The Oregon Zoo

This past Monday, we went to the Oregon Zoo. We rented a double stroller and we were off! We had a chance to visit all the animals at the zoo. I think the girls favorite was the baby elephant. We got to see him being fed and the zookeeper was teaching him new commands. Peyton got a chance to speak to a zookeeper about the mommy elephant, so she learned something new about elephants. We even got to ride on the train that goes throughout the zoo. It was such a beautiful day!

Baby Ella Playdate

The girls had a special playdate with Ella and they had so much fun. Ella has a water table and Peyton took it upon herself to dump water over Logan and Ella's head. She was cooling them off since it was so hot outside. Check the last picture in this post. Can you see why Peyton has a big smile on her face?

Slipping n Sliding

The pictures speak for themselves. The kids love sliding, especilly when it's hot! What a perfect summer day with friends.

Crystal Cove

The girls and I headed to the beach this past Sunday, since it was going to be warm that day. I decided we would go back to Crystal Cove, as we have only been there one other time. We had a nice long walk to the beach from where we parked the car. On our way to the beach, we were walking on the paved trail and I noticed a cat walking towards us. Once I got a closer look, I noticed it was a bobcat! I pretty much freaked because I knew it was too big to be a house cat. I picked up Logan, grabbed Peyton's hand and we proceeded to walk in the opposite direction. I kept looking back as we were walking and it was still following us. We finally ran in to another family that was walking towards the beach and they could tell I was panicing a bit. As the bobcat noticed a large group of people, it finally ran in to the brush. I briefly, thought... why am I not at Newport Beach, this wouldn't happen at Newport! The girls had lots of questions about what bobcats eat, where do they live, will it come get us on the beach, etc. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous when we had to walk back to the car. I made sure we walked back with a group of people and not by ourselves.

Despite the bobcat "issue" and the seaweed flies, we had a great time at Crystal Cove. Safe to say, the girls LOVE the beach.

4th of July Weekend

Main St.

4th of July started very early at our house this year. Both girls woke up before 7:00 a.m. because they wanted all the festivities to begin. Around 8:00 a.m., I decided we should go to the parade on Main St. and meet our good friends. I'm so glad we went! We had the best time ever and had a front row seat for the parade. The house we were at provided all their guests with hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, donuts, popsicles, drinks, bubbles (and the list goes on and on). It truly was the best place to watch the parade!



The little girl asked Peyton and Logan if they wanted their face painted... that was the theme of their 4th!

Logan playing with her bubbles.

More face painting.




Enjoying the parade.

 




Happy 4th of July... now mom, put away the camera already!

 

Peyton handing out peanuts.




One of Peyton's favorite people!

 
Our Neighborhood Block Party

The kids decorated their bikes for the parade.

All the bikes followed the fire truck around the neighborhood for the parade.

Peyton's friend from school.

And... even more face painting!