oregon...day three

We headed down to Salem so that we could check out the latest Beaver gear at the OSU store.  The boys fell in love with these stuffed Beavers and had to have them.

Then we had the great idea to drive down to Corvallis and check out the stadium.  They've built a new (huge) bookstore right across the street, so we checked that out too.  

We outfitted ourselves with new t-shirts before heading over to the coast.  It was a little windy when we first got there, but it settled down and we had a lot of fun playing on the beach.

We played for a few hours, and then went to check into the hotel.  

Another fun day!

oregon...days one and two

We just got back from a week in Oregon.  We were kind of on the fence about going this year, but after another possible adoption didn't happen, we decided to go.

The first day was a long day in the car.

 

 

We stopped in Hermiston for the night.  We ate pizza and swam in the hotel pool.  Two of our favorite things to do in a hotel!

The next morning we stopped to put flowers on my grandma's grave (she's buried in Hermiston).  I hadn't been back since her funeral, but remembered where to go (Kyle checked the map just in case, but I was right).

Then it was more driving.

We stopped at Multnomah Falls.  It was beautiful and green.

We jumped back in the car and headed to my all time favorite restaurant in Portland.

I've pretty much been dying to go since we were there last year.

No one will appreciate this but my family, but Mimi and Papa always talked about having ice cream included with their meal and it was back.

Then, we drove out to Motown (my hometown).  We showed the kids all the houses we lived in, drove by the spot where Papa's store used to be and drove by the house that I grew up in.  

The rest of the afternoon, we spent shopping in Woodburn (no sales tax...wahoo!).  The boys swam in the hotel pool and went to bed, while I went and met one of my long time friends to chat for a couple of hours.  

It was a fun day.

celebrating a little early

We did our celebrating for the 4th of July on the 3rd. 

Mimi and Papa were gone, and Kyle had to work all day on the 4th so we just had a really fun day...a day early.  

First, we started in the pool.  It was fun for the kids to play with the cousins, but really fun once Dad got in the pool too.

We had a pizza party, and then it was off to the Riverton parade.  

We did a lot of fun snaps when we were waiting for it to start.

We high fived the policemen on their motorcycles.

This little miss usually doesn't want much to do with me, so it was fun (and a little weird) that she sat here for most of the parade.  She had a tight, fist full of candy the whole night.

The kids ate a lot of popsicles! Thankfully it had rained about an hour before the parade, which cooled things down a little (it was still hot).

We figured out pretty quick that you shouldn't give this little miss any candy...because she would immediately throw it back into the street (much to the dismay of all her cousins).

We had a great time!

byu

We took our annual summer trip to BYU.

Our first stop was the bookstore.  We tried on blue hair, got chocolate cinnamon bears, new hats and football tshirts.

We ate lunch (Chick Fil A)...

...and then went downstairs to bowl.  

Then, we grabbed ice cream from the creamery. 

We had a fun day.

tball

Bos is playing tball.   Dad and Kaden have been coaching (and I even filled in one night).  

Its pretty hillarious.

  Once the ball is hit to us in the field, there is a big swarm chasing the ball...and sometimes that includes a dog pile.  It is crazy.  Someone finally gets up with the ball and is ready to throw it to first base, only to realize there's no one there since they've all chased the ball into the outfield.  

We were assigned to be the Sand Gnats, which for the record, is a horrible name.  

Its been fun.  Only 2 games left in the season!