Little Ballerinas

Malia had her last day of ballet/tap class in August. Here are some pictures of Malia, her "best friend" Mia Coats, and Miss Laura. Mia & Malia cannot keep their hands off each other in class. Parents were allowed to come in and watch on this last class. :)

Notice in one of the pictures all the girls have tap shoes on, except Malia & Mia.......somehow we missed that we needed BOTH pairs of shoes for the last class. Oops!!

Fun at Bullwinkle's!! Aug 2007

We took our first trip ever to Bullwinkle's in Wilsonville with Yaya Peggy. The water boats were a blast...but it was impossible to get pictures without the possibility of killing our good camera! There was a girl there who immediately started gunning for us - while we were still trying to figure out how everything worked. Malia went with Yaya, and Alex went with Rourke. After a few sprays in the face from "that girl", Alex wasn't having so much fun.

After the water boats, we played 18 holes of miniature golf. It was fun too....but the rules (of course) went out the window. Malia was fairly competitive, and Alex just wanted to pick up everyone's ball and give it back to them.

When it was all over, we had pizza and played a few games. Whew! Too much fun for one day. :)

Alpaca Farm

We visited an alpaca farm in July with Mindi, Mia & James. It was up off Skyline in Portland and the views were beautiful up there. We spent a couple hours seeing the alpacas, petting them, learning about them, walking around the grounds and playing on a little play structure. Apparently the owner of the farm & house is the youngest daughter of the/one of the Hewlitt Packard founders. It was a good morning........made better by the fact that I did NOT kill the baby deer that hopped directly into the path of our Jeep on the way there. Whew!

Pacific City In July ~ 2 Trips

July was a busy month! These pictures are out of order......I took the kids to PC in early July with my Mom, Sister Kathy & Niece Kelli. It was beautiful weather there and was close to 97 degrees when we left (that was when it was sooooo hot back in Portland). We had a fun time on the beach and went down to Lincoln City to shop at the outlets and have dinner at Mo's. **Yum!**

In mid-July we headed down for a quick weekend trip for Dory Derby Days. Here are a few pictures from the parade on Saturday. The weather wasn't all that great, but it actually didn't rain during the parade. It was a good day for C-A-N-D-Y......and the parade etiquette was much better than the 4th of July parade in Hillsboro. :)

An Impromptu Backyard Photo Shoot ;O)

These are pictures from July. Malia came home from spending the afternoon with Grandma Jeaneen and was dolled up with a fresh pony tail and some "jewels". Alex was just having fun digging in the dirt.
~Linda

Fourth of July Festivities!

July has been a busy month! We started off by going to Peggy's in Nehalem for the annual "reunion" weekend (before July 4th). The first pictures are from then (and we visited the beach in Bay City too). Isn't the picture of Malia & Jacob so cute?? He is the son of Peggy's friend Sally...and they get along great. They look like they could be brother/sister.

The next pictures are from the July 4th parade in Hillsboro. It was a HOT one.....but we had fun. My 2 beefs from the parade: 1. Why don't the jets fly over anymore at the start of the parade? 2. Where is the parade/candy getting etiquette? Don't people know the space in front of the curb you are sitting on is YOUR CANDY GETTING SPACE??? Please teach your kids this. It is so annoying! :O)

Malia's Dance Class

Now that it's Summer...and Malia is out of preschool for a few months, we decided to take a ballet & tap dance class through Tualatin Hills Rec. Center. She **loves** it! It is an 8 week class, and they alternate ballet & tap each week. Malia especially loves taht she gets to take the class with Mia Coats. That's her in the pink top and shorts next to Malia.

These pictures are from the first day of class - when we got to stay and watch. She now has an "official" dance leotard, tights & skirt........so fun!

~Linda

Random June Pictures

I thought I'd share a few pictures from June.
1. Malia helping Rourke open his Father's Day card she made at preschool.
2. Malia playing dress up in the garage (and waiting for me to come out and see her).
3. Alex on his fire truck.
4. Rourke, Malia and Grandpa Chuck.

Happy Summer!

aNotHer bEacH tRip!!!!!!

Hello~
I thought I would post some (okay, a lot) of pictures from our beach trip at the end of May. We had a great time. The weather was nice (most of the time) and Dad, Janet & the The Derrah's were down too. We flew kites, saw deer (look at how close the deer was to our driveway), climbed up the sand dune, saw whales in the ocean (from the top of the dune/cliff), had a bbq, went to the annual rummage sale at the Senior Center and enjoyed the beach!

I love the pictures of Rourke & Malia climbing up the sand dune and especially the one of them coming down. Oh, and we almost had our car towed for parking in the wrong place on the beach.......

Bye for now~
Linda