Chicken Pox?!

Yes, chicken pox... guess who?  Kellen came home yesterday from school with chicken pox.  Since it didn't itch, we first thought it was Hand, Foot and Mouth, but no the doctor today said chicken pox.  It is common for it not to itch since he had the vaccine, but of course the vaccine didn't prevent him from having it.  Oh well... guess he gets some time home from school, which he is super bummed.  He is liking having movie day.  ;)

Celebrating Papa

Last weekend the kids and I headed to Dairy Queen to celebrate Papa's life with one of things he loved...ice cream!  Papa's favorite was a butterscotch malt or a small cone.  We got both!  The malt was really good.

Prayers from Oregon

We love you Papa!

Another Lego Adventure

So we discovered a store in Beaverton that sells used legos.  You can by complete sets or in bulk.  They even have a couple tables where you can sift and pick through to pick individual pieces.  We took a family trip there on Thursday and had a great time looking for castle-related pieces that are missing from our sets.  Kristin enjoyed helping Danelle and I at the brick tables.  Kellen had a good time sifting through the table of mini-figures.  Upon learning that this store hosts birthday parties, Kellen immediately decided where his next birthday party is going to be. :-)

Tonight is school dance night.  Kellen and Danelle are there right now.  Sounds like Kristin wants to go when she gets home from soccer.  She caught a ride to soccer tonight with a teammate.  Yay carpools!

It was warm, sunny, and dry today. So much so that Danelle decided to mow the front lawn.  What a nice thing to come home to!

Busy weeked ahead of us.  Haircuts, two birthday parties, girl scout cookie booth sales, a soccer game.  And that's just on Saturday. :-)

Geese!

Lemme outside, lemme outside!

Legos!

While we were in Iowa, we dug up an old lego collection from my childhood.  It included a castle from the mid 80s.  The kids thought it was pretty cool, so we packed the castle and brought it back with us to Oregon.  It has been a huge hit with the whole family.  In addition to the castle, I had other mini-sets from the same theme, including a siege tower, a catapult, and a blacksmith.  Danelle had fun assembling the seige tower, but it looks like we are missing some pieces for the rest.  That set us on a journey to the Lego store at the mall in Beaverton.  While they did have some individual bricks, they didn't have any 'vintage' pieces from the 80s.  We're vintage!



Castle Legos at Oma and Poppa's

Well, it turns out that there is a huge market for legos on Ebay.  I ending up winning an action for a 'knights stronghold'.  We're anxiously awaiting its arrival.  :-)  We also discovered that Beaverton has a store dedicated to used legos.  We haven't found a time to go there yet, but I'm sure it will be fun.  Danelle and I are enjoying it as much as the kids are.

In other news, blogger's picture poster had been down for awhile, but it appears to be back up and running.  Hooray!