A wonderful, WONDERFUL week!

Oh what joy! It has been a week or so since I last blogged and that was because we were having so much FUN! Mimi and Papa (my parents) came to town to visit and we enjoyed every minute they were here! One of the best parts about their visit was seeing the SUNSHINE! That's right it was sunny in T-town and we took full advantage of the nice weather and play, play, played!

[Sorry for the play-by-play but I would hate to not write down these fun memories and forget them!]

Thursday...

I am very proud of myself for being so brave to go to Portland by myself with three kids and have an adventure! My folks flew in Thursday night so I decided we would play in the afternoon until they arrived. We went to a very fun place called Out of this World. It was a little crazy trying to chase two kids around and taking care of a baby--but hey it was fun and we did great! It was an incredible place of climbing, bouncing, jumping, sliding! Even Caleb got into the fun and took a ride:

We stayed in a hotel close to the airport so we wouldn't have to drive back late to Tillamook. What fun it was to all be together in the hotel and eat popcorn, and go swimming!

Friday...
We had a nice relaxing morning swimming and eating a fabulous breakfast--I love hotel life! No dishes, no beds to make! It's great! We went to the Children's Museum and talk about FUN and CRAZY! It was FREE that day which meant lots of people! But we braved the crowd and it was worth it, there were so many things to do and see. I love watching little minds at work while they play! The Children's Museum is a fun place to play and learn! Mara enjoyed the play grocery store and restaurant. Ty loved the water works and dig pit. Mara's favorite thing was the slide in Bob the Builder! She must have did it 100 times!

Saturday...
Well today was a little disappointing but we live and learn! We were all so excited to go to Ty's soccer game and watch him 'go, fight, win' but when coach told him he was on the blue team he was sad and didn't want to play. (There is only one 3 &4 year old team and so each week they just divide up and play each other.) We tried everything to get Ty to play on the blue team but he just didn't want to wear the blue jersey! He wanted to play on the yellow team! Ty is so determined and we tried everything to get him to get out there and hustle but he wouldn't. Poor Mimi and Papa come all this way to watch Ty play soccer and all he could do was cry! What is up with that?! Better luck on Saturday Ty (and coach!)

With a perfect day of sunshine we decided to hit the beach--the only problem: While driving ten minutes to the ocean everyone in the back seat fell asleep before we arrived! So we left them in the car to sleep and we went for a walk on the sand. It was sunny but very windy and chilly. By the time we arrived and started leaving the kids woke up and were ready to fill up their buckets and play in the sand! We had already had our beach experience and were ready to go home! So we decided to make it up to them and go to the Blue Heron Cheese Factory instead and feed the goats! This was a lot of fun!

Sunday...
In between conference sessions we went for a Sunday stroll along the jetty. The temperature was perfect and we loved feeling the sunshine on our faces!

We enjoyed games as a family that evening--Go Fish and Old Maid are among our favorites! When someone asks Mara for a fish and she has it she replies "oh man!"

Monday...

We had a heat wave, or at least the hottest day of the year--near 70! We played all day outside at the beach, the park, riding bikes! Oh it was wonderful!

Tuesday...
All good times have to come to an end sometime! We had a fun day at the park in Portland before we sent Mimi and Papa back to Utah. We sure enjoyed all the fun times we had with them and we already miss them like crazy!