We recently returned from another Oregon adventure. We had a nice, relaxing time. Christina's cousin Shani graduated from high school and Elijah turned 7 on the same day, so we had a couple of eventful days. Here's some photos.
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| Clarissa with long hair. Stay tuned. |
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| Carson and cousin Peyton with ice cream. |
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| Grandpa and grandma's driveway is more photogenic than mine. |
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| Elijah had been super excited for his birthday, for about the previous 10 months. He wanted to open a present at breakfast, and hit it big with Utah stuff. |
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| The Cove. The wind was trying to blow me 500 feet off the edge. I let the kids come out to look , but only one at a time because of the wind. |
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| For Lijah's birthday, all the family went bowling and had pizza and cake. |
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| Pretty good technique for a 7 year old. And his ball matched his shoes. How about that. |
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| About to blow out the candles. That look on his face captures perfectly the anticipation and enthusiasm he was feeling that day. I don't recall any child ever being so excited for a birthday. |
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| Christina was commissioned with making a high school graduation cake for a very large group. The cake was like 2 X 3 feet. She did an incredible job and did the Madras White Buffaloes proud. |
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| Here we are with Shani the graduate. We're all proud of her and know she has a bright future. |
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| Carson helping grandpa with a little sanding. He and grandpa also worked on building a birdhouse, that now resides in our backyard. |
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| That's Oregon for ya. |
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| And now, Clarissa with short hair. Aunt Alex cut it just before we left Oregon. It was a spontaneous decision but we really love how it turned out. |
