Suprise visit!

Dave's parents suprised us with a visit this week, and as always, we had a great time! We got to go hiking on the Beacon Rock trail, eat some good food, visit, and hang out at the mall... here are a few pictures, it was great to see you guys!

Group shot along the Beacon Rock Trail

Emma loved the hike and the view!

A picture of Dave!

Family pic, holding on to Ben REALLY tight :)!!

Emma and Grandpa

Eating a salmon dinner

Emma and Grandma

Grandpa and Benjamin

Baby Hughes

I can officially get excited about this pregnancy now! Everything seems to be going fine...going on 14 weeks now, and I got to see the baby last week at the ultrasound! He or she was moving around a lot, and we got a great picture of the little head, body and legs...so fun! We have the big ultrasound in about 5 or 6 weeks, so we're ecited about that. So, thats the news on the baby front...just wanted to keep you all posted! Hope everyone is doing good!

Fort Stevens State Park

We had our first camping trip of the summer! We headed over to Fort Stevens State Park and camped for two nights... It was so fun, the kids had a blast, and we loved the Park. There was a lot to do and see, and the kids did really good camping... We even had a racoon in the camp one night getting into our garbage...and our wonderful guard dog didn't even growl :) ) Here are some pics from our little trip to Astoria!

remains of the shipwreck Peter Iredale that crashed here in 1906

Emma and Benjamin hangin at the beach

my three favorite people :) this is the mouth of the Columbia River


South Jetty lookout

wow, a family picture!

Fort Stevens has over 10 miles of bike trails...emma loved it!

Our camp

We love the suburban, and Dave loves driving on the beach :)

Benjamin

Sunset

Dave cookin us some dessert over the fire

Peach cobbler in the dutch oven

Oh, the camp life :)

cozy by the fire...(you can see Emma's head to the side...she's sleeping :))


My three boys :)

Fort Stevens

Goodbye Preschool, Hello Kindergarten!

Well, preschool is officially over now, Emma had her end of the year picnic on Thursday. It was a blast, with lots of fun stuff to do. Emma was a little sad, though...I think it finally hit her that she wasn't going to that school anymore, and wouldn't have her favorite teacher next year...BUT, she is very excited to go to BIG KID SCHOOL!! Here are some pictures from the end of school picnic!

Emma with her whole class on Pajama Day

Emma and her buddy Natalie

This big parachute was a hit with the kids...

Benjamin followed Emma around all day at her school picnic, and luckily she let him hang with the Big Kids :)

Mrs. Vanveen and Emma... what a great teacher!

The doodlebugs recieving their end of the year awards..

Egg relay at the BBQ

Memorial Weekend

We hope everyone had a great weekend! The weather was so nice here, I think summer has arrived! Like every Memorial Day, Dave had to work...its a busy weekend for outdoor stuff. But Saturday night we all got to go over to our friends Brad and Stephanie's house for a BBQ (thanks guys!).. then Sunday the kids and I headed down to my moms for a BBQ and Memorial Day service at the cemetary. It was a fun couple days, but we wished Dave was with us (we did bring him lots of food home though :))..anyway, here are some pictures from the weekend!

Crystal and little Charlie

Emma and Austin roasting marshmallows

Jack and Benjamin about to get a sugar high :)

Emma and Ben walking the Avenue of Flags

The kids by my dad's flag. He served in the US Coast Guard so now his flag flies on Memorial Day up at the Dallas Cemetary

My mom with the kids by "Papa Don's flag"

Me and my grandma

Jack and Benny anxiously awaiting some water balloons (ummm...i need to get Ben some swim trunks :))

Water balloon fight!

Roscoe relaxing in the field

Nana and Charlie

Emma at school

Emma had her spring program at school last week, and it was so fun! She did great, and it always amazes us how fast she is growing up! Our camera wasn't cooperating with me during the program, so I didn't get any "action" shots :) But here's a couple of her and her friends after the show...she only has one more week of preschool and then we will have a kindergartener!


Emma with her friends Lauren and Natalie

Emma, Paige and Preslie

Crazy hair day

Thursday was crazy hair day at Emma's school, so I took a couple pis of her wild hair. She thought this was SO funny, and loved seeing how all the kids came with their hair done...

Mothers Day

Sunday was the first time we all felt pretty good at the same time, so we took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to Lake Merwin to do some Kokane fishing. I was a little nervous about being on the boat feeling so quesy, but I did ok thanks to my new medicine... the kids had a blast, and we caught 5 fish! Here's a few pictures...

Morning sickness and the stomach flu do NOT mix

Okay, i've been a little behind on everything lately... just wanted to give an update on things going on here in the Hughes house. Things have not been pretty here AT ALL... I have morning sickness so bad this time, and am nauseous all the time! I wasn't like this with Emma or Ben, so it's thrown me a little. On top of that, we have all been taking our turns with a bad stomache flu (virus, etc) and for me, this was a disastor... luckily my wonderful husband has been doing tons extra, as I have been out for the count. Today was Emma's turn, and she's suffering through as best she can.. we all need rest, but I know it will be over soon.
On the very good side!.... I had our first doctors visit for the baby, and things are fine! It was my 8 week appt. and I saw the heartbeat and got a little ultrasound picture of baby #3. So, it seems very real now and aside from feeling so sick and exhausted, we're really happy that things are ok.
So, no pictures for now.... but hopefully things will be getting better SOON!
Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day on Sunday!