Anya is now 5!!!

Well, Wednesday was Anya's 5th Birthday! She is quite impressed - has been telling people all day that 'she's 5 now!' ... but she 'doesn't feel any older' !!! We bought her roller skates for her birthday, which she is very excited about. I'm sure there will be upcoming pictures of her adventures on them!

Spring is here...

Anya had a chance to go witness a sheep shearing the other day - apparently the sheep were very docile, even allowing themselves to be turned upside down to get shorn! Anya got to hold a lamb, and was quite pleased about that! Her friend with her is McCarty, one of her "favorite friends" from preschool! (He was rubbing her back the other day when I picked her up....should I be worried? She has also learned how to spell his name!)

Our Mini-Vacation!

Well....it was Spring Break last week, so we took a Mini-Vacation. We had been planning on driving across the states to Wisconsin to visit family this summer, but since Jen will be 7 1/2 months pregnant at that time, we figured it wouldn't be that great of an idea (we'll reschedule for maybe next year)! So - we decided to go visit some of our good friends in Elk, WA (near Spokane)...John, Angela, Ebony, Wyatt & Brady!

They have a new addition to their family, Brady - who is 2 months old, so we got a little taste of what's coming up for us in September!

After staying with them for a couple of days, we decided to trek on to Cottonwood, Idaho, and sleep in a DOG! (check out www.dogbarkparkinn.com!)

It was a lot of fun! The main part of the body was the 'adult' sleeping area,

then up a ladder into the head which had a loft with futons, books and games.

The nose was a little nook - the kids decided to sleep in the nose!

There was no TV or phone (cell service was minimal) - so we had a great time staying up late and playing Dog games! It was a Bed & Breakfast (continental), so we got to have some yummy homemade granola, blackberry coffee cake & rhubarb muffins in the morning. The couple who own the dog carve smaller dogs for sale, and gave each of the kids a 'second' to take home!

Is Anya taking after her Mom?

So - I got home the other day, and snuck upstairs to see what Anya was silently up to in her room...and this is what I found!

Apparently she was 'teaching' her animals, and I managed to interrupt her! She got all embarrassed and hid her book behind her back!

New Kid Photo!

Hey, everyone! We just wanted to share our most recent photo with everyone....we figure that everyone who takes the time to check this site out deserves to see this first!

Please tell us what you think, or if we didn't spell it out plainly enough. :-)

--Ad & Jen

Aren't mudbaths good for the skin?

Well....we went out to my parent's place at Lake Sutherland over Labor Day. It had recently rained....and BOY HOWDY did the kids have fun in the mud! They spent more time in the mud then they did in the lake!

Jandi & Janelle (my nieces) also got to give my sister and me some new hair dos - what do you think?

We went out to Fort Worden on Friday

with some friends....and had a great time!

Three Little Mermaids!!!