The Park

Here are some pictures from our trip to the park near our apartment in Eugene. The kids loved playing on a "new playground."

This is a great way to get sick. (but it sure was fun)

Rusten, I love you! You are so handsome!

Our little climbing monkey

Darion was LOVING this dinosaur. It took quite a bit to tear him away from it.

Joel, you are such a stud!

I thought this firetruck was AWESOME! Darion thought it was pretty cool for about 2 seconds until he wanted to climb the dinosaur again.

This is a full shot of the big dinosaur.

After we played at the playground we took a walk through the park and ate wild blackberries. How lucky are we to live in Eugene?!?!?! VERY! As you can see, we're having a lot of fun here. We are all happy to be in this beautiful city. We've made quite a few friends already and we're hoping to make plenty more. Rusten will start his first year of law school in about a week. We're enjoying having him home with us until then.

We Made It!

We finally made it up to Oregon. The last few weeks have been crazy with the move. Our kids were starting to go stir crazy in our new apartment and we definitely needed to get out. We feel so blessed to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world so we drove to the coast yesterday and let the kids play on the beach. Here are some pics. Enjoy!!!

PUDDLES AND BIKES

Kingston came over to play with us this morning so we thought we'd go outside. The kids got into the sidewalk chalk and it ended up all over their faces. Then they decided to ride their bikes through a big puddle and splash around in it. Tyson's bike got stuck in such a way that when he turned the wheels the bike would stay put, but it would splash the water from the puddle up from behind. We had so much fun!

Kingston trying to eat the water Tyson was splashing.

Joel ended up with numerous buckets of water dumped on his head. He just laughed about it.

Darion was a warrior with his chalky face.

Joel getting in the bucket. Silly kid!

We love our friends and the kids were grateful they had so many people to play with this morning!

LIBERTY PARK

We took the kids to Liberty park this morning to play in the fountains. Somehow the subject of baptism was brought up before we left. Darion was so afraid in the car on the way there. He kept saying "Dad I don't want to get baptized today." We were trying to explain to him that he won't get baptized until he is 8 years old and that it wasn't going to happen in a wading pool at the park. Darion was happy when we got to the park and the wading pools were closed. We decided to play on the playground instead.

Darion and I decided to jump off of some rocks together.

Darion's foot on the rocks. What I am going to do when his feet aren't this little and cute any more? That will be a sad day!

This is Joel's hand. This is what happens when you eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and your mom and dad don't wash your hands very well after and then you decide to get in the sand.

Darion was the King of the Rock!

More King of the Rock

Joel's pb&j was starting to look pretty nasty when he got in the sand with it. We couldn't tear him away from it.

The boys picked some "flowers" for me. I loved them so much that I took a picture of them.

Darion

Joel

Rusten and Darion are buddies!

They had a little bit of a fountain on the playground so we were still able to enjoy a little bit of water without a baptism.

Swingin' in style!

Those feet belong to Darion. He was coming down while Joel was wanting to climb up. Not a very good combination. Joel ended up with feet in his face.

My little Joelie Bear!

CHURCH PIRATES

We got the boys ready for church and they wanted to wear hats like their dad wears when he "does his hair." They said they were pirates. And what CUTE pirates they are!

ZOO DAYS

We purchased a family pass to the zoo and have taken our kids quite frequently over the summer. It's been a fun thing that our family has enjoyed together. The boys are always so cute when they see the animals and they're always excited about going. Here are some pics from one of our most recent visits to the zoo.

Darion looking at the animals

The boys posing as friends

Rusten and Darion making the same face... I think Rusten has a "mini me"

Joel is always in his own little world thinking hard about everything.

The boys LOVE this gorilla and climb on it every time they see it at the zoo.

What a cute family!

DRESS-UP!!!

Our cousin, Kingston came over to play with us about a week ago. All of the boys wanted to wear costumes. Everyone had so much fun. We love Kingston!