Monday, June 15, 2009

5th Grade Oceanography Trip

At the beginning of every school year the 5th graders go on their Oceanography Trip to wrap up their Oceanography Unit, and Jennifer got to go along on the trip. It is a very busy 2 days full of stops and learning and fun. Among the many stops, they go to the dunes for their traditional picture of all the 5th graders (see below). Stops at Strawberry Hill to view the Sea Lions, South Beach to do Sand Sculpting, Tour the Coast Guard at Yaquina Bay, then back to the beach for some play time, then to Izzy's Pizza for dinner. Then we spent the night in the gym at Newport Middle School.....The next day we were supposed to go look at tide pools, but a storm came in and we could not get to them, so we went to a little museum. Then we went crabbing off a dock beneath the Yaquina Bay Bridge. Then off to the Newport Aquarium for classes and learning different things by walking around and reading all the plaques. It was a bunch of fun, but very tiring. And oh....what memories!!!!!
























Girls on one side......Boys on the other - in the Newport Middle School Gym









Taylor not so sure about dissecting that squid



One of the sand sculptures







Traditional picture of all the 5th graders at the top of the dunes


















Friday, June 12, 2009

"Socks" in a bag

Whenever there is an open box or bag that falls to the floor......Socks just has to get into it. This bag had fallen over and immediately Socks was in it. But he also had his toy football and just laid there for hours as content as can be.......I still can't figure him out sometimes!




Tuesday, June 9, 2009

First day of fifth grade

Can't believe he is in the 5th grade.........that just means he will be in middle school next year! Here are a few shots of his first day back to school and of his classroom!!!!

















Sunday, June 7, 2009

Anniversary

Every year for our anniversary, Roger & I try to steal away to the coast for a couple of days! We truly treasure these times as we don't get much time anywhere else or any other times to truly be by ourselves. This has become a favorite place of ours as we love to open the sliding door at night and fall asleep listening to the ocean. We always cannot wait to go back the next year!



View from an overlook on the drive there

Our little hideaway on the coast

View of the sunset while we were eating dinner


Some gorgeous hydrangeas in front of the lodge



View from our room














Friday, June 5, 2009

The old 242

On the way home from family camp we decided to drive into Sisters, OR and come home via the old Highway which is Hwy 242, which is a windy road with lots of switchbacks and beautiful scenery. Here are a couple of photos from our stop at the top of the pass, The Dee Wright Observatory, where you can see about 8 mountains if not more on a clear day.
















Family Camp 2008

Last August we went to Big Lake for Family Camp. This is the same camp Jennifer went to growing up and Taylor now goes every summer. We got to spend 5 days together as a family doing all the different activities that the kids get to do. We went geocaching, swimming, sailing, kayaking, rode the horses, did archery and so much more! We were fed 3 fabulous meals every day and didn't have to worry about cleaning up, the staff did all that for us!!!!! We can't wait to go again!