Friday, March 28, 2008

Easter Weekend






We went to Lebanon for Easter Weekend. We spent Easter with Brent's side of the family. The weather wasn't nice enough to do an egg hunt in the yard, so we had one in the barn! The kids had a great time. Logann stayed the night with Grandma and Papa Dukes on Sunday night. They took her to Salem to ride the carousel and they also found a park to play at.
Brent spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with his brother Brian up in Tualatin. They worked on "gutting" their backyard and getting it ready to landscape. Since Brent stayed overnight at their house for the first part of the week, the girls and I stayed in Lebanon.
We went to the farm on Tuesday...the weather was really nice as you can see! We got to visit with the great-grandparents that evening. We spent Wednesday in Corvallis with Great-Grandma Fisher, Great-Aunt Dina and Uncle Tony. Overall, the best part was to spend more time with Josh before he left for California!

Thursday, March 6, 2008

What's New?






It has been two weeks or so since I have created a new post, so I thought I better get to it. First of all...Peyton's fingers are fine. The x-ray showed a "deep tissue bruise" and there was no fracture. The finger nail is darkened now but hopefully it won't fall off.
We made a trip to OMSI this last weekend. We went with our good friends, the Hoffarth's. Logann and Hallie held hands everywhere we went! They loved the dinosaur exhibit! The moving dino was pretty scary, but they did ok! Peyton and Harrison had a good time "digging" for dinosaur bones in the one boxed in area. Logann and Hallie also went to the Coral Reef movie in the big theater. It was a fun outing!
Peyton is almost 11 months old already! She is getting close to walking...she takes a few steps between Brent and I but then falls to the floor to crawl instead! She stands on her own for a few seconds too, but then plops down! She has 6 teeth still and no signs of new ones coming through. She is NOT interested in "baby food" anymore...only interested in what big sister Logann is eating. Today she had chicken nuggets for lunch!
Logann is growing up so fast. We were at library story time yesterday and I was observing her from the back of the room. She is so attentive and interested in the stories the man reads. She participates right along with the other kids, but I still see signs of the "cautious" child where she waits a moment and checks things out before she jumps in! She filled up her "poop" chart yesterday with the remaining two stickers! We went to Costco so she could pick out her new movie that she worked so hard for! She picked out 101 Dalmations. She watched it this morning and loved it! The whole point of that was...she is a BIG girl now, pooping and peeing on the potty! We are so proud of her. She was a bit stubborn through the whole process, but it is over with, thank goodness!
Other big news for me is that Brent and I have started working out together. I know, big shocker!!! Most of you know that excercising is something pretty low on my list of priorities! Brent always works out on the BowFlex, but I have finally decided to get it together and join him. It is great to spend that time together. We get to talk about a lot of things that we usually don't have the time for. The girls are in bed by 8:30, so that is our new workout time together. My hamstrings are really sore!
Other than that, not much is new around here. We are looking forward to nice weather and hope that it sticks around. Take care and thanks for reading!