Lucas Family

sT nIcHoLaS dAy!!

2011-12-06T13:13:00.000-08:00

Today was St Nicholas Day. He came and filled our stockings with our Christmas Pajamas and he also left a new Christmas outfit and of course CANDY!! Happy St Nicholas Day!!

Lucas Family Christmas Tree 2011

2011-12-03T15:24:00.000-08:00

This year for our Christmas tree we got to Polaris out on a wet pouring day and searched our property for the perfect Christmas tree. What we ended up with is the most perfect "Charlie Brown" tree ever. The tree really did look much fuller before we cut it down. But it was so tall, we had to resize it twice before it actually fit in our house (and we have very high ceilings). Brad said that he gets to pick out the tree next year. But let me say: I love the way you can see all our Christmas ornaments. I think it is beautiful! Merry Christmas.

dEcEmBeR bIrThDaYs

2011-12-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Annika, Eddie, and Julie. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year. I hope all your birthday wishes come true!! xoxoxoxo

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-23T22:58:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we spent the weekend in Greyland, WA at Bett's family's beach houses. It was so nice because this was the first time that all the Lucas families have been together since Spencer & Bett's wedding over 3 years ago. We
had a big Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, spent time at the beach. On Friday we went to Gail & John's (Bett's parents house) for a Day after Thanksgiving get together. It was really nice and the kids had so much fun playing on the stairs and piano. On Saturday we had family pictures taken - All of us together. I can't wait to see how they turn out! It was so nice to see everyone. I hope this becomes a new Lucas Family Tradition!!

Cirque du Soleil

2011-11-19T23:17:00.000-08:00

One of Brad's friends gave us tickets to see Cirque du Soleil - The Michael Jackson Experience tonight. Brad being the "giver" that he is, gave his ticket to his mom to come with me & the girls. Kenna has been wanting to see a Cirque performance for years now. She had a great time. It was a late show (it didn't start till after 8pm). Ashlyn made it almost through the whole thing. I had to carry her to the car at the end of the shoe. We all had a good time - it was AMAZING!

Our First Snow!!

2011-11-18T13:25:00.000-08:00

Look how pretty!! We got snow - our first snow in the new house. We love it. We knew we would get snow, but how much would we get - we didn't know. I hope we have a white winter. Here are some pictures ...
Our house

Brad thought he was so funny to make the snow plow get me with the snow. It was a lot of snow & I just stood there ... what a dork!

This is how I take the girls to & from school. The bus picks them up at the front gate - it is about a mile down the hill. This is our Polaris Ranger - it has a heater & Brad of course added a stereo.

nOvEmBeR bIrThDaYs

2011-11-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Uncle Larry! We hope you have a great day & a spectacular year. We love you!!

HALLOWEEN 2011

2011-10-31T22:27:00.000-07:00

For the Friday before Halloween this year - the girls dressed up for school. Thanks to Gramma & Grampa for the Halloween shirts & thanks to Auntie Linda & Uncle Mike for the Halloween socks & gloves.

This year I decided that we didn't need to buy new Halloween costumes. They have so many from the previous years that will still fit them for at least 1 more year. So we went through the tub, sent the Ariel costume to cousin Kiki to wear this year. Kenna decided she wanted to be the flapper & Ashlyn decided to wear her Super girl costume again this year. We took the Polaris out and drove door to door. Our neighbors are too far away to walk to & it is way too dark. Even though they only hit about 7 - 10 houses, they still came home with half a bag of candy which is plenty!

Brad's pumpkin this year.

Ashlyn's pumpkin this year. She designed it herself! Kenna wanted her pumpkin to look like Jack from the Nightmare Before Christmas - daddy helped her.

Mine is Mickey Mouse. I cheat and use a stencil every year!

Happy Halloween!!

Harvest Festival

2011-10-29T17:28:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the girls school for the Harvest Festival. The girls dressed up in their costumes. Kenna was a Vampiress and Ashlyn was Super Girl. They played games, had pizza and played with their friends.

Oh no - Ashlyn got put in jail!

Kenna getting her fortune read. She was told - "She would get more candy this year than ever before". Ashlyn was told: "She would be able to eat as much candy as she wanted and not get any cavities".

Ashlyn & her friend Amelia.

Happy Birthday Ashlyn

2011-10-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy 7th birthday Ashlyn. Let me say - this year was a marathon birthday. It started off with having her friend Grace stay with us for the weekend because her parents were out of town. Ash decided she wanted to go to lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese with Brad since he had a business event to go to that night. Then for dinner we met Gramma, Grampa, Auntie Linda & cousin Kyle at Big Als for some bowling. Then Uncle Steve, Auntie Ana, Walter & Maggie joined us for dinner, cupcakes and lots & lots of games. Then on Saturday she had a slumber party with Kenna, Grace, Elizabeth, and Olivia. The theme this year was dolphin luau. They ate pizza and junk food, watched movies in the movie room. This year Ashlyn told me she didn't want a cake or cupcakes for dessert - she wanted me to decorate sugar cookie in flowers & butterflies - so that is what I did. I hope you had a wonderful birthday Ash - we love you so much!!!

Beth & Jeff's Wedding

2011-10-08T23:16:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Beth & Jeff! We had a great time at the wedding. It was so nice to get together & see everyone. Here's to many, many happy years together! hugs & kisses!

