Brad's 1st haircut

It took a whole year & 9 months for Brad to grow enough hair to get a hair cut. He sat so still the whole time. He literally did not move a inch I think mostly out of fear. He was so proud to get his treat and certificate afterwords. I love my handsome little boy. Too cute.

First day of 6 week break (Aug 16th) -- I know its October-- I am so behind.

Orrin's summer break doesnt start until the middle of August which is really kind of weird. We knew that he had to take this 6 weeks to prepare for part 1 of the boards and also take it before he goes back to school for the fall. But we wanted to take one day to have fun before he had to crack down and start studying. We decided to take a trip to the beach. It is always so beautiful there. It still is a little cold and I was so amazed that the boys wanted to stay in the water so long. They played in the water for about an hour! Every time we go to the coast I wonder why we don't go more often. It was such a fun day. That night we went and walked around Cannon Beach,had dinner, and got some fresh salt water taffy. Yummy!

Truck Day

I have to say how much I love the parks and rec district here in Beaverton. They are amazing. They have so many free and fun events for families. This year we decided to attend Truck Day. I was thinking that we would spend a hour or two there but we were there for 4 hours. They had every truck you could think of there. The kids were able to climb in every truck and play and honk the horn ( we wish we would have brought ear plugs but the kids had so much fun). My favorite was the bread truck. They had everyone stand on the back and lifted us up into the back of the truck and gave us cookies and loaves of bread. Yummy!

They even for some reason had people there teaching karate. Wes love it and was in aw of the boys in "karate costumes".

What now??

So a few days after our trip to the hospital with Wesley. He got a weird reaction to something ( we still don't know what it was). The Doctors office said that it was most likely not the hormone medication that he was taking for his little Asama attack but we haven't figure would what else it would be. His eyes swelled up for 2 days and he got these little red spots on his hands and neck.???? It got much worse then this pictures. What a crazy week for Wesley.

First Camping Trip of the Season

We decided to take a quick camping trip with some good friends from our ward, the last weekend in july. We ended up at Silver Falls, a place we camped at last year. It is a really nice place to camp and we had a blast even though we forgot our matches, butter, salt, and a pot to cook in, we made it work.

The boys had a blast right in their element (dirt, rocks, & sticks).

The next day we decided to hike around a few of the falls. In the picture Wes looks like he doesnt want to hike but he was just sick of me taking pictures:)
Wes loves hiking!

Brad rode on Orrin's back the way out and then walked most of the way back. He was a trooper!





Beautiful.

Trip to the Hospital

Last week we had a surprise visit to the Hospital via an ambulance. Wesley thought it was way fun but it freaked me out. After dinner on Monday night we noticed Wes was making a lot of noise while breathing. Only a few minutes later it turned into him crying that he can't breath and we noticed he was really trying hard to breath. I then called the after hours pediatrician office and they wanted to see him right away. When we got into the doctors office they gave him a breathing treatment which didn't seem to help. They decided to give him a steroid which still didn't help increase his oxygen level. The doctor then decided that we should have him admitted to the hospital. The hospital that she wanted us to go to was about 15 minutes away and the doctor really wanted him to be watched so she called us an ambulance to ride over in. Wes was a little out of it to really enjoy it (it was really hard for him to even talk) but he has been talking about it for the last week.

After we got to the hospital they did breathing treatments all through the night with other respiratory treatments. They also took 2 chest x-rays trying to determine if it was pneumonia , RSV, or something like that. He got a little worse through the night, they said that at one point he was hardly using his right lung. So we got to stay most of the next day playing games, watching t.v., and eating the chocolate milkshakes that I am obsessed with (I ate so many when I was in the hospital delivering Bradley).Throughout the day he progressively got better. The team of doctors met with me and said that it most likely is Asama. They said that he had an asmantic reaction to a little cold infection that he had got. With no other history of Asama they didn't think that he would need any daily treatment but just to watch and see what happens when he gets another cold. It was a scary experience for me but Wesley loved the fact that he got to sleep in the hospital and ride in an ambulance.

Summer Happenings

We have really been enjoying the summer sun. We have been trying to get outside as much as possible to store up the vitamin D before winter. Orrin is still in school so we have been trying to plan some summer fun on the weekends.

Berry Picking is one of my most favorite things to do.

The summer sun was heating up the strawberries and it smelled so good. Everyone picking the strawberries were talking about how wonderful it smelled. They were the best strawberries I had ever tasted!!








Of course the Blueberries were a hit too. They are my favorite. Brad was able to pick some for himself and they went straight into his mouth. He had so many berries.



We have also been going on lots of walks, bike rides, and hikes. We decided to try out one of the many trails on Marquam Hill which is the hill that Orrin's school is on. It was so weird to start up the trail and really feel like you are in the middle of the forest and not see a hint of civilization but knowing that through the trees are homes, stores and the Hospital/School. It's really a cool hill. I have gotten lost on it a few times so I have been able to see a lot of it.


We have also gone swimming. We have a pool here at our apartment and the boys have also been taking swimming lessons (which they love).