hanging with granddad

had a fun visit from granddad. got some help with fixing up the laundry room, and best of all got some good hudson-granddad time in.



hudson was excited to see the monkey. monkey was excited to see the hudson.


riding the train through the zoo and washington park

random cell phone pics

finally got around to downloading pics of brian's phone. here's some of the randomness photographed in the last year.


getting spoiled at toys r us



U2 at the Rose Bowl

Hudson in State jersey from Matt and Missy

Sunny in the Pacific NW 2009

Andrew and Rob riding the ferry

kelley rocking the rock band bass

hudson in shirt Katy made for him

on the plane about to fly home from hawaii

tulip farm when nana came to visit

nana and easter bunny that likes to eat eggs


ross at edgfield

driving is very serious, yet cool

spring time

warm weather is finally here. sorta. kinda. well at least a few nice days. we all went to the park for some swing and slide fun. hudson had fun plus he saw some dogs which he always loves.




kelley took hudson to the portland zoo. highlights for him: train ride, sips of coke, sea lion and sea otters.

Hawaii leftovers

our last day in hawaii. sniffle sniffle. we badly timed trying to take a good "wear in the world" photo. hudson fell asleep moments after getting back in the car and the wind was blowing my hair in my face. urgh. but, from a distance, this photo is good. and my mom is wearing her trailblazers shirt that kt and i made her and her schmancy new hat too!

hudson is so cute in this lil' romper. i can hardly stand it. i might eat him up for breakfast.
then we got to spend a last lovely day with hope and jeff and their kiddos (and hope's mum too who we neglected to photograph somehow!). so good to see them all and i can't wait to do it again!

mackenzie, the baby of the family.

jed, one of the middle boys.
amanda, the oldest and harry, another middle boy.
harry again.
hudson being so funny running around their place with an apple. he chewed it up pretty good. he was just so super happy to play with the older kids while we were there. it was his highlight from the trip for sure.
why am i not still in hawaii?

1st haircut

Hudson and Kelley went to the Children's Museum in Washington Park. Lots of kids running wild. Hudson enjoyed it though.

note the long hair in the back.


Hudson was starting to grow a mullet so he had his first trip to the little kid barber shop. Haircut went well, and per his Nana's orders he did not get a buzz cut.

Post haircut in the back yard



his b-day slide finally found it's permanent home outside. soon he'll be doing 360 dunks on the basketball goal, skateboarding down the slide, and kicking soccer balls into it's goal.