DenHerder's

Easter 2008

2008-03-29T10:04:00.000-07:00

Easter was a busy day for us this year! It started the night before with the story of Good Friday and acting out the the story of Jesus being put in the tomb. The morning of Easter we found that Jesus had risen and the tomb was empty! Later, after breakfast mommy heard the Easter bunny run out the garage door so we searched the house for the baskets he hid around the house. (picture #1) Then we got the girls all ready for Easter service at church. (picture #2) Tayla and I had to leave early from church to go sign the marriage license for Jenny and Jephta as the fiance visa was running out! After that we all met up at Grandma and Grandpa DenHerders house for a DenHerder family Easter. We did a nice meal, and easter egg hunt, and the easter bunny left a trail of edible bunny fur to even more presents! Picture #3 is of the 3 oldest grand-daughters, Mia Hadfield, Addison Freiheit and Tayla. Picture #4 is me wearing both of the twins bunny ears while opening their gifts for them (they were napping). Upon leaving the DenHerder Easter party we then went to the Thorn Easter party at my parents house to join them for dessert. It was a long day but everyone had a great time!

Easter Eggs!

2008-03-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

Tayla made Easter eggs for the first time this year, and did surprisingly well, only breaking one egg! Although she seemed a little confused about her holidays as she was wearing a holloween shirt and valentines day pants.

It's a Wiggly World!

2008-03-22T18:49:00.001-07:00

Mommy and Tayla

Grandma and Grandpa Thorn bought us (Tayla, mommy and daddy) tickets to go see the Wiggles at the Tacoma Dome yesterday. It was a lot of fun, Tayla wore herself out dancing and singing and had to take a nap on the way to dinner. We made a day out of it by hitting up the Four Seas restaurant in the International District in Seattle after the show. After dropping Darik off at work, Tayla and I went to see Auntie Jenny in Bellevue. We finally got home around 9:30 and Tayla still hasn't recovered!

Two New Cousins!

2008-03-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

Aubrey Anna Thorn born 3/16/08

Corbin Wolf Freiheit, born 3/9/08

Corbin is the fourth and final? Freiheit child, born to Darik's oldest sister Rachel and her husband Aaron.

Aubrey is the second little girl born to my brother Greg and his wife Holly. We haven't had the pleasure of meeting her yet since she lives in Missouri but we plan on seeing her this June on our fun family ROAD TRIP!

Grandbabies

2008-03-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

So many grandbabies! We were all dressed up for cousin Elissa's wedding on Feb 29th and then all dressed down for family night at Grandma and Grandpa DenHerder's last week. If you notice, there has been one more addition in the meantime!

Jenny's Getting Married!

2008-03-22T10:05:00.000-07:00

Ahhh, my BFF is getting married...I couldn't be happier for her! Jephta (her fiance) is a wonderful Godly man and makes her so happy! The first pic is at her bachlorette party last weekend and the 2nd pic is from her bridal shower a few weeks ago. I love this girl!

Piggy Tails!

2008-03-22T10:01:00.000-07:00

Daylin finally had enough hair for pig tails but her hair has NO BEND to it at all!

But, I rather like it this way...

Pretty Princesses

2008-03-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

Tayla inherited some fun dress-up clothes from cousin Addison, now even the twins enjoy letting sister pick them out a dress.

First Day of School

2008-03-22T09:30:00.000-07:00

Tayla started preschool at the beginning of the month, she goes to Grandma Lyn's preschool called Academy Hill. I get to teach on Tuesday's when she goes. She loves it and so do I!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

2008-03-02T18:52:00.000-08:00

In brief, this is the reason I haven't posted in 8 months! Imagine 3 of these all day long... No, it's not that bad but they keep me busy! I vow to post more often starting with this beauty.

3-year olds

2008-03-02T18:48:00.000-08:00

Tayla and Karik both Turned 3 over the last couple months. Tayla got two parties this year, one at Round Table pizza with the Thorn relatives, and the other at Grandma and Grandpa DenHerder's house with the DenHerder side. Neither of which was on her actual birthday, so needless to say it took her awhile to stop asking if today was another birthday.

Family Park Day!

2007-06-27T15:13:00.000-07:00

We took advantage of the nice May weather and took the girls down to Lake Tye Park for a McDonald's pic-nic. This was our first official family day at the park!

Daylin 5mos.

Tamryn 5mos.

Tayla!

