We were so lucky to have Grandpa Terry, Grandma Marilee and Uncle Trent come visit! It's always fun to be with them! I wish I'd taken pictures! I think we have some somewhere that Terry took. I'll have to search. I was still in lame-o camera mode. We had a great time together though.
Grandpa and Grandma slept over on Monday night and then spent the day with us Tuesday. Tyler and I enjoyed some great adult company and the next day the kids were in heaven hanging out with some of their favorite people! We hung out at home and went to the childrens' museum. It was a great day! Thanks for all the fun Grandpa and Grandma!
One day the kids and I drove out to see Trent swim at Mt. Hood Acquatics. He was terrific. After (well, kindof during) the meet, the kids, Grandma Marilee and I went swimming at their hotel. It was a blast! Coleman had a great time pretending to be Uncle Trent. We're hoping that he will sometime actually learn how to swim. :)
Grandpa and Grandma met us Friday at Silver Falls where we had a picnic and hiked to a really cool waterfall. It was fun to see them and to be outside! Silver Falls is a really neat place!
Sunday was the grand finale. Grandpa, Grandma AND Uncle Trent had a sleepover at our house and we enjoyed church together. They had to leave really early Monday morning and we were so sorry to have them go, but we can't wait to see them again!
Thanks for the fun times! We love you!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sumertime!
We've been busy with play groups and visitors and just having a good time. I haven't taken as many pictures as I would have liked, but here are a few of some of our good times!
Cole and Brookie at playgroup at the park. They both had a great time pushing this fun ride-on through the park. Another terrific brother/sister moment. I love it when they have a great time playing together!
Enjoying the backyard
Loves from the dad! 
Sitting in the big chair at the childrens' museum. Thanks Grandpa Terry and Grandma Marilee for the passes. What a fun birthday present! Cole (and the rest of us) are really enjoying it!Fun Fun Fun!
We're loving our new house and just hanging out as a family. Wrestling with dad is definiteley a favorite passtime! :) Ty's rotations have been going well. He's had lots of different changes in schedules, but still always makes time to be with us - and we LOVE IT!4th of July Celebrations
The 4th of July was fabulous! It was so fun to have an excuse to have a party! Our ward did a breakfast on the 3rd and we went to a BBQ with friends after church on the 4th.
Playing in the gravel at the park during the ward breakfast.
Buzz (Coleman) Lightyear - he's showing us his scarry lazer.
Playin' on the porch at the Platt's house during a fun 4th fo July BBQ. Thanks Platts for the fun evening!
Judd, Clara, Coleman and Buzz
Our little explorer.
Tyler, Steve and Kelly tossed a football for awhile. Nice and relaxing. We all love to be outside.
I love climbing on the steps (or anything else I can find)!
I love playing outside!
Cole and Judd. We love playing in the Platts' backyard. It's big enough to explore for hours at a time! What a blast! We even saw some deer. :)
Yay! Fireworks! Cole and Brookie both thought this was fabulous! We had a great time with the sparklers and loved watching the other fun stuff Kelly and Sally brought. Thanks for the fun show guys!We're thankful for the opportunity we had on the 4th of July to reflect on the blessings we have and those who have gone before us to pave the way for our families and our country.
New House
Here's a picture of our new place. We were so lucky to find it - especially in the time frame we had. (We gave ourselves one day to find somwhere.) This was the best we found and has proved to be a great place. Just what we need. The kids love having a yard! I love having a washer and dryer! Ty and I occasinally throw baseballs in the back after the kids are in bed. We've picniced and eaten many popsicles on the grass. Ty's washed the cars every weekend. :) We have a little more space for when people come to stay. It's been great so far. If I ever get the inside looking respectable, I'll post pictures. Don't anybody hold your breath. :)
We're MOVING - June
June was a busy month! We packed and played and Ty took the COMLEX. We were reminded many times of the great expereinces we've had in California and the many things we've learned. We're going to miss our friends and our ward. We'll miss the beautiful beaches and plant life, Disneyland, Bass Pro Shop, Joshua Tree, walking to the grocery store, our favorite parks . . . lots of things we've grown to love. We're excited though to move on with Ty's schooling and have the opportunity to get to know a new place.
Our cute friends in our ward threw a going away party for us. It was so fun to see everyone and we so appreciate all the work that went in to planning and carrying out such an extravaganza! We love you all so much and are going to miss you terribly! Please, please, please keep in touch! (I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures, but it was quite an affair!)
Ty's dad came to drive to OR with us and he was such a help. The night we packed our truck we had so many friends offer their help! Thank you thank you everyone who worked so hard. Thanks especially to Joe and Janel and Mike and Veronica who stayed until late late and helped us until there was absoluteley nothing left to do!
I didn't take many pictures this month. We were just too busy. Looking back, I really wish I had. Here are the few I do have. Maybe I can beg Brittney for pictures from our fun party. Until then, this is June. :)
The week we got here Coleman decided he wanted to use the big boy potty. He wanted to earn a Buzz Lightyear toy. He did so well! We're proud of you Cole! This is Coleman with his full potty chart on our way to get Buzz at the store. Congratulations Buddy! You're so big!!
