Racer's 4th birthday party. The theme was "Go Diego Go". I worked on the cake and added little plastic animals and a Diego character. We played games about rescuing animals and hide and seek.
Neighborhood kids Bella (age 2) and Liberty (age 4). They are sisters and their brother is Xander (age 6). Their mom is pregnant with a boy.
This is Xander.
Maddie, twin to Justin. Both are 5 years old.
Here is Justin.
Ryder
Racer showing me some Karate moves.
Justin and Xander being boys.
Rhiannon invited two of her friends to join in the chaos of the party. Arianna is the blonde and Meagan is the crazy wild brunette. Tiffany is standing behind Nan.
Nan playing with a freshly groomed Gracie. She is Maddie and Justin's dog.
Tiffany, Racer and Lizbeth (Adam's sister). Racer is posing by some of his presents.
The boys were interested in the Transformer toys.
Everybody loved watching Kung Fu Panda.
Party pictures.
Showing the Go Diego Go toys.
A very happy Racer and his presents.
Racer's cake with lots of frosting and sprinkles. Yummy!!!
I made her a yummy pineapple upsidedown cake to go with Tillamook ice-cream.
This is a dog calendar for next year that I got for her. The kids picked out cards with sound in them and we went shopping at Ross for cute clothes and jewelry for Tiffy.
Rhiannon being her usual crazy self.
Candles on the cake.
Tiffany was putting on her new earrings and we were saying, "The candles are lit...hurry up and blow them out!"
Tiffy all dressed up for a night on the town. Nan picked out the shirt and matching earrings. Doesn't she look great?!!
Make a wish!!
On one of our drives down the Oregon Coast, we took this picture of the beach at sunset. We went to Manzanita just to look around.
The sunset picture turned out great.
Sometimes Barry takes the girls up to our room at night before their bedtime. I came by to check on them and they had fallen asleep right on the bed next to Barry. He said that he patted their backs until they slept.
They looked so precious that I had to take a picture of them.
Another day, Barry went for a hike at the Tillamook Head. I know that Jenn and Brian took Zoey in a backpack for this same hike when she was just a baby. Barry said there was no way that I could have made it with the twins. He had to climb over fallen trees and it was a 6 mile hike in and back out. Anyway, he got some good pictures of the rocks and trees and of the Tillamook Lighthouse.
The lighthouse is way out in the ocean on an island. The picture is blurry but you can still see what it looks like. Maybe when the girls are older and I am much skinner, I will make the hike.
Rhiannon with the twins in their bear outfits. The photos were taken on Nov. 3rd to mark the girls turning 6 months old. Brenna is in pink and Chantrell is in white.
Too cute!! By the time Brenna turns one year old, she will already know how to hold up one finger. She does that in many pictures of her.
The boys wanted a turn holding the babies. Ryder and Racer just love their cousins. Racer always asks to hold the "red head" baby, Brenna. Ryder is always after Chantrell and the boys love to make silly faces at the girls trying to get them to laugh.
The girls posing with their teddy bear. They are almost as big as the stuffed animal.
Close up of Brenna. She is definately the calmer baby of the two. She lets me cuddle a little with her before trying to get down off my lap.
Barry and his little girls. He loves them sooooo much. He is a great helper with them too. I couldn't have asked for a better daddy for my babies.
The girls are playing on the floor.
On another day, the girls are playing like they do everyday. I love to dress them in twinsy outfits. I lay down blankets for them to play on and give them all their toys to play with. This is before Chantrell learned how to crawl and move around the room. Brenna stays where I put her but not Chantrell. She is usually off in some other part of the room when I come back to check on her.
The girls are studying the toys and pressing the buttons to make sounds.
Barry likes to take walks down to the beach to see the waves and to get some fresh air. This day he saw a bald eagle perched on a tall stick. He took this picture with all the birds flying together. You can barely see the eagle to the left of the birds.
Super close up of the eagle. It is still kind of blury but he was far away. One minute it was there...
and the next it was gone. Below is the beach grass covered by blowing sand. I like the pictures that he took of the beach and of the ocean.
The ocean looks calm on this day.
Yes, more elk pictures. They come by grazing for food once in awhile. They were in our neighbors yard at sunset. I took a video clip of them before the stupid neighborhood dogs chased them away.
A closer look at them.
Rhiannon had a sore tooth so we took a trip to see dad, the dentist. She had a molar pulled and later dad put in a spacer so when her adult molar comes in, it will have a spot and not be crowded. She looks like a "Superstar" with the glasses on. 
I brought the babies along for the trip. Everyone in dad's office wanted to see the girls. They looked so cute in their matching church dresses, tights and shoes.
Chantrell sleeping at night with her hair sticking up on top of her head. Barry thought she looked cute and took this picture.
He took one of Brenna sleeping too. Such sweet angels.