Mickey's Trick Or Treat Party

2011-10-07T23:34:00.000-07:00

This year for the girls Christmas present gramma & grampa surprised them with tickets to go to Mickey Mouses Trick-or-Treat party. The girls were so excited and they had so much fun especially since gramma came with us. They got loads of candy, saw a bunch of characters, went on rides, and danced with Buzz Lightyear. Thanks gramma & grampa - we LOVE you!!

Southern California trip

2011-10-04T22:58:00.000-07:00

We took a trip to Southern California just the girls & I. We went to meet cousin Nathan, see Kiki & Kodee and the rest of the family. I also got to go to Beth & Jeff's wedding. Here are some pictures from our quick trip.

oCtObEr BiRtHdAyS

2011-10-01T15:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Uncle Mike & Walter. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. Hugs & Kisses!!

Happy Birthday Brad

2011-09-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Brad. This year we had a bar-b-que at our new house to celebrate his special day. What more can a guy ask for than good friends, beer, shooting, steak and Ducks football. Thanks to all who came and celebrated with us!

First Day of School

2011-09-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of school at our new school. We now go to LaCamas Heights Elementary school in Camas. Kenna is a big 4th grader and is in Mrs. Stevens class. Ashlyn is in first grade and is in Mrs. Hansel's class. They are fitting in just fine and loving their new school. They also get to ride the bus to and from school. They get picked up down at the front gate. That means mom has to get us up and drive us down there everyday.

Good-bye Chrisben Court

2011-09-02T16:39:00.000-07:00

Good Bye to our first home on Chrisben Court. We are going to miss the AMAZING neighbors that we grew to Love. So many memories were made here. Mine & Brad's first home together, Kenna was born, Ashlyn was born & mo much more. We will keep the memories close in our hearts as we move on to new adventures in our new home.

sEpTeMbEr BiRtHdAyS

2011-09-01T15:33:00.000-07:00

Looks like September is a very busy month in our family! Happy Birthday to Howie, Spencer, Ana, and Tommy. Here's to a very happy birthday and a fabulous year!! We love you!!

Happy Birthday Kenna

2011-08-24T07:17:00.000-07:00

This year for Kenna's 9th birthday she had a Luau slumber party. We had pizza for dinner and then they went to the movie room & watched Monte Carlo. There we made glow in the dark leis for the girls to wear. Kenna wanted a triple chocolate cake for dessert. Me being the master baker I am went to Costco & picked one up! The next morning we had fruit & muffins for breakfast & then Brad took all the girls for a walk on the trail.

Welcome Baby Elliette

2011-08-19T16:40:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Lucas family baby Elliette and CONGRATULATIONS to Uncle Spencer, Auntie Bett and big sister Emme Lou. You are already LOVED by so many!! We can't wait to spend so much time watching you grow up - hugs & kisses!

Our New House

2011-08-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the new house. We love it so much. I especially love our gourmet kitchen & my ginormous closet. Brad loves his outdoor living room/kitchen & the movie room. The girls love it all. It is in a gated community on 5.5 acres. Please come visit - we love to have visitors!!

Erin's Surgery Update

2011-08-02T16:33:00.000-07:00

For those of you who did not know, I had surgery today. For the past couple of years I had a tumor in my uterus that kept growing & growing. I named her Esther. She got to be the size of a grapefruit and was causing some other problems. I had her removed today. I am doing fine and thanks to Brad, Shannon and my parents for all your help while I am recovering.

We've Moved

2011-08-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

That's right we are now official Washingtonians!! Please come visit and plan on staying overnight. It may be a long way up here - but it is so worth it once you get here!

aUgUsT bIrThDaYs

2011-08-01T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Uncle Steve & cousin Nikki. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. Hugs & Kisses!!

sUn RiVeR

2011-07-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

We took our annual trip to Sun River again this year. Brad has to go for a convention every year. We went up the weekend before and had a family vacation. The girls just love it in Sun River - there is so much to do. We went rafting down the river, horseback riding, swimming in the big pool, playing in the river, bumper cars, and so much more. This year we let the girl get feathers in their hair - it is the "in thing". Kenna chose a long red one & a pink one. Ashlyn chose an orange one & some sparkly tinsel. They were so excited!! One of the companies Brad does business with has a family bar-b-que every year to kick off the start of the convention. They always have fun games for the kids to play and face painting. Kenna chose to be a Vampire-dog-bunny - or something like that. Ashlyn went for the full on dragon tattoo up the arm. We also love to go every year because we get to spend so much time with our friends. Uncle Kevin, Miss Heidi & her boys Hank & Albert stayed with us. In the 2 houses next to us were the Rouse family & the Ivanoff Family - Theo & Jennifer were just a bit further down. We can't wait for next year!

Ingrid

2011-07-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks Ingrid for having a much needed girls night with me at Portland City Grill. I had a lot of fun. Let's do it again soon - Cheers!!

I DID IT!!!

