Our week!

Tristan: Kole gave me a little piece of Karl (as he shows me a object that looks suspiciously like a bone...) Me: Umm....can I see that? and who is Karl??? Tristan: I don't know, Kole told me I could keep this piece of Karl. Me: (closely inspecting, but not dare touching "Karl") OH!! A piece of coral!! That's fine, then

Remember doing this?

We got to hang out with the Thompsons on Saturday.  We played at Caffe Mela!

And played at the fun playground at Rocky Reach Dam

The sentry keeping watch on the fort.

The brothers were clowns today!

I finally got around to taking the boys birthday interview videos.  Enjoy!

Spring Break in Portland

Before we left, Wade brought me the first wildflowers of Spring from the hill behind our house.

We took the train from Wenatchee to Portland with a stop-over in Seattle.  The first leg of the trip we were upgraded to a sleeper car, because there weren't enough coach seats for us.  Owen got sick on the train, and again here at the train station in Seattle.  Throughout the rest of the weekend, we all got a small dose of it!  Ick!

Our spots on the way to Portland.  We loved the table so we could play Go Fish!

The first thing we did when we got to Portland was to go with Julie to her prenatal appt.  This is the hospital where she will deliver little baby Farring.

Friday we spent shopping around Portland.  Jason got some tools and we played at the park for awhile.

The floating houses on the river.

That's my boy!

We went downtown with Dan.

The ice rink in the mall.

We got in lots of MAX riding.

Our wonderful hosts!

A cousin of Sam and Dan's hosted an Easter Egg Hunt/BBQ on Saturday.  She had a beautiful home with this little "jail".  Tristan, Dan, and Laila got locked in.  :)

There were 1100 eggs and about 25 kids, so the boys did pretty well!

It took Owen a minute to wake-up and figure out how to hunt for eggs, but once he caught on, there was no stopping him!

Tristan ended up with 2 baskets full!

Getting a chance to hit the pinata!

The bunny car!

Who's that cute little bunny?

Loved this cake!

Our trip home

What We've Been Up To...

Watching some of our old daycare friends perform in the Missoula Children's Theater "The Little Mermaid".

Handsome boys ready for meeting

Baby shower for Melissa!

New shirts from Auntie Lisa!  Thanks!  And bendaroos

Tristan's shark

Jason and Sue bought a house and want to replace the sheet rock, so we got to tear it apart!  It took awhile to convince the boys that it really was ok to smash the hammer into the wall, but once they got going....oh boy!  Tristan, especially, worked all day beating up their house!  They had a lot of fun!  And so did I!  It was very satisfying to destroy a house!  :)  As long as they don't do it at home!

We got a tour of a "fruit run" today.  We got to tour the warehouse where they were sorting, cleaning, waxing, stickering, boxing, bagging, etc.  It was amazing!!!  Since moving to apple country I have had my own ideas on this process, but I was totally amazed at the detail and efficiency of the process!!  This picture is the fans that are drying the apples after having been washed, waxed, and buffed!

Getting the stickers on, which can track an apple to the orchard that it was grown!

This machine was incredible!  A machine takes 30 pictures of each apple as it is zipping by to determine the size, color, and quality of each apple.  Then, the little cup it is sitting in knows exactly which little hole to drop the apple in, so it can be bagged with apples of the same size and color!  There were big ones (50 to a box) down to little ones (216 to a box) and even special tiny ones that are bagged in Lightning McQueen bags and marketed as "kid-sized" apples!  Within 3 seconds the apple has its picture taken and is distributed to the appropriate bin.  I was amazed!!!

Now for some videos......

The boys playing basketball...without a ball. I love how they knew how to line up for free throws, and how they air dribble, and how Owen copies his big brothers even in falling to the ground!

Grandpa Sanderson and Grandpa Lepak (Kissyface)

He learned how to drive!!

Trying to throw a grape into his mouth just like Daddy.

Wade always informs me that Kole wants to be a cheerleader when he grows up.  This video makes me think that Wade is right there with him!!