Wiener of OZ.....just what can a person say about this????

The Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon held their annual "Wiener Dog Race" last Friday here in Pendleton. It has become a HUGE moneymaker for the Children's Museum. Of course, the public thoroughly enjoys the running of the wieners! This year's theme was "Wiener of OZ" and it was hysterical. How could you have a Wiener of OZ race without Dorothy and the Wicked Witch? Hmmmmmmmmm......they look a little familiar!

Could she be pointing at Toto?

Wow....the dogs even turned into witches!

Check it out....Main Street looks like Round-Up in June! People love this stuff.

This little wiener won the "Most Elegant" prize.

You can't have a wiener dog fashion show without a bun and some condiments!

This little gal won the funniest prize with her "big" dog dressed as Dorothy.

Everyone seemed to be so proud of their little dogs.

I thought this was very original.....a "Kissing Booth" with a little wiener inside covered in kisses!

Run wieners.....run!!!

This little guy gets a birds-eye view from his master's shoulders. No worrying about getting stepped on here.

This "howling" dog was the winner this year. As a matter of fact, the same dog won the races last year! Now...on to next year and the triple crown jewel!

Ending.....

Well, what can one say about this fellow?

I know he must have been so confused about many things, but he was a great entertainer. I like to remember him as he was in the 80s before he really got into all of his plastic surgery and personal problems. Yes, even though he did many, many crazy things, he was first and foremost a supurb entertainer. RIP!

Mushrooming Again...well, it was June 7th!

OK...Tiah really smelled the mushrooms on this trip!

Here is Tiah and her kiddies out hunting the elusive morels.

Wow, Dave found a winner!

We had a little "tailgate lunch".

Megan found a good one!

Our stash!

We found a couple of hitchhikers along the way!!! It was a fun, fun, day and we found a nice supply of the tasty things. Mmmmmm, dinner was great!

The PRINCESS Turns One!!!

Miss Raegan, aka The Princess, celebrated her first birthday on Sunday. It was a BEAUTIFUL day, full of perfect weather, wonderful food, great conversation and lots of relatives! Here Daddy is holding the guest of honor while everyone is singing "Happy Birthday"!

Calli did a wonderful job decorating Raegan's first birthday cake. Ummmmm, very delicious, too!

Here is the Princess with her regal crown before cake.

Oh boy, did she enjoy the cake or what?

Calli and Tiah check out their photos.

Grandma Trini and Her Royal Highness!

Mommie and Raegan...beautiful girls!

Daddy did a great job with the BBQd hamburgers for everyone. Yum!

Raegan's cake and presents.

Here she is...walking and having fun in the yard after her party. Look out world...she is mobile now! What a super, super day!

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.