Memorial Day 2012

What a fun weekend! For the first time in years, we spent Memorial Day with the Smith girls! It wasn't at the lake but it still had all the same necessities... with a few kids thrown in!! This time around we got to have a Friday night Party Night that actually lasted longer than four hours... it was amazing! We had Cort, Jon and Connor as well as Colette and Toni at the house all weekend. We tried to Facetime with our fellow Friday Night Partyers down in AZ and it was mostly a bunch of us laughing and saying 'Hi' and 'Cheers'! The kids were pretty into the Ipad so I think the adults on the other end just saw their faces.

On Saturday, we went to the market, had some awesome polish food (which was recreated for us Monday night by Jon and Ryan), and hung out at Multnomah Falls. We didn't take the scenic route so they only saw the big waterfall but it was worth it. On Sunday we went to the local farmer market and had the kids run around like crazy at the playground. We tried to play some Wii Dance one night, it turns out Jon is surprisingly good Tonto, Jump on it. Laughing about his mad skills led us to do some Youtube searching for the original superstars of Jump On It... Carlton and the Fresh Prince. Yeah, we had a good time.

Monday was spent getting pedis and making pierogi... this really good potato and cheese thing from Poland. I am salivating just thinking about them.

Enjoy the pictures!

~Ahna

HAWAII

The next thing we did was fly to Hawaii! We stayed on the Big Island in Kona. Ryan's grandmother had been a couple years ago and wanted to go back with us. We were more than happy to oblige. It was such a different world there. When you leave the airport, you see mostly black rocks, lava, everywhere. It doesn't look like what one would normally think of when they think of Hawaii. But it was beautiful. There were tons of sandy, amazing beaches with really blue, clear water. Then we drove to the other side of the island which was filled with waterfalls and botanical gardens and rocky cliffs. It really was amazing.

Neither of the kids had spent much time at the beach so it was really fun to watch them get so into the water and the waves. Cooper was jumping all over them and by the end of the trip, as predicted, Olivia would just walk RIGHT into the water. Swimming was not high on her list of priorities however and it escaped her mind that she doesn't actually know how to do that yet!

We will definitely go back there someday. I could write more, but the pictures say it so much better!

~Ahna

Cooper.Is.Four. And other fun things.

It's hard to believe it's already been four years... I know every parent says that... probably with each and every year that goes by. Cooper celebrated his fourth birthday in May. Mom and Dad were here to watch the kids while Ryan and I jetted off to Aruba for four days. There was a work trip I was invited to go on. I know, I know... it's a tough job. We got back to Portland and the next day was Cooper's birthday. I stayed home from work until he was awake. We had pancakes and a cupcake for his birthday breakfast. That night we had a little celebration and then we had another one later in the week where some friends came over. Dad also celebrated his birthday that week AND we had Mother's Day. May is a busy time for this family!

Cooper just finished his last day at Kinder Care. They had a spring program where all the kids got on stage. There were 12 kids in his class and 12 kids in the preschool class which is a year older. Cooper was the first one up to the microphone!! He said 'Hi, my name is Cooper and we're going to sing the A,B,C's!' Then... he BOWED... he's a stage genius. I had tears. He is scheduled to attend the same place next year with the same teacher but he may be able to get into the preschool program at his elementary school. We won't know until closer to the beginning of the year.

It's his summer now so hopefully we come up with all kinds of fun things to do for him!

~ Ahna

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We are Ahna, Ryan, Cooper, and Olivia. We try to always be looking for the next adventure, and when we find one, we share the stories here. Our family is spread all over the place, so this is how we keep everyone updated.

Memorial Day 2012

HAWAII

Cooper.Is.Four. And other fun things.

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