Fun Pic's

2007-06-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

1. Tayla learning how to sit still and pose for the camera.

2. Mommy and Daylin @ 5mos, Just an artsy pic I love.

3. Tamryn sleeping at 5mos. I love it when babies do that!

Lincoln Wells Hadfield

2007-06-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

Baby Lincoln made his arrival this April. He belongs to Darik's sister Beth and her husband Duane (and daughter Mia, 2yrs). It is so fun to keep the family expanding! What great kids!

The second pic is from Lincoln's debut at family night at the DenHerder's.

Easter 2007

2007-04-27T17:08:00.000-07:00

The twins were dedicated on Easter this year!
This is the best pic we could get of Tayla, two-year olds just don't sit still!
These guys did much better, they are 4 months old here.

Big Helper/ Big Sister

2007-04-27T17:03:00.000-07:00

Tayla has been such a great helper to me and I have been suprised with how much she can do and how willing she is to pitch in. She loves having baby sisters and keeps asking if mommy is going to bring home more babies! Of course there has been some "unecessary roughness" but she is learning to keep her offensive fouls to a minimum. Don't know why I slipped into football speak but it gets the point across quite nicely.

Happy Birthday Yamileth!

2007-04-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

The mom's from our neighborhood playgroup threw Yami a "surprise" birthday party but she's so intuitive I'm sure she knew. Anyway, she's the one closest to the camera on left. This was the first real outing by myself since the twins were born, very nice even if it was only a few houses away!

Lemon Drop Anyone?

2007-04-27T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hooray, I can drink again! Darik and I now celebrate his weekends with a makeshift bar in the garage after the girls go to bed, shhhhh, it's our little secret...

P.S. Yes, I cut my hair and I love it! So easy and the best part was that it all was sent off to Locks of Love.

Tayla Turns 2!

2007-04-27T16:44:00.000-07:00

February 19th, Tayla Rae turned 2! We celebrated with an Elmo and Sesame Street themed "party" with my parents.

World, Here We Come!

2007-04-27T16:40:00.000-07:00

This was our first official family outing, 2 months after they were born, we got it together enough to head back to church, yeah!

Christmas 2006

2007-04-27T16:34:00.000-07:00

2 weeks after the twins were born they got to celebrate my favorite family holiday!

Twins Come Home!

2007-03-19T18:41:00.000-07:00

Daylin at one week
Tamryn at one week
Together again!

Finally, Twins make the Blog!

2007-03-19T18:32:00.000-07:00

Early morning December 9th, 2006... I still can't believe there were two in there! Born 3 minutes apart but 1 1/2 pounds different.
The last pic makes Daylin look far bigger than Tamryn than she actually is but it's such a sweet pic.

2 Days to go!

2007-03-10T09:07:00.000-08:00

What a difference clothes make!

Tayla loves snow!

2007-03-10T09:00:00.000-08:00

I hope that's not yellow snow!

Snow in Monroe

2007-03-10T08:53:00.000-08:00

We've had snow several times this year, but twice we got 8" or so. We were very lucky with the timing of all of the snow, it came before the twins were born in November, and again after they were born on days Darik just happened to be off from work!

We Have a Strange Dog...

2007-02-24T11:55:00.000-08:00

The Great Christmas Tree Search!

2007-02-24T11:49:00.000-08:00

Searching for the perfect tree, Found it!

That was hard work, I wish they just came like this...

Thanksgiving 2006

2007-02-24T11:46:00.000-08:00

Looking deceptively demure! Grandma Lyn gave all her grand-daughters these beautiful dresses to wear at our family Thanksgiving celebration. So cute!

I'm on a Leash!

2007-02-24T11:43:00.000-08:00

With twins set to arrive shortly, we decided that we needed a way to keep Tayla close by. She actually thinks it's great to have a puppy on her back and to be walked like one. Although her favorite things is to hold the leash and walk herself!

Halloween 2006

2007-02-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

I'm a bunny but I hate my head!

Tayla walked the neighborhood for the first time this year, but with her ears down. She really got the hang of asking for candy, nothing like a little incentive! It was so much fun seeing all the kids streaming through the streets, another reason we love our neighborhood!

A Beautiful Shower!

2007-02-24T11:36:00.000-08:00

Twinner Winners!

2007-02-24T11:34:00.000-08:00

Friends and Family Enjoy the Shower

2007-02-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

Baby Shower!!!

