Tulip Gardens

I took my boys and my DAD to the Tulip Gardens on Wednesday April 21. We had so much fun, he had never been there. The colors were magnificent and took your breath away. To only capture a portion of it with a camera was my objective. I am working on doing a lot better at remembering the lighting and distance. This was a day to never forget, i loved seeing the boys enjoying the day with grandpa.

this red is breath-taking, one of my favorites.....


Grandpa with his boys........


Mickey in his favorite color of tulips.......



Travis almost disappeared in these.......

beautiful day, not hot and not raining......

Mickey just wandering around......

Travis was catching his breath.........

I just couldnt take enough pictures, the colors were and are awesome.

Grandpa, Mickey and Travis

Family Adventures

It was hot last weekend and we wanted to find someplace a lot cooler to go and rest. Well the cooler and fun happened but not quite the resting part.

We ended up going to a place called Drift Creek Falls. Man o man is it a neat place, its on the way to Lincoln city and up in the mountains. The trail is about 1.5 miles one way so a little more than 3 all together. Good thing I threw our family snack pack on my back.( hee hee) It was one of our best adventures in the great unknown.

Dad and tman walking the path

Sam and mickey goofing around

The beginning of the bridge
View from the side

Some of the falls

Really pretty flower in the sun and shadows
Oregon Slug staring at us

Travis posing for a cute pix
Mickey posing for a pix.

Sammy posing for a pix.

It was the perfect ending to a long weekend.

Skip Day=Beach Time

Scott was really not wanting to go to work.so after a long hard storm we decided to go to the beach. While the kids were still working hard we stopped by to get Travis-he gets out earlier, and went straight to the beach for some sand time. My dad wanted to pick the other two up from school for us. We didn't need to hurry home. :)

The beautiful view of the ocean...

Travis playing in the sand.....

A picture of some of the wood that has washed
up because of the storm and flooding

Me looking happy,
if I am at the beach i am always happy

Scott being silly, he hates pictures


Yay, got him to be serious for once..

Cub Scout Pow Wow

As most of you know I am the scout leader for my sons Webelos group. I was told that I SHOULD go to pow wow this year and learn some stuff for lessons. Well it was a blast, I went with our pack leaders wife Dana. We had so much fun together. We didn't have that many classes the same but next year we will divide and conquer all the right way. I took outdoor cooking, geo-caching, intro into boy scouting, outdoor webelos training and some others. Below are some of the things I liked and want to do for our group.

fly swatter tie slides...

All of this leaders tie slide ideas.....

tin foil and cardboard box oven....


Front view, really neat idea.

Random Last Minute Beach Trip

If any of you remember the weather in October was Perfect!! There were days that you didn't even need a coat. I decided on a Sunday to take the kids to the beach. Well dad didn't want to go so just me and the kids went. We got to the road that we like (the one with Mo's and the pier) and guess who is walking down the road but cousin Mike. So stopped and threw him into the car and went to the beach. Sam ended up trying surfing-addicted, and the boys and myself played in the sand. It was a no coat required day.

All in all it was a perfect day, missed dad though.

The scenery on the way over, breath taking.

The back side of the Inn at Spanish Head.


Mickey yelling at Sam and mike in the water

Mickey rolling up his pants

Sam and Mike in the water surfing,
with wetsuits so not to freeze off parts.

Mickey buried in the sand

Travis buried deeper up to his neck.

climbing up the hill

Wiggly toes in the sand.

Sam and mike still in the water.
Like I said, she LOVED it.

Sunset snap 1

sunset snap 2

Reflection of sunset

sunset snap 3

Cant believe what a perfect day it was, and got to watch the sunset

Beach trip!!!

Back in October there was day that the elementary schools in the area had no school and the rest did. So we took Kellen with us(friend of mickey) to the beach. Now since Sam is in middle school she had classes!! It was a little drizzlie but all in all a good day. We went and played at the Regatta Park in Lincoln City then went down to the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Mickey and Kellen playing with water on the bridge.


Everyone loves a good game of tag.

A Seagull we were walking towards, he didn't like us.

The boys on the dock making fun of me.

Mickey and Travis dawdling around.

Here is the Top half of Mickey.....

And here is the bottom half.


Travis is king of the castle....

Beautiful Day...



The Science center.....


This is Mia the Octopus....


One of the Turtles being fed....

Mia being very impatient for her food, we got to watch her feed, really cool......


Mia is crawling around....

A fish hiding from the camera.....

Travis is actually touching the creatures in the touch tank......


Jelly fish swimming around......

Mia is happy now, she has her food.....



Goofy boys

The clouds on the way home....



More clouds.....

Travis trying to sleep......

The guys looking at the goodies they got...

All in all it was a good and fun filled day!!!