Having a little fun in our new house. Dad is great at providing fun rides. :) The kids are especially happy the the route is longer than it was in our apartment. Did we mention we love our house?!!
Our last day at our California ward. We'll miss you!
Super Dad reading Brookie's favorite book. She loves the song, If You're Happy and You 'Know It. This book plays the song and she gets such a kick out of it. Thanks Ty for taking time for all of us even in your most busy and hectic times! 
Cole and Brookie partying in their half-packed room. They were such troopers throughout all the chaos!
Our cute friends in our ward threw a going away party for us. It was so fun to see everyone and we so appreciate all the work that went in to planning and carrying out such an extravaganza! We love you all so much and are going to miss you terribly! Please, please, please keep in touch! (I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures, but it was quite an affair!)
Ty's dad came to drive to OR with us and he was such a help. The night we packed our truck we had so many friends offer their help! Thank you thank you everyone who worked so hard. Thanks especially to Joe and Janel and Mike and Veronica who stayed until late late and helped us until there was absoluteley nothing left to do!
I didn't take many pictures this month. We were just too busy. Looking back, I really wish I had. Here are the few I do have. Maybe I can beg Brittney for pictures from our fun party. Until then, this is June. :)
(Once again I've posted the pictures in reverse order. Please read backwards. It takes way too long to repost.)
Reading stories at our new house. :)
The week we got here Coleman decided he wanted to use the big boy potty. He wanted to earn a Buzz Lightyear toy. He did so well! We're proud of you Cole! This is Coleman with his full potty chart on our way to get Buzz at the store. Congratulations Buddy! You're so big!!
Having a little fun in our new house. Dad is great at providing fun rides. :) The kids are especially happy the the route is longer than it was in our apartment. Did we mention we love our house?!!
Our last day at our California ward. We'll miss you!
Super Dad reading Brookie's favorite book. She loves the song, If You're Happy and You 'Know It. This book plays the song and she gets such a kick out of it. Thanks Ty for taking time for all of us even in your most busy and hectic times! Brookie also loves to dress up. She's wearing her favorite costume (besides just beads) - butterfly wings. What a great dollar store purchase!! :)
Cute Coleman is good at sharing - even sharing his daddy. I love the look on his face in this picture! He's a wonderful big brother! Thanks Buddy for being so kind and patient with your little sister.
Cole and Brookie partying in their half-packed room. They were such troopers throughout all the chaos!Thursday, July 15, 2010
Brookie - 14 months
Brookie – 14 months!
Wow! Where has the time gone?? This little chickadee has grown up so fast! She’s surprising us every day with all the new things she can do and how funny and cute she is.
Lately Brookie’s been staying up late so she can play with Ty when he gets home between 7 and 8. She doesn’t seem to have any trouble staying awake, but it makes her naps a little longer. Her routine right now is wake up between 7 and 8 am, nap (or not, if we’re doing something fun or going somewhere) from about 10 ‘till 11 or 12. She then gets up, plays, has lunch and we usually do something fun ‘till around 2, when she naps again for an hour or two. Cole naps at the same time in the afternoons, but Brookie usually gets up before him so we have some time to spend together doing 1 year old things.
Not that she needs to be catered to. She thinks she can do everything her big brother can, and she’s learning to do it all! This week we went berry picking and she kept up with the big kids really well as they ran around exploring the berries and the gardens of vegetables. She’s fearless and quick!
Brookie’s been walking for awhile, but is getting steadier and steadier. She still has a cute little kid waddle, but is quite stable and can even run. Being chased is one of her favorite games. She can get up stairs really well and is learning to come down. She still waits for help a lot of the time, but is getting more and more brave every day. She’s fallen out into the garage a couple times, but can get down one stair without too much of a problem. She’s also a terrific climber. No more staying put in the shopping cart or playing downstairs anywhere we go. She can climb onto furniture and up stairs. She loves to sit in the rocking chair or on the camping chairs (big and little).
Brookie’s favorite toys are her new baby doll which she loves to hug and give her binki, anything Coleman is playing with (she learned it from him), balls, shoes (hers, ours – anyone’s really – even shoes at a garage sale this last weekend), baseball mitt, phones & electronics, anything with buttons – especially if it makes noise, pens/pencils/markers – when she is and is not supposed to have them (she does love to draw), magnet drawing board, beads/bracelets, books (Old MacDonald, Jingle Bells, the Priddy books, touch and feel anything, Wheels on the Bus).
Aside from playing with toys, Brookie loves reading, playing in water, taking baths, singing and dancing. Her favorite dancing song is the Duck Tales song, but she’ll dance to anything. Her favorite songs to sing are Popcorn Popping, Eensy Weensy Spider, Wise Man, If You’re Happy and You Know It – she can do the actions to all of them and loves to bounce to the beat of just about anything. She can turn on her CD player and is very proud of that.
Brookie LOVES to play outside, have picnics, eat rocks, splash in the water, hang out at the park, go down her slide, chase and otherwise tease her brother, give hugs, back into Tyler’s lap when she wants to cuddle, talk on the phone and taste everything. She loves to play with Coleman and do everything he does.
