Fathers and Sons 2009

This past weekend was Wesley's very first Fathers and Sons Campout and he loved every minute of it. A few months ago he saw a commercial on T.V. for a fishing pole and ever since then he has been begging to go fishing. I had decided that on Orrin's one week break in June that we would go camping and fishing at this place I found called Hornings Hideout . Then a few weeks later I found out that our ward's Fathers and Sons was planned for the same spot. With all the places they have to camp here in Oregon I picked the same spot! Funny. Wesley and Orrin had a blast and had many stories to tell when they got home.

They talked about the camp fire that they cooked their hotdog dinner in. Wes was very excited to tell me about the fire and how it shot little fires up into the air like fireworks.

They also got to play with Salamanders and Peacocks (that kept them up all night).

They went fishing that morning really early and caught a fish (trout) in about 20 seconds. Orrin said that the fish were biting like crazy (ready for breakfast).Then they practiced casting and played around the pond. Wes was very proud of his fish.

Wes loved fishing! (I think uncle Tyler has a new fishing buddy.) Now, every day, almost a million times a day, he asks us if we can go fishing again and bring Brad. We will definitely take another camping trip this summer. There are so many beautiful places here.

I told Orrin that if they caught a fish that I would cook it up for them for Sunday dinner. I had never cooked a fish with eyes before but I think it turned out pretty good.

Who is Who?

I was going through my pictures and saw some pictures of Wes and I thought they looked just like Brad. What do you think? These are pictures of them at 6 months. So Cute!

Growing up too Fast!

In 5 days Bradley will be 6 months! Wow it has gone by so fast for me. I am sure it's from the lack of sleep these last 6 months (Brad has not been the best sleeper). We have loved every minute of watching Brad hitting each little milestone. He has started to roll over and now always wants to be on his tummy. He is very much into everything that is going on around him and never wants to be left out. He always wants what you have in your hands or be apart of what you are doing. Which makes eating really hard. He loves to smile at anyone who will catch his eye. He even likes talking with Grandma and Grandpa on the webcam. He is a very happy baby but always wants to be held. He also loves blowing raspberries. This weekend we decided it was time for him to try some rice cereal. On our weekly Friday night shopping trip we got all the supplies. On Saturday we tried giving him some for the first time. I really didn't think that he would like it because he is very picky about how he eats (he will not take a bottle and likes to eat in a quite place). He did better than I thought. He didn't love it but I know it will take practice.

Today I came in the room and both Wes and Brad were laying on the floor. Wes was doing silly things to make Bradley giggle. It was so cute. Even though I don't get a lot of sleep, have to deal with tantrums, do everything with a baby in my arms, clean up millions of messes, I wouldn't trade any of it for these moments.

"Recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction."-Elder M. Russell Ballard

A Future American Idol

My most favorite person to listen to sing lately has been Wesley. Within the last few weeks he has started to sing songs. Before, all I would get are car sounds, dinosaurs and other animal sounds. But now every once and a while I get a song. I think it is so cute! It just melts my heart. But the best part of all is that his singing is magical. Wesley has learned that when Bradley is crying if he starts to sing "The Itsy Bisty Spider" he will stop. It works almost every time and I love it. It is so nice for me to have Wesley distract Brad for a minute before I can get to him. Wes also thinks it is pretty cool that he can make Brad so happy. He has also has fallen in love with a CD I got for him for Christmas, The Backyardigans:Born to Play. Well really, the whole family loves it. We find ourselves singing the songs all day long. Every time we get in the car we listen to it and have been since Christmas. It is really fun to be driving in the car and have everyone rocking out to the same music.

Happy Easter

To celebrate Easter we decorated eggs on Saturday Night and talked about Christ and his resurrection.


Sunday morning Wesley got to go and look for his and Bradley's Easter basket. At our house the Easter bunny hides the Easter baskets after filling them with treats and the colored eggs we made the night before.


Then we got them dressed for church in their matching dinosaur ties.


After Church we had dinner with some families in our ward. Then watched Wesley's new living scripture video about the life of Christ. It was a nice way to celebrate the the Savor and the atonement.

It's Orrins Turn

Orrin turned 28 on April 7th. Wesley and I had a fun time that day decorating and rapping presents.We even got to go pick Orrin up early from school to have more time to celebrate.

Our neighbors The frogs

Right outside our apartment building is a little dirty pond. We love to go out there and see what is living in there and lately we go to feed the two ducks that hang out there. But at night is when all the action starts. The frogs start croaking so loud that we can hear them from in the apartment. It sonds like there is a million of them but we have never seen any. As soon as someone gets close to the pond they stop.