Summer lovin...had me a blast!

Looking Cute....Water Baby!
Mom...stop taking pictures of me in my swimsuit!

The Girls floating around in the Lake!

My dream came true! Since I was 13 my favorite animal has been a giraffe and I have ALWAYS wanted to pet one...and I finally got my chance! It was a great experience.

Woodland Park Zoo with Gma and Gpa! Happy Birthday Gma!

This monkey must have escaped!

Brother Bear

Elly's first lemon...no we are not mean I think that she liked it!

The kids play in this new water table for hours (another garage sale find) ...it is a big hit on hot days!

Little Cowgirl

This is Ellyson's newest toy...she loves it! We snagged this bargain at a garage sale for only $3.

The Gardening Report

My prized Tomato plants are doing well, they are loving the sun and the yummy food that I give them. The sweet 100 already has a beautiful and tasty red fruit with lots more to come! Carter and I started some mid-season plants...pumpkins, radishes, spaghetti squash, and peas. We will see how they do.

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

These have cupcakes instead of ice cream in them! Yummy!

Beach Vacation 2009

We had a blast on the Oregon Coast last week! Elly and I went down on the 4th and Rodney and Carter joined us on the 8th. We stayed in a great beach house with my family in Gearhart (3 miles north of Seaside) and then hostessed our annual family reunion there for the weekend. Here are a few of our highlights:

Happy Fourth of July!

Am I a bad mom for letting Ellyson lick the BBQ sause off of my ribs? She went crazy!

Grandma rocking Elly and the newest addition, Aiden
We meet Kevin and Dena and their kids at the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
Dena and I were roomates in college and then she became roommates with Kevin after I introduced them and they got married! I am currently working on another match that looks like it might end in a marriage too. I think that Bravo TV should give me my own reality TV show for match making!
I almost fell all the way down the stairs with, Elly on my back at this lighthouse. Good thing my awesome sister caught us!
Sisterly Love!
I love you Rachel!
Cannon Beach with part of the fam.

Let's Go Fly a Kite!
Maezie and Ellyson finally get revenge on Carter!

The Goonies house in Astoria - we went on a movie tour and also saw the other Goonies sites, school from Kindergarten Cop and the jetty that Willy jumps over in Free Willy.

We tried chocolate covered oreos, bacon, pop tarts, twinkies and pringles! Yummy!
The Little Engine That Could
Trying to be cool like Grandpa.

Jammin' with my mom

I got some wonderful strawberries from the local market so I thought that I would make some freezer jam. Well, since I have never actually made jam before....I called for my mom's expertice.

Since we were so sucessful at make the strawberry jam, we sent my husband and dad down the road to pick some yummy raspberries from the neighborhood shared raspberry garden and jammed them up too!

Next up - blueberries and blackberries!