September 2012

4 mile hike with 1500' gain

navigating at Gumjuwac Saddle

Braeden gently caught a butterfly in the preschool classroom during the first week of school.  He ran outside to release it from his little four-year old hands. The class watched it fly away.  I love this scene.

The twins "rowed" their first boat on Lost Lake north of Mt Hood. They caught 2 12"-long trout each. Kaia reeled one in like it was a Marlin. After 20 failed attempts to get the fish in the hand net, Braeden finally picked it up by the string and put it in the net. Whatever works! Now we're having trout for dinner...yum!

August 2012

Cape Falcon, one of the most beautiful parts of the Oregon Coast

exploring Smuggler's Cove

examining clams at Smuggler's Cove

Recently, Kristen was explaining to Kaia as she came off the "thinking chair" that hitting her brother is not a good choice. It is painful and hurts her brother's feelings. She gave the non-violence reminder a solemn nod and replied, "Yes, mama. I don't want to hurt Brae anymore. I'll just tell him I'll only hit him once a day.

June 2012

Braeden caught his first fish Friday night - a little large mouth bass! He was VERY excited:)

First trip to the dentist! Braeden tried several times to say "see ya later" before it was his turn to sit in the dentist's chair. The dentist got him to laugh by saying "whose alligator teeth are these?" Their teeth look great. So far, so good!

The hike down to our favorite Oregon surf spot

Memorial Day 2012

Memorial Day hike: Table Rock Wilderness

5 mile hike for small legs

May 2012

 

Here are some of the twins new break dancing moves.

More pics from our favorite beach spot on the Oregon coast

Jan 2012 (2)

 We have been taking advantage of the massive amounts of snow Mt Hood has been receiving to go backcountry and cross-country skiing. This past weekend the twins were skied into Badger Creek Wilderness and spent a night winter camping. Braeden looked outside at the stars and yelled, "Dad! I see Venus!" He was right!

It snowed 9 inches over the two days and the twins woke up to a snow-covered tent.

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Jan 2012

We had such a great holiday break with the family.  We spent a weekend backcountry skiing at Cooper Spur on Mt. Hood.  The following weekend we returned to stay at a rustic cabin and the twins went sledding, built snow people, built a snow fort and had a good old snow ball fight with our friends and their kids. Then we went cross-country skiing around Trillium Lake with a beautiful sunny view of Mt Hood. Welcome 2012!