Summer 2013

4th of July Parade

 At the Zoo with Friends


 
Water play and Popsicles with Friends
Hillsboro Fair

  Bowling time
 

 Funny (live) fish at the Aquarium

 Our new kitchen!
 
 
Campfire Play-doh with Cousins

 

 Rides at Oaks Park

 These boys are dare devils!!!

 Ridin in the Huppmobile
 
 Astoria Maritime Museum


 Beach fun


 
Zane, Nicole, Esther (from Spain), Lee & HS
 
  Happy Birthday Lee!



 
 

Our Kitchen in a box! (36 boxes)

Getting closer to being done...

Kitchen window is above the grill and dining room is next to the fence.

View from the Kitchen window

View to side yard.  Zane's room is the upper window
 Mom & Dad's room is the lower window behind the Camellia bush

We just had about an 80' Fir tree removed by the neighbor.
She didn't like the sap, pinecones and branches falling in her yard.
My plants along the back side of the house are liking more sunlight.
Now, what to plant in the open space after moving all of the mulch???
The bushes there are Quince and have pretty pink flowers but don't last long. 
There is also Lilac bushes.  Thinking of taking the quince out and re-landscaping the whole space...
Possibly a project for next Spring.

Part of the wood from the tree that was cut down. 

The other corner of the yard where we have a small garden. 
Blueberries, yellow raspberries, tomatoes, peas, green beans, peppers, squash and potatoes.
We stacked the rest of the wood along the fence next the flowers.

 
At the Beach!

 
Having fun in the sand!

 
Warrior Zane

 
Ninja Lee

 
Lee & The Easter Bunny at Alpenrose Dairy

 
Happy Easter.  Thank you Easter Bunny!

Snow Day in May at Ski Bowl
 
Tossing snow balls into the river...

Mt. Hood

Hiking at Mt. Hood Village near the Salmon River after playing in the snow.

 Zane's 4th Birthday!

 Merry Christmas in Williamsburg, Virginia
 Collecting shells at the beach!
 Jamestown Settlement, sitting on a fur pelt bed
 Indian camp
 Totem poles

 cleaning hide.  Once the fur is cleaned off its soaked in the animal brains to soften then cleaned and used for clothing.
 Replicas of the boats that arrived in America in 1605
 Zane almost fills the bed in the boat.  These boats had 35-40 men stowed for months on lower deck.
 
 Sailors started at the young age of 10 and manned the sails.  Lee and Zane had a hard time climbing up the mast.
This soldier shot his gun for the boys.  They learned about cannons and armory.

Fife & Drum parade downtown Williamsburg
 
 Downtown Williamsburg
 Bruton Parrish Church where HS and boys were baptized
 Holiday decor

 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
 HS's parents

 Yorktown garden
 Yorktown house
 Laundry
 Cooking dinner
 Sleeping tent
 Cannon



Cannon demonstration

 Farm