Project 365 (#112 - #125)

I'm baaaaccckkk! Did ya miss me? How fitting is it that my first post back from vacation is a Project 365 so you can get a glimpse of my entire vacation day by day :)

Sunday ~ #112/365

And we're off to Oregon! After about two hours of our first six hour leg of the trip, Bethany took a nap. Thank goodness too, because if one of them is napping it means she and Elisha are not fighting, teasing, poking, pinching, yelling, or scratching each other. Ya know, in other words they truly act like brother and sister :)

Monday ~ #113/365

After the initial hugs and kisses for the grandparents and the "my look how much you've grown!" the kids headed right for the Mule. I don't know what their infatuation is with this thing, but every year it becomes their playground for the days we spend at my mom and dad's house.

Tuesday ~ #114/365

Riding in the mule down the road to get my Mom and Dad's mail. In addition to climbing all over it the kids love riding on it.

Wednesday ~ #115/365

It's crazy the positions children find comfortable, isn't it?

Thursday ~ #116/365

The bigger the splash, the bigger the mischievious laugh you'll hear from Bethany.

Friday ~ #117/365

We went to see Yohn's brother Ray. Ray has autism and is legally blind and lives in an assisted living home about an hour from where my parents live. We make it a priority to see him every year and the kids like playing at his house. Too bad it rained this year!

Saturday ~ #118/365

We visited Yohn's family. This is a picture of our kids and his cousin's children. See how Haidee is looking at Elisha? That's just before she attacked him! We were all cracking up! Oh yeah, and don't miss Bethany's wonderful cooperative expression on the left.

Sunday ~ #119/125

Happy Fourth of July and Happy Birthday to me! This is me and the kids waiting for the fireworks to start and trying our best to stay warm.

Monday ~ #120/365

Today we road the old train on the Sumpter Valley Railroad. The train we rode on was buit in the 1860's and is the only remaining wood burning train of its age still in operating order in the United States.

Tuesday ~ #121/365

We visited some friends from our old church for dinner and then we went to their son's soccer game. That's him, the smiling red head in the middle of the photo.

Wednesday ~ #122/365

Only one more day left before we headed for home. I was taking pictures of the things I thought the kids would like to remember. This was the first time we actually saw the new baby calf at my parent's house nurse and the kids were captivated by it.

Thursday ~ #123/365

Bethany wanted to take pictures of Grandma's flowers before we left. We were walking around taking turns with the camera. I took this shot of the bee by accident.

Friday ~ #124/365

Welcome back to California!

Saturday ~ #125/365

When we returned home we found our Suburban covered in pollen from our tree. This is what it looked like today after we had driven it around. I think it needs a bath, what do you think?

That's our vacation in a nutshell! Thanks for letting me post two weeks at one time. Hope you'll check back later to see more of our fun. To see more great Project 365 photos or to join in on the adventure check out Sara's blog.