The Snake Adventures....

Pop Pop has introduced my girls to the wonderful world of snakes!  Better him, than me I say. :)  

They went from a quick touch and being pretty cautious to being brave enough to hold one.  

Addilyn has woken up every morning and her first words are not, "Good morning, Mommy!" but instead, "I touch snake!" Literally, every morning she says this to me like it's the biggest news in the world. :)  

Ella even wanted us to take a picture of her holding it to "freak out Grandma McKean" (yes, her words....really, we can't make this stuff up. She's just full of one liners these days!) and she obviously has inherited the ornery gene from my father after hearing that statement.  So this picture is for Grandma McKean from Ella. :)

Mother's Day...a little late!

Mother's Day celebrations seemed to have lasted quite awhile this year....as they should, right? ;-)  Ella's preschool put on a very cute Hawaiian program the Thursday before, then Andy & the girls spoiled me on Sunday and took extra good care of me since I was feeling under the weather, then the following weekend we celebrated Mother's Day with my family and my grandma came up from Roseburg to join us.  We had a yummy brunch with everyone, and then just the girls went to Pittock Mansion afterwards.  Ella of course thought it was amazing and said, "I would feel like a princess everyday if I woke up here and lived here."  As if she isn't already??  Okay, back to the point.....I'm so lucky to have not only an amazing mom that has always been there for me and is my best friend, too, but I also have 2 amazing grandmas that I love dearly and feel so blessed to have as "mine" and it was wonderful to spend the day with all of them!  Happy Mother's Day a little late to all my "mommy" friends and family!  :)

Sunshine in Oregon = Productive Weekend!

Oh, how we've missed the sunshine all winter here in Oregon, and can hardly wait for sunny days to be a regular occurrence!  Every time we get a nice, even slightly warm, sunny day we are outside!  Ella says, "If the sun is shining in Oregon, then we are outside right, Mom?" Amen, to that! ;-) 

Obviously we had some wonderful weather this weekend....even into the 70's on Sunday so we had to get out and play a little and work a little.  Highlights include hiking at Tryon State Park with my parents where Addilyn discovered that snails are very fun to play with, playing in the backyard on the swing-set, and doing some yard work where I found a tiny little nest hidden in the Vinca minor on our slope.  We got the whole backyard weeded, pots planted, deck scrubbed, furniture cleaned and oiled....time for some BBQ's!! :)

Sore and sunburn is how I'm feeling now, but extremely happy with that big dose of Vitamin D!  I think we Oregonians can say it's officially Spring now!  Yay!