Candid

He took this photograph himself. We were driving in the car and I hear, {Click... Click... "Hmmm..." Click..}

This is so him.

Every Day Stuff

Whether eating breakfast, going to summer camp, playing at the park, or bowling Gabriel finds joy in everyday life.

Big Brother

Gabriel has been a great big brother to Malachi so far. I'm not really all that surprised since he has always been so good with babies and little children. Those first t few weeks were hard on him, but he never took it out on her. It must be hard to share your parents with someone else after six years. He comes in every morning and kisses her awake, sometimes watching her as I go to the bathroom or leave the room for a moment, and likes to call her Baby-kins. He has such a sweet heart. I am so grateful to have two beautiful children who make may days sunny. Even here in rainy Portland!

Cupcake Madness

Madness indeed! But fun none the less. I had planned a few months before the family reunion to be in charge of one family activity. Decorating cupcakes didn't seem to be to large of a project, one that young and old would enjoy and something I could pull off being nine months pregnant. The previous day on our way to sight see Old Faithful I kept having contractions in the car. Cory, thankfully, stepped up and took a very eager six year old into Jackson to pick up the cupcakes from a local bakery. He and Gabriel also went to grocery store to pick up the last bit of candy and frosting while they were in town. I could not have done this project with out the both of them! Gabriel kept calling it "Cupcake Day!!!" The family had a blast and it was great to see how silly people got. Creativity ran amok as did sugar-high children. All in all I deemed it a success.

• My Super Helper Mr. Trevor & His Amazing Shark... Oh wait! It's a whale.
  
• My creation was a Sad Little Panda that fell over.
• Terra's Kick Ass Flower Cupcakes
• Cory's version of a light bulb. Uncle Todd's reply... "Sure it's a light bulb. If you're high."
• Gabriel and Keegan enjoyed heaping on as much candy and frosting as they could manage onto their cupcakes.
• Claire-Bear's Orange Sweets
• Lauren's sheep on a hill of grass w/ flower's. This girl is talented with frosting!
• Laurissa rocked it with her owl and pumpkin!
• A smiley face says it all!
• Morgan+Stroller+Sleeping Babe=Cupcake Surprise!
• I don't know what it was, except yummy!

Colter Bay

My family traveled to Utah this summer for the Tanner Family Reunion. First we took an airplane ride to Salt Lake City. We stayed with Grandpa Earl and Uncle Trevor at their house for a couple of days getting ready for the reunion. Aunt Kristen's family came from California to visit too. The best part was seeing my cousins Max and Jonas. Everyone grew so much! Next we traveled by car to a place called Colter Bay near Jackson, Wyoming. I was able to play with my cousins and had such a good time! Mom, Dad and I were able to go on a motorboat ride. I really like driving the boat and going super fast. Another fun thing I got to do with my Dad, Grandpa and Uncle was ride horses. My horse was named Acorn. I liked to lead the gang and then make everyone stop behind me. I thought it funny to make everyone wait. I didn't get to lead much, though. There were puppies to play with and snipes to hunt, family to see and fun to be had.