2007-02-24T11:26:00.000-08:00

In October, Jenny and my mom once again threw a great baby shower for the twins at the Vine Church in Redmond.

The Famous Glockenspiel

2007-02-17T11:12:00.000-08:00

This was the craziest location in the city(Munich) as both fans from Australia and Brazil were drinking and cheering before the big game. The world famous Glockenspiel was the focal point in the square. It is a big clock that goes off at certain hours with big people that come out and go around in circles like a big coo-coo clock.

Those crazy Aussies!

2007-02-17T11:06:00.000-08:00

Only a mild taste of the crazy Austrailian fans milling the city in Munich (Munchen) before the game against Brazil. We loved Munich, it had the Bavarian feel and prices in the stores were much more reasonable. Needless to say we did the majority of our shopping there!

Cruising again in Switzerland

2007-02-17T10:49:00.000-08:00

Another beautiful day and another cruise. We had a fun time in Zurich, Switzerland and gorgeous weather! We found a Starbucks, a toy store, and a lovely waterside park this day. We took a short cruise around the lake, then Jenny and I met up with her boyfriend Jephta and his brother to watch another World Cup game at a roadside hotdog stand! Even roadside vendors had TV's set up to watch the games, so much fun! Tayla went back to the hotel with Grandma and Poppy with a quick stop at McDonalds!

World Cup!!!

2007-02-17T10:43:00.000-08:00

I still can't believe we went to the World Cup! It was crazy, football fans are a whole nother breed! It was so fun to be in the midst of all the chaos. Dad, Jenny and I were the only ones able to go since we found out Tayla had to have her own ticket to come. She and Grandma had to watch the game from the hotel room, but we made a nice profit on the unused ticket, and had a nice English guy end up in the seat. We got the inside scoop on the Beckhams plans to come to the U.S. way before it happened. Final score, England 1: Paraguay 0.

Cruising the Rhine

2007-02-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

We couldn't believe they had play toys on the top deck of the boat! Tayla loved playing on the horse with Grandma Thorn and going down a big slide with her new little German boy friend.

On the Rhine

2007-02-17T10:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah, she is finally asleep! After a LONG day of train rides we finally arrived at our cruising destination. We had a beautiful day to sail down the Rhine river.

In this pic:

Grandpa Thorn (Poppy), Me and Tayla, Jenny

Easter!

2006-09-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

Can you believe I'm actually posting? It's been a few months, but things are finally slowing down a bit. I got this picture from my mom recently from the Easter service at our church where we dedicated Tayla. The majority of Darik's extended family was able to come and my parents were there, too. It was really fun to have everyone there for such a blessed event. Plus, Tayla was just adorable!!!

Twins at 9+ weeks

2006-06-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

This is my 9 week ultrasound, twin "A" on the right measures at 9 weeks 2 days and twin "B" measures at 9 weeks. I guess this is common for them to measure a few days apart throughout the pregnancy. I got to see both hearts beating and both babies moved for me as well, so fun!

Here's my latest pregnancy gripe:
Why do all the pills you have to take during pregnancy (prenatals, iron, calcium, etc.) also cause nausea? As if just being nauseous directly from pregnancy isn't enough! I think it's just plain mean.

Our New House

2006-05-31T18:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of our new digs out in Monroe. Darik is now looking at a 40+ min. drive to Seattle but with house prices forcing us young families out to the burbs we gotta' do what we gotta' do! Kindof crazy that we can't afford a house in the city Darik police's for... Anyway, we love the house and there is plenty of room to grow in, although with the two babies on the way we will be growing fast! We move in June 15th, and then those of you close enough by can come join us for a housewarming BBQ! I can't put our address on the website for obvious security reason's but I'll send it out soon.

Girls Night Out!

2006-04-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

Some of the women from out church got together to have a girls night out of dinner and a movie. I had to skip out on the movie since Tuesday nights are my American Idol night with BFF Jenny. They went and saw that Owen Wilson/Sarah Jessica Parker flic anyway, so I think I got the best part of the night! This was the second girls night out dinner that I ended up knowing the waitress from high school, weird and slightly uncomfortable.

Girls Night Out 2

2006-04-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is the almost all of the rest of gang.

My slide!

