road trip part 1: BEACH

Two weekends ago marked our first family trip to the Oregon Coast. It was Brett's first beach experience, and Jaciane's first time at the Pacific. We spent one night in Lincoln City, ate at Mo's chowderhouse, made s'mores (in the microwave...our beach campfire refused to stay lit), and toured the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Such a fun weekend! We couldn't believe the beautiful weather. It very much reminded us of the trip four years ago with Millenne - how is it that we've managed to score beautiful, sunny weather at the beach in January...twice?! :)

Brett's first experience in the sand

Lovin' her first bite of clam chowder

Like sister, like brother. Yumm.

First bite of S'mores! Ooey, gooey, goodness.

Outside the Oregon Coast Aquarium

Fish fun!

Jaciane and Brett get attacked by sharks...and they like it

This one's for YOU, Grandpa. ;)

Our favorite store at the beach - Pirate's Plunder!

The ships at Newport

Brett enjoys the ships from his comfy carseat

Pretty view, gorgeous girl

Beach walkin'...beach runnin'...

She froze her toes!

silliness

Brett checks out his reflection in the D river

It says "I love USA" :)

And just in case all the photos weren't enough...Brett running on the beach! I love this one. :)

Happy Birthday to Brett...

So I'm a bit behind in posting...I've been working on an awesome video of Brett's first year and was hoping to stick it in the 1st B'day posting...well, it's going to be awhile, so here are the B'day pics in the meantime.

The B'day Bear & Silly Sisters!

Emma and Brett - cutie pies

Buddy Jaron says "Happy Birthday Brett!"

Oh. My. Chocolate.

Yummy picnic spread for our TeddyBear Picnic theme party


Sugar coma (I love how he's still holding onto the balloon though)

So fun! The little Bretter had kind of a funky day on his big B'day party...but he managed to keep a happy face during his big bash. Then, as you can see, he konked out big time. What a trooper.

Coming soon - Brett's first Beach Trip! :) Stay tuned...

Family Portraits - Christmas '08

Family Portraits

Best Christmas Since Jesus, Part 2

Like everyone else in the Portland area, we've been pretty much snowed in for over a week. This storm is unbelievable! Thankfully, we were still able to get Jaciane here on Sunday, just before several airlines shut down at PDX. Whew. That was a close one. Since then we've been just chillin' at home...and hoping to maybe make it out for some fun excursions before Millenne heads home next Sunday. Below are the more recent photos from our fun as a fam.


Brett's first haircut - a dual adventure because we actually had to pick up Julie, our wonderful hairstylist, and bring her to work in order to get the snips for both Daddy and son. :)

Jaciane arrives!! All the siblings together at last...in front of the Christmas tree, no less!


Jaciane enjoys her new Hello Kitty bed. Will she ever want to leave? :)


Of course, we had to play in the snow the night Jaciane arrived. Our snowman looked mighty tasty!


Snuggling up with big sister. So cute!

Best Christmas Since Jesus, Part 1

Here begins the first of what I'm sure will be many posts of our wonderful Christmas as a big, happy family. That's right - Millenne has arrived!...And Jaciane will come next Sunday. We've had so much fun already!

First, Mill got to fly through Dallas on Friday, so she spent an hour with Grandma and Grandpa Boehme. Yeah!

Then she arrived in Portland and we spent the afternoon reuniting as a family. Mill met her lil' bro, Brett, and they are already best buds. Brett loves to make funny faces at his big sis and see if she will copy him.

Brother and sister finally meet!

Mill reminisces over the scrapbook we made of all the Brazil trips, 1997-2008

Just being silly

More silliness!

On Friday night, we whisked Millenne off to enjoy an early Christmas present - the Michael W. Smith Christmas concert at Rolling Hills. Dad and Mill had SO much fun! Mom and Brett got to enjoy Teacher Patty's Christmas Pageant across the street at Athey...what a perfect evening.

Smitty and Melinda Dolittle

Dad and Mill meet Melinda!

Millenne hoards all the sugar cookies

Yummm, cheesecake batter!

On Saturday, we hung out more as a family, baked Christmas goodies, and did some shopping. Thank goodness for that - we can't even think of leaving the house now because...

On Sunday, it SNOWED! And SNOWED, and SNOWED...and is still SNOWING with no sign of stopping. Wow! It wasn't Brett's first snow, but it was the first snow he could really enjoy. It was Mill's first snow-falling experience, and we had SOOOOO much fun outside playing in it! Sorry for the overload of photos, but I just couldn't resist.

Millenne rides a deer

First closeup encounter with the white stuff

Mill's first snowman! Complete with eyes made from chocolate truffles...very gourmet

Look how BIG he is, standing up in his snowsuit!

And now, for the video...:)