Congratulations!

My niece got married in August. Toward the end of July she had a bridal shower that Nichole and I went to. We got to spend time with both of my sisters and some of their daughters.

 

The day of the wedding was wonderful. Beautiful day spent with family. All but one of my siblings were there. 

The temple sealing was in the morning.

There was a family luncheon after pictures.

Some of us did some juggling afterward.

My sister-in-law has been practicing her juggling. 

Jeremy and I took the kids home between the luncheon and reception for a little break. It was pretty little because we went back in time for the whole reception.

The reception was also nice. 

Look in the background of this picture. Lucky photobombs without even trying (I can also see his reflection in the middle picture).

There are plenty of times he does try, though. Looking through my blog, I noticed he's been creeping into photos since before he was 2 years old.

It was a beautiful day. I'm happy for my niece and new nephew for finding each other. And because he already has children, we got even more family members added to our numbers. 

You know I love family!

Night Out Day

August 4 was Night Out Day. It was also Great American Outdoors Day. To celebrate, Nichole, Jr., Jet, and I went for an evening drive up to Cascade Springs. 

It was beautiful. I hadn't juggled there in years.

On the way up, Jet made up his own song he kept singing over and over and over. "We're going to Cascade Springs. We're going to Cascade Springs. We're going to... we're going to... we're going to Cascade Springs!" He's adorable. He even sang it while shaking maracas.

Pioneer Day

We didn't do a lot for Pioneer Day, July 24, either.

Lucky helped put up flags and Jr. Jr. helped take them down.

And the walls came tumbling down

There goes Mr. Humbug there goes Mr. Grim

C is for cookie is good enough for me.

To you! To you!

It's time to light the lights.

People talking without speaking.

All that glitters is gold

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. 

R.E.S.P.E.C.T find out what it means to me. 

Never gonna run around and desert you. 

For the good of all of us

Usta!

Back there is my hairbrush

Cause you're his cheeseburger. 

Can't touch this

And I don't think I'll be coming back again, oh noooooooo

It's the circle of life.

Waffle king. 

But baby it's cold outside.

But I'm still happy just me and my poodle. 

With someone to give and someone to HEAVY CAKE!

Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na BATMAN! 

Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles

I made a fool of myself. 

Your granny lied

Our friendship will never die. 

Is like barbecue

Just imagine how much cooler I'll be. In summer! 

 

O.K. So we didn't do much for Pioneer Day, but apparently the boys wanted to share plenty on my blog. They got a hold of this post and after reading, "Jr. Jr. helped take them down," it made Lucky think of, "And the walls came tumbling down," and he and Jr. Jr. started putting down random song lyrics because... why not?

Have I mentioned I love creativity in my family?

So... we didn't do much for Pioneer Day but we had plenty to say.

We did watch fireworks set off at the mall with our neighbor. No personal fireworks again. Still too many fires.

 

Oh wait. While looking through pictures I remembered I got out in nature to do some juggling and Jet and I danced in the kitchen that day.  

Pacific Northwest Trip 2026- Part 12

Tuesday morning we headed to the coast.

We stopped to see the sea lions at Cape Arago then headed to Shore Acres. 

Nichole got pictures of the sea lions. 

We had a lovely picnic in the mist and wind.

We spent some time in the botanical garden. 

Look at the teeny tiny leaves.

I got to take pictures of and with the monkey puzzle tree I grew up visiting when we would go to Shore Acres as children. 

My parents headed home so they could make dinner. The rest of us headed down to Simpson Beach. Because of the weather, we thought we might not even dip our toes in the cold Pacific Ocean, even though it's tradition. By the time we got down to the beach, though, the weather was beautiful and we spent more than a little time with our feet in the water. 

 

Beach! 

 

Make me a mermaid! 

Sand Angel! 

And of course we got juggling pictures and videos.

 

We had an absolute blast. I love the ocean. I love the Oregon Coast.