The Oregon Coast

Some of Isaac's family came out for a few days and we all headed to the coast for some fun. Every time we go to the Oregon coast I'm reminded of what all this rain can do. It's so lush and thick and green and then goes right into the rocky beaches. It's very majestic. It almost makes all the rain worth it...almost. We had a great time. Get ready for picture overload.

We stayed at a really nice beach house right on the beach. This was the view from our bedroom.

The first day was a bit chilly, but after that we got some sun and nice weather.

These two were pretty inseparable. Good thing there was a washer/dryer there. There were some pretty sandy and wet boys.

Holding some sand creature.

At Seal Rock. I think this might be one of my new favorite places to go.

Cousins

Asher decided he was a little scared of the waves so he just wanted to sit on someone's lap and cry "water coming"

Asher loved playing in the sand and building sand castles to step on.

We got a kite for the kids to fly and they loved it. I think it was one of Asher's dreams come true. Isaac's dad also got a pretty nice kite that could really pull you around.

Isaac with the kids and the kite.

Kason flying the kite.

Asher flying the kite.

Isaac teaching me how to fly the "bigger" kite...

...and me getting pulled over by it.

Payton, Kason, and Maren

One of my new favorite pictures.

And if you made it through all that here is a picture Kason drew for me of our family and the baby in Mommy's tummy. Yup, we are expecting the beginning of December/end of November (insert slightly panicked screams here). I think (fingers crossed) I am starting to feel like I can function again. We are excited.

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Asher turned 2 !!

When Isaac got home we opened presents. This boy loves to draw. He always comes up to us and asks us to draw a "car" or "sowman" (snowman). He also always writes and eats with his left hand now.

"Driving" his new car around the apartment.

The boys took an impromptu bath to try out the new bath fountain from

Grandma and Grandpa. Kason loves it. Asher loves it too, except for the red guy who squirts water out horizontally. That one freaks him out, so now he yells "yeyow guy, yeyow guy!" which sprays the water upwards.

His (kind of) soccer ball cake.

They have become best buds and Asher was kind enough to share some frosting all of his own doing. I should mention that Kason did such a good job of being excited for Asher. I could tell he was trying so hard to let Asher open his own presents and play with them first even though he was just dying sometimes. When we were getting the cake ready to bring over he ran up to Asher and said, "I just love you so much!"

About Asher:

-Height: 33 1/2 in (10%)

-Weight: 31 lbs (80%) so just slightly disproportionate! :)

-He has alot of personality, more than either of us know what to do with sometimes.

-He is very funny and sweet, but oh there is a mischievous/busy/determined and STUBBORN streak.

-He knows alot of the letters and sounds they make, it amazes me, but his favorite is definitely O

-He says, "I nu nu know" for I don't know.

-He loves the song Let's Go Fly a Kite from Mary Poppins and he always begs to watch "Fwy Kite" on the computer.

-His favorite movies are Toy Story (Buzz) and Cars, but he is really drawn to just TV in general. :/

-Basketball is called "shoop" for shoot.

-He likes to growl...alot. His favorite animals are a: bear, kiger (tiger), and doggie.

-He likes to give pows.

-He is rarely found without a ball. He loves soccer and basketball and can really kick and shoot pretty well. At the park sometimes he would rather kick a ball around or shoot hoops. Or more likely try to get right in the middle of and join some 13 year olds playing those games.
-He likes dinosaurs and can say it clearly now.

-He is really good about saying sorry - when he doesn't need to. He's not always so good about saying it when he does need to. :)

-He almost always says "Thank you Mommy" or "Thank you Daddy" on his own and will say it over and over until we say you're welcome.

-He also says you're welcome. It sounds like "ha kwe kwe"

-He asks why alot, but alot of the time will answer his own question with a "because?" I guess I answer too many of his questions that way!

And a mother's day pic. Love my boys!

Easter

I have been wanting to get these pictures up for awhile and I am finally getting to it! The boys got to go to an Easter egg hunt on campus.

Kason was quite the speedy hunter,

and found a golden egg so he got to pick out a prize at the end.

Asher was also pretty proud of his skills and managed to get more than his fair share of eggs.

Kason was so diligent in reminding us to read scriptures so he could color in his chart for the day. We he colored it all in he got to pick out a prize - a skeleton ring, woo hoo!

Dying Easter eggs.

Kason's delight at the egg coming out green!

My parents came Easter weekend and took us to Wicked. It was so so good. You're just sitting there, but you feel so cool when you're just staring and she's belting out Defying Gravity. Even Isaac has been listening to the soundtrack at school, and that really tells you how good it is!

Easter Sunday

The excitement of finding the Easter eggs.

Kason and Asher's bilibo chairs my parents gave them. It's supposed to be a good work out for the abs, don't know if that's working for Asher.

Notice the beautiful blue sky? They are starting to happen sometimes here now! We got a garden plot this year and took advantage of a nice day to start getting it ready. Here is Kason holding one of the MANY small snakes, or worms we found. The picture doesn't do it justice, they were huge!