TillaMOOk Adventure

Well the big day finally arrived friday morning as we all piled in the car to drive mom into canby to drop her off at our church to leave on her missions trip. We pulled into the church parking lot to find out mom had forgotten her pillow at home...of course haha! So we left mom and we raced home, got moms pillow then me and dad drove to woodburn where we met mom and the missions team to give mom her pillow. I then said my goodbye's to my mom and sent her off to California for her missions trip for ten days.

Once we got home we loaded up the car, had a quick lunch at mc donalds and were off to the coast! We got into Lincon city a little before six stopped at a place that had a couple batting cages and mini golf. Of course Dad and Luke being the baseball lovers they are went straight to the batting cages and I walked around with Tom while he did mini golf. About 45minutes later my friend Kim (the state jersey queen, who lives in tillamook) picked me up and took me out to dinner so we could go over the details for the parade in the morning. After dinner dad picked me up and we headed towards New Port where we would be staying for the night. On the way we stopped at "the devils punch bowl" and watched the sun set on the beach. It was beautiful.

Devils Punch Bowl

Sunset at the beach

The next morning we were up bright and early to head out to Tillamook for the June Dairy Parade. I had never been to Tillamook before but I swear it was love at first sight! It was so green and their were cows EVERYWHERE!!! I absolutely loved it, I didnt want to leave.

We got to Tillamook fair grounds and I got on the Jersey Cattle Court float. The other county princesses couldnt make it so it was just me representing Clackamas County and Kim representing Oregon as the State Jersey Queen. The parade was so much fun! Except for the darn wind, I had to hold my dress down the whole time so the wind wouldnt make my dress fly up.

After the parade we headed to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for some lunch and then the tour. We got treated like VIP guest's at the factory since we went in crown and sash. It was really neat. While I was there the most flattering thing in the world happend. This dad and his little boy walked up to me and asked if his son could take a picture with me because im "very pretty". That totally made my day!!!

Me with my float sign

On the float before the parade

Me and Kim at the Cheese Factory

Had a great time in Tillamook and cant wait to go back :) On our way home we stopped along the coast somewhere and went to the beach.

Dad, Luke and Tom on the beach at Twin Rocks

Me, Luke and Tom on the beach, We miss you mom!

I had a great weekend with my Dad and brothers. The only thing that would have made it better is if my mom could have been there. She is off sharing the word of God in a small town in nothern California called French Gulch. Population of only 250! Please be praying for her and the youth missions team as they reach out to the small but rough community. 







"Daddy said I can..." Phil. 4:13

Well school let out and I was thrown into the hecticness of summer and having to deal with some unexpected happenings that have kept me feeling very "go go go" and not a moment to waste.
School let out on friday the 10th and I was thrilled. I made it through my sophmore year!!!! And only two more to go!!!! I spent that friday afternoon with beautiful Nicole Brittingham and it was a blast. I sure do love that girl.
Saturday from noon til 11:30pm I was at Relay for Life for Key Club. It was an awesome time hanging with friends and all for a great cause. Helping at Relay for Life really ment a lot to me cause I watched a dear friend of mine, little Faith Marr, battle cancer at age four and after years of surgerys and praying she is now cancer free!

Now of course just as things seem to hectic enough with my brother Luke having baseball games/practices almost every night a week and me having physical therapy three times a week in clackamas our fridge decides to quit...Lovely. So we had to haul all of the food from the fridge/freezer up to Gramps's house (He has three fridge/freezers in his basement) until we got a new one. Which ment everytime we wanted say ceral, we had to walk to Gramps's get the milk, walk back home, use it, walk back to Gramps's, put it away then walk back home. Not a huge deal just a pain. Really makes you think about how something like a fridge we take for granted everyday when there are people all over the world that live without.
We ordered a new fridge monday and it got here friday morning, seemed like forever but we made it work.

This week is extra crazy. I am trying to get everything all ready for when mom leaves on her missions trip friday morning. My mom will be gone for ten days and if you know my family you would know ten days without mom is a big deal.  Mom has been super busy with work so she can take time off for her trip so I have been doing almost all of the laundry, cooking and cleaning. Im kinda looking at it as practice for when she is gone when I will truely be doing ALL of it.
Im trying to get the house as clean as possible before she leaves so it will be easier to keep up once she is gone. This has proven to be a hard task since it seems like all my youngest brother Tom does is follow behind me as I clean and mess everything up agian. Love that boy to death but sometimes he makes me insane! Although maybe I am a bit of a clean freak...

Dad and Luke after Luke's team took first in their tournament this weekend .

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Andrew Lo's suprise going away party.

We will miss you Andrew!

So as friday near's I can feel my stress level rising. Things will be so busy and hectic without mom but I know we can do it. We will drop mom off at the church at 8am friday morning and then head home to finish packing for our two day trip to tillamook so I can represent clackamas county in their June Day parade as clackamas countys jersey princess. We will drive to tilly country friday night and stay in a hotel so we can be at the parade on time in the morning. I'll make sure to post some pictures.

Although im feeling stressed I just keep reminding myself that I can do all things through Christ (Phil 4:13). Through HIM I will be able to get through these next couple weeks.