Summer fun!

Look at this little guy ... so cute.

Can you believe Wyatt is going to be 1 year old on Wednesday??

Crazy!!

And Claire just turned 3!

I have lots of birthday pictures to put up, but haven't had time to do so.

Hopefully soon :)

And it's fall already!!!

I was looking through some pictures from this summer and thought I would post a few from one of my favorite family days with the kids :)

One of our favorite places to go in our town is this park.

We can walk around the lake, have a picnic lunch, and feed the ducks.

It's beautiful!

Wyatt and Josh are very cute... here they are doing the brotherly thing.

And now.... sunglasses!!!!

good times :)

And a couple of cute pics of the kids sleeping.

Just look at these sweet little kids.

They look so angelic when they're asleep.

Is this sweet little guy actually going to become a "terrible two"?

Let's start with an angelic one year old first! :)

Oregon beach trip 2010

This is a very very long post full of pictures of our beach trip to the Oregon coast in August.

Every year or 2 Jason's grandma rents a beach house around Lincoln City, Oregon.

It is so much fun!

Here are some pictures of some of our fun on the beach:

And here are all of the sisters!

Whitney, me, Stephanie, Lindsey, and Lena

The steps up to our beach house...

The sunsets were amazing!

We had a big bonfire and roasted smores.

While we were in Lincoln City we visited the aquarium.

Grandpa Gilbert sneaked away from the farm for a few days to play with us!

Josh and Grandma...

Wyatt and his cousin Naomi are only 15 days apart!

They were so cute together :)

A typical day at the beach house...

Josh could be found like this:

playing games on Nana's "bubble phone".

Wyatt: trouble!

opening and closing every drawer and cupboard as he crawled around!

And Claire could be found like this:

dancing around in her cousin Lucy's tutu.

Nice arabesque, don't you think?

It was fun to see Josh and his cousin Isak get along so well!

They loved the hot tub!

Jason's sister Whitney took some of these pictures with her super sweet camera.

She is a great photographer! Thanks Whit!

We love Aunt Lori!

Lori was kind enough to give Claire her first haircut :)

She sat very still...

and voila!

all ready for preschool! :)

thank you Lori!

The kids had fun playing at this wooden castle play stucture...

Josh and his little cousin Conner... so cute!

We found a little bay where the water was warmer than the ocean

Wyatt was very excited to play in the sand and water!

He played for a very long time splashing around,

making engine sounds with the toy motor boat.

Claire in her yellow polka-dot bikini! :)

All of Jason's siblings pitched in to buy this knight (Sir Prance-a-lot)

for Jason's uncle Michael....

My eyes are closed! Oh well.

And here are some pictures of the beautiful beach house!

It was gorgeous!!!

There were 3 floors.... the top floor had the main living areas and kitchen, plus a bedroom.

The 2nd floor had most of the bedrooms and 2 baths,

and the basement had a garage, laundry room, and game room (including an arcade game), with more sleeping accommodations.

There were decks on the 2nd and 3rd floor, and on the 2nd story deck there was a hot tub.

We hung out there a lot!

Ocean views! Beautiful thick carpet... everything was new.

Even the furniture was fancy... it was all Ethan Allen.

It was luxury!

This is the 2nd floor hallway.

And here is the room we stayed in.

A queen bed, a crib, and a pull out couch.

Isn't that whale print adorable?

All the sisters again... our traditional beach picture :)

And a new set of beach girls!

And here is the family all together :)

thank you Grandma for an amazing week!!!