Fun at the Beach Last Weekend!

Last weekend I went to the beach with Dennis and Linda. It was just beautiful there...lots of sun! Of course, the day we left, though, a big fog bank came in and cooled things off quite a bit. Our hosts...Vern and Stacey, were so gracious! Thanks for the A1 Hospitality!!!!

Dennis and Vern chatting on the deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Vern and Stacey's Beach House! Isn't it just great?

Desi with the kiddos on the beach.

We are huddling up because it turned breezy and cold with the fog bank that came in while we were on the beach!

Saturday the weather was perfect! Here Linda and I enjoyed the deck. Thanks Dennis and Linda for a fun weekend!

Tara....our award winner!

PRHS held their awards last night and Miss Tara came out a winner! Tiah called me up at about 8:45pm and said we needed to go have ice cream and celebrate. Well, she didn't tell me what it was all about until Tara came in the front door with all her awards! Wow! We are so proud of her.

Here is our gal with the Outstanding Freshman Award, The Award for Academic Excellence in the Vocational Program (she is a member of FFA), A Certificate for Outstanding Citizenship and she also received an award for Outstanding Freshman Female Athlete! Way to go Tara!

Mother's Day Fun!!!

What can be said about this photo? My mom was a "champion" mushroom hunter and she always said "You know you are getting close to the mushrooms when you can smell them!" Ha! Tiah showed me how close we were to mushrooms! I tell you, I had the most awesome Mother's Day that I have ever had in my entire life. My girls made it so very special for me!!!! I was at home Sunday morning when at about 9am here comes Tiah and the kiddies all dressed up to hunt mushrooms and were ready to hit the hills. Well, it didn't take me long to get ready for the day! I cooked everyone bacon and eggs and then off we went to the Blue Mountains! Calli and her family joined us in the mountains and it did not take us long to find calf brain mushrooms. Of course, my favorite is the morel, but we only found a few of those! Actually, I think Dave was the only one who found the morels. It has been a tradition of mine to have Mother's Day lunch at the cafe in Meacham. I just loved their greasy hamburgers!Well, this year they were closed!!! We were all very hungry so we decided to head for LaGrande and eat KFC there. After our lunch we then shopped through a neat nursery in LaGrande and then back to home. Thanks Tiah and Calli for making my day so much fun!

Megan found a mushroom!

Briley and Taylor enjoyed throwing rocks down a ravine.

We did a little 4-wheeling! Calli and Tiah were having a blast in the back of Sonny's pickup!

Now, don't you think she is about the cutest little mushroom picker you have ever seen. I just love Miss Raegan's hat! It is so becoming!!!

I love this photo of Calli and Raegan.

Tiah and Dave at the Squaw Creek overlook. Just beautiful, isn't it?!!!

Here is the whole bunch. Boy, I just love them all! Thanks everyone...it was so much fun to be together on such a special day.

Tara's District Track Meet

It was a tough one for Tara! Her favorite race...the 400, she was primed and ready to go. It had been a tough week for her with a visit to the Emergency Room with abdominal pains, but she struggled through and made it to compete at District Track in Stanfield. It was a sunny, beautiful day, she had her family there to cheer for her and the starting gun split the silence and everyone was off the starting blocks. We could see early in the race that she was going to have a struggle. When she came around the last curve she was pumping her arms and trying as hard as she could, but as she got closer to the finish line...we knew it was going to be close...very close. She came in Third (only First and Second make it to State) and her world came crashing down. It took her a while to get her composure back, but she did!


Here she is on the podium with all the other gals that ran the 400. Tara found out she ran her Personal Best and we are so proud of her. All these other gals are older than her and a little more seasoned. We know we will see great things in the future! Now...on to next year!!!