Aunt Terry to the RESCUE!

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Oregon Coast

We are Home!

We had a blast on the Oregon coast this past week. We were able to spend some time with family and friends. This is kinda how our trip went:

~ First stop Gigi's house (Great Grandma) - Grand Rhonde

We were able to stay with her for two nights. Jace knows that he has the greatest Gigi of all because she is a nintendo diva! My aunt Zelda and cousin Nathanial came and hung out on our second day there. My Grandma did an awesome job cooking a turkey dinner with all the trimmings for us! My Aunt did take a little time from all the fun and games to change her brake pads! Yeah you heard me... Brake pads! She whipped it out in no time flat! We are a rough and tumble family!

~ Second Stop Lincoln City -Tanger Outlet Mall

We shopped until we dropped and then our Aunt Terry met us. We went to an awesome restraunt that looked out on the beach and after we stuffed ourselves, went for a walk on the beach. We stayed at my Aunt Terry's family beach house. It is a beautiful house that is right on the water! We had a great time staying up until the wee hours of the morning every night. Robert came out on the first night and gave Roland 2 hrs of foot/hand baths! My mom and I did it last time that we were there, so it was definitley Roland's turn! ;p

~Third stop Beach again!

We couldn't have asked for nicer days! Clear blue skies that were perfect for flying kites and digging in the sand.

~Fourth stop ~Newport

Sea lions really do have great personalities! I think that they were the highlight of the trip for Jace. He absolutely loved them! When it came time for us to leave, he was yelling "Bye, I love you!" Everyone thought it was hilarious!

~Fifth stop, Back to the beach house for the night, quick stop by Gigi's in the morning, and then a long drive home!

I know that I am missing a lot of things that we did, but there is just too much to list!

We love you all and had a great time with all of you!

Posted below are some pictures. I will post a video or two later. It is great to be home, but you all will be missed!

Fun at the Mall

After getting our Pictures taken at the mall today we let Jace ride the little merry-go-round. He is such a little social bug! He totally hit it off with a little boy named Nick. In the video below they are playing their up-down game... and then Jace disappears! lol!

Balloon Night!

We had a BIG blow-up at Jr. Youth last night. (about 80 balloons worth) Continuing with the "Teamwork" theme, we used balloons in the following relays:
~Over my head...
~Blow it til it pops
~Put your heads together
~Blindfold hunt
~Balloon Stomp
Next week will be a lot quieter... we will be out of town! But, we will miss the kiddos and look forward to our next Jr. Youth night Friday, May 1st; and some more good, clean fun with our Car Wash Saturday, May 2nd!

Junior Youth

We have been having an absolute blast with our Jr. Youth kiddos! Roland has been teaching on Team work the last few friday nights. The first night I put letters of the alphabet on the kids feet. Then they had to work together to spell words. It was hilarious watching the kids have to endure their feet being written on!

Last Saturday Jr. Youth had a car wash/bake sale. They did an excellent job raising $305.00! I posted some pictures below. Enjoy!