Day Trip to Corvallis

crazy jack in the car


abe and jack enjoying a snack


glued to the TV watching a "Big Trucks" video

After a hectic run out the door to get ella to school on time, jack and i hit the road south to corvallis to see bonnie and abe today. jack made the song selections in the car, and much to my delight requested we listen to weezer. so the drive down was serenaded by my favorite band, plus the enjoyment of seeing all the daffodils in full bloom.
this was our first visit to see bonnie's new place, so jack brought abe a housewarming present- a tonka truck that he used to love. bonnie even made us a special quiche. the "girls" tried to do some crafting, but the boys had other things in mind (NAPS), so we parted. thanks, bonnie, for a great day visiting with such good friends.

cornbread anyone?

Uncle Sillyhead

Doug's brother Sam (aka Uncle Sillyhead) made a montage of our time in NY a few weeks ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMRLW6IPqlo&feature=channel_page

Spring Break

fifth (and last) day of spring break: rainy day trip to the zoo. picnic lunch and ella treated jack and i to cotton candy. *disclaimer on jack's puddle-jumping pic. the hiking up of the pants would be his mom's suggestion and not a truely authentic jack move.*

fourth day of spring break: no pics cause ella decided to do a fieldtrip with her school. she had a blast playing soccer at Indoor Goals with a "coach."

third day of spring break: story time at the library and field trip to "bounce land." Ella said her legs were so tired after climbing the rock wall 3 times that she just "couldn't get her legs to move." Needless to say, was an early bedtime tonight.

second day of spring break: pajamas 'til 11:00 and lunch with daddy

first day of spring break: trip to the nickel arcade on SE Belmont.

Random Sundays

i love sundays for their pure randomness. i awoke with the memory of a dream (tainted by a belly full of wine and baby-shower cake) in which i was bowling with Barack Obama. a leisurly morning getting ready for and attending church. in the car while talking about my upcoming birthday ella announced "you're not REALLY old until your 30." i guess i still have one good year ahead of me. we made it home just in time to watch the nail-biter march madness game as Mizzou (my alma-mater) fought their way into the sweet 16.

the random day wouldn't be complete without holiday decorating and an early bed-time for the kiddos.

Girls Will Be Girls

A spring baby shower. I pride myself on not too much "girlie"ness but tonight i couldn't resist. One of my friends from work, Aven, just had a little girl (Anabelle). Cute babies and fun girls galore.

March Madness

today was the most beautiful day...not only did i get home from work at 4:00, but i convinced myself to go for a run. the finish line of my whopping 20 minute run was the kids' school. our walk home was highlighted by seeing some of springs creatures emerging from hibernation (8 garter snakes). doug, the good daddy that he is, took the kids out to play some basketball while i made dinner.

start of my cyber-space identity

so i'm finally going to give in, give up my aninimity, and create a blog for our family. hope this helps to keep everyone abreast with the goings-on of the lahue brown life here in the pacific northwest.