2006-04-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

Tayla got a slide for her birthday that she can now go up and down all by herself! Her Auntie Beth and I took our girls to the Pacific Science Center this week and what was the only thing that amused Tayla?... A slide! Not the Pony Ride, not touching sea urchins and crabs, not looking at the reptile zoo, or huge dinasours moving around, but the teeny little toddler slide was endless entertainment! I'll be thinking twice next time I want to go pay $8 parking and $10 entrance fee to have my daughter play on a slide!

Happy Birthday Tayla (2 months late)

2006-04-15T12:40:00.000-07:00

Tayla turned one on Feb. 19th. She decided to start walking 2 days later. Now I have the joy of running around in stores chasing after her!

Brrr!

2006-04-15T12:30:00.000-07:00

Ahh, it's been so long! Life has been too mundane to post...Darik's at academy, I'm hanging out with Tayla and working a few hours here and there...Why does something have to happen in order to feel like I should post something? Anyway, here's Tayla all bundled up for a cold winter weekend at the cabin in January.

New Year's Eve

2006-01-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

This is us deciding to join in the game of Apples to Apples. I highly recommend it, skeptical at first but ended up having a great time. Our friends Ursula and Paul opened their home to us churchies, kids and all (but Tayla stayed with G&G Thorn). It was great fun with more food than was necassary but an adequate amount of "New Years" beverages :). We played with my friends Angie (pastor's wife), her nephew Levi (who totally rocked and beat the pants off us adults)and her son Knox, Julie, her parents, and Ursula (but she was taking the picture). Fun times, we are so thankful for our new church The Vine (offshoot of Mars Hill, and an Acts 29 network church) and our awesome friends! Happy New Year!

Darik and Tracy on Christmas

2006-01-09T16:06:00.000-08:00

We started a new tradition this year that who-ever handed out presents had to wear the Santa hat. Tayla was kind enough to take a nap for most of the gift opening which made for a relaxing morning. We headed to the cabin for the rest of the holiday weekend since Darik got to feeling a bit better. Merry Christmas!

My 1st Christmas

2006-01-09T16:00:00.000-08:00

Tayla get's a drum. Although it looks as though she was interested she wasn't too into Christmas. Even the paper and bows didn't occupy her very long, but she did enjoy her new toys once we got them home.

Christmas Morning 2005

2006-01-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas Eve with Tracy's extended family at the Thorn's house and went back in the morning for a quiet morning with the immediate family. First we went to church and then made a stop at Grandma and Grandpa DenHerder's where Tayla got to open a few presents like the coat and walker she poses with here.

Bow-head

2006-01-09T15:52:00.000-08:00

I've got bows on my head, but don't call me a bow-head! (andy melanakis, via MTV)

The Family

2006-01-09T15:49:00.000-08:00

It was hard to get a pic of the family this Christmas because Darik was very sick. He has gotten pretty run down working 12 hour days on little sleep. He finally put in his two week notice at Starbucks on 1/6, yeah! He will be able to join the land of the living and kick all the sickies once and for all!

Mommy and Me

2006-01-09T15:47:00.000-08:00

I love my baby!

4 Kids on a Couch

2006-01-09T15:43:00.000-08:00

The older cousin's Kaylee and Kameron (Erin's older children) decided to give the babies some attention. Tayla loved watching them run around all night!

More Cousin's!

2006-01-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

Finally, some Christmas pic's! Tayla Rae (10 months) and her second-cousin Peyton (6 1/2 months) were able to enjoy each-other's company this Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. Erin has two older kids, too, I'm trying my best to get caught up!

Santa is Scary!

2006-01-09T15:33:00.000-08:00

What a picture! Tayla was not thrilled with her visit to Santa but we found the picture hilarious! Better luck next year...

It's Snowing

2005-12-15T19:59:00.000-08:00

We had November snow this year, so I couldn't resist taking Blue and Tayla to the dog park to enjoy the snow coming down! It's a good thing I did because after only a couple days of snow it all dissapeared! Hopefully we'll get more later this season, until then at least we have to pic's!

My First Walking Shoes!

2005-11-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

Tayla got her first pair of Stride-Rite's! She is a week away from 9 months and growing like a weed! She is cruising the furniture and working on standing all alone. It won't be long before she's taking her first steps. She crawls like a maniac when she needs to get somewhere in a hurry but enjoys practicing her standing the most. This is such a fun age, we are really enjoying our happy little girl!

Snow Baby!

