Oregon Vacation

We spent last week in Oregon, visiting family and friends... here are some pictures from our trip!

Kate, with Aunt Kim & cousin Lexi
Hanging out with Gramma & Grampa
Valerie LOVED playing with Lexi... often copying whatever she was doing. :)
Gramma found a jump-a-roo for Kate to use - she loved it!
My cousin Jim & his wife Lorena, meeting Kate for the first time!
Val's great-Grammy, saying hello!
Kate, meeting Great-Grammy and Papa!
My bro, Dustin, with his youngest boy, Byron!
The kiddos, playing in the barn!
Ah... cousins, just a month and half apart!
Meeting her other great-papa!
Valerie's great, great-Grandma!
My mom made this splendid Barbie cake and Micah decorated it! (Tradition: all the girls on my side of the family have Barbie doll cakes for their 2nd birthday!)

Matching aprons for our birthdays! :)
Kate, hanging with Grampa... that's where she gets her blue eyes.
Val, practicing on the quad! She took a REAL ride a couple of days later!
Playing with a fun toy!

Another person Kate gets her looks from... Auntie Kim!
So cute... princess shoes & her hat on, with a mix of pjs & regular clothes!
Cousins hanging with great-Papa!
All the Grandkids on the "Hill" side!



Valerie loves, "wiwwy" (aka Lilly)
On our way back north, we stayed with our friends, the Christensen's!

Here is Kate with her BFF, Bette, who is 3 months older!
Isn't she adorable?
Anders was so sweet with Kate!
Hanging out by the fire...

Then we stopped in Portland to hang out with the Novaks & McKelveys for the afternoon/dinner!

Val rode on a see-saw for the first time, with her cousin Martay!
Who looks most excited about being at the playground?? Humm.... hard to tell!
Val, meet Izzy. Izzy, meet Val.
Thanks for letting us visit you everyone!