2011-07-20T09:02:00.000-07:00

As most of you know - I have been struggling with my weight for years. I have tried every diet out there & nothing worked for me. I am happy to say as of today I hit my goal plus 3 extra pounds. My goal was to lose 40 pounds before we went on our trip to Sun River - I lost 43 pounds!! Woo Hoo!! How did I do it finally? We have changed the way we eat. We no longer eat processed food and we eat a lot of organic meats, vegetables and fruit. I read the book the Primal Blueprint my Mark Sisson (Thanks Spencer). What he has to say is so true - go back and eat the way our ancestors did. I will admit - it was hard to give up the bread for the first couple of week - I do love my turkey sandwiches. But I don't even miss it anymore. I love the way I look and feel - I have so much energy now. I am so much happier!!

Fourth of July

2011-07-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July. This year Auntie Julie and "Scottish Steve" came to visit us. We had so much fun. We went on a walk to the park and even took them by the house we are buying. We had a bar-b-que with Uncle Steve, Auntie Ana, Walter & Maggie. Jeff, Jeanne & Grace Rouse also came over. We had fun decorating patriotic cookies and of course Brad bought a ton of fireworks again this year, so we had a beautiful display. It just seems weird that this will be the last 4th of July i our old house.I wonder what it will be like next year. We are excited to find out - I just love the 4th of July.

jUlY bIrThDaYs

2011-07-01T07:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Kyle, Annika, & Grampy Lucas. We wish we could celebrate your special day with you all. Hugs & Kisses!

Father's Day

2011-06-19T07:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's day to the world's best dads. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. We love you so much!!

jUnE bIrThDaYs

2011-06-01T10:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Maggie & Tony. May all your birthday wishes come true. Hugs & Kisses!

Mother's Day Take 2

2011-05-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

We spent Mother's Day this year by going to Rose's for lunch with gramma & grampa. We all shared a big piece of yummy carrot cake to celebrate the special event. Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day grammy, grandma & all the other mothers out there. You are all AMAZING and we are much better people for having you in our lives. Thanks for always being there for us. We love you with all our hearts. xoxoxo

mAy BiRtHdAyS

2011-05-01T10:05:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday dad & Jo-Jo Bean. Here's wishing the both of you an AmAzInG year. Love you!!

10 Years!!

2011-04-28T21:58:00.000-07:00

We spent our 10th anniversary at the Blazer game with some good friends Steve, Theo & Jennifer. Thanks for celebrating our special day with us. Here's to many, many more years together. I LOVE you!

April Birthdays

2011-04-24T08:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Judi & Bebe. We hope you have a very Happy Birthday & a Fabulous year. May all your birthday wishes come true! Hugs & Kisses!

Welcome Baby Nathan

2011-04-02T13:47:00.000-07:00

Welome to the family baby Nathan James and conrgatulations to the proud parents Eddie & Shelby. We LOVE you all!!

Spring Break

2011-03-20T17:02:00.000-07:00

We spent our Spring Break this year in Sun Valley, Idaho. We went ice skating on an outside skate ring while it was snowing, tubing down a really big hill, skiing, and of course swimming in the outdoor "hot pool". We had so much fun. Thanks to Grammy & Grampy Lucas for letting us use their condo. We always have so much fun when we go to Sun Valley

It's Blazer Time!!

2011-03-05T17:18:00.000-08:00

We went to a Blazer game tonight. Miss Ingrid & Liam came with us. This was Liam's first Blazer game. The Blazers Won - Woo Hoo - Go Blazers!!!

mArCh BiRtHdAyS!!!

2011-03-01T07:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Auntie Donna, Auntie Linda, Bett, Kori, and Becky. We hope you have an aMaZiNg birthday & a fAbUlOuS year!! Hugs & Kisses!

He will be missed

2011-02-01T16:48:00.000-08:00

A very special man passed away this month - my Grandpa Bud. We will miss him very much. He was such a great grandpa. We love you and will see you again one day!

February Birthdays

2011-02-01T16:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Kiki, Grandma, Grammy & Emme Lou!! We hope all your Birthday wishes come true. Hugs & kisses!!!

fEbRuArY 2011

2011-02-01T15:47:00.000-08:00

February started off with a BIG surprise. I went to the emergency room because I was having pain in my abdomen that was not going away. It just kept getting worse & worse. Turns out I was bleeding into my abdomen and had to have emergency surgery. Then 2 days later I started hemorrhaging and had to go in for another surgery. Because of the amount of blood I loss - I had to have 2 blood transfusions. I am doing much better. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and all those beautiful flowers.

Beth

2011-01-19T10:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Beth Anne Poop! I hope all your birthday wishes come true. Love you!

Happy Birthday Auntie Shanny!

2011-01-18T07:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Shanny. We wish we could be there to celebrate your special day with you. All our love & hugs!!

jAnUaRy 2011

2011-01-01T14:56:00.000-08:00

January 2011 - Happy New Year!! We spent the New Years just us girls. Brad was in Arizona at the BCS game watching the Ducks play Auburn. Unfortunately the Ducks lost ... maybe next year - Go Ducks!! We also went to a Blazers game. Brad scored awesome tickets on the ground floor center court. Ashlyn went down to sit with him at half time. Blaze the Portland Trailblazers mascot even took her on the court to hold the sign - she LOVED it. Kenna decided she wanted to stay up in the regular seats with all the free food & candy she could eat. She has her priorities! We had a blast.

sT nIcHoLaS dAy!!

2010-12-18T10:46:00.000-08:00

We celebrated St Nicholas Day a littl late this year - but he finally came today. He filled the girls stocking all the way up and brought them lots of very cool gifts ... check it out ....

