Cheeses and Beaches

We trekked out to the coast on Thursday. We made the most important stop first: the cheese factory.



It was totally weird. This farmer still had a binkie. Someone should tell him he is getting a little old for that kind of behavior.


After we ate ice cream and bought fudge, we drove out to Cannon Beach to enjoy a little sand and surf. Blake was not such a big fan. He tried to climb up his daddy's legs so his feet wouldn't have to touch the sand.

Eventually we bribed him with some toys and then the world was good again.





Unabombers? Nope, that's just Grandma and Aunt Diana.

One year older

We took Carolyn's 4-year pictures and Blake's 18-month pictures last week. Aren't my kids just the cutest?

The sun is here!

We thought we might be doing outdoor swim lessons in 55 degree weather, but the sun came to Portland just in time. This is what we are doing for the next two weeks. Usually, swim class is enough to fill our days, but we are also fitting in tons of activities with Grandma Horner and Aunt Diane. Our children are exhausted but loving every minute of having guests.

It's that time again!

It's party day!!

We've been counting down to this ever since Chandler turned 4. Carolyn had a birthday. We went for an all-out puzzle theme.

This was the bane of my existence last night.
I found out that coloring is quite tedious if you have any time constraints. It was totally worth it though.

Each kid was supposed to put the missing puzzle piece (their face) in the spot.

We had a definite winner...

I asked him if he could see or was he just that good. He replied, deadpan, "I am just that good."

This year was awesome because I told my child who never eats cake that I was not making her a cake. She could pick anything else she wanted for dessert. She picked ice cream. How easy.

The kids colored dinosaur puzzles to take home with them.

Carolyn had a blast. She is fantastic and stretches me everyday. These are my favorite things about her right now:

• This girl sings and she can remember songs well, but sometimes just half a verse. We will hear that on repeat all day long.
• She counts to ten and then continues 11, 12. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21...
• Her favorite joke is either "CHANDLER!" or "WATERMELON!" Really, that's it. That's the whole joke.
• She calls Blake "boy." As in, "Come here, boy." "Over here, boy, I want to show you something."