Oregon Trip Part 2-- August 2013

We had a great time even just around the house!

We had so much fun making big bubbles!  Dan came prepared with a magic big-bubble formula and equipment for hours for fun for all.

Brian is directing some magic!!

Look at how well these girls match!

The kids loved being pulled by Grandpa!

 Another delicious evening snack!

These girls all love to climb trees!!

 Uncle Mike is a lucky guy!

 We had a lot of fun playing some wiffle ball (?)

 Look how well we go together!!  Love this shot.  Here is where I need our family picture....which I haven't gotten yet from Mike.

Oregon Family Reunion Part 1

This is the great house we all stayed in near Tillamook Oregon for our week vacation. It was perfect for the 25 of us, and it had a great safe play area for the kids outside.  

Mike made a grand appearance Tuesday morning, riding Dad's motorcycle from the Portland airport.

We were happy to have everyone there...except Ryan, who was at soccer camp.

Our first day at the beach was cool and windy.

Cool Oregon beach view!

That is one big tree that recently had gone down!  And pretty shallow root system.

This evening we enjoyed delicious donuts courtesy of Scott and Elisha.

 Couple of outing shots.

 Poor Katie didn't get to run around with the kids at this point....her foot was still very sore.

 Happy to be there!!

Fun Time with the Johnsons in Vancouver

It was so wonderful having Lisa and the grandkids with us for a good chunk of time!!  We were able to do some fun touristy things, shopping, Downton Abbey watching, and have time for regular home activities, and lots of visiting.  I think that was my favorite part!    

 Thanks to Groupon, we did the UBC Botanical Garden canopy walk. That was pretty cool.

 Then we headed down to Spanish Banks to walk along the beach and have lunch.  The tide was so far out, and it was very muddy.  There were many "Eeww"  sounds being made as we walked along.  Matt was especially NOT fond of the gooey mud coming through his toes.

Another day we went downtown to Gastown and Canada Place.

 Cenntenial Beach is a fun place to go for hotdogs and marshmallows.

 The tide was totally in, this time.

 Groupon helped out again with a trip to play miniature golf.  Matthew played more like hockey...kind of.

 Poor Brian.

A Little Accident

 Friday evening August 2nd, David took Katie for a little ride on the motorcycle to meet Lisa dn I at Target.  I wondered what was taking them so long, when I got a call from David telling that they had been in an accident and were being taken to the Delta hospital by ambulance.  He said that Katie was fine, but that he was in pain in his low back.....the area which had begun to bother him again.

 

 Actually, they put Katie on the stretcher because of her size and precautionary in case of any neck injury. David  was surprised they didn't put him on the stretcher, but he does like to minimize his injuries.  When we got to the hospital, we found that Katie was on a stretcher, and David standing by her.  She had a badly sprained foot..luckily not broken and has healed fine.  David's back is a different story so far. but we are very grateful it wasn't worse!

 Lisa got light-headed and nauseous, and had to rest a bit before we could head home with our family.

 The bike only looked like it had some scratches, but turned out that it was a write-off!!  We didn't know that before we took it on our trip to the family reunion a few days later, and let Mike and the boys ride it on the Oregon coast.