Thanksgiving in Sunriver

Guess Who's Who????


Look down for the answer...

Grant is on the top and Will is on the bottom!

Our baby boy is getting so big. Will is now 3 months old! He is working on rolling from his back to his tummy....he does a lot of laying on his side and today got everything but his head rolled over. It won't be long before he will be all over the place.

The boys and I spent a week in Sunriver over the Thanksgiving holiday. We went over with Steve and Cindy on Monday before Thanksgiving and Josh came over for a couple nights for the big dinner. Sharon & Andy came over too. We had a lot of fun, snowball fighting, lounging, playing Wii and just hanging out together.

We got lucky and there was a little snow on the ground when we got there!

This is what we did most of the time....snuggle up in the couch with blankets! Ahhhh....

Although Grant missed his Thanksgiving Feast at Preschool, we brought his "Indian Chief" costume with us and he ran around the house like a wild man!

With the little snow we had on the ground, we were able to make a little sledding work for Grant and his buddy Brady Hottmann.

A Sunriver tradition.....seeing the lighting of the lodge lights and Santa and Mrs. Claus come in on their sled. They did the coolest thing....they had a plane in the night sky flying with a red light on the front (Rudolph's nose) and sparks coming out the back like it was coming in for a landing. Then, shortly after it landed the parade started and Santa came in on his sled. So cool!

Grant and I even got to hop in the sleigh for a picture!

The girls- Sister-in-law Sharon, Mother-in-law Cindy and Me!

The next morning we went to the lodge and had breakfast with Santa! Grant asked Santa for a blue bike with two wheels and a bell on top!

There in nothing like the magic of the holiday through the eyes of an "almost" four year old! The question I hear daily is "How many sleeps until Christmas?" He can't wait.

Cathing Up Again....Part 1 (June)

I guess that each of my blogs should be titled....Catching Up! Since lately I haven't had a lot of time to blog. I guess that means we have been having lots of fun.

Lets start where we left off......back in June. Since my last blog we have spent almost two weeks in Sunriver. The first trip was with Josh's family. We had lots of fun....

We went on a family rafting trip- here are the boys getting the rafts readyNow it is time to float and relax...Andy, Sharon, Steve and Cindy look like they have perfected the relaxing part.
Grant was thrilled to just "oar" the whole time....with his Daddy's help. We fit in a little fishing right on the banks of the Deschutes outside the house....Grant caught the same orange fish over and over- and was happy doing so. Andy and Sharon where a little more serious.....Andy even caught a big trout.

Sunriver has a great putt putt golf course at the lodge with real grass.....I think this might have been the highlight of the trip for Grant. He was very serious about his golfing.

The weather was mild while we were over there so we only spent one day at the pool.....but Grant got in about 3 hours of swimming that day. Here Grant is taking one of his short breaks from the pool.

What a great time! The whole week Grant kept saying "I love Sunriver!"

Next event in the month of June was Father's Day. Josh spent the morning on the golf course with my Dad and Uncle Tom and then we all met up at my parents house in Colton for a BBQ.

The kids had fun playing in the playhouse....Aunt Sandy takes a turn pushing Grant on the swing. You could find most of the dads hanging around the Traeger BBQ watching the meat cook....must be a guy thing. There were lots of things for the kids to do....pet the horses, play with the dogs, and even modify the game of pool. Cousin Brooklyn gives Grant a little squeeze. Ladder golf was a hit too until Grant hit the horse in the booty with the golf balls!
It was a great way to celebrate the dads!

To the Beach Again....

We kicked off the Memorial Day weekend by celebrating Andy's birthday as a family on Wednesday night. Grant loved playing Ladder Golf and was actually quite good at it!
He loved carrying around all the golf balls on strings!

We sang Happy Birthday to Andy "twice", which I am sure he appreciated :-)

Grant thought the best present was the big box that Uncle Andy's shop vac came in. Can you find Grant?

Then it was off to the beach on Sunday of Memorial Day. We decided to go to Seaside again and this time to bring Josh (Dad)! We hit the aquarium where Grant held many things including this hermit crab.

As you can see it was a great day to be at the beach...It doesn't get much better than this in Oregon!
Then it was off to wait in line at the bumper cars!

Grant had fun tearing it up with his Daddy!

Of course we had to ride the mini train again.......this time Grant was thrilled to sit in the Caboose.

After Seaside we headed down to Rock Away, where my parents were staying with my brother and his family. We got to spend some quality time in the sand. Papa gets his feet buried by Brook!
My Mom, (a.k.a Mimi) had the dogs on the beach too.

Grant loved running in the sand...

What a beautiful beach

I was seriously running for my life because the water was sooooo......COLD! It didn't seem to bother Brook or Grant though.

I hung back and watched them get wet in the waves...

What an all around fun day! It was nice to spend the day with my boys and family.

Mother's Day

I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful Mother's Day....the weather was perfect and I got to spend lots of time with my family. The morning started off with Josh, Grant and I meeting my mom, dad, Ryan (brother) and Wendi, Brooklyn and Jack at Starbucks for a morning coffee and treat. We then headed to the Zoo! We had so much fun walking all over and seeing the animals, but I think the best part was all the smiles and laughs from the kids. Grant and Brook were buddies and ran from exhibit to exhibit..

Grant hardly slowed down enough to get a Mother's Day photo with me...

Grant's main goal was to get on the train (of course). He was also super excited to see the "hippo MO pottumuses" too.

Papa John seemed to always have a kid on his back or shoulders

Grant was able to sit eye to eye with a big monkey!

After the Zoo...I was exhausted so we went home and I was able to take a nap before we headed out to dinner with Josh's mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law. We meet in the Pearl at Piazza Italia for a wonderful dinner. Grant gave me the best gift of all and sat through dinner like a perfect gentleman.....maybe the zoo had tired him out! Either way it was such a nice dinner and we followed it up with dessert and some presents at our house.

What a wonderful day! I am thankful for the wonderful moms in my life who continue to be an inspiration to me as a mother. Without your advice, love and guidance I am not sure I could be the mother I am to Grant! Thanks!

A Visit From the Easter Bunny

This was the first year that Grant was super excited for a visit from the Easter Bunny! We had talked a lot about the Easter bunny, but also the true meaning of Easter and it was so cute because he would say "the most important part of Easter is God." But bottom line he couldn't wait to hunt for those eggs :-)

When he woke up he ran downstairs and started looking for the eggs. He spotted quite a few right away and with each egg discovery he grew even more excited!

He realized he hit the mother load when he found his Easter Basket!

The festivities had just started and this was the first of many egg hunts of the day....Grant's Mimi and Papa John came over with more Easter loot....

Then it was off to church followed by a family brunch at Josh's parents house. We had wonderful food and another egg hunt for Grant. His Easter outfit made it until just prior to the brunch (I should know that a white shirt and a 3 year old boy just don't mesh).


After brunch we made the trip to Gigi's house (Grant's Great Grandma Ouellette) for another egg hunt and wonerful dinner. Grant had lots of fun playing paddle ball....the pink glasses were for eye protection after he got a shiner from the hard rubber ball.

Our family had a blessed Easter!