!Glitter!

Amya explored glitter for the first time yesterday! I squeezed the glue, and she shook the glitter, until she realized the glue was sticky, then we swapped roles.

...showing me that she made hand prints on the wall while I was cleaning up the floor!...
...assessing her work...

...Meeting Little Brother...

Amya's Famous Auntie T!

At the very beginning of Sesame Street, the Brooklyn Bridge appears. So, of course I told Amya that her Auntie T. must live by Sesame Street, because she lives by the Brooklyn Bridge. Amya's eyes lit up! Well, now I hear that they are filming a new Muppets movie...right around the corner from where her Auntie T. actually lives!

WAAAM

No, not that Waaam. We went to the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum this weekend for their "Fly In." Dan even went up in a by-plane and toured the gorge from a bird's point of view! The pilot tried to convince me that Amya would love to go up with her Daddy, but that was a firm "NO!" from me! They had beautiful cars, planes and bikes there.

Moss, Moss, and More Moss

...and this is what it looks like in the dry season!

First Friday

(I wonder if that guy on the guitar is wondering how to increase the average age of his listeners)
Kailey and Amya at the fountains in front of our favorite coffee house, Doppio's

Yesterday's Hike

Eagle Creek (not a place to bring small children)

Meet Juneau!

...our beautiful new nephew! He arrived today at 8lb. 8oz, 21 in. and screaming! Mother and baby are doing great! Great job, Danielle! Congratulations John and Danielle, Bear and Willow (who has no idea what just happened to her)!

Goodbye Grandpa and Grandma

Amya did a very good job looking but not touching all the toys at the gift shop! (it was very hard for her)
Multnomah Falls

The Runner

(where are your short shorts, Taylor?)

That's Taylor Priest running in her first cross country meet!

Always Keep An Eye On Your Child!

...More Grandpa And Grandma...

breakfast at Bette's Diner
Amya is not allowed in to some of the nicer shops!

Amya points, Grandpa picks that was a good tomato!

Mt. Hood
Handing out rocks
Grandpa is teaching Amya how to use a sun dial

Cats!

"Oh, Yes! There is that cat that never lets me catch him! I'm going for it."
"Yes! Almost there. Don't get up on my account!"

"I guess I'll have to settle for the cat that always lets me touch her...even her ears!"

"I love giving 'head hugs'!"

Dinner Out!

We enjoyed our Sunday evening out to dinner. There was a Spanish band playing quiet bistro music (if I knew more about music, I would actually use the correct name for the genre that describes) playing in the corner of the room, to which Amya eventually couldn't resist dancing to, even though it wasn't really that kind of restaurant.

Berry Picking

You cannot harvest all the wild blackberries growing in Hood River...there are just too many! It is hard for me to walk by them and not stop for a half an hour to pick them...they are FREE! Hello! But you cannot pick berries every time you leave your house. You would get nothing done (but you would have blackberries in your freezer 'till May!). So, we brought our company out the the Indian Creek Trail to help us! Then we turned it into blackberry jam....yum!