Grandma comes to visit

We picked grandma up from the airport and immediatly our adventures began when we carted her off to the Portland Zoo. It was soooo hot but we were glad it was a nice day. We had lunch, rode the train, went to the butterfly exhibit (which was a bit disappointing), ate ice cream, and left exhausted. It was a good day.

Community Picnic

Silverton is a wonderful community! They have an annual community picnic that is free. Free food and I am there. It was very fun. They had all sorts of crafts and games. A blow up bouncy castle, face painting, and dinner of course. It was very fun and the kids loved it

"Haircut day"

I was downstairs cleaning up dinner one night. Ben was at a meeting. The girls were upstairs playing. It was awfully quiet so I hollered up the stairs to see what the girls were doing. Miley yelled down that they were playing haircut day. My heart dropped and I ran up the stairs asking if they had scissors. Miley said "no mama we just tenden". They had set it all up by themselves. It was so cute! We of course had to call Aunt Jen to pass on the fun story.

Okay so I am retarded and I cannot figure out how to flip the picture of Addie when she went on the potty. I also added some pictures of our friends and also of me waterskiing. I know it is a hideous picture but I must boast for a moment. I have not water skiied in like 12 years and decided with much convincing that I would try again. I did and on my 2nd try I got up! yeah me!

We are alive

So much has happened since I last blogged I do not even know where to begin! I will bypass blogginb about the lake because it has already been done! Love the pictures and the comments. I will just say that we had so much fun and it was so good to see everyone! We really have an amazing family. After being home 2 days I was ready to go back. We have had some fun milestones since we returned! Addison went peepee on the potty! What a big girl. We are not being too strategic yet, just going with the flow and what she wants to do. I was so proud of her. She sits there and tells me "its coming mama, its coming". Maybe a little gross but it is so cute with her little lisp.

We also had friends from Moscow come and stay with us for a weekend. They came specifically for us which was fun! They have 3 little girls and they play really well with our girls. The boys felt a little outnumbered, so they got up Saturday morning and went clamming at the ocean. All of us girls met up with them a little later and spent the afternoon in Lincoln City playing on the beach and enjoying lunch. Then Rachael and I spent the evening shopping. Who can beat a day like that! We had a great time and were so glad they came to visit us!