One last time down the river before it turns too COLD to hop in.

Temple Tours

For the month of tours, Dad and other Ward, Stake, and actual missionaries have been giving tours of the Portland Temple grounds. We went for our own personal tour. Thanks Dad!

Meet in Marysville

This past weekend we traveled up to Seattle to watch Jefferson run at a cross country invitational. We were joined by the Bennetts and the Pratts. It was a very fun event to watch since Jefferson placed 2nd!! Way to go Jefferson! To make it even better the weather was beautiful. THANK YOU Micah for taking photos of this event for us!

and their off.......

Holding steady in 2nd

Double trouble!

The spectators

Nice moves

The finish

The man, Jefferson!

Jefferson: Sophomore class Homecoming Prince.

Jefferson as himself.

Jefferson as a Western Prince.

Jefferson as a Western Prince with his Western Princess Grace.

Our Garden in September

Fresh raspberries!
Zinnia and pumkin.
Blueberries ready for Fall.
Everbearing strawberries are soooo yummy in September.

Father-Sons' Campout

September 20, 2008: Father-Son's Campout at Champoeg Park
In a (failed) attempt to eradicate a swarm of bees from the hollow trunk of a fallen tree, Jackson, Jefferson, Jamie (Ellery), and Spencer (Price) used their "fire-starting" skills (i.e. a match) to "smoke 'em out"... It only took 5 professional firefighters (thanks, City of St. Paul!!), 2 park rangers, and a dozen "sons" to put the fire out 12 hours later. Sarah, who was in the park to run a half-marathon but didn't know that we were camping there, was amused to hear about the "careless Mormon kids" who had set fire to a tree!
Fine paid to Oregon State Parks: $97.
In-person demonstration of how "fire-suppressing spray foam" works to 30 little kids: Priceless!

A Special Gift for Sis. Gabut.

Sis. Gabut had never seen a squirrel before and wanted one for a pet. So of course Jackson caught one for her.

Mary S Young Meet

Jefferson, Steven and Kevin from Lakeridge.


It's a fast and furious finish as Jefferson and Max dual it out. Jefferson finished in 17:40, 5th on the team and 7th overall.

Kennedy, Ray and Cowboy.

Cross-country running

The varsity boys doing a little warm-up.

And they are off....


Working hard...

Working harder....

Jefferson and Tim enjoying the post-race analysis. Jefferson finished 11th overall and 5th for the team with a time of 18:10. The varsity boys and girls teams won. Way to go West Linn!

Gone Fishin'

Harrison and Jackson on their way to the river.....




A few minutes later...the mighty fisherman Harrison came home with a fish.


The fish returned home to grow just a little bigger. Life is good.

How much wood did those woodchucks chuck?

Labor Day Laboring

Our Little Entrepeneur

OK, here is a funny story: Harrison is a curious little soul. He has successfully sold his nasturtium flowers to a local restuarant through our neighbor. Harrison has made $14.00 so far this summer on this little venture. But don't worry, it's not all about money...he harvested 15 cucumbers and took them to church and gave them away. While I wish he had not done so in the chapel, it was entertaining to watch all of the people with cucumbers during our meetings. He now has several offers for his cucumbers.