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| Best I could do. |
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| Its crazy thinking Maren's whole life she has known these kiddos. How they have grown. We will always have fond memories of our Optometry friends. |
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| Maren's Easter bunny. Pretty sure Spencer and I ate most of it. |
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| We had the Fowler family over for Easter Sunday. Maren and Milan have a lot of fun together. |
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| Out dyed eggs and Maren's excitement over them. |
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| As our time in Forest Grove is coming to a close I am getting quite sentimental. We saw a lady walking her dog on the way home from church by this sign and quickly had Spencer pull over so we could get her take a picture of our family in front of the sign. When I asked her, I don't think she was all there because she went and stood in front of the sign like she thought I wanted to take a picture of her. In her hand she was holding her dog's mess in a doggy bag. Spencer saw another girl walking on the road and called her over to have her take the picture. I don't think the lady knew what was going on so I told her thank you and she continued on. |
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| Maren, our little goofball, never seems to cooperate at picture time, so the following is a series of one shoot where I tried to get a decent picture. Not sure I got one. This is her crazy action shot. |
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| Except maybe this one, but its blurry. The measures we take to capture our memories! |
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| I guess I shouldn't blame her for how often the camera is in her face, but to my defense if the camera worked, the lighting was perfect and she stood still with a beautiful smile on her face, I think it wouldn't be in her face so much! This is her intense fake smile. |
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| This is her I am smiling as big as possible face |
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| Maren being the bird like the one behind her. |
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| I love the texture of the background, and since I am the one always taking the pictures I thought I would include myself in one. |
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| Our amazing view of Mt Hood. Looked a lot more impressive in real life. |
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| I find it harder and harder to get a family picture now that there are four of us. This the best we could do. Would be pretty good if I wasn't holding Maren so awkwardly. I love Eva's little face. Anyway, the gardens were pretty and peaceful. |
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| So I FINALLY got to see Wicked after years of wanting to see it. Spencer and I got tickets for Christmas and had a much needed night out. Eva was just starting to get over her colic and a great friend watched the kids for us. Thanks again Lyndsie! The actress who played Elphaba (the wicked witch) was incredible. I will never stop hearing her amazing voice in my head when she sang Defying Gravity. Great show. Great night out. Great memory. |
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| I wanted a Spring wreath that I didn't have to pay a lot for. I had Spencer cut me some blossoms I could add to a wreath. Lasted about 8 hours and was about shot by the end of the day. At least I got a picture of my efforts. |
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| I had to take a picture of Maren's masterpiece in the bathtub. Good example of her attention to detail. Pretty well color coordinated for a 2-year-old don't you think? |
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| Pictures of Eva at the hospital in the middle of the night the day she caught RSV. |
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| For anyone that doesn't know I have a husband who is quite the foodie. After we make something colorful and tasty looking he wants to take a picture of it. So here are a few shots of what we have been eating this Spring. This was an amazing Salmon recipe. Tasted better than it looks. |
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| Fruit is always beautiful. The camera never quite does it justice. Especially in our poorly lit apartment. |
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| Winco had dragonfruit which was crazy and fun to eat. A lot like eating a kiwi in texture and flavor. |
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| The Portland Market always has a beautiful array of veggies. This is for you Jakob! |
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| Spencer's French salad with all fresh produce from the market. |
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| Me thrilled to eat it. The baguette came from the Pearl Bakery, our favorite stop at the Portland Market. Definitely a stop we will miss when we leave. |
