Congratulations TTLLP

Chris is the team captain for his Lawyer league softball team for his office. It is a time commitment and sometimes a pain in my side after a long day. After making it to the playoffs a couple years in a row, they finally won! I am really excited for them. Here is to another great year!!

Black Butte Makes Me Happy!

We got a T-shirt for Quinn two days ago that said "Black Butte Makes Me Happy!" Oh so true. Here are some things that help make us happy in Black Butte:

• Fun Dip

• Reading in the morning as a group.

• swimming.
  

More Happiness in Black Butte later...

TWO WHEELS!

Sam on 2 wheels!

2 wheels + happy kids + happy parents = Great vacation!

Day 1

Random Things

1. I LOVE the library. The other day when I was renewing our library books I got a message for the first time, "this book can no longer be renewed." Basically what they were telling me, you have renewed this book for one year and you have to let someone else read this book. So, we sadly returned one of our favorites.

2. We are on VACATION! We love vacation with our very favorite friends. As the adults were trying to set up the house and get dinner going, our children had some bathroom issues, drew with blue marker on each others faces (the girls, pictures to follow), and the boys ran around stirring up fun in their super hero costumes that are so too small for them. It was a great way to start vacation!

3. I sold my very first item on Craigslist today! Go Me Go!

Cheers

Tradition!

Ever since Sarah was pregnant with Sam (5 years ago, almost ready to pop), we have made an annual Independence Day pilgrimage to the Pumpkin Patch farm on Sauvie Island. This was our 6th such trip, and each year, I've taken the same picture of Sarah and our kid(s) in the same spot in line, getting ready to buy berries and honey sticks. The series of 6 pictures is below (top row, l-r: 2004, 2005, 2006; bottom row, l-r: 2007, 2008, 2009).

I could look at this progression for hours. 5 years goes by quick.

4th of July Weekend

We had a great 4th of July weekend! Loved it. Here are a buncha buncha pictures...

Pickin'

We spent a great Saturday morning at Kruger's farm on Sauvie Island...surprisingly were able to accumulate a whole flat of berries to take home...despite the dozens of berries that ended up in our bellies. Sam was a very diligent picker, perhaps a future career? As for Amy, we just tried to keep her from eating the berries that were in the box. Here are some pictures to prove we were there. Cheers!