Twin Christmas gifts, from twins

Snow fun Sunday

We snowshoed and played in the feet of fresh snow today near Mt Hood.  Can we go cross country skiing next time, dad ?

Pizza with whipped cream?

We thought we'd like this, combining two of our favorite foods, so you saw it first.

Dad didn't like it so much.  

Home-made Christmas tree #2

Pool noodles + hula hoop + $9 Home Depot trip and we created our own tree again this year.  We love doing this, and we can even stand inside this one!

Old Enough

Abe: Mom says I'm old enough to use a sharp knife so I helped her chop up all the ingredients for turkey pot pie. No fingers were harmed in the making of dinner. 

Thanksgiving at Trillium Lake and Mazama Lodge

Our second boys Thanksgiving day on Mt Hood was another hit: frozen lake antics, bird visitors, sledding, Christmas card photo shoot, and lots of wildlife - we even saw a river otter hop out onto the ice!   Then we overate at the Mazama Lodge with 60 others.

Apple festival fun

Dad really likes to go to the country and buy cider and apples in the fall so we found this orchard festival and ate carmel apples, rode the hay wagon, shot the giant apple sling and loved the bouncy house apple too!

And of course we bought giant honey crisps and cider to go.

Dad even made apple crisp that night!

Please God, don't let this team score on me

Abe: I played goalie for the first time today, so I didn't want them to score any goals.   Here are all the pics of our team for Game #6

Cobras Game 5

We got beat 9-1 today, but still had fun.  We think the other team out-hustled us, while we stood around and watched them.  Koh and I like playing together because we both know where the other one is all the time. Here are all the photos Dad took.

That one has to be ours

I don't think these Papa Murphys workers know how hungry we are. 

Got Jacob off training wheels celebration

It took a few years, but we helped Jacob get rid of those side wheels today, and then went for root beer floats!

Real army canons - wow!

Our favorite park concert every year is this one with the Oregon Symphony at the waterfront.  We skip rocks on the beach, eat coconut macaroons and ice cream, curl up in the blanket, and watch fireworks over the water, too.

But our favorite part is shooting the canons, wow, we got REAL CLOSE this year, had to wear ear plugs and even got blasted by the smoke!  Watch this:

Cobra soccer game #1

We began our soccer careers this year, and here we are in game #1.  We both had lots of playing time in the 2-game jamboree, love the team and coaches, and we even each scored a goal!  Dad took pics for the team and then treated us to yogurt after the game.  Link to 35 team photos 

Seker Sunday school

Good summer readers earned another library award

Home desks clean, ready for 3rd grade

Bring on the homework!

3rd Graders!

Today is the first day of third grade!

Camping with Mom

We got to go camping at Olallie Lake with Mom, her running friends, and a bunch of kids. We played War and made bases all over the peninsula campground. We had so much fun that we cried when we were leaving, so we turned the truck around and went back for a paddle boat ride.

Our 2015 Summer Vacation recap

Thanks, Dad, for taking us on this trip!  Here are 124 of our favorite pics

Lewes to Cape May ferry day