Friday, July 10, 2009

Dog House made with lOVE

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Our neighbor's girl made Boo boo a dog house and brought it over today.
It is so cute!
She made it water proof with the plastic bags on the roof, a fire hydrant, windows, & a door with a peep whole.
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Thanks Brooklin

Thursday, July 9, 2009

i'm so mad


The 2nd time in a month that I have deleted SPECIAL pictures off of my camera.

~1~ Great Aunt hazel's 98th birthday pictures while I was in Oregon
~2~ pictures of the Oregon coast and I just realized I did it when i could not find them on my computer.

I could just scream, swear, & throw my dumb camera at the wall............

UGH!

Devin said to me, "they're just pictures MOM"

True, but I live for pictures.

And do you think Hazel will live to see her 99th birthday?

Or my kid at this age at the beach??

They remain in my head.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Boo boo Billman

My friend Beth had Boo boo and need to find him a home. Her son's grandmother breeds Maltese puppies and sells them for $1000, but in this economy no one has been buying them. We got him for free.

We haven't had a dog since we lived in Salt Lake City, 10 years ago. The kids have begged for one for years and we finally found the right one.

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Miss Hailey is his favorite!

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It might have something to do with the fact she's small.

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And loves to chase him on all fours herself.

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And carries him everywhere.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Downtown Portland part 1

On June 18th we went to downtown Portland with my old next door neighbor Beth and her son Jacob. She found me after several years on facebook and I told her that when we came to Oregon this summer we would for sure catch up!

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to Pioneer Square

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We walked

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and walked some more

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to the Willamette River

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and saw the LOVE BOAT aka cruise ship up close.

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It was huge!

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Look it's the guy from Jurassic Park & Betty White. Just kidding.

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I could almost hear the theme song....



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This is as close as I'll ever get to going on a cruise.

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Beth too.





Sunday, July 5, 2009

Pierced



Hailey got her ears pierced for her eight & a half birthday present, last week.

She wanted them for her 8th birthday, but we went to get it done there was a MAN doing the piercing and she wanted to wait.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July

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at the parade.

UPDATE 7-6-09
Whitney learned the importance of not washing
that new red shirt with those new white shorts....

They are now a light shade of pink.

Friday, July 3, 2009

The tree we probably shouldn't have trimmed

While we were at my parents house, we worked, & Bob worked some more.
Bob re-did their deck, their fence & the kids and I worked on their yard.
Bob went jig saw wild on all of my parents OVER GROWN yard.


Remember this is the house I grew up in from 1974 tell 1990 & my parents still live there.



This was the branch that needed to go. It hung across the drive way and made a huge mess.

My view holding the ladder.

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First he trimmed off little dead branches & the bigger ones off the "branch".



Devin held the pulley & I was at the bottom of the ladder. Bob was nervous.... & so was I.

My mom would have been too, but was working at the temple and didn't even see us do anything.

Then he cut down the "branch," while video taped.

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Wedged it & pried it,

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6'2" man against a 60' plus pine tree.

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and he cut it bit by bit.



Timber!
(We also started to cleaned out their garage)

I wondered if it was going to fall on me or Bob for that matter.
Or if I could make $$ on America's Funniest Videos if it had.

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Devin is 5'8" and that's the branch without it's limbs.



It was 51 years old.
Rest in Peace,
in the neighbors fireplace this winter.