The Grass Family Chronicles

Back to School

*I was supposed to post this last week before we left!*

Caleb and Andy are both back to school. I am so happy to say that they are both enjoying themselves! I haven't had to nag Caleb about school at all! Here are some pictures of their first day.

Posted in: on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at at 12:30 PM 4 comments

Biker Boys

Just wanted you all to see how good the boys have gotten riding their bikes!

Posted in: on Friday, September 4, 2009 at at 6:10 PM 1 comments

Camping

We took a couple camping trips this month. The first one was a quick overnight trip to Champoeg State Park. We took the tent trailer and it was a great time! It's not the most private kind of camping, but there are great loops that the boys really enjoyed riding their bikes around. All the boys also played some very intense rounds of Uno.

A couple weekends later, we went to the church camp out at Beaverly Beach State Park. There were tons of friends to play with, and Andy and Gracie played many games of Uno (Uno is very big in our house this summer!)

There there was also the bonus of being right next to the beach so we enjoyed some sand and surf and surprisingly mild weather.

Camping just continues to be more fun as the boys get older; they've been asking to go again already! We may be able to squeeze one more trip out before the summer ends...

Posted in: on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at at 8:58 PM 1 comments

Hello

Well, I have lots to catch up on! I will be posting camping trips, more beach pics, and other fun summer activities that we've been doing, but first I want to share the pictures from our family photo session. We went with a different look this year; what do you think?

Blue Lily Photography
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Posted in: on Monday, August 17, 2009 at at 2:51 PM 5 comments

4th of July

I am out of order here, but I realized that I never posted about the 4th of July! And I want to make sure you see the great pictures! :)

We had a fun BBQ at Grandma and Grandpa's - all the aunts and uncles were there! Afterwards, we did some sparklers as a warm-up for the big show that would take place at our cul-de-sac later that evening.

When it got a little darker, Paul started lighting our Costco-size batch of fireworks. The boys were enthralled!

Some of them were a little loud for Jakey.

It was a great time for everyone!

Posted in: on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at at 9:05 PM 2 comments

Race Day

Under Paul's coaching, Mindy has been training to run in a race and today was the big day. We all went to Mt. Tabor Park to support her as she ran the Mt. Tabor Doggie Challenge. So we don't have a dog - who cares? Mindy did an awesome job; she ran the whole way and finished with a great time! There was also a 1/2 mile kid's fun run, so we had signed the boys up to try it out. All of them. It was an interesting experience.

Caleb and Andy took off (Caleb with Paul, Andy with Mindy) and they ran the whole way, a lot faster than we had anticipated! Jakey was not into it.

He only ran the first bit because I started to run and he was chasing me to carry him. Oh, well. Maybe next year!