Thursday, October 7, 2010

Baby Oscar!!


Oscar Cleneth Ricker arrived Friday, September 24th! He was one super size baby....topping the scale at 9 lbs. 8 oz. He sure is a cute little guy.....

Here are some of my favorite photos of him!


We stopped by before the "pushing" to bring Jay some lunch and for them to see Gwen.


Taylor (Chum's friend) and Finn


with mommy


meeting Grandma and Grandpa Ricker


Me, Oscar, Finn and Josh


So cute....love this one!


Grandma Arnell's turn....


Right after his bath


Love the double chin!


With Uncle Chum


and momma again...







He will be 2 weeks tomorrow and is such a good baby! We love going over to see him everyday!!


Anniversary Weekend


We spent the weekend at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, OR for our 8 year anniversary this year! It was so much fun and we had fabulously, warm weather! We brought our bikes and went on some great trails and also enjoyed 2 of the resorts great pools! The boys were in heaven...outside, bikes and water! What could get better than that??

Friday when we got there, we went straight to one of the resort pools. The area was mostly shaded so it was pretty chilly with no sun out! That night we went out for some nice Authentic Mexican food....it was delish!


It wasn't too bad...as long as you were under the water! Easier for the kiddos than us!


Finno loves the water! In the kiddie pool he could touch and just wander around with this floating thing around him!


We eventually ended up in the hot tub! Much more my style!!


Finno and daddy....

Saturday we went on some bike rides and hit up a sweet pool at the resort! They had a great splash park and kiddie pool.


The Splash Park...between the big pool and the kiddie pool


The big pool


Finny started off with a great nap!!


Sawyer lovin' the pool!


And then he tried out the kiddie pool


Finn finally woke up to join the party!


Finno LOVES his big brother!!



That night we went into Bend and did some shopping at ate dinner at Red Robin....one of Sawyer's favorite places to eat! We hit up Dairy Queen on the way home and called it a night! Sunday we got checked out of our room and then went back to the resort pool for the afternoon. We had over 80 degree weather all weekend...it was so relaxing and fun!


Finno ready to go home!


Sawyer...not so much! We would have swam all day, but we had to hurry home for Grandpa's birthday party!!

It was such a great weekend and so fun to just be together as a family!!



Sawyer starts Preschool!!


My Soy-boy started Pre-school in September!


All ready to go!


So excited to use his Scooby Doo lunch box....


Such a goof ball....


He had to have a picture of his back pack.....


And let's not forget to take one of his lunch box!


"Come on Mom! No more pictures!!"


His storage cubby


He is in Teacher Laura's Class


Paint on the first day!! One lucky kid!!!


Bye mom!!


Hood to Coast 2010


We hit up Seaside again this year for the Hood to Coast. Jay was on a running team and John-man was on a walking team. The weather was great and we actually spent 2 full days on the beach, which rarely happens!

Day 1 at the beach!


Mr. Finn...eating the sand.


Sandcastles with daddy


Sawyer giving Dusty a "few words"....well, that's what it looks like anyways. Who knows what was really going on!


Finno's infamous "I'm too sexy" pose


We tried putting his binki in to see if he would stop eating the sand....


Chum with the Ricker's new exchange student from Sweden...Fabian


Finno loves the water!


All my boys!




Finno is so chubby! We love it!!


Soy-boy!


A good shot of his 2 bottom teeth....he has 2 on the top now and 2 more on the way!


Getting some loves and tickles from daddy....

Out on the town


All the strollers for all the kiddos!


Finny loved the backseat of the Phil & Ted


Bumper Cars!!!


Sawyer, Josh and Dustin on the Tilt-a-whirl


My Finno!!

Day 2 on the Beach


Both boys wanting a turn on the pipo board


Dustin's turn.....


Now Sawyer's.....


And finally Josh's turn....

We had a such a great time! So grateful for wonderful in-laws who make this trip happen every year for us!