San Diego

Asher visiting San Diego and spending time with his grandfather, Donald Williamson.

Camp Meriwether

Asher at Scouting America's Camp Meriwether on the Oregon coast, kicking back in a hammock between activities.

Newport

Family trip to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Asher found starfish in the tide pools and wasn't afraid to pick them up.

Leavenworth

We took a family trip up to Leavenworth, Washington, the Bavarian-themed village in the Cascades. Asher found a store with his name on it and we had to stop…

Asher’s Big Moment: Featured on Planet Money

This summer, Asher had an incredible experience while at camp. The team from NPR’s Planet Money podcast visited the camp for a full week, interviewing many of…

A First Resume for Junior Achievement BizTown

Asher is getting ready to participate in Junior Achievement’s BizTown. The educational program is designed to immerse children in a simulated economy where…

5th grade

Asher dressed up

The last day before Holiday break at Sunnyside was dress up or dress down day. Asher let us know he wasn’t going to dress down and wear PJs like many of his…

Eugene

We’ve gone to 2 or 3 track meets in Eugene each year the last 3 or 4 years. We have seen the US Nationals, Olympic Trials, World Championships, the Prefontaine…

Asher’s 11th

Asher’s 11th was an outing to Bullwinkle’s with a handful of friends. The boys drove go karts, piloted bumper boats, played mini golf and burned through their…

First day of 5th grade

Scouting

2023 was full of fantastic scouting outings and activities.

Asher and Otto at the Schnitzer

Parkdale

4th Grade

1st day of 4th grade

Horseback riding

Hawaii 2022

We went to Kauai for Spring Break and had a fantastic time. Here are the pictures.

First Trailblazers game – First time on an NBA court

Asher is playing boys basketball through the North Clackamas Parks and Req district. We were excited to get tickets to a Blazer game with early access to view…

Home Depot pilot

Asher helped gather supplies for a home project. He enjoyed locating, picking, and ferrying our purchases so much he asked me to capture the moment.

Asher’s 9th birthday

First day of 3rd grade

Asher taking in his first Padres game

Asher swimming in San Diego (again)

Asher at Aeron’s place in San Diego enjoying more pool time.

Asher bumps into King Carl

The USA Track & Field team trials were held in the new state-of-the-art Hayward Field. Here is Asher with Carl Lewis, one of the all-time greats of Track &…

Asher hiking Scouters Mountain

Merry Christmas

Our first Christmas on Meadows Lane.

Asher’s 2020 Covid school picture

Due to Covid we were asked to take a picture at home and send it in to the school to be added to the year book. Lots of Covid firsts.

Asher painting his mom’s new office

Asher helping out his daddy paint his mom’s new office.

Asher dyeing Easter Eggs

Asher and Allie collaborating on their egg dyeing efforts

Asher and Ben

Asher and Allie

Asher in front of the tree

Halloween

Doesn’t this young man make a great Harry Potter?

Bringing home Yammie the Hamster

For Asher’s 7th birthday we added a Hamster to the family. This is Asher at the pet store with our new addition, Yammy.

1st Grade School picture

Working on the car

Asher’s first – but not last – bike crash

After learning to balance on a scoot bike, and learning to ride a 20″ bike, here is his first ride on a 24″ wheel bike. This bicycle was his first with a…

Working!

Asher Graduates from Kindergarten

Camping at Oxbow Park

School Buddies

New Zealand family vacation

Here are photos of our two-week vacation in New Zealand.

White belt

Asher’s first ski lesson

Asher and I ran up to Timberline for his first lesson. We lucked out that John, who’s been teaching kids to ski since 1980, was his instructor. I jumped in on…

Soccer Shots

It was fun being in soccer shots beginner level. Level 1 was really easy. I passed every time, every whole week class. Every week for about 5 times. On the…

School Halloween Party

Timberline

Asher’s 6th BD party!

Asher’s first day of school!

