Father's Day Weekend

The week approaching Father's day was eventful. The Westport Moms group when to the Portland Children's Museum, and what do you know? My girls wore matching outfits :) Shocking... These little chickens are HAMS. Silas is the only one with a normal face here. Why do you think all the ladies love him?

Kyle took Marin on her first ever CAMPING TRIP, in a tent, cooking over a fire and IN THE RAIN nonetheless. The rain part was not planned, but since this trip had been coordinated with two other dads & their toddlers, they decided to go for it even when the forecast said "turn back! turn back!"

The result was a gloriously happy 3 year old girl, who slept good, ate good, caught some fish with a pole, caught some salamanders with her bare hands, and got muddy from head to toe. It wasn't that cold, so she was in heaven. She's been talking about it nonstop since they got back! I think the daddies were more frazzled with the weather than the kids were :) Standing water & downpours? No problem. My little girl is TOUGH! Wowie. I think it even surprised Kyle what she was made of :) Good memories, but not a lot of pictures. Gotta keep those toddlers from falling in the river, ya know?

And for Father's Day, we went to church and then Kyle decided he WANTED to cook all of us some delish crepes, even though it was his official day off! He does enjoy the cooking, but still we are one lucky bunch! Even though in these pics I look like one tired mama (maybe it's because Marin has been up 5 times a night ever since that awesome camping trip?), I am still putting these pictures up here because the meal was so fabulous. I am willing to sacrifice my pride to show you how wonderful my hubby is :)

Here's to a Happy Father's Day to all the daddies!

Spontaneous babymoons, babies and summer fun

Kyle and I have been wanting one last babymoon before #3 arrives (our last night away together was right before Maddie was born two years ago, wow!), and Memorial Day weekend provided JUST the right opportunity. Gorgeous weather at the beach, a wonderful Nana available to watch M & M, and a last minute opening at the Stephanie Inn. Perfection! So nice, we loved every second.









Over a recent weekend in June, we drove over 600 glorious miles to visit the babies in the family. First stop was our precious new baby nephew Owen (proud new parents are my sister Jessica and husband Geoff). He is adorable, therefore I ADORE HIM!! My first experience being a flesh & blood auntie! (Although I must insert a shout-out to all my other ridiculously cute neices & nephews whom I also adore.)



Also that weekend, we attempted to also attend the dedication of our sweet neice Annalise (proud parents Kyle's brother John and wife Stephanie, and big brother Joshua) but alas we ran out of time with too many miles on the road! So we missed the dedication at their church unfortunately, but we were able to celebrate with the family at their house afterwards for a little dessert & baby snuggling.



Now on to other fun summer activities... Kyle took Madeline fishing (yes the younger one) alone for the first time! He figured it was about time he started having some special 1-on-1 time with both girls, they are both old enough now! So off they went to Hornings Hideout in North Plains, and had a hoot.

Whew! It was a hot one there for a couple weeks, in the high 80's which for Portland in May/June is NOT NORMAL. Awesome, but not normal. So the girls soaked up the sun in the backyard kiddie pools.

And last but not least, our youngest playing in the toolbox... Making Daddy proud!