The Adventures of Dave, Lindsay, Cora and Edie

   Last weekend, we did our annual trip to one of Oregon's U-cut Christmas Tree Farms to hunt down our tree.  The girls loved it until they got muddy and cold but the promise of hot chocolate helped keep smiles on their faces.

Our little bumble bee and fairy had a fantastic Halloween this year although I do think they were more excited about ringing neighbor's doorbells then then candy they collected.  Thankfully, by morning they had all but forgotten about the candy (which by then was hidden deep in the cupboards so they wouldn't see it!).

Since my last post, a lot has happened in our household.  We took our first camping trip of the year to Silver Falls State Park and survived!  Cora even got to try smores for the first time.   Edie turned 1 on June 4th and just a few weeks before took her first ambulance rider to the ER due to an infection - ugh!  She's fine now...thankfully. We figure it's our first of many trips to the ER with two very busy little girls.  (On a side note, Cora thought riding in the ambulance was really fun!) I came down with a ridiculous case of Poison Oak that was awful for about three weeks and continues to haunt me.  It seems I'm quite allergic!  Thankfully, no one else got it.  Dave drove himself to the ER in the middle of the night for an emergency appendicectomy that ended up being (and still is) more complicated than normal because of the scar tissue left in his stomach from the car accident.  That was a few weeks ago and his...

After two very busy months in our household, we piled into the car for a 9-day road trip to Northern California for Spring Break, visiting family and friends along the way.  We took our time heading South, stopping in Ashland for some fun at Lithia Park and a quick visit to the Sundial Bridge in Redding before making our way to Sacramento.  We had a blast running around seeing people and the girls loved every minute of playing with their amazing cousins and good friends, Rylan and JD.  Our next stop was Walnut Creek for a quick overnight with the Gaber Family where the girls hung out with their friends Dillon and Nina.  We got a few sun breaks during our trip but it mostly rained so Cora was psyched to pull out her swimsuit for a little dip in the hot tub with Dillon! Before starting our journey home, we headed through San Fran and into Marin to check out their children's discovery museum.  It was incredible and a perfect end to our trip before the long d...

A big, healthy 7-month old!  We don't make them petite in this family....

After a quiet Christmas at home, we headed to Utah for New Years to visit Papa and Grandma and do a little skiing.  Cora and Edie got to kick around with their cousins, which they loved.  In the hours before heading to the airport, we convinced Cora to try on the mini ski boots we had borrowed and take a few runs down the free beginner slope at Park City.  Once we got the skis on her, she was hooked.  When I told her we had to leave she said "I want to go three more times," and held up three figured just to reiterate how many more times.  She even skied a few feet by herself and was very proud of that.  We may just have a ski bunny on our hands and needless to say, that makes us VERY excited!  In other news, our 2 1/2 year old is officially potty trained thanks to Dad so we are left with only one child in diapers.  Hallelujah!