Learning to Climb

We thought we would give swimming a rest for the summer and try something new. Micah-Dance/Noah-rock climbing. His very first climb he was nervous, But he perservered and every climb since he has been very confidant and loved every second. It looks high, but it's not that bad and he is very safe. I will try to get more pics in the furture, but the battery went dead.(If you haven't seen Micah's pics of dance, check them out, they were blogged earlier.)

Thank Goodness It Is Over!

I recieved the pattern to do this on my birthday(March 24). I have been working on it since then. I haven't cross-stitched for a long time and a friend of mine needed to get this done for one of her friends as a gift. At first it was fun to be cross-stitching again, by the end it was all I could do to finish. My friend paid me $150 to do it...It was so not worth it. No offense to my friend.

Good Buddies

What good buddies these guys are. Deeken was sitting watching the TV, when Noah and Micah grabbed their blankets and came to sit by him. Even putting their blankets over him. How can I continue to nourish this LOVE?

Tub Time Again

Deeken enjoying the tub. I always try to let him get in a while by himself before I let the kids get in. Deeken enjoying the tub. This is how I found out Deeken was able to pull himself to a stand. I think it was the same way with Noah. Deeken did not like taking this picture. So I think this will be the only one we take of his teeth until they are long enough to see with his smile. I especially like this picture just because of Deeken's face. He loves his siblings. I also think he shows how his looks are a good combination of the two kids. My Beautiful children. All with smiles at the same time. This isn't rare, just rare to catch on footage.

Beach Beauties

We got up Saturday morning and decided we were going to head to the beach. It had been up for discussion for a few days but we had never gotten anything ready. And we had a deadline. Micah had a dance class in Sherwood, which takes about 10 minutes to get to and it was on the way to the beach, so we didn't want to have to come back to get all our stuff together. So in one hour, we got everything ready to go, got showered and headed to dance class and then the beach. This is Neskowin Beach. Our GREAT friends the Wilbergers showed us this beach two summers ago. We missed them on this awesome trip. It was not to hot and it was blue skies--hardly heard of in Oregon. The weather combined with my awsome kids and husband really did make for the perfect day! The water is extremely cold on the coast! Not like them Florida or California beaches. Micah mostly just ran away from the water! She is like her dad and gets extremely cold, fast in cold water. Wave Jumping! He was definitely the bravest by farr. Deeken Chill'n in the Backpack. This is when he discovered he could look down through the leg holes. He just kept staring down there so I thought I would take a pic of it. She can skip really good in the water, not so hot out. I wonder why. Deeken And daddy He is just contemplating what to do next. He really loved the beach. This is the best pic, if you could see her face better, you would know she had a great time running from the waves. Deeken and mommy. Looking awesome in this pic, but I won't complain to much or John won't take anymore of me. I should feel lucky I got one. Borther and Sister. I said the other day to know. " Deeken is going to be your bestest buddy ever." His reply, "I know mom, but I will always like Micah." She just loves his toes, has since the day he was born. I guess she just had to feel what they felt like with sand on them. Deeken's first chance to feel the sand. I like this Pic. Can you see Noah showing the waves his muscles? The inevitable sand in the mouth. After we got his mouth cleaned up, he REALLY wanted some watermelon. It ended up all over my pants. Daddy*Daughter time. Sticky sand. It doesn't itch so much right here or right here, but just here.--I can't do Tommy Boy so well--Obviously. I like this pic because you can see both the kids flying their kites. Noah liked running towards the wind so that his kite would start to fall, and then running away again so it would catch in the wind and go back up. What a handsome guy. I like this picture alot. Come on wave, I dare you to touch me. It was the perfect day.

MoO is MoViNg IT

Oh Daddy's heart melted(mine too) when his baby girl was a dancing. She looked so flippn' cute. Isn't she a cutie? Sorry these pics are not the best. This is Micah's favorite part of class. She love the Streamers.