Introducing Bauer

This is the newest member of the Hewlett clan. His name is Bauer. He is 5 months old and a big sweetheart. We are excited to welcome him to our home!
Bow wow good friend, Bow wow....

A Family of Royals

At our Family Home Evening tonight, we learned that we are all royalty!
Our crowns say "I am a Child of God."
In our church, we have sung this song since we were Bekah's age. These are the lyrics;

I am a child of God

And He has sent me here

Has given me a earthly home

With parents kind and dear

Lead me, guide me, walk beside me

Help me find the way,

Teach me all that I must do

To live with Him someday.

Please feel free to visit our church's website, by clicking on the title "A Family of Royals" to find out more on our wonderful religion that makes us such a happy family!

Pumpkin Patch 2006

This week we went out to Sauvie Island to the Pumpkin Patch with family friends, the Simpsons and the Woolners. We went on a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. I tried to get some pictures of my little pumpkins together but they wouldn't look at the camera! We played on a giant pyramid of hay bails and saw some farm animals in the barn. Bekah got her finger bit by a rooster inside and is still pretty distraught about it. We had a lot of fun enjoying the beautiful fall weather with friends and finished up the night eating at Sunny Han's our most favorite Chinese restaraunt in the whole world! It's sooooo yummy! Thank you Sunny! (He happened to be at the location we were at last night, I almost went and asked him for his autograph! Hee Hee!) Bekah is being a pumpkin for Halloween this year, so I got a couple pictures of her in her costume out there! Have a good week and click on the link below to play a fun little Halloween hangman game!

Hooray for the Zoo

This week we went to the Oregon Zoo and took Tabitha along for the ride. It was $2 Tuesday, which happens the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Our kids are free because they are so little, so we spent the day there for $5 including parking! This was Topher's first zoo experience and he loved it! He didn't want to miss a thing! Bekah had a blast as usual, especially since we let her think she was in charge of this trip and let her tell us where we were going next. We had a really great time. This zoo is the coolest zoo I've been to, the habitats are set up really well so you can see the animals great, unlike Hogle zoo! We really love it and the kids have so much fun when we go. I hope everyone gets a chance to come see it with us.

Lincoln City Adventure

Our discovering Oregon trip this week was so fun! We went to Lincoln City for a couple days at the beach. We know it's like the 4th time this year we have been, but when you live this close to the coast, you have to go as much as you can after living in a desert your whole life! We did go to new beaches this time though!



For anyone looking for a cheap, but nice hotel on the coast...We stayed at the Best Western Landmark Inn in Lincoln City and it was quite nice. The room was clean and it had a nice little balcony that we could let the breeze into the room, it had 2 queen beds, mini fridge and microwave, so we were able to keep some milk, juice and snacks cold for the kids. The pool was a little chilly, but the hot tub was not all too hot and the kids were even able to be in it for a bit. The deluxe continental breakfast was indeed deluxe, with everything from waffles and donut holes to oatmeal and biscuits and gravy, with everything in between! It cost 84.00 which was the cheapest I found for a quality hotel on the coast. It was walking distance to the beach, Chad's only complaint was that you had to cross the main street to get to the beach though. Enough about the hotel, we were barely there! We went to Fishing Rock, where Tab got married and hiked down to the beach which was really cool, we got there right before sunset and had so much fun. The tide was low and the rocks were exposed with lots of starfish and little sea creatures all over them. Topher played in the sand for the first time and thought it was great till it got wet and cold, and Bekah as usual did her own thing and didn't want to leave even as it started to get dark. The next day we went to Newport and saw the Sea lions all on the docks and went to the Undersea Aquarium, it was pretty cool, they had a scuba diver go down and show us all the different sea creatures, ranging from a fiesty dungeoness crab to a playful 4 foot eel. Tickets were a little pricey at 10 bucks a pop, but the kids were free. We spent some time walking down the bayfront exploring some of the shops and then headed for the beach. This time we went to Glenenden, which was very beautiful, but didn't have any tide pools for Chad to explore so he had to settle on playing in the sand with us. Topher ate it, Bekah got buried in it, and we all had a blast in it. It was a great trip, and can't wait till we have some more time and money to do it again!

First Haircut

Bekah is getting so grown up! She got her first haircut yesterday 9.22.06! She got a good inch or more off the back and little bangs. She was very good and smiled the whole time it was getting cut. Our good family friend Vera Carter cut it and did a fantastic job. Bekah thinks she is very stylish now and shows off her little do with pride. What a little super model!

Discovering Mt. Hood

For our weekly, 'Let's see and enjoy Oregon' trip this week, we went on the Mt. Hood Loop. It is so beautiful!!! We stopped at Laurence Lake and had a picnic, and did a little fishing. Topher stuck his feet in the water for a while and loved it. The leaves were starting to change, and it was just gorgeous! Those of you who live here and would like a nice drive, you need to do this. It's kind of long, but well worth it! The little lake is nice and the fishing is pretty good too. I highly recommend it. Next weeks adventure is actually starting tomorrow-we will be exploring Lincoln City a little more. This state is absolutely magnificent!

Little Buddies

These 2 are becoming quite the little friends now.
Topher thinks Bekah is the funniest girl on the planet, and she will do anything to make him giggle.
Bekah always wants to 'play with my little brudder', or 'criffer' or 'tuffer'.
She stacks blocks for him to knock over and they giggle. They have tea parties, where Topher just eats the plates, but Bekah doesn't mind, she has a buddy.
They 'read' stories together, which is usually a slobbery mess on Christophers end, and Bekah squealing because he takes the book out of her hands, but when you try to pick him up, she squeals again that she still wants to play with him.
They are very fond of eachother and as cute as can be. I hope this will be par for the course for them. I know that there will be fights, but I hope that the laughs will out number them by a long shot.
So here's to sibling buddies, I'm glad I have siblings to have fun with, and I hope they always feel that way too.

Our Little Hero

Christopher got his 6 month pictures taken today and I must say they turned out pretty darn cute! Hope everyone is doing great like we are!

Tuesday was Chad's day off this week, and it was his first one in over a month that we didn't have to be doing something. We decided to spend this glorious free time with the family and hike to the top of Multnomah Falls. We have lived in this beautiful state for over a year now and have always wanted to see all these wonderful things, but have just been 'too busy.' We decided to make a goal and do something like this once a week, because it was just too beautiful and too much fun, not to mention great exercise. It is approx. 1 mile to the top and we all made it! Bekah even did it all by herself. Topher of course got carried by Chad in the snugli. The path was really cool, with a big old tree with roots exposed that you could sit under, (that's what Bekah and I are sitting in). Then there was a small cave thing that Bekah thought was pretty great, (that is what she, Chad and Topher are in). At the top we had a little picnic where Bekah polished off her whole Subway sandwich. It was a lot of fun and soooo beautiful. Everyone needs to do this at least once in their lifetime!