St Nick brings the girls their Christmas PJs every year! Here are Ashlyn's - they are pink with polar bears on them.

Kenna's are blue with snowmen on them. Thanks St Nick!!

Decorating at work - The Polar Express

2010-12-16T14:04:00.000-08:00

My work really goes all out when it comes to the holidays. We had ugly sweater day last week - sorry no pictures!! This week we had a competition on decorating our work areas. My pod did the Polar Express. Other pods and area did A Snoopy Christmas, Winter Wonderland, and classic simple Christmas. Here are some pictures of the Polar Express.

We aore our PJs since that is what they wore on the Polar Express. We had a lot of fun and the patients enjoyed it also!!

Mommy's Work - Kids Christmas Party

2010-12-11T15:32:00.000-08:00

Today was the Christmas party for kids at mommy's work. We has a BLAST!!When we got there we got to decorate bags that we would later use for the pinatas.

Here is Kenna's bag - isn't it pretty!!

Here is Ashlyn's - she decorated both sides & the bottom!

These are the outfits that my friend Wendi made for the girls last year. I just LOVE them!!

Our neighbors dad works with mommy - here they are all together. Natalie, Ashlyn, Eli, Bella and Kenna ... I am not sure where Micha went??

Kenna just found out that Santa and Mrs. Claus were here and there would be presents for everyone! How EXCITING!!

Kenna with Sanat and Mrs. Claus

Ashlyn with Santa & Mrs. Claus

She really wanted to get that pinata!!!

Decorating our Christmas Tree

2010-12-06T19:59:00.000-08:00

This is daddy's very first Christmas ornament. He puts this one on the tree first and then we all get to help out. This ornament is really, really old!!

Daddy putting his ornament on the tree

Kenna putting one of her first ornaments on the tree.

Now its Ashy's turn!!

Our Christmas Tree

2010-12-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

We went to cut down our family Christmas tree today. The girls love doing this - it is so much fun. First stop was Home Depot to get our wreath for the front door.

Ashy helped carry the wreath to the car.

This is the one - now daddy needs to cut it down. It was a little cold, at least it was not snowing this year.

Here it is ....

I think the girls look forward to the hot apple cider more than cutting down the tree. Yummy!!!

silly lucas girls!!

2010-08-09T22:19:00.001-07:00

This is classic Ashlyn being Ash. She dresses up in crazy outfits all the time. She actually wanted to go out with me looking like this ... NO WAY!!!!

Kenna's nose was bleeding so she went upstairs and came down looking like this. She stuck cotton balls in her nose and held it on with band-aids. If you didn't know - Kenna HATES the sight of blood ... she was freaking out. I laughed so hard when I saw this - she got so mad at me.

The girls are so silly some times they make me laugh. We love our "girl time" together!

The Coopers Came to Visit

2010-08-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

The Coopers came to Oregon again this summer and we have gotten together a couple of times. I hope we get to see them some more before they have to go back home in mid August. Brian is coaching baseball, the kids & Erin came to stay with him for a bit. That gives us some time to visit. We went to dinner at Players. Here are some picture from that night and one from when we met and played at Out of This World Pizza and Play.

The girls (Kenna, Ashlyn & McKenna) were being so goofy ... they have a good time together. Too bad we didn't live close together all the time.

Camden didn't want to be in the picture with the girls

Oh NO ... Look Out ... Kenna's driving!!!!

Ashlyn LOVES this game

Camden won A LOT of tickets!!

Ashlyn, McKenna, Kenna & Camden at Out of this World Pizza and Play!

Happy Birthday Grampy

2010-07-28T10:15:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday grampy ... we hope you have a very happy birthday and a fabulous year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true - we can't wait to see you in Connecticut in 1 month. xoxoxoxo

* eLiZaBeTh *

2010-06-22T21:43:00.000-07:00

Today we had to say goodbye to a very special member of our family ... Elizabeth one of our pet rats had to be put to sleep because she had a brain tumor. She was a good pet to us and she was a great class pet for Kenna's 2nd grade class. She will be missed so much!!

father's day

2010-06-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to the Best daddies in the whole wide world ... we LOVE you!!

Auntie Julie Came to Visit

2010-06-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

Auntie Julie came for a visit ... We LOVE it when she comes. She always brings cool presents and teaches us all kinds of fun new things to do. We learned how to melt crayons on a griddle and make really cool pictures. We played with sidewalk chalk, went for walks and went to sushi boat.

Auntie Julie ... we miss you so much. We wish you lived closer so we could see you all the time. xoxoxo

hApPy bIrThDaY mAgGiE!!!

2010-06-04T10:13:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st birthday Maggie. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year ... we hope all you birthday wishes come true. We love you tons!! xoxoxo

hApPy BiRtHdAy kOdEe ......

2010-06-02T09:48:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Koko!! We wish we were there to celebrate your big day day with you. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. We LOVE you and miss you TONS!!! Hugs & Kisses!!!

OFC Fun

2010-06-01T10:02:00.000-07:00

As you know I work at the Orthopedic & Fracture clinic for a hand surgeon ... I am learning to cast and LOVE it!! This is my friend Jackie. She is so nice to let me practice, and practice, and practice my casting on her. These are a couple of my first short arm casts ... Don't they look pretty?

