Hail to the Birthday Queen!

Cheers to Miss Renee aka: THE QUEEN on her 44th Royal Birthday Celebration!

Yesterday Amy, Kathleen, Melisa and myself helped Renee celebrate her very, very big day at the Great Pacific. Renee was a vision of royalty as she politely, and delicately opened each package and gasped at the contents! Not! I swear she could have been a comedian and done quite well for herself as she kept all of us in stitches.

We took a pizza break between packages and the pizza was awesome! I had never had GP pizza before and now I know what I have been missing. Of course, we had some wine and hard cider to help our taste buds along the way.

Dear Ronda knitted a BEAUTIFUL BIKINI for the Queen! Yes sirreee! We couldn't get her to model it though. RATS! That could have been pretty entertaining. Maybe we didn't have enough wine!

Believe it or not, Renee had a band play for her "birthday court"! Yup! Although, I don't think they were playing "our" kind of music, but we enjoyed it none the less. I left a little early (due to the LOUD music) and I guess I missed the Moment of the night....the band played Happy Birthday to Renee. So sorry I missed this one.

All in all, it was a super dooper evening and I am so glad I got to share it with my friends! Happy Birthday Renee!

Model A's in Town!

Check out these wonderful cars! They have been a treat for all of us town! We are hosting a Model A Convention here and everyone is having such fun viewing these antiques! This is our parking lot today....quite different! Enjoy!

Moon Sand anyone?

Smile Kiddies! It is so much fun to "smoosh" Moon Sand through your fingers!! If you haven't tried it...you don't know what you are missing, believe me! Of course, Mom's usually don't like the stuff, but that is OK 'cause there is always grandma!

Have you ever played with Moon Sand? It is really, really interesting stuff. I have no idea what it is actually made of, but the kids love it. Nicki bought some for Beau when she was here last week. He was soooo happy to get this stuff. Many times as he and I shopped Wal-Mart, he would point out the Moon Sand and want some.

Dinner at Hamley with Nicki

Nicki and I had so much fun at Hamley on Sunday evening. We did some "fine dining" and had a marvelous time. The dinner was top notch! We both had halibut, baked sweet potato with sour cream and also a very delicious green salad. The many flavors were such a treat to our taste buds! Here Nicki is calling her husband, Wayne, after dinner. Communications are a little different out here in the West! Can you hear me now?!!!
Of course, after dinner, we cuddled up to this impressive cowboy! What a hunk!

Here we are toasting the evening! Thanks Hamley for great memories! Nicki is looking forward to sharing an evening with Wayne at Hamley next time he is up this way.

Sultry Sunday!

Well, it is Sunday and I am visiting with my cousin Nicki from Phoenix! We just went shopping at Hamley and had a great time. We both picked up some treasures. After our shopping adventure we stopped by Hamley Coffee Shop and had some naughty sweetness (cinnamon roll) along with our coffees. Over coffee, we discussed our wonderful purchases and what fun thing we could do next. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, we are STILL trying to decide what to do next. Perhaps dinner at Hamley?!!!



I'm signing off for now. Have a great Sunday evening!

It's Sunday Night...Where did the weekend go?

Saturday we journeyed to John Day to watch Megan and Tara play tournament softball. It was soooooo hot over there! We took an E-Z Up that gave us shade, which was a lifesaver. Both of the girls lost their games, but we enjoyed watching them play...always do! We had Beau spend the night with us both Friday and Saturday nights! He is so much fun to have around. Actually, He and I slept outside on Saturday night. I think the minute our heads hit the pillows we were out like a light, until that morning sun woke us up!

Tell me, who do you think has a bigger mouth? The fish or Beau! I think Beau has it by a hair (or should I say scale)!!!

He had a great time today playing in his pool with this clever fish toy. It floats with its mouth open, you thow in a ball, it takes it to the bottom of the pool and leaves it, then comes to the top of the water for more! He was quite entertained with the whole thing.

Well, I hope everyone's weekend was as great as mine. Now...on to Monday!!!

Tiah becomes a HOMEOWNER!

Yup, today Tiah signed the papers pertaining to her purchase of a home. It is her very first time at homeownership and she is very, very excited. I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments! We had dinner tonight and toasted to her new endeavor! Way to go!

It was a GLOWING 4th of July!

We had a very "Glowing" 4th of July. The kiddies filled their pool and had so much fun in the water. Later we had a BBQ...great steaks Earl! Megs, Tara & Beau put on a skit in the back yard, held a raffle and also sang songs, then read us a story about the United States flag. Doesn't get much better than this! As it was beginning to get dusk, we pulled out the glow sticks! What a blast! See I told 'ya we had a glowing time! We kinda look like a whole bunch of aliens from outer space, huh? The kids loved the look! After we took this photo, we found a hill with a great vantage point so we could view the city's fireworks display. It was beautiful....as always!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Happy 4th of July to all my FRIENDS! If you haven't planned on it, you need to make your way down to McKay Park tonight for the fireworks display. It will begin at 10 p.m. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! LAND THAT I LOVE!!

Painting and Painting and Painting.......

Look out Dave...Tiah has your backside!

I think Tiah gave too many orders! Problem solved!!

Smile...oops...can't see through all the painter's tape!

Meg and her creation for her wall. Very chic!

You know, some people are just messy! Ha! We had LOTS OF FUN painting! Tiah is getting her new house just the way she wants it before move in day...which is just around the corner. These late night painting sessions are lots of fun.