More Summer Fun

 And here are a few last pictures of some of our northwest summer fun. We had a great time at Lulu and Owen's birthday party.  Jaron/Iron Man welcomes us!

 There was food, games and pinatas (candy!)

The kids had so much fun!!

 Slip and sliding at Lulu and Owen's birthday party

 Karlee and Anna

 Taking the Canby Ferry

 Kelsie and Anna at the zoo

 Kallie and Emma

 John and Kallie petting goats at the zoo

 The goats were lots of fun

 Our last night in Oregon.  Shooting marshmallows.

 We had so much fun visiting with family in Oregon and Washington

And soon enough it was time to leave.  We had so much fun visiting with everyone.  Originally I thought we would be going from Oregon right to our new house in California, but we don't have a house yet.  Currently we're on a waitlist to have one built and hoping that all goes smoothly.  And we're just kind of in limbo in the mean time.

Magnus Time

and Gideon, Ruth and Dana

Here are some pictures of time we spent with my sister Ruth and her family.  The kids had a great time playing together.  Magnus and Grant are only a few weeks apart in age.  Grant decided Magnus was his new BFF and was very excited that they were both 4 years old.  Grant still talks about Magnus as one of his "best friends."

We played at a park and everyone was getting crazy with the double slide.

Magnus kept trying to go up

Sometimes my kids would impede his progress

Grant is a few weeks older than Magnus, but Magnus is a lot taller than Grant.

 Another day we went on a little walk by a creek.  It was very pretty.

Here are some pictures.

 Raspberries...or were they blackberries.  Now I can't remember.

 BFFs

Grant and Magnus both throwing rocks into the water

Very important business

 Grant got pretty wet...and so did I, chasing Matthew's flip flop down the stream.

 OK, I guess they were blackberries

They were tasty too

 Boys!

And sisters!!  Me and Ruth with our littles, Emma and Gideon.  

It was fun hanging out with Ruth and family for a little bit.

The Beach

Scott came to visit one weekend while we were in Oregon.  We headed out to the coast while he was visiting.  We went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for free cheese and (not free) ice cream.  Plus it was a Friday so the machines were going.  A few pictures from Tillamook.

The ice cream melted so fast.  I was holding Emma and she kept grabbing for my cone and it made a huge mess.  Not to mention the mess made by John.  Usually I get a cup so I can put it down if I need to, so I don't know what I was thinking.  I had melted chocolate ice cream all over my pants and shirt.    Tillamook Mudslide - the flavor of the summer.

After the cheese factory we headed to the beach.  

The weather was nice and the kids had so much fun playing in the water!

Here are some pictures of our beach fun.

 Emma had fun too

 And the best part was that Scott was there.

I didn't get a picture of this, but when we were getting ready to go we had the kids rinse themselves off in the ocean to get most of the sand off.  Grant rinsed off and then, instead of walking back across the sand to the car, ROLLED through the sand back to the car, thus negating any washing off.  By the time he got to the car he was so sandy.  We did our best to get him clean, but it was pretty bad.  Random strangers were commenting on how sandy he was.  :)  Oh, Grant!!