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!

Baby Farmers in the Kirk Orchard

Summer 2006
Baby Farmers...in the orchard checking out the hazelnuts.

Cole-
"Mommy and Daddy keep hiding my binkies but I can always find them! Just you try and pull it out of my mouth!!"

Austin....eating baked beans!!

Austin & Cole-driving G'pa Martin's restored Chevy pick-up

Puerta Vallarta, Mexico

Travelling with friends can sometimes backfire but this trip was awesome!!
There was a revisited chip bag after too much drinking, a water fight between rooms, first massages for the guys, an adventure that lead us through the S & M district and
swinging through trees on zip-lines! I have great memories of this trip with Scooter and Angie....
but I know our next trip will be to somewhere like Disneyland with both complete clans......
all eight of us! Yikes!