Beacon Rock

Beacon Rock from the base

Yesterday was a beautiful day! You would never know it's Februrary here in the Northwest, it was sunny and 62.  We put this good weather to use with a nice hike. Casey, Matt's brother, and our little family hiked up Beacon Rock just off the Columbia river.  The rock was discovered by Lewis and Clark and there is a man made trail up to the top. The summit is 850 feet above sea level and the trail leading there is a mile each way. Kaine loved the switch backs and Lilia loved the wind in her face. A good time was had by all.

Family picture at the top

Lilia walking part of the way down

Kaine on the way up

Matt and Lilia at the top, Lilia was trying to "fly"

Uncle Casey and Kaine

So many switch backs....

My favorites.

57 switch backs to be exact!

View from the top, in the distance you can see Boneville Dam

New blog name

It's true if you're reading this you've discovered our new blog name and have probably guessed the news! We are so thrilled to be able to add to our family. We expect the one in the oven should arrive approximately September 23 2010.

I had an ultrasound already, due to some high hormone levels and concerns with my uterus from Lilia's delivery. Everything checked out fine and while my hormone levels are high for this stage in my pregnancy there was only one baby we could see and I am only 8 weeks Friday (It's a bummer because I was thinking more like 10 weeks). We will keep you up to date on Baby Conrad as we learn more, don't expect to know too much, we like a good surprise :)

We love you all!

Zoo

Playing tag after lunch

This is the face she makes when you say "make your monkey face"

They loved the underwater exhibits

I love this

Roaring like lions

We went to the zoo this past weekend with the kids and they had a blast! We wanted to check out the new safari exhibit and we were all impressed. Lilia learned to roar like a lion and Kaine enjoyed leading us around. We can hardly wait for the new orangatan exhibit to open this spring! We love our zoo pass.

December... I know it's January

Snow fun!

Cheese'n it up

Kaine couldn't wait to ride his new scooter outside and check out it's speed.

Always Mr. Goofy Goof

Kaine giving Lilia a ride on his new scooter. I love this!

Kaine and his lego box that "looks just like him if he were a lego"

The munchkins

Mommy and baby Christmas day

Cousin Jack at Aunt Susan's Christmas gathering

The Aunts showering Lilia with love and cookies

Uncle Casey and Lila

Aunt Susan and Aunt Peggy Christmas Day

Christmas morning

How sweet

Not so sure about this

December was a great month in the Conrad house! It went bye really fast, too fast. We had all sorts of Christmas celebrations with our families. It was wonderful to see everyone. Kaine got to spend Christmas break with his Mom, little brother and all of her family. We saw some snow here on NE 11th Place. Matt and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. Lilia had her first sleep over with Grandma Tami and Grandpa Russ and loved it! The month was truly full of excitement. Sorry to update so late, our computer has finally meet it's last day. We are currently using a Mac and well I am still getting used to it. We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas season, we love you all and hope the New Year is treating you and yours well!

Back in business

These two are a mess... I'd wanted and planned to have family pictures done this day, but bagged the idea because Lilia had gotten a black eye two days before, it was horrible, and good thing I canceled because Kaine gave himself a hickie in the middle of his forehead with a toy dart this morning, so much for a cute Christmas card photo.... maybe next year.


We are back in business, our camera is up and running again. This weekend we went to Grandma Tami's to celebrate Casey's birthday (Matt's brother) and take our annual trip to the White Lane Christmas tree farm. We decorated our tree and are planning on getting up our lights tomorrow. Kaine is so excited for this Christmas and we are too!

Me and the kids

I love this picture of Kaine, says everything about his search for our Christmas tree.

This picture sums up Lilia's enjoyment in searching for our tree.

Dad and the kids, how sweet!

Lilia and Natalie all bundled up. Natalie didn't mind the hat and gloves, Lilia would have nothing to do with them.

Matt Grandma Tami and the Birthday boy

Grandparents and the kids