Its sort of sad the way that we, as Oregonians, feel that the sun will not come out for about 9 months when summer begins to fade. After a few days of very Portland weather (rainy, gray, and icky) the sun came back out for a couple days, seemingly to say “Gotcha!” Hey, we will…

I can barely believe that, a year ago today, we took Elayna to the beach to play and she had just learned to crawl and gotten her first teeth. Now she can say things like:“Layna up please… Okay.”“Layna ride pony. Pony nice.”“Mommy’s shirt red. Layna’s shirt white.”“Layna snuggle daddy. Oh, so nice.”“Bye bye, Mommy. See…

Happy Birthday, Nana! To celebrate Nana Syndee’s birthday this year, we decided to meet Nana, Larissa, and Jacob at the Oregon State Fair and have some fun. It turned out to be a nice, sunny day, and we all had some good times! 🙂 Thanks to Nana, Elayna went on her very first pony ride!!…

Happy Birthday, Damien!We enjoyed a birthday party get-together at the Flores’ new house. Lots of yummy food (and Mommy actually indulged in a fabulous strawberry daiquiri!), lots of good company, and some adorable, and rambunctious kids. It was a good day. 🙂 Mmmmm…. Annie got some kisses from Elayna… … and gave some to Joaquin,…