July 4, 2014 on Oregon Coast

We enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July on the Oregon Coast with Megan, Jeremy and their family!  We spent lots of time riding bikes, playing baseball, having a breakfast at the church, participating in a parade in the little town of Gearhart, and a couple of days at the beach.  What a delightful time we all enjoyed.

 We even fit in an early birthday for Pa - since he only has them every so often!  Thanks to Hunter for his many streamers!

 Ah - the best - surrounded by grandchildren!

Some park fun 

Yummy breakfast at the church parking lot

 Shade was too much for some and they needed the sun:)

 Jeremy visiting with the best dressed patriot

 Kinda matching shirts!

 Getting ready for the parade

 Several families joined us at Megan's for the beginning of the parade - once the parade passed us we just joined in the march to the fire station for hot dogs!

Some decided face painting was just the ticket on the 4th

The day after the 4th, we went back to the beach and had our own fun - hot dogs taste so much better after being cooked on an open flame!

 Hyrum looking at a hat - don't think so!  Jeremy tunneled a long hole where Justin and his trusty hat could hide!

Marvelous weather, wonderful time together:)

Day Camp

Marcie and the Primary Presidency were in charge of 11 year old day camp today - and 19 boys showed up and had a great time.  Since you don't know any of the young men who attended (so those pictures won't mean anything), I decided to include just one picture of people you do know!  Love that hot dog:)

Wonderful long weekend!

We spent June 6-7 in Oregon with both of our families there and had a marvelous time.  We first met Brigg, Havalah and their two boys at OMSI in downtown Portland for a very fun visit to that fun science museum and had some beautiful vistas of downtown Portland.  Meg and Jeremy and family (and a friend of Megan's) joined us later that evening for dinner and then the 3 young women got to bed early in preparation for the 1/2 marathon they ran in Hillsboro the next morning.  They all made it and survived quite nicely and were so excited to have met their goal.  Later Saturday we drove to the coast to participate in Hyrum's first piano recital, which only lasted 45 minutes and was very nice.  At the end of the program, the teacher gave an award to the student who had practiced the most:  Hyrum.  After dinner with the Shakespear's we drove home to Lacey arriving way too late - but Marcie had a ward conference on Sunday so needed to get home.  What a great weekend we shared together.

The beautiful Willamette River and view of downtown Portland

Fun at OMSI

The 1/2 marathon - Amy and Megan with Hava and Luke in the background - can't see Brigg but he's there!

Make this one big so you can see Luke looking back for camera action!

 How nice of these 3 to stand in the proper order of their names on the poster!

 Happy sisters-in-law:)

Waiting in the dugout for a chance to play?

Recital 

Memorial Day on the Oregon Coast!

On Memorial Day weekend we were able to spend time with Megan, Jeremy and their family on the Oregon coast.   Saturday morning we were able to attend a baseball game that Hyrum and Hunter played in - they are on the same team sponsored by Dairy Queen and can't wait for the season to be over, 'cause guess where they get to go!  When we got home we were talking about "Right Field" a favorite song of ours from Peter, Paul and Mary - if you've never seen them sing it, it's worth checking it out - just Google "right field" by those 3 singers and you'll enjoy it!
Scott even got to coach 1st base for an inning and was delighted:)  Brigg and his family joined us on Saturday for dinner and lots of play time at Meg and Jeremy's home. Memorial Day was very nice and we walked the Promenade in Seaside and had a great time.  Here are a few photos!

At Cannon Beach on Saturday

Only picture to prove Brigg and Havalah joined us Saturday was this was one of Luke and diapered only Dallen:)

Beautiful day on the Promenade in Seaside

Justin is very fair and so has to be careful not to get too much sun - he wore my fleece and his big hat - from behind he looked like a little Hobbit!  And a cute one too:)

Evenings in Seaside usually end at CandyMan for their special $1 ice cream cones!

Northwest Trek

For Mother's Day weekend Megan, Jeremy and the 5 kids came to visit - we had a wonderful time.  Friday we spent some time at the Hands-On Children's Museum, Friday night we celebrated Megan's birthday (last Wednesday), Saturday we spent the bulk of the day at Northwest Trek and Sunday in church!  What a wonderful time we had together.  Here are a few photo highlights of the weekend.

The porcupine became one of our favorites!  Oh - and Jeremy too!!

Majestic and beautiful bald eagles

Regal mountain goat

Large bison

We sat and watched two grizzly bears for quite some time - we enjoyed how close they were

Hyrum had asked us to help us with a school project in taking photos with "Flat Stanley" so we took him along this trip and got lots of great pictures - including this one being "eaten" by a stuffed grey wolf!

We saw lots more animals than shown - river otter, raccoon, wolverine, beaver, bighorn sheep, caribou, barn and snowy owls, golden eagles, deer, elk, lynx, bobcat, cougar, turkey vulture, red fox, grey wolf and some snakes.  The weather was cool and the animals were out! We also saw lots of baby animals which we have never seen at NW Trek before!

BYU Volleyball

Scott had the chance to go with his Mom and his sister Becky to the semi-final match of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference volleyball tournament.  BYU played UC Santa Barbara in the Smith Fieldhouse at BYU and won 3-0.  They had a wonderful time and were able to capture some fun pictures.

 

First  - it was a beautiful day and the "Y" was most evident on the mount

Here we are getting ready for the match - we arrived just a little early - the place did fill up!

 The final score in the 3rd set - note that BYU had won the previous 2 sets!

 Becky and Mom with 6'8" Michael Hatch who set a personal record of 13 blocks during the match

 With fan favorite Josue Rivera from Puerto Rico

 With one of the "official" volleyballs used during the match

 Posing with Taylor Sander - who is BYU's best player and may possibly be the NCAA national volleyball player of the year.  Note President Samuelson off to the right with whom they had a chance to visit afterwards.