Sugar High

10 January 2009

Jake and I spent about 4 hours making cookies today! We made them for all the people in our ward and neighborhood that have been so kind to us since we moved to Colorado.

Meeting Grandpa Lewis

My Dad and his girlfriend, Susan, came to Colorado to meet Dash. Dash felt instantly comfortable with his Grandpa and fell right asleep in his arms as soon as he picked him up.

Getting ready to go to the ward Christmas party with his Grandpa, it was a "Whoville" theme.

A Crabby Thanksgiving

09 January 2009

The three of us headed to the Oregon Coast to spend some time with my mom for Thanksgiving. We LOVE visiting her in her cute, yellow cottage on the beach. She lives just a few steps from the water, separated by the beach by beautiful, green trees. It's one of our favorite spots in the whole world... and Dash LOVES his Grandma Lewis more than just about anyone.

Just a 5 min. walk down the beach from my Mom's house.

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse

I got to see one of my FAVORITE mission companions, Jessie, who recently moved to Salem, OR.

Downtown Florence, OR

My mom's neighbor and friend, Steve, offered to take us crabbing with him! So... the day after Thanksgiving we headed out to Waldport Bay for a day on the water. It was SO much fun.

Waldport Bay

Captain Steve

Other crabbers on the bay..

Yikes!! This guy was just too small... we threw back over 50 crabs!

One of the traps.

Jake pulling in a trap... not too many crabs in this one.

Making sure he's big enough to keep.

Pretending I'm on "Deadliest Catch."

Dash spent the day with Grandma and then came down to Steve's to watch us clean the crabs.This little guy took a bite out of Jake's hand......and this was Jake's revenge.
Cooking our catch.

Dinner : )

This pretty lady is my mom.

Somehow this one snuck home on the boat! Dash volunteered his stroller to help him return to sea. (We now break from our story to show this crab's journey back home.)

Hitchin' a ride..

Past my mom's cute house..
... through the woods..

Stopping along the way for a break..
Heading down the trail to the beach with mr. crab

And finally back home..

After sending the little one back home, we came back home to eat his older relatives : ) YUM.

We had the best time. Thanks Mom! We love you.

Auntie Lizzie Comes To Visit

Dash LOVED meeting his aunt Lizzie for the first time.
They hit it off right from the start and we had a hard time letting her leave : (

Splish Splash Dash

06 November 2008

This is one of our favorite parts of the day so we wanted to share it with all of you. Dash LOVES the water, he's not afraid at all. He loves splashing around and kicking his legs and getting all nice and clean! He usually passes out for a long nap after his bath.

We had his 2 month check up today and on our way we passed a cute building that said Safe Splash so we stopped by to check it out and it's a private swim lesson facility with 2 salt water pools. They start lessons with babies that are 6 months so we're definitely going to take him in March to learn how to do the backstroke and maybe the butterfly. He'll be our little baby Michael Phelps...

Anyway, let's get to the pictures...








And after all the bath-time fun, there's always what Jake calls "The After-Bath".. a.k.a. nap time.