Monday, July 18, 2011

Kidney Camp 2011 (July 13-17)

This was our second time going to the Northwest Kidney Kids Camp for families in Canby Oregon. We left on Wednesday and stayed with my Uncle Allan and Aunt Roma in Hermiston. They were so good to us while we were there. Thursday we got up and had breakfast with them and then headed to Seaside for a night. But we couldn't go by Multnomah Falls without stopping.Brady would have us doing everything exactly the same and in the same order as our trip last year if he could.The coast was cold as usual, but that didn't stop the kids from playing in the ocean. It did however, keep us from having our bonfire and flying kites because we couldn't stay in the cold as long as we wanted.One plus was the great view of the ocean from the pool at our hotel so the kids spent a lot of time there. They had a ball.How is that for a corn dog...They were delicious... plus the deep fried Oreos....Yummm!Brady loves the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We had to stop there again even though it made us two hours late for the camp. Brady had fun with one of the ladies working there. She kept waving at him, blowing kisses and even gesturing that she was keeping her eye on him. It was really cute. He would go to another part of the factory and then come back to her and make sure she saw him. He did that for quite awhile. Brady's group was Batman and Robin...(6-8 year olds)Kacie's group was the Green Lantern...(12-14 year olds)Swimming even though it was rainy and coldTie Dying T-shirts! Singing around the campfire... even Brady got up with his group but I only got a video of him. After that we went back to our cabin and the girls talked Scott into playing 5 crown with us. It was hilarious. Who knew Scott could be so much fun playing card games with...That man in the background got a deceased donor's kidney when he was 10 and he is now 30 something and still doing really well. He said he thought the reason was due to always being so active. He played soccer, basketball and baseball growing up and even skis and travels all around the world. That was encouraging!


The last day it poured and poured, but we had a lot of fun learning how to juggle, play with flower sticks and spin Frisbees. The man that did the demonstration was a lot of fun and very talented. I can almost say that I can juggle three balls now...Kacie loved the sticks!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

4th of July

We had a full day of celebration! It started with our traditional community breakfast at the Adrian School.We then relaxed during the heat of the day and played games and made food for our barbeque later that night at Scott's parent's house. All the girls except for Lindsay who was too busy eating strawberries to come for the picture.The boys having fun putting out fires...Can't have a Talbot party without a lot of laughs....




Waiting for fireworks in Ontario!












It was a fun day! Happy Birthday America!!!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Cars2 July 2nd

Having a great time at the movies with some of our family....We LOVED Cars2!!!!Crayton was so cute with his Cars T-shirt and bringing his Cars to the show!


Tara brought some Cars marshmellows...super cute!!! Notice how Brady couldn't wait for the picture before he ate his!

State Hershey Track Meet in Eugene

Kacie went with Taylor to the State Hershey Track meet in Eugene Oregon. The day before they went to the Oregon Coast. Taylor got to hold the Ontario sign.
Kacie in the 100 meter. She didn't get a ribbon but I was so glad she did it. Because she turns 13 on Dec 29th (the cut off is 12/31) she had to run with the 13 and 14 year olds. A slight disadvantage don't you think. Kacie in the standing long jump. I think she jumped 6'3" Taylor did really well. She got 1st in the standing long jump and 4th in their 4x100 relay. She didn't get a ribbon in the 200 meter.