Harry's First Outing

Hey All,

Well, better late than never...we thought we'd update you on our first camping trip with Harry....in a nutshell, it was GREAT!. Man going back to tent camping will be difficult after our weekend in Harry. Jason didn't hit anythign while driving and no one was ran off the road, so that part of the test went great. All major systems functioned and we could figure them out in Harry. So it was great. Below are pics of the boys handling the plumbing - which I can already tell is Jason's least favorite part of camping! Also are pics of Jacob's play area and bed. Also, a pic of the inside/kitchen taken about 3 hrs after settling in. I thought it was amazing how quickly the place gets turned upside down and we have toys on the stove! Just like home.

We had a fun time at the beach -Jacob's first trip. But it was really rainy, hailing, windy, overall lovely April Oregon weather. Jacob loved it the most. Ethan brought a cool kite and enjoyed flying it. I think Jacob will love this summer's trips in the camper and going to the beach.

One other note, Jacob turned 10 months old on Sunday. Another unbelievable day. He is loving standing up by himself and can go about a minute before losing it. He's really cute when he does it and gets proud of himself, he gets so excited he falls down. He's also getting 2 more teeth - so he will have 4 on the top and 2 on the bottom.

Everyone Meet Harry

Well, with our impending sabbatical coming in August, we decided to bite the bullet and get a traveling home that we can take on a 21 day road trip.

Everyone meet our trailer - I'd like to hall him Harry. Harry the Traveling Trailer or Harry the Jayco Bird or Harry the Jewett's Jewell, I haven't decided. We are very excited to have him and make many family memories together. There will be room for visitors if anyone wants to come camping with us. We will be trying to get in 3-4 more trips before we leave in August to make sure we know how to RV before we're stuck in the boonies and not know how to turn on the heater or something:)

We thought that he was a reasonable size, until I saw him behind my truck, then I realized we might have gone a bit large, but this is the floor plan we wanted so that's what we have. He's 28 ft long and sleeps 9! Jacob and Ethan have bunk beds and I already put a children's gate on Jacob's bed so it's all ready to go.

Have a great week. I'll post pictures of our first camping trip this weekend!!

Easter, Eating Peas & Skiing

Woohoo! I know you have all been waiting for another blog. I apologize for the delay.

I was in China last week (no turtle this time). We were meeting with a new supplier and working on the program that I am managing. It is in a town Shenzhen which is directly west of Hong Kong, we flew into Hong Kong, then drove over. The company employs 300,000 people at that site, it was huge. We had some good food and did some bag shopping, so that was cool.

Jason held down the fort with the boys and did a great job despite he and Jacob having colds and Jason having finals. He taught Jacob to give kisses (to the air) when we make kissing sounds, it's really cute. He doesn't get that you give the kisses to people though and tends to stop if we lean our cheeks in, but will do it if your face isn't in his. Very funny. He's also rolling around alot more and is slightly enjoying a bit of tummy time, so that's a good sign.

I have pictures to share of Easter, our spring break skiing trip and of Jacob feeding himself peas. I hope you enjoy the pics.


I guess Easter morning came too early for Jacob:) He looks a little dazed.


Aren't they the cutest. This little suit used to be huge at christmas time, we had to squeeze him into it for the trip to the mountain. We all skied one day while Jacob stayed in the nursery. The next day Ethan and I skied and Jason Jacob-sat.

Ethan is trying to feed Jacob snow, but he didn't want to eat it...too cold.

Hanging out after skiing. I'm beginning ot think that Jacob's head is as wide as Ethans! You can see he si definitely getting more hair though, it's cute.

Jacob loves to eat most things, cheese is his favorite. He's shoveling the peas in pretty good, but this is nothing compared to the cheese he feeds himself. He doesn't like grated though, only little chunks. What a funny guy.