Friday, December 25, 2009

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sweet Potato and family come to visit

We had a good weekend seeing the sites with our good friends from 'Biscuits and Bacon' and strangely enough there was not a single bike ride all weekend. First stop after getting off the plane was Multnoma Falls. After two Weeks of sub freezing temps all the ice made the view spectacular. We also went to see the Bonneville dam and fish hatchery where Ella is still petrified of the large sturgeon (none of the other smaller kids were).


Day two was the McMinnville Air Museum with the Sprucegoose now resides, I remember seeing it in San Jose. It was a spectacular place with an Air and Space museum and lots of really cool planes and rockets, they are planning to get a space shuttle as well. But most importantly we got to see Santa there by the B52.


Day three was a trip to the beach. Lots of shells and broken sand dollars to find as well as all these dried out Jelly Fish on the beach. Hanna and Sweat Potato were playing all weekend.

This last week momma made a ginger bread house with the kids. Grandma and Grandpa are coming on Christmas Eve arriving after the kids go to bed. Works out that it was the cheapest ticket and better yet it will make a great Christmas morning surprise.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Figured it out

I have finally figured out some of my OR allergies. Too bad it took bring a Noble Fir home to find out I'm allergic too them. I've been sneezing all day since we brought it home. Only 19 days till Christmas and 20 till its out the door!

We have mostly homemade ornaments. Here Ella paints clay that we cut out with cookie cutters.

Everett sacked out at the top of the steps. A dangerous fall if he rolls over in his sleep.


We took a trip to the beach. I surfed and the kids went to see the seal at an old aquarium, wasn't very pleasant to the nose. I saw something with a dark dorsal fin, maybe a baby dolphin, and seals in the water while I was surfing. On the way home we finally hit the tourist logging camp restaurant. The statue scared Everett badly and it was raining some while we were climbing around on the old equipment.