A little bit of nostalgia

I've been looking through all of our pictures lately on the computer and it has made me a little nostalgic for the time when my kids were little. They are growing up so fast. I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures of them when they were younger. It's amazing to see how much they have changed!

This was taken in one of our favorite parks in Portland right after Jim graduated from Dental school. Kenedy was almost 5 years old.

I love this picture of Hallie. She looks like she is waving, but had no idea we were taking pictures of her. She is almost 3 here.

I really like this picture of my sweet Haden and his big sister Kenedy. She was such a good little mommy to him. Haden was born just 3 days before Jim graduated from Dental School. He was even able to attend graduation with me.

My sweet little Alexis loved to sit on this window sill in our old house. She didn't have very much hair for so long! I think she was about 15 months old in this picture. She finally started getting some hair when she was about 2. Then, 5 months later, she decided to cut it herself. That's another picture for another day!

Cooper has changed so much in his short little life. He doesn't even look like this now. He was probably about 9 months old here. This is right after he started finally gaining weight. He hasn't stopped since and is now a tank!

Children's book of the week

My sister just posted a "children's book of the week". Her book was "Olivia" by Ian Falconer. I thought it might be kind of fun to post one also. My favorite book of late is "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin. This is the same author that wrote "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that type" if any of you are more familiar with that book. My sweet daughter, Hallie, gave it to my son, Haden, for his birthday in June. She got it from our the book fair at our Elementary school. It makes me laugh every time I read it to the kids and I haven't tired of reading it yet.

What are your favorite children's books?

Lincoln City, OR

We went to Lincoln City, OR just a few days after we got back from Idaho. It's along the Oregon Coast and we have gone there just about every year for the last 6 years. It was Jim's parents 50th Wedding Anniversary and we met all of Jim's siblings and parents there for 5 days. We had a lot of fun. The kids really love going there and they especially loved the time with all of their cousins. We rented a house right across the street from the beach and we had beautiful weather the entire time we were there. I would recommend vacationing there to anyone.

I can't believe I finally have a blog!

Iwasn't sure I would ever actually get around to setting up a blog, but here I am. It's kind of exciting. It really is a wonderful way to share what's going on with family and friends. So, here goes! We've had a couple of wonderful vacations so far this summer. For our first vacation, I took all the kids to Idaho Falls by myself to visit my family. I was a little nervous about the long drive, but it went really well. Mike and his family were visiting from Chicago, Natalie and her family came down from Boise and of course it's always great to see Rob and Paul. We had a really great time. I don't get to see Mike and his family very often, so I couldn't pass up that opportunity.


















My sweet little Cooper had to get stitches the morning we left for Idaho. Believe it or not, this wasn't the worst that his eye looked.

Dad was trying to get some good pictures of all the kids, but Hannah and Lexie wouldn't cooperate and are not in the picture. Jarrett and Valerie have grown up so much. It was fun to spend some time with them.

Dad took Kenedy, Hallie and Haden 4-wheeling at the sand dunes and Lexie and Coop got to ride around the yard.

We had a lot of fun at the zoo and the little amusement park they have in IF. We go there every year and the kids never seem to tire of it. It still amazes me that it is the same as when I was a kid.