Wind in his face

If blowing into his face makes Shepherd laugh, Soren wondered what about a balloon

Soren's 5th Birthday at the Bouldering Gym

Shep is 7 months old!

Shepherd's first hike

Missing tooth and watermelon

Friday Night at the Food Carts with Neighbors

Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch at our House

Mike organizes a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt each year.  It's nice because it is only about a dozen kids. Then everyone came over to our house for brunch.  The Easter Bunny gave Soren a stuffed cat, which Soren named "Scratch".  Shepherd got lots of attention from everyone.

First T-ball game

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.