Ethan's 5th Birthday

I don't know how it happened so fast, but my cute Ethan boy turned five on May 31st!

Here he is with his brothers and cousins, Shalyn, Logan and Spencer. We were actually in Oregon for his birthday, but we couldn't do a whole lot of celebrating then. So, we had a mini-party for him at home a few days later.

I love the look on his face here, he was so stoked about his Spongebob cake! I love this little boy so much! He is growing up way too fast!

My Summer Surprise

So, to keep up with the recap of the summer, when we got home from our Oregon trip, I had a fun little surprise waiting for me. Our ward split while we were gone and I was called to be the Primary President in the new ward (Spanish Highlands). The hilarious thing about this is that it didn't really scare me at the time, but if I had known then, what I know now, I would have been shaking in my boots!!! I feel so bad for all the times I've been in Presidencies and totally taken the President for granted! I swear, that is probably the biggest reason that Heavenly Father gave me this calling, to help me understand all of the stress that those women went through! Anyway, that was one part of our fun summer. Luckily, I was just getting over my morning sickness when they called me, so at least I didn't have to deal with that as well.

Summer Recap-Oregon Trip-The Beach

Here we are at the Beach in Oregon on Dan's Birthday. We went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory first, of course, because it's everyone's favorite stop, and then went to this fun little beach with lots of wildlife.

Here is the real reason I go to Oregon. To see this beautiful girl and her wonderful family! Oh my, I'm missing them like crazy right now!!!

My cute Mason and Ethan, enjoying the water.

The whole crew, even Kade and Sara were there!! The first time Kade has been to Oregon since we moved 13 years ago!

My cute adventurous husband, loved searching for this little guy in all the rocks. Isn't he adorable?

Quick Announcement......

I should post the ultrasound pictures along with this, but I'm in a rush today, so I'll get to it later. We are having a..............................................................................................................................................

BOY!!!

Heehee, four boys! Is that craziness or what? I was actually about 100% positive already that it would be a boy, even though pretty much no one agreed with me. I think it's official, Dan isn't capable of making girls! Oh well, these boys really are fantastic, so I can't complain one bit. And even more important, he is a very healthy looking little boy, and that was the main highlight for me! Dan of course, is the proudest Daddy in the whole world. He told me after the ultrasound, well Babe, I guess now we know, there is NOTHING girl about me. I should be mad at that, but it cracked me up!

Oregon Trip-Part 1

In June, quite unexpectedly, we went on a trip to Oregon. My best friend's brother was getting married, but I didn't think we would be able to go, because Dan's work was so busy. But, he surprised me and we decided to go ahead and go anyway!

Look at the boys, this is how they looked during the entire 14 hour drive! Glued to the XBox. I never thought I would say this, but THANK HEAVENS FOR XBOX!!!

About an hour from my hometown of Forest Grove, we passed by Multnomah Falls. It is so gorgeous, but even though I've passed it hundreds of times, this was the first time I can ever remember stopping to actually see it up close.

Isn't it gorgeous? Dan took these fun pictures of Mason (they were the only ones willing to hike up where it gets you pretty wet)

You can see our camera lens just kept getting wetter and wetter.

Thanksgiving Point

For the last day of school, I decided that we should celebrate, so I took the boys to the Children's Garden at Thanksgiving Point. Dan was out of town that day and the last thing I wanted to do was go sit at home. I'm so glad that we went, I never would have realized that they had such a fun place for kids to play.

They have this awesome water park/play area. The kids absolutely LOVED it.

They also had a bunch of fun little adventure places to explore, like this Lighthouse, which we could climb up inside of.

The water park was the main highlight. Most people had their kids in swimsuits, but I hadn't been planning to go play in the water, so my kids just started shedding their clothes as the day went on.

Ethan apparently got hit by a fountain and felt a little picked on.

Mason would have stayed there all day if he could have. As it was, we were there for about 6 hours.

They had some fun building block things too.

We left, and picked up Wendy's, and then came back. Once you pay, you can leave and come back all you want, it was so nice!

I don't know what they are doing here.

They explored the bear cave.

And the bear tunnels.

It was such a fun day, we will definitely be going back soon.

Mason's Kindergarten Graduation

Here is Mason with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Jenkins. She was such an awesome teacher, we both loved her!

Here are my three little monkeys.

What a showoff!!

Here is Mason performing his "Singin in the Rain" dance with Sydney from his class. He was so cute, but as you can see, his teacher didn't remember to pin his pants, so he had to hold onto them so they didn't fall off, poor kid! He still did a great job though!

Ethan's Preschool Graduation

Ethan had so much fun at preschool this year and we had so much fun watching his cute little program at the end of the year. Ethan loves to sing, so it was awesome to watch him sing his little heart out at graduation.

Mason's First Soccer Game

Mason played his first season of soccer this spring. He was so cute and so into it. He was a great runner, he's pretty fast. He was also great at kicking the ball towards his goal, but he would always get a little overwhelmed when he got close to the goal, and then he would lose the ball.

We also noticed that he has a tendency to fall down a lot (on purpose). Anytime he got jostled the tiniest bit, he would just flop on the ground.

Kindergarten soccer was hilarious to watch. Every single game we had kids trying to score a goal in the opposing team's net. Dan and I laughed so hard.

Here he is, gearing up for action! I love how intense he looks here.

Good Cop?

One day I was sitting at my computer, and Aidan came up behind me and when I turned around, this is what I saw..........

.........and this is what he said. "You unner arress!"