Good Memories

Makayla didn't have any school on Friday so we decided to head to the Mt. and play in the snow. We ran into some rain on the way up which kind of dampered our moods, but by the time we got to where we wanted to play it was no longer rain THANKFULLY it was snow.

We headed up to Timberline to show the kids around and so they could see the view from the top and then we went down to our trusty sledding spot. We had a great day! It really snowed on us, but we'll take that any day over rain! Michael and I met 17 years ago (Jan. 29th) on Mt. Hood.

We'll have to take the kids back on a clear day to get a real appreciation of the view but Makayla was just so pleased to be as high as she could go on the Mt.

Sunshine and Blessings

I am not sure who is having more fun, but Michael picked Makayla up from the bus today in style. The previous owners of our home/property left behind this kid size 4 wheeler for us. Michael spent many hours fixing it up but now it runs and when it is dry enough he and the kids get out and play.

Makayla is getting pretty good at riding by herself. . . but we are still nervous about the whole event. She does have a helmet and thankfully was wearing it when dad tried to flip her off this afternoon. He really is too big but I just can't seem to keep him off of the thing. :o)

Anxiously Waiting. . .

When we bought our house we knew the one thing that was going to get done was the addition of a garage. Thankfully we have a huge unfinished basement to store all of Michael's toys for now along with our bikes, strollers and other "garage" stuff, but we are still very anxious to get this project completed.

We had a credit with Mascord Design Associates from the previous house plan we had drawn up so we went to them and asked that they draw up our garage addition. We have a very boring front to our house right now and so with the addition of the garage we asked that they add some character to the front of the house that will then tie the garage in better. Although the waiting was hard, we are very impressed with what Jon came up with. In addition, we would like to have more of a "master suite" and a larger office/guest room. So, this is what they came up with. We are still in the prelim. design phase, but hope to get this project kicked off in the next few weeks.

Baby Names??

Ok, so it has come to my attention that we should probably start thinking about baby names. Since we don't know what we are having, we need to pick one for each sex. . . . . any suggestions?