Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Friday, January 5, 2018

Summer wrap up

 We had anther fun family and friends filled 4th of July! We love this day and go all out! We often have our cousins with us that weekend because it is also their parents anniversary and they usually get there just in time for the parade! This year we even tie dyed shirts. I had never done it before so some of them got A LOT more dye than others.... but they were fun. (Even with a dead dryer for weeks this summer! I had to hang dry everything for over a month while waiting on parts for the dryer. Thankfully it was hot and dry and we had clean clothes.)


 Not long after the 4th we went to one of our favorite places Prineville Reservoir for our family vacation. We were so lucky to have many of our family come up for part of the time and friends too! We swam a lot, loved the kiaks a lot, had lots of water fights and Ruth learned to water ski!

 Brock and Macquarie did their usual and build massive mud castles and lakes.
 Ruth was amazing! She totally water skiied on her very first try and had no fear. She can stear really well too. It's amazing what this kid can do! Some of the pictures look foggy but we had some smoke issues due to wild fires. It was also my 20th class reunion while we were there. I didn't take any pictures while I was there. It was a lot of fun to go see everyone who came. I am glad I went.
 Amelia and I got to go to girls camp together again this year. This was her 2nd year. She has such a great group of friends, and had a great time getting to hang out with her friends.

 We took a day trip to the beach late July with a few cousins. The weather was AMAZING!

 I even had Brock drive! He hadn't done much other then around town so this was a big deal. We weren't in a hurry so it was good practice. (AND SLOW!)

 We also attempted a new thing for our family. We not only went on a hike which we have done several times but we went on on over night backpacking trip. It was so much fun! Everyone carried their own pack, no one was packed, and it was awesome!

 The lake we camped by was beautiful! The kids loved the food and the experience of really being in nature not just in a camp site.

 The girls all shared a tent and snuggled in tight.  It was pretty cute.
 See look at that lake! AMAZING!


 Late summer we said good bye to both of the Spanish Elders that were serving here. They closed the Spanish area here. So Elder Elias (above) and Elder Kehl (below) Moved on to other areas. We miss them. We held Hayden's picture because she was in Sunriver with Uncle Sunny when they came to say goodbye.

 We made one last trip to the beach with Aunt Emily, Grandma, and Myka the end of August. It was NOT as nice of weather as we had in July. But they still had lots of fun


 Something super cool that happened August 21st was we had a total solar eclipse and we happen to be in the path of totallity. By camera didn't get great pictures and there aren't really good words to describe what it was like. But it was incredible. We watched at the park a few blocks from our house and it was amazing to see the light get dimmer and dimmer yet you could litterally still see the sun was there. Then all of a sudden it wasn't! It was gone and it felt like night. It got cold and everything. Then like a flash the sun was back but still dim as it slowly came back. God is amazing at the things he does.
This is Elder Pinkston. He was hurt doing service in our area and tried really hard to heal his broken wrist and serve the Lord but he ended up needing to go home to have surgery and physical therapy. We sure loved having him here.

Monday, March 20, 2017

18th anniversary

Larry and I went to the beach this weekend to celebrate our 18th anniversary. It was so relaxing and so quiet!  Larry got to blow a glass ball for our Christmas tree. He's wanted to do it for a few years. We also went to Ripleys Believe it or Not,the Wax Work Meuseum,  and the under water sea garden. Larry had never been to them either. We decided that they are definitely NOT worth taking the kids. We had dinner at our favorite place "Fathoms" right at sunset. It was such a beautiful day Saturday. Sunday we went to church in Lincoln City and got to see one of our favorite missionaries that served in Monmouth. Elder Folkersen. A bunch of people from our ward were there too because it was Lincoln City's ward conference. The kids had a great time spending the weekend with their cousins at Sam and Jenniann's.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The beach

We spent the day at the beach and it was amazing! It was a prefect day! No wind, no clouds, and warm! Just a prefect day! Made even better with friends!

