Esplin boys go for a ride.

Happy Trails To You...

Evi and Brittany at the beach

Sometimes you hit the Oregon coast on the right day.
This was one of them

Hay Ride With Grandpa

Kendis, Syndey and Tyson go for a hay ride with Grandpa.
Tyson wants to slow down!

Evior Airola Dresses Up

Going out on a night on the town with Swedish friends.
Mormor always likes to dress up!

Autumn Comes To Chehalem Mountain

As summer leaves the mountain the fall colors begin to display themselves.

This scene in the front yard of Sherwood Forest Stables

in the fall of 2008.

Autumn Comes To Back Pasture

Looking out the back yard, Autumn 2008

Milo

Milo after running around with the grandkids.

Brittany and Julia

Brittany and Julia swimming in her Great Grandmas pool in Colorado. Julia is almost 18 months.

We had a wonderful week with Jeff and Shannon and their cute family. Here I am with Tanner, Carter and Kaden. They loved playing on the farm, they talked Grandma into climbing up into the hay barn. They were a great help with feeding the horses every evening. We loved playing on the farm with the boys!

Thank you for Baby Kate's Blessing Dress!

Kate's blessing dress (photos do not even do the dress justice!)

This first post on Evi and Gary's blog is written by Shannon. I was also the one who set up this blog so hopefully you two will keep it going! This past week mom came to Utah to help me with our new baby, Kate Marika Esplin. The middle name Marika is now in 3 generations and hopefully Kate will pass on the tradition to her daughter someday. This photo is of mom holding Kate. She is wearing her new blessing dress, which I begged mom to make out of my wedding dress. It turned out more beautiful than I even imagined! It was quite big at first, but mom is incredibly talented and altered it to fit Kate. Thank you so much mom, you are amazing and I love and appreciate everything you did this past week so much!