cousins. . . just a few!

July 2009- My kids are very lucky!!!! They have a ton of cousins their own age. Unfortunately none live near us . . . Yet! This summer My sister Lisa and her family came for a visit. She has a great hubby- Ossil, and 3 great kids- Andraya, Chrystine, and Ayden. It was just a week but It was a week full of fun local things.

Our timid little kids at OMSI

The kids put together a play were each person had a part in putting it on.

They advertised

Avery and Ayden made treats (of the plastic variety) and handed them out.

Hannah and Andy did the finely choreographed Heelly performance

Josh also had a very compelling part in the show

Chrystine was a natural DJ

The performance was sensational and a must see when it comes to your area!!!

Wilsonville's water park

Multnomah FallsSuch a beautiful day!

And of course the back yard trampoline
It was such a fun week! We sure miss them!!!

Salishan

July 2009- We love Oregon and all the adventures here! While adventuring we have come to realize that the Oregon coast is really underdeveloped for it being so stunning. We are used to So Cal where everything is very busy on the coast and there are resorts, super nice places or even just nice places to stay everywhere (which we liked). Our friends the Warnicks found this beautiful resortish place on the coast by Lincoln City. Salishan is just a beautiful place to relax and unwind. We met up with the Warnicks and with all of our kids (8 all together) and had a great time.

The kids had a lot of fun in the play area.

Later we met up with the friends and played mini golf ( I don't think the grey heads liked it much)

Hannah, Zach & Ainsley

We went on lots of walks which led us to. . .

. . . the beautiful coast

Salishan gets a big thumbs up!!!!!

Is running fun????

June 2009- Yes, at the Wilsonville fun run it was !!! It was a really big event, each kid took turns competing in there own age group and they all did great. Beautiful backdrop.

Josh did a great job!

Avery

Zach even had fun with all the extra things they had there to do.

Hannah

The champions!!!

Great job everyone!!!