Update you've been waiting for

Alexis can now blow bubbles with her gum, tie her shoes, whistle and now ride her bike w/o training wheels. The bike thing today was a bitter sweet moment for me, I actually got a little teary over the whole deal. My baby is not my baby anymore, I know she's 6 but she's a big girl now. This opens up a whole new range of possibilities for her, so much more independence and mainly confidence.

The sun was in Preston's eyes that why he looks so sinister. He does not care at all that he's riding a girls trike and I'm glad he doesn't because that's all he's getting for a while.

My favorite part about this picture of Carter is his cute little fingers. He went through a whole bottle of bubbles because he's just so good at not spilling.

Look at our cute 'little' family. This was taken at an Easter Egg Hunt in Eugene over Easter weekend. More candy for me....

The kids loved decorating their eggs, oh yeah I put them back in the fridge and there they remained. Oops.

This is what Carter did the whole time they decorated, isn't that nice?

Portland Zoo day

Portland Zoo day

My Mom, Becky and her intended Tom Gregersen. So far the date is set for Sept 26th, we'll see if they last that long though. Maybe it'll just be for a reception and they go get hitched real quick like before.

Preston in the Spotlight

Preston's first trip to the Dentist.
He said he was going to be brave because they were going to poke him. They just cleaned his teeth & he did a great job.

Enjoying his time in the spotlight with no interruptions from his siblings. He's doing his thinking pose right now.

The Week in Review

Here is our week in review (give or take a few days). I'm working on being more consistent with keeping up on activities here.

Here are some photos for you.....

Good friends.

Laura Masters, Gracie Pixton & Alexis. Notice Gracie & Alexis are missing the same top tooth.

Preston joined me for my workout & then we decided to "show off" our muscles.

"Mean faces"

One of very few sunny/warmer days.

AWANA games today. Go Harvest!!!

The boys with Sparkie (or Sparky) from AWANA. Carter was running away, he wasn't as crazy about seeing him as Preston was.

Great Song

Can You Spot the Irony Here?

2 days ago: First lady Michelle Obama, right, stops to have her photo taken as she helps to hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.
Photo & description from AP.

Recent photos

Our church's homeschool group had a field trip to an animal hospital.

This was after our homeschool group Valentine's Party, party pooped.

I got to see my best friend, Mireille, from grade school the other day. I've been friends with her for 26 years, yikes. She's been "hiding out" in other countries for 10 years so I only get to see her from time-to-time.

Here's another friend I got to see a short time ago, Aunie Buck. We've been friends for 34 years now. We used to drink from our baby bottles together, cute huh?

All the boys had birthdays

For some reason or 20 others I have completely neglected putting anything family related on our blog. I'm sorry, I'm going to try & make it up to you now.

So all the boys celebrated birthdays in the last 2 months. Carter turned 2, Travis turned 34 & Preston turned 4.
Here goes....

Well, I promised that I would take as many pictures of the younger kids as I did of the older kids. I just let myself down. I didn't get a photo of Carter on his birthday, so this was taken shortly before so we'll count it.
We celebrated both little boys' birthdays in Eugene at Grandma Becky's house. So much easier than having family come to us, more fun for the kids too.
Carter is still such a sweet little guy. He loves to be in the mix of everything. We have started being more quiet so he can have time to talk & guess what? It's actually working, he's talking now.

Here is Travis turning 34 & I did manage to get all 34 on the cake. It was pretty smokey after he blew out all the candles. I had all the lights off so you could really get the feel of how much light 34 candles gave off. I didn't plan for when he actually blew them out, pretty dark.

All of Preston's photos from his birthday party were a little too busy to put up here. This is a photo of him at a festival in town. He really liked being up on the big bike. He didn't ask to get one, but just in case he asks later "NO".
He had a great party at our place & he got to invite 4 friends. He loves his boy friends & literally prays for them at every meal. Of course the siblings & mom's came too. We had a total of 13 kids in our cramped little place. The kids had a blast.
It was hilarious to see how the girls were playing & then the boys. The boys loved to harass the girls by trying to break the door down. The girls said, "NO BOYS ALLOWED!!" Loved it.