March Madness

We had lots of adventures in March!

Julian showing off his great climbing skills, what a monkey!

We took time on a beautiful Saturday to go for a hike.  The boys were NOT happy about it and we spent most of the first part of the hike listening to them all complain loudly about going on a hike!  The weather was perfect, the hike was great...it's just the boys attitude I would have liked to change.  Notice, the twins refused to be in our photo:(

The hike ended at a little shrine in the woods to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Great day for a hike!

Hyrum and I are training for Cycle Oregon this September.  This was on one of our practice rides.  We biked into Vernonia, OR and found this cute little ruin of an old logging factory.

Julian got to participate in the flag ceremony at his Elementary School

My niece, Taylor Doxey, had her Bridal Shower.  Her and Parker are super cute together!

Took a day to go snow shoeing up at Mt. Hood.  We did a 3 mile loop and it was perfect weather.  I took my jacket off after about 1/4 mile...it was so sunny!

Me and Katrina with beautiful Mt. Hood in the back ground:)

I turned 41!  I'm getting old but thanks to good friends who make chocolate, peanut butter cheesecake for me...I think I'll enjoy this birthday:)

This same friend (Elizabeth Van Horne) organized a surprise birthday lunch for me.  All these ladies came to celebrate with me.  I feel so loved!


Hyrum and I went into Portland for a yummy dinner and dessert for my birthday.  We split this delicious cake from Papa Hyden's...yummy!


Took the boys and some friends to the "10 Grands" concert for kids.  All the performers are in high school and they play fun songs that kids like.  My boys still complained about going (they seem to do a lot of complaining lately) but I think it's good for them to experience some culture while they are young.

Spring Break in Sunriver Oregon

We have lived in Oregon for 6 years now and finally made it to Sunriver!  Everyone always talks about Sunriver and how much fun it is and how much they love it down there, so we decided to give it a try.  The smartest thing we did was invite the Holwege family to join us.  They have 2 boys about the same age as my twins and a younger son that Julian really gets along well with.  We also brought Oma along for the fun!  It was a great week and definitely a place I would love to visit again in the summer.  There were quite a few hikes that we wanted to do but they were closed for the season so we really need to go back:)

The house we rented had a hot tub.  It was a real hit with the kids.  They used it every day we were there!

There was also a pretty fun water park right in the resort we were staying in.  I think the kids would have had more fun if it was hot outside.  The outdoor pools were open but it was too cold for them to stay out there very long

Cute Jonah Holwege

The twins with their friends Grady and Hayden...I think they had a great time hanging out together.

Sunriver resort is full of great walking or biking trails.  We got the kids to go on a short little walk one day and Julian's face will show you how excited he was about that!  This little guy thinks any kind of "walk" is a hike!

Jonah and Hayden sledding on Wanoga hill

Julian loved sledding

Cute family shot

The house we rented was so perfect.  There were plenty of beds for everyone and the table could seat us all for meals.  The older boys had their own little section of the house with a tv that Hyrum hooked the xBox to so we didn't see much of the older boys:)

The whole group (minus Hyrum taking the photo) We went for a great walk along the river in Bend, Oregon.

They kids all had fun climbing on the big rocks next to the trail

My boys will climb anything they can find!

On our last night in Sunriver Hyrum, Oma and I took a walk down to the lake.  It was a gorgeous evening and such a nice relaxing walk.  I really want to come back here again!

Until next time Sunriver!