Oregon Beach House!

Winter on the Waterfront

Seattle Trip

We visited Seattle this weekend for a quick get-away! Even though it was rainy, it was lots of fun. We got to see the King Tut exhibit at the science center, which was super awesome (especially for us nerds). We also got to look from afar at the houseboats. One day I will live there. I promise, you just wait and see. They are perfect. 

Also pictured: the Space Needle, Adam walking downtown, Pike's Place Market, and Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes

Welcome back, rain

I can't say that I have missed you that much, cute panda boots.

Unfortunately our time apart hasn't been long enough to make you appealing.

Also, Mr. Sun, I've appreciated our time together. Please come back some time before July.

Los Gigantes!

Go Giants!!! <3

Bear Cam

If you click here, you will see the best thing ever.

A real bear webcam where you can see brown bears (live, by the way) catching salmon in a river. It's super awesome and super nerdy. I love it.

Here is a screen shot of the bears.
Seriously, take a look. There are like 3 different cameras to choose from and I guarantee that you will see at least one bear.

Enjoy!

Fall is Here

Hello all.

Let's all put on our imagination caps and pretend that I am the best, most consistent blogger you have ever seen. :)

This week has been bursting with fall activities! 

Take a look...

 We went to a corn maze for team building during our teacher inservice day. 

(Pretty awesome that I got paid to play with my friends...)

 I also carved a pumpkin at our church activity. Like the cat?

Meeka liked it, but she used up another life sniffing it.

She decided to smack the tealight with her paws.

(Awww, poor baby, right?)
WRONG! She hit the candle with both of her paws. That means that she probably thought, "Ouch, that hurt" during round one, and went back for some more. Do not feel sorry for her.

Psycho.

The poor fool had wax all over her front paws.

Also, isn't Portland beautiful?

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Olympics (Two Year Old Style)

Who knew that they Olympics could be so fascinating to a group of two year olds?

Not us, certainly. 

We watched short clips of the gymnastic trials, swimming trials, and track trials.

My kiddos loved every bit of every clip. 

One girl stood up during the gymnastics and said, "Help me!" (She wanted to do flips.)

Of course they are kids after my own heart, and they LOVED watching Michael Phelps swim.

When I asked them what their favorite parts of the trials were, the majority of them said either Michael "Phaylps" or when the gymnast fell and "broke her knee." (At least they are honest.)

I told them that it wasn't nice to like it when people fall and get hurt. We had nice long feel-good conversations about getting back up and trying again. 

I asked again, "What was your favorite part?" and one boy said, "When the girl fell. But she got back up and tried again!"

Another boy said that he liked when the swimmers jumped into the pool. I said, "That was Michael Phelps." He said, "He no fayll (fell). The girl fayll (fell)."

*Meaning Michael didn't fall (Phelps), the gymnast fell. He was very upset that I kept saying Michael fell. :)

Yay Olympics!

kayaking with orcas

So about a month ago, Adam and I got to go up to the San Juan Islands (in Washington) to kayak! It was an amazing trip. We were pretty concerned about the weather. It had been raining hard the day before, and we didn't want to be soaking wet and cold. Adam was more optimistic, but we were in it for the long haul and we went anyways.

Good thing, too, because the weather was beautiful! It didn't rain until the last 5 minutes of our 6 hour or so kayaking trip! We kayaked along the shores of San Juan Island. We saw eagles, seals, starfish, and jelly fish! We paddled through a lot of seaweed (and we even ate some). 

We stopped for lunch in a cute little bay. We got to explore some of the tide pools!

We didn't see any orcas while we were in the water, but as we were driving down the road, we saw a pod swimming in the water! It was amazing! 

 

 

 

All of these pictures are from a couple that was nice enough to e-mail some to us! We are hoping to put up some more of our pictures as soon as we get our waterproof camera developed. 

Yes, they still make those.

No, stores aren't much into developing film anymore.

Brave

I have lots to write about.
I have lots to do.

But let's all take a break and listen to my Wednesday favorite song.

(It's from a pretty awesome movie, BTW.)

Triathalon and Stove S'mores

Adam did a triathalon over the weekend! I am super proud of him. His running time was the fastest out of EVERYONE'S running time! Super awesome.

This is Adam prepping for his bike ride...

We tried to make s'mores on our rooftop, but we live in Portland, so that wasn't possible. It started to rain, so we made stove s'mores. Equally delicious.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Rose Festival

My family was able to come visit for the Rose Festival. Before they came, Adam and I were able to go to the fireworks and fair on the waterfront. 

 Poor family. They always come when it is cold. (Even in June.)

 The roses at the rose garden were beautiful!

A fattie squirrel came and ate by my feet. What a fool. He has Meeka instincts.

 We watched the dragon boat races. (Yes, that is a real thing.) It was definitely one of my favorite parts of the festival.

 We drove through the pretty part of the Columbia River Gorge and saw Multnomah Falls.

Portland is so wonderful in the summer!