Pacific City in April.

The boys were on Spring Break all week and Anson and I had to catch up on some screen printing. He decided to take Wed., Thurs., and Friday off from school so that we could do something with the boys. They had been cooped up in the house all week. I felt bad, but we had to get work done. We tried to get everything shipped off on Wednesday, but didn't quite make it. On Thursday, Anson got the RV ready and packed while I finished the rest of the work.

We finally headed out of town around 1pm. We decided to bring Lucy and she just HATES car rides. She was stressed out the entire 2 hours! I felt bad. I don't think we'll be bringing her with us next time.

One of my favorite things to do on our way somewhere is to take pictures from my window. These are some pics from our way out of town.







It's a great way to spend the time. It makes it go by so fast. Here's another one I shot from my window as we passed the beach. It was such a beautiful day when we arrived....little did we know what weather was to come.



These are pictures from the deck from the lodge at the Thousand Trails campground.




The first thing the kids do when we arrive is to go swimming. I didn't feel like swimming, so I walked Lucy around and read a book back at the RV. When the kids came back from swimming, Ashton had a wound that looked like it could use a stitch or two. Anson Jr, had thrown a snorkel at him and cut his lip open. We found some butterfly bandages in our first aid kit and that seemed to have closed the wound. Our other option was to drive 30 minutes to Lincoln City where there was a hospital to see if he needed stitches or not.



After that fiasco, the kids settled down to watch a movie and Anson and I decided to go hot tubbing. The campground was pretty empty, so there weren't many people there so we had the hot tub to ourselves and when we got to hot, I jumped in the pool and did a little swimming. Afterward, we made our way down to the beach. The sun was setting and it was close to 8pm at the time. Anson and I left just in time. It was dark by the time we walked back to our RV.





The boys look so comfy under the electric blanket.


The next day the kids went swimming again and had the pool all to themselves....again.






They left the pool to do an Easter egg hunt that Thousand Trails put together for the kids. It was only Ashton and a little girl in their age group so there wasn't much competition.






Ashton found the golden egg which was the prize egg and he won the big Easter basket full of goodies. He also won a plastic rabbit full of jelly beans but gave it to the little girl. He's such a good boy. We suggested it of course and he could have thrown a fit, but he was happy to do it.
Next, the parents hid the eggs for the older group which consisted of Anson Jr., Ammon and 2 other kids.
Ammon found the golden egg and won the Easter basket. Anson Jr. found the other prize egg and won the rabbit full of jelly beans. There were also hard boiled eggs in with the plastic eggs full of candy, so we went back to the RV and made egg sandwiches for lunch.

The whole time we were there it rained, and rained and rained. We got a few breaks but it was also crazy windy and hailed a few times. We decided to pack up and leave a day early and hit snow along the pass. Note to self next time we decide to go somewhere: CHECK THE WEATHER!

We still had a great time and made lots of great memories!

Ammon's 11th Birthday!

Ammon's birthday was on March 17th on St. Patrick's Day and he just loves that!
The Sunday before his birthday we had family over for some cake and ice cream.

He got some Oreos and once everyone left he discovered
someone had opened them and ate half of them! He wasn't too thrilled about that.

He loved getting so much money! Look at that face!

An airplane from Aunt Jeanette!

We got him a metal detector and he didn't
waste anytime time going out to use it...
in our front yard!

They found some sort of rusted metal.
Ammon doesn't like his "treasure".

The next day we decided to go to Esther Short Park
and see what we could find...which was nothing much.
Just some junk.

The next week we went to Klineline and he found a knife.
Lovely.

Holy Cow!

It's been 19 years since I stopped eating meat!
I don't remember the exact date that I became a vegetarian,
but I was 16 years old!

I'm not making a statement.
I'm not an animal rights activist.
I don't even like animals..
I'm not doing it for any reason other
than it being a part of who I am.
It's hard to explain.

People ask if I will ever eat meat again and the answer is
only if I was starving and it was all there was to eat.


I think that the way farmers are raising animals and injecting
them with hormones and antibiotics is not safe or healthy.
I think that eating flesh is disgusting....
almost cannibilistic.

I highly recommend watching this movie.
I even grocery shopped differently after watching it.

Getting older sucks!!!

I saw my Dr. today and she said that I need to go to Physical Therapy once a week to strengthen the part of my back that is injured. She said it will hurt and not be fun. Looking forward to it....

Dangerous curves ahead!

My back was feeling good.....until yesterday at church. Those benches in sacrament meeting killed it! I couldn't stand the twisting and turning trying to get in a comfortable position so my back wouldn't hurt--but ended up leaving in the middle of the meeting and stood in the foyer. It was feeling a little better by the next class, so I decided to go. I sat down on the metal chair, bent to put my purse down and felt a sharp pain. It hurt so bad, I ended up leaving that class and stood in the hall. It continued to hurt and standing became painful so I got in my car and drove home. I did some stretches the chiropractor recommended and that didn't help, so I laid in bed until I had to go back and pick up the kids. The rest of Sunday I spent in bed. I felt so bad because Anson had to pick up my slack.

I painfully tossed and turned all night. Not only was my back killing me but I had a migraine that wouldn't quit. Anson, my sweet, sweet Anson got the kids off to school this morning for me. I stayed in bed a little while, then showered, dressed and got ready. It's the weirdest thing. You can actually see that my body is twisted. I called the chiropractor as soon as they opened and got in 45 minutes later. He popped a few things but couldn't straighten me out. What the heck did I pay for anyway??? LAME! I'm worse off now than when I had to first see him 3 weeks ago! He wants me to go back tomorrow, but I also called my family physician and made an appointment for tomorrow as well. I may need an x-ray or there may be a bigger problem than what my chiropractor can fix. I really hope that's not the case though. At the very least I'm hoping to get my insurance to cover my chiropractic visits. I'm paying out of pocket and it's getting expensive!!!

I hope to walk out of the office looking like this tomorrow!