Labor Day at the Tall Trees Grove

We went on a 4 mile round trip hike to the Tall Trees Grove for Labor Day. It was very nearly a perfect day. When we stopped for lunch we found lots of little frogs and lots of large banana slugs.

The kids were troopers and didn't complain about being tired or sweaty until the last ten minutes of climbing back up the mountain at the end of 4 miles.

After our long hike we were really sweaty and covered in dirt...so we stopped at the beach on the way home. The waves were big and we had fun trading dirt for sand and sweat for ocean water.

Weekend

This weekend we drove through the avenue of the giants.com stopped to play in the Eel river. We got soaking wet in our clothes and had a marvelous time. We also hiked through some of the forest and saw the Dyerville Giant.

Sunday night we went to Clam Beach and had more family fun.

This week we...

We took a ride on the Madeket around the bay

We used bubble wrap to paint

We colored and read and had fun doing it

In the Middle of Town

This is where we live!

Oregon Fun 2

 Making candy necklaces

Larch Mountain: we could see 5 volcanoes from up there!

Oregon fun

My mom had a hip replacement, so the kids and I came up to Portland to help her out this week...we've also had lots of fun with uncle Matt.

Camp

This week Ruth has beengoing to a day camp to learn about the coastal eco system here. They do crafts, read stories and hike on the beach, but I think her favorite part is that she gets to pack a lunch and take a back pack.

While she's away the rest of us go to the play ground, the zoo, museum or beach. Today Will learned to do the monkey bars. 

Now we're playing with geometry shapes and contact paper

Fern Canyon

Today we

Made Ruth a maxi skirt that she's been wanting

Made Will a holster for his gun and sword

Played dress up

Fed some ducks

Cut out the bodies we made yesterday