The ride home!

Here are some pics on the ride home!

Vacation with my parents-- the falls

So the last day we were in Oregon, we went up to the falls. it was really full! but it was nice to go up and see the ole swimmin hole!


here is my ma and I. I figured all the self portrits ive taken, mom and i could take one!


here is the river on the other side of the cliff. its really pretty when the water is full!


Here is a really funny picture! i love it!!!


heres a pic of the falls. its really full of water! those of you who have swam know! but just the sound of the rushin water! I cant wait until swimmin season!!


heres mom goofin around on the rocks! shes so funny!


more pics of the river. so pretty!


and yet another pic of me and mom. we had a blast! i miss her so much!

ah, the next day of our vacation

sorry this has been so late. it seems i came down sick with a nasty throat virus. so i have been sleeping the last few days of my days off... so here are some more pics. the day after we went to the coast, we went out shooting guns (Joe had never done it, and then we went up to the falls!)


here is a pic of Joe and Don gettin ready to shoot. He is explaining to him how to hold it and such...


here is Joe after he shot the black powder gun. it was SOO loud!


and right after. there was so much smoke after they shot it. felt like we were in a movie!


and another pic. the boys basically did all the shooting. we were just the picture takers for awhile..


But then they let us take a couple shots. heres mom gettin ready to take her first shot. she was excited!

Weekend with my Parents. Day 1

Hey everyone! Ive been busy for the last couple weeks! i worked my regular schedule, then we headed to oregon for the weekend! it was a blast! a bit cold and windy at the coast, but the next day it was about 70. we drove everywhere checking things out, ate at some great resturants, and Don showed my friend Joe, how to shoot guns!! here are some pics!



here is the ocean. way different than the one at bodega bay. it was quite cold that day!


but it is still just as beautiful! this is over where the sea lions are, its the oregon coastline!


Don took us into the harbor to see all the boats. It would be fun to go out on a boat on the ocean!



as you can see, it was hazy and windy. but it made a great pic!


here is Joeseph lookin at the sea lions thru one of the telescopes. you could hear them all the way up where we were.


and here is what he was looking at! its not a very good picture, but my camera didnt have the zoom to take a pic, so we took it thru the telescope!


here is me. can you tell im FREEZING! i had on so many clothes. but it was nice to go beachcomb.


Heres another Pic of Joeseph and ME. same pose as pics from last month. Same ocean too! just different beaches!


Yet another pic of me!


and Mom and Don enjoyin the ocean!


Mom goofin off. there was a turtle carved outta wood and she jumped on it!


some more of the landscape. the rocks and ocean. it was nice


yet more.....


as you can see, we had a great time! my next post will be sunday. we went shooting and up to the falls. im sure most of you reading have been to the falls. it was so FULL!!!!

some of my stuff

some of you may wonder, "what the heck is she doing with this Crafting stuff"? well, here are some pics of stuff i have made for family and friends!


i made this for a friend at work who is totally obsessed with hotwheels! inside I made "hotwheels magnents" for his fridge. im pretty sure he really liked it!


I made a set of these "starbucks ornaments" for a good friend of mine who just might love starbucks more than I do! there was a set of about 8 in the gift. I know she loved it! i think she left her christmas tree up longer just so she could keep them out!


and it looks like thats all i have on my computer! i thought i had more, or maybe i just didnt take pictures of the other stuff! i will have to start!

Happy Saturday!

Hello all! I woke up this morning to a wonderful blue sky and the birdies singing. hopefully it lasts! earlier this week, we had a terrible snowstorm (as did much of the country!) and it really wasnt fun! i thought we were going to go into spring!!
not much more going on here. another week down. its the weekend! yaay! and i have plans to watch movies and drink coffee. its a relaxer! we have plans to go to oregon next weekend, hopefully the good weather holds up! i have been working on projects for birthdays, and quite possibly chrismas. i dont know yet. i really want to start painting! so that is my goal for the next couple months.