A day at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) with our granddaughters Myla and Payton. The girls love dinosaurs and with the T-Rex exhibit we though this was a perfect way to spend the day while Danielle and Michael were off celebrating their 5 years of wedded bliss!
The Giant Sandbox
This was fun, but they did get pretty wet.
Payton at the lego table, you can really see how wet her pants got for the water they played in, I didn't even notice until I got home and looked at the picture!
Another "hands on exhibit" with sand and water and rocks etc. Myla kept flipping her sandy wet hands.
Payton with a "giant acorn" inside the squirrel house, so cute!!
Myla in the "bear tunnel"
Checking to see if the fish are real, (they are in resin)
At Omsi there is an area set up like a grocery store, a kitchen and a puppet stage all in one area, the girls had fun shopping, cooking and playing with the puppets...so cute!
This activity was fun, the girls were examining the x-rays under a magnifying glass, I kept referring to one of the x-rays as a "crab", Myla kept saying "it's not a crab"! I would say , "I think it is a crab" and she would repeat herself, "it's not a crab"! I finally asked, "well what is it"? Myla told me emphatically, "It is a Yizard"!!! After closer examination I agreed, "it is a Lizard"! It was a funny moment. Moral of the story...if you think it is a crab, look a little closer, it just may be a lizard!
I wish that I could have been in front of the girls facing them with a camera when they walked into the T-Rex exhibit, they were beyond excited, a dinosaur a "real" dinosaur!! The excitement on the face of a child is unmatchable, what a day we had and it would have been longer but after 5 hours Poppa was tired, but he was a great sport!!!
Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th, 13 years ago. Here they are with the last picture taken of us all in the same place. Vicki, Diane, Pati, Mom, Dad,Chuck, JB, and Steve
My parents celebrated their 63rd anniversary today, I find it commendable that in this day and age a couple can stick it through thick and thin, weathering the storms of life...just hanging in there, love conquers all.
GreatGrandpa teaching the great grandies to pick strawberries, telling them how their CookieMa did this when she was a teenager picking strawberries at the good ole' Strawberry Farm in Mount Vernon, WA.
Maddox and GreatGrandpa picking strawberries in his front yard, this was a neat thing for the generations to do and they were sweet and yummy.
Great Grandpa and the great-grandies after picking the strawberries!!
Fun in the backyard!!
Misty made a quick trip up to our place to do a little shopping, the kids got to stay with me! We had a great time just being together!
