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!

Day Off

Well, no school today for the kiddos and Aaron even had the day off. This afternoon we had 9 Girl Scouts in our nook area creating Valentine's Day cards for the retirement community we visit. We made 88 cards... one for each unit. The girls also made posters for their upcoming cookie booth sales in February. We had a very productive 2 hours. They even got to play for about 5 minutes while we waited for parents to pick up. 

While the girls were here, Aaron took Kellen to ice skate at Sherwood Ice Arena. They had a lot of fun, and evidently Kellen did a lot of skating on his own. Bella even got a playdate over at Cy's house. She would not have been helpful while making cards. :)

We look forward to a short and quick week. We will be on a plane to Iowa before we know it.

Lost Tooth at Hockey Game

Kellen lost his tooth yesterday afternoon at the Winterhawks hocke

y game. This is the first of the two top front teeth. He was super proud. Later he even got to say hi to the mascot Tommy Hawk.

Zoo Lights Photos

Kristin under the waterfall or jellyfish... we couldn't decide.

Kristin and her favorite lights at the zoo - Swan Lake

Kristin and Ellie

Kellen and Danelle on the Zoo Train!  Finally!