Firsts!

Today was Chase's first day of 4 year old preschool. After a summer of telling me "mom I don't like school" and "why isn't Mrs. Boone my teacher again" I thought we would have a rough day. However,  my little man pulled through and was super excited to go to school this morning! We woke up, had a breakfast of his choice (turkey dog…yuck!) and headed out the door. At school he was excited to see his old friends and ran off to them before I could even put his backpack down! No worries here, this boy was one happy camper :)...

Thanks to his new teacher, Mrs. Manley, I even got a picture with me in it! Unfortunately it may not be a keeper as Chase is a bit off his game ;)

Next up…Audrey's first hair cut! Not really a full cut, just a little chip of ye old mullet. Auntie Lo thought her hair would look fuller if we evened things up a tad so off to the salon we went!

Pre-cut pics...

During & post cut….

 See? Not much of a change, but definitely evened up!

 Back to school to pick up little man...

 And off to lunch of choice for Chase (pizza with daddy!)...

Oregon Part 2

The second part of our Oregon trip was spent at my mom & Chuck's house. I love it there, it is smack dab in the middle of the woods and is such a peaceful spot. The best part was that my grandma came to visit as well so we had 4 generations all together for the first time in way too long. We spent our days doing a lot of eating, exploring and playing (Audrey cut 2 more canines as well, not such a great part of the trip). Chase had a blast "hunting" with nana in the woods, and eating LOTS of her cookies. Audrey loved meeting her great grandma and gave her lots of hugs and smiles. xoxoxo

 We also took the kids blueberry picking…I took a lot of pics for a project so I will post those separately...

 Classic pic of Audrey running away...

 At one of Chuck's baseball games…love that it stays light out so late there. The kids had a blast running around at the field!

 And Audrey had a blast playing with the boys!

 Exploring in Nana's yard...

 So glad Chuck was able to take these pics for us….I love them!

 Pretty gals...

 We ended up back at Maria's for a girls night after I dropped my grandma off at the airport…it was great to see Phyllis and catch up on all that has been going on with her!

 Kaya "feeding" Audrey :)

Oregon!

The kids and I just spent a long vacation in Oregon…first at Maria's house and then at my mom's and then back to Maria's. The kids were overall awesome (especially after Audrey cut TWO teeth!) and we had a blast. Thank you to Maria and Gary for having us crash their pad! I'll post pics of the first part of our trip now...

We spent a day at the Lake Oswego Farmer's Market where Gary's good friend from LA spotted the best picks of the season and incorporated them into an AMAZING gourmet dinner. It was strange not being in the kitchen but awesome to have someone so skilled do all the work! You can read the details of the meal over at Sean's blog here.

 Really wish I had brought my macro for these shots...

 This gal made the best crepes...

 But this guy made even better ice cream!

 Back at the house for some backyard shenanigans...

 One of the five courses...