Erin's baby shower...and MY gift! :)

My great and wonderful (and totally hot) friend, Erin, is preggers with her first child, a boy, which she and her hubby, Andy, have dubbed "Bo" for "baby Oranen" (their last name). At first I told her it looked like b.o. (body odor), but I was promptly corrected. :) Anyway, I couldn't be more happy for the two of them and their little coming attraction.

For those of you who don't know, Erin and I roomed and worked (and starved) together in 1999 at Cannon Beach Conference Center and we've been friends ever since. It was the best summer to have before getting married.

So here's a couple pics of her delightful baby shower, a decent picture of us (finally), and the gift that I'm very proud to have put together for her. I thought it was so cute wrapped up I had to share.

Our Mini Getaway-Cannon Beach, OR

This was the first time we've taken the kids to any kind of hotel type vacation, other than staying with friends or relatives. Here's a little glimpse of our time.

Gotta load up with the right stuff, a nice 24 oz. Big Train Chai, that oughta last me thru the ups...

and the downs of the two hour drive. Reagan was done after 45 minutes (actually she did pretty good).

We arrived at beautiful Cannon Beach, OR. The weather was outstanding.

Our lovely hotel, The Ocean Lodge. *Thanks Erin!*

A great family shot of us on the beach (I took it myself with the timer).

Digging for "treasures" and enjoying my complimentary hotel cookie. Yummmmm!

I love this shot of Reagan throwing rocks on the beach.

Ethan and I at Mo's for dinner.

I LOVE this sign, I need it at my house. If you can't read it, it says, "Unattended children will be given an espresso and a free puppy". This was in a little play area loft in the hotel. Too cute!

Playing with Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys.

One of our gorgeous sunsets. This is why I love this place, it's heavenly!!!!

Ethan enjoying the sunset, and the seagulls, with me from our balcony.

"Tuckered OUT!!!"

Me and Reag's on the beach, a bit windy.

Did a little kite flying as well.

Our last morning, about 8am!

...and we didn't want to leave!

More fun Photoshops

Here's some more photoshops that my sitter Jenny did up for me from pics that I've taken over the years.

at the zoo with mom

little baby boy blue, ethan about 5 months

nick and "mini me"

miss hollywood

i just love this shot of ethan, about 16 months old!

little miss reag's

soooooo big!

ethan's in the zone, watching tv, i'm such a good mom :)

i love how blue her eyes are

my boys on the beach in hawaii, love this one too

my little ball player

enjoy all the moments in your life too! :)

Photoshop Share

My babysitter, Jenny, has a photography class at school and photoshopped some pictures for me and they turned out sooooo cute. Just wanted to share. Hopefully I can get them printed and up on my walls at some point. Enjoy!!!!

newborn Reagan and 2 1/2 year old Ethan

Ethan's first day of PreK!

married 4 years, cannon beach, or

Easter 2008

Reag's at the beach, Whidbey Island, 2007

Happy Easter!!!

Dressed in Sunday best! Ready for church, but late as usual. :)

Brother's helping sister with the goodies.

Getting Easter Baskets...

for the first time!

Our little Easter egg hunt in the back yard!

"I found one!"

Thanks for looking and happy Easter!

She's No Fool!

So sometimes I give my kids treats in a little ziplock baggie so they can just carry it around eating it without spilling. I guess that wasn't easy access enough for Reagan one day because I came down and saw she had put on one of her bibs that has a pocket area at the bottom and just placed her M&M's in there. Now it was totally hands free! So funny!

Life Got Away!!!!!

Sorry, it's been a while. Life gets away and then I stop to just give my kids a hug. Gosh, they're growing up so fast. Some things I'm meaning to do that I haven't: videotape Reagan saying her goodnight prayers, priceless!, get mom and kid pics taken for Daddy for Father's day, lose and elusive 7 pounds that just loves me for some reason, and a plethora of other things. Anyway, just wanted to check in, share a few pics of the fam.