Disneyland

What an amazing trip! Disneyland is such a magical place. Maren and Luke had such a great time, and Brian and I LOVED watching them!

OK, so 500 pictures took me forever to go through let alone put them in order and do captions. I think most of them speak for themselves anyway;) Maren was in HEAVEN!!!!

What can I say...It was magical!!!

Bunk Beds

After months of sleeping on a mattress on the floor, we decided Luke was ready for a real bed. He is such a little wiggly sleeper we have been putting it off so we don't have to wake up to find he has fallen off a bed! But the time has come, and frankly, we were a little embarrased when we had guests over and Luke's bed was bigger than theirs (He was sittin pretty with a queen size mattress). Luke loves his power tools!

Trying it out. Just so you know, we've hidden the ladder to get up to the top bunk...I think we'll bring it out when he's about 10.

Maren couldn't resist....It looked like way too much fun. In fact, she has been wanting to sleep with him every night since!

Snow, Acquarium, Bikes (Catching up)

What is this stuff!!! This is Luke's first real snow sighting that he was actually able to enjoy and play in. At first he was pretty skeptical!Loving it!
Catching snowflakes on her tongue.

Luke eating the snowman's head.
Our ghetto sled (The lid of a plastic bin). It works!


We took a day trip over to Newport to watch the wild waves and go to the Oregon Coast Aquarium last week. It was our first time there and it was pretty cool! Can you believe Maren touched the fish!?! I thought I was going to have a heart attack just being in the room with them! Giant Starfish

Inside the tube aquarium...Luke was amazed!
Hopefully this is the closest that Brian will ever be to a shark!
Crazy waves that day! It was beautiful!

It took Luke all of two seconds to become a pro on his new little bike. He loves to go for a ride, hop off and inspect the wheels, say "All Fixed!" and then hop on again...Over and over.
Maren loves having a riding buddy.