5 years!!!

This past weekend, we celebrated our 5th

anniversary with a trip to the beach.  My parents

came with us and we rented a house at Cape Meares!

Our first stop was the Tillamook Cheese Factory!
Jim had never been when the factory was actually open

Annabelle was fascinated with the cheese production

And Evie was fascinated with the ice cream!

We had lots of time for walks on the beach!

The girls always love being carried in the packs

We actually got some pretty decent weather,
especially for the Oregon coast!

A sacked out Annabelle

So tired

Onnie giving herself kisses:)

The girls took a sauna!

Little miss blue eyes!

The Octopus tree

The girls love playing guitar with Poppy!

The viewpoint from the lighthouse

Onnie and Kiki

Evie and Poppy

The girls love their grandparents!

Cape Meares lighthouse

Evie doing a little whale watching

And here are our little girls, LOVING the beach!!!
They were SO excited when we set them free!! They 
crawled all over the place, squealed with delight and 
ate a ton of sand!!!

And now I will end this post by announcing that the
girls will soon have a little brother or sister!!!!!
Or maybe a little brother and sister with the way
we do things!!!! We couldn't be happier!

A Roe Family Update

We are at that stage, where our children are
getting into everything! And they're quite
resourceful about it:)

Evie hanging with her Poppy!
We've been spending lots of time
sitting outside at One Street Down!

Cousin Dahlia and Evie hanging out!
The girls are all at the stage where they
love playing together now!

They love playing with their cousin Fiona too, who
visited from Florida recently, but this was not one
of those occasions!

I will never tire of staring at sleeping babies!

Evie loves putting on headbands herself.
She also does this with sunglasses!

Daddy built the girls a fort, which they loved!

Sewing project #1: a pattern my mom
had from my grandma's era.  Mom and I
(mostly Mom) sewed these for the girls

They turned out pretty cute! Plus,
we had very cute subjects!

They should be able to wear them all summer!

I also sewed some pillows for the girls room.
A much easier project!

And here is a perfect video to sign off with!

The Bear Progression

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months 

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

12 months

Babies' First Birthday!

Well, we kept 2 kids alive for a year!!!
We celebrated their birthday on Saturday
at my parents'  house and it was a blast!

Jim made sure that I made them each their
own cake (not a cupcake) and for the sake
of a good mess, it had to be chocolate on chocolate!

Tissue paper flowers that I made for the party!

As usual, we had a big group assembled!
We'll use any excuse to BBQ and hang out!

Annabelle stared at hers for a minute
before she realized what to do with it:)

Evelyn had nearly fallen asleep right before this
and it was all she could do to pick up her cake
and eat!

It was worth staying awake for a few
extra minutes!

Cutest birthday girls ever!

Jim decorated their cakes! He did a
pretty good job!

It was like a giant popsicle for Onnie!

Such entertainment!

More baby adventures!

We recently decided that we live in one of

the most beautiful places, and rarely take

advantage of it, so we're going to start

hiking around Central Oregon and checking

off our adventures!

Hiking Club-Week 1: Smith Rock!

It wore miss Annabelle out!

Having these packs makes it nice with babies,
and they love being carried like this!

This is a normal occurrence now.....finding my
kids exploring places they probably shouldn't!

A couple pics from Easter.
We had a great time at my parents
The girls entertained us all!

Evie playing us all a lovely Easter song!

Annabelle is such a joyful little lady

And we all know this one is too:)
Look at her new chompers!

11 months!

As you can imagine, taking these pictures
is getting increasingly harder! The girls
won't sit still for 2 seconds anymore and
they get mad when I try to make them!

Little miss Annabelle is a joyful little lady!
Always in a good mood, unless she has the flu,
which she got twice in a month, poor little thing!
She just got her first tooth!
She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up
and walking along furniture.  She loves playing
peekaboo, and gets genuinely excited when
she sees her sissy each morning!

Evelyn is into EVERYTHING!
She is constantly moving, and is usually the twin
that discovers the new thing, and then Annabelle comes
over to check it out too! She loves to talk.  She says "Hi"
all the time.  She looks at you with this cute little face and
says "Hi"  Hi dada, hi sissy, hi kitty and we're working on
Hi mama, of course:) She only says my name if she's sad.
She has 2 teeth and is such a delight!

There's that cute little face I told you about!

And her joyful demeanor!

Some little hair things I made.
Had to capture it before she ripped it out:)

Let's face it, babies don't tend to leave
things on their heads, but I still waste my
time making them!