Brooklyn’s favorite foods are milk, chocolate milk, yogurt, cheese, pizza (she even eats it with zucchini and peppers), meat of any type – but especially salmon, grapes, watermelon (not cut up – only wedges), apples (the whole apple), cucumbers, red peppers, broccoli (a definite favorite!!), & carrots. She’ll try just about anything. Tonight she finished her dinner and we got her out to go play while Coleman finished eating. She poked her hand around the side and stole all his fish. He seemed upset, but I think was secretly happy she ate it for him. They sometimes trade food during meals. It’s pretty funny.
Brookie’s learning so much! She folds her arms during the prayer, helps put on and take off her clothes, follows lots of directions, and is saying a lot of new words. Some of the most recent words are: gog (dog), wuh wuh (woof woof), cow, beeeee (binki), bah/ba’ol (bottle), beebee (baby), uh-oh, no (she can nod her head for no or yes but only says no), be (bear), & bawl (ball). She still says mem, dah & ganca. So far she doesn’t have a name for Coleman, she just grunts and gestures if she needs him. She spits and screams and can make lots of sounds. She’s been taught well by her big bro! She makes the fish sounds, and copies Coleman’s roars an squeals. She’s getting more and more verbal every day!
Wow! Where has the time gone?? This little chickadee has grown up so fast! She’s surprising us every day with all the new things she can do and how funny and cute she is.
Lately Brookie’s been staying up late so she can play with Ty when he gets home between 7 and 8. She doesn’t seem to have any trouble staying awake, but it makes her naps a little longer. Her routine right now is wake up between 7 and 8 am, nap (or not, if we’re doing something fun or going somewhere) from about 10 ‘till 11 or 12. She then gets up, plays, has lunch and we usually do something fun ‘till around 2, when she naps again for an hour or two. Cole naps at the same time in the afternoons, but Brookie usually gets up before him so we have some time to spend together doing 1 year old things.
Not that she needs to be catered to. She thinks she can do everything her big brother can, and she’s learning to do it all! This week we went berry picking and she kept up with the big kids really well as they ran around exploring the berries and the gardens of vegetables. She’s fearless and quick!
Brookie’s been walking for awhile, but is getting steadier and steadier. She still has a cute little kid waddle, but is quite stable and can even run. Being chased is one of her favorite games. She can get up stairs really well and is learning to come down. She still waits for help a lot of the time, but is getting more and more brave every day. She’s fallen out into the garage a couple times, but can get down one stair without too much of a problem. She’s also a terrific climber. No more staying put in the shopping cart or playing downstairs anywhere we go. She can climb onto furniture and up stairs. She loves to sit in the rocking chair or on the camping chairs (big and little).
Brookie’s favorite toys are her new baby doll which she loves to hug and give her binki, anything Coleman is playing with (she learned it from him), balls, shoes (hers, ours – anyone’s really – even shoes at a garage sale this last weekend), baseball mitt, phones & electronics, anything with buttons – especially if it makes noise, pens/pencils/markers – when she is and is not supposed to have them (she does love to draw), magnet drawing board, beads/bracelets, books (Old MacDonald, Jingle Bells, the Priddy books, touch and feel anything, Wheels on the Bus).
Aside from playing with toys, Brookie loves reading, playing in water, taking baths, singing and dancing. Her favorite dancing song is the Duck Tales song, but she’ll dance to anything. Her favorite songs to sing are Popcorn Popping, Eensy Weensy Spider, Wise Man, If You’re Happy and You Know It – she can do the actions to all of them and loves to bounce to the beat of just about anything. She can turn on her CD player and is very proud of that.
Brookie LOVES to play outside, have picnics, eat rocks, splash in the water, hang out at the park, go down her slide, chase and otherwise tease her brother, give hugs, back into Tyler’s lap when she wants to cuddle, talk on the phone and taste everything. She loves to play with Coleman and do everything he does.
Brooklyn’s favorite foods are milk, chocolate milk, yogurt, cheese, pizza (she even eats it with zucchini and peppers), meat of any type – but especially salmon, grapes, watermelon (not cut up – only wedges), apples (the whole apple), cucumbers, red peppers, broccoli (a definite favorite!!), & carrots. She’ll try just about anything. Tonight she finished her dinner and we got her out to go play while Coleman finished eating. She poked her hand around the side and stole all his fish. He seemed upset, but I think was secretly happy she ate it for him. They sometimes trade food during meals. It’s pretty funny.
Brookie’s learning so much! She folds her arms during the prayer, helps put on and take off her clothes, follows lots of directions, and is saying a lot of new words. Some of the most recent words are: gog (dog), wuh wuh (woof woof), cow, beeeee (binki), bah/ba’ol (bottle), beebee (baby), uh-oh, no (she can nod her head for no or yes but only says no), be (bear), & bawl (ball). She still says mem, dah & ganca. So far she doesn’t have a name for Coleman, she just grunts and gestures if she needs him. She spits and screams and can make lots of sounds. She’s been taught well by her big bro! She makes the fish sounds, and copies Coleman’s roars an squeals. She’s getting more and more verbal every day!
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