Overnight Trip to Lincoln City

We went on an overnight trip to Lincoln City... it was admittedly a bit cloudy, but still nice to be near the ocean!

Lauren (left) and Emily (right) playing in the hotel room.

Lauren devouring steamer clams... she ate the entire bowl by herself!

Lauren climbing on the bars at Regatta Park. 

Emily walking across a balance beam.

Swinging on a tire!

Five Year Stats

Lauren (left) and Emily (right) had their five year old checkups with Dr. Rosenbloom this week. They are doing well and continue to grow like weeds! Here are their stats:

Emily: 3 feet, 10 inches (93rd percentile) and 43 pounds (67th percentile)
Lauren: 3 feet, 9 and 1/4 inches (87th percentile) and 40 pounds (50th percentile)

Providence Bridge Pedal

Lauren (left) and Emily (right) rode in the Providence Bridge Pedal this year on their princess bikes!

This year there was a special three mile course designed specifically for kids. 

Enjoying a water break. 

Pretty view of the city.

Crossing the finish line!

A couple of random photos for fun... here is Lauren with her scooter. 

Emily loves the flowers growing in front of our house and cannot resist picking them!

Oaks Park

Last weekend we visited Oaks Park! Here is (from left to right) Lauren, Justin, and Emily posing behind a sign.

Emily (front) and Lauren (back) riding on the carousel.

Super slide!

The girls loved the Tilt A Whirl.

Riding motorcycles.

Lauren smiling while Emily checks out the roller coaster track.

Bouncing boats!

Happy 5th Birthday!

The girls turned five last week and enjoyed several days of celebration! The festivities started with dinner at Sinju with MAWS and DD.

Happy girls after feasting on teriyaki salmon and vegetable tempura. 

We sang Happy Birthday and the girls enjoyed green tea ice cream sundaes for dessert!  

For their birthday present this year, the girls got to pick out two items of their choice at The Disney Store. Emily chose two stuffed princess dolls, and Lauren chose a musical jewelry box and a light-up magic wand. 

More celebrating at Grandma and Grandpa Rufener's house!

Lauren (left) and Emily (right) blowing out the candles on their Oreo ice cream cake. 

The girls had their birthday party at Pump It Up... there was a new inflatable play structure/climbing wall at the venue that the kids loved! The idea is to climb to the top with the help of a velcro strap. 

Emily grinning while Lauren climbs in the background.

Racing to the top of the slide!

Emily enjoying the tornado chamber with Gavin. 

From left to right: Kay, Lauren, Emily, and Kali enjoying pizza and juice. 

Lauren picked out this cake... chocolate cake with a raspberry chocolate ganache filling. 

 Emily picked out this cake... white cake with a strawberry whipped cream filling.

Family photo! 

The girls were so happy to blow out the candles on their cakes!

Official party group photo. We had so much fun celebrating with our family and friends!