Category Archives: family

Today we headed down to Woodburn for our 4th annual visit to the tulip fields. Every year I go it is as beautiful as ever, and I am always in awe. I don’t think I could ever go too many … Continue reading →

Late in the afternoon, Nathan returned home from his consultation about his shoulder, and Elias announced that he wanted to go to the adventure park. We decided to start our family night a little early and got in the car. … Continue reading →

Nathan and I were lucky enough to go see the Oregon Ballet Theater’s Cinderella tonight on their closing performance. I had really wanted to see the ballet so my dad got me tickets for Christmas! As we walked around the … Continue reading →

This evening we got to go to the hospital to visit baby James. The boys were very excited, and when we got to the hospital, Simon kept saying “doctor”. I told him that actually, we were there to visit baby … Continue reading →

We have a new family member! At 10:10 this morning our nephew, James Kealoha was born to my brother and sister’s waiting arms. The Bartle name lives on for another generation! (and hopefully many more!) The boys and I were … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago we received a visitor in the mail….Flat Audrey! Our niece is doing a “Flat Stanley” unit at school, and she has been sent on a mission to find out about where we live. Since she arrived … Continue reading →

Simon is now a big two year old! We spent the morning dedicated to hosting a big valentines party for our friends. That tuckered Simon out because he napped two and a half hours! I don’t think he has done … Continue reading →

On Sunday, I was happily watching my sister-in-law open gifts at her baby shower when my phone rang. I briefly considered getting up to answer it (it was in the other room) but decided against it. A minute or so … Continue reading →

Nathan and I have decided to implement a twice-monthly family night with just the four of us. We had always had aspirations of starting something like that, but the boys were young, and our schedule always filled up. Starting this … Continue reading →

If you’ve noticed that the rate of my blog post production has dropped (it’s ok if you didn’t notice), here is your explanation! For Christmas, I got Nathan a game he wanted called Star Realms. Normally I let him play … Continue reading →