This was the first one. She is a beaver fan - I tried to do green and yellow .. but she wouldn't let me! and I do need the practice, so I gave in.

Thanks Jackie - you are the BEST!!

Here I was practicing my splinting also ... I am ready to go ... bring on the arm fractures!!!

GiRlS dAy!!!

2010-05-31T14:43:00.000-07:00

The girls and I got up this morning and took Brad to the airport. He is in Texas for the next week. After going by gramma & grampa's house in Vancouver, WA - I decided to make today a girls day and spend some time together since we have the day off. We went to lunch at Sushi Boat. They have been wanting to try it. I do need to say that they didn't really try any sushi - but they did have fun grabbing edamame, watermelon, spring rolls and chocolate cake. After lunch we went and got manicures and pedicures. We had a lot of fun ... just us girls!!

They got to pick out their own nail polish color. Kenna picked red with sparkles.

Ashlyn picked hot pink with sparkles in it.

It is so cool - they each had their own dvd player to watc watever movie they wanted. There were tons to cse from.

Kenna's toes

Kenna's fingers

She LOVED it!!

Ashlyn's toes. They each have flowers painted on their fingers and toes.

Alyn's fingers

Here are my toes. The girls wanted me to take a picture of mine also. I did not get my fingers done because I work to much ... dishes, laudry, floors, stc. to waste my money on my nails to get them chipeed the very next day!

After 2 hours of telling Ahyn to go take a nap ... she finally crashed the living room sofa.

Ashlyn and her Boyfriend

2010-05-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

Today was Layden's birthday. For those of you who do not know - Layden has been Ashlyn's "boyfriend" for 2 years now. They go to daycare together. She has informed me that they are going to get married and move to Hawaii where they will have one baby, a girl and they will name her Matalie - OH BOY!!! Here are a few pictures from the party at Chuck E Cheese.

Ashlyn and Layden

Ashlyn and Layden

There was quite a bit of this .... KISSING!!! Every time I would say "let me take your picture" - hey would kiss Ashlyn. And not just on the cheek, but on the lips! We had to sit down and have a talk. Being friends is OK - but kissing ... WOW - not OK!!

Congratulations!!

2010-05-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Eddie & Bebe on your first home. It is beautiful and we can't wait to come see it. We love you and miss you tons!!

My Birthday

2010-05-15T10:33:00.000-07:00

This year for my birthday the girls and I got up and went on a family walk at a park in Lake Oswego to participate in the Portland Corporate Games with some people that I work with. I was so excited that this is one of the few years that it was actually sunny on my birthday (it usually rains). It was beautiful! We went to breakfast afterwards and then Brad made seared ahi tuna for dinner with crab legs, sticky rice, garlic green beans and sake. It was a very nice birthday!! Below are some pictures from the day.

Kenna wanted to see how her hair turned out. I did Ashlyn's the same way.

Mitch works down in the surgery center and he was there with his wife and baby. Judy works in DME and she came with her husband Don and puppy Calli. The girls had fun playing with Calli and giving her treats (carrots).

hApPy bIrThDaY JoE jOe BeAn!

2010-05-15T05:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Joey! How I miss the days of family parties and GI Joe birthday cakes because you are younger than I am. I am so glad we share our special day with each other!! Happy birthday cousin - I love you. I hope all your birthday wishes come true!!!

Sokol Blosser

2010-05-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

The girls, my sister in law Ana, Auntie Linda and my parents went wine tasting at a local winery - Sokol Blosser. I have been wanting to go there for quite some time now. My dad and I actually ended up joing their wine club. It was yummy!! Here are some pictures from the day.

Ashlyn Claire

Kenna Anne being goofy

Sisters - they LOVE each other!!

It is so pretty here

Me and my momma

Me and Ana. I am so glad she was able to come with us. I am ever more happy that she has volunteered to be my buddy to go pick up my parents and my next shipment since we both opted to pick up rather than have it delivered!! hehe!!

Me and Auntie Linda. It really wasn't that cold!! I am in short sleeves and she looks like she is headed to Alaska! Love you!!

WOW - Look at the boozers. Thanks again for driving dad. It sure was yummy. We will have to go to more next time.

happy birthday grampa!!

2010-05-07T05:26:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday grampa. We are so happy to be able to spend your birthday with you this year. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a faboulous year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. xoxoxo!!

Kenna's First Holy Communion

2010-05-01T20:48:00.000-07:00

Today was Kenna's First Holy Communion. We are so proud of her. she looked so BEAUTIFUL and she did so great!!
Here are some pictures from the day.

This is a gift from mommy, daddy and Ashlyn.

It was this BEAUTIFUL cross necklace.

Sisters ... they love each other so much!!

Kenna and her friend Holly.

Uncle Brad and Walter.

Walter

Maggie and Auntie Ana

Kenna entering the church - isn't she so cute? She kept telling me she was nervous - she did great!

Here is part of her group getting ready for the picture. She is the second from the bottom on the left. She was very excited to let us know that she was not the shortest person in her class this time. She is always the shortest.

Kenna, Holly, Maddie and another little girl in her Sunday school class.

This is the one picture that Kenna asked me to make sure I took for her after she was done. She wanted a picture with Mary.

