G &GG

Let it be known far and wide that my kids have the greatest grandparents ever!

Grandma and Grandpa Gardner came on up to our neck of the woods to get their fill of the H-Bear and Beba-meister. And oh-did-they ever! Poor Grandpa couldn't even use the bathroom w/0 a very anxious Harry sitting outside with his face squeezed beneath the crack saying "Gampa, Gampa is that you?" Poor guy. Harry at the beach with "THE truck"

Ignoring the crack in the distance that Kent just brought to my attention....ah hmmmm.....this picture helps to illustrate the nonstop interaction wif grandpa?! They ate it up every second.


Bebs at the beach.

At the farm on the way home from the beach for REAL milk.

How cute is she?!

We tried a new beach this time and really liked it. It had a tidal pool type thing that was great for the kids while we still enjoyed the beautiful waves in the distance. It was stunning...topped off with ice cream smiles all around!

Grandpa and his fan club.

Love these people!
We went to the Portland Temple and lunch together. It was so heavenly.


Hopefully we didn't love them out and they will come back soon. Tomorrow is good for us!

Keep Portland Weird...

There is a bumper sticker out there that says simply "Keep Portland Weird." It took us two years to go downtown to the riverwalk, but after an afternoon jaunt I now "get" that bumper sticker.....Portland is just.....out there. Really, really far out there. I will not be owning one of those bumper stickers anytime soon, but I get it now.

The bridge going up and down.
The view from the otherside.

Love this picture!

And this one. These are my little peeps watching the Portland Peeps.

First we walked around the bridge circuit AND THEN saw the glaring rent a bike sign and HAD to do that to. It was so much fun. And will be on our list of things to take people to do when they come and visit.

We ended the day sidestepping past a man yelling at himself and hitting his head straight into VOO-DOO doughnuts where I turned my nose up at the maple bar with bacon down the middle for a Portland Cream. The only reason we did this was because it was the shortest line we had ever seen come out of there.....there were only 7 people ahead of me. Crazy store, crazy doughnuts, crazy people. I came home and showered, but we had a great time.

More to come about our heavenly visit from G & G G!

Pictures...

We are visiting family for a while. I just wanted to share some more pictures from the wedding. The one of Bella takes me breath away. My heart sometimes feels like bursting with adoration for these spirits sent to our family.

Bird's nest....

That's it!

I am cutting my hair. And not because I don't like it, and not because it's ridiculously unhealthy. This is the year that I am going to pull off the Page Boy hair cut by dang! And all because of a bird.

On my run this morning past the golf course I WAS CHASED by a bird who kept diving at my head and pulling my knappy hair in my ponytail. HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A BIRD"S NEST ON MY HEAD. A BIRD'S NEST PEOPLE! I got a great run though, sprinting for the 17th and 18th hole until I realized that if I changed my hair to a low rat's nest, it wouldn't dive for me.

So the sadisitic bird is either a) giving all women with my hair predictament Portland over a complex or b)my hair really is a bird's nest.

Either answer is equally disturbing.

Lazy day....

Ahhhhhmmmmmm...... I would just like to own the fact that I have had the most ridiculously lazy day ever. Snuggling kidlets and watching Masterpiece Theatre's Emma. It was delicious...the movie and the day. Blissfully, beautifully, charmingly, wonderful day full of nothings. Harry and I were in our jammies all day, Bella the ballerina in her leotard and point shoes dancing to Vivaldi.

So why do I feel guilty? Can anyone enlighten me on this one?