The progressive park adventure outings have been a favorite weekend activity. We even have upgraded the boys to trail-a-bikes status which marks them officially as big boys! Piper is a rock star bike rider! It gives me so much joy to see the HUGE smile on her face while she is racing down the streets. Piper has no problem keeping up on these all day adventures where we log over 4 1/2 miles round trip. We take lots of breaks to play at different parks, including Riverside Market where the adults can refuel with a frothy beverage while the kiddos play.
We showed our friends the Greens how much fun a park hopping bike ride could be...such fun friends...and they even rewarded us with dinner at the end of the day. That is after they showed us what it means to climb the hill back home when the day was done. Troopers!
Superheros have been the rage at our house lately! I love these muscle men!!!!
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| Calvin and his super vision binocs. |
We had a busy visitor weekend recently with Dan and Alyssa Shaw and family overlapping with Grandma Alice. It was a full house indeed, but lots of fun... in fact so much fun I rarely pulled out the camera =-( I hope to add more pics when Alice can send her top pictures my way. One highlight was visiting a friend of Alyssa's families farm, which happened to be across the street from our first house in Tumalo. They were sheep farmers who happened to sell their last 8 sheep that morning, so we missed the livestock excitement. The kids still had fun roaming the pastures and barns, climbing hay stacks and collecting sticks.
Piper and Payson played really well together, in fact its been 2 weeks since they left and she is still asking about him. We are proud to say that both Calvin and Payson learned to ride pedal bikes in our back ally during the visit!
Piper, Calvin and Jett all went on individual "special dates" with Grandma, by far the highlight of the trip for all of them. With 2 other siblings to normally share attention with, the individual time is cherished by everyone.
Thank you Shaws and Gma Alice for taking the time to come visit Camp Staley!
Before and after pictures of Mango's new summer haircut. It is always such a sad day to cut those luscious locks of his, but a must with the trails turning to mud and the dreds matting up. Poor puppy...we love you with or without your fuzziness!
This is a picture of "The Lot"...the location of the newest, hippest, soon to be your favoritess hang out and spot to eat amazing street food while enjoying a pint of local brew. Stay tuned for pictures of progress while we build a 1200 square foot covered eating structure with attached bar and bathrooms.
The idea sparked two years ago when Dave and his brother ate lunch at a "food cart lot" in Portland. This spark is finally coming to fruition. There are still a few hoops to jump through, but we are all in and excited about being local business owners in Bend!