The family

Ashlyn, Kenna and Auntie Linda. "Auntie Linda, Thanks so much from visiting from California to be her to help me celebrate my very special day - xoxo Kenna"

Grampa, Gramma, Kenna & Ashlyn. "Gramma & Grampa - thank you for celebrating my special day with me. It meant so much to have you here. I love you - xoxo Kenna"

Uncle Steve, Auntie Ana, Walter, Maggie and Kenna. "Thanks for comming to my First Holy Communion. I love you! - xoxo Kenna"

Kenna and her Godfather - Uncle Steve

Auntie Ana, Gramma & Maggie

This is Kenna's beautiful cake. She wanted something very specific. Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and white frosting with pink writing. Auntie Linda brought the chocolate cross for Kenna. It really was a beautiful cake - yummy also even though they messed up and it was white cake. Kenna didn't even realize it.

hApPy BiRtHdAy BeBe!!!

2010-04-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Bebe!! I hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year. I hope all you birthday wishes come true. Love you - xoxoxo!!!

earth day 2010

2010-04-21T21:21:00.000-07:00

Today was earth day. I picked the girls up from day care and took them out to dinner. While we were eating Kenna was telling me what she learned about earth day and what that meant. She asked if we could take a walk after dinner to pick up trash around our neighborhood. So we called Auntie Ana to see if they wanted to join us. So off we went ... Kenna, Ashlyn, Walter, Auntie Ana and I to pick up trash around the neighborhood. We had a great time and they can't wait to do it again. Happy Earth Day!!!

The Sullivans Came to Visit

2010-04-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

The Sullivan clan came to visit over there Spring Break. They are now living in Canada. It was so good to see them. It has been over 6 years since we saw them last. The kids had a blast playing together. I just wish we would have had more time to spend visiting. I also wish I had taken some better pictures. These were all I could find on Brad's camera from right before they left. I hope we see them again sooner this time. Thanks for visiting - we love you!!

Kenna, Laura, Ryan, Annie Z, and Sean (he was the ring bearer in our wedding)

Ryan

Annie Z and Brian

Brad, Annie Z, Brian and me

eAsTeR 2010

2010-04-05T10:27:00.000-07:00

This Easter was torture on the girls. We do not let them go downstairs without us. Brad was teasing them - they woke up at 6am and he wouldn't get up until well after 9:30. They did sneak down a few times - but I made them come back up and wait every time.

The annual picture at the top of the stairs. Wow look at that hair!!

Ash and her basket

Kenna and her basket

Decorating Eggs

2010-04-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

This year Bella and Ryan came over to decorate Easter eggs with us. We had so many eggs and so many different decorating tools, colors and stickers. It was a lot of fun. Can't wait to do it again next year. Take a look at the pictures below from the fun times we had!!!

Ashlyn, Bella and Kenna

Kenna and Bella - working hard

Ashlyn and her yellow egg

Kenna and her tie-dye egg

Bella and her pretty pink egg

Ryan doing his thing

Ashlyn and all her eggs! She like to get in and get out ... she is very quick. She sis all these in the time it took Kenna to do 2 or 3.

Bella and Ryan

Kenna making her egg with that cool spinner thing

The gang - Ashlyn, Kenna, Bella and Ryan

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-03T09:04:00.001-07:00

The girls and I went to the annual Alpenrose Dairy Easter Egg Hunt again this year. It was too bad that it was raining - but the girls had a good time anyway.

I am so glad that we ran in to some old friends on our way out. You have to park in a big field and it was very muddy! My car got stuck and about 6 guys came over to help push me out. I wish I would have taken a picture of the car after - it was sooo muddy with lots of hand prints. It was kinda funny! Thanks to Russ and all the other guys for helping this lady is distress and 2 girls who were scared that we would be stuck there FOREVER!!

The girls with the Easter Bunny.

The Girls Spring Break Trip

2010-03-24T19:40:00.000-07:00

For Spring break this year Brad took the girls to Sun Valley. I am starting a new position at work so the timing is perfect. Skiing, Sledding, Hot pool ...Take a look at all the fun they had.

The girls in the hot pool - they couldn't get enough

The girls and their ski teacher - Snow Princess

Ash skiing

Ashlyn likes adventure

The girls (and grampy) on the slopes

Ashlyn took a liking to ice skating. By the end she was out there on her own. Kenna didn't care for it so much

Watch out Olympics - here come Ashlyn

Look at her go .....

It was a real treat for grammy and gramp to be able t be able to spend this time with the girls.

The Sun Valley sign

Sledding time

Kenna liked the sledding better than Ashlyn

Look how old by baby is getting

Sun Valley is so beautiful - I wish I could have gone

Chocolate Fondue ... yum yum!!

Kenna likes it

Kenna

Ashlyn

The slopes in Sun Valley

Keeping warm in front of the fireplace

My girls - I love them so much!!

Happy 40th Anniversary

2010-03-22T05:09:00.000-07:00

Happy 40th Anniversary mom & dad. I hope you have many more happy years together. We love you!!

Happy Birthday Auntie Linda

2010-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Linda! Hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true!! xoxo

Congratulations Uncle Spencer & Auntie Bett

2010-02-28T22:37:00.000-08:00

We have a new cousin. She was born today and she weighs 6lbs 9oz and is 20 in long. Mommy, daddy and baby are doing just fine. She doesn't have a name yet - we can't wait to meet her.

