Evan is 4!!!!

On June 15, Evan turned 4 years old. Where did the time go?


We first celebrated on Friday, his actual birthday, with Grandpa & Grandma O. Grandpa make him a very neat wooden truck.


On Saturday, we had his Pirate Party with family including cousin Carter, close friends including Shelly and his 2 preschool buddies - Hannah and Bennett (and Bennett's sisters - Maddie and Sophia). We had a treasure hunt and played "Sink the Ship" game. Here's a photo of the birthday boy with his mom and dad.


Here's photos of his friends.





Here's photos of the menu and the Pirate Flag cake. Yum!




Quinn had a jolly good time, too!

Quinn is one!

Quinn turned ONE on March 7, 2007.

We celebrated his birthday with Grandma Joyce, her friend Marsha, and the Provins Family on March 3.

Quinn's official birthday party was on March 10 - Daddy's birthday.
We celebrated both of their birthdays.





Here's Quinn eating yogurt:


Here's our third cat:


Quinn started walking right before his birthday. Just after his birthday,
he fell and pushed his top front left tooth up into his gums.
So he has a funny, but cute, smile now.
His current words are: dada, mama, up, that, cat, dog, duck,
hi, and all gone.

Joyce Osterhus

Dear Friends,

We are writing with heavy hearts to tell you that our mother, Joyce Osterhus, passed from this world into heaven on Friday, March 23rd at 10 pm.

As you know, Mom had been struggling with a rare form of cancer known as PMP for 5½ years. During her ordeal she always demonstrated incredible strength, enduring every treatment and procedure with dignity and bravery, and then always asking her oncologist, Dr. Patrick Sheehy, what new treatment she could try next. Just over one week prior to her passing, after discussing all possible options with her doctor and her family, she made the incredibly brave decision to stop treatment and go home under the care of hospice. We threw her a party, she had her favorite food, and she spent her first few days back home visiting with friends and family. When she passed on Friday night we were with her, along with our husbands, telling her how much we loved her.

There will be a memorial service to celebrate Mom’s life on Saturday, March 31 at 4 pm at her church (details below). Child care for children 5 and under will be provided during the service. Following the service, a reception will be held in the Fellowship Hall with sandwiches, salads and dessert.

Westminster Lutheran Church of Hope
13841 Milton Ave
Westminster, CA 92683
714-895-3838
http://www.wlcofhope.com
(Map available on website.)

We want to thank you all for your love, support and prayers – both during these past most difficult weeks, and also during her entire 5½ year struggle. Our entire family has been truly blessed with your friendship and love.

Mom, you are our hero.

With love and hugs,
Trina Gregory and Tracy Lee Provins

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Surprise... the two best presents in the world.


Gramma & Grampa O came for a visit to celebrate Christmas (and brought wonderful homemade wooden presents).


Making Swedish Bread

On December 23, we got together at Mom's house to make Swedish Bread with the help of Aunt Nancy and Cousin Jessica from Arizona. Here's Nancy and the boys rolling out the dough.


Here's the crew and the final result. Grandma Peggy would be so proud!


Christmas Eve

We all wore red shirts to Christmas Eve service.


Evan and Carter loved the presents that Grandma Joyce gave them.


And Quinn loves his Namma too!

Peek A Boo!!!

Happy Halloween


Evan and his school buddies Hannah and Bennett at the Pumpkin Patch


Quinn at the Pumpkin Patch


"Pirate Evan" on Halloween Night


Our pirate-themed house (thanks to Daddy)


Our crawling ghost Quinn


who also likes to stand!


Cousin Carter as "Lighting McQueen" (homemade costume by his awesome Mommy and Daddy with a little help from Uncle Jason)

Happy (Belated) Birthday Grandma Joyce!!!

Grandma Joyce (aka "Namma" to Evan/Carter and "Mom" to Trina/Tracy) turned 60 in September, and 17 of her family and friends went on a Princess Cruise to celebrate.

Namma and her grandsons - Evan, Carter and Quinn!!!



On the first formal night Tracy and Doug got all dressed up, dined with Grandma Joyce and friends, saw the stage show, and danced the night away. Don't they look gorgeous!

And here's a photo of Tracy and Mom. She sure doesn't look 60!


And here's a photos of us out on our balcony at night.


Evan and Carter LOVED playing together on the "Big Boat."


Can't forget the youngest member of the family - Quinn!


Tracy and Trina on a snorkeling excursion in Cabo San Lucas



Unfortunately, Grandma Joyce wasn't feeling well on the fifth day of the cruise. She was taken off of the boat, spent some time in a hospital in Cabo San Lucas, and flown back to the US via a medical flight. Tracy joined her. So here is a photo of the whole group (minus Mom and Tracy) on the last night of the cruise.


Individual photos of Evan, Carter and Quinn

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Mommy turned 25!!! ... Again :) OK, maybe you're more like 30... 5...

Mommy and her twin sister Aunt Tracy had their birthday on Friday, September 15. Their birthday present was a set of Disneyland annual passes for the whole family! It's the gift that keeps on giving. For 365 days. To everyone in the family!

Daddy and Uncle Doug took the day off on Friday, and both families spend a whopping 13 hours at Disneyland on the first day of their annual passes. This was the first time at Disneyland for Evan, Quinn and Carter. It was so fun to see the looks on their faces. Our favorite rides included Buzz Lightyear's shooting gallery, the rockets in Futureland, Autopia, Pirates of the Carribean and the flying Dumbos. Evan, Quinn, Carter, Daddy and Uncle Doug saw an amazing live demonstration of Asmio, the humanoid robot made by Honda. We also saw some amazing fireworks before leaving at 10 o'clock.




The next day, we went to California Adventure Land. It was a shorter day, but still lots of fun. Well, other than Evan falling down the escalator and getting a nasty owie on the back of his head... that wasn't so much fun. But Evan was very brave. He let the nurse fix him up, and then we went off for another fun-filled day, spent mostly in A Bug's Land. Mommy and Aunt Tracy even got free packs of tortillas from the Mission tortilla factory in the park because it was their birthday. (Mommy had cleverly kept one of the "Happy Birthday" stickers from the day before!)


All in all, this was an awesome birthday. And the fun promises to continue throughout the year! Not to mention our upcoming Baja cruise in two weeks for Grandma Joyce's 60th birthday! This is going to be an incredibly fun year.