Hiking the Falls of the Gorge

Just two days before I was scheduled to go in for an induction we decided to go up the gorge hiking the falls. (hopefully it will help the baby come?) Cheryl was here and so it was even more fun because she alway adds a lot of fun to anything the kids do. We hiked, explored and saw so many amazingly beautiful things. It is fun to live in a place that gives you the desire to set out in nature and explore the beauty of it. We saw many waterfalls, some were so tall that we couldn't get them in the picture all the way, others were seasonal and fleeting. The boys loved looking at the vegetation and climbing the rocks.

Calder's 1st t-ball game!

Calder's first game was a big hit! He did a great job and worked really hard. He had a lot of fun. He is really happy because many of his friends are on his team. There is Ruby and Chaz from preschool and Taylor and Spencer from church. They have a really patient, nice coach and he makes them really love the game. When other batters are hitting the rest of the team sits on buckets, not only does it keep them from getting muddy (this is Oregon after all) but it also keeps them in one place! Calder is a lefty and his coach makes sure that he is taught to hit left handed. He does a good job too! He hit the ball and ran to 1st! Way to go Calder!!

Levi's Rythmn Program

Every year Levi's school has a Rythmn program where every class in the school learns a dance. Last year Levi did the Mexican Hat Dance, big hats and all.

This year his class learned a 50's dance to rockin' around the clock. It was so fun to watch all the kids perform their dances in costume and all. There were so many different types of dances and the teachers even performed a 40's swing dance. They work on their dances for a long time and then perform them for the parents. It is SO much fun.

I am really glad they remember the arts in this school.

Klamath Falls Trip

We went down to Klamath Falls just a couple of weeks before my due date. Crazy, I know. But it would have been really fun if Ansel hadn't developed a fever of 104. He had huge tonsils with white spots and was really lethargic. In fact, he got so bad at one point that he started to hallucinate. So, needless to say we spent much of our time in the beautiful 3 bdrm condo my dad had rented for the weekend. Hey it could have been worse, we could have been camping. Instead we had a full kitchen and living room with fireplace and TV with DVD player so Ansel could be warm and watch movies. There was a pool on the resort and so the bigger boys got to go swimming and play on playgrounds. One time on the way back from the lodge and pool we spotted this little ground squirrel is sat there watching us pass and I decided to take his picture, he let me get as close as three feet and then decided that was close enough and disappeared down his hole. The one thing that we did do was go see Crater Lake, it was springtime and nice down at the resort, but when we got up to the Lake there was at least 10 or more feet of snow. What a difference a couple thousand feet make! The boys loved jumping off the bathroom roof and sliding down, Calder got his foot stuck once and was pretty scared! But all in all , it was a fun time. Ansel, however, stayed in the car asleep. The next day we drove home and took Ansel straight to the doctors. His fever had never gone down the whole weekend. The doctor gave him some antibiotics and it was gone the next day. What a relief!

Easter Sunday 2007

Easter this year was rainy, so the Easter Bunny didn't do too much outside The boys had fun searching inside and out for easter eggs and goodies.




Levi and Calder were really good about leaving the easy ones for Ansel to get. After they had found all of the eggs inside they got umbrellas and went outside to search.






Then when all of the eggs were found the boys decided to divide up everything equally so they opened up their eggs and sorted into like piles. This is one of Levi's favorite things to do so he did most of it, in the end we had three little boys and a whole lot of candy.




That darn Easter Bunny, I just know some of it will end up in my tummy!!