Asher’s first day of school was a day I’ll always remember. From a parents perpective it’s setting the child up for their learning career. We looked at all the…

Summer Sports camp

Tillamook Cheese Factory

Asher learned how the Tillamook Cheese factory makes an incredible amount of cheese, while enjoying Tillamook ice cream.

Clinton Park

Mini-Golf

Lego Boost

Pump Track

Snowman!

Boneville Dam

Washington Park hike

Asher: It was weird being on the train tracks. I thought that a train would be zooming, and hitting me dead. It was closed because we found there was a tree…

Highland Park

Riding to OMSI

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Asher’s 5th Birthday Party

Playing at new Franklin field

Asher at Legoland

This week Asher is in San Diego doing all the fun stuff, like and including Legoland. Here he is mid-sentence discussing the rides at Legoland.

Asher rolling down Division!

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Asher on his first pedal bike

Asher picked up the pedal bike just a couple days. Here’s one of his first rides down the gentle slope of Windsor Court.

Asher rides Sunday Parkways on a scoot

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Asher goes long distance on his Strider

Asher’s first long distance trip on his strider! Headed to OMSI to see the lego exhibit with Asher in the Burley trailer and his scoot tucked in beside. When…

Asher the co-pilot

A great day of family fishing with captain Luke Spear.

Asher’s first scoot

One of Asher’s first time on his Scoot bike under his own power. He makes it 50 feet and announces he’s doing great!

Asher’s storm water egress story

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Asher’s rainbow scarf

This picture was taken on a snowy day in Portland. It’s great that Asher had his new rainbow scarf from grandma to keep him warm.

Asher’s pulley trap

Asher’s 2016 in movies

Here is a link to a collection of short videos starring Asher from 2016.

Asher’s baking Santa cookies

Asher and his mom by the fire

This was a late season moment by the warm fire for Asher and Kathleen. We had a nice dinner warmed by a fire in our outdoor fireplace.

Asher’s Trap

Lots of traps are built in the back yard. This one with ropes, bungee cords incorporating the swing.

Asher, can I tell you something…

… I love you.

Asher loves track

On your mark

Asher’s obstacle course

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Asher’s first letter from Mema

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Asher tells a story

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Asher sings Happy Birthday to daddy

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Asher’s thoughts

Nathan: Asher, what are your thoughts?

Asher sees Santa!

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Asher the fireman and his ladder

This morning Asher woke at 6:45, not too early today. Yesterday it was 5:15. That’s too early for me. It was his way of saying happy Father’s Day!

Asher’s business card

This morning I was working from home. Kathleen and Asher were getting ready to run some errands…flowers, sofa pillows… Asher came downstairs to say goodbye and…

Asher knows his colors!

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I love you daddy

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My first FaceTime call from Asher

This morning when Asher and I got up he snuck my iPad from my nightstand. I saw that he had it when he came out of the bedroom but I didn’t care because I know…

I love you

I used to keep track of his new words – but I lost track. Now it’s the phrases that capture my attention. Asher has been rolling off the phrases over the last…

Asher’s 2nd Birthday

Asher has a wonderful time with friends and family, old and new at our new place. Here are a few pictures to share.

Asher’s first 6 months of 2014

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Saturday morning with Asher

This morning Asher and I got up together and left mama to sleep in. I wasn’t around much this past week with all my work activities, so it was extra special.…

Asher update

Asher does cool things every day. Lately he’s getting ready to start talking. He’s been saying “humph”, “hum”, “oh no”, “I did”, “i did that”, “I did it” all…

Asher’s first Easter egg hunt

Here’s Asher at his first Easter Egg hunt!

Asher jumps!

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Asher high fives!

