Sisters at Christmas 2007

December 2007 - Sisters!!

I am so truly blessed to have a sister, I can call my best friend!!
Although, she lives a state away we talk through email and on the phone. We are skilled at running up phone bills and wearing out the keys on our cell phones from text messaging!

Something you should know about my sister.....she is my hero! She is strong, often non-partisan ......she does not take sides even after I already have.....she is amazing, she is beautiful, and she is the best mother! I dream of a call--- that in it, she will tell me she is moving back to Oregon but for now, I know her home and her heart is in Washington!

I miss her every day.....literally, I could see her ever day and still want to see her that evening....
Jennifer is one of the best people I know!

I am lucky to call her......sister!!

The boys playing leapfrog...

Uncle Jason visiting and helping Cole with his shoes....
Cole loves "Unc Jason from far away."

Events in 2007

Happy 3rd Birthday, Cole and Austin.
We had a great party at Riverview Elementary School, Lebanon, OR.
Mom opened up the gym to our friends and family and everyone had a energy-filled time....we played with the parachute, scooters, we played dodgeball, and basketball....it was so much fun!
Even the adults were playing old school gym games!!

We often spend New Year's at the Kirk's vacation home in Eaglecrest - Redmond, OR.
We are so lucky to have this place to share as a family! We go sledding every year and the boys will keep going until we "make" them stop.....we often are the ones who get cold first!
Austin pulling mommy and Cole near Bachelor Mt.
The boys both call it, "the mountain house."

Puget Sound, WA.
Cole and Ashtyn feeding bread to the seagulls....Cole slipped and fell in the mud and was such a trooper! We rode the ferry across the Sound to Bremerton and back....near 3 1/2 hours without complaining of being muddy and wet......he smiled the whole time!