Father's Day

We had a nice and relaxing Fathers Day. We all were able to take a 2 hour nap after church. I don't think we have ever done that. Then we had dinner with the 1st years to celebrate the end of a class that they all hated (integrated bioscience). It's done for ever. Yeah!!! It was a nice day for such a deserving father. Orrin always makes time for his boys even during the busy times at school and I love that about him. They love him so much. Wes made a card for Orrin with 10 reasons why he loves his daddy. My favorite is that "He plays on the floor with us". I love watching them build things and play all together on the floor. I love my boys and their amazing Father.

Brad's new LOVE

I got this bath chair more for my convenience so that I could bath both boys at the same time but Brad loves it so much. He loves spending time in the water and to be able to splash around with his brother. I often will give him a bath a few times a day just because I love how happy he gets even when he just sees it.

The newest member of the Family.....

Wes has a wonderful imagination and I love hearing about all the things he dreams up in his melon. The lastest is the new member of our family... Smally. Smally is a very tiny man that fits in Wes's hand. We have to take Smally any time we leave the house. We even have forgotten him and HAD to go back in the house to get him. Wes will bring him to me and we put him in my purse or my pocket. I love my silly little man!

Memorial Day Weekend

For memorial day we spent the morning at Gabriel Park. It was a beautiful SUNNY day! We had a picnic, played on the play ground, and flew Orrin's little airplane. Funny thing last memorial day we spent time flying the airplane too. The boys spent about a hour playing with it. We also tried out our apartment's swimming pool (the high that day was only in the upper 70s). This was Brad's first time swimming and he loved it even though it was cold. That night I was home alone with the boys so we decided to make some homemade ice cream. Yummy!

Swimming Lessons

Wes has been taking swimming lessons for 7 weeks now and loves it. He wakes up everyday and asks if he gets to go to swimming lessons that day. His "teacher Richard"(as they call him) is so good with the kids and entertaining for the moms too. He is getting a lot better with each lesson. He now has a lot of confidence in the pool so we have to watch him even more now. He is taking swimming lessons at Harmon Swim Center and it is that is literally next door to our apartment complex. It is an indoor pool so we can take swimming lessons all year long.

Bradley's 6 month pictures

If you look really hard you can see his first tooth!

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.