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Missed a few things.... Catch up

So I am going to go backwards in time in this post. I haven't posted in WAAAAY to long and want to touch on a few of the things we have been up to. The problem is I just never sit down at my computer any more so I don't get to this much. But today I was working on some contracts for the bazaar and finished up and realized I hadn't done this yet so here we go....

 These pictures are from a performance my dance camp and past dancers did on the 5th of July. It was a lot of fun to do some old pieces and do some fun new group pieces. At summer camp we learned dances to "Dance With Me Tonight" "Roar" and "Feeling Good" We also performed some tap pieces from before and some Jazz from last year. It was lots of fun! And HOT!



 4th of July was a blast! I realized late in the day that I hadn't even touched my camera. This happens a lot lately! We started our day with flag raising at the church and cinnamon rolls, the Parade and then a huge BBQ at our house! We counted later and there had been around 75 people in and out that day. There were lots of Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and chicken eaten that day! And LOTS of fun. The Pool needed about 100 gallons added to it afterwards too!


 Last weekend in June we wanted to go boating but the weather was going to be yucky so we decided to use our Wildlife Safari Tickets we bough on Groupon. We have been before but Ruth was tiny last time we went so it was all new to her.  Getting to drive right up to the animals is way cooler then walking all day to MAYBE see something in a cage!



 Yes that bear is eating what it looks like he is eating!
 This is the first time we have gone when they had feeding cups and since our Groupon tickets included it we did it. It was lots of fun getting the deer and emu to come eat out of our hands.

 First week in June my oldest "graduated" from 8th grade. He is now officially a High Schooler! I don't like that that makes me feel OLD! I'm proud of his hard work though.

 Also in the first week of June we had another dance recital. This one was a Lilo and Stitch theme. It was so much fun doing choreography to Elvis music. We even got to do a HULA for the grand finale.




 Brock turned 12 the end of May. May 22nd that is. He had a pretty quiet birthday since we were so busy. I felt really bad that the only time we could do a birthday party none of his friends could come. It was kind of sad but he was thrilled with the present he got. He had been asking for a telescope since Christmas. Larry had done a lot of shopping around and found the perfect one. They have got to spend a few nights looking at the moon and stars and he loves it. He is hoping to work on his Astronomy merit badge for Scouts too.


 We also did an over night trip to the beach in May. It was pretty stinky weather (shocker). So we went to the Marine Center. We love that place it is free and they have some pretty cool stuff.



 We spent about 15 minutes on the beach and were so covered in sand from the wind we moved on.
 Beverly Beach is one of our favorite places to camp at the beach. There is a fun nature trail, easy access to the beach and these awesome trees!

 Easter was way back in April. I made these skirts and ties for the kids. I was pretty excited . I had never done ties before and I got lots of practice with my zipper foot doing these skirts. I did some for my nieces and nephew too.






 Ruth Dancing of Course!!! I hardly ever get a still shot of that girl!
 Amelia did spring Volleyball and loved it of course. She has improved so much. They only lost one game all season.

 This is from Hayden's spring concert for school. What a cute Giraffe. My nephew Hyrum is the elephant above.

 Also in March I took a trip to Utah with a few of my Young Women. It was such a fun trip! We saw lots of fun things. Shopped, ate yummy things, laughed a LOT, and got to go to the Women's Broadcast. It was incredible!


 This was our March recital.We did music from Princess Diaries. The girls did a beautiful job and I am loving getting to do this with my girls!


 Ethan turned 14 in March!!!! Unbelievable! He asked for Lemon pie. YUMMM!!! He actually didn't ask for any presents. Not because he didn't want anything, but I think he wanted something he thought there was NO WAY we were going to get him. Man was he shocked when not only did he get the new movie he wanted but he got a CELL PHONE! The funny thing was he was opening it and I called it so it was ringing in the box he thought it was my phone ringing. He was pretty excited. He loves it and I am loving getting to give him a little freedom because he can call and check in. It helps when I am waiting for that BUS every time there is a track meet too. No more waiting just a call when they get close.

So we have been busy just not documenting as well as I should. maybe I can get some more of our summer in here soon....