Category: adventures
{summer in snapshots} week four
Our week was shortened due to our beach vacation, which I promise to post about soon.
So, I have photos from Wednesday through Sunday.
Wednesday and Thursday we were just trying to get back into the swing of things after our vacation. The only photo I took is of the kids in baby girls crib!
Friday we went to playgroup and I did not bring my camera…oops! Needless to say, the kids got messy playing in the water and sand at Tualatin Community Park!
Friday night, as promised, we turned the little guys bed around so the ladder to his top bunk is no longer against the wall. There is a photo of him sleeping in the top bunk for the first time.
Saturday and Sunday we spent lots of time together as a family…it was great!
Fishing.
Canoeing.
Playing in a tent.
Eating s’mores.
Going for a run.
At the pool.
On a walk in the neighborhood.
Good times.
home is…summer is going too fast.
*linking up with The {Starfish} Blog again this week…
worth it
We had such a perfect lazy day today that I gave in to a beer (or two) this evening in the beautiful Pacific Northwest sunlight.
I’ve already forgiven myself, so I hope you won’t hold it against me.
My workout today was paddling up the Tualatin River with Ryan and the kiddos.
The little guy caught his first wild fish this morning with Ryan, and we ventured out in a canoe up the Tualatin River this afternoon.
I never thought we would get a four year old and an almost two year old in a boat, but we did it!
It was spur of the moment decision when we saw the Tualatin River Keepers renting canoes and kayaks at the boat launch at Cook Park today.
It was worth it.
Later, we played in the backyard in a tent, made the cozy coupe into a Batmobile, and ate elk for dinner.
On this Saturday night, life is good.
home is…a fun day down at the river.
{summer in snapshots} week three
I am participating in the {Starfish} blog Summer in Snapshots again this week.
We spent most of week three getting prepared for a visit from Meme and Topher that included a trip to the Oregon Coast to celebrate the 4th of July and the little guy’s birthday. We left for Bella Beach soon after Meme and Topher arrived from Colorado on Friday and were at Bella Beach through Tuesday. I am going to do a separate post about our Oregon Coast adventure, so I included shots from our week prior to Friday.
Between packing and errands, we went to the pool, played baseball in the backyard, had a bit of mommy time, made up our own games, checked the forecast, made the playhouse patriotic, ate dinner outside, and went berry picking.
I think we even crossed a couple of things off our summer list!
home is…making the most of the summer.
{summer in snapshots} week two
Linking up on The {Starfish} Blog today…
Monday, June 20th: lazy day
Baby girl was proud of herself for stealthily stealing all of the chocolate chips out of her brothers oatmeal!
Tuesday, June 21st: 1st day at the pool
Wednesday, June 22nd: tryon creek state natural area
Thursday, June 23rd: bubbles in the backyard
Friday, June 24th: tigard festival of balloons
The little guy and I had an early morning date at the Tigard Festival of Balloons balloon launch. We left the house at 5:30 while baby girl and Ryan were sound asleep. We walked down to Cook Park with our hot chocolate and coffee and saw this…
Later in the day the little guy, baby girl and I went back down to the park to the carnival to ride some rides and play some games!
Saturday, June 25th: tigard festival of balloons
We’ve been going to the balloon festival the last four summers since we moved into this house. This year was the best weather we have had yet.
Saturday morning was beautiful!
The sun was shining and burning off the fog down near the river. We spent some extra time down at the park after the balloons launched just soaking up the beautiful Pacific Northwest morning.
Sunday, June 26th: walk to the bridge
On the other side of the park where the balloon festival takes place there is a natural area and a pedestrian bridge over the Tualatin River. This is where Ryan runs and swims the dogs and where we sometime just go to throw rocks in the river and have a nice family outing.
We crossed a few things off our summer list this week and are excited to cross off a few more next week. Stay tuned…
home is…a fun 1st full week of summer.
{nana and bops visit} day 5 and digital photography questions
This was Nana & Bops last full day in Oregon and the day we had to leave the beach.
Of course, it was finally beautiful and sunny!
We reluctantly left the beach to pack up the cars and head back to Portland.
We did, however, make a stop at Brewer’s on the Bay on our way home.
