More Pictures

Swimming and Boating at Cullaby. I wish I had a picture of the Sail boat.
Tara and Shawn

Oops! This was supposed to be tilted the other way. Tilt your head to the right.... :)

Hug Point. Greatest Beach for kids to play on with a little water fall. Marky and Dad built a huge sand castle complete with tanks and had a huge battle.

Cutie kiddies!

Pictures from Oregon

Mark playing with Shawn

Cutie!

Haley Loved this Dress up.


We call this her Diva Pose.

Short Sands Beach

Here are some pictures from our trip. I have a lot. I'll post a couple postings of them. The foresty ones are from Short Sands beach. the best Surfing in Oregon, I think. But also great ocean kayaking and boogie boarding. We had a great time, even little mark let me put him on a boogie board!

Squishin' the Squash Bug's

So, I came back from a long trip to Oregon to see my family. It was great! I'll post some pictures later. I got to see all my brothers and sisters, some I havent' seen in over a year! And we spent a week on a kitchen improvement project for my mom while she was at Girls' camp. She had no idea and broke into tears when she came back. I think I have a picture of that too! Priceless! Anyway, I came home to 3 ravaged zuccini plants and 2 relatively healthy ones. To my horror they have squash bugs, anyone who'se had them knows the best way to get rid of them is to squish them! they don't respond to pesticide. So, I told little mark I'd pay him a nickle for every bug he squished. I'm already up to 5.00! I'm going to be broke soon! I've been removing the eggs as well, hopefully they'll leave my butternut alone. We'll have to take care that they don't winter over in the soil! I know I know I promised pictures, but unfortunatly my camera broke the last day we were in Oregon. So, maybe I'll take the laptop out and get the webcam to take a video for you!

Unlce "papa" Joel

The Final Ride in the green truck.

Papa Jeff, Joanne and Jerry.

The boy's made papa Joel's famous root beer for all to take home..

Joanne and Mom...

Say Cheese Jerry!




All the cousins together! Wow!

The lables have papa Joel in his Kayak wet suit with "want some...can't have any!" written below! Perfect!

Uncle Joels funeral was beautiful. A wonderful celebration of his very full life. It was great to see people we haven't seen in a long time. He took his last ride in his green truck and we said goodbye. What a giant of a man who touched many lives. Mine included.

Newport Aquarium...Fish Heads!

Kind of hard to see, these are the tubes where sharks and fish swim around you!

Mom and Dad and Lindsay....Smile!!

SHARKS!!!! Shawn!!!!




Watch Out Uncle Joel!!!! Fish Heads!!!!

Everyone do your scarry face!!! Roooaaarrrr!!!! The Shark Jaws!

Shawn looking a little worried while we looked at the Pirhanna.......

We went to the Newport Aquarium with Grandma and Grandpa and Joe and Lindsay. It was a lot of fun! Shawn loved the shark tubes, he laid on the ground "talking" to the sharks swimming under his feet. Haley LOVED the sea otters and little mark loved everything! We had a good time!

Of Joy and Pain

Today we lost our dear Papa Joel. We will miss him greatly! He was such a loving, kind and gentle man. I remember him telling me how he made his rootbeer, of him doing his yard work and giving me an answer to all his questions. Showing me his trains. Smiling while watching the kids play in the sand.
We will miss him dearly, how wonderful it is to know we will see him again!!

Of Joy, we have the arrival of Thomas A. Oscarson today! Mary and Curtis had their baby, 10lbs 7oz boy!

Through both the Lord has shown us his miracles.

Love

ER

Oh Cabana Boy!

Shawns incredible new trick.....WALKING! We just had his 9 month appointment yesterday. Yes, he has a big head. Huge head is more like it. He is only 20 pounds though! 8 pounds shy of haley and mark at this age!

The Incredile Standing Shawn!

Shawn is very proud of his new trick!