Corn Fields & Farms

Jesse and I went back to our parents this past weekend. (About a 2.5 hour drive) Where we live it had been stormy and raining but the closer we got to our parents the clouds were breaking up and the sun was shining.

Lots of farms on our drive and I thought it looked really neat with the clouds. These pictures are out the window doing about 65mph... pretty good, huh?! We also seen "Oreo cows" The head and butt were black and the middle was white. I couldn't get a picture fast enough... I'll try next time.

The below pictures are of a cornfield that separate my parents from their neighbors. The house in the last picture is of the neighbors... I was at their place when I took the pictures. They were having a NASCAR party. They deep fried a turkey! Yum! They also deep fried Twinkies! Those were so good! Kind of tasted like an elephant ear from the fair! They rolled the Twinkies in a batter (similar to a pancake mix) fried them, then sprinkled them with powdered sugar.

You don't want to eat this corn... they call it field corn and it is not good. Only the cows like it!

Missing Tigard

How about some love for Tigard!?

I don't know when it was but July sometime... Jesse and I were sitting in our apartment in Tigard and noticed a beautiful sky. We couldn't see it very well so we hoped in the Jeep and drove down 99 a bit to this place.

I got some very cool shots!!

I need to brag about my Tigard neighbors for just a few moments. Really missing them right now! We had very cool neighbors there. Brandon & Natalie... were in the program with Jesse and I love them to pieces!! Miss them tons! If Jesse and I were going a little stir crazy we could always call them and go and visit for awhile.

Zack & Sara... were our go to garden neighbors. You could find Zack grilling a couple burgers while drinking a bottle of beer. Sara would be drinking her wine trying to keep her cats from running away. Jesse and I would sit out there and distract them from their grill (and cats) and have a drink with them at night. So fun!

Liz, Faith & Justin... You could always find Liz out on her patio with a glass of wine! She has the sweetest daughter Faith and a rapping boyfriend Justin. Justin would always try to get me to rap... told me it was just liking rhyming... well I can't do either!!

Lee... he passed away right before we left. He was an old man that was hard of hearing and loved Jesse to pieces! He would come over and bang on the door so loud!! He would need Jesse to put in a movie for him to watch because he couldn't figure it out. He was a pretty neat guy and glad we were able to meet him.

Ryan & Lin... BBQ boy!! Ryan is always grilling and cooks enough to feed an army! I can't tell you how many times we would be sitting in our living room and all of sudden we would either hear things being thrown at our windows or hear our names being yelled. It was Ryan... he was grilling and had extras. He also had a Long Island Ice Tea to go with it. Ryan is an awesome cook! Sure do miss his grilling nights!! We actually just got a call from them this past weekend... they are engaged!!!!!! I am so excited for them!! Love them to pieces!!

Love and miss you Tigard neighbors!!

Tia & Jesse Day!!

Last week my sister [Shannon] and my little niece [Ellyn] came to stay with us for 3 days. Elly was so excited to have a Tia & Jesse Day. She actually got to go to Tia's house and sleep over!! Exciting stuff!!

Both Jesse and I had to work while they were staying with us. But, we work from home!! We certainly confused Elly. She would bring a chair over to my desk and say "Why do you have to work here? You have to work at a Doctors office. This is not work." My sister works at the hospital for a Doctor... therefore she thinks that everyone should work for a Doctor and not at home!

She got to color all over my papers with my pens and pencils! Good times in her eyes! After I was done with work then we went to play in the lake. She loved it out in the lake and didn't want to go and eat supper.

Cute story about the lake. She would sit in our apartment and look at the lake and beg to go out there and was I done with work yet because she was ready to go swimming. At one point she came running over to me "The water in the lake is going away!!!!" Of course I played along and said "NO WAY! Show me!" She runs me over to the patio door and says "See, the water is going away." Here a big clump of yuck was at the surface of the water and it sorta looked like the bottom of the lake.... : )

Here are some pictures of our time together!

We went shopping one night and got Elly these adorable shoes.

She starts preschool this fall with Ms. Amanda and needs cute shoes!!

She walked around saying "I love my new shoes. They are soooo cute."



This is our sassy little Ellyn.

I had to sneak this picture because Elly wouldn't let me

take their picture. I tried to get a nice one and she cried. : )

My sister brought us this cake because she was here on our 4th anniversary!!

The cake was made by the same lady who made our wedding cake. Very cool!