2016 labor day weekend

 

This weekend was a really good one. Mostly because we got to honor Levi in his decision to be baptized. We loved celebrating him and spending time with family! (separate post on that next)

Also this weekend:

Corbin had his first Jr. High boy/girl swimming party! Unfortunately, right at the very end, he banged his face on the diving board while doing a backflip. There was blood all over his face and the girls all crowded around him to make sure he was okay. (if there is any silver lining...that would be it)

There was an amazing sunset while we were driving home from the party.

Rudger went to a birthday party right next door. He was in heaven.

Season five of Once Upon a Time is now on Netflix, so we spent some time binge watching. (but we did skip one of the episodes...)

In our stake, we switch church time at the first of September. So yippee, we are back to 9:00 church! We are soooo excited!!!  The afternoon was amazing and I even got my first Sunday nap in a loooong time.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread! (Hello fall!!)

We played on the school playgrounds and felt chilly towards the end! (again, Fall!!!)

Monday morning we ate garden watermelon.

Corbin went to his second birthday party for the weekend at Cherry Hill and while he was gone, we played basketball and went for a family bike ride. Then we watched the new Jungle Book for our FHE activity.

We did not want the weekend to end!

 :: Rudger had zero interest in standing up for the fast Sunday picture ::

And now, here we are on a Tuesday, that feels like a Monday. Rudger is watching a show and playing with Scripture hero cards. Adeline is crawling around trying to find any crumbs on the floor... and we need to go shopping, do laundry, and start mommy school! Even with that, it is the least craziest day since school started!

eighth birthday for levi

Last week Levi turned eight. Levi! Eight! It was eight years ago that the doctor handed me this spunky, expressive, happy little one. Now fast forward eight very fast years and here we are.

He had a happy day with breakfast in bed, a few new presents, candy bar poster from siblings, chicken nuggets for lunch, orange chicken for dinner, and ended the day swimming with our friends.

Happiest birthday Levi!!!

the very northwest part of Oregon

Where the Columbia River meets the ocean there is a place they call the graveyard of the pacific. There have been several ships that have crashed and sunk in this area.

When we came to the tower to get a view of the ocean, we didn't know what to expect or what else there would be at the South Jetty. But the boys and daddy saw those huge boulders and they had to check it out. After several minutes they came to the top and said I had to come over and see how amazing it was!

It became one of our favorite places this trip, so naturally, there are a ton of pictures :)

 :: this picture!! ::

When they got to the other side, they found tons of little crabs, thousands of muscles, starfish (my favorite), anemone, sand dollars, and other shells. Just the exploring alone was reason enough to come to Oregon. 

 :: probably my favorite picture ::

The next morning we headed back to see if high tide had come in. Right where we were playing and exploring the day before, the ocean was now right there. Right where our precious kids were playing.