MAY
May 3: 5 Year Wedding Anniversary
- Weekend getaway to Bend, OR. First time we've gotten away for a night since having kids! It was very fun! We experienced the downtown scene with an Art Walk, street music, and a delicious dinner! On day 2 we did a couple of hikes; one gaining elevation above ground, and the other going down under the earth in a lava tube cave! We took two different routes driving on the way there and back. Both drives were gorgeous! :)
May 9: 10 Year Anniversary of our first date!
- Can't believe its been 10 years! You can read a version of "our story" on this blog post.
- We can't wait to see what the next 10 years brings! :)
- Also took the girls for Dr. appts this day. Got a great new Dr. here in Vancouver who will be wonderful to help us with the next steps for Alice.
- So nice to be here in the PNW where BOTH of our mothers are!
- We love the mom's and women in our lives! (Read last year's Mother's Day post here, and Ben's most recent tribute to his mother here.)
- Had a 'farewell' dinner at Mom and Dad Brewer's house for Aaron and Hoku, who started their big move to Ohio that next week! (We miss you guys so much!)
- Flew to UT with both girls. Girls were pretty good for the most part. It is hard to keep Alice contained/still for ANY amount of time, so considering the circumstances, she did really well!
- Maura trained to be a Sound Beginnings teacher on Friday, the 17th. She is excited to add this class to her music studio as well as start teaching Let's Play Music in the fall!
- Alice turned 2 on Saturday, May 18!! We had a fun little picnic/party at the park for her and it was great to see Matt, Melissa and kids, Grandma and Grandpa Brewer, Adam and Kylie and crew, and Aaron and Hoku + their girls there!
- We now have a 2 year old and a 3 year old! Busy, Busy!
- Visited with family and friends, went to BYU to reminisce and had a wonderful time! (despite the NW rainy weather...really!?...we must have brought it with us)
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| Our little 2 year old! |
May 24: Brewer Music Studio Playing Party
- My private students played for each other at my house! Had a great time and enjoyed some refreshments afterwards.
- Just took it easy. Went to the park, went on walks and just enjoyed time with our little family! :)
- Went to some friend's house for dinner. They own some goats and at first Merrilee was a little nervous, but after checking out the situation, she jumped right in and started feeding, petting, playing with, and hugging the goats! SO CUTE!
- This coming from a girl who freaks out and cries when she SEES a cat, dog, or most any other animal.
- Big breakthrough!
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| Hugging the goat! |
JUNE
June 1-2: Matt and Jeralyn came down to visit!
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| Strawberry pickin'! |
- Went strawberry picking, played Wii golf, let the cousins play together, and had a nice family dinner together!
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| Cousins playing together... |
June 8-9: Clark College Chorale Concert
- Maura has been a part of the Clark College Chorale (Community College community choir) since we moved here.
- Had a fabulous concert of show tunes and Broadway, including Les Miserables! Maura accompanied "You'll Never Walk Alone" on the piano with Janet Reiter (4-hand accompaniment).
- Maura gave a talk in church about inviting the spirit into our homes.
- We love the Fathers in our lives! (Read Ben's most recent tribute to his Dad, here. )
- Went to Maura's parent's house for dinner...Yum!
- Ben quit his job in Portland to help run a startup company here in Vancouver!
- Really Exciting! His dream job! :)
- Go check out Oakiwear!! www.oakiwear.com
- Ben was called to be the deacon's quorum advisor (teach the 12-13 year old boys at our church)in our ward back in April.
- Ben went to the first 2 days of scout camp to go support the boys in their efforts!
- Went camping as a family with some other families to Cougar Campground near Mt. St. Helens.
- 1st camping trip of the summer! Lots of fun and PERFECT camping weather.
- Girls were great! (They both had lingering coughs/colds from earlier in the week...they both slept REALLY well, but Ben and I didn't because their snoring/coughing kept us up!
- Played in the lake, ate yummy food, Ben went fishing, we went to Ape Caves and Trail of Two Forests
- We were all beat, but it was a great way to kick off the summer! Looking forward to more camping this summer!
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| Throwing rocks into the lake |
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| Games in the tent |
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| She loves the outdoors! She cried because she didn't want to leave. :) |
We've just been loving life around here! :) Looking forward to lots of fun this summer!
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