Goodbye Scruffy :-(

We had to say goodbye to our friend and awesome dog Scruffy this past year. We love him so much and cant thank him enough for being such a great dog. He was Shannon's best pal for the past 17 years and loved by everyone who knew him. Thanks for all the memories Scruff!

Christmas 2011 in Bellingham

We ventured up to "heaven" aka Bellingham, WA for Christmas this year. It was great to see all the Ingrams with lots of cousins and 2 new additions to the family this year, too. YEAH!!!

Griff was spoiled on all accounts and loved every minute of it. Though he thinks the toys, games, etc are very cool I'd have to say the wrapping paper and boxes were the highlight of his 2nd christmas.
We were lucky enough to spend Christmas morning with our cousins Madesyn and Kyla. We got to watch them open presents from Santa and Griff found some as well.
Griff got the Rockin' Elmo and loves to swipe the microphone from Elmo and sing his own tune while dancing. A little rocker already.
He got so many presents delivered to the house this year from all the family that we didn't get a chance to see. We LOVED all the presents and couldn't wait to open the boxes an play with everything. We sure did miss everyone in Utah, Iowa, Hawaii, California...and wanted to say THANKS for such awesome gifts. We will have lots to do in the days and weeks ahead.
Auntie Shelby and her artistic self made this picture for Griff!! We had to hang it up ASAP right above his bed so he can say Good Morning and Good Night to his Motorcycle every day.
To cap it off we had an Ugly Sweater Christmas Eve with the Ingrams, gotta love our sytling outfits. I think Griff had the best one of all it's a humpty dumpty sweater.

Christmas Cookie Time

We made cookies for our friends in Oregon this year and Griff loved to help frost (i should say EAT the frosting!!!)

Merry Christmas to All!!!

Mexico in December

For an early Christmas Present Grammie and Grandpa Stowe took the whole family to a cruise down to Mexico. What a blast we had with the family and Griff LOVED hanging with the cousins.

Kalen, Bellah and Griff on the 4 wheelers at the beach in Cabo. Vroom, Vroom....
Getting all dressed up for our fancy dinner on board the Oosterdam

Our servers loved Griff - they would bring him special treats each night and always a plate of his favorite - french fries.

Daddy and Griff on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, what a beautiful day. Griff is going full steam ahead to the water.

The whole clan!! It was lots of fun!!

Griff's First Hair Cut

This one was harder for mommy for sure, I wasn't ready to admit my little guy was old enough for a hair cut but once the mullet was forming in the back I had to give in. He did great sitting still for the hair cut but did manage a few grumpy moments.

The Slide....

Go figure that my baby (I guess I should say Big Boy now) would LOVE the slide in Grammie's house. He found it very quickly and with some coaching from Daddy figured out how to do it ALL BY HIMSELF!!! Yikes for mommy. What a big boy and dare devil he is becoming...

Thanksgiving 2011 in Utah

We headed to Utah for Thanksgiving this year with Lindsey's family...and of course that means lots of fun and lots of toys. Griff had to try all the ones with wheels for sure:

Grandpa Keith's Harley - Vroom Vroom
The scooter was a hit as well because Griff could stand up and hold on to the handle bars while daddy scootered around the block.
Of course daddy had to get in on the fun with his Honda newly fixed up and Griff loved riding on this one as well.
Lindsey and Griff headed to town a week early to visit Adeline and AJ, we had a great time staying at there house and handing with them. They are getting to old it is amazing. We headed out to Jungle Jims for a day of fun and Griff loved the Jeeps. He wanted to keep going on the over and over.
Mr AJ found a Olympus Titan hat for Griff too so he can be a super star like AJ.

Griff can WALK!!!

Mr Griff has spent several weeks teasing us - while he knows how to take steps he preferred to sit down and crawl to everything.  That was until now....he decided it was time to WALK around and we love it.  Here is a snap shot of the super star (still a little wobbly yet) but we are very PROUD!!

Happy Halloween Matey - 2011

Happy Halloween 2011 - We decided on the family Pirate Theme. It was lots of fun to get dressed up and Griff totally loved wearing his outfit.  

Mommy and Griff

 Daddy and Griff

 Griff and his friend Evan - the Radio Flyer Wagon was a hit!!!

Daddy cruising the streets of Columbia City, OR with the kids.  Griff thought it was so much fun to ride in the wagon and was smiling at everyone. 

And boy did he think the end result - a TWIX candy bar was great!!!!  ARGH Matey!!!

Happy 90th B Day - Granny

We headed up to Bellingham for a weekend of fun to see family and friends and to celebrate Granny's 90th B Day and Auntie Bridget's Baby Shower.

Griff loved visiting the cousins and and getting to eat all the yummy treats...

My buddy and me

Griff has grown fond of the doggies - he waves goodnight to them when he goes down for a nap or for the night and gives them pets.  He even knows how to tell them to sit.  But I caught a special moment where he crawled up to scruffy and gave him a kiss on the head.  Good to see he loves them as much as mommy and daddy do.

Flag Football Anyone???

Daddy is a football star playing full contact flag football here in Portland every week. We love to go watch the games and cheer his team on.

Out of this WORLD - Playland

We found a very fun playland for Griff and decided on a Friday Night adventure...

Weekend Getaway to Mt. Hood

We headed out of St. Helens for a scenic drive along the river to Mt. Hood.  

It was a beautiful drive.

 Along the way we found a cool, old train bridge.

Here is the bridge again and you can also see some of the leaves starting to change color.
 We found the Harvest Festival in Hood River and had to stop for some fun, food and music.
Griff loved the kids play land.

 

 And daddy loved the food.

We made it up to Cooper Spur where we spent the night in a cool hotel cabin.

What an adventure.

Portland Adventures

We decided to head into the big city and see what kind of fun things we could find.  And we were not disappointed.
First stop the Grilled Cheese Bus - There is a food truck craze going on here these days and we had to get in on the action.  Griff loved the bus the most.  We went with our new friends Brooke and Avi - (Avi's dad works with Shannon)

 Next stop the infamous - VOODOO Doughnuts - Yes that is the line to get in the door.  It wraps around the building but didn't take more than 30 mins and the pregnant lady was happy to wait to try the maple/bacon bar...I also loved the apple fritter.  The logo around town is Keep Portland Weird so I am always trying to capture the Weird stuff....more to come I am sure.

 Then it was off to the children's museum - which was fantastic.