33 Weeks and counting!

I am growing by leeps and bounds it seems. We have had a few baby showers. One in Yakima July 9th. My sister Carrie was here from New York so that we could have a double baby shower. Her little girl is due just 4 days after our mystery baby. I had a shower here in Portland last weekend with all my local girlfriends. Next weekend in we are headed up to Olympia for a shower with the Kroger clan! So this weekend we are off to Manzanita beach for some R & R!! My sis and nephews will be there. We areexcited for Hot dogs and sand castles!

June Camping Trip

We went camping at Hood Canal on the Washington coast and stayed at the Dosewallips State Park with Todd's parents, sister and her family. We had a blast. We had 3 camp site all next to each other. Todd sister and her husband and 3 kids stayed in one of the local Park Tents. The kids thought this was great. They had never been camping before!

We took the kids clam digging at the beach. Yum steamers for dinner. My favorite are the oysters, but being pregnant I could not eat them!

The pregnancy: I am 28 weeks now and growing!! We are picking up the baby furniture and starting to get the room set up this weekend. We have had to be creative about were everything is going in our small house. We have decided not to build a new house this year. The economy, Todd's business and building loan market are not in a good state, so we decided to wait. Todd's business is still busy, but landscaping is an x-tra so Todd is holding his breath this year in hopes that he will stay busy! I will work until the baby is born in september then take a few months off. I am planning on going back to work full time in december!

I will post more prego pics later! They are downloaded on a different computer.

Have a great summer!

1st Trimester SUCKS!

Sorry to all those who have been looking for new NEWS! I have been sicker then a dog in the 1st trimester and pretty much go to bed as soon as I return from work. I am 14 weeks now and starting to feel better day by day! Thank god! We are still working on the construction loan and may be faced with not being able to build the house this year! We should find out this week! If we can't we will stay where we are at and hope that the housing and construction market improves in the area. I don't have any ultrasound pics! Our scanner is not working. I will post ASAP! P.S. We are not finding out the sex of the baby! It will be a surprise!

Snow shoeing at lost lake, Mt. Hood

My parents bought us some snow shoes for christmas. We recently go to use them at Mt. Hood! It was actually sunny that day! It was beautiful!

More Jan.

The house project is coming along... We are in final design and engineering etc...The problem is the currently loan market is not good as alot of you know. We may have to buy the land and wait on the house for a year or two, but we are still hoping everything is a go! It is difficult with Todd being self employed! I will keep you all posted. Keep youf fingers crossed because we need to a bigger house. We decided to add another member to the family, Yes we are PREGNANT!!! Due in september. We are very excited! So needless to day we have figured out what to do with one of the other bedrooms upstairs!!

Jan 2008

We began the year with a bang and at 80's themed New Years Party! What a flash from the past. We played Ski ball, Miss Pacman, Frogger and other games you may all remember.

Hiking in the snow!

Thuja is 1 year old now and has been a great addition to our family! He has alot of energy and keeps us moving!

Thuja's first time in the snow! He had a blast!