I know, It's Been Awhile

I know, I know. It's been awhile since I posted on our blog. Life has gotten a little crazy around our house the past month. The girls went back to school on the 21st of August--Jayde started 5th grade and Abby started 2nd grade. Time truly flies, and kids grow up way too fast!

Bailee (our neighbor), Jayde, & Abby

Goodbye!! Have a great first day of school!

Steve and I had the opportunity to go to the Grand Targhee Bluegrass Music Festival this year for your anniversary. It was pretty cool--except the rain poured down on us for about 2 hours!! The crouds were amazing! It was kind of like a mini-Woodstock with barefoot hippies dancing in the rain and mostly everyone else a little tipsie from drinking. It's actually a 3-day event, but we only went to one day. The music was great, but the audience was a little strange.

At the Bluegrass Music Festival

Just a small part of the crowd at the festival.

The next day we rode the chair lift up to the top of the ski hill, and after checking out the view, hiked to the bottom. It took about 2 hours to hike down, so I'm glad we didn't decide to hike up!

The view of the Tetons from the top of the ski hill. Breathtaking!!

Cake

Here is a picture of my most recent Wedding cake creation. The cake topper/sider :) was made by the bride's sister. I thought it was a great little addition to this simple, elegant cake.

Pics From OREGON

Here are the greatest pictures from our trip to Oregon this Summer. Check out the pictures and then read all about it in my post at the bottom!

The Log Ride at the Enchanted Forest (That's Steve, Jayde & Abby)

Pretty crazy kids!!

Grandma Bess, Cleo and Lewis with the Girls

Grandma's dock on the lake

Pics From OREGON

At the bay in Newport, OR

Paddleboating in Grandma's Lake

The Enchanted Forest

My little Bree in Wonderland

Bree was too afraid to go near the witch, so here are Jayde and Abby getting swallowed by the wicked witch!

Pics From OREGON

Grandma's lake in her backyard

Driftwood from the tidepools and Yaquina Head

Hey, um, Abby.....There's a shark behind you!

Super cool tiny jelly-fish

Very cute girls at the Oregon Coast Aquarium!

OREGON

Yaquina Head Lighthouse 1873 (over a century old!)

The rocky beach at Yaquina Head

Some interesting facts and stories!

http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=133

We had to walk up all those stairs!!

This was my favorite tree in Grandma's backyard!! :)

We went on the best Summer vacation to Oregon! Steve's grandma lives on a beautiful berry farm in Woodburn (about 30 miles south of Portland). She has a large lake in her backyard that the girls absolutely loved! They paddle-boated every day looking for fish and frogs and catching huge bullfrog tadpoles.

One of the days we went out to the coast in Newport. See the cool pictures of the rocky shore, ocean, and the way cool century-old lighthouse. Of course, it was quite chilly on the coast (about 60 degrees), but we felt right at home after living in Idaho for so long and having crazy long winters and a late Spring this year! We also went to the Oregon aquarium where we saw the largest crabs in the world (Asian Spiders Crabs) and walked through glass tunnels with sharks swimming around us. The girls had the time of their lives!

We also went to the Enchanted Forest, a theme park built into the side of a mountain surrounded by a beautiful green canopy forest. What a great place!

It was really sad to leave because we felt right at home there at Grandma's house. It was kind of like having to leave the garden of Eden! Anyway, we arrived home safely and are already planning to go back!!

My Beautiful Girls!!

BREEShe knows she's cute!

ABBY Such a smart little girl!

JAYDE

The kindest kid to every live!