August

We went to visit Tim and Kira in Portland the first weekend in August and had a blast! It's was a nice quick trip but so worth the time, we feel blessed to live close enough to them to see them more often now! We went to the Oregon Zoo, ate at food trucks, went to the Rose Garden’s, celebrated our niece Anna 5th birthday, visited Powell’s bookstore, hiked to Multnomah Falls and ate a yummy Thai restaurant. But man oh man was it a scorcher—Like 98* and everything we did was outside…I think we may have had a mild case of heat exhaustion.


Neal’s parents came and stayed a few days with us on their way back from Portland (they went there to celebrate Anna’s bday too) and we celebrated Nea'l’s bday a little early…his parents bought him a shotgun and he was so shocked he couldn’t stop smiling I truly think it was probably his best birthday ever :)

While they visited we went shooting (with the new shotgun) and Neal’s dad also brought his hand guns and bow and arrows so we went and played with everything and had a blast (no pun intended haha). We visited Bowl and Pitcher, played pinochle and Neal got them in for eye appointments. We always love having them come visit—they are so easy going!

I have the best hubby in the world! He surprised me Aug 7 and had these flowers delivered to ask me on a date. <3