Potter Times- it's all about faith, family & friends.: July 2011

My Front Porch Flowers

My flowers have done great so far this summer. I am surprised at how well they have done because we have had a lot of rain and clouds. I guess we have had enough sunshine for them to grow, even if I think we haven't!
My hanging basket has gotten so huge, that you can't see our front door. If it gets any bigger, I will have to move it!

Everything in the yard is starting to finally bloom.

It's looking kind of pretty around here (:

Fun in LaPine with Family

Brewer and Griff

We had another great trip in LaPine. Awesome weather, great family to hang with and two very BUSY baby boys! They were pretty cute to watch. They are starting to play together and spent a lot of time chasing each other around. They are 5 months apart in age.

We did some moto riding, swimming, water sliding, bounce housing, game playing, chicken catching (will explain) and even made it to The High Desert Museum. The weather was perfect- sunny and warm in the day and cool at night. The front yard looked like a carnival. I took our big Bonzai water slide and Sherry took her big bounce house. We had both of them set up in the front yard. We also had bicycles, water guns, toys, etc spread out all over the place. The kids definitely ruled the yard! Sherry had also brought her chickens, yes...funny I know. They were out back in the "coop". Mac and Tarver spent many hours chasing those poor hens around. They did eventually figure out how to catch them. I tried to get pictures, but the timing never worked out. Anyhow, they may not lay any eggs for awhile, they were a bit stressed by the time the boys were done with chasing them!

The High Desert Museum is a really neat place and very kid friendly. I hadn't been for a few years. We all had a good time. We left the babies with Grandma and took the older kids. We saw a lot of critters on our visit.

Catie Lynn and Lilly

Mac and Tarver

All four munchkins together

Catie Lynn and Lilly putting on a shadow show

The play area outside was really neat. The kids enjoyed the tunnels and big spider web. They were climbing on it and screaming like a spider was coming to "eat" them.

These are just a few of the critters we saw.
Warning to Grandma Kathy- there is a snake in this group of pictures...close your eyes!

On Saturday, we loaded everyone up and went swimming at Sunriver. It was a perfect day to hang out at the pool. Griff really liked the kiddie pool. They also had a big water slide and a small one. I couldn't get pictures of the older kids going down them because Griff kept me on the run the whole time.

I am so glad we headed over there and spent some time with the cousins. I told Mac and Lilly how very lucky they are to have cousins around to play with. I am ready to go back that way...where it's sunny and warm. It has pretty much rained here at home since we got back- Ugh...so tired of it!

10 Years

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful Husband and Best Friend-

It's time to reflect on ten years ... spent next to each other,

neither one leading nor following,

but instead walking next to each other -

side by side

always there, always together.

Our 10 years together has taught me ...

to cherish the many ordinary, yet magical moments that we share;

to uphold and honor and respect the relationship that we have forged in our years together.

It has cemented the undeniable love that we continue to nurture and

highlighted the reality that love is precious - not something to be squandered or taken for granted.

Know that I love you;

know that I adore you and

know that our love is my greatest accomplishment-

Happy Anniversary!

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!
We had a good 4th. It didn't turn out as we had planned, but that's how things go sometimes. We were just happy to be together and enjoyed staying home.

I did make it out to Canby to pick up the kids from Momma B's. They had to stay with her while Pat and I left on Thursday for Baker City to take care of some things with Pat's Dad. We thought we would be back in time to follow through on some plans we had, but as I stated earlier- things happen. We didn't get home until late Sunday night.
I met up with the kids and Momma B. We watched the 4th of July parade and walked around the festivities in the park for a bit. I then loaded up everyone and all our stuff and headed home to celebrate the rest of the day with Pat. We had a wonderful dinner, prepared and packed with lots of care from Momma B, as well as all the usual fun things we do on the 4th. The weather was great so we hung out in the yard and played, had a silly string fight and once it got dark we lit off our fireworks. It was great!

We missed out on a few celebrations with friends and family, but you were all with us in spirit! Hope you all had a safe and fun 4th!
A HUGE THANKS goes out to all the helped us while we had to "jet" out of town so quickly. Thanks Krissa for watering my flowers and watching our house. Thanks Momma B for EVERYTHING...I don't even know where to start. You are truly a blessing to me and my family!