Learning to use a credit card

Soren and his friend Eliana demonstrated to Mike and Sam how to properly swipe a credit card on these statues at the Lloyd Center.

Chocolate fondue with neighbors

The thing about owning a fondue pot is that you forget you have it for 5 years and then you use it several times in a few weeks.  We had some neighbors over for dinner in January and Soren and his friend Ada loved the chocolate fondue for dessert.

Bridal Veil Falls

  

Bridal Veil Falls is in the Columbia River Gorge, about 30 minutes from Portland.

Making Homemade Ravioli

 

 

Kristen, Chris and Mike spent the afternoon making homemade ravioli.  Soren and Bijoux each ate about a pound of spinach pasta.

Sledding on Mt. Hood!

Fun at Crystal Springs

Kristin and Mags taking a breather by the stream and a little tree hugging is good for everyone.

Christmas Card Outtakes

Thanksgiving

We had a house full of good friends on Thanksgiving!  Soren had lots of fun playing with friends Rose and Leona.

Halloween

 

 


Halloween was a great time for Soren this year. He decided to be a firefighter, and after being unsure about knocking on the first door, he took the lead after that and thought trick or treating was a lot of fun.

Soren's first 5K race

 



 



 




 



Soren (with the help of Mike and friend Kristen) ran his first 5K race this morning. It was a Halloween race and lots of people ran in costumes.

Pumpkin Carving

Eating

Soren decided tonight that he'd prefer to eat his veggies like our dog Maggie eats. He also enjoyed popping and eating popcorn that was grown on Grandpa's farm in Iowa.

Labor Day Weekend

We spent a week in Minnesota and Iowa over Labor Day. Soren had a terrific time playing with cousin Logan and meeting new baby cousin Paige. Although he disliked ("dislike" is an understatement) the life vest, he loved being out on the boat in the lake.

Our Backyard

Soren likes to check out just how tall our corn is growing. And Maggie the dog likes to run in our new backyard -- in which we removed our driveway in order to have some space for grass. (The retaining wall near the corn is made out of the cement from the former driveway.)