Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Getting Settled In...

The Baker's have moved and can officially call Oregon home! We are so excited and happy to finally start feeling settled! This last week has been a world wind. Thursday, I headed to St. Louis to finish getting the house packed up and meet with the movers to be sure everything went smoothly. Dave stayed home with the kids and moved most of our things into the new home with help from a couple friends and the kids. Saturday, I flew home to Oregon where we spent our first night in OUR NEW HOME!!! The kids are having a blast with the neighborhood kids they know from school and there are a lot of them! The people we bought the house from started a tradition on the 4th of July by having a neighborhood bike and dog parade! The Baker's decided to continue the tradition and hosted our first bike parade where we met a ton of the kids and families in the neighborhood. After the parade we attended a friends BBQ. We are all on cloud nine making new friends, getting settled in and feeling great about things. The moving truck should be here next week with the remaining things!!

and the move begins from STL to Portland!


The truck

1/3 of the stuff

final product of the move from STL to Portland...Into the truck it goes!


OUR NEW HOUSE KEYS!

Amsden- I got to see my nephews while in STL

Brogen

Finley, he was so hot, playing on swing set in St. Louis summer heat


The 4th of July Bike Parade! Hosted by The Baker's!


kids and families!




Face Paints!

Happy 4th of July!



Katrina and Natalie being goofy...

neighborhood fireworks!



Neighborhood Fireworks with Neighborhood friends!


HAPPY 4th of July...We plan on having a fabulous rest of the summer!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

a VERY eventful weekend....

This year was Katrina's third year dancing! I find such joy in watching her dance. This year she did a tap routine to "Cooler Than Me" and it was very cute! Next year she is ready to take on Tap and Jazz so she will have more than one dance performance! She did a fantastic job, strutted her stuff and showed the audience her beautiful smile. She made us so proud! I will continue to try to upload the video but it is giving me problems on the computer so I will work on that!

Sassy Diva!


Katrina with her friends!


look at that smile!

tap tap tapping!

After the recital, the kids spent the night with their Papa Ernie and Mama Janice. Dave and I had a night to celebrate our wedding anniversary! One year ago today, we were surrounded by all the people we love the most, on a beautiful beach, getting married! Dave planned the night out and we went to Portland City Grill. The food and wine was amazing and the views were spectacular. The sun was shining and we could see Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens from our table. After such an enjoyable dinner we headed out to listen to a solo acoustic guitar player who was phenomenal. We had such a great night together! Happy Anniversary to us! :)

our table was decorated and had a card from the owners wishing us a Happy Anniversary!


cheers!







This morning we woke up to the sounds of a Hot Air Balloon right outside our window. Such a fun anniversary surprise!



Miles had a tournament this weekend and The Tualatin Wolves brought home 2 wins, one tie game and one loss. Miles pitched 4 innings, threw seven strikeouts and let in only run. Last night he was the closing pitcher and though Dave and I couldn't be there because we were at dinner celebrating, we hear he did a phenomenal job. Today's game was played VERY well by the entire team and we got some really great photos! 
Season is coming to an end. He is such a great ball player!
Pitching!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Baker Residence & Stuff!

WE'RE MOVING!!!! Yesterday it became official, we signed by the x_______ and as of July, we have a new residence! The Baker home is in a beautiful neighborhood filled with KIDS and young families! It is exactly what we wanted and we couldn't be more excited to start our life in our house together and officially call Oregon HOME! Bring on the back yard BBQ's with new neighborhood friends and new friends for the kids as well! We're stoked to say the least! 
Baker Family Residence!

Father's Day ~ Before breakfast
Dave's new lawn mower! A Father's day gift from the kids and myself, to celebrate our new yard!!!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

School Year Over!

Today is the last day of school! I will be heading to school to help the kids celebrate their last half day in just a couple hours. The kids have had a great year in their new school and they both agree, though ready for summer, the school year flew by! Bring on all of our summer plans and adventures! Lots of visits from friends and vacation plans to see family.

in, as 2nd and 4th grade students!


out, as 3rd and 5th grade students!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

another Portland Oregon kind of weekend!

Saturday: CAR SHOW IN SHERWOOD OREGON

rockin the shades!


cool dude



hot dog break



Sunday: DRAGON BOAT RACES!


Katrina and Ella at the Dragon Boat Races
 
"let's go fly a kite!" we bought tiny little kites...so cute and very fun.


The Dragon boats at the finish!


Miles scoping things out!



DRAGON BOATS!


dragon boats and the ducks we fed on the Willamette River in Downtown Portland