Mini-vacation to Newport, Oregon

Although it rained the entire trip, we enjoyed our three days in the coastal town of Newport, Oregon.

Brothers in March

Steven and Shepherd, and a new dog

Since he was a baby, Soren has had his "Little Mags" -- a stuffed animal Boston Terrier, to match our real Boston Terrier Maggie.

We wanted to get a stuffed animal for Shepherd to grow up with and we wanted it to have some type of connection with our lives.  Soren was the smart one in our family and decided that a German Shepherd dog was the right choice.

Soren's Photos

We don't know if Soren will be a world-class photographer.  Here are his shots of our neighborhood, as seen from his wagon.

At the Park with a friend

Second Kids and First Bites

The second kid gets very different treatment than the first.  Although we know you start a baby on rice cereal, the other night we thought it was time for Shep to try solid food.  Since no rice cereal was on hand, he got two bites of vanilla Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Brothers at Four Months

Shepherd and Soren look amazingly alike at 4 months.  


Here is Shepherd.

And this is Soren.

Rolling Over

Shepherd has figured out how to roll over.  

My vegetarian view of our non-vegetarian household

Mike made lamb earlier this week.  We didn't know if Soren would like it or not.

Shepherd is 3 months old!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve at the Bennett house

Thanksgiving with the Alberg's

Shepherd at 2 weeks

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