Father's Day Weekend

Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful dads out there! We went home to Lebanon for the weekend. Amy's baby shower was on Saturday and it was a big hit! We spent Friday and Saturday evenings out at the farm bbqing and riding Jeremy's new quad...the girls LOVED it! We even packed Logann's little 4-wheeler home with us hoping she would love to drive that around the farm, but NO WAY...she wanted to ride the real deal! Her quad sat in the same spot all weekend...and Jeremy's quad racked up a few miles! We hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day weekend!

Just an Update

Greetings everyone. Here are some pictures from the end of May. I can't believe that it is already June...let alone the 10th of June...where does the time go? The girls really enjoy being outside, as you can see! We set up the pool on the warm days to switch it up. They love the trampoline, and Peyton loves to play with the basketballs. I think she will be our little athlete, and Logann is going to be our little drama, artsy, dancer, singer person! Peyton HATES when we have to come in from outside.

Her "high frequency" words lately are ball, shoe, side-for outside, eat, fish, this, and go ducks. She points to stuff she wants and says "this!" We've taught her to put her arms up in the air when we say touchdown, and a couple of times she has put her arms in the air and said "go ducks!" What a smart one she is! We're obviously getting her ready for football season. She is working on signs for sign language and the one she uses the most is "all done!"

The girls got sick a few weekends ago and ran high fevers. Peyton got better but Logann ended up with an ear infection in both ears. She loves her bubble gum flavored antibiotic medicine she has to take. She'll be sad when it is all gone!

Other than that, we've just been hanging out up here in Vancouver. With the price of gas, I can't justify going out and about everyday. We are heading to Lebanon this weekend for Aunt Amy's baby shower and the end of the month we are headed to Spokane for Hoopfest. Hopefully gas isn't $5 a gallon by then. Wish we had a smaller car! Take care, and thanks for reading!

Check this out!

For those of you who might not have believed us when we told you that Peyton can say "Go Ducks"...here ya go! Enjoy!

She's a lot like her dad...

she doesn't say much, but what she says is important!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there. We went to zoo with Brent's side of the family on Saturday. We spent Mother's Day at home. It was a nice relaxing day. Brent got up and made us all breakfast. After eating, the girls and I sat in the hot tub and played around while Brent cleaned up. I know...what a good guy! He even went out and did the grocery shopping later in the day! The best part of the day was spending time together with the girls!

Logann's Swim Lessons

Such a big girl! These are the first set of lessons where she is in the water without a parent! Her first class was actually last Thursday. Knowing that I had to let her go all by herself had me pretty nervous all day. I kept thinking, "Will she go in by herself? Will she cry if the teacher makes her go under water? What if she pees in the pool and blurts it out to everyone?!" I know...I was worried for nothing. She did absolutely great and asks everyday if it is "swim lesson day with teacher Mary!" (and no, she didn't pee in the pool, as far as we know, because she peed when she got home!) Tonight on the way home, I asked her what her favorite part was and she said, "jumping off the edge!" (she gets that from me!) She did too...and she went all the way under while holding her breath! It is fun to watch her interact with another adult who is teaching her and giving her instructions. She is a very attentive listener, as you can see from the pictures. When she isn't being worked with one-on-one, she stands back quietly and observes everyone else. (I think she gets that from her daddy!)

Is it May Already?!

This last weekend we stayed home and enjoyed the nice weather! We planted the garden, worked on the pond and worked on other little projects around the house. The weather was so nice on Sunday that I decided to fill up the little pool and let the girls splash around. I dumped warm water from the hot tub in first so it wasn't too cold.

Peyton has learned how to stand up on her own, holding on to a toy in each hand. Logann used to do the same thing...we called her our "double fister!" The girls absolutely enjoy being outside. We spent most of the day outside on Monday as well because the weather was even nicer. I will have to stock up on sunscreen for the summer!

We hope you all enjoy the upcoming Mother's Day weekend...let's keep our fingers crossed for nice weather again!

Peyton is Walking!

Peyton is walking! Last night, she walked down part of the hallway after we all got out of the hot tub. We practiced a little bit during the day today, and tonight, she was walking really well all evening! She still has trouble standing up on her own, but she'll get there! It was crazy how it happened so fast...this weekend she was barely showing any signs of walking!

Along with the video are some pictures of our weekend. We went home to Lebanon to go to the U of O Spring Game with Amy and David. After the game, we went back to my parent's house to have dinner and celebrate Amy's birthday with cake and ice cream. We also went down to the park to let Logann, Toby and Cooper run around. It was a nice, relaxing weekend!