Spring Vacation

The Weaver family took a 10 day vacation at the end of May to visit family and friends in Northern California and Southern Oregon. We started our trip with a visit to Sacramento to introduce the boys to their Great Grandparents and Great Aunts and Uncles. It was a busy two days, and we enjoyed catching up with everyone. We then headed to Clear lake for a night in the heart of wine country. We even managed to visit one vineyard along the way. Our next stop was Redwood National Park and the lost coast. It was absolutely beautiful in both the park and on the coast. We had amazing weather, and the boys got their first glimpse of the ocean. We camped amongst the redwoods, and even hiked through trees. I think our most memorable hike was up a canyon called fern canyon in which you had to literally hike up a creek. We failed to bring the boys backpacks along on that hike, and carried them on our shoulders through the water, over fallen logs, and across slippery rocks. It was an adventure. We also saw lots of wildlife along the way, and took advantage of our zoom lens to get some close-up shots. After the redwoods, we headed into Oregon to Oregon Caves National Monument, and stayed in their beautiful historic lodge. The boys were too young to go into the caves (but as you will see in the photos they climbed the 'cave stairs test' just fine). The park, nestled way up in the mountains, was pretty spectacular. We'll have to return when the boys are older to explore the caves. We then headed to Glide, Oregon (near Roseburg) to a wedding of a co-worker of mine. The wedding was in a beautiful spot at the top of a very green hill, and it was fun to catch up with co-workers after a week long hiatus. Our final stop was a quick overnight in Bend, OR where we met up with my parents. The boys had fun saying hello to their Grandparents before the final long drive home on Memorial Day.

Mothers Day Weekend

Kessler needs a haircut.

Chillin' at the park.

The Weavers.

Mat and Caulder taking a dip.

Danielle and Caulder on a hike.

Caulder enjoying his spaghetti dinner.

Kessler enjoying his spaghetti dinner

Mothers Day weekend was a success, thanks to all three Weaver Boys! We started the weekend with a bike ride down to Saturday Market. We then headed to the park to climb on the play ground and chase squirrels. We met up with Chad Saturday night for a barbeque and movies. Sunday we headed to a park on the Snake River for a picnic and hike into a lake. Mat's mom joined us for the picnic and some relaxing in the sun. The boys had a great time playing in the dirt and watching bugs. We finished the day with an awesome spaghetti dinner in which we purchased all the ingredients the previous day at the market. It was the perfect end to a wonderful weekend.

Dinner at the Dahlbergs

Mat, Danielle, Kessler, Caulder, Danielle, Mike, Keaton, Eric, Amy, Grant

We had a fun dinner at Mike and Danielle's last weekend, and got a chance to catch up with Amy, Eric, and Grant. It was fun to see the boys interact (or really just play side by side) with each other. Thanks for the great dinner!

What do all these things have in common?????

...............They may have all been they boys' first words. Kitty, Ball, Broom, Bath, Baby. I always thought that a first word would be obvious- like first steps. But, that has definately not been the case. For quite a while now, it seems as if the boys are saying words. However, they say something that resembles a word, and then never say it again. Recently they have been repeating, on command, the five words previously mentioned. They even point at the correct objects, and say the words. In addition to these four words, it seems that they have also said mama, daddy, mouse, no, bird, car, puppy, hi, bye-bye, and more. If we hear these words again in the next couple of weeks, I'll believe it.

Easter

Caulder draging mama along to find the candy filled Easter eggs.

Some times it's more fun to just pick flowers.

I didn't know there were scary things at Easter.

Grandma G. and the boys.

Grandpa G. helping Caulder find the eggs.

The hunt is on.

Chilling with a basket.

Chilling in a basket.

OK. I'm a little late on this post. But, better late than never..... right? We had a fun Easter with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Godfrey. The boys had a great time with their Grandparents. We also had a visit from the Easter Bunny, and went on two Easter Egg hunts. We were surprised at how well the boys caught on to collecting Easter eggs. Although, once the basket was full, they had just as much fun dumping it out. We were also joined by Grandma Mathews in the afternoon for a yummy Easter dinner.

More cross country skiing

We took a quick trip to McCall to cross country ski and relax. It was still very much winter in McCall and we had a great time. Well, everyone except maybe Caulder who decided it would be fun to run into a big icy mud puddle, and fell face first into the 6" deep water. I quickly pulled him out dripping from head to toe in dirty, icy water. We couldn't help but laugh, as we stripped off his soaking wet clothes and wrapped him in a warm blanket. The remainder of the weekend passed without incident.

More photos of the boys

The boys then........

and now!

We had a visit from Mat's Brother Eric. He was on his way down to Texas to ship off to Iraq. The boys had fun visiting their Uncle. Good luck Eric!

Otherwise, not much else new. Enjoy the pics!