mr. happy

oliver is 5 months old today. as you can see he has quite the sturdy base, so he's starting to sit pretty well.
tummy time.

camping in the redwoods

we went camping a couple weeks ago with some good pals the drummonds, the harmans and the laytons. fun times. here's a few shots.


joel whizzing around on his new scooter. i know... he doesn't have a helmet on. he has one and he knows he's supposed to wear it, but he snuck off without it, the stinker.

new beds all around

well not for ben and i, but for all the boys.

bunk beds!







and a new crib for ollie. $150 at target! ...and it's darling. can't beat that.

embarrassed.

i'm am officially a moron. i was waiting in line for gas at costco tonight and my car dies... out of gas. apparently the 22 gallon tank that they advertised in the handbook of our new honda odyssey minivan is really a 19 1/2 gallon tank. i called out to this indian guy filling his tank in the line next to me to help me push the van forward. wow. my car is REALLY heavy. a couple more indian guys in line behind me hopped out of their car and helped us. good thing i was next in a humongous line that i had been waiting in for 20 minutes already. i was so embarrassed my hands were shaking. thanks to good samaritans number 1, 2 and 3 for helping out a silly girl.

4 months old

chubby man oliver enjoying checking out the world. this kid is so sweet and pleasant. i can't believe he's already 4 months old.

trip to washington

ben had a conference in portland for work a couple weeks ago, so we all got to tag along in our new mini-van. kadi just had a baby, so we were so stoked to see the new little guy and visit with his family. here's a few pics from the visit... sadly, we didn't get any of baby tyler. :(

this is the view of silver lake and mount st. helens from the porch of ben's parents house. so ugly, right?

boating on silver lake.

this is the assumed position of joel and carter when on the boat.

big joel.

how cute are these boys?

stencil tutorial link

several of you asked how i did the stencil projects. click here for the tutorial i used. super easy. if i can do it..... ANYONE can. :) you can download the stencil for the bird on the tutorial. the owl stencil i kind of just made up myself from a clip-art picture i found online. happy stenciling!

one more stencil...

look what i created!

i'm not the most confident crafter but i was so excited about these things.

bird stencil...












i copied the idea for these tree cards off of a card making blog, but i just think they are so gorgeous...


i didn't steal the idea for this one... :)
and here's me modeling my first successfully hemmed pair of pants... yay! i can sew!

three months old...

...and bigger than life. literally.