While Naomi Was Visiting

While Naomi was here we really enjoyed her, and were busy most everyday. While she was here we went to the Pitock Mansion, and we also went to the coast and to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. I took a lot of pictures, so here are a few.

A group photo on the stairs

Teenagers, just can't keep them off the phone

Alyssa being "Vanna White"

Hayden loved chasing the seagulls


Yumm...Ice Cream!

A Wonderful Weekend

This last weekend we took a little trip up to Elma/Olympia and spent some time. It was great to get to see everyone from there, and also ones from other parts I hadn't seen in a while. This weekend was the long awaited masquerade party. Alyssa has been looking forward to the party for quite some time now. She even spent some of her babysitting money on some of the accessories for the party.

We headed up to Elma on Friday night, and when we arrived we dropped the older girls off at Gale's so they could stay the night there. We visited for a while and then headed over to Sis. Linda's to spend the night. Saturday I visited with Sis. Linda some in the morning, and then spent most of the rest of the day at Gale's. At about 4:00 we loaded up all the teenagers (from her house) and drove them to Olympia for the masquerade party. We snapped a few photos, and then headed back to the guys, who were at the house with all the non-teenagers. We had a pretty good visit on the way home, and the things we talked about were good, and encouraging.

On Sunday morning Hayden woke up not feeling to well, and I was afraid we were going to have to go home and miss church, but we waited it out, and by the time we left he seemed fine, and actually he hasn't been sick at all. Church was wonderful! We had a beautiful meeting, and we heard so many good things throughout the ministry, and in testimonies. It will be one of those meetings that will be long remembered. After church two gave there had to be baptized. We all headed down to the lake, but they postponed the baptism until later that evening when the parents arrived. So we went to the church dinner and then headed home. All in all it was an uplifting weekend with the brethren filled with great conversation and great memories.

Here are a few pictures of the masquerade party


A group girl picture

Alyssa and her friends

The Forest Fairy Princess

The In-Laws are Coming!

This last week has just flown by for me, I have been so busy every day running myself and everyone else all over town. Our van had some mechaical issues on Sunday, (just as we were leaving for church) and it has taken most of this week to get it up and running again. But it is finally going again which makes me happy. Today also looks like a pretty busy day. I have more running around to do in preparation for the weekend and I also have cleaning to do...because the In-laws are coming to spend some time with us. Sean's mom and Bro. Walt will be here soon and are planing on staying for about a month. And my Sister (In-law) will be here on th 19th for a few of days. I am excited to get to see them again. It has been almos 8 months since we have seen them,so I am looking forwad to it. Well I should probably get going with my day...the clock is ticking!

Funny Things

Maria says driving is like sewing??? I was trying to figure out what she was talking about. She explained "Well there's a peddle and you have to make sure you don't push it to hard, and go to fast. And you have to keep the car in between the lines, just like you have to guide the fabric in a straight line." I never thought of it like that, but I guess they are similar. It's funny what they think about....

I was going to go do some shopping today and I was going to be near Sonic, so I mentioned to Sean that it was "Happy Hour", and maybe I would stop and get a drink. He said "Happy Hour? I didn't know you had a "Happy Hour." And I jokingly relpied "Yeah every day between 2 and 4, you just happen to miss it."..... I guess I have been a little grouchy lately :)

The other day we were in the car driving and Alyssa was taking a mile a minute about the up comming Masqurade Party, and how excited she was bout it etc. etc. All of a sudden Hayden piped up and said "Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah" I wonder who he learned that from.