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Asher knows

On our anniversary, Craig and Kelly came over to watch Asher while we went out on a date. The evening for us was shaping up to be a fun one. We made it to four…

Asher and the salad spinner

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Asher’s arrival at Woodlawn Park

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“I did that”

Asher took at trip to San Diego with his mom to see Grandma Silvia and the rest of the San Diego family at the end of January. I’ve grown to expect Asher to…

Time alone with Asher

Asher is 15 months old, full of energy and growing and changing all the time. He’s had various colds and sicknesses since November. His first fever was…

The holidays with Asher

We’re all recovering from a cold. Thankfully we experienced this in Sun Diego where it’s been 75 and perfect each day.

Asher’s eating skills develop

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Asher in slow motion

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Me and Asher doing errands

Today is one of the first times I’m out and about with Asher sans mommy. Right now Kathleen is at a yoga workshop with Ki McGraw at the Hawthorne Wellness…

Asher’s 1 year checkup

Asher had his 1 year visit with Dr. Breeze and besides getting more immunizations, was measured at 31 3/4 inches tall (94.5 percentile) and 23 lbs, 13.5 oz…

Asher’s 1st Birthday Party

It was a wonderful 1st birthday party for Asher. I did my best to capture the moment.

Asher’s first fort

Today a new lamp came in a nice big box. It looked like the kind of box a little boy who watched me intently put the lamp together would enjoy playing with. I…

Asher’s 1st birthday events

We’re throwing a birthday party for Asher. on October 5th! The evite went out and here’s a link, we also decided to have a virtual webcast of the ceremonial…

Asher’s walkabout

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Roughhousing with Asher

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Asher’s first day walking

Today Asher walked on no less than a half dozen occasions. The first was at Thad Hostetlers house. We went over to visit before Thad and his family return to…

Asher will be coming around the mountain soon

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Introducing Grumpy Grumperson

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Asher’s first steps

While this isn’t the best example of Asher’s first steps, it is the best of what I recorded.

Asher’s 9 month wellness check

Today we visited Dr. Breeze at the North Portland Providence Medical Group offices and it was a breeze. Our doctor has an 18 month old and is a well informed…

Asher and his banana

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Our pre-walking infant

Asher has mastered his car, crawling, sleeping in his own bed (!), pulling up, sitting down, climbing stairs, eating with his hands, loving everything we feed…

Asher’s first trip to the beach

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In the mirror

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Asher retrieves Sophie

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Grandma Silvia teaching Asher to play keep away

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Patty Cake

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Itsy Bitsy Spider

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Catch up

Things have been busy, fun and joyful around here with Asher.

Asher’s 6 month wellness check

We visited our Dr. Breeze on Thursday for Asher’s 6 month wellness check. I enjoy these visits to see how he’s developing. He sure has been getting heavier, I…

Asher laughing at mommy’s funny faces

Asher was in stitches as Kathleen was making funny faces at him. When I pulled out the phone to record the moment he was sharing his attention between the…

Happy birthday mommy

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Asher learning cause and effect

While Asher and I were hanging out, I noticed that he’s beginning to figure out cause and effect. He loves to put everything in his mouth. His washcloths are…

Asher in flight

Asher enjoys laying on his belly and pulling his arms up off the floor while arching his back and kicking his heals up behind himself, in a sort of skydiver…

Asher is a maniac running in place man

As I sat across the room, Asher started and continued to make a lot of commotion.

New facial expressions

I’ve noticed Asher has been making new faces the last few days. While he’s keen to the camera and often changes his intensity and focus when he senses the…

Fun in the jumper

Mama picked up a bouncy play station for Asher. She felt he was getting bored with laying on the floor or sitting in his bouncy seat to play. Here’s a video,…

4 month pediatrician visit

Weight 15 lbs 13.3 oz. 48th Head 15.5 inches, 42 cm. 50th Length 25.5 inches 53rd

Asher rolls over

A huge developmental step is when an infant rolls from their back onto their hands and knees. Asher surprised us by rolling from tummy time to his back, which…

New Vocabulary

Asher has been growing and learning and developing everyday. Today he was very talkative and surprised us with his endurance to keep talking in multi-syllable…

Asher’s first grab

Asher has this toy ball with huge holes in it, perfect for grabbing and holding on to. This day he grabs it for the first time, all while sitting in his bumbo…

Asher’s first reach for the birdie

Asher has had a lot of firsts lately but mom and dad have been too busy to record them. Tonight after finishing dinner we noticed that Asher was batting at his…

Silent night

It’s a quiet night and I’m reflecting on the fact that Asher will be 2 months old tomorrow. Nathan and Asher are sleeping soundly and I find myself in the…

Family iMovie

On a relaxing Sunday morning, with Asher laying in bed between us, we created an iMovie on our new iPad. We hope you enjoy.

