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Happy Fall Y'all!

Well, Fall has officially started for us, at least that's how I see Labor Day and the beginning of the school year as!

Cameron has started High School this year~ Yup, he is officially a Freshman this year. Unbelievable how fast time has flown by. He was very nervous, and couldn't sleep on Monday night. His school started the day after Labor Day, lucky for us. Trying to get him involved in some sort of club(s) this year.. Of course I am pushing (gently!) for FFA, but we will see. "It's all agricultural Mom!"... I don't see that as a problem! ;) There are also some computer clubs and art clubs, hopefully something will catch his interest.

...contemplating all of the options available to him...

The Puyallup Fair kicks off the Poultry Show season for us as well.. Our chickens and ducks will be there on the 23th, and staying till the 26th. If you're in the area, stop by and see them! It's the Junior Poultry Exposition, so the poultry at the fair during that time are all entered by 4H and FFA kids, or anyone under 18 years old.

PopPop and Pam came by a few weeks ago and Pam did a fabulous job painting the house-it was sorely in need of a fresh coat. It looks beautiful!!




Labor Day, Florence Or. 2010

Out of the mouths of babes...

Well, not technically a baby anymore... ;)
But an observant teenager.
We were watching that movie Unbreakable the other night, and if you haven't seen it, there is a scene in which Bruce Willis' character is seated on the doomed train, and a young attractive woman is getting ready to sit next to him. He removes his wedding band. I said "niiice", and Nathan -- trying to get a rise out of the boys(Cameron's friend was also with us) says.. "it musta been bothering him".. and Cameron's reply-- "yeh, it was messing with his Moral Alignment"... :)
That's our boyo! <3

...Some Catching Up To Do....

Well, over the past few months we have been up to quite a lot. Let's see if I can do a quick run through of all the things we have been doing.

Cameron and I went "up North" to Bellingham for our cousin Clayton's graduation. It was a lot of fun, a family BBQ at a really beautiful state park and then dinner at a great restaurant ...





Cayla graduated High School! Woot!!






We took a great family vacation to Yellowstone, Tetons, and St. Anthony.

Memorial Weekend 2010

We had a very small group this trip, but sometimes.. that's ok. :) We had excellent weather and a pretty relaxing time overall. Although, getting there started as a challenge! We had planned to leave on Thursday evening, spend the night halfway somewhere and get into camp midmorning on Friday... as it was--the truck and trailer got stuck in the field at Grandma's ~where we have to park our trailer. It took 2 1/2 hours to get it unstuck and by then it was midnight. We opted to stay the night at Grandma's and leave early in the morning.. So we got into camp Friday evening. Oh well. No riding that day. Saturday we needed to run into town for some groceries, etc and I decided to look at sand tires--my bike needed different front tires, so we also picked those up. We FINALLY get back to camp, and discover that we need different lug nuts for those front tires..so BACK into town Nath goes.. by then someone else needs ice anyway. After getting all that taken care of, Cam starts his bike and says 'my bike is running funny, and the throttle is sticking Dad...' So, he looks at the bike and discovers some .. problems.. A trek is made BACK into town for parts. Eventually, everything is fixed and it's dinner time. Sooo--->no ride on Saturday either. *sigh* oh well. Sunday we eventually got out on the sand and enjoyed two great rides. :)

Just when you think your teenager has driven you to The Edge....

Cameron came home the other day from school and very quietly said.. "I have some really good news Mom.." I guess they just took some sort of Science Placement test in school not too long ago, and he tells me that he placed very well. He placed in the top 50 of 600 kids and placed in the top of his class. This allows him to take advantage of honors science classes. I am so happy about his achievement and so is he. This is a guy who HATES to do homework and pretty consistently doesn't turn it in, a guy who has to be constantly reminded about school work and to keep his grades up. This boosted his confidence by MILES..

His futures so bright - he's gotta wear shades..... ;) Way to go buddy!!

Our annual Easter Trip to Winchester Bay....

weather = cold, wet, VERY windy and generally disagreeable.

friends = fantastic! We always have a great time no matter the weather! :)