Best Park Ever!

Mt. Tabor has been one of my favorite places since college. The park has so many great things you can do. There's many different trails for hiking and biking, a pretty fun playground, an amazing view of the city of Portland and some very interesting people. The neighborhood at the bottom of the hill is so cute. I've always thought that would be one of the coolest places to live if I had stayed in Portland. Many memories there with friends and 'special friends'. Ah, the memories. There is really no way to capture the amaingness of this place with pictures but here are a few.

Like it was yesterday

When we moved down here we had to give up quite a few things in Oregon. The hardest were the relationships. Of course they weren't given up completely just harder to keep up. When we first moved back to Myrtle Creek I was really excited about having my kids grow up with my friends' kids. I guess it was a fun thought to watch the next generation like so many in that town do. What's been one of the best surprises is that when my kids get together with their kids it's like it was yesterday when they last played. That's what's so great about great friends. Even as I am typing this Owen is sitting on my lap asking if Peyton can come over and play. So Sweet. Here are some pictures of Lucy, Owen, Kiya and Peyton from this trip and also Lucy and Grace from another trip. Grace is coming to see us soon and we couldn't be more excited to see her and her new brother.

Back From Oregon....

Here's what we learned.

1.Papa has a pretty cool job with trains and big tractors. I used to work here and Uncle Brandon works at the one in Portland. I might write more on this one on my other blog at a different time.



2.Lucy likes to shoplift from Grandma's shop. She kept trading out headbands and rings every time we went in there.













3.Owen and Lucy can make really good Birthday cakes for Memaw.














4.Memaw and Papaw have a great tree farm and some scary decorations in the game room.



5.Buying kids clothes second-hand is a good thing when you have to throw entire outfits away due to excessive vomiting and what not. The kids were sick for the majority of the trip but I think that we've finally healed. Fingers are crossed.