Scout court of honor

Jesse is so excited now that he is eight he is an official scout.

This is Brother Weaver giving him his scout book.

Ben getting some badges and segments to add to his sash
Kyle getting some patches for a couple of projects

he has been working on

Kids say the darndest things

I was driving with Barbie and we were heading

to a park and we passed an unpleasant

smell. I held my nose and moaned skunk.

Barbie looked at me and said,

" Mom, someone should tell that skunk to say excuse me

when he farts!"

Our Trip up north

Noelle and I ditched school for a week.

We took off with my mom and dad and had and

incredible time just the four of us.

It was an amazing vacation!

We didn't have a time line. We woke up when we wanted to.

Just took our time looking around the towns on our way up the coast.

We played on the beach and went for walks.

We checked out different tide pools.

"Just hanging out with Grandpa was super cool"

"Grandpa got a room that looked right out on the ocean."

(View from our room )

"Mom and I went down on the beach and wrote a

note for Grandma and Grandpa"

Some of the creatures we found in the tide pools

We looked around at some of the tourist shops

You better watch out dad. I think Noelle's got

a thing for tall dark and handsome.

Maybe at times we had fun

Being just a little goofy

We went down to the docks and walked around and looked at

some of the boats. While we were looking around...

...we were serenaded by the sea lions.

(They were quite boisterous)

Arf! Arf! Arf!

below are some seals we saw lounging on some rocks

Visiting a local light house.

We were able to climb inside and had a tour guide tell us about the

life of a light house keeper. We learned about how the keeper

had to lug up the oil to keep the wick burning and

learned about all the duties they had to do to keep

the light house maintained. It was quite a job to have to do

day in and day out.

Oregon Aquarium

Along our way up the coast we stopped at the Oregon Aquarium ...
... and took a little trip under the sea.

Jelly Fish

Very fascinating creatures. Very beautiful yet deadly.

Petting the stingrays and sharks.

I was surprised at how soft they were.

Portland Zoo & OMSI museum

We went up to Portland visited the Zoo which

was a lot of fun.

While at the zoo we went inside an aviary and had a

cup full of nectar to feed them. Noelle held out her hand

and a few swooped in for the goodies.

This one on top of her head started biting her braid
and nibbling on her ear.

Grandpa came in for the rescue and just in time

( the bird did a little doo doo )

Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my!

VISITING THE OMSI MUSEUM

They had so many amazing things to see. It was incredible.

One two three blast off

Noelle and grandma getting ready for take off.

We also saw "Extreme Sports" in the IMAX theatre.
The theatre inside is shaped like the

inside of a golf ball so you feel like you are almost there

AWESOME!