Friday, August 10, 2018

Moving from Brownsville!

With our lease in theBrownsville rental drawing to a close, we began looking for a house to buy in the Willamette Valley.. along with 1,000 other families! We were pretty discouraged at what we were finding.. the old farmhouse we liked was currently being used as a grow home- it smelled so strongly of marijuana that Ashley and Amanda got a migraine every time we walked through it. Kilz wasn't gonna be strong enough for that place! We looked and looked but couldn't find anything within our price range & with acreage. 

Some friends approached us and asked if we would be willing to rent their home for a time while they went to work at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky.. The rent was very reasonable and the home was not only located on 5 acres but also is located next door to some special friends also! An answer to prayer. Short term, possibly.. but gave us another year to save to buy!












Early Spring Family Fun

Our big guy, with big plans! 

Ryan and Grant take the girls to the lake to fish and boat! We love the beautiful Oregon weather! Always a sunny week in April!

Ashley & Amanda took Grace and Laura to the Salem Waterfront Carousel!









Friday, June 8, 2018

Lovely Day at the Oregon Garden



Papa and Nana met Ash, Mandy & Gracie at the lovely Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon.. I got to enjoy via photos..I hope the whole family can visit this summer! Beautiful!























Having fun browsing the gift shop


After the Garden, they enjoyed wandering around the historic portion of Silverton.. 


A great movie!



Sweet time and a sweet day! 


Spring is Coming!

For Mandy's birthday she and I enjoyed purchasing some lovely flowers and planters.. once the days got a little warmer we had such a sweet time planting them together.



Planting Susanna Seigler's flowers for her wedding gift

So beautiful!

Next we start on Mandy's birthday planters
So pretty! Bucopa, Snapdragons, miniature zinnias and a lovely mini geranium variety oh and also a variegated creeping ground cover 

Lovely finished product!


Next we headed over to the horses to say hello

A precious little Laura hand
A girl and a horsey nose.. how sweet!


Our hearts are so full