Saturday, August 31, 2013

Beach fun

My mom and sisters came to visit for a week and we had so much fun!  Since I have moved here 3 years ago I have yet to have a good day at the beach, but this one wasn't have bad, so I will take it.
We decided to go to Lincoln City which was nice.  It was somewhat warm, but foggy which as most of you know is just typical Oregon coast weather.

 The kids still had a blast playing in the water and in the sand.  McKenna got buried by Auntie and Isla. Graysen loved playing in the water with grandma and playing in the sand with the buckets.


  It was fun to be there with my mom, sisters and my niece and nephew.  It is so cool that the beaches and places we used to go growing up are now places we can take our own kids.  It makes it so much more special.


Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Graysen's 3rd birthday

I can't believe that my little man is already 3 years old!  He is such a wonderful little boy and is such a character.  The things that come out of his mouth are just so funny. He is so smart, and he pretty much potty trained him self a couple of weeks ago.  He loves everything and wants to be just like his big sister.  He is so fun and such a sweet little boy.  I love how he has so much energy, but can entertain himself.  If you give him a stick or rocks he is a happy camper.
For his birthday we had some yummy cinnamon rolls and eggs when he woke up, and he got to us the special birthday plate.
 He was so happy it was his birthday and he felt so special.  I made him a sign that said Happy Birthday and hung it on the wall.
After we got ready, we headed up to Beaverton to go to Pump it up, or as Graysen says "pump a dump." That is where Graysen wanted to go for his birthday so we wanted to make him happy.  We went to lunch first when we got up there with Grandma and Aunt Lynette, and then we headed over to pump it up.
The kids had so much fun there!  There were not a lot of kids there which was so nice because they had the big slide all to themselves.  They pretty much spent the whole time going down the big slide, but I didn't mind because then I don't have to follow them everywhere :)
After a couple hours they got tuckered out so we decided to head home. Daddy couldn't come to Pump it Up because he had surgery on his hip and he wasn't feeling too well, so it was nice to see him when we got back to Gram and Papa's, and Papa was there too.
We got some pizza from costco and had dinner outside on the deck which was really nice.  I love eating outside when it is nice.  I like that Graysen is old enough to tell us what he wants, it makes planning so much easier for me.  He wanted pump it up, pizza and a spider man cake; easy!
Graysen got open his presents after dinner, and he was so excited!  He picked out which ones he wanted to open first.  He got a lot of neat things.  He got a light up pillow pet because sister had one and so that he was he wanted, a spider man doll, clothes, planes, a dinosaur stuffed animal and a puzzle and a book, and a tool set.  He was ecstatic about all the toys and things he got and wanted to play with them right away.
We sang him Happy Birthday and had spider man cake and ice cream which was sooo good! He kept digging into the cake and eating all the frosting off the sides of the cake and the middle, he loved it.  I am glad he had such a good time and that we could share it with family.  I love my little man and am so happy with the person he is and becoming.