through Port Angeles. A portion of the Twilight movie/book is based there.





All of the school scenes from the movie were filmed at Kalama High School. This is about 20 minutes from our house. I believe the picture below is one of the same shots as in the movie. Just think girls the dreamy Edward Cullen walked up those steps and so did I. OH MY GOSH THAT IS SO COOL.



We also went to the beach. It was too cold to play in the ocean, but that didn't stop Kaitlynn and Aubrey. The entire walk/run from the car to the water Aubrey yelled "BEACH". She was really happy to see the water. She wasn't as happy when she was cold, wet and had sand in her diaper. Serious discomfort!
So we went to an indoor Aquatics Center in Astoria, OR and had a great time there. On the way Kaitlynn took the skirt to her swimsuit and put it on her head. Trying to look like Mother Teresa. She needs a bit of work to act like her though. one day she will get there.



Last, but certainly not least we went to Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. It apparently was also in the movie. It is an awesome waterfall. If you are up to it and not rollie, pollie, ollie like me you can hike to the top. I passed on that.



We had a fun time. We also went to the Ape Caves which are lava flow tubes underground from when Mt. St. Helen's erupted. You can go down inside and walk through them. Aubrey liked it for the most part, Kaitlynn cried and Logan slept. Sorry no pictures of that adventure though.
So when any of you are up for a good time we have all sorts of cool things to do around here.

Good Times, Good Times!!

Okay so Bek and the kids left me for a few weeks, so I am flying' solo for a while. Out of pretty much pure boredom I thought I would put up a new post because it has been a while. Pathetic, they have been gone for two days and I am already this bored. This is really going to SUCK! I can't believe I miss the chaos that is life. Anyway here are a few pictures of fun things that have happened over the last month.

So Logan is a big boy and is taking his bath in the big kid tub. YES, that is really the color of our tub. AWESOME.



For some reason over the last little while Aubrey has been sneaking out of her bed after Kaitlynn falls asleep and crawling into bed with her. Then sometime during the night she wakes up and goes back to her bed. We are pretty sure she sleep walks. She has scared the crap out of me a couple of time by coming right up to the side of our bed as we are sleeping and standing there. I fly out of bed because I sense there is something there or Bekah is beating me because she can hear something, and Aubrey will just be standing there. Yeah, it is a bit creepy, but I love her.



Kaitlynn just finished her school year at preschool. This picture is her with Teacher Tammy. She thinks Teacher Tammy walks on water. She was so bummed that school had to stop for a few months for summer. Tammy is a great teacher and we are lucky that she will be Kaitlynn's teacher for another year.



Logan is a speed demon these days. He motors all over the place on those poor bruised knees of his. It is funny to watch him follow the girls around the house. They leave the play room and a couple of seconds later here he comes behind them. Just as he makes it across the hard wood floor they pass him going the other direction. He doesn't miss a beat and turns around and heads on back. He is pulling himself up on everything and a couple of times we have caught him standing with no support. It won't take him long and he will be walking. OH CRAP!!




I will save a few other pictures for another post. Memorial Day weekend will be the next one.