Ashlyn's Fisrt

2010-02-23T17:30:00.000-08:00

Ashlyn lost her first tooth at school on yesterday. The toothfairy came and brought her $5.00. She came downstairs and showed me her money and said "Look mommy the toothfairy came and brought me $5.00. I can go to Subway tonight". Then she started singing the Subway commercial .... $5, $5, $5 Footlong (insert hand motions). She is so silly!!

Happy Birthday Grammy!!

2010-02-10T07:09:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday grammy. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year! We hope all your birthday wishes come true! xoxoxox

Happy Birthday Gramma

2010-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Gramma!! We hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true! We LOVE you and MISS you tons!

hApPy bIrThDaY kIrRa!!!!

2010-02-04T07:02:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to you ... happy birthday to you ... happy birthday princess Kirra ... happy birthday to you. We hope you have a very happy birthday and we wish we were there to celebrate with you! Hugs & Kisses!!

Our New Additions

2010-01-15T17:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome Roxy & Murdoch. They are our new puppies. They are miniture pinschers. The girls are so excited. We suprised them - they had no idea we were getting puppies (neither did I!) They are brother and sister and were born on Thanksgiving day.

This is Roxy. The girls named her.

This is Murdoch. Brad always said that if we had a boy he wanted to name him Murdoch. This is the closest he is getting to a boy! He was easy to name.

Ashlyn's Preschool Christmas Concert

2009-12-18T16:17:00.001-08:00

Today was Ashlyn's Preschool Christmas concert. She and all her friends were so cute. They sang Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - they were fantastic! Here are some pictures from today.

Did you notice that most of these pictures of Ash are her with boys .... the last one is Ashlyn and her "boyfriend" Layden.

hApPy BiRtHdAy AuNtIe JuLiE

2009-12-12T07:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Julie. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a fabulous year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true! We love you and miss you tons! xoxoxo

2nD aNnUaL cOoKiE pArTy!

2009-12-11T21:38:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again - time for our 2nd annual cookie party. You could also call it a "frosting party" or "sprinkle party". I made about 7-8 dozen sugar cookies earlier this afternoon. 8 girls and Lukey arrived at 4pm and the festivities started. The kids had a great time decorating all the cookies. We had plenty of snacks and hot chocoate - can't wait to do it again next year! Thanks to all our friends for coming.
Thank you Janelle for taking all these pictues for me.
Ashlyn and Elzabeth

Ellie - Emma

Kenna

Addison - Annika

Grace

Ashlyn

Aslyn & Elizabeth

Emma & Ellie

Cookies ..... Cookis .... Cookies .... Cookies!

Happy Birthday Uncle Eddie

2009-12-10T07:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Uncle Eddie. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a fabulous year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. We love you and miss you tons! xoxoxoxo

aShLyN being AsHlYn!!!

2009-12-09T14:47:00.000-08:00

Here are some picture of Ashly being Ashlyn! She is such a ham!! Some of these are from Miss Kamina and the others are some that I took.

Don't ask - I am not sure what she is doing here. But Kenna sums it all up!

This is THE BIRTHDAY outfit from Gramma and Grampa that she asks to wear EVERY day! Gramma & Grampa took her shopping for her birthday and this is what she picked out all by herself.

She wears a leotard all the time! It is snowing outside and this is what she put on ... the girl is CRAZY!!

Our Christmas Tree

2009-12-06T14:20:00.000-08:00

Today we went and got our Christmas tree. We went to a new tree farm this year. We had a lot of fun picking out the perfect tree. It was very cold, but they gave us hot apple cider to drink while searching for the perfect tree.

This is the tree daddy wanted to get, but the girls thought it was a little small.

Still looking. We went all the way to the back of the lot to make sure we saw all the trees before choosing the one!

Here it is BEAUTIFUL!

This is daddy's job - cutting down the tree. It is the girls job to yell TIMBER!!

Daddy is so strong! He carried the tree all the way back all by himself!

Congratulations Kenna

2009-12-05T16:11:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS to our big girl Kenna - she made her First Reconciliation today. When I asked her what she talked to Father Dave about (what she asked to be forgiven for) she said: "Being mean to my mom & cutting my pants at school when I was supposed to be listening". There was so many things to choose from! We love you Kenna!!

We can smell the Roses!

2009-12-03T21:06:00.000-08:00

WOO HOO - The Ducks are headed to the Rose Bowl. Congratulations to the Oregon Ducks! Below are some pictures of the girls showing their support for our favorite football team.

The Polar Express

2009-11-21T22:48:00.000-08:00

Gramma, Grampa and I took the girls on the Polar Express train tonight. We traveled to the North Pole to visit Santa. On the way we had cookies and hot chocolate, read the story the Polar Express and sang Christmas songs with some jolly elves. Our friends Miss Ingrid, Carey, Lindsay and Olivia came along with us. It was a lot of fun and the girls got to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas this year.

Lindsay, Kenna, Olivia and AshlynGetting on the train

Grampa with his whipped cream mustache

Kenna and Santa

Ashlyn and Santa

GO DUCKS!!!!

2009-10-31T22:51:00.000-07:00

Woo Hoo - the Ducks did it ... they beat USC! Go Ducks!!!

