First Swimming Lesson

I finally signed Gabe up for his first swim lesson at the aquatic center.  I figured since he kept talking about going swimming, and his older cousins are taking classes, it was time to get started.  He will be swimming twice a week for 4 weeks in the level 1 class.  And then we will see from there.  I was very impressed at how well he did last night for his first lesson!  He was blowing bubbles, and even putting his face in the water.  He does very good with a "teacher" type figure and seem to really trust them. 

I am very proud of my little fish....I mean Shark!

Family Visits

Over the last few weeks, we have enjoyed visits from both sides of our Family.  First Nana and Grandpa spent a week with us and took Gabe all over the place.  They visited the local bounce house, pizza place, carousal, carnival, and many many playgrounds of various shapes and sizes.

 

Gabe in the spaceship at the park.

 

Superman on the carousal at Salem Waterfront Park

 

One of the local elementary schools was having a carnival with lots of cool emergency vehicles....one of Gabe's favorite things!

 

A few days after Nana and Grandpa left, Dan's mom, Sister Kristi, and cousins Terry and Ashley came!  While they were here, we hung out around the house alot and played outside in the nice weather.  We had a campfire, Jumped on the trampoline, and roasted hot dogs and smores of course!



 

The kids played on the slip-n-slide!  Gabe ran along side, as he was alittle too cold to go down the slide.  The water was quite chilly, but Terry and Ashley were both troopers!





 

 

On one of the days Dan and I had to work, the whole clan went to the Wildlife Safari in Southern Oregon.  They saw all kinds of amazing animals, and even got to ride on a camel!



 

Dan's Mom takes such awesome pictures of the kids!  I just had to share with all of you!

Farmer Gabe

Boat Ride

As is our annual tradition, we took a short boat ride at Fern Ridge Reservoir to check that everything was working properly for our upcoming camping excursions this summer.  Gabe wanted to go fast and was very interested in weather or not we were faster then any of the other watercraft we encountered.  I think he is going to really enjoy boating this year!

 

 

 I guess you're never too young to learn how to "drive" the boat.

Austism Walk

This past weekend we attended the annual Autism Awareness Walk at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland in support of team "Remarkable Ryan".  We are honored to be a part of such an important event and represent an amazing little boy!  After the walk, we took in some of the rides at the park.  Gabe was alittle disappointed that he could not go on all the crazy, scary rides due to the fact that I get motion sick very easily and he is too young to go by himself.  We decided Dan will have to come with us next year so they can hit the big rides!



The boys found the train tracks during the walk.  Ian leads the pack with Ryan and Gabe bringing up the rear.