The summer

I'm behind in posting as usual, the kids and I spent part of July and all of August in Oregon and Washington. We had such a great time. Because we have lots of family up there we were all over the place. Connor spent a few weeks with his Aunt Kim and Uncle Dave, he helped them plant their garden. Connor had a blast, he was also able to participate on the local boy scouts from church's 50 miler. Taylor stayed with Jon and Renae the whole time. She had so much fun and was a big help to them as she played with the kids. Aubrey spent the first half with me at my parents, I'm sure she was bored out of her mind. The last week she spent with her Aunt Kim and Uncle Dave, she spent time with her Aunt Frances and grandma Ramos too, I hear a lot of shopping happened. At that time Aunt Frances did her best to make Aubrey a Seahawks fan.

 The corn when we got there in July and the corn when we left the end of August

 Kayden the happiest baby you will want to meet. 

 Pictures of the kids and I at Jon's house, and me with Jon. It was 100 outside, and they do not have a/c so I was dying there. 

Connor and Grandma Ramos

 My mom had a pond, and she hated that it was more than a water feature which is what she wanted. Her back yard is not fenced and she was worried someone would drown in it. So, she asked me if we could empty it, once Connor came up to stay with me he and I went to work on emptying it. then Connor filled it with bark. 

 Beautiful Sunset at the Coast in Oregon

 My sister sells jewelry and she was doing an event at the county fair, so we went to visit here. It was HOT there…I was dying from heat…but so fun to see Leah 

 Astoria Oregon has some hills This one goes straight down, looks like if you weren't careful you could end up in the Columbia River. 

 The Columbia River Gorge

 I asked my mom to take a picture of that ship, she took a great picture of the guard rail!

 The Columbia River Gorge Bingen and White Salmon

 Princess Paityn

 my parents home, so glad to have arrived safe. 

Well this picture was out of order, it was when Connor was filling up the pond with bark.