Yahoo...the sun is shining....

on this Memorial Day...with a weekend of nothing but clouds and rain, a lot of sun this afternoon is just what we all needed!

Happy times this afternoon at our local park...enjoying it while we can. This is the first year since 1991 that Portland hasn't had an 80 degree day before June...we need more sun and warmer days!

Fun-filled, productive day...

Man, just when I thought I didn't have it in me..watch out world, even being a single mommy this weekend (Victor is up north with the guys war gaming), I got a TON of stuff done today...

First up, finished my mom's long awaited "turtle" Letty's Bag...Charlotte was SO excited to give it to her. We went up to their house so I could borrow the Yukon and mom & dad could watch her for a couple of hours. Thanks mom & dad for hanging out with Charlotte and the yummy strawberry shortcake.

THANK YOU Bev, Gayle, Linda and Patricia for all your help filling up the Yukon with garage sale items for next weekends BIG Relay-wide rummage sale...we've got tons of great stuff to sell.

After we left my folks, we picked up Rosemary and went to Craft Warehouse (who are having a 50% off one item with coupon sale) and picked up the material for the back of the Relay raffle quilt.

THEN, we headed over to Tim and Rachel's for game night, but stopped by Denise/Stephanie's home first to take photos of the AWESOME play structure that their Relay Team (Corky's Pirates) are raffling off. $20 per change, only 600 tickets being sold. The house is 6'x8' and 9' high with a loft. If you want a chance or two, let me know, I'm helping them sell the tickets.

After that we went over to Rachel/Tim's neighbors (our friends DT & Phong) who just had their second daughter, little Thien-Lan, who is just as adorable as her older sister Thien-Mai. Her family is all from Vista, CA (where my brother's family lives), so we got to meet her folks, her sister's family and a lot of their friends and eat LOTS of yummy food!!!

Then we moved the party of to Rachel & Tim's place...Dean & Nicki (and the doggies), Gwen & Scott and the girls, Bill & JoAnn along with Alina (from our Relay Committee) and Amanda (friend from work) all came over....poker playing and other fun games...It was Aspen's 8th b-day a couple of weeks ago, so we got to celebrate 8 years of Aspen too!

It was a great day. We miss Victor, but he's having a blast with the guys and will be back tomorrow night...I love days like this...full of good times, friends, family and even some chores thrown in the mix too!

Quiet times at the PCM...

it was SO nice and quiet when we got there. We hit the doors right @9am, parking lot was almost empty...we had the place to ourselves for about 30 minutes....then it got more crowded, and more crowded and finally we had enough...it was a great 1.5 hours of imagination, dress-up, painting on her face, building stuff and getting wet!

We love the Portland Children's Museum!

Nike ROCKS!!!

Thanks to my Relay friend Robin (Nike Golf), I was able to pick-up 5 huge boxes of these babies for our Relay in July. We are going GREEN this year and ALL registered Relayers & Survivors will get one of these to use when they are getting a bit parched.

HYDRATE, HYDRATE, HYDRATE at Relay, especially when it's 97 degrees (like it was last year).

The BEST part, when I picked them up from the business that Nike uses for promotional items, I was talking to the gentlemen that loaded in mycar and told him what they were being used for (Relay)...he tells me his a throat cancer Survivor, so I recruited him to come walk with us on July 24th! YAHOO!!!

THANK YOU Robin & Nike! So cool, we get to have the famous swoosh as a proud sponsor on our shirts this year!

Can I get a WOOF, WOOF???

I'm getting SO excited about our First Annual Bark For Life of Beaverton!!!
http://events.cancer.org/bflbeaverton




















The BFL Planning Committee is working hard on getting lots of vendors and activities all lined up.

I've been contacting a few folks that I know that own doggie day cares and everybody has been so great and want to help out where they can!

If you read our little blog, live in the Portland Metro Area and want to come run with the dogs, please visit our website http://events.cancer.org/bflbeaverton, register your dog and join us...Saturday, June 26th 10am - 2pm.

Ten on Tuesday...

10 completely random things going through my brain tonight...

1. Is totally cracking up at Charlotte and her fascination with the 2009 Peanuts calendar that I attempted to put in the recycling bin (unsuccessfully, since just she saved it from the bin)...and is now using my 3"x5" index cards to write on, then tape her "notes" to her calendar...
   
2. Is SO ready for the SUN to shine more than 3 days in a row...bring on SUMMER!!!
   
3. Can't believe our Relay is just 60 days away...super excited about our Relay wide rummage sale on June 5th and Bark For Life on June 26th
   
4. Totally diggin' this working out thing (never, EVER thought I'd hear myself say that)...
5. Is really excited about our upcoming 4-day weekend (even though Victor will be with the boys war gaming for most of it)...Charlotte and I have a few activities planned, along with vegging out and NO responsibilities what so ever...
   
6. Was really happy to get Charlotte's progress report from school yesterday and to see continues to be doing great!
   
7. Still can't believe that our kiddo is already 4 years old!
   
8. Loves NetFlix...we are currently watching season 1 of Mad About You.
   
9. LOVES going to Costco on Tuesday nights, running into people we know and having a hot dog & lemonade for two (for only $3)...yes, Charlotte and I are a cheap date!
   
10. Is thankful for all our many blessings!!!

and a photo from last night...

Running for a CURE!!!

My friend/Relay buddy MJ rocks! She's been running daily (training for the Portland Marathon in October) and writing down the name of the person she's running for. Either in honor, support or memory of friends touched by cancer.

Today was Victor's day! 39-year Survivor.

Thanks MJ! You are an inspiration to us all!

Happy 50th Janelle...

What a fun and YUMMY time we all had celebrating 50 years of Janelle this afternoon at The Melting Pot in downtown Portland. I'd never been there and boy was it a treat!

Got to spend some time with some of my planning department friends, along with Janelle's daughter Julianna and her mom Kay that I hadn't really scene since Julianna's wedding last summer.

Janelle didn't realize anything was up, until they parked next to her mom's car in the parking garage across the street! ;-)

Thanks Julianna for including me in the surprise!! I had a great time!

Celebrating 5 years of Riley...

Charlotte and I had a blast this morning at Pump It Up! I accidentally went to Pump It Up Jr. first, called Victor and found out we went to the wrong place...(oops)!

Anyway, the kiddos all had a great time, no drama or bumps...the adults (especially the two dads) had a great time. The dads both helped BOUNCE the kiddos in the really big bouncy...it was awesome!

Yummy mini-donuts and apples for treats and then Riley opened her presents. It was a lot of FUN!

Thank you Riley for inviting Charlotte to help celebrate on your special day!

Charlie and her Angels at the craft sale...

Good times this afternfoon and evening....lots of friends stopped by our 2nd Annual Relay For Life Craft Sale...lots of good stuff sold and out of our house...All for a great cause www.relayforlife.org/beavertonor

Victor is next on my list to get to $1,000...he's 79.89% of the way there..

Here are a couple of photos from tonight...

I {heart} the Dollar Store....BZZZZ.....

Reason #327 that I love the Dollar Store....COOL kiddo stuff for a buck a piece. I went in looking for more dots for my craft sale pricing...I left with this super cute BEE costume for Charlotte...YEAH for dressing up like BEES!!!

Why I smiled today...Charlotte had a really good day at school. She got another "good job note" in her mail slot at school from Director Sandi! YEAH!!!