He's 6

On Sunday Jonah turned 6. We had Cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then he opened presents from family.

He and Savannah came up with the idea that opening presents with a garden tool would be really great.

They soon found out it was easier to use your hands. Jonah loved the Wii Nerf Game, R/C boat and the Jenga game from his grand parents.
The Whoopee Cushion in the card was pretty cool too.

That night Jonah picked hot dogs for dinner. Afterwards, the Jarvis and Egan family came over to eat the cake that Jonah decorated. Great weather and great party. Happy Birthday Jonah!

On Tuesday Jonah had a friends party at Out Of This World. Lily, Alex, Zane, and Natalie all came.

They had a great time playing on all the indoor slides, bouncers, cars, etc.

Jonah loved all his gifts. The new fascination. . . "Bakugans." I had never heard of them, but good thing his friends had. Thanks for coming everyone!

Mother's Day

Nothing in this world could be better than being a Mom. I love it! Can't wait to be with our Moms soon. We love you. Happy Mother's Day!

Astoria

After attending Stake Conference on Sunday we decided to take advantage of the day by going out to Astoria. On the way we had a picnic at a park, went to Longview to see Dustin's jobsite at Longview Fibre, and then enjoyed some of the sites in Astoria.

We went to the Astoria Column where the views were incredible.

Behind the kids is the Astoria-Megler Bridge. It is 4.1 miles long and yes we drove it. On the way back to Porland we drove on the Clatsop beach in Gearhart. It was a windy and cold, but the kids had their heads out the window as we took one last drive on the beach, spraying through the water.

Saturday Market

We are trying to do some fun things before we leave Portland. So on Saturday we went to the Saturday Market in down town Portland with our friends the Jarvis's. I can't believe we had never been before. This definitely would have been a "must do" when we had visitors come into town.

Portland Saturday Market is the largest continually running open air crafts market in the U.S.. Everything there is homemade- it's so fun to see the creativity and talent that so many people here have. It is always a cultural experience, with the people, food, music and live performers. We had the BEST Greek sandwich, and they had some of the cutest most unique clothing. I could have stayed forever, especially if I had more money and no young boys :). (Andrea does this journaling seem familiar? If you didn't notice I copywrited your blog. Thanks.)

Jacob spent most of the time dragging on the ground. He is smiling here, but he was so stubborn while we were at the market.