More random pics

At the Folklife Festival at Seattle Center.

Proud Grandparents.

One year old in an AWESOME vest from Uncle Dan, Aunt Danielle and Cousin Olivia! THANKS!

Looking like a little boy in my gear. Soren likes to attack anyone that has the camera.

Its another boy!

Odin wants to announce a new edition to our family! The puppy in his lab is the only girl in the litter...but we are getting a BOY of course!

Here is one of the male Labradoodle puppies that we are looking to add to our family.

The other two chocolate males have a little darker fur, and are just as cute! They will be ready to come home after the Fourth of July! We are still considering names...Wookiee, Chewy(Chewbacca), Ralph (from the muppets), or Fourth(#4 boy).

Nona and Poppa visit!

Nona showing Odin how to work his new bubble devices.

Poppa enjoyed sharing Soren's enthusiasm for books. Soren can do "book" in sign language now.

Thanks to Nona and Poppa for the great drum and accordian for our budding musicians!

Soren's second birthday celebration with Poppa and Nona was way messier than his first cupcake experience!

Yeah! Bathtime!

Not-so-Messy birthday cupcakes

Soren got a slow start on his first cupcake...but ended well. :)

Oh yeah!

The right of passage is completed.

Soren's 1 yr Birthday Party

Since Nona and Poppa were in Michigan for the party, we invited them to celebrate on Skype!

They got front row seats!

The car cupcakes and the good company of Sashka and Ewan.

Thanks to Ian for finding the cupcake molds!

Odin's first crush

This is a cute video of Odin dancing...and deciding between the lovely Bishoff girls. He goes for the taller one. Is that really a surprise?

Concert for Soren's Birthday!

Family Schwab at the Casper Babypants concert in Burien Public Library.

Boys are totally intrigued by the characters up front.

Percussion extravaganza, guitar, and keyboard.

more of the Schwab boys.

Here are the beautiful Bishof girls. Lenka is 6, mom Slavka, and Sashka is 4.

Casper Babypants

Casper Babypants (AKA Chris Ballew, lead singer of The Presidents of The United States) came to our local library in Burien, WA on Soren's birthday. It was a great time!

Normal day...

... just being silly.

Random.

This is a rare "full view" of Beattlejuice, the Harlequin serpent starfish. (center body is a bit bigger than a quarter.)

New bird at our feeder! Some kind of Grossbeak?

Our front yard flower bed. Ian built it over the very mild winter, and did some manly rock moving early spring. Summer plants, flagstones, and some more rocks soon!

Now... he is a Man.

Granddad comes to visit!

Granddad came to visit and help celebrate Soren's 1st birthday. He really liked the Chittenden Locks in Ballard. Odin liked the boats too!

Going to the park!

Quality time with Soren. :)

Happy Mother's Day!

We had a Mother's Day Brunch with a couple of our Family Friends. It was a good brunch, with food, kids playing, sunbathing, and this stunning photo.

I loved this hot mom twice! See below:

At the park.
Stopping to smell the roses.
In the yard playing on some of Daddy's soon to be garden rocks.

Shawn Shulte from Columbus, OH visits!

Shawn the Boy draws Odin a cool spaceship to ride as Daddy loads up the car/kids.

Enjoying some sun at Seahurst beach... Hoping the smell of the sea will draw Shawn the Boy to way anchor out here. :)

And now back to posting...

We have had a rash of being terribly sick here. We are all feeling better, so I hope today to get some pictures up on the blog!