2005-11-12T20:14:00.000-08:00

We made the most of a free weekend and snow in the passes and headed up to "Snow-qualmie". This is Tayla's first encounter with the fluffy stuff and she seemed to enjoy herself but was happiest when she got to eat it.

Need a Lift?

2005-11-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

Hyak wasn't open yet so the lifts weren't moving, which made for fun picture time! Blue loves the snow, he runs around licking the snow as he goes! It's quite comical! It takes a lot to get him to stop running around when he gets in his snow frenzy.

Mom and Tayla

2005-11-12T19:35:00.000-08:00

Here Kitty, Kitty

2005-11-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

Tayla was a kitty-cat for halloween this year! We found this little outfit at a second-hand store for about 3 bucks! What a steal! It even had a sound chip in the kitty face that meow-ed when it was pushed, how cute! Tayla didn't trick-or-treat but we went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa Thorn at Fatburger so she could show off her outfit.

Happy Halloween!

2005-11-12T19:28:00.000-08:00

Tayla was not too sure about having make-up on her face so most of it came off before she ever left the house!

7 1/2 Months!

2005-10-28T16:59:00.000-07:00

Although as I am posting this she is going on 8 1/2 months! But at least I'm getting up to date finally. She is our little climber now, she can climb all the way up the stairs but not down! She pulls up on everything and crawls like a maniac. She started crawling at 6 1/2 months which amazed us, we quickly had to start child-proofing! She is finally getting some consonants, she uses "d", "g", "k" and "b", every now and then I hear a "m". She actually uses these sounds appropriately, too! "Ra" for Ralphie, "Ki" for kitty, "Ga" for Grandma and Grandpa and so on.... We know it won't be long before we get a true word! Her newest thing is raising her hands above her head when asked "How big is Tayla?". So cute!

Palm Springs, CA!

2005-10-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

Hooray for vacations! With all the job craziness we were in need of some sunny destressing! Lucky for us my mom and dad invited us to join them in Palm Springs. Greg and Holly(my bro' and sis-in-law) joined us from LA for the weekend which was fun. Darik had an interview so he met us down there a few days late but still got a good 5 days. Tayla taught herself to pull-up on the bathtub on this trip and now is unstoppable. We had a wonderful week and came back refreshed!

Mommy and Me (again)

2005-10-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

I'm not so camera-shy now that I've got my Tayla-Rae. I love posing for pic's with my girl! Here we are at some supposedly cool historic lookout, we weren't overly impressed but it was sunny and warm and that's really all that matters! And yes, I cut my hair and lightened it up. I'm not at all in love with it so it's brown again now and in the process of growing (isn't it always?). Feel free to email frequetly reminding me that I satisfied my curiosity and to never do it again.

Three Generations

2005-10-28T15:48:00.000-07:00

Grandma T, Tracy and Tayla (lot's of T's) enjoyed spending a warm and relaxing week together.

Grandpa T and Tayla

2005-10-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

Grandpa and Tayla hanging out in the make-shift play area we made in the hotel room. It was great to have a ground floor unit that walked right out to the pool. We could play while Tayla napped and bringing lunch and all our pool necessities out to the pool was easy!

Grandma and Tayla

2005-10-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Tayla tested out the Kiddie Pool but found it wasn't that interesting (or clean), the big pool ended up being much more fun.

Swimming Baby

2005-10-28T15:30:00.000-07:00

Tayla loved swimming in the pool, she got to have swim sessions once or twice a day all week long. Daddy even got her to kick her legs while he glided her around.

Mom and Tayla Camping

2005-10-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

Darik's whole family went camping down at Cannon Beach, OR. It was tons of fun because the brother-in-law's and myself brought our parents, too. We took up a good portion of the campground and we barely fit around the campfire at night. Some would argue that we didn't! We had so much fun running around on the beach all day and playing in the ocean (only when the sun was out because it's pretty arctic!) . Even Blue dog got to come chill with us in the dog friendly town. This was over Labor Day so Tayla was about 6 1/2 months.

Cousin's

2005-10-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

Cousin Karik and Tayla are finally starting to be able to enjoy eachother's company. It was so much fun to have all the babies around camp.

Tillamook Factory

2005-10-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

My dad's company represents Tillamook cheese so of course we had to go tour the plant. It was only a 45 min. drive from our campsite. We brought back plenty of squeaky cheese (cheese curds) for everyone to eat around the campfire.

Beautiful baby!

