all about me: August 2008

Friday, August 29, 2008

Portland Zoo

Sorry the pics aren't the greatest. Kyle's friend came up from Springfield to go to the Portland Zoo.

Where did my little girl go???????????

Paige finally has enough hair for piggy tails....

So serious......

Saturday, August 23, 2008

More beach pics

Kyle waiting for a wave......

You can see the sand all over Justin's face.... We had to hose the kids off when they were done.

Grandma Cherry and Rhianna......

All the kids posing for the camera......

Grandpa & clan relaxing on the beach......

Aletia took the boys to the beach while the little girls were sleeping. The boys were playing chicken with the waves. They were trying to see who could stay put the longest. Lorenzo had his feet and hands stuck in the sand and my boys took off the other way.

Aletia said that these picture weren't about buring somebody but about what pose they were going to do. POSE #1 - Lorezo buried

POSE #2 - Justin buried. When the boys were burying Justin, they through a bucket of sand right in his face.

POSE #3 - Kyle buried

Justin was being goofy and wouldn't let me take a picture of him. This is what I ended up with.

More Nehalem pics

The trees were so awesome to climb. As you can see in this picture, Lorenzo climbed to the top, Kyle the middle and Justin at the bottom.

Paige telling me NO. I told her she couldn't go down the path by herself.

Rhianna posing for the camera......

Picture of our last meal. We had four out of five kids with helmets on. I didn't post that one because I looked horrible.

Camping trip to Nehalem Bay

My sister-in-law Aletia and I took all five kids to the beach for five days camping. We pulled into camp Monday evening and set up camp. It sprinkled a little bit on Tuesday morning. By Tuesday evening, we had a lake in front of our trailer. It rained most of the day Wednesday. I was feeling caged in the trailer so we loaded up all the kids and headed to Seaside. Somewhere between Nehalem and Seaside the sky parted to sun. We enjoyed a evening on the beach and took the kids to dinner. We woke up Thursday morning to sunshine. We are very glad we stuck it out. The campground was empty because of the storm. We had the beach mostly to ourselves.

Nehalem Bay State Park has some great climbing trees and lots of trails for the kids to explore.

Rhianna and Paige have an interesting relationship. Rhianna wants to mother her and Paige wants to be indepentant

My boys........

Lorenzo up a tree......

I don't get very many great pictures of Kyle. I love this one. It is the true (not goofy) Kyle.

Monday, August 18, 2008

The Brown Family

My Grandma Brown had eleven kids. There were three sets of twins in that eleven. Pictured here starting from the left: Aunt Elma, Aunt Wanda, Uncle Glenn, Uncle Jerry, Aunt Ruth and my dad. I have an Uncle Ron on the east coast and my Aunt Elsie lives in Vernonia. Three of the boys have passed away including my dads twin brother. We think about them everyday. Love you all.

Aunt Wanda and Uncle Steve with three o their for kids at their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Irene

My little girl

I got this nightgown from a garage sale. She looks so big here.

I got this pink robe at the same garage sale.

My climber!!!!!!

She climber in the play shopping cart with her blanket and played for a few moments.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Happy 59th Birthday!!!!!!!!

June - you didn't think I could let the day go by without wishing you a Happy 59th Birthday. I just wanted to say thank you for everything you do and have done. Love you.