Busy, Busy, Busy....Busy...

I have a lot of "catching you all up" to do! We have had a full schedule, (just like everyone else I know) so it has been difficult to keep up...

This first set of pictures is from a birthday party that we went to on Sunday. It was at a park in Mollala that has a little train you can ride on. Lilly loved it... she still plays with all her Thomas the Train stuff and watches the movies. She was all ready for the train ride with her custom made Thomas overalls!

This next set of pictures is from a birthday party we went to on Saturday. Our neighbor, Lucy, turned 3. The 'lil gals had a great time and the cake and cupcakes were SCRUMPTIOUS!

Lilly had a little melt down when I pulled her off the table that Lucy's presents were on. The girls were going nuts "trying" to help Lucy open her gifts....

I was grateful for all the birthday parties and busy weekend we had ahead of us. Dad had left early (at 4 a.m.) on Saturday and it was a hard goodbye for me to do.
No Daughter has ever had a better Dad.
Being busy after he left, helped keep my mind off it and my emotions in check. His 6 week stay here just flew by way too quickly and I wasn't ready for him to go... we sure had a lot of fun.

This next group of pictures is from our trip to Seaside. We had GREAT weather, the best weather I have ever experienced at the Oregon Coast. It was warm enough that the kids were swimming in the ocean! The day was full of sandcastle making, swimming, arcade games, rides, shopping, the Aquarium and yummy food. We were exhausted when we got back home. Below is Mac all the way in the surf!

The kids picked up some COOL hats in one of the shops... Mac's hat is a wolf.

Dad, Mac and Lilly driving Bumper Cars. I was a bit "tiffed" because no Prego's are allowed on the rides...

Dad and the kids...

I think this next group of pictures is from Sunday (the 9th)... can't remember if Pat's race was Saturday or Sunday. Anyhow, Pat did a short race in Gresham with one of his buddies, he is in the blue #30. He has been biking a lot and plans on getting back into doing some races.

GO PAT!

On Friday night we had a big party for Dad. It was a combination of b-days and a farewell party. We also celebrated Alec's (our nephew) 12th birthday. We had 36 adults and about 20 kiddo's attend. It was big get-together! I was running around so busy the whole time, I did not get any pictures. If it wasn't for Lilly playing with the camera, I would have NONE!
Lilly snapped this picture of us getting things ready.

Mike, another nephew was waving to Lilly.

Here is Grandma Kathy.

This was Dad's 4th cake for his b-day... good thing he likes cake!

Lilly in Grandpa's boots.

Just loungin'...

This is a picture of Mac, Dad, Hunter and Logan. We had a small party with the Robinson's over on the actual day of Dad's b-day. (the 9th) Dad was pretty wiped out, he had been fishing at the coast all day.

Here are Dad's pictures from his b-day fishing trip. They had a great time and all did very well.

From left to right-
Dan, Daisy, Harold, Mary, Dad and Jimmy with their catches of the day on the big
'OL Thunderbird.
Dan and Daisy are getting married this Saturday. Pat and I are smoking/cooking Brisket and Potatoes for the big event. We will feed about 325 people! We have been working all this week to get ready. We plan to cook all day Friday and some on Saturday to be ready. We will also be serving the food, so we have a big job ahead of us. Lilly is the Flower Girl and is all excited to be wearing her dress... I just hope she does what she is suppose to do! The Bride and her wedding party will be getting ready at our house as well, so busy, busy is all I can say!