My weekend

I was so excited for this last Friday to get here. It was bound to be a slammin packed weekend. And sure enough it was.
I got off of work Friday went home and picked up Nic and Tayler to head over to my father in laws house for dinner. My brother in lawn cooked dinner.....Sweet...right? It is a Friday and it is hot and I dont have to cook....lol Should be a dream come true. We get there and Michael had made white beans and corn bread...yummy. One thing I love and rarely get. Yeah so we all dish up and go to eat. "My mouth is on fire!!" What did you put in this stuff....geeez it is hot. He attempted to be a chef when he is sooooooo not.lol He put sea food boil seasoning in it....holy monkeys....a little goes a long way. And then his corn bread....first he used OLD self rising corn meal....old from '07. yeah so it didnt rise. he added cheese and corn and who knows what else to it...I passed on that stuff but Nic said it was not that good. We had to leave there early cause we had to be up early.....so off to home we go.
Saturday was an early rise. 4am I tell ya. Had to get me Tayler and Nic ready to go to the fire department. It was the Mint Festival Fire Breakfast. We volunteered to cook. It is an all you can eat 5 dollar to the public breakfast. It went from 6am to 12pm. I got there not really sure what I was going to be doing....finally made myself at home in the kitchen preping the pancake batter (5lbs bags of mix at a time) along with coffee and OJ. I was busy! I think I mixed like 15-17 bags of mix. The good news is that we fed alot of people. And the Chief says I mix good batter! LOL We served pancakes, eggs to order and ham! After clean up I was so tired I had been running (literally) six + hours. It was a good time. I will do it again next year. After clean up Me Nic and Tayler went to garage sales. Jefferson wide garage Sales (Remember Jody we went last year!) I got a few good things....It was way hot.
Sunday got to sleep in some. I had this brilliant idea to go floating down the river (Santiam) this day. So we all got together (me, Nic, Tayler, Michael and Ricky) and we floated from Jefferson boat dock to the rest area on I5. It took about 1 hour 30 min. I thought I was so smart. Put Sun Screen on me and Tayler. Yeah score for me right!!! Wrong!!!! I got sooooooo burnt. My legs and arms a very toasty. Good news is Tayler was fine. So we got out of the water and went and at lunch/dinner at a place in Jefferson. We were thinking that we would float it again after we ate....but by the time we got our food my legs were on fire!!!! Yeah skipped the second Round!!! lol
So needless to say I spent all day Monday home from work in pain laying on the couch not able to move!!! LOL
Oh well I should go find some SPF 5000!!

Relay for life.

So this Friday is the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. I am walking with the Team I walked with last year, the Corvallis Fred Meyer Team. Nic's cousins work there and we walk in memory of Beverly. It should be a good time with family and friends supporting a good cause. I have had great luck with coworkers and family in raising some money to fight against cancer!!
They do these things called Luminariums. You buy a bag (fund raising you know) and decorate it in memory of a person who has lost the battle to cancer or dedicate it to a survivor ect.. So I got two, one for me and one for Tayler to decorate for Bev. It was a great time with Tayler, I got out all my scrapbooking stuff (minus paper) and we had a blast. Tayler did her own bag all by herself...she Loves it. So what they do with the bags is they put sand in the bottom and put a candle in it. When it gets dark they line the track with all the bags and you get to walk around reading and looking at all the bags....very emotional!
So I put alot of thought into how I was going to make my bag and I am very happy with how it turned out....

I think the CLAIR jeans run deep in this family. They all look alike. I love to see them all together. Tayler really loves her Daddy and Uncle Mikey.
The two boys say they don't look that much alike....I say they are nuts!
I love this picture. They are some of the most important people in my life.
My Husband Nic, My Daughter Tayler, and My Brother-In-Law (who I think of more as a brother than an In-Law)

Nic's Surprise.

Sence we went to the coast for Nic's Birthday, I didn't get him anything. And well that kinda made me feel bad. So out of the blue this last weekend he said...."I was thinking you would have made me something you know.....scrap it". Hmmmm What a fantastic Idea. It totally just came to me...lol So since all my scrap stuff was at home. I just thought about what I wanted to make for him. I wanted to make a shadow box.....but did't have all the stuff to make it....So my second thought. I have seen Anne make so many of these things.....Hmmm yup I think I can do it. So this is what I made for Nic for his Birthday. I hope he will love it.






I totally have a little scrapper on my hands. She was right there with me every step of the way trying all the things I was doing. I think I may have to get her some stuff soon...lol If you look very closely It says (upside down) "firefighter" and she decked it out in Firefighter stickers and colored away!! She says Nic will love hers the best....and between you and me....I am betting she is right!!!

We had a blast doing this project together for the last two evenings.

Tonight I went to dinner with Mr. & Mrs. True. I had such a great time, chatting and laughing. I even laughed until I cried. It was a blast Good food, Good friends and Good laughs! Can't beat it....

It turned out!!

What a BEAUTIFUL sun set at the cabin! Tayler is having so much fun trying to be in all the pictures.


My little hiker! She wanted to lead the way. Even though she had no clue where we were going.

Nic and Tayler sitting on the steps the the end of the trail. Taking in the forest and lovely weather.


Me and Tayler at the end of the trail. Next to the tree you could go all the way under. Tayler thought it was so cool. She played there for awhile. This tree was over 500 years old. It grew as a seedling on top of a decaying old tree, and over the past 500 years that old tree has decayed and left a tunnel under the 500 year old tree. It is amazing!


Me and Tayler at the stone building. Part of our hike this weekend. It was such an amazing view. It over looked the ocean!



Oh yes I did it!! I cut my vinyl and Look just Look at what I did!! I can not believe I did it!!

Because I sorta follow the rules....

So, I know I like it when other people follow the tags I do, so I'm following the one that tagged me... Anne

It's the *8* things post!

8 Things I Look Forward To...
#1.) Seeing Tayler
#2.) Kisses from Tayler and Nic
#3.) Seeing Tayler do new things and get excited.
#4.) Diet Pepsi!!!
#5.) Sleeping In
#6.) shopping
#7.) Scrapbooking
#8.) Being around people I love!

8 Things I Did Yesterday
#1.) Woke up....Ugh it was Monday.
#2.) took Tayler to school
#3.) Went to work
#4.) Took Tayler to fire station to get pictures of flat Stanley.
#5.) Took Tayler to gymnastics class
#6.) Ate dinner with My sis.
#7.) Watched TV
#8.) Went to bed....I like that part!

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
#1.) Sky Dive for my Birthday
#2.) Believe in the unknown
#3.) Be a stay at home mom.....(know that wont happen but I can wish)
#4.) have a big party with all my friends for my Birthday
#5.) exersize and diet and lose some weight.....( the will is not there yet)
#6.) I wish I could have my Dad and Mother-in-Law back!!
#7.) Have lots of money ...Not really have to "want" for things.
#8.) Put Tayler through School...

8 Shows I watch:
#1.) Grey's Anatomy
#2.) American Idol
#3.) Hell's Kitchen
#4.) NCIS
#5.) Big Bang Theory
#6.) Deadliest Catch
#7.) Family Guy
#8.) Criminal Minds

Those are my 8's.

My turn to tag....YOU!

Come on, you know you want to!Here's the rules, just in case you want to follow them:

1) Mention the name of the person who tagged you.
2) Do the lists of 8.
3) Tag 8 bloggers of your choice.

My tags: I have none....lol
4) Let them know that they have been tagged!

Shout out to the friends!!!

I love you guys! Thanks for being so wonderful!!