BIG HUGE BLOG-O-RAMA

So....apparently I have a whole month of blogging to catch up on. I still don't think this post contains all that we've done in the last month but I'll post that in another blog.....So this is what we did in June after school got out!!

June 13th we ventured to Redmond to visit Mike's sister Jalene. She had a Summer Kick Off BBQ at her house. It was SO nice....actually it was AWESOME to be back in Central Oregon...even if it was just for the day. We had a blast. We played tether ball, we had a slip and slide courtesy of Adam and Toni, the kids got to ride Aunt Jay's horse Shamon, we had a water balloon tossing contest, and last but not least we had a donut eating contest....The food was great as always as was the weather. Thanks to Aunt Jay and Uncle Ralph for providing the great fun and a place to crash for the night!!!

We left Maddy in Redmond to go home with Aunt Michelle and Uncle Jeff for the week. She was THRILLED to spend the week by herself and with Bossy Pants...Aunt Shelly's new puppy!! It was sad to leave her but we knew she would have fun.....

Mike had a day off and decided he wanted to go fishing. He decided we had to go too!! So we packed up the fishing poles and the camp chairs. I was kind of bummed because I didn't have my fishing license yet so I couldn't do anything but sit there and take pictures. We all sat there waiting and waiting and waiting for the fish to bite. Finally when no one else was paying attention...I saw one of the poles move. I ran over to it and wanted to pick it up to reel in the fish but couldn't, so I was screaming for Mike or Nate or Kiley or Kamryn to come over and reel in this fish before it took the pole out to the middle of the lake. Mike made it over first and reeled us in a big and beautiful rainbow trout. It was a fighter and gave Michael quite the workout. Mike and the kids ate it for dinner that night....I'm not a trout eater so I just smiled and enjoyed the day with my family.

Next was Cub Scout Day Camp the week of June 22-26th. I got the opportunity to help out several days that week. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Nate and his buddies from Cub Scouts. The boys did so many different activities and earned many awards. Nate's favorite was the BB guns and the archery...he was really good at it so that made it fun to watch. I was exhausted by the end of the week but am grateful that I had the experience to share with my son.

The weather in Portland was perfect for a trip to the Oregon Zoo...so that's exactly where we headed. We were kind of sad our Kiley and Maddy weren't with us. Kiley had gone to Grants Pass to be with Grandpa Brown and Maddy was on her way to Grants Pass via Klamath Falls. It was just the grown ups and the 2 little kids. We decided to make it a fun couple of days so we stopped at the zoo first and spent the day there. It took us 45 minutes to find a parking spot and daddy almost threw in the towel and came home. The zoo was fun. We saw almost all the animals except the elk and the cougar. We stopped to get snow cones not realizing Kammy had never had one before. She took one bite of the snow cone and said "YUCK...this is disgusting!!" I gladly took over the snow cone and enjoyed every bite. After we walked and walked we were hot and thirsty so we headed for Grandma's pool. What a nice treat to swim and spend time with Grandma and Tony.

I guess I better find time to blog about July's stuff since we are halfway through the month already!!