Dinner on the River

Two years ago, my husband and I decided to drive to Salem and take a dinner cruise on the Willamette River Queen, an old fashioned sternwheeler. It was wonderful to eat while cruising the river, watch the sunset, and just be together. What a wonderful night!

First Year at Summer Camp

Two summers ago, we had the pleasure of taking Taylor to the same youth summer camp that my mom, myself and brother went to growing up. It brought back so many wonderful memories for me and couldn't wait to hear how much fun he had when we picked him up almost a week later. We didn't even make it out of the parking lot before he asked, "Can I come back next year?"

Sad to see her go.......

At the end of Taylor's 3rd grade year, the principal, Jeanne decided it was time to retire. She and her husband/family had so many exciting plans and she worked so hard for Taylor's school and was just an absolute joy to know. She was such a great mentor for Taylor as well as the school as a whole it was so sad for all of us when she retired. Taylor wanted to make sure he got a picture with her before she was gone, so this one's for him! He still does get to see her every now and then as she does come back for different activities the school does as well as their plays at the Hult Center!

Field Day

At the end of the school year the school does a "Field Day" at the high school track which happens to sit right next door to the elementary school. I had the opportunity to watch Taylor that day (which was a lot of fun) and here are just a few pictures from that day!

Taylor's piano recital

Just a few visitors.......

Every spring, we have some visitors with having the pool and all. These same two ducks (whom we have named Donald and Daisy respectively) come every year and it is a lot of fun to see them. This last year Daisy came by for a one day visit with 11 ducklings! Will try to put those pics up later.......The top picture is just of a nasty racoon running through the yard......thank goodness he didn't fall in the pool!

Picnic/Playing at the park

After my neck surgery I was feeling quite cooped up with being inside and confined to a chair for the better part of the day whether I was eating, watching TV or sleeping. Right before Roger was to go back to work, I suggested going to the park for a picnic and some play time for Taylor, and I could get some fresh air. So here are a few pics from that day!

First Christmas

The first Christmas in our "new home"...........

Our Home

Just a quick view of our home we bought a couple of years ago. It had a lot of improvements, but still needed a lot more. Will be a work in progress for some time, but we do love it!

Taylor's school play

Every year, the 3rd, 4th & 5th graders at Taylor's school work very hard on a play/musical and they present it for 2 nights at the Hult Center as well as put on matinee shows during the day for other area schools. It is always a fantastic play and is always fun to watch the kids with all their enthusiasm that we cannot wait for the next year's play. Here is Taylor in the 3rd grade going through the makeup process to transform into his character.......the Beaver.

Riding the dunes

Spending some time riding on the dunes at the coast.......this was a fun day! Can't beat the feeling of riding on the beach with the wind at your back!

Trip to the snow......

One of the first trips we took to the snow.........spent part of the day at Willamette Pass exploring and trying to adjust Taylor to it, so that hopefully one day he would like to ski or snowboard with dad.....we are still waiting......

Roger....childhood and beyond

Some of Roger and the many things that he loves to do!!!!!

Jennifer......the early years

Just a few pics of me when I was ........"younger"..........

Time to play "catch up"

So you will have to excuse as to what seems to be my laziness, we have a lot going on in the next couple of weeks, but I am going to try and put photos on here of some past pics for people to see. I was going to have a _ _ space profile for family to keep up on our happenings, but didn't realize at first that in order to view the pics you needed to have a profile yourself.......so over the next several weeks, I will play "catch up" with what photos I have stored......Hope you enjoy!

Getting Started

I have been having fun seeing other people's blogs and keeping up on what's been happening in their lives. So I thought it would be fun to start my own blog and that way people can see up to date photos of our family and keep up with what we are doing! I hope to keep up on this as best I can and hope that you enjoy it as well!