Saturday with Greg, Marla and Olivia

Great Saturday! First we got some coffee (hot chocolate for Olivia) at Stumptown (but forgot the pictures). Then drove to Rocky Butte State Park which was a new and awesome experience. There are so many fun things to do in our city! Of course, we had to include a record store. And, we made a final stop at Cha Cha Cha for a small bite to eat. We have been wanting to try it and we will likely go again.

Deer tracks

 

 

 

 

 

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Olivia's doll tea party

Cousin Sharon gave Olivia an old tea set and she loves it! The dolls came from Grandma and Grandpa Straub. Doesn't the food look yummy?

 

More photo booth pictures by Olivia

Here are a few more creations by Olivia.

Greg

 

Marla

 

Louis

 

Olivia

 Olivia was playing on the photo booth app of my iPad. I love these pictures.

 

Weather

 So, I never said how I liked the Blogsy app after I finished my last post. There is only a small learning curve, but since my time is always full of constant interruptions it took me a couple of days to complete. Also, I don't know how to go back and correct anything that has been posted, or if that is possible. I haven't looked into it, though I did make a punctuation error; it is still there. 

On to a new post regarding our unusual weather this last week.

To avoid boring details let me say that we had snow, rain, hail and sun at various times on Sunday alone. We were all hoping to get a snow day and a break from school, work and childcare, but no such luck. Except for Greg. He finally went to work Thursday, but they sent him home because of the incredibly heavy rain. He did work a full day on Friday. It was nice to have him home, but no pay is not so nice. We will manage fine.

Sunday:

 

Monday morning the snow began falling in big thick flakes. We could absolutely not believe they didn't cancel school. The kids at the bus stop, there are probably 15, were all throwing snowballs and running around through the snow. The parents were taking pictures wondering if the bus was actually going to show up. It did and the kids looked as though they were being hauled off to prison their faces were so sad and sorry for the play to be ending. Our kids did build a small snowman before we went in to breakfast. 

Lincoln and Taylor and Olivia as we are leaving for the bus stop on the other side of the complex.

 

 

By the time school was out it was hard to remember what the snow had looked like and the snowman was sinking sadly away.

 The rest of the week was pouring rain which caused terrible flooding in other areas. We were thankful to miss out on that consequence.

First Blogsy post

 I have just downloaded the Blogsy app to my iPad. It looks super great. We'll see how I feel at the end of this post. 

The weather has been cold, but clear and beautiful. We had some heavy wind and enjoyed the beauty from our windows. Then the wind died down and even I went outside and felt the fresh air. The porch was coooold seating though.

 Last October we began taking care of twin girls who live two doors down from us in our complex. They are now six months old and so much fun. On this day, I knew Otto was playing with Kayla! and Haily was nearby, but was surprised to see them both on his lap. Then, as I was taking some pictures, Ruby came over for some attention, too. So sweet!