Roomie Reunion & Sawtooth Relay

Many many years ago at BYU my freshman year, I had the privilege of having this girl as my roomie.

We were fast friends with a few girls down the hall from us and this year, Amy & Faroe planned a reunion trip to celebrate us all turning 30.

Amy and I spent the first day in Portland while we waited to pick up Faroe & Kendal at the airport.

VooDoo Doughnuts

The Rose Gardens

Powell's Used Book Store. You need a map cause its huge!

We stayed in a house a block from the beach in Seaside Oregon.

We hiked ALOT.

One morning we ran about 5 miles on the beach.

We drove a few minutes away to Cannon Beach.

Enjoyed a sunset on the beach.

We toured and ate grilled cheese & ice cream cones at the Tillamook factory. YUM!

We had seafood at this restaurant in Seaside:

This is deep fried Oreos, a Snickers bar and cookie dough. Sounds amazing but was actually super gross.

We did some yoga on the beach.

Amy found these.

Dropping the girls at the airport after an awesome reunion.

On the way home Amy and I stopped at Multomah Falls.

And while I was enjoying those beautiful views, Phil was enjoying this view at Redfish Lake:

He ran the the Sawtooth Relay (63 miles total and everyone runs 2 legs) with a group from work and said it was "awesome".

Caitlin is Seriously a Nut

Our middle child is a crazy one. Her bouncy curls definitely match her bouncy personality. We love her very much. But when my head finally hits the pillow every night, I'm exhausted because of her.

We often have to give her junk food when we are in public to keep her from making a scene.

You will often find her outside shoeless and/or without clothes.

She's an adrenaline junkie.

She falls asleep on the floor behind her door, reaching for us every night.

She often terrorizes my mother-in-law's cats, pulls their tails and tries to catch them in this net.

She loves "swimmin".

I always tell everyone she is a rowdy boy & dramatic girl all rolled up into one fireball.

She often gets into anything and everything she shouldn't.

Digging for gold at Goldy's.

Singing Ariel

She often crashes.

Good thing she's adorable.

Watch Sawyer Grow & Grow

You know its your third child when you do one post for months 4-8! Sorry, buddy.

Right before we left Biloxi, at about 4 1/2 months:

Started baby food & cereal:

 If you put him on his back, he rolls to his tummy immediately at around 5 months:

 Loves his water sippy:

 Loves his daddy:

 Sitting up and crawling at 7 months:

 Loves the water:

Sophie adores him and can be a big help:

 He's not quite sure about this sister:

 Pulling himself up on everything at 8 months:

He is still our sweet angel baby, loves to smile and is pretty happy just chillin in his car seat or stroller. Lucky us! We will see if it lasts. Caitlin had us all fooled for a while!