Happy 7th Birthday to Aidan!

Spring 2010 Highlights

Lauren vacuumed the floor and learned to ride the tagalong (although her feet don't reach the pedals yet), we went to the OSU spring football game with our friends Jacob and Ashley, we went to an OSU baseball game, we played out front, we hiked at Chip Ross Park, we spent time lying around...

Maybe I will just blog in months that begin with A?

Wow, 4 months have gone by! I have not been keeping up with the blog very well since I started posting pictures on Facebook. However, one beloved grandma and another beloved great-grandma are not on Facebook and have assured me that I need to update the blog. So, I will try to do so on a monthly basis...that's my goal. Enjoy, Grandma Bev and Great-Grandma Audrey!

February beach trip

We drove over to the beach (Waldport) in early February. For Lauren, the beach means wearing her bathing suit, regardless of the weather. We were all bundled up and she was happy in her bathing suit and sandals!

Finally, some Christmas photos

We had such a fun Christmas this year, it seems like the kids are at great ages to really appreciate all the traditions, treats, decorations, etc. They were super cute with all of their gifts (which we tried to keep to a minimum this year because it can get so overwhelming). Santa brought a rope ladder for our basement (see photos), and Aidan was thrilled with his new Legos.

Gingerbread House

We tried our hand at gingerbread house decorating this year! The kids had a blast...especially exciting was going to the grocery store to pick out all the candy from the bulk bins.

Aidan got to wear pajamas to school on Friday, so of course Lauren wanted to, also. They wore them all day! (They watched The Polar Express and had hot chocolate and popcorn in Aidan's classroom.)

Fish pond! We made a little bit of blue icing and then put two Swedish fish in it.

Aidan's side (note all the marching gummy bears).

Lauren's side!

AJ and the Beavers

We stumbled upon a practice happening at Reser Stadium tonight. AJ and Ryan hung around afterward (I had to take a sleepy Lauren home), and AJ got his little football autographed and his picture taken with some of the players. Super exciting!

With awesome running back Jacquizz Rodgers.

And with Jacquizz's equally awesome brother, wide receiver James Rodgers.

Getting an autograph from tight end Joe Halahuni.

And with head coach Mike Riley, who Ryan says was unbelievably friendly and thanked them profusely for coming to watch the practice! What fun!

Halloween 2009

A wonderful time was had by all! It was especially fun to see Lauren really enjoying Halloween this year and not being scared of it. She dressed as her alter-ego, "Spiderman Boy." Aidan was officer Mayfield! In the morning, we walked down to the football stadium where there was a fun event, "Trick-or-Treat with the Beavers." All the student athletes had different booths with activities, giveaways and candy for the kids. It was also fun to walk through all the tailgating hoopla in advance of the football game vs. UCLA. Some of the tailgaters even brought candy for the kids! In the evening, we had pizza and went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood with our buddies Nick, Felice, Henry and Max. Happy November!

Third Referral Anniversay

I'm excited that so far we've managed to keep up with this tradition. Here are a few pictures of 3-year-old Lauren holding our first picture of baby Lauren. Love this girl!