not much of a mirror

We managed to make the hour-ish drive to hike to Mirror Lake with the Gneitings. It was much smaller than we were expecting and a little bit windy so the water wasn't as ripple-free and mirroresque as is should be. It was beautiful nonetheless--and so nice to get out of the humid heat we'd been having in Portland.

Scarlett loved the freezing water! She passed our test and was allowed to go swimming the next day--not in the cool mountain water of Mirror Lake though.

Scarlett looks like she's asleep in the above picture, but she wasn't. She was trying to cower from the big mean sun in her face. But by the time we got back to the car, Scarlett was out. You would have thought that she just walked 3 miles. Being carried...walking...it's all the same to her.

goonies never say die!

Since we are a sans GPS family now, we went in search of Chester Copperpot's remains semi-old-school-style with print outs from google maps.  I am afraid that Chester is long gone.

We found Mikie's house though! I was doing the truffle shuffle (shirt down) until the neighbor walked out of Data's house. I felt so dumb, but I bet I'm not the only one that's done it besides Chunk outside this house.

Data's house. I need to get me some slick shoes...

We stopped off at the Astoria column. The view was great.

Oops. I mean the view was great. We had a little picnic, bought $0.75 gliders, climbed the 164 stairs, and tossed them off. I wished I had more than one glider. It was so fun! If mine hadn't landed in the woods and Michael's in a blackberry bush, we would have gotten them and thrown them off again. It was that fun.

 

Next on our Goonies tour was the County Jail (now museum). I have now walked on the same ground as the Fratelli's. 

If you blink you'll miss this part of the movie. Mikie's dad works as a curator here at the Flavel house. The bottom right is the scene from the movie. The house is gorgeous! and it has huge doors!

This is the bowling alley where Chunk watched the police chase of the Fratelli's escaping from jail. We should have gone inside and gotten pizza and smashed it against the window. I am sure the owners wouldn't have minded...we would have been recreating history!

Chillin' on the docks.

I asked Michael if those were moving. The conversation went a little like this:

J: Are those moving?

M: What?

J: That. (pointing)

M: No, it's attached the ground.

J: What? Really? Why?

M: Something about docking, etc. etc.

J: But it's way out there! They look like ships to me.

M: The ships?!?! I though you were pointing to this! (talking about the dock we were standing on)

Anyway. 

No Goonies adventure is complete without going to Cannon Beach.

You see that seagull? He's standing in the water that the Fratelli's drove through to get onto Cannon Beach. 

Our attempt at a family photo. In the middle one the camera is falling. Just imagine Michael saying, "The camera is faaaaallllliiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggggg!" and me saying, "NoooooOOOOooooo. Sttaaaaayyy!"

 

It was the perfect day. Goonies stuff, gliders off Astoria column, more Goonies stuff, unholy amounts of guacamole chips with salsa fresca, even more Goonies stuff and the beach! The weather was perfect. The beach got a little too breezy for Miss Little though.

But she faired our journey just fine. She is already a Goonies fan. The night before, as I was trying to feed her before bed, all she wanted to do was watch the movie with us.

The end.

thanks mishy

1.Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk

2.What's you favorite color? I don't have one. I like groups of colors (i.e. navy blue and canary yellow, red and aqua, etc.). But in the inevitable hypothetical situation where someone is holding a gun to my head and asks, "WHAT'S YOU FAVORITE COLOR!" I think I might have to say lime green.

3. Do you have any creative hobbies? Check here, here, here, here, and here. I'll let you decide.

4. What was your favorite subject in school? Art. and math. Does that make me really dorky?

5. What is your favorite season? Why? I like winter (as in a real winter with snow) and summer. Not a fan of transitional seasons.

6. Who inspires you to sing like crazy when nobody is around? Who? I thought you said nobody was around? Well, I guess that just leaves me. Me and The King.

7. What is you favorite dessert? Can you make it? Depends on my mood....

8. How did you learn to cook? I always liked helping my mom make dinner. That and I watch far too much Food Network. It's kind of an addiction. Michael hates it.

Tag! YOU are it!

closing prayer

"Heavenly Father, 

Thank you for killing the dinosaurs.

Amen."

Amen, little four-year-old boy that just said a swear word 2.6 minutes earlier. A.men.


p.s. Our lesson was not about dinosaurs...or swear words...


Note: If you are just tuning in, I teach CTR 4-7 in our ward (for non-LDS, this means I teach the 4 through 7 year olds Sunday school). And they really do say the darnedest things.

we've adopted!

We are now proud parents of this "tiny" guy.

Meet Jebediah. He's a 65" monolith of a TV. We inherited him from some pretty awesome people. 

I hope he enjoys our home for the time being. When we move in a year, however, I hope I haven't fallen too deeply in love with him. Although we may never have to step foot in a theater ever again, he is quite the lard-O and he takes up a lot of room.

Here's to Jebediah!

farmer's market love

This is our loot from this morning's excursion to the Gresham Farmer's Market. Kirby cucumbers, fresh vine ripened tomatoes (there was another one, but we ate it as soon as we got home--SO GOOD), giant peaches, oyster mushrooms, shitake mushrooms, and some maitake mushrooms. All grown here in Oregon.

The mushroom guy was really nice. They were a bit on the pricey side, but he had samples of cooked mushrooms and I couldn't resist. Plus, you can't get these guys in the grocery store. Can't wait to make something awesomely delicious with them!

so old so soon

My baby is becoming less and less of a baby everyday! {tear} 

I never really understood those Moms that were all, "My 'baby' (who is now in the their teens, 20's etc.) is blah blah blah.... but they were born just yesterday!" Oh man, I am totally going to be that mom! {face in hand} Weird. I'm a mom. Yeah, that is still sinking in.

Scarlett is 5 months olds today! 5 months! She is pretty much ginormous. She is starting to outgrow her 0-3 month clothes and it makes me kind of sad. But I guess she is five. months. old. 

Here's our petite little 5 month flower.

She loves playing with her feet, playing with her feet in the bath tub, chomping her toucan, eating solid food (the tasty pureed stuff...not the cereal stuff), sliming everything she can put in her mouth not excluding the clothes she is wearing, grabbing Daddy's scruffy face, singing/chatting, not taking afternoon naps, and wiggling through church.

Scarlett makes us laugh everyday. We love her. She's awesome. (She's not going to grow up with a huge ego or anything....)


p.s. Michael looked at the pictures and she's totally pulling a face in the second one down, but he said, "I hope people don't think she really looks like that." :)