Just a few pics from the last few months.

McKenna's birthday party. She turned 6 this year. I can't believe my baby is six!

Taylor carved this pumkin all by herself. I think she did an excellent job!


Gavin, as Bobofet, Taylor, as a Japanese girl, Dylan, just being goofy, and McKenna, as Cinderella. Halloween

Gavin, Shaun and Dylan...Love my boys!!

Gavin, Taylor, McKenna and Dylan at the Pumkin Patch.

Fall in Sherwood, OR

First day of school for everyone.

The view of the lake from our back yard. Amazing, huh? If I could have moved the house and the lake back to the northwest with us I would have.

Taylor with Rowdie.

Gavin, just sitting back and relaxing.

The kids loved the pool at the house in Florida. We lived on a lake with a beautiful view. They were in the pool every moment they could and became very strong swimmers

We went to Bush Gardens with my friend Dawn and her family. They loved Bush Gardens!!

We went to Mt. Rushmore on the drive to Florida this summer. It was a fun stop!

Snow is Everywhere!!

The kids had a blast playing in all of the snow. They made an igloo and when the snow got deeper earlier this week Dylan made a snow cave.

This is our house with the first snow that fell last week. Earlier this week the snow got so high that you could not see the trail in front of the rock wall. We had record snow.

So it's been awhile since I have updated the blog. It was a crazy summer! We had so much drama in Florida. So many things went wrong from narrowing down the area to live, to the movers, the house, the cars. Finally, Shaun and I looked at each other and determined that God must be sending us a sign that Florida is not where we are supposed to be even though we miss our family and friends there very much. So, we came back to Oregon. We moved in less than a week and found a house even faster. We have renters in our other home so we couldn't move back into the other home, but this house is nice and the neighborhood is great!

The kids have adjusted well, moving right back into the swing of things without missing a step.

We had a GREAT Christmas and a white one at that! Shaun is especially glad that we did not miss this snow. He and the kids love the snow. I love it, too, but from a window inside the nice warm house.

Everyone...keep in touch...I will add more pics later!