game day fun

Saturday was the first Beaver home game of the season. Fun times! We started the day off bright and early at the Beaver Game Day Scramble, an annual golf tournament organized by the Sahnows. Cole and I didn't golf, but we made it out there to visit with the golfers. It was early, even for my little early bird.


Around noon we headed down to the stadium for some pre-game fesitivites. This is our first year without season tickets, which was a little bit weird, but kind of nice in a way. We went to the Alumni Center to watch the game on the big screen and Cole got to play with Rory and crawl all over the place meeting new people. I think it was a lot more fun for him than having to sit in the stadium. Plus it was HOT yesterday, so he probably would have gotten too much sun since our old seats were in the direct sun.

Cole and Brittney.

Rory = adorable

Cory and Rory "playing"

On the way out we stopped by to see Megan and John.

And then ended our night with dinner and drinks at the Sathers house. A long, but fun, day of football and friends. Gotta love it.

cole likes pickles

No story, I just love this photo. I think pickles feel good on his gums. He is getting 4 teeth in right now! The two top middle ones and the ones on either side. He's starting to look like such a little boy ....

the twins turn one

Today we went to Gavin and Brody Todorovich's first birthday party at Walnut Park. It was a beautiful afternoon and the kids had a lot of fun playing and crawling around in the barn.



Cole even let us put a party hat on him. And he kept it on!


The boys getting ready to blow out their candles.

Welcome, Macadam!

Yesterday we spent the day in Seattle visiting with Keli, Rob and 2-day old Macadam. What a precious and sweet little baby! I can't believe that Cole was ever that small. Keli and Rob are doing really well, such natural parents. Here are a couple photos of the happy family.

the start of football season

The Beavers played their first game versus Stanford last night. Unfortunately, they lost. But we had a great time hanging out with everyone nonetheless! And we look forward to better games in the season ahead.


Mia, Alex, and Cole with larger-than-life Benny.

camping (kind of)

This weekend we were invited out to a party at our friend Kimberley's mom's house. It's was really more like a festival than a party. Tons of people (around 200 I'd say), food, beer, music, swimming, and golf. Yes, that's right, golf. They set up a golf course right there on the property. We were excited to be able to go, but weren't sure how the little man would do with sleeping in the tent. But, hey, there's a first time for everything. Jen and Mike kindly offered up half of their Taj MaTent (it's huge!), so we could fit the travel crib plus our bed, and we were in good shape. We swam, ate, danced, played horseshoes, and enjoyed catching up with the crew. Cole finally crashed out around 1opm, and slept soundly until around midnight, at which point he woke up crying. And he cried. And cried. And we realized that he might not stop, which meant no sleep for us or anyone else in the vicinity. At which point we decided it was time to pack up and head home. I want to love camping, I really do. And I do love the idea of camping. But Cory and I agreed that maybe we just aren't the camping type. And after this weekend we don't think that Cole is either. At least not for a few more years. But we tried!

Here are a few pictures.

Cole, the pointer. Pointing is his new thing. He points at everything! It's adorable.

Karla and Andrew (6 mos)

Erin with McKenna (6 mos) and Taylor (2 1/2 yrs)

The guys playing horseshoes.

The Baughman's Taj MaTent (thanks Jen and Mike!)


Cole helping to set up the air mattress. That never actually would stay blown up. Lovely.

The band.

Brian and Riley on the hammock.

mornings with cole

Any parent (especially moms) will agree with me, I'm sure, when I say that getting ready is never the same once you have kids. Especially when you're getting ready for work with a limited amount of time and no one there to help you.

Here Cole is entertaining himself in the bathtub, which was a great place for him to play until he learned how to turn on the water.


and figuring out that unrolling the toilet paper is so much fun. And I just stood there and let him do it while I took the photo. Hmmmm....I'm not saying that any of these photos display great parenting.