He's the best guy...

My poor husband is just 10 weeks from graduating from Pharmacy school and I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. He is currently doing the "rotation from hell' and works inhumanly long hours and most weekends and is working under a preceptor who's idea of motivating her students is to threaten failure on a daily basis. When he has a rare Saturday where he doesn't have to go into the hospital (like today) he is picking up shifts at the Target pharmacy. Today the kids were really missing him and Ewan especially kept asking about him, so when Evan got home (after basically not having a day off for about a month) the first thing he did was go play "airplane" on the bed with Ewan. For those of you who know Evan, you know it's no small sacrifice that he's only seen a few of the over 60 March madness college basket ball games and it's almost over. Evan went back to school to make a better future for us almost 7 years ago and has shown up to all of our children's births with study materials in hand. He has had the astronomical task of passing unbelievably hard classes and when most of his classmates were at the library all night, he was coming home to help with baths and bed time. He is endlessly patient with me and the kids and I just wanted to take this opportunity to say..."I love you Evan."

OMSI

OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

Putting together a stegosaurus model

Heather and the boys pose with an oviraptor

Heather-a-saurus
My friend Heather and I took the kids to OMSI. We braved the crowds and noise because they have an awesome traveling dinosaur exhibit from China right now. The kids had such a blast and we stayed for 5HOURS! Most amazingly-that was 5hrs. without a single meltdown!

My little Fishies...
Up until a few days ago, when we went to the pool, I had two little people who were still clinging to me most of the time...then from out of the blue, one day I had two little fearless fishies.Ewan is a little boy who is very in tune with potential danger. He is way more cautious and careful than the other two. Before this week, when we would take Ewan swimming, he would cling to us and often cry dramatically "I GOING DIED!"
Sometimes, if he felt Heather was being too brave in the water he would say "Heady's going DIED!"
Cameron, who has always had a decreased awareness of physical danger, has been my fearless swimmer for a long time, he takes after his Daddy. He started going down the big water slide at the water park by himself when he was three.


You cannot imagine how much courage it took this little boy to let go...
His sister, on the other hand I call the "wild woman" to which she replies "dats wight! I woman!" (Notice Ewan doing his very cautious version of fallowing after Heather)

Easter Day

These are my less than successful attempts to get a really cute Easter picture of the kids together. It was pouring rain outside, so we had to do it inside and we tried a few different locations trying to find better lighting in our house on such a dreary Oregon day. Heather was driving me crazy. She kept trying to tickle Cameron. Ewan kept throwing his head back when he said "Cheese" and poor patient Cameron who has been putting up with this for more years than the other two put together, just kept smiling!

the shine on Heather's face is not just her natural glow, it's thickly applied white "wip-stick" (lip-gloss) she got in her Easter basket.
The little black puppy Heather has is her "Wexie Dog" named after my mom's dog Lexie.
Goofy cuteness! I LOVE THESE KIDS!

Ewan's Pre-School

EASTER EGG HUNT

ready for the hunt..

Ewan and his very special "teachah Beth"

He adores her.

PORTLAND ZOO! Randi and I took the kids to the Zoo this morning.

The kids pretended they were baby eagles in this pretend eagle's nest.
Then all three of them had to be baby eagles sleeping. You should have heard Heather fake snoring "ah-shh...ah-shhh...."

Ewan was not happy about Heather climbing on the tractor with him.


































So he whacked her a couple of times and she got it all to herself!
Heather in the hippo cave.
When we got to the zoo, Heather saw these two big stuffed bears and starting running screaming "BEAR! I WUV HIM!" So she was crazy excited to see the real thing!




















We love when Aunt Randi comes to play with us!

Randi comes to town!

I met Randi in 9th grade Spanish class, we sat next to each other and hit if off right away. One morning after early morning seminary, I was walking down the hall and heard a familiar voice yell "Rebecca! Your a MORMON!" Once we knew we shared the same faith, we were pretty inseparable for the next couple of years until I moved away. And even though we haven't lived in the same town since then, we have been best friends now for 18 years! All through high school and college and the years since, she has been such a strength to me. Our lives are very different these days, she has her job as a pastry chef at a swanky Seattle restaurant and I have my ever growing brood, but despite our differences, she always supports me and listens to my endless venting, and my family LOVES when Aunt Randi comes to town!
Ewan and Randi on our way to church.
Heather was CRACKING UP tonight with Randi. The kids all LOVE her! When I told Cameron she was coming yesterday, he said "will she stay with us for a couple of weeks?"

Tonight in his bedtime prayer he asked...''Heavenly Father, next time Aunt Randi comes, can she stay for longer and not just two days?"