Elder Parkinson. What a wonderful missionary and example to our family. He is a fine young man and has such a great spirit. Funny too! we were always laughing. The kids think he is like a brother to them. I loved that my son Tanner was able to ask him questions about being a missionary. We felt the spirit very strongly when he was in our home. We sure miss him.
Elder Parkinson, he is sitting next to Tanner. He is our favorite missionary. The kids loved him and we did too. He supprised us a week ago and came over in the evening to chat. It was so nice the kids shared stories about disneyland and had a great visit. Elder Parkinson informed us that he was being transfered to Aloha. He had been in our ward for 6 months. He is awesome. We were sad to see him move on. I hear that he is doing well. We have adopted him as apart of our family and wish him well.
Renee's pumpkin has her stamp of aproval. nice pumpkin.
Ox Bow Park. Since Jeramie had a three day weekend. He decided that he wanted to be out side. Enjoying nature. I call it being GREEN! Jeramie wanted to see the salmon run and the Salmon festival was going on. The pictures were taken at the Sandy River down from MT. Hood.

The kids were looking through glasses that helped them see the salmon. It was really cool. They also looked through the telescope and were in awe of all the salmon.

WE got to see some dear. Oh that was cool. Watching them eat. They were so close to us the kids were playing at the play ground and they were only a few feet away. The kids were amazed that they didn't run away. Tanner and Renee tried to get closer buy, mommy and daddy got nervous.
Slide races. If there is anything that they can do side by side there is always a race. Tanner won!
On Columbus Day we went to the Japaneese Gardens. We love to be out doors and enjoy what beauty we have in Portland. Renee had pre-school and was out at 12pm so we pulled Tanner out early and enjoyed the rest of the day as a family. Thank you to the libraries here they have cultural passes,so we checked one out and took off for the day.






Daddy was Renee's assistant coach. She really wanted to play this year. I was reluctant and Jeramie was all over it. She said she'd play so daddy signed her up. WOW! Great Job Renee, she scored lots of goals. I missed getting the picture of the actual goal the camera wasn't fast enough. Although I usually got the after math. Her excitement.
This is after one of her goals. Great Job Princess!
See there it is the famous smile and dance. Everyone said they always enjoyed your energy and spunk. We love it too!
Renee's first metal. Last year they got bobble head trophys. My kids didn't like them so Thank you to the head coach he got metals.
Fire Awareness Week.The local Fire Department was having an open house this last saturday. I went shopping and Jeramie took the kids. They got to wear the whole get up, and climb in the trucks, use the hose and crafts. Apparently this was one of those times when I thought I was getting away by my self and found that I missed a lot of fun.