Halloween 2009

2009-10-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

So I totally SUCK - my camera ran out of batteries so I was onl able to get a couple pictures of the girls. I do ave a couple of friends who took pictures. I am hoping to get some from them soon. We started our day by going to a Halloween carnival at the Jenkins Estate and then we went to a Harvest Festival at Ashlyn's friend Elizabeth's house and did some trick-or-treating with a group of 15+ kids. Then it was home to go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. I was pooped by the end of the day. Thanks goodness for daylight savings time - I really needed that extra hour especially since Brad was gone at the Oregon Ducks football game, I was all on my own.

The Blazer Game

2009-10-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

We took the girls to their first Portland Blazer game. THey had a Blast - they loved it. We watch the Blazers beat the Nuggets (or as Ashlyn called them - the Chicken Nuggets. She is so silly). These are the hats that Ashlyn picked out for the two of them. The people that have the season tickets for the seats behind us have a son who runs the big "Jumboton" at all the games. Needless to say, the girls were up on the big screen twice tonight. They were so excited to see themselves up there. They can't wait to go again.

"Go Blazers" - can't you just hear her screaming that?

Kenna looking all cool - this is how she wore her hat

Goofy Ashlyn yet again

Happy Birthday Walter

2009-10-17T07:14:00.000-07:00

Happy 2nd Birthday cousin Walter. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a fabulous year! We hope all your birthday wishes come true. xoxo

Ashlyn's Birthday Party at School

2009-10-14T15:30:00.000-07:00

This is Ashlyn's birthday cake. It is made up of cupcakes. I figured this would be easiest for the teacher. Not to mention it is chocolate and Ashlyn wanted a chocolate cake since I would not let her have one at her party. I didn't want all the kids to get chocolate on their Halloween costumes. I promised she could have one for her school party.

Ashlyn and her cake

Yummy!

Kenna, Elizabeth, Grace & Ashlyn waiting for their cake very patiently.

Happy Birthday Ashlyn

2009-10-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Ashlyn - We LOVE you so much! Can't believe you are 5 years old today!!

A - Affectionate

S - Silly

H - Happy

L - Loving

Y - Your Little Helper

N - Nice

Happy Birthday Uncle Mike

2009-10-12T16:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Uncle Mike. We hope you have a very happy birthday and a FABULOUS year. We hope all your birthday wishes come true. We LOVE you - xoxoxo!!

Ashlyn's Annual Pumpkin Patch Birthday Party

2009-10-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

Ashlyn had her 5th birthday party at Plumper Pumpkin Patch again this year for the third year in a row. This year she decided that she wanted all her friends to dress up in their Halloween costumes. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time. Ashlyn was Supergirl this year!

Ashlyn, Grace & Elizabeth

Layden, Ashlyn, Elizabeth & Grace

Kenna & Bella

Kenna after she went down the BIG slide

Part of the group of kids!

Supergirl Ash

Ashlyn and her boyfriend Layden

Ashlyn and her birthday cake

Uncle Eddie the Transformer

Uncle Eddie, Auntie Bebe, Cousin Joey & Cousin Nikki

Ash, Auntie Bebe, Cousin Joey & Cousin Nikki

Lucas Family

sT nIcHoLaS dAy!!

Lucas Family Christmas Tree 2011

dEcEmBeR bIrThDaYs

Thanksgiving 2011

Cirque du Soleil

Our First Snow!!

nOvEmBeR bIrThDaYs

HALLOWEEN 2011

Harvest Festival

Happy Birthday Ashlyn

Beth & Jeff's Wedding

Mickey's Trick Or Treat Party

Southern California trip

oCtObEr BiRtHdAyS

Happy Birthday Brad

First Day of School

Good-bye Chrisben Court

sEpTeMbEr BiRtHdAyS

Happy Birthday Kenna

Welcome Baby Elliette

Our New House

Erin's Surgery Update

We've Moved

aUgUsT bIrThDaYs

sUn RiVeR

Ingrid

I DID IT!!!

Fourth of July

jUlY bIrThDaYs

Father's Day

jUnE bIrThDaYs

Mother's Day Take 2

Happy Mother's Day

mAy BiRtHdAyS

10 Years!!

April Birthdays

Welcome Baby Nathan

Spring Break

It's Blazer Time!!

mArCh BiRtHdAyS!!!

He will be missed

February Birthdays

fEbRuArY 2011

Beth

Happy Birthday Auntie Shanny!

jAnUaRy 2011

sT nIcHoLaS dAy!!

Decorating at work - The Polar Express

Mommy's Work - Kids Christmas Party

Decorating our Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree

silly lucas girls!!

The Coopers Came to Visit

Happy Birthday Grampy

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father's day

Auntie Julie Came to Visit

hApPy bIrThDaY mAgGiE!!!

hApPy BiRtHdAy kOdEe ......

OFC Fun

GiRlS dAy!!!

Ashlyn and her Boyfriend

Congratulations!!

My Birthday

hApPy bIrThDaY JoE jOe BeAn!

Sokol Blosser

happy birthday grampa!!

Kenna's First Holy Communion

hApPy BiRtHdAy BeBe!!!

earth day 2010

The Sullivans Came to Visit

eAsTeR 2010

Decorating Eggs

Easter Egg Hunt

The Girls Spring Break Trip

Happy 40th Anniversary

Happy Birthday Auntie Linda

Congratulations Uncle Spencer & Auntie Bett

Ashlyn's Fisrt

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