It's Been So Long!

I haven't gotten around to posting very much lately as we are having so much fun doing summer stuff. Here's a few recent photos. Up top Grace is riding her new "big girl" bike (Weston's old one). You can also see a bit of our new grass and the edge of the garden. The next photo is from the 4th of July. We had the Von Gunten Family and a friend, Terry, from church over for a bar-b-que. The Von Gunten's have 7 children so it was lots of activity and lots of fun! I think the sun was behind me as all the kids are looking squinty in the photo :) The day was wonderful up until Grace burned herself on a sparkler at about 10:00 at night. I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow her coat caught on fire and she got one little blister on her hand. She was more scared than hurt, but we have new respect for sparklers now!

The other news in our neighborhood is that we now have a neighborhood rooster! Some neighbors of ours (the same ones who let their pitbull and chihuahua run loose) now have a rooster that crows from about 5 am. to noon everyday. I never thought roosters could be so annoying! Aren't roosters only supposed to crow at sunrise?

Well, I'd better get to loading the van as we're taking off for camping in about an hour to Timothy Lake on Mt. Hood. We will be meeting my parents there, who also happen to have a large trailer (we're not into roughing it when we have 3 children and one on the way). We're looking forward to some fresh air and lots of fun. I also brought Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to put on S'mores! Yum!