August 2008 Photos

Siena, Michael, and I enjoyed a concert at Millenium Park earlier in the month of August. What a beautiful evening to have a picnic in the park!

Siena and Misty snuggling up on a Saturday morning.

Our playgroup's 2nd Annual Picnic.

Here Siena and I are with all of our mommy and toddler friends.

We meet regularly for playgroup each Monday morning.

Our first camping trip for 2008...we stayed at Ll. Stubb Stewart State Park (Oregon's newest state campground). We enjoyed hiking the many miles of trails in this wooded area near Vernonia. We had a wonderful cabin reserved, which always makes camping easier and more pleasant for us.

Earlier in August we visited Grandma and Grandpa Braley in Florence, Oregon. We spent some time at the beach with Grandma. Siena enjoyed the sand!

Siena got a slide for our backyard this month, and she is quite good at climbing up and sliding down all by herself. (Next year we definitely need more things to keep her occupied in our backyard. Also, we're lucky to have a new city park with a toddler playground opening up just a few blocks away. We're excited for that!)

July 2008 Photos

4th of July in our neighborhood...

Siena with some friends watching fireworks on our street.

The Summit Ridge Neighborhood's 1st Annual 4th of July Parade

was held in the morning at the school at the top of our community. Cheryl helped

to organize it.

Several of our neighbors got together to have a bbq and share fireworks later that evening.

Waiting for the parade to start...
Cheryl's 35th birthday
Our friend (and photographer from our wedding), Keri, came over to our house for dinner. She taught Cheryl how to make salad rolls. Fun! Siena certainly enjoyed her company. Can you tell?! :)
Our friend, Tracy (& her dog), were in town so we had a nice visit with her. It was great having Jackie over, too! Siena loved having a dog around. (But we are perfectly happy with our cat...no dogs in our futures.)

Cheryl & Grandma Duvall at the Duvall Family Reunion. It was so good to see her again, and other family members, too. Grandma looks good for being 91. She's an amazing woman!!!

Our friends, the Woodburns, Jackie, and Steve, came over for a bbq. We're so fortunate to have such wonderful friends in our lives!
Siena likes to help Mommy bake. She's quite the helper! Here we're making a crumb cake for playgroup the next day.
We hosted playgroup at our house the last Monday of July. Each playgroup family generally hosts once every two months. This day we had 3 friends over and their mommies. Here the kids are enjoying the ceiling fan. (The simplest things fascinate them!)
Siena and Mommy met our friends at the Sherwood City Park for one of the concerts in the park. Big band music was playing that evening, and Siena REALLY got into it. Her feet were tapping, her hands were slapping against her legs, and then she found a dance partner in Keaton. So sweet! We had a fabulous time on a perfect summer evening.

What a fun-filled month, eh?!