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Recent News:

August 2008: The big event was a trip to Beaverton to see Ryan's namesake, great-grandma Cohleen.  Fortunately most of the family was able to make it as well, so a great time was had by all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2008: A trip to SeaWorld and the zoo gave us lots of photo ops.  Claire was quite brave with the baby allligator - even petting it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2008: The Thomas' came over and the boys had a lot of fun playing with Claire's toys.  We burned the pictures of Landgon wearing the princess slippers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2008: Got some professional pictures taken of the family (mostly the girls) for Ryan's 6 (okay 7) month birthday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April - May 2008: Fairly quiet April, except for Claire earning her first dollar - sweeping up at the hairdresser. Then off to Cleveland in May to visit aunt Barrie, uncle Bill, and cousins Jack and Sam. Claire looks awfully cute in Sam's leather jacket, and Ryan made friends with uncle Bill's dog, Magnus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2008: Yet another trip to the Wild Animal Park - this one for Claire's birthday.  Then it was off to Claire's first movie - Horton Hears a Who (after adjusting to the volume, she enjoyed it).  And for the big Three-Year-Old, a new bike!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2008: Baba came to visit again, and another trip to the Wild Animal Park.  Needing a golf fix, we took Claire to the driving range with her new (cut-down) clubs.  Claire is becoming quite the master of cookies as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2008: New year, new pictures.  Ryan's already 3 months old, so time for a photo op. It's a good thing she's photogenic, just like her sister.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2007: Christmas time!  Lots of preparations and shopping.  Claire did a fine job at making sugar cookies, and Santa must have appreciated it since Claire scored big with the presents. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2007: Lots of visitors during the month: The Browns, Steve B. (all the way from Malaysia), and then Baba and Bobo.  And all that before Thanksgiving!
Turkey Day was fairly quiet with Karen and Everett coming over (and everyone ate too much).  Then we broke out the Xmas decorations on Friday and Claire was more than willing to help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 2007: After a slow start, October finished off with a flurry of activity.  We were evacuated from the house on Monday morning due to the wildfires, evacuated from Donna's parents place on Tuesday morning, and then Donna went into labor on Wednesday morning, and Ryan Cohleen was born a few hours later.  And after the family returned home a few days later, Claire really started to get into Halloween.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2007: Claire finally got her new bed, and she took to it very easily.  She was all excited when they were delivering it.  After that, we spent a couple days at the Hotel Del Coronado to play on the beach and relax.

 

 

 

 

 

August 2007: Baba came to town on business (along with Kathleen), and stopped by to see us (okay, it was to see Claire and we happened to be around).

And then we took Claire to a baseball game at Petco Park.  Donna got us tickets to the company box, so Claire had plenty of room to run around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2007: We finally got around to painting Claire's new room (the first in the house).  And of course, Claire wanted to help. Two big events this month: a new playhouse for Claire and her first artwork with finger paints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2007: We hung out for  day at the beach with Karen and Everett and their RV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2007: We snuck in another trip to the Wild Animal Park and got a great look at the gorillas. We also finally got around to getting more professional pictures taken of Claire.

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-Apr 2007: For the Big #2 (Claire's second birthday), we went to Sea World to check out the whales, polar bears and dolphins.  Baba came to town in early April and helped Claire practice her putting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-Feb 2007: Happy New Year! After recovering from the holidays, we started off with a wedding, Donna's cousin Jeff, in early January.  Then it was just waiting for the putting green to get finished, but it is finally done!  And Claire is already equipped.

 

 

 

 

Christmas 2006: Actually stayed home this time (the first one in the new house!) Grandma and Grandpa Smith stayed overnight and the morning carnage wasn't too bad.  Everyone must have been awfully good this year since we all got some wonderful goodies.  And on Boxing Day, we took Claire to the Wild Animal for the night show.  They even had some snow-making equipment running!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2006 - Cruise: Cruising in Mexico with the Finley clan.  Claire really enjoyed the waves and the pool.  She developed quite the fan club with her teddy bear backpack/harness and her formal dresses.  Hard to believe she's not even two yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Family:

Come browse our photo gallery - mostly of Claire and Ryan of course!

August 2008: Beaverton Trip

 

July 2008:

Baba & Bobo visit, SeaWorld, Zoo

June 2008:

Langdon, Claire and Devin

 

Making quesadillas with mommy

 

May 2008: Photo Ops, Hanging Out

Donna and Claire watching Sam's baseball game

 

Just cruising in the leather...

Tea with the little ladies

Keep earning those bucks, Claire!  College is going to be expensive.

April - May 2008: Claire's first buck, Cleveland Visit

  

Claire making Ryan laugh with a little headrub

March 2008: Claire's BDay, More Animals

 

  

February 2008: Visitors, Animals & Cookies

     

January 2008: Photo Time

 

 

 

 

Dec 2007

Christmas, DivX Party

 

 

 

  

Nov 2007

Visitors, Thanksgiving

 

 

 

Oct 2007

Wildfires, Ryan's arrival and Halloween

Sep 2007

Claire's new bed and weekend at the Hotel Del Coronado and beach

August 2007

Baseball game, Baba visit and Professional Photo Op

 

July 2007

Painting Claire's Room, the First Masterpiece, and Claire's new playhouse

     June 2007

Coronado Beach Trip with Greaky & Papa

  May 2007

Wild Animal Park

April 2007

Enjoying her trampoline

   April 2007

Baba and Claire hanging out

 

  

April 2007

Hanging out around the house...

 

 

Mar 2007

Claire's Second Birthday and trip to Seaworld

   

Jan-Feb 2007

Claire at Jeff & Rochelle's wedding and checking out the new putting green

 

    Christmas 2006

Rocking out with mommy's new iPod,

Claire's first snow at the Wild Animal Park

Christmas 2006

Cheers!

      Christmas 2006
Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

The whole clan on the cruise

Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Grandma Cohleen, DB, Aunt Linda and Bobo

  Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Julie & Tyson

Claire dressed for formal night

     Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Baba and Claire poolside on the ship

Claire and Dad in Cabo

    Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Claire on the veranda, and Mommy on deck

Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Claire toasting with flowers at dinner

   Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Claire took to the mini-fridge right away

Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

DB, Claire, Donna and Baba relaxing in Nick's room

Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

The Oosterdam

Mexico Cruise - Dec 2006

Pre-Cruise dinner with the family at the house.

 


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