::First Day of 3 Year Old Preschool::

Tuesday was Chase's first day of 3 year old Preschool!

She is back at Rancho Bernardo Community Church Preschool

So happy to be reunited with classmates from last year...

This year she has a new teacher, Ms. Baldwin.  This was her first time meeting her as we were out of town for  meet the teacher day...

Mama's happy that Chase is ready to be back in school!

And look who should be at our school this year but BFF's Ava and Emi!!

This year she goes 2 days a week for 3 hours a day.  What a real treat for me!

We still haven't gotten out of her what she is doing there...she is like a 15 year old when we ask her what she did....NOTHING!  Fabulous!

{We hope for lots of learning, independence and new friends this year}

{Our Visit to Oregon::Portland}

We finally got to visit Adam and Rachel in Portland! 

We were with them for a few days and also a house rental on the Oregon Coast.

There's quite a few pictures...sorry!!

Happy Chase's arrival at Aunt Rachel's house

We arrived about lunch time, tried to rest, but couldn't, so got up and explored some neighborhoods...

In case you didn't know, Portland is the Rose City...apparently they have special growing conditions!

We walked around this amazing Rose Garden...

...here Chase came across a real live Princess!!  She was enthralled to say the least.  

Needless to say, it was a girl celebrating her quincinera!!  

...a beautiful view of Mt. Hood...and we are thankful that we actually got a peek!

The next day Rachel took us around another area...we took an aerial tram up to a hospital area.  It seemed strange to see dr's, etc. boarding this tram to go up the hospital!  But the view was great, again, Mt. Hood made an appearance!

Portland is a lovely city, especially when sunny.  Although, strangely enough, it was HOT the first 2 days we were there!  It was a bit bizarre.  Lots of bridges (also known as Bridgetown), lots of unique food trucks.  We got to experience eating at several of the food trucks around the city.  They were delish.  I enjoyed my Pad Thai Chicken that I had 3 times immensely!!!

Adam and Rachel have a lovely, old home.  It is very big (guest room for visitors with a very comfy bed), live in great, old, historical part of the city, from what I could tell.  Walking distance to a little downtown area.  They are taking up the Portland lifestyle with lots of bicycling.  

I think they are very happy here and it seems to fit them better than Texas did.  

Thanks for hosting us A & R!!  It was great!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. 

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. 

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. 

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Our French Visitors

I'd mentioned in an earlier post briefly that our French family was here for a visit.

We had a great time with them.  They stayed two (short) nights with us.  They were such easy visitors to host.  The kids all had their own sleeping bags and pillows and (happily) slept on the floor!  They even brought their own towels, which I told them to keep for another stop.

The first night we had a make your pizza night and then they wanted to catch the sunset, so we quickly dashed off to the beach, getting there just in time!  It's funny, that is something we never do.  I know, pathetic!  It was so fun, Chase had a great time running around.  It made me so happy that THIS is where we live, that we have access to such beauty!

The next day we headed down to Sea World.  That was kind of the one "San Diego" thing they wanted to do.  That worked out great because we have passes.  It was the first time we've been during tourist season and there were lots of people and it was hot!!  We split up much of the time due to different ages being interested in different things.  It was a nice day though.  That night we had another nice outdoor grilled dinner.

In the morning after a nice, slow breakfast, they left our house in the direction of Las Vegas.  They continued on their journey all across the country.  It looked like a really fun trip.  What a trip of a lifetime for those kids!

What's Up?

Hello!  I feel as if we've fallen off the face of the earth.  After our quiet week of recovery from VBS last week, both Chase and I have gotten sick, so more in home recovery!  So it's been a really quiet time around here.  Lots of movie watching and laying down!

I have literally not taken a picture in weeks!  There is not much to document here.  I do have some cute video from VBS that I'd like to put on here, but it won't upload for some reason.

Please pray that our household would get better quickly!