thug life

my sister and her daughter... who is the only one of her children who enjoys getting her photo taken...which we take full advantage of

    photo credit to my nephew brandon on this one...and travis for catching me the chickens...i like to hold them but something scares me about actually having to catch one...(i know what they did to the poor turkey)

i get so shutter happy every time i'm there but oregon is just so beautiful...maybe if everything wasn't so lush and covered in moss i could calm down.

Berthrong farm

so saying i'm bad at posting is getting redundant...but for sure this time i'll keep up on this thing...so here comes a years worth of blogging... i went to my sisters up in oregon last winter and as always it was perfect.did i mention they live on a christmas tree farm? it just doesn't get cozier. also i'm pretty sure frederick wore that exact outfit every single day i was there. why mess with a good thing?

oh hi

i haven't blogged since before christmas so saying i'm behind is an understatement, let's just blame instagram and move forward ....

I went to portland awhile ago and my sister and i did some redecorating in rue's nursery, we used wood from her backyad and just cut out butterflies and did a front and back around fishing wire and glued some to the wall....we were happy with it, but i think their cat was more excited about it then rue was...which is probably better as it keeps it safe from little hands, also i think it translates better in real life over a photo because its more fluttery looking

thanks

im a lag at blogging thses days...i blame instagram

but ts better to say thanks late than never

im grateful we get this day every year to say thanks and eat lots

butterfly kisses

sorry this isn't even the end of the fair pics ...im a fair junkie...
they had a butterfly "rescue" center where you dip your "feeder" in "nectar"...
and if you ask if you could take home the garbage can of dead butterflies that were "rescued" at the end they will look at you like you're a "freak" so that you get too embarassed to take them but then regret it for ever after...i've "heard"

francis

while visiting portland we made homemade blackberry jam straight from the backyard...i love portland

date night

this boy knows how to turn on the charm when its bedtime...and im a sucker so some snuggle thomas the train bedtime? who could resist...sorry lots of baby blogs comin up

good morning portland

enter scene six a.m. sleeping attractive 26 year old on a hide-a bed w a cat sleeping on her neck  ...three year old walks in and plaes face two inches from sleeping girls and proceeds to poke her.

frederick: what are you?
shauna: hi baby it's me shauna
frederick: hauna (never says the s) is it monday night?
shauna: no love i think its tuesday morning
frederick: is that douglas the cat?
shauna: yes thats douglas
frederick: is that the sun? (pointing to window)
shauna: yup its almost morning
frederick: am i awake?
shauna: i think so but maybe ou should ask your mom ...everyone else is sleeping
frederick: and hauna  that's douglas the cat?
shauna: yup
frederick: and i'm frederick...?
shauna: yup

everyone needs a little clarification some mornings

easy living

ashli came to town this weekend so we had her dad and my cousin eric over plus my brothers family for a little impromptu barbeque...sucha fun weekend...beach trail hikes..downtown san juan...us open (gag)..our movie list..beach days...pool time...gotta love summer time

baby berry

i couldn't snap faster then she was getting them in her mouth

hp



so it was my dad's bday this past week and we decided to do a harry potter dinner for him (for the kids?) everyone dressed up (i knew the long sleeve long black craft like jersey dress was a smart purchase)  my brother showed up in a weird thermal outfit, glasses and a wand and insisted he was a dead harry potter... we made an extensive home made butterbeer recipe and all my garage sale finds turned out to look surprisingly hogwartian all placed on a table...oh and of course my brother brought his fog machine...still not sure how he came to own one...and it was complete with floating candles the idea of which i got from mary and may have started the whole thing