Newport Oregon

ready to head outside

what a heavy door for a little person
the beach in Newport Oregon
first steps on the beach
right for the water...of course
and flinging water
and scooping up more

our little family

some weird digging critter in the sand

Hey Kendra...got any ideas?

finally touched the sand

and decided it was worth picking up

and throwing

and making dirty hands

headed toward the water to rinse

not so sure she wants to do it and points

out to mama what's coming

waves

which seem a little scary when you're

only 2 feet tall and 2 years old

the second day was much more

fun...throwing sand at "momo & gill"

Crazy dancing cousins

During family quilting at mom's the cousins were all playing in the toy room and cracking up laughing together. When I peeked inside I found Blake riding "Shaggy", which was Brian's rocking horse, and the girls dancing to the rhythm of his rocking.

Sorry this video is a little fuzzy.

Iona & Esmeralda

Claire & I finally got the girls together near the end of February...WOW how time changes baby friends! Io is SO verbal. My favorite has to be when you ask her "what do you do with a verb?" and she answers in this teeny-tiny voice "conjugate!!" Amazingly cute! Good job mama Claire!!

Esmeralda learns domestic skills!

Making Salsa...

Quilting...

and Vacuuming!

A weekend with Gram

Esmeralda and I went to Gram's for the weekend. We had Aly and

Blake over and took all the grandkids to the painted plate and then

out to mexican after painting. They had such a good time together!

The cousins painting

Blake and his dinosaur

Aly worked on a new dog bowl for Nelly

Esmeralda painting a snack plate

Blake likes quesadillas

Aly eating beans with chips

Esmeralda likes sour cream the best