Happy Birthday Uncle David!

This is the best way to post the video...Maren's Uncle David has not met her yet, so we have to send video. David...We love you!

Cider making!

We spent the afternoon on Saturday making apple cider at Nate and Ramey's Annual Cider making party. All my blog friends were there...so I figured I better share some cute pictures. The total came to over 150 gallons of cider, which beat last years record of 100 gallons. Thanks to Nate and Ramey for hosting such a fun event! Gracie may have been the cutest cider maker there...but her friend Sophie was pretty cute too. I'm sure their mama's blogs have more cute pics! Check it out.

The day we learned we were a baby mama and papa

This is our second ultra sound at 9 weeks and 3 days.

The most exciting day of the summer was 4th of July. We were up at Lake Tapps with Jordan and Kristin for the annual event. Kristin's parents are the such gracious hosts to have us over and over...after last years flu epidemic, Justin's injuries and trips to the hospital. We were enjoying an injury-free day when I was beginning to feel really sick. We had been hoping for a positive test result, but after taking 10 or more pee-on-a-stick tests...we were feeling like this just wasn't going to be the month. Plus...it is pretty normal for someone to get sick while staying with John and Debbie!

During the 4th of July party, I told Justin I just HAD to go to Walgreens to get a few last minute items for dance camp (I was leaving early the next morning). So in the middle of the 4th of July party...I headed out...bought my 11th test and came back to the house. I took the test and was so extastic to finally see the line! But I took about 2 more, just to be sure.


I made Justin leave the party immediately and he wasn't very happy with me. Especially when I made him stop at Wallmart to get a few more things for "dance camp." Really, I was hoping to find a little gift for him that said "World's Best Dad" or something! Couldn't find anything....and so about 30 minutes later, he came stomping into the store, just as I was on my way out. He was so mad at me! But as soon as I gave him a daddy gift, that sensitive spirit of his came back out and we were able to share the moment together...in a Wallmart parking lot...on a hot July day!

Catching Up! Summer 2008

We had many great adventures this summer, but one of our favorites was canoeing down the Willamette one beautiful summer day. Next year we plan to go from Eugene to Oregon City...anyone want to join us?

Matt, Brandy, and the kids along with my mom and dad went camping at Silver Creek Falls.

Justin went crawdading there...

And we hiked the entire trail.

Barkley welcomed his new friend Ranger into the world. Ranger (who real names is Luke Sky Walker Texas Ranger) looks just like him just not quite as big yet. They love to have play dates when their mom's are planning for dance team.

We enjoyed camping at the lake a couple times

And spent lots of time with growing Tommy...

And little brother Peyton!

And of course we spent a lot of time on the water up at Lake Tapps with Jordan and Kristin. Justin mastered the wake surf and only went to the hospital once this summer.

To wrap up the summer, I ran the Hood to coast again. My brother and his friend Steve come up from Cali. I was pretty proud of myself to be running 3 months prego. And I even ran faster than I did last year!

Here Keely and I are trying to find a few minutes to sleep in between our legs of the race.

Bits and pieces of insanity

Another year of dance comes to an end this next week. Come and check it out! My girls will be dancing around 7pm at the memorial Coliseum, Wednesday and Thursday. Check out OSAA for more info. They have worked really hard since August to prepare for this exciting conclusion to our season. Our show "Chance of Rain" has gotten even better with an customized introduction from Bruce Sussman (New Channel 6 meteorologist)! I wish I knew how to put that clip on the blog.

As if we don't have enough going on right now with dance, baseball, after school programs, and getting ready to move...we had to replace the roof on our garage. Justin and his dad worked all day, after a morning of baseball practice, on falling through the rotting roof! He'll be listening to a sermon on the ipod while he misses church to finish it tomorrow :) I love that boy! Oh, and if anyone wants to help us move in 10 days let us know!

I thought it was about time to show off Justin's nephew Tommy (the big brother to Peyton). He is just learning to walk and is developing his personality faster than we can keep up with! He loves "where's Tommy" games, "how big is Tommy....so big!", and he just learned to ruff like dog! He is so much fun!

The Packing Begins!!

We did it! We can't even believe that it was only 20 days ago that we decided to list our house. Now here we are with a sold house and an accepted offer onto the house of our dreams! Ok, maybe not the house of our dreams, but better than anything we could have ever asked for. We had to make the decision between a house that was already built (but still new) and a building a house one street over. It was such a hard decision, and it came down to the bedroom, office, fireplace, fence, and landscaping that this house had and the one we would build did not have. The picture doesn't show the finished landscaping and for some reason they went back and painted the door red, maybe to make us feel at home :) We will be moving during Spring Break March 20th or so...but we have plans to be at the beach all week, so who knows when we are going to be moving. We will be out of our house by March 20th...I think I will cry, I love this little house. But I am sure when I experience 1900 square feet compared to our measly 780...I won't be crying for long!!! We can't wait to have everyone over to make our new house feel like home.

FOR SALE!

We just put our house up on the market tonight! Whew! We have our eye on a place in Oregon City...so please join us in praying for this important transition. I'll post pictures of the house we are looking at as soon as we get an offer on our place. (We don't want to get too excited just yet) It just all so bitter sweet!
We'll sure miss this little cream puff!