Maya the Paya turns dos

She's fire and ice, this girl...

She can be dainty and then totally go after it...

It's her birthday and it's at the carousel

and she's got a ticket to ride

Carousels are timeless really

I mean nothing has changed much

They still go round and round and most of the horses go up and down

Every kid wants to ride them more than once

and when you are on them you get to be a kid again

"hi, hi, hi"

Henry loves it

Even big kids can ride

The horse did not want to let go of Will

Will & Aunt Kelsey

naannie nannie naaaannie

Birthday Cake time!

First, Maya started singing to herself before we could sing to her

and her song must have been over before ours was, because

she blew out her candle before we were done singing...

and she thought this was hilarious!

Yum!

What did she get?

Stay Brown! Jeeeerrrrryyyy

family

Interesting picture...I am really not kicking the baby

Yes Juanro, pink IS your color

Henry, front and center

Happy Carousel Birthday Miss Maya

4 from Arizona 2 Oregon--Day 3-final day-the zoo

Sadly, our family had to leave,

but before they left we went to the

PORTLAND ZOO

BEARS!

The bears were out in full force

I do not usually take pictures of animals, but I couldn't resist

this sweety

bump on a log

this is Tara's "purdy" smile

Will learned to mooo on this trip

Saddle up cousins

Ride like the wind!

the Henry girls do not like barn animals, we prefer to hang out outside of the barn

gettin' back to their roots

get 'em Will

not often that one gets to ride a dinosaur

This is Zane in a nutshell

Friendly, likes his alone time, independent, proud of his job

so stinkin cute

Good thing Zane didn't need to be held

I can be a Lion too

Henry would rather be eaten by a Lion then see he cousins leave

Only regret...not getting Zach a lucky penny.

Next time.

4 from Arizona 2 Oregon--Day Two--Cousins at the Beach

I love these people

Amazing, not a cloud in the sky day

beautiful sisters

Will got to experience sand in his toes

Hopefully the only alligator and shark we will see today

Langenbachs

Boys were having an absolute blast

Happy Boy

He is used to just going into bodies of water with his whole body...

so this was inevitable

Zane was kinda bummed at first

Yes!

What? I can take off my shirt?

"Why do I still have a shirt on," says Henry

Be Free

The sharks do not attack this boy because either

1. he blinds them with his body

2. the sharks think he is the sun

Does anyone ever...

...feed...

...these boys

I like this picture because of Henry's pasty skin

and Liz's most beautiful hair

This made me grumpy

Sand makes me grumpy and then you add in a thousand steep stairs and I am

REALLY GRUMPY.

I think the beach in general, though, was so fun for the boys.

I do wish I would have been more prepared.

It seems the spontaneous events become the most special events.