Stylish

I got Rebecca a fedora since she wears mine every chance she gets. She looks cute and she knows it. She gets lots of compliments everywhere she goes.

Ouch

Rebecca fell in the garage yesterday. 

The bump on her head makes the fall seem much worse than it was. She only cried for a little bit and seemed fine soon after falling. She is fine, but I still cringe looking at her forehead.

My Birthday

This year I turned 29. As we have done for the last few years, we celebrated my birthday at Cannon Beach with Caleb's family.  I had a great time.

My nephew Morgan wrote on the sand for me on one of our walks.

We had some cake from Costco.  It was delicious and sooo sweet. I almost went into a sugar coma after having some.

Caleb and I did something we rarely do--we went out for a meal without the kids.  This was thanks to my sister-in-law Christine who watched the kids for us.  Here is the before and after of our meal.

At the end of the day we celebrated my birthday and the 4th with fireworks. Rebecca had fun but was also a bit scared of the noise.

Last but not least, I got an awesome present.  I got a really nice camera and some photography lessons.  I am really excited to learn to take really good pictures.

I've said it a few times but I'll say it again. I had a great birthaday!

Ikey

Rebecca loves her little brother.  She is a great big sister and a great helper to mommy (at least some of the time). 

She enjoys kissing him and stacking things on top of him.

And the best part is that she calls him Ikey.

 

 

Last Week

Once again this year we went to Cannon Beach for the week of the 4th of July.  We had so much fun spending time with family, celebrating my birthday, and playing on the beach (Becca's favorite). 

Rebecca loved the beach so much. She asked about it before going to bed, first thing in the morning, and throughout the day. It was pretty much all she talked about. We gave her five minute warnings when it was time to go back inside the house but it didn't help. Whenever it was time to leave we had to drag her home kicking and screaming.

Here is Caleb and two of his brothers enjoying an evening on the beach.

Once again we participated in the Cannon Beach fourth of July parade.  We were dressed as cooks and chefs to celebrate our tradition of having a cooking competition between the family at Cannon Beach.

We also celebrated my birthday. I turned 29 this year. This birthday totally snuck up on me. I feel old.

The kids had their traditional treasure hunt on the beach.  It was really fun watching this sweet group of cousins look for their treasure.

Here they are counting steps to their next clue.

This was the view outside our window on our last day of vacation. Just gorgeous!

One last pick of Becca playing with a little ball on the beach.

Rebecca & Ollie

Rebecca loves to pick Ollie up and carry him around. He hates it when she holds him, of course, and he doesn't really let her pick him up so I have to put him in her arms.  I feel a little bad for him but she loves it and it keeps her from wanting to carry Isaac around.

I think they look really cute together.

So much...

So much has happened since I last blogged.  Here are some of the highlights.

Isaac was born and blessed.


Rebecca turned 2.


We had family pictures taken.



Our blog now has a new look and hopefully a new life.  We are getting used to our new family dynamic and we are enjoying every minute of it.  Stay tuned!