More Dance Outfit Pictures

I finally got my girls together in their dance outfits for pictures. We went to a Rose Garden here close by us, right by a bike path. We brought a change of clothes to change after pictures were taken. We then walked on the bike path and found a very peaceful spot in the shade, with a view of Willamette River and had a picnic together. After that we walked further on the bike path to a park and girls got to play for an hour before we headed back home. It was a MUCH needed outing with my girls. These are the days when I want to grab hold on too and share my favorite memories with them as they get older and need that remembrance what all great times mommy and daughters had together.

I LOVE YOU MY DEAR DAUGHTERS OF MINE, NEVER FORGET THAT!!!

Who all is looking

I really don't know who all is looking at my blog. I think I only have one or two people looking and I haven't decided to keep this blog going on just for those two. I have opened my comments to ANYBODY at the moment to see. If you are looking and not commenting let me know. I want to see ALL who is coming to my blog and want me to keep this going.

Thanks for your comments.

My daughters all dressed up

Losing Teeth

Our little (not so little) Ashley has lost her first two teeth already.


Our First Tooth


She lost it on the day of our Lula BBQ, eating on an apple and saw something on her hand after first bite and just tossed it into the grass( not realizing it was her TOOTH). She then scream "MY TOOTH IS GONE". It was a needle in haystack to find it in the grass, so it's lost.

Our Second Tooth


We lost this one a month and half later from our first tooth. I had to pull this one since she didn't want to bight into a carrot so I wiggled it around and it finnally came out. We did get to keep this tooth and we put it in a zipblock bag in my keep sake box. NO TOOTH FAIRY VISTIED US..... DON'T TEACH LIES TO MY CHILDREN...

Baking Bread Time

I had the girls help me make whole wheat bread the other day. We used this as a learning process of how it works. Ashley and Hannah want to cook and help with meals now. I have walked out to the kitchen in the morning and Ashley is trying to help mommy and gather things together on plates for breakfast. She even one morning came and brought me a plate of banana, raisins, muffins, orange juice, AND to top it all, a beautiful bouquet of flowers in the middle of my plate. These are the times when a mommy will cherish this memory forever in her heart. I LOVE my two daughters and I will NEVER think twice about living without children. They are my life, and I am theirs.

Cooking School Time



Learning how to crack egg properly without shell going everywhere







Watching How Yeast Rises





Time to Add Ingredients




Kneading Dough



Dough is Kneaded, Ready to Rise






Finished Rising






Time to Punch Dough Down



Look what We made, Nice warm Whole Wheat Bread



The Finish Product

Portland Zoo

We went to Portland Zoo two weekends ago with a good friend of mine and her children. The day was nice to start with, sunny and a little cool breeze to it. By the end of the day it poured on us and we ended our day there and drove home. Daddy was gone that weekend on a work project, so we went and had a girls day on Friday. We purchased a year packet for the zoo this year, so we will be there several times this summer and fall. After the zoo, we drove home and I took the girls to Papa's Pizza and let the girls play there. What fun!!