Friday, July 19th, 2013
My parents left today. We have little signs that they have been here, though. The folded air mattress still in the bedroom, dishes in funny places in the dishwasher, and, of course, a half eaten package of Almond Roca. Thanks for coming and playing with us!
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
“Weird” Al Yankovic! Dressed as a Jedi! Surrounded by Storm Troopers! Can it get any better?
Dana has been trying to see Weird Al in concert since he was 10. Due to various circumstances, he has never had the opportunity.
Until today.
We saw Weird Al was coming to play a concert at the Oregon Zoo and we made sure to buy tickets in April to go see him. It just so happened that it was the same day my parents were in town. So we went to the zoo in the morning. Then Grandma Rose and Grandpa Keeler took Magnus home and played with him while we stayed for the concert.
Thanks, Mom and Dad! We love you!
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
My parents came to town! They are heading to Idaho for Dave’s graduation but came to visit us for a few days. We took them for a hike in the Gorge.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
Being in the Young Women’s Presidency at church gave Ruth the chance to set up the new bulletin board display. We went to the church tonight so she could do that. The girls are supposed to draw or take pictures to post on the board for the rest of the year. Hopefully they participate.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
The world through the eyes of a 2 year old. We have a smaller camera that Magnus is allowed to use sometimes, though he still gets his fingers in most of the shots (or maybe that is his artistic trademark).
Sunday, July 14th, 2013
Magnus is still learning how to catch things. Tonight, we tossed around some yarn. He would catch it sometimes, but had a great time even when he didn’t. Here he is attempting to catch the yarn.
Saturday, July 13th, 2013
We went hiking through Ape Cave with the young women. It is a great hike that takes you 1 1/2 miles underground. It is a beautiful place and it was a good experience for those girls.
Friday, July 12th, 2013
Dana has some display cases that he likes that are kind of a specialty item. For a long time we didn’t know what they were called and so it was hard to try and replace them because stores don’t normally carry them.
We recently figured out that they are called Riker Mounts. I ordered some for Dana for our anniversary off the internet, but I didn’t think they would arrive in time. So I commissioned Elina to draw a portrait of Will Riker from Star Trek to stand in for the coming gift.
We liked the result so much, Dana hung it on the filing cabinet in our room.
Thanks, Elina!
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Hiding in caves is a fun activity in our home. I bet you can’t even see us in this picture…we are camouflaged.
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
Between Father’s Day, Anniversary, and Birthday; Dana got the four Lego Ninja Turtles. Magnus really likes to play with them too. Here he made what looks like a Ninja Turtle raiding party on a Star Wars Lego ship.
Monday, July 8th, 2013
Happy Anniversary to us!
We had a good anniversary. Our friends in the ward agreed to watch Magnus in the evening so we went to dinner and then went to see Kon-Tiki in Portland. Thank you, Simmons!
Magnus was our official photographer for the evening.
Saturday, July 6th, 2013
Mato, the puppy, had a good visit with Ruth and Magnus today. Magnus is always happy to pet dogs, but he didn’t seem to like too much licking. That is what he told me latter that day: “dog a lick me lots.”
Friday, July 5th, 2013
The neighbor kids like to have Magnus out to play. Today, one of the older girls was giving free wagon rides.
Thursday, the Fourth of July, 2013
Happy Birthday America!
Happy Independence Day!
We went down to the Fort again this year to celebrate our Independence and see some fireworks. Magnus really liked the big and colorful lights. Earlier in the day Ruth and Magnus had a chance to spend some time at the Fort making sea biscuits and eat some popcorn.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
This reminds us of the Peanuts piano playing character, Schroeder.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
Magnus has started lifting himself up on things saying he is “working on mine muscles.” It is sometimes fun to see him do this until it is on a shelf or some wobbly box.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Magnus spent the evening at Farmor’s house, where Grandpa showed him how to catch a ball. Meanwhile, Ruth and I went to see Oz the Great and Powerful. It was a fun movie.
Sunday, June 30th, 2013
When the Bates came to visit, they gave us a souvenir from Arizona. Isn’t it a cute little cactus?
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
Magnus made a birthday cake out of play dough and wanted me to sing the happy birthday song for him. He likes getting sung to.
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
We found a way to wrangle in our cheese and sandwich meats from running all over the refrigerator.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Ruth had an ultrasound appointment this morning. We all went, because she is far enough along we could learn the sex of the baby. It’s a boy! To celebrate we went to the Russian food store and got a treat. Magnus got a Kinder Egg. He liked the little monster toy he got inside.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
We all headed to the Portland LDS Temple to attend the sealing of Ivan and Terry. We thought is was great they have made it there. Afterward, we went out for dinner at a place in Lake Oswego. It was a good evening.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
Ruth and I went had a birthday date night, since last week was a bit busy. We ate a delicious Thai restaurant and went to see Man of Steel, the new Superman movie. It was a nice evening. Magnus got to hang out at Farmor’s house with Farmor and Elina. He even got a hamburger, one of his favorites.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
It was our church youth group’s beach trip today. Ruth is a leader, and Dana offered to help drive, so we got to go out with them. We went to Sunset Beach on the north Oregon Coast, where you can park right on the beach. The weather was perfect and the water wasn’t super cold, so there was lots of swimming, sand, and sunburns to go around. Dana and Magnus even took a short trip to see the wreckage of the Peter Iredale. Magnus really liked the “broken ship.” We spent the whole day out there and it was a lot of fun.
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Summer Solstice; First Day of Summer!
It was an interesting day. It started the night before with our toilet bubbling. We soon found none of the drains worked in the whole apartment complex. So, after phone calls, the landlord sent over a plumber to unclog the pipes. Since we are the closest to the street, he used our apartment to attack the problem. At about 2 AM he fixed it and cleaned up, and we got to go to bed. We are thankful the problem wasn’t worse and that it got fixed. I didn’t take a picture of the plumber, but here are our fish.
