The Look...

Parker is into the fashion scene right now...and this hat is his must have accessory! When I first bought it, I thought it was pretty cool...but, now that it rarely leaves his head - I'm beginning to have second thoughts. Anyways - sometimes it hits me when I'm looking at a photo of him...how quickly he's growing up, and I just want to hit pause...

This one time, at band camp...

Keats just finished a week at the Gavin Lake Fiddle Treat. His fiddling is coming along so well...it's so fun to see how well he's doing, and how much he enjoys it! Brian also signed up for camp this year, and did a week of guitar lessons. They both had a great time (okay - aside from the ridiculous amount of black flies). Parker, Griff and I went out and spent the night with them on Thursday, and watched the awesome finale concert on friday evening. Safe to say, a good time was had by all!

The boys also made great friends with the camp managers boys...and had a great time exploring all the fun hideouts the boys have made...

hanging out at the cabin...

Today my friends Shannon, Sheri, Cyndy & I all took our kids to our cabin...it was a great day! Everyone swam, played, splashed, ate - and just had a great day hanging out with friends!

on the farm!

My friend Cyndy is here visiting her parents at their farm. It's always a fun place to hang out with the kids!

laureen

Last night of camping...

And I'm pretty okay with that! Tomorrow, we drive from Oregon to Port Angeles, and catch the ferry to Victoria, BC, where we'll be staying at my father in laws...I'm so looking forward to sleeping indoors!

Just a few random photos - it really has been a memorable vacation.

a few more from today!

Great - we're camping in a Tsunami Hazard Zone - guess who won't be getting much sleep tonight! Anyways, the boys had another fun day of exploring the beaches, and playing in the ocean. It was cooler today - but still awesome...

Oregon...WOW!

It's just gorgeous here...with so much to see and do. So far, we've played in the ocean, and in the dunes, and later today, we're going to the sea lion caves...

Bon Voyage...

Had to use the title, as the photo fit so well!


We said a fond farewell to San Fransisco, after a quick boat tour, and a couple of stops in some last minute stores and an amazing bakery called Boudin...and headed north up to Eureka, where we are tonight. The redwoods are amazing - I'm so glad we got to see them! Got some pretty cool photos...

For the next couple of nights, we'll be staying in state parks - so I may not have any updates for a few days - I'll try though!

It's chilly here - only about 17 degrees...

Day 2 in San Fransisco...

It would be hard to fit much more into a day than we did today! After breakfast, we got on a cable car...and our first stop was Chinatown (very fun!). We then got back on and checked out Union Square, which was wonderful - if only I could've had a few more days to shop there...it was the baseball All Star game here today, so there were tons of things going on. The boys found a playstation display, where if they could get three strikes, they won a free shirt (we have four new shirts!). Then we went to the Museum of Modern Art (which happenned to have an amazing photography display)...and finally a heritage trolley car back to Fisherman's Wharf. Needless to say, the boys fell asleep rather quickly tonight. I'm sad to be leaving this beautiful city - but do know that one day I definately want to come back! I took tons of photos today - here's a few...

finally...San Fransisco!

And I love it! What a beautiful city. Today we mainly stolled along Fisherman's Wharf, smelling all the amazing smells, and seeing everything there was to see (which is alot!). Tomorrow, we'll go on a trolley car, check out Union Square, and take a boat tour around the bay...so check back. Here's just a few photos from today!

The reunion was so much fun, we...

volunteered to host it in 2010! OMG - Brian better be the main organizer...but we figured it would be fun to get all of these people to see where we live! So...July 2010 will be very busy. I think the most they've ever had attend is around 300...yikes!

oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again...

Had a blast today at the family reunion. The kids had so much fun playing all day, the food & the company were just the best! We also did some touring around, found a great candy store, endless wineries, and the best swimming hole ever (we'll be back there again tomorrow)...it's a balmy 37 degrees here - wow - is that hot!

laureen

I'd like to thank my husband...

for bringing me to Weed! I know without him, I'd never have stayed here...enough said!

canadians on the 4th!!!

Hanging out in the KOA...my boys loved the ice cream & hula hoop contests - can you tell! Parker even picked his prize while still hula hooping. Tonight we'll see if I have any luck at the fireworks!

laureen

hanging out in Seattle...

What a day! We covered the Space Needle, Pike Place Market...and all points in between...

the boys at Boeing

Yes - Brian's dream finally came true...today we toured the Boeing Museum of Flight, as well as going on the actual Boeing tour. It's an unbelievably huge operation - not too exciting to me, but the boys had some fun! We weren't allowed to take cameras on the tour, but had to at least get a shot of them there - for Brian!