Day 196: Slippin' and Slidin'

July 15

We spent our first full day at the cabin relaxing, playing, and just having fun with all of Chris's family.  All the kids (and one or two of the adults) had a blast on the slip'n'slide, but Ellie kept it up the longest.

Day 185: Sparkle

July 4

We had a great afternoon and evening with friends.

Day 181: Vicki and a Fuzzy Ellie

June 30

Not a great picture, but unfortunately the best of the two I managed to take today.  The girls were video chatting with their grandparents, as we do just about every Sunday.

Day 174: Beauty All Around

June 23

We spent the day at Three Pools.  If the weather had been better, it would have been a great swimming hole, but it rained pretty much the whole day.  We still had a great time bonding under the sunshade while it rained and skipping stones when the rain stopped.

Day 173: Gerald and Piggy!

June 22

Ellie scored on the Elephant and Piggy books at the library today.  And she read half of them to me while we waited for her sisters to choose their books.

Day 172: Silly on the Swings

June 21

I know it's a little blurry, but I think this picture captures Ellie's personality pretty well.

Day 170: Cutie

June 19

"Hey, Mom, can I be your picture of the day?"

Day 166: Penguins!

June 15

Ellie's class danced to "Jolly Holiday" from Mary Poppins.  And I spent the evening backstage, wrangling penguins and ballerinas alike.

Day 164: Three Monkeys

June 13

It was great to spend the day at the zoo with some of our close friends who moved out of our neighborhood last year.

Day 159: Mermaids

June 8

These girls swam all day long.

Day 158: Creekside

June 7

Chris's office designed this amazing camp, and they opened it up again for his office to have a family weekend there.

Day 155: Talent Show

June 4

The curtain call for the talent show at the elementary school.  Ellie is on the far left, in a penguin costume.

Day 154: A Bug!

June 3

She may be seven now, but bugs are still interesting.

Day 147: OMSI Again

May 27

We took a family trip to OMSI today, and right before we left for home we enjoyed watching this kinetic sculpture, called the Gravitram.

Day 145: Bike Ride

May 25

Ellie wanted to do something special while her sisters were having their robot club meeting, so we took advantage of the nice weather and went for a bike ride.

Day 139: Sisters With a Cause

May 19

Today was the annual NAMI Walk here in Portland.  We wore these great t-shirts made by my awesome sister-in-law (the rest of the family participates in the Utah Walk in the fall) and walked a 5K in support of those who fight mental illnesses.

Day 138: A Chorus Line of Penguins

May 18

Today was picture day at the dance studio.  Ellie's class is dancing to "Jolly Holiday" as part of the Mary Poppins production this year.

Day 133: Another Birthday!

May 13

Every year for his birthday we send Chris on a treasure hunt to find his present.  And each year we have to get more creative with where we hide the clues.

Day 127: Farm Animals

May 7

Horrible picture, I know, but Ellie brought all these animals to school for her classroom "farm", and wanted me to take a picture so she'd remember which ones were hers when their farm unit is over and it's time to bring them home.

Day 125: Mythbusters!

May 5

We waited until the very last day to do it, but we thoroughly enjoyed the Mythbusters exhibit at OMSI.