June 5-11, 2017

When I look at the calendar for this week it was a busy one!  Lots of camp meetings, appointments, swimming lessons, play practice, Cub Scouts, play dates, ward temple night, and the car was in the shop.  I don’t have many pictures to prove it though, just the fun stuff! 

Grace and Autumn were matching, AGAIN! 

On Monday we took Emma’s friend Sierra to the temple for FHE.  She was taking the discussions with the missionaries, so the temple was the perfect place to go.  It was a good night and the missionaries were awesome.

So glad that we get to spend time with missionaries like Elder Blocker.

On Wednesday I went on a hike to Silver Creek Falls with some friends.  It was a beautiful day and a great hike with good conversation.

We ate lunch in front of these falls.  It would have been perfect except for the dog that kept getting into our lunches!  The owners didn’t seem to care that we were annoyed.

This week we got to emergency jam levels.  This was the last jar of jam I had in the freezer.  Good thing strawberries would be coming soon!

This is the best cereal ever.  Good thing I can only find it at Walmart and WinCo, two places that aren’t conveniently close.  Otherwise we might have a problem.

Saturday night we went to dinner at a Lebanese restaurant with the Leptich’s, Isom’s and Parker’s.  It was an interesting experience.  Not our favorite food, but great company!  On Sunday we went to graduation parties.  So weird that Emma’s friends were graduating.  She’s next!  Kennedy has been a great swimming and yearbook friend for Emma.

We went to the Owing’s house that night for a party for the young women from our ward who were graduating, Sami, Sarah and Alisa.  This time Isaac was matching with Tyler.

Champoeg Park Bike Ride

August 8, 2016

A Champoeg Park bike ride was on our list of summer activities this year.  We made it happen on a Monday night for FHE.  Lee met us there after work, so I had to squish all the bikes in the back of the van.  It was tight. Isaac has completely outgrown his bike so it was probably the last time we can do that, we really need a bike carrier!

For some reason nobody but me was very excited about this bike ride.  It was a little chilly while we ate our picnic dinner and that didn’t help things.  Once Isaac and Grace saw where we were and remembered the bike ride last year they perked up and were riding all over before we started.

Once we got going and warmed up everybody was having fun.

We made a few stops for pictures.

Since we were heading towards Butteville there were a few jokes thrown in to our ride about how it feels on your backside to ride a bike… 

It’s about 4 miles to the Butteville Store from where we started.  I started to hear some grumbling and complaining so we stopped about 1/2 mile from the store and went back.

It was such a beautiful evening!

After we packed up the bikes we went to explore by the river.  We found a patch of blackberry bushes with HUGE blackberries.

Emma played around with my camera.

There weren’t any grumblings by the time we left.  But who could grumble while watching this sunset?  It turned out to be a good FHE after all.

Scripture Read-A-Thon

May 2, 2016

Emma was behind in her Old Testament reading for Seminary so we decided to have a family scripture read-a-thon to help her out. 

It ended up being quite fun!  Grace had chosen a yummy treat for FHE refreshments so we ate that as we each read our own scriptures.

The weather was beautiful and perfect for being outside.

And we were together as a family.

Of course we had to take a few breaks here and there, and Isaac and Grace provided the entertainment.

Emma eventually got caught up and finished her reading.  Wahoo!

Lights at Aspen Meadows

December 21, 2015

A friend told me about a light display that we might like at a church in Molalla, so we decided to check it out for Family Home Evening.  She was right, it was great!

There were several areas that you could walk through.  They had an awesome Christmas village, there were religous areas as well as non-religious areas. 

The Stars Wars room was a hit with the kids.

There were several warming spots, which was good because it was cold!

There was even free hot chocolate and cookies.

Best of all we were reminded of the light of the world, our Savior Jesus Christ. 

How wonderful to celebrate that light as a family.