I am happy to finally have these posts up. It takes a long time to write a post with photos, etc. I spent hours while at my parents house in March writing my blog posts and uploading the photos. I am so thankful to be using Picasa again to create these photo collages! I take photos everyday. When we are on vacation or on an adventure I take lots of photos. I get overwhelmed by them and delay writing my posts because of that.
Do any of you have tips for cataloging photos? I love digital photography because you can just delete photos if you don’t want them, but I usually wait until they are all uploaded on my computer and them sometimes I never get around to it.
If you have any tips or tricks, please share!
home is…digital photography and fun with family adding up to A LOT of photos!
check one off the list…kind of
This is actually something we did on June 5th, but I am just getting around to blogging about it.
The plan a was to walk to Bridgeport Village, have lunch, get frozen yogurt, play at the play structure and walk home. We were a bit slow to get going and by the time we were dressed and ready I realized that the tires on the BOB were flat and our little home pump wasn’t working to blow them up.
On to plan b…
One of the reasons I wanted to walk was because I hadn’t re-installed the carseats in my car. So, now I had to get the carseats in the car so we could drive up to Bridgeport for our adventure. No big deal as they had to go back in the car anyway.
So, a quick drive over to Bridgeport and we were on our adventure! Superhero capes and all!
The kids chose bagels for lunch. We have frequented the Noah’s over there since we moved into our house. The employees who have been at that store for a while know us by name and have watched the kids grow up. It’s comfortable, quick and kid friendly.
After lunch, Lola {baby girl} was upset because she didn’t think she was done eating. I told her that she would be happy about our next stop and to just follow me. We walked down the sidewalk to Peachwave and the kids got to pick out their own frozen yogurt and toppings. It was a definite hit and will definitely be a regular stop this summer.
Beau Bo {the little guy’s nickname from his sister} was ready to go to the playstructure. He was ready to walk, but I opted to drive across the street since we were without the stroller and I did not know how long Lola would last since we were creeping up on naptime.
The kids played together, independently, and with others. It was a wonderful morning!
We’ll walk up there another day this summer to make our “official” check on our list!
home is…having fun with our summer list!
{nana and bops visit} day 4
This post should have been written a month ago…sorry for the delay. Better late than never, right?!
Day 4 of Nana and Bops visit was Saturday, May 21st!.
This was our full day at the beach.
After getting to bed late on Friday night, baby girl woke up crying at 2 am. I ended up sleeping with her upstairs and at some point the little guy joined us in the bed, too.
I cooked breakfast for everybody while the kids were occupied by Nana and Bops and Ryan was taking the dogs out for a walk on the beach.
We had eggs, bacon, fresh fruit and english muffins.
Then we got dressed and headed down to the beach to hit low tide.
We spent almost two hours playing on the beach with buckets and shovels.
Baby girl was exhausted and I took a little extra walk around the neighborhood before heading back to the house for lunch. She fell asleep on my back in the Ergo and had a little bit of a nap.
We had lunch and then Ryan and I headed out to get some fresh fish for dinner.
After taking a drive through Lincoln City and buying some steak and other supplies at Safeway we headed south back towards Mojo Coffee. We grabbed a Stumptown and stopped at the Crab Shack to get some fresh halibut for dinner.
We had a great dinner of fish, corn, roasted potatoes, and salad.
After dinner I headed out to try to get baby girl to sleep in the ergo again, but she didn’t want to miss out on anything. So, we said goodnight to the ocean with Nana, Bops and the little guy and headed back up to the house where Ryan had a campfire ready for roasting marshmallows…well, almost ready. We waited a bit while he worked on the fire and then roasted marshmallows.
I put baby girl to bed and Ryan took the little guy on a late night walk to say goodnight to the ocean again.
I have an interesting story to tell about what I saw in the sky when they were gone, but I will save that post for later.
Here are some photos from the day.
I made this collage using Picasa and the tutorial from Emily at Jones Design Company. I am thrilled to be using my old friend Picasa as this will make blogging with photos so much easier for me!
home is…finally catching up with my blog posting (now we’ll see if i ever get our 2010 photo album done)!
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