Wonderful Weekend & Crazy Cute Kids

Logan took me to the Oregon coast for a couple days for Valentine's Day and also for our first real alone time since he's gotten back . It was lovely! A bit wild, wet, and windy but that's what we love about the coast :) Here are a few pictures in no particular order.

The view to the north from our little lawn at the hotel

A deceptively calm tide pool near
Yaquina Bay lighthouse, it was VERY windy that day!

Fishing Rock State Park

Extremely windy day at Yaquina Bay, Logan was standing up pretty well but I was nearly knocked over a couple times and almost lost my hat! In hindsight I probably should have left the hat in the car.

Near Fishing Rock

In other news...
Rowan got a new big boy bed!!!
I'm working on a quilt for it with stripes, spots, stars, sharks, and tanks! Lots of colors and patterns. Fitting for our nutty little guy :)

He's certainly getting big. Since Logan has been home he's gotten a lot braver on his bike too. Even going out and doing "whips"

Lil Miss Katie is still small but is getting better at walking every day!
She'll be 1 on March 12th

Well, that's all for now. To see what my kids were up to while Logan and I were getting blown about at the coast tune into my Mom's blog and look for "Munchkinland & Valentine's Day" (the link is over there on the right)

Now I'm going to see what my boys are up to outside, there's a whole lot of giggling going on out there! ;)

All because two people fell in love....

Feeling inspired I dressed the kids up, sat them on the couch and gave them a couple red carnations. Within seconds Katie had snapped the head off hers and a moment later Rowan broke his in half, in half again, and then down to the head by "fightin" it. I love my kids :)

3 years and 11 months old respectively, silly, destructive, and adorable!

Happy Valentine's Day :)

Can't sleep

Rowan dropped his pillow and woke up crying... now I can't sleep. Why is it that when you really want to sleep but can't the temperature of the room is just slightly off?

Retrospect

I could be doing many things right now, I probably should be doing many of those many things rather than blogging but Katelyn just fell asleep for her nap and Rowan is playing and singing to himself happily. So even though there are many "to dos" I figure quite a few of those many can be done with baby on the hip, unlike blogging. So here I am. Inspired by the new year and Rowan's Godmom's "2010 in pictures" post I've decided to play copycat (I hope you don't mind Linds!!).

Here is a little glimpse into the Godsiff's adventures of 2010.
We had a great year of...

visiting our "goatey" friends,

meeting new friends from far away,

getting Dad back from far away,

welcoming our sweet little girl, Miss Katelyn Hanna!,

diggin holes,

roasting marshmellows with some of our most favorite friends,

home improving!,

foam noodle wars,

familiy hikin',

kickin' back,

posing for mom's camera,
(This one was for Logan's birthday. Katie sportin' one of Logan's favourite bands, Iron Maiden, on her tee and Rowan representin' with Ironman, a.k.a. his dad)

field trips! ,
(this was at an aviation museum close by)

bowling,
(for the first time!)

gettin the biggest jump Rowan's ever seen,

having fun on our vacation to Laramie, WY
to visit Rowan's godparents,

embarrassing the kids,

testing out Gremmy's new stroller,
(Rowan is a spitting image of Logan!)

picking pumpkins,
(and missin Dad)

going to Disney On Ice,

bein' in Aunty Courtney's wedding,
(Rowan was a ring bearer, I was the matron of honor, and Katie was just cute!)

enjoying holidays and new foods,

spending time with the "gang",

learning new skills,
(drinking from a sippy cup because she doesn't like bottles)

warmin Goddy's heart with a glance,

hangin' out with cousin Wyatt,

and sticking together through it all!!

We may not have the "dad doll" in this last shot but he's in our hearts, thoughts, and prayers daily! Can't wait until I get to post a new, REAL, family photo!! :)

We live a crazy life but we love it, I wouldn't trade this for anything!

busy season

Whew! It's been a while. I didn't realize how busy I would be these last couple months! I never thought adding one little girl to the mix would make life so busy. We've been having a pretty good time, all thing considered. Most recently we've been traipsing around Oregon visiting family. We just got back to Portland from Sisters where Rowan learned to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the "violin" (or the mallets from Don't Break The Ice if you want to be technical) and Katie finally got excited about bath time :)






Lil miss Katie's been perfecting her wave for about a month now and it seems like she's been standing holding on to things for at least that long too (maybe longer). She is becoming more adventurous and mobile every day! She can stand on her own and though she hasn't taken many unassisted steps I just know that one of these days (very soon!) she'll be toddling around here after her brother and cousins. My baby girl is growing so fast!!!

Rowan is still as sweet as can be... most of the time ;) He is definitely three years old! He's a good big brother. He loves Katie and often wants to hold, hug, and kiss her. He doesn't always want her to touch him or to share his toys but we're working on that ;)

I love my kids so much. I am truly blessed!! Here are a few photos of what we've been up to the last few months. I'm kinda bummed I couldn't keep up on the blog so I could've shown more and had more opportunity to show off my fantastic kids... ah well, c'est la vie :)

Rowan's first cape
at the Puyallup State Fair

Halloween parade time in Sisters
Katie was a Panda and Rowan was SUPER ROWAN! :)

Rowan's 3rd birthday

My 25th birthday
(at the nail salon with my Mom)

Aunty Coco's wedding
Rowan was a ringbearer and I was Matron-of-Honor

Katie was just cute

Thanksgiving in Portland

Katie's bib said "I'm thankful for my Daddy" :)

and finally, our most recent trip to Sisters!
the weather began a little mild but we got to see and play in some snow and I understand they've now got even more!
I think our travel timing was spot on! :)