Fabulous Saturday!

Greyson likes to sit and look out the windows a lot.  I thought this was such a cute picture one afternoon.  He was just watching cars and boats go by. 

When we were sitting eating lunch on day we looked out the window and realized we had someone watching us.  A big, dirty eagle.  He or she sat their all afternoon.  It was pretty amazing.  Grey kept coming back to see if the eagle was still there.  

We love Saturdays mostly because Stephen doesn't have to go to work.  But they have been wonderful lately because the weather has been incredible.  We've enjoyed lots of walks.  Last weekend we were on our hike a group of kayakers past us.  Greyson loved watching them. 

Here is one of the kayakers leaving an eagle on a rock they said hello to. 

 Greyson kept stopping along the way to play.  We decided to see how far we could walk before he came too.  We ended up having to go back and get him.  He's a pretty confident little man and was happy to just play.

Of course with the sun we have to soak in all the vitamin D we can! 

Normally Roscoe is in the lead, but Greyson has become a quick mover 

Stephen insisted that we walk this way on the way home and it was such a different view than we normally see.  

Easter!

Greyson felt like a mad scientist dying easter eggs.  He had loads of fun, and I tried to not go crazy.  Everything turned out okay and we ate some yummy deviled eggs for Easter. 

I really love going to the sunrise service on Easter.  Stephen stayed home with the boys so I could go and play music and enjoy.  It was such a wonderful setting for a service. 

We made a quick stop to get some coffee before heading to church in the morning.  Greyson looked like a mini Stephen, it was so cute. 

Greyson loves to "play" with Stephen on Sunday morning.  They are super cute together. 

This picture was before church, while they were practicing, but during church I had to walk out with Landry and Stephen had to read scripture, leaving Greyson in the second row on Easter Sunday without an adult.  He did amazing though and right at the end of Stephen reading he decided to run to the back to stand with me.  So everyone got to see this picture during church. 

Landry checking out the steps in the church 

Greyson collecting Easter eggs after church 

Landry eating the eggs Greyson was collecting. 

Our little family. 

 Had to post this picture.  Greyson was having a tough time smiling at the camera. 

Finding eggs with the kids at the Mission.  So fun! 

A Nice Saturday Walk

Landry sleeps great just like this. 

It's amazing how difficult it is to get Greyson to smile when we want him to. 

Greyson wants to make everything a fire pole and slide down it. 

Going to explore a "cave"

 Enjoying a little sun 

11 Months!

 He's 11 months!  Wow!  Landry is taking about 5 steps at a time and crawls around like a crazy baby.  He wants to badly to keep up with Greyson, but always seems to get hurt a little bit.  He doesn't slow us down too much and spends a lot of time on my back in a backpack.

 He is working on the sleeping thing, but is still not that great at it.  Most days he wakes up at 8 or 8:30 and will take a half hour nap before he goes to bed at 9pm.  He will sleep a lot longer if I am holding him on my back or if we're going for a walk in the stroller.

But overall Landry is a pretty amazing little man!  

Is that a BEAR!!!!!

We were having a normal evening.  I had just put Greyson to bed and was coming out to talk to our friend Ellamy who was over for a visit.  As we stood around the kitchen table Ellamy looked out the window and said, "hmm it looks like. . . Oh, My Goodness!!!!  IT'S A BEAR!" Yes, a bear was walking across Mission Lake right in front of our house.  It was amazing for sure!  We run out onto our deck and watched him some more.  Well we thought he had gone up into the woods on the other side of the lake but no sooner had we said that we thought he was gone and he showed up again! 

She was heading to some very thin ices and then, SPLASH! yep, she fell right through and then swam through the thin ice, breaking as she went to the other side.  

It is unfortunate, the poor bear was hungry and not well.  A couple of days later they had to euthanize her because she was hanging around the schools.  It's the first time in 14 years they have done something like that.  

It's hard to believe that we watched this bear from our living room and deck! 

This was right before she fell into the lake.

A little March Madness

Landry is a little ball full of personality!  He is full of smiles and keeps us laughing.  He, like Greyson likes to get into our cupboards and pull out whatever he can find.  This night he decided he wanted to be what was for supper.  We didn't put him in the skillet at all, but of course we keep a camera close by for picture opportunities like these. 

When March comes there are always days that make you think spring is right around the corner.  Well we had a few of these and of course we took advantage of them.  We decided one Saturday afternoon to head out to White Sands Beach for a walk.  It was beautiful, but of course pretty chilly.  On the way back we stopped by the city dump to get some great eagle pictures.  

Yes, those are all eagles! 

 The ones below is a juvenile birds.  It's under 4 years.  They are so amazing!