Random Happenings

We have been little homebodies lately. We went into Portland one day last week to meet my sister who was coming into town to visit my brother. We met up at the Portland Childrens Museum and the kids had a ball. I think Mileys favorite was the water works area and Addies was the acting stage. She sang and danced her little heart out for everyone there! The other picture is random but it is our new obsession. We got a swing set ( again the grass is non existent but we shoud have new grass in a few weeks! We can't hardly wait). Even after having the swing set for a few weeks I am still tearing the girls off of it to get them in to eat or go to the bathroom or go to bed. They are obsessed and entertained for hours and I am in heaven. We recently cancelled our satellite and I don't think the girls have missed their cartoons for a minute and I have not either!

Mileys preschool graduation

After the parade we had Mileys preschool graduation. The pictures are of her getting her certificate from her teacher and then of her and her friend Sydney and then of her proud little sister giving her a big hug! We are so proud of Miley and all that she has learned and accomplished this year. I cannot believe she is almost 5. Miley has the sweetest personality and it is fun to watch her blossom into a little girl. Her favorite parts of preschoo were her music class and music teacher miss Kathy and of course the art. She loves to paint and cut and create! She is friends with everyone and has a hard time understanding why people can be unkind to one another. We are so proud of her and are so glad she is a part of our family. I am excited to have her home with me for another year before she heads off to kindergarten. I don't know what I will do without her!

Miley and the pet parade

Miley was on a float with her preschool for the Silverton annual Pet Parade. Every year the people and kids of the town bring their pets or stuffed animal and parade around town. It was so cute to see all the little kids with their dogs and cats and goats. Some even dress their animals up. It was soooooo hot outside (in the upper 90's) and Miley looked like she was baking but she was still so cute. They rode around town and she was so excited to throw candy at us. Addison was so excited to see her sister and tried to chase the float. Then of course she quickly was distracted by all the candy.

Turning 30 and my encounter with "The Deer"

So I turned the big "30" on Monday. I had a wonderful weekend. Saturday morning Ben took the girls for a few hours so I had time all to myself. That was heavenly. I even shaved my legs:) Then Sunday I was treated to Bens famous scones for breakfast and then while I was at a meeting Ben and the girls made a birthday cake for me. We had a quiet relaxing family day. Monday was when all the fun began. I had lots of great phone calls and visits from friends that were great! The girls had a good nap. Then we were off to meet Ben at work. He had made arrangements for his coworker Eric and his wife Jo to watch our girls while we went out to dinner just the two of us. We had a very nice evening and then went to pick the girls up in Canby (about 20 minutes away). We visited for a while and headed homw at about 9 pm. We stopped in Molalla to let Ben pick up his truck. We followed him home which is about a 20 minute drive. There is a back way we can take into our neighborhood. It is a fairly narrow and windy and twisty road. We were probably 2 miles from our house with Ben just a little bit in front of us when all of a sudden in my headlight I see a big old Doe flying through the air over a fence. There is just the road, a fence, and a thicket of trees. So she came staight through the trees over the fence and into the front of my car. I did the only thing I could do and that was brake. I was going about 45 mph so I hit her hard. I am panicked. Ben keeps going right on ahead and I have the girls asking, "where is the deer mommy? Is she going to find her family? What happened to her? Can we see her? What was that loud noise?" I speed ahead to get Bens attention honking my horn and flashing my brights. I finally get his attention and he says " hey we have a headlight out" I replied do you see we have a whole lot more than that. We just hit a deer. You have to go back and see if it is dead." So we go back and Ben informas us that she is very dead and that she had a baby in her tummy. Then the girls pipe up she had a baby in her tummy like you? Yes girls your mom killed Bambi nad her mom! Happy freakin Birthday! Iguess I needed something traumatic to happen to help me remember the momentous occasion of turning 30! Our car is now in getting fixed. Thank goodness for good insurance. We only have to pay $100 vs. $5,500. We also have great friends who are letting us borrow their suburban while our car is in the shop for a week and a half. Thanks Adam and Michelle! Anyways It was an exciting experience, one that will not be forgotten. We are all safe and all is well. I joked with Ben that we are going to a white trash dinner party on Saturday night that we should have brought a chunk of the deer home to cook up and take (to pretend) to be served as roadkill, killed by none other than us!

Mileys Mothers Day Program

At school today Miley had a Mothers Day social! They had been working with their music teacher on a little program of songs they have been learning all year and it was very cute. I put a few pictures of her singing the songs. I cannot believe sometimes that she is getting as big as she is. Soon it will be school programs etc... I don;t know if I am ready for all of that. Anywasys it was cute and I thought she looked adorable.

More Beach Fun

Adventures with our friends from England

We had so much fun with our friends Ken and Sandra from England. They were a couple I knew from Huddersfield. They were with us for 5 days and we played. We shopped and hiked and ate and ate and went to the beach and to Silver Falls. The girls and Sandra loved playing make-up and pretty pretty princess. We had a great time building sand castles and making motes. We had beautiful weather and great company!