Jackson's First Day of Preschool!

Here is our sweet Jackson on his first day of preschool. He was a lot excited and a little nervous all at the same time. It's been a couple of weeks now and Jackson greatly enjoys going to school. His favorite part of school is "pet shop" (I'm not sure what that is). He also likes his new friend named Quinn, having a job, the share bag, and recess. Momma likes that he has some structure and social time. I also enjoy having some time alone with Cohen while Shelby is taking her morning nap.

Right before we left
Look at that smile!!

Upon arrival he started getting
a little nervous


Still feeling nervous :)


After class everything was
all good again!

Camping - Summer of 2010

Way back in February a friend of ours from church asked a small group of people if we all wanted to go camping. He had the place and date all picked out. We immediately called Sun Banks Lake and reserved a tent site for our little family of five. Dewy and I love camping, but never get it organized far enough in advance to actually take a trip. This was perfect! What made it even more perfect was about two weeks before we were gonna embark on our first family camping trip my sis-in-law called and asked if we wanted to go camping at Sun Banks. Crazy coincidence that her and Joel wanted to go to the very same place we were already going on the very same weekend!! So anyway, I'm happy to say that we finally went on a summer camping trip and were blessed to do so with five other families from church and my big brother and his family.

It ended up being quite a crazy trip due to so many children (21) and some crazy sickness that took out three of our adults. One sweet Momma was even taken to urgent care. We had record wind/dust storms and even a little rain. But praise the Lord everyone pulled together, wonderful memories were created, and all the kids has a BLAST!! Things were so crazy that I didn't even get any pictures until the very last day when everyone but our family had already left. Anyway, it was a good time and I can't wait to go camping again next summer.

Our first morning!


Roasting his first hot dog
over the campfire!


Dewy's hammock was a hit!!

Of course the Lake
and water fun was a hit!

Cohen was one happy little camper :)


Time for a nap


The ride home!

The Dentist

We finally took the boys to the dentist. Something I've been putting off for quite a while now. We found a GREAT pediatric dentist in the same building as their pediatrician. They were not scared one bit and loved sitting in the big chair, wearing the funny glasses, and getting to watch a t.v. show while their teeth were cleaned. I can't believe I forgot the camera, but Dewy was able to snap a few photos with his phone.

Summer Swimming Lessons 2010

This summer the boys took swimming lessons for the first time. They both improved greatly over the course of two weeks. In the beginning Jackson hated getting his face wet and would get water up his nose every time he put his face in the water. By the end of two weeks he was able to float face down while kicking and splashing and NOT get water up his nose. Cohen learned how to blow bubbles in the water, kick his legs, and tolerate Daddy putting him all the way under the water. This was so much fun and we can't wait for next summers swimming lessons!

Looking like such a big boy

Cohen loved jumping in!

He also loved the toy boat!

Kicking those legs!

Cough, cough, choke, choke!

Proud little swimmer

Shelby - Summer 2010

Here are a few updates on our little girl.

• Shelby is now 10 1/2 months old.

• She has two bottom teeth and the top two are starting to come in.

• She is tall and skinny weighing in at 16 pounds!

• She has had two colds and one terribly high fever.

• She survived camping for four nights, but slept horribly.

• Today she waved hello for the first time.

• She is just starting to get mad during diaper changes, it's almost a two person job!

• She just started sleeping through the night 12 hours straight!!!!!!

Giving Daddy a sweet hug!

4th of July 2010 - Grandpa and Grandma Visit!

Dewy's parents came to visit for the 4th of July. We had such a wonderful time seeing them and I'm pretty sure they enjoyed seeing their precious grandchildren :) Dewy was able to take the week off of work and the weather was beautiful.

• We spent a day out in Sequim visiting Uncle Rodger and Aunt Kay. It was great to see their new home, take a nature walk, and eat lots of delicious food.

• We spent part of a day at Mulkiteo beach where the boys had a great time finding tiny crabs.

• Grandma took Jackson and Cohen to Build-A-Bear. Jackson picked a black Darth Teddy and Cohen built a brown Batman Teddy.

• We took Lynn and Duane to a taco feed at the Jones' house. It was fun introducing them to a bunch of our friends from church. Jackson loved dressing up in Nolans costumes, Cohen liked eating raspberries, and Grandpa discovered that Shelby wasn't too sure about his scratchy goatee!

• On the 4th we had a coul-de-sac BBQ with our neighbors Wes and Shanna. We had a great time watching the kids play with sparklers and were amazed by the neighborhood fireworks. So fun!!

Grandma and Shelby at the beach

Cohen got a guitar!

Jackson got a new Leapster game!

Uncle Rodger and Aunt Kay with Shelby

Watching the fireworks :)

Yummy Smores!

The boys like to wear their cowboy
hats just like Grandpa!

Sha-Bear one-eye!
(Something Dewy and his Mom
used to do when Dewy was little)

Darth Teddy!

Cohen was so cute carrying
around his Teddy!

Grandma got Shelby a bow!!

The Mitchell's Visit!!

In June Dewy's cousin Stephanie and her family took an adventurous road trip. We were so excited to find out that they were making a trip to Seattle to visit us!! They arrived on a Friday evening and left Sunday morning. We had a great time visiting Pike Place Market and the Space Needle, grilling up some fresh seafood, and watching the kids play. They got to meet Shelby for the first time and see our new home here in WA. Thank you so much for coming all that way!!

Dexter, such a fun guy!!

View from the Space Needle!!
It was supposed to be raining that day
but turned out beautiful.

"Old McDonalds" picnic lunch!

Shelby loved all the attention!!

Cameron couldn't wait to play
Settler's on line

Bridget and Shelby enjoying
a game of peek-a-boo!

Grill Master!


Cutie Cohen down town Seattle!

Pike Place on a busy
Saturday morning