First Camping Trip of the year!

Last week, we packed up the motor-home and headed up to Fall Creek. Our friends, the Wescott's rented a group site, which ended up being a whole campground to ourselves.

 The sun decided to make an appearance, so Ella got stripped
down and sunscreened up.

I'm loving that she finally fits into her high-top converses

 Don't leave a 16 month old alone with a box of cheez-its

 Going to watch Dad take a dip in the lake...

It was a little too cold for Mommy and Boo!

 So we had a photo-shoot instead. Poor girl got my allergies!

I'm soo bummed about it! Hopefully she'll outgrow them.

  She loved picking up sticks and playing in the gravel.

 Here is her new cheeseball smile! What a ham!

 Our friend John and his wife Fifi, visiting from Taiwan stayed with us in the motorhome. 

 They have a sweet little girl Siena, who is 1 year and 1 day younger then Ella.

We went for a morning walk

 This was the view from our campground

 Ella and Siena were bumbo twins. She kept on patting her and saying baby.

Look how much she has grown in the last year! 

Now that I'm on summer vacation, 

I'm even more excited about camping this summer!

My favorite 5

It's 11:30 pm and I should be sleeping...
tomorrow is the last day of school.

I guess I'm just to excited to sleep,
I'm so looking forward to the next 2 months!

I have taken about 300 pictures in the last two weeks.
I'm saving some of the pics for a few catch-up posts when I
actually have a little extra time on my hands. 

Hello Summer!!!

Here are 5 of my favorites. 

Memorial Weekend

We spent Memorial Weekend on a little road trip to the coast with Mark's best friend Chad, his fiance Emily, and Dad Arden. Ella spent the night with my parents This was the longest we have both been away from her. We missed her like crazy, but she had a great time with grandma and grandpa!

This is the first trip the motorhome has taken since we got towed home from Sweethome. She drove like a champ.
I (heart) the motorhome. It's a party on wheels!

First stop was the cheese factory in Tillamook.

The farmer and the cow....

......hi, ho the dairy-o, the farmer and cow!

They seemed super excited to watch the factory
on a holiday break. (Nothing was moving)

Got Milk! 

 This was Emily's first taste of squeeky cheese! She loved it!

Next stop- free parking at the Casino in Lincoln City.

This is the only picture I took while we were at the casino.  
Mark Arden was the lucky winner! 

We stopped off on the way home at this scenic viewpoint.

 Thanks for a fun trip Oylers! Can't wait for more
fun times in California!

Two more weeks of school then I get to spend a lot
more time with this little bubbly baby! YAY!

Best Friends

Last Friday Ella invited her best friend Dakota to the park. She is so lucky to have such a great best friend. We love Dakota Lynn!

Here they are a year ago... Best Friends Forever or at least till they have a choice of it all!

30-1

A couple days after my birthday is Mark's special day. (Only one more year to the BIG 30!)  I love having our birthdays so close, it makes the party last even longer! On Thursday, we went to a very busy Red Robin with Mark's family to celebrate not only Mark's birthday but his brother Kyle's too. They have the same birthday.

Mark's Uncle and Mom. Can you see the family resemblance??

  The girls-me, Ella and Megan

 Kyle just left before the camera came out:(

Mark's Dad, Joyce, Keven and Miranda

 

On his actual birthday, Mark spent the entire day working in the yard. We are in the huge process of  redoing the entire backyard. Yay!!

That night we had a little party with our friends and family.

Check out that concentration on those cupcakes.

Give me that!

Yummmmy!

Ella is going to be so let down next week when we don't have a birthday to celebrate and cake and ice-cream to eat.

Happy Birthday Daddy!