Great Vacation!

Here's a little more on our time with our kids and grandkids this summer. We just loved spending time with Ben and Alli in Hillsboro (close to Portland) and got to do a lot of fun things. But the best part was just hanging out and getting to worship with them at their church where Ben helps on the worship team playing guitar and singing. Our time with Jamie, Randy and the grandkids (Audrey, Isaaac, and Violet) was way too short, but we had a really fun time in Old town Sacramento visiting the train museum, panning for gold, and visiting the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. We also met their new dog Lucy who is way cute. Of course they real highlight is always the hugs!


Hanging out with Ben and Alli by the river in Portland (we just finished visiting the outdoor farmers market and were headed to a very good Italian restaurant. for lunch)



Last pic with Jamie, Randy and the kids before we went home


Rub-a-dub-dub ... three grandkids in a tub!

Fun In Portland

We had a great time in Portland (and Hillsboro/Beaverton), Oregon with Ben and Alli last week. We went to a Timbers Soccer game, hiked some "Green Space" trails in the city, Visited Multnoma Falls, visited Canon Beach and Astoria (where the movie Gioonies was filmed, and ate at some great places - super italian restaurant in Portland and a very cool loggers place where we encountered Big Foot. Way too much to do in one visit so we're sure we need to go back again!


Cannon Beach


Bruce trying to break out of the Goonies Jail


Bruce and Big Foot - see any similarities?


Can you see the elephant in the forest?


At the Falls

More Pics!

Here's a few more pics of our garden!

Harvest Time

Yes, its harvest time around here. Lots of wheat being cut and trucked to the silos. This is a picture of the field close to us being harvested.




We've had some more wild weather recently. One night we had up to 100MPH winds! It knocked our corn patch flat which we had to stand back up and reinforce with more dirt. Now it looks good and is growing fine.






Janice is really enjoying our garden - tomatoes, bell peppers, cantalopes, and cucumbers are all popping. Our flowers are doing well too. How great to see how we do a little work and God grows the rest!