Biking to Senn's Dairy Park

April 9, 2011

We've taken several family bike rides since getting our new bikes. Paxton and Versii ride with Josh in the bike trailer. They love it!

Senn's Dairy Park is the closest park to us. We can easily bike or walk there. And the boys always love the park.

Kaden is a climber.

Paxton and Versii are about to be chased by Daddy. Love their faces!

An adjacent park neighbor has goats and the boys love to feed them.

There is a bike tire stuck in this tree and it's grown up around it.Kaden's trying desperately to pull it out.

My Boys!

I think Versii's a little big for the baby swing. We had trouble getting him in. :)

Kaden's also a jumper!

Bikes & Baseball

April 2, 2011

We now all have bikes! I haven't ridden a bike in probably a decade, and now I own one again. The purple one is mine.

Here are Josh and Kaden practicing throwing and catching the baseball. All the boys have their own baseball mitts and they love to play ball with Daddy.

Portland Children's Museum - April 2nd

April 2, 2011

We have a membership to the Portland Children's Museum this year. This is the first visit we were able to bring Daddy.

Treehouse fun.

Usually when we go out, I take most of the photos, Josh turned the camera on me.

The Dig Pit. This is the favorite area!

Days Off in Denver

March 24, 2011 - Josh stayed home with the boys and I flew down to Denver for 5 days! I enjoyed every minute! I stayed with my BCF Maryann. I call her Nan. It was awesome to see her. She took such good care of me and I had a great time! Plus I slept in every day until 9am! Loved it!

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March 26, 2011 - Downtown Denver Aquarium

We found a great deal online to get into the aquarium for 1/2 price and it was totally worth it. Beautiful sea life! A fun time!

Panning for gemstones.

The Mystic Mermaids of Paradise Cove.

Tigers and Mermaids...the Denver Aquarium has it all!

Caleb and I.

My cousins Maryann, Linda and I.

My cousin Brenda.

My cousin Tammy.

I love you Nan! You are amazing and I love how you just get me!

Thanks for a lovely time!

...And thanks to my hubby for taking such good care of my boys while I was away!

The Quilt that Love Built ;)

(Josh will say the title of this post is so corny....but I love it!)

March 10, 2011 - Josh has been wanting a new quilt for a long time. We decided to make a quilt from a bunch of his old T-shirts, half of them were his. (Last term, Josh had to make something for his class, from recycled materials. So, although I think he only cut a few squares, and stitched a few inches...he did over see my work on the project. The pictures are proof of his involvement. :) ...And he'll probably kill me for posting them...but I love you Josh!

Josh did personally approve each square and the quilt layout. And, well...I did everything else.

Here it is up on the quilt frame. I hand quilted each square and it took hours. I think about 2 days.

March 22 - 12 days later. Here is the finished quilt. I'm really pleased with the finished quilt. Josh chose a blue "Chicago Bears" fleece for the edging. The Chicago Bears have always been Josh's favorite football team.

I hand stitched around the little "Fender" patch and it's open at the top --- A little pick pocket for his guitar pick. :)

Josh chose a great tan jersey for the quilt backing. And the quilt batting was made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. So this quilt is over 50% "green" as they say. Josh loves it so much, we had to sleep with it on our bed for days after completion. I love you Josh!