Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Portland, Oregon

We have been wanting to visit Chris and Hailey for sometime now and this past weekend we were able to get away. It also happened to be the same time that Drew and Jill were visiting them too (we got a little visit from them before and after their visit from Chris and Hailey's, sure glad we are on the way!). We had so much fun and we can't believe how beautiful it is there. The first night Hailey made us some homemade pizza that put my pizza to shame :0( I think I have learned her trick now...we'll see. Saturday we went to Eagle Creek for a breathtaking hike :0). It was the most beautiful hike we have ever been on. There was water at every turn.

On the opposide side of the creek you would see beautiful waterfalls like this. On the trail side you would be walking underneath this, getting showered with little streams. The boys loved it! They didn't want anything to do with Brian and I though...It was these two who the hulligians perferred. I can't blame them though, they're pretty cool!And to tell you the truth...We wouldn't have been able to go on the beautiful, amazing, gorgeous hike without them.Jill, Drew and Cruz provided us with a yummy lunch as well as good company.This was punch bowl falls, the destination of our hike.We then made our way to the coast, which was about two hours away (perfect naptime) and made it just in time to see the sun go down...And have a little dinner at Mo's.We didn't stop there though, when we got back we went swimming! The boys were loving it with Chris and Hailey and even though it was way past their bedtime they didn't whine ONCE!! I was impressed and glad we didn't just put them to bed. On Sunday we went to Chris and Hailey's ward. They were all so nice, and LOVE Chris and Hailey. It was fun to hear from them how wonderful Chris and Hailey are, and know what great people they are. Thanks Chris and Hailey we really had a BLAST!!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Random

These pictures are from a couple days ago, I just forgot to post them but this is Marc's new favorite past time. Brian taught him how to play and now he always wants to play and be on the "Twins" and makes Tyson be on the " 'ankees." It is was fun to watch them play. They really just like to hit the ball and run around.
Tyson ended up using a stick for a bat. They really have a "ball!"Carter got the real baseball but didn't do much but throw it around. He likes to do what his brothers do.

We got a Target Magazine in the mail the other day and I hid it at first but gave it to Carter to entertain him, I soon found Marcus and Tyson going through the pages. It was a little flashback for Brian and I; we remember pouring through magazines picking the toys we would just love to have for Christmas. I told them they should pick some things out because Christmas, and Birthdays are coming up. They were thrilled, and picked out a whole lot!


Marcus also suprised me with this. We got an activity book in Sun Valley and Marcus was looking through it with his pen and found this page. Later I was looking at all of the things he had done and he turned to this page and explained that he was writing the numbers with lines. I was shocked! He got them all right except 6 which would be right if you count the inner and outer lines. I was really proud of him!