2005-10-27T20:14:00.000-07:00

The summer sunshine is enough to make Tayla happy! About six months old here.

Tayla makes a friend

2005-10-27T20:11:00.000-07:00

Actually she already knows Scott (a fellow Coastie) who is a good friend of Darik's. But she loves to give talk to him anyway.

Mommy and Tayla at the wedding

2005-10-27T20:10:00.000-07:00

Tayla and Daddy at the wedding

2005-10-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Summer Wedding!

2005-10-27T20:05:00.000-07:00

Tayla and her parent's really enjoyed the summer sunshine at Pam and Jake's wedding in Seattle. The afore mentioned duo are Coastie friends of Darik's.

Grandpa's are my favorite!

2005-10-27T20:02:00.000-07:00

Tayla seems to really love her Grandpa's. Grandpa Rod(DenHerder) has the magic sleepy touch.

Daddy's the Best!

2005-10-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

Daddy with his minnie-me! They're so cute!

My Pool!

2005-10-27T19:53:00.000-07:00

Tayla loved her very first pool that Grandma and Grandpa Thorn bought for the cabin! It was so bright because of the colorful yellow canopy that Grandma and Grandpa DenHerder could see it(via binoculars) from a neighboring island! Tayla was fortunate enough to have a quite a few warm weekends to use it. The itty-bitty bikini was courtousy Rachel Harris.

I love Doggies too!

2005-10-27T19:48:00.000-07:00

Or rather, doggies love me! It's quite discusting when I think about it but this is a multi-time per day event. Not only does she get kisses from Blue, but Grandma and Grandpa Thorn's dog Finley and a few nosey doggies at the dog park. But since giving kisses is the only problem we've encountered with Blue since Tayla arrived we count ourselves lucky!

I love Kitty-cat's!

2005-10-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

In a house full of animals, Tayla has much to amuse herself. She loves the kitties most because they are the most elusive. Kelso (pictured here) is the most tolerant, which is amazing since he hates people, except me and sometimes Darik. Ralphie our usually tough, outdoor adventurer, dog wrestling, people friendly, fat cat runs like a sissy when she comes near. Go figure. Anyone recognize the post-baby belly on the TV? Oh, yes, that's Mrs. Brittney Federline. The crap we used to watch before we got rid of cable, but that's another story! And how old is Tayla in this picture, my guess is 6 months (I knew I should be labeling our pic's!).

5 months old!

2005-08-01T09:25:00.000-07:00

Actually more like 5 1/2! This is Tayla enjoying some sunny weather at cousin Zachary's 3rd birthday party. As you can tell she is starting to sit by herself very well, she rolls front to back and back to front and can feed herself Mum-mum crackers!

Cousins

2005-08-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

Tayla and Karik are only two weeks apart! Still a little too young to really enjoy each other yet but its fun to see them smile at each other. Here they are sitting with Grandma DenHerder (a.k.a. Grandma Lynn) and cousin Addison (5, Karik's older sister) looks on waiting to return to reading.

Pack Mule

2005-08-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

Finally at the top! We went on a gorgeous hike while camping at Mt. Ranier, unfortunately it was pretty socked in with fog but the flowers were amazing. This was Tayla's first time in the hiking back-pack and both she and Darik did very well.

Happy Hiker

2005-08-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

Although she slept through most of the hike she really enjoyed herself while she was awake!

mom and tayla

2005-08-01T08:47:00.000-07:00

Here we are all bundled up for a cold night camping!

Camping

2005-07-26T11:14:00.000-07:00

Tayla's first camping experience at Mt. Rainer. We had lot's of fun with all the cousins and took a beautiful hike. More pic's to come...

Vroom, Vroom

2005-07-10T12:27:00.000-07:00

Tayla got her first car! What a lucky girl, but the next one's not until she's 16.

Darik's First Father's Day!

2005-07-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

We had Tracy's mom and dad over for Father's Day dinner. Can you tell we are a baby house now with all the toys on the floor? Never thought we'd be one of those with toys everwhere but it happens!

4 months old!

2005-07-02T13:09:00.000-07:00

Tayla on Father's Day looking so big! She even rolls over now but only back to front. She just had her 4 month check-up and she is 15 pounds (75%) and 26 in. (97%), tall little girl!

Tayla Swims!

2005-07-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

Tayla's first time in the pool with cousin Mia (8months) and Auntie Beth.