Soccer and Awanas

Here is our little adventurer from the last couple of days. Jack had his first soccer game on Tuesday night. Their team lost, but I don't think anyone cared. He spent the whole time smiling! Wednesday night at Awanas, Jack said his memory verse, which was John 3:16 and in turn, earned his Sparks vest and moved to book 1! Life is so good for this little 5 year old! :)

We're Back from Dino Land

We have returned and things are now back to normal! It was a beautiful trip. The picture of all of us here is at the top of one of the hikes we did. Saw lots of beautiful scenery and cool dino bones. The first campsite we stayed at was so nice. It was totally like camping at a resort. CLEAN bathrooms with HOT showers! We camped next to the covered group kitchen. This 'primitive' camping kitchen was covered and included: 2 refrigerators; electric stove; wash sink w/ hot water; microwave; coffee pot; toaster.......you get the idea. Oh and we also had the whole place to ourselves! We stayed here for two nights then on Wednesday, we headed for Biggs, OR which is on the Columbia River (Oregon side). Jack caught two fish with his Spiderman fishing pole and Jeremy actually picked one up with his bare hands--yes, we are impressed! LOL We stayed at a state campground there and then headed home on Thursday. We were blessed to have Tristan and his friend, Dale come and stay at the house and care for the animals. I was so happy to be able to see them, though it was a short visit. Also, Saturday after we got home, Clay and Veronica came over to see Grandma and Grandpa too. Everyone ended up leaving on Monday, including Trevor who left with Clay and Veronica. All of a sudden we were down to only me, Jeremy and Jack. VERY quiet!! :)

So now we are in our routine of soccer game on Tuesday; Awana on Wednesday; soccer practice on Thursday and soccer game on Saturday. Luckily it won't be for long since soccer is done before Halloween.

Life is awesome!!!!!!

Sunday Packing

Well, we have a new soccer star in the family! Jack is having a BLAST!!! We will be having games 2X a week.

We are leaving on our Dinosaur vacation tomorrow morning. We had Ken and Sabrina's youngest 3 last night overnight and Tristan and Dale just got here. Tristan and Dale are guarding our farm while we are gone--pray the animals survive.....LOL They are actually excited about hanging out at home this week. In the midst of all this, we have stuff everywhere trying to pack!

Please pray for our safety while we are gone. We'll be taking lots of pictures!!!!!

Have a blessed week!!!

Tuesday

I am alive up here on our little mountaintop. My computer has been having issues getting online--I really should take it into a computer doctor! :)
Things are well. Jack starts soccer practice tonight! I forgot how small the shin guards and cleats are at this age. I'll try and get some good pictures. Jeremy is working in Bellevue this week (again). So as usual to kill time during the week, I decide to start 'cleaning' and end up with stuff EVERYWHERE and end up doing a mad dash trying to find some kind of home for it all before he gets back home!
Yesterday, I took Jack to the pet store and I bought him two zebra finches. They are pretty cute: orange beaks and feet. Jack named them Bob and Oscar. I've been trying to place what their little tweets sounds like. Then it came to me. Have you seen the Pixar short called "The Birds"? The funny little chirp those birds make actually sound like Bob and Oscar. (yes, making that connection makes the birds more fun for me). Jack absolutely loves them and spends a lot of time making sure they have food and water.
This week will also be spent getting things together for our little Dinosaur Vacation that we leave for on Monday. Tristan gets here on Sunday, we leave Monday and come home on Thursday. Jack has a soccer game Thurs. night and Saturday morning. Tristan leaves on Friday. The Jetmore's get here on Sat. pm and everyone is leaving on Monday. My only question to myself--"are you going to be smart and make a menu so that you are not stressed?????????? " I'm all over it......as soon as I put all this stuff away that I'm organizing..........LOL!

Fall is Here

It is only the second day of September, but the beautiful season of fall seems to have arrived! The air has a crispness to it--sunny and warm, but has the feel and smell of fall. The grasses that have been brown due to end of summer dryness now has a golden/orange color to it. The leaves are already changing colors---can you believe that? That started a couple of weeks ago when it should of still been warm lake weather! This last Sunday we actually had a fire in the wood stove since it was really cold and pouring rain! Today and tomorrow are to be our warmer days, so though the water maybe cold, I may still take the boys down to the lake just for the heck of it!
Aside from the weather, we started school this last Monday. Jack is LOVING it!! As soon as he finishes one thing, he is asking 'what's next???' I actually had to convice him that for the greater good, mommy really needs to eat lunch......and yes, we are going to be done for the day because we cannot do a whole year of school in one day. His response, "why??" hmmm......
We are leaving for 4 days in a couple weeks to meet up with my in-laws at the John Day Fossil Beds in eastern Oregon. Look it up online-I think that we will be staying in the booming town of Spray, OR. Yes, that means camping! Though if it gets really cold there are a couple of hotels at a nearby town. Jack is excited to go camping and go to a dinosaur museum. I'm going to be buying him his own camera so that he can document the trip from his view and also so that he is not constantly borrowing mine!! :) His photography has gotten pretty good and like his sister, can take some GREAT self-portraits!
Back to finishing up baking bread (another great 'fall' smell!) .