Asher is 8 weeks old today

Today Asher turned 8 weeks old and we visited the pediatrician. The most exciting part of the appointment for daddy was the weigh in. Asher measured 23.75…

He’ll be “a doer”

Maybe parents and caregivers will realize that babies are born knowing something about their development and can be trusted to demonstrate readiness for…

Today’s sweetness

Today’s workday began and ended with the sweetness of Asher.

Sunny days ahead

Grandma Silvia left on Monday. Daddy went on a business trip on Monday also. I ran mom ragged for three days, and then I let dad in on the deal when he…

New photo album posted

We’ve put together a new album of our favorite pictures taken in Asher’s 2nd and 3rd weeks. You can check it out here. If you’re on the website you’ll find it…

Asher’s post nap pre-feed ritual

We’re at the Lloyd Center to return a baby gift, and we brought Asher with us. Cruising the mall with an infant in his car seat stroller is a new experience…

Baby Dancer

While mom took her shower tonight Asher and dad took a lot of photos, sifted through for the good ones, found a good song and produced this. Executive…

Worn out from shopping

Grandma Silvia is in town and Asher has been out shopping with her and his mom. I just got this picture of a worn out 2 week, 5 day and 3:33 old. Looks like…

Withdrawals are coming

I’m back at work and for the first time had to leave my little boy and walk out the door. I left him in his mothers arms looking adorable.

Asher is dreaming! …about

I’m always hoping to catch the cute and new things on film and today I succeeded. I just got back home from the dentist and before checking in on my work…

Grandma Silvia is here!

Grandma Silvia Williamson arrived on Thursday! Asher is so pleased to meet his Grandma Silvia. Mom and Dad know that the bonus with Grandma Silvia is the…

Today was a big day for Asher!

Today Asher turned 2 weeks old! We celebrated with a Sweet and Salty cookie, mom had a water, and dad ordered an espresso con panna at Ristretto Roasters. I’m…

Asher’s big stretch!

When Asher wakes up for a diaper change, or to nurse, or for any reason has his clothes taken off, he stretches just like you and I do when we wake up. We’re…

28 seconds of Asher

Asher just woke up from a nice nap and Mom is in the shower so I’m taking the opportunity to catch cuteness.

Too Cool

Today was a wonderful day. Share, my doula (birth coach) visited, and Don and Holiday brought mom and dad a Pan of marinara and a couple nice bottles of wine…

What do I think?

So you ask me what do I think? What do I think about this whole thing? This place called earth? Well it’s taking some time to get adjusted, for me and for you.…

Falling asleep at the wheel

Here’s a picture of mom and I after I’ve fallen asleep at the wheel. I tend to do that. I get that big dose of oxytocin from mom’s breast milk and just can’t…

Me and my daddy

Daddy just snuggled me up before he and mommy sat down for dinner. I was being kind of fussy but daddy figured out I needed a fresh diaper. I don’t like…

Here’s my new website!

Dad has wanted to build me a website for sometime. So here it is. You can follow along as I grow at https://asher.nathanspear.com. Dad will put up pictures and…

Pictures of me!

My dad wanted to share some pictures with you. https://sites.google.com/a/nathanspear.com/asher-benjamin/

I’m here!

I was born today, Thursday, October 4th at 12:00 noon. I am 21 inches long, and weigh 8 lbs. 5 oz. I’ve checked out ok and my mom is doing well. I’ll send…