Back on-line in Oregon!!

We made it to my mom and dad's house here in Warrenton about 3 weeks ago. Since then we have been busy unpacking and getting our room looking nice, Barry went job hunting and found work at Safeway in the produce department, and I have been helping out mom and babysitting Tiffy's kids after school and watching my own twin girls. It is never boring around here. There is always some drama or problem that needs to be solved. Our to-do list is never ending and I can't even make a dent in the chore list. I want to multiply myself about four more times to get everything done each day. It should get better once the kids get on a good school schedule and stop crying every night before bed. Our girls are doing great...they are gaining weight and looking pretty cute. They go in for their four month old shots on Friday. Barry is taking them by himself because I am going to Lincoln City for dental work with Dad and Mom. I lost a filling in a tooth eating Banana Nut Crunch cereal. Emphasis on the word "nut". It broke the filling out of my back tooth. Here are some pictures from our time here so far.Rhiannon and her friends, Alexa and Meagan in the background wearing their party headbands and acting like typical nine year olds. They had a blast at the birthday party and spent the night too.Alexa showing me the back of her party headband.Everyone jumping on the trampoline after the cake and ice cream. It was kind of rainy that day and the sun was just peeking out in the evening.Alexa, Meagan, Rhiannon and Gracie the neighbor's dog. Here is Jack, another neighbor's dog and Gracie with one of the boy's socks in her mouth. The dogs come to the backyard and chew the kids shoes, eat plastic glasses that are left out and poop and pee in the yard. Mom is tired of the dogs visiting everyday and tells the kids to send their dogs home. Mom and dad don't even have a dog and they have about three dogs and a couple of cats who all want to be in their yard. Jack goes in the garage and gets into any trash it can find. They are cute dogs but they cause a lot of problems.Birthday boy Ryder and his friend Justin. Justin is a twin to Maddy and they are five and go to Ryder's school.

Maddy, the twin to Justin, Meagan, Nana, and Alexa all posing for another goofy picture.Opening presents and acting silly...that was the theme for the night. After the party, the girls changed clothes and watched the Hannah Montana 3-D movie. They danced and sang to all the songs. They had sleeping bags on the living room floor and made it really comfy.Grandpa was holding Brenna and talking to her. She can baby talk really good and can even laugh out loud now. I have a video clip of her and grandpa.

Our first sighting of the elk. I took Tiffy's boys and the twin girls with me for a long walk to the park. While using the convenient port-a-potty we heard some rustling in the woods and saw the elk. They are huge when you get closer, much bigger than horses. You can't get too close because they can charge you. Close up of the elk. It is a herd of about 13 elk with one male who is in charge of the females and young baby elk. We are so fascinated by them and take numerous pictures of them everytime we see them. Deer are cute but elk are so majestic in their stance.Ryder with his bike. He rode it all the way to the park and back home. He doesn't even need training wheels.Racer on his little bike. He was a real trooper making it on the long trip. He got tired for a little boy. His bike has training wheels still on. They might be coming off pretty soon.