Jonah at a Glance...

A friend of mine did this little interview with her kids for her blog, and I thought it was a great idea, so I am copying it. :)
Here you go!
What's your favorite thing to do?
To work, oh, to play video games, actually
What's your favorite movie?
Star Wars, Episode 3
What's your favorite video game?
Lego Star Wars
If you could paint your room any color, what color would it be?
Green!
What do you want to be when you grow up?
That's a tough one...a Jedi
Who's your favorite person?
Jake, no Samuel. Jake and Samuel, actually.
Who's your favorite character in the Bible?
Joshua
If you had $5 what would you buy?
I would save my money for Lego Star Wars Old Version
What's your favorite thing to eat?
Macaroni!
What's your favorite dessert?
Popsicle!
Who's your favorite person to play with?
Samuel and Jake again
What's your favorite game to play?
Old Maid
What's the best kind of cereal ever?
Frosted Joe's O's! No, actually, Frosted Flakes!
If you could go anywhere today, where would you go?
To Samuel's house
What's your favorite Bible verse?
Psalm 23

Ava at a Glance...

What's your favorite thing to do?
Watch movies
What's your favorite movie?
Ariel
If you could paint your bedroom any color, what color would it be?
Yellow
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A mermaid
Who's your favorite person?
Nanna
Who's your favorite character in the Bible?
Jonah and the Big Fish
If you had $5 what would you buy?
Ariel toy, no, um, a toy Barbie
What's your favorite thing to eat?
Cheetos!
What's your favorite dessert?
Orange and chocolate chip gelato
Who's your favorite person to play with?
Jolie and Sarah
What's your favorite game to play?
That kind of game that you connect (Connect Four)
What's the best kind of cereal ever?
Frosted Chex!
If you could go anywhere today, where would you go?
To Target and buy me an Ariel dress-up
What's your favorite Bible verse?
"When I am afraid I will trust in You."

PE Class Park Day

We joined a PE Co-op for homeschool next year and went to one park day already. The older kids decided in advance that they were going to make a raft this time to float out to the little island in the middle of the pond...

It didn't quite float, but they had fun making it! I thought it was very creative of them and Jonah got to help hammer a few nails in, too.

Ava posing by the pond...I can't remember that little boys' name...

At the Playground

Jonah fulfilled this Kindergarten rite of passage last year and now does really well on the monkey bars.

Ava in time out...oops! But she's still so cute!

Jonah rode his bike (he's getting faster on it) to the elementary school playground while we walked...it was fun!

Sisters

Wow, they look nothing alike in these pictures, but Brynne reminds me of Ava at this age...I think it's the round head and lack of hair...They're both just so darn cute!

Slip Sliding Away!

Thanks for the Slip 'N Slide Gammie!!

This is how Ava plays on the Slip 'N Slide: Jump around and then run back and forth on it until she's really wet!

I love this photo! My best friend growing up invited me over when we first met and we went on her Slip 'N Slide. Good memories!

One Cutie. . .

4 months old; 14 pounds!

Hiking with Bepo

A week ago my sister April (Bepo) took Jonah on a hike all by himself so they could actually finish (Click here for photos of a previously disappointing hike). They got all the way to the top (4.5 miles one way) and the first thing he said was "I wish Ava were here!"

I don't know about this, April, it looks like he could just fall off the edge and into the Columbia!

Flora and Fauna

Some of the beautiful wildflowers and scenery along Angel's Rest hike.

More hiking...

A self-portrait

Check out those crazy, twisty, long, white legs

Joe with Bepo

King of the mountain!

Remind you of anyone??

Who does this profile remind you of?

All the Little Birdies on Jaybird Street...

This nest was in the Arborvitae bush next to our front porch...we could hear their little "Tweets" and Jon & the kids investigated. They found a nest with at least three baby birds inside. Two days later the birdies flew the coop! I saw them on the phone line that leads to our house the other day--they were so little and cute!

Big Big Brynne

I weighed Brynne this morning and it said 13 lbs!! I knew she was getting bigger, but holy cow, I was thinking she was like 11 1/2 or something. That means she has more than doubled her birth weight already. It's so crazy that she once was sooooo tiny and now she's just a little small for her age. :)
She's catchin' up!

Conversations On The Porch (part two)

I am sitting here on the couch feeding Brynne, and eavesdropping on the kids who are on the porch eating a piece of candy and talking...
Jonah: This is Samson.
Ava: Who's that?
J: He's a guy I learned about in my church.
A: Oh he has long hair. Who's he going to marry? (what a girl!)
J: He marries this girl but he didn't know she was a Philistine.
A: And she cuts OFF all his hair!
J: And they threw a party with all the Philistines and Samson didn't have any strength, but he prayed and God gave him his strength back and he killed them all!
A: Wow! Read me another story!
J: That's all the stories we're having for today. Hey, if you put all your Laffy Taffy in your mouth I'll give you a penny!

3 months old

Jonah took these photos of Brynne recently. I think they turned out pretty good!

Brynney thinks Jonah's hallarious; he'll pretend to put anything on her head and say in sing-song "The Boo-Boo has a little Boo-Boo hat!" which elicits smiles from her and screams from me to "get that remote off the baby!"

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to Jon, who truly exemplifies every day our own Abba Father's love for His children.
We love you!

Just a few lessons...learned after 37 hours in the car:

• If your daughter starts to throw up, pull over right away (severe consequences may occur!)

• Bring a portable DVD player, and try to make sure all the DVDs are not scratched before you go so you don't have to constantly be climbing over the seat to fix it.

• Find every Dutch Bros Coffee shop between where you start and where you are going (it's really yummy).

• Make sure to eat at In N Out at least four times to make those 37 hours worth every bite...
  

• Try to avoid having your son catch the stomach flu while on your vacation.

• Try to find a hotel at midnight on the way home, they give you good rates that way ($60 off!)

• If your daughter says she has to go potty, pull over right away (severe consequences may occur!)

• Make everyone at least TRY to go potty every time you stop (it felt like we stopped every hour on the way down!)
  

• Start your roadtrip from the beach so you all have sand in every crevice and can start making those pearls.

• Leave some milk and cream in your fridge so it can be really nice and stinky when you get home. :)
  

Happy 60th Birthday Mom!

Mom turned 60 and we drove down for the event! It was a lot of fun and the party was beautiful (as was my mom)! Ava had the quote of the night when, during a pause in April's speech she loudly said, "Did you know this is fake grass?" Jonah is in awe that we had to put 60 candles in the cake (make that two cakes, hee hee)...oh, and that is my dad pointing at Mom, who is obviously relishing the moment with two big thumbs-up signs.



Jon and I enjoying the ambiance.
JoAnna, Jamie, and Norah waiting for the caterer, no doubt...
JoAnna and John with their youngest, Seth
My dad's tow'd filled with lovely ladies. Sarah is my niece in the back wearing peach
The boys had so much fun together! It's cool that my sisters and I enjoyed the pinball machine growing up and now the grankids are enjoying it as well.
Ava taking a break to watch a movie. The party went really long into the evening and all the kidlets were tired...
Lovely April with lovely Grace
Adam with baby Norah, who did not want to go to sleep and miss any of the fun.