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My Garden...

April 23, 2009
A couple of days ago we went to this really neat nursery called Tsugawa. They have really beautiful Japanese Maples, Asian Pear Trees, Weeping Cherries and Bamboo as well as more traditional trees and plants. We want to eventually get some trees for our yard but having nothing to haul them home with we picked out a few vegetables and herbs to start...

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Tiptoe Through the Tulips

April 19, 2009
Saturday Chris took us to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon. It is about 45 minutes south of Portland and every year when the tulips start to bloom they have a festival called Tulip Fest. You can view and walk through over 40 acres of tulips. It is so beautiful! They have food and craft booths and rides and games for...

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Hop Hop Hop...

April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!!! We were invited over to the neighbors for Penelope's first Easter. It was a lot of fun. Penelope was adorable in her little cherry blossom dress grandma bought her. She had a good time playing with 2 small doggies and her friends and eating a turkey that tasted like a ham. Mmmm...delicious! The only bad part was that dada couldn't be...

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Libraries Are Way Cool!

April 07, 2009
This morning Penelope had her first Mother Goose Bouncy Time at the Longview Public Library. That place is awesome. It is in a really big old beautiful brick building. The whole first floor is for little ones and teens. There are toys everywhere and so many fun things for little eyes to stare at. You should have seen Penelope's face when I was...

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Meet My Dolly

April 02, 2009
I thought I would post this because it's too cute. As of earlier this week Penelope has a new BFF. She has started dragging this Precious Moments dolly around everywhere! She has a hold of her when I get her out of her crib in the morning. She crawls around with her dolly dragging behind her all day long. And she snuggles up...

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