Spring Break 2009

Top Ten List

1. Adventures! From tidepools to dark caves anything we do together seemed like an adventure. Even the most amazing Hide & Seek ever, if Gracie didn't give up Ted would still be looking for her!

2. Great House, if I say so myself Deana and I outdid ourselves this year on finding the house. 4 bedroom, theater room (yes big screen tv and movie theater seats), hot tub, sauna, fireplace, foosball, pool table, and it was right on the beach. Click here for The Beach House information.

3. Going to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for lunch, ice cream lunch to be exact. Do I have to count this twice if we did it two days in a row?

4. Seaside Aquarium, everybody loves feeding the seals.

5. Great food, each night one group gets a turn to cook dinner. Darin made his Tomato Street Penne Pasta, Dani made sweet and sour meatballs and Ted & Deana fixed bbq steaks with shrimp. Carley & Taylor made pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast one day and I fixed french toast for everyone. Katrina made cookies and brownies at night. Besides Tillamook, we ate at a great little place in Seaside called the Big Kahuna. Yes, it was a fattening week.

6. Foosball / Pool Challenges - by the end of the week everyone had perfected their game.

7. Dani bodyboarding in the freezing weather. Maybe K-poop will send me some more pictures since she was such a good sis and stayed down at the beach with Dani and Darin.

8. Glenwood Cabin - Ted & Deana let us extend our vacation by stopping at the cabin. The kids (well except Carley) loved the bunk house. The scenery was breathtaking, Mt. Adams, elk, deer. The five million snakes in the ditch I could live without.

9. Doing nothing, everytime we go the best part is not having a plan, not having to go anywhere, not having to answer the phone and enjoying every minute.

10. Seeing the kids smile.

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Junior Miss

Junior Miss Katrina Werlinger !!!

Congrats Trina, we are so proud of you. We know how hard you worked and know you will do a great job representing our community. Thanks for letting me be your "backstage mom" and we look forward to many exciting float adventures.

Monster Trucks

A Day with Dad - Gracie, Lane & Justin got to spend the day with dad while the big girls were busy with Junior Miss stuff. It was a great day, all of them said they had so much fun.

This is how Lane was most of the time "mesmorized"!

Taking a break from the action, nothing like cotton candy to keep dad busy.

BRAD PAISLEY CONCERT !!!!!!!!!!!

Tacoma Dome 2/28/09.....Paisley Party Tour!!

Darin and I left Saturday with Mike and Robin for a mini-road trip to Seattle. Laughs, good food, great concert and home again on Sunday. We really enjoyed our easy-going trip, thanks guys!