mile.stone

noun-
a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development, or the like of a person

VANDALISM

 some neighborhood kids came over and wanted to make a fort with some boxes on the side of the house. i said it was fine. but then they left and i went outside to see what they made. i saw they had written on the house with PERMANENT marker.

awesome.

the little kid who did the writing said "your son said you said it was ok"

awesome.

the fort, when they were all done

AND... DENALI LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH!!

oh the milestones in a young mans life.

ma·jes·tic

-adj  1. having or displaying majesty or great dignity; grand; lofty

Ben ditched work on his birthday and so a road trip was definitely called for. First stop was...

 ...Crater Lake National Park. Pictures can never do it justice.

Roen eating snow and Miner pondering life's purpose or pooping.

 

Marlo feeding birds. They were grabbing it from her hands. Also shows how tall the snow banks were.

  We took the long way back and stopped in Klamath Falls the boys threw rocks in the river.

Bo showing his grand rock that he is about to throw in the river.

 Miner's rock for the throwing party.

 Let the games begin. The rock throwing contest was into the beautiful Klamath River.

 Mt. McLoughlin with Willow lake in the foreground. The peak is just shy of 10000 and on a clear day reigns over the Rogue Valley.

Minerboy and Ben walking the dock of Lake of the Woods. Still mostly frozen.

eas.ter

–noun 
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ

the easter bunny visited our house and left eggs for the kids to collect and a basket full of easter goodies.

We love our Savior Jesus Christ and are so grateful for his triumphant resurrection.

port.land

–noun

a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. 366,383.

 

nice face miner!

are you kidding me!!!

thanks grama for the rain gear

this is MULTNOMAH FALLS 

beautiful!!!!

riding the city train. super fun.

Breakfast at the "byways cafe"

unbelievable!!!

the portland childrens museum

super cool bikes the kids loved them.

a bike convention where everyone got to ride fun bikes

the car ride

the food was so good we could only take a picture of the empty plate!

 and dinner at "blue plate" 

so good!!!!