The Oregon Zoo!

The girls went with Gramma and Aunt Kate to the zoo on Wednesday. They had a great time looking at all the animals and spending time with Gramma and Kate. They followed up the zoo with a trip to pizza afterwards. A fun time was had by all!

IT'S A BOY!!!

Today was our last committee. It was for Ricardo, an 8 year old boy. It has been very emotional knowing this was our last. It turns out that WE WON!!! We have a boy!!! Ricardo will be a Harding. We will first start with visits, but eventually he will come to live with us.
Keep an eye out for further news and pictures:)

Nicole's European Music Trip

Nicole started a blog about her European trip she is taking next summer. She will keep us up to date on fund raising and show pictures when she gets back.
Here it is:
http://europeanflute.blogspot.com/

Conversation on the way to Sauvie Island...

Amanda,"When I grow up I am going to own a yacht!"
Nicole, "When I grow up, I am going to own a boat!"
Rob, "I'd just like to have a jet ski!"

This tells you something about my family doesn't it!

Peach Picking on a HOT day!

Probably one of the hottest days of the summer is not the most ideal day to go to the farms to pick peaches...but of course...there are only so many days when we can all go together. We went to the Sauvie Island farms and picked 40lbs of peaches yesterday. We all decided we were really glad that we didn't grow up on a farm...because we thought that we were going to die in the heat. But the peaches were delicious...and so was the great pie my mom made with them! Luiza had never heard of doing such a thing and didn't think she liked peaches...until she tried a tree ripened one! Nothing better in my opinion.

Camping with the Torgerson's

August 8th through August 10th, we went camping with the Torgerson family. We stayed at Nehalem Bay State Park from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. When we got to the park Friday, it was raining. We set up the Torgerson tent and we set up our trailer, hoping it would stop raining soon. We woke up Saturday to more rain and decided to head to Tillamook.

After going to the Tillamook cheese factory for cheese, sandwiches and ice cream, we did some shopping in Nehalem. By the time we got back to our trailer/tent site it had stopped raining. The children and the dads went to the beach while us moms got some quiet time:)

Luiza thought she was freezing while the rest of the kids where playing in the water.

Sunday morning we all sat in the trailer while Rob made breakfast. Paul, the paparazzi, was taking pictures through the windows as we all sat in the trailer.

After breakfast we packed up and were ready to go.. We left at one o'clock. We went into Cannon Beach and had some lunch and looked through shops on our way home.We had a great weekend with the Torgerson family and can' wait to do it again.
Even Arnie the dog had a great time!

Downtown by MAX!

Last week we took Lu downtown to Pioneer Square and went by MAX. All new experiences for the Brazilian!
We had a good time and saw many interesting people. Next time we will drive!

Happy 16th Nancy!

Nicole's best friend, Nancy, turned 16 on Sunday and Nicole and I made her a quilt. This is Nicole's first attempt at this and she did awesome. (We had a little help from Becky too!...Thanks Becky!) Nancy couldn't believe that Nicole made it. Nancy got her driver's license on Monday too...so now both girls are mobile!!! Happy Birthday Nancy!

Seattle...Weddings...KOA Camping!

First you have to have a little background to understand why these photos are so funny! We were too cheap to rent a motel for $120 plus a night when we could pull our trailer and sleep in it for $40 a night...and since we would have already had to take the Yukon to fit everyone in, it only made sense at the time to use the trailer to save on lodging and food. BUT, you should have seen the look on our neighbors faces at the KOA when we came out dressed to go to a wedding. We thought we looked so funny we stopped to take photos. Rob only wished we had candles & a bouquet of flowers to put on our picnic table outside. Nicole called us "Beautiful Trailer Trash!"

Melanie and Josh's wedding was beautiful and it was a perfect day in Seattle!

I had to take a picture of the KOA flag to prove where we were!