Sunday, June 5, 2011

Most Recent Projects

Tony did an outstanding job on a project this past quarter. His teacher gave him 100% when it's rare to score so high. He took dimensions from the plans and transferred them to sheets of aluminum, laid out and drilled the rivet holes, and riveted it together. It's a mock airplane control surface to simulate make and repairing an aircraft structure.
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Saturday morning was our Relief Society's Retreat of Peace that I helped plan. That took up a lot of my mental energy for awhile and I'm so glad that I had great women to work with. I wish I had pictures, but it was a great time. There was a class on organizing a house of order, one on reflexology and one on pilates/stretching. It was so fun.
Afterwards I met up with Tony and the boys at a friends house where we played and relaxed. Yesterday was a fun-filled, sunny day!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Ryan's Birthday--Part II

The cute birthday boy got to celebrate at the Rain Forest Cafe because he loves frogs so much. We had a blast! Aunt Stacey has more pictures on her camera that we'll have to add later.
Here's Cha-Cha, the frog
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Happy boy!
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A "Bibbit" cake
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Blowing out the candles
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A close up shot of the Frog cake after the tongue had been pulled off and put back on
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The group shot. It's a good thing Max didn't serve the cake
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He loved this fishing game
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And the "Wee-oooo" (fire engine)
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Our sweet boy had a very blessed birthday and he brings us so much joy!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Ryan turns 2--Part 1

When you're turning two, there needs to be two parts to your birthday, right? Ryan's birthday was the Saturday we were in southern Oregon and I didn't want to do the full birthday celebration so we modified it and had cupcakes. I still took a ton of pictures because, Ryan is so darned cute! I love his little personality. He can be shy but when he knows you, you see him smile, joke, cuddle, kiss... He is way too much fun!
Here it comes
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Not wanting to get too close
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But now it's okay
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Yum
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I like it!
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Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Being silly
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My eyes are bigger than my stomach! mwahahaha
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend 2011

We spent it with Seth, Lauren, Ely and Nora. We even got a visit from Becky, Ben, Will and Lucy. I'm totally bummed that we didn't end up with any pics of Will, but it was fun to see all the kids playing with and next to each other ; )
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Here we are at "Old Navy" looking super cool
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At the Eugene Saturday Market where there were some French vendors and we got some yummy treats
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Then we stayed at Lauren's family's cottage. It was beautiful.
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The kids had fun inside and out. There was lots of spinning.
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I woke up the first morning to find this sight. Awwww
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This cottage reminded me of my Grandma and Grandpa Lathan's house
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Adventures in a giant tree
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Chatting
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I guess I did get Will in a shot but it's not very good. He's to the left of the fire pit.
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Later that day we saw this cuteness as they watched Peter Pan. It was nice to have this happy down time because earlier I thought I was going to pull my hair out. My kids were so off schedule and showing how off schedule they were.
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The next day we went to one of the coolest parks
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Kids being kids
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Babies Everywhere

Okay, this is random, but if you've never seen this commercial, , you must!

Okay, so there aren't babies everywhere, but I do have quite a few friends giving birth soon. A dear friend Jennica let Heather and I throw her a shower. Heather is very talented and made an amazing cake. Here are a few pics of the evening. I love any chance I get to hang with good friends.
The table almost set up
From Jennica's Baby Shower

The awesome cake
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Poor Jennica being subjected to one of our games (there was no melted chocolate mind you)
From Jennica's Baby Shower

From Jennica's Baby Shower