Can U Tell??

YEP! They were kind of excited for their first day;).  They are back in school and love their new teachers. Cami is in 3rd and Alex is in 1st grade.

Happy New School Year! 

Anderson Clan 2012

This last weekend we were in Portland for another family reunion on Jeremy's dad's side.  Every 2 years we meet up at the same place... Blue Lake Park in Portland.  Love it :).  Wait a second... we're missing someone in the picture??

Ohh!  Carson, you silly boy ;).

Ray and Carina brought a lot of water activities that kept the kiddos busy all day.  It was awesome :).  Sponges and water buckets... what a clever idea!

That was a hit for little Jaxon too :)

Slip n' slide

And some sneaky water gun snipers!  You never knew when you were going to get hit!

And there was a splash pad near by for a little more variety

Chelsea came up with us to meet this side of the family for the first time.  You can tell there is Anderson in her :).  Such beautiful women!

We all did a lot of visiting with everyone.  Sad we only get to see each other every 2 years.  But that's better than nothing!  Chris and Aunt Soozie were hanging for a bit.

The Anderson's are such a crazy fun bunch ;)

They always do an egg toss contest.  Adults first and then kids.

Alex and Carson we the last ones standing with an unbroken egg :)

I unfortunately didn't get a pic of everyone.  But this is Jer's cousin Trish and her clan. (hubby was working)

Another one of Jer's cousins, Chris and her 2 cute kiddos, Micah and Lucas

Jer's Aunt Nancy with her some of her boys (Austin, Tyler, Nic... Uncle Stan, and grandchild)

We were there for several hours visiting, eating good food, and games.  It's always good to see everyone again!

The next day we went to the Oregon Zoo... the bears were our favorite this time :)

What a weekend!  And loved having Chelsea come with us on this trip :).  Now summer is coming to a close and I have to go school supply shopping.  Man time flies!

A few more

Mainly for my own personal enjoyment... but these are a few more pics my sis-in-law sent me from our coast adventure. 

They found a gi-normous slug!

This is my brother Jake and his wife Shelly with one of their sons, Colton, from Missouri.  It was SO good to see them again.

We tried to get all the grandkids together for a picture.  You might have to look closely at all the faces to fully appreciate on how this idea went.  I am still laughing about it. :oD (14 grankids and one on the way - Shelly n Jake are having another boy!)

So fun :).  Til we meet again!!

Sand - O - Rama!

Christian 2012 Family Reunion @ the Oregon Coast

(Pictures in random order)

Mickers exploring the beach on the first day

Jumping in Oregon's cold coast waters

Spaghetti seaweed long enough to use as a jump rope!

We watched some people work on their glass art at their shop-so neat!

Next day at the beach by our homes

Tate, Logan, Cami, and Kate on an adventure

Some teamwork in the sand ;)

William and Carson buried neck deap!

After Carson's burial we had to wash him off in the ocean... he almost lost his britches! 

Mason and Alex were always by each other's sides... they had so much fun together :).  This is Alex's only boy cousin that is somewhat close to his age.  He soaked it up!

Craig and Ella... baby buddies :)

Pacific City campout

Exploring for sea creatures at low tide.  Cami's favorite part.

Ready, set...

Fly!!

Hayley brought a fun craft for the kiddos.  Little lighthouses they got to paint themselves.  I thought it was such a clever idea :)

Searching for seashells at Olivia beach.  Kenzie saw several sea shells in the water, and grandpa Cheeto got them for her. They all got quite the collection 

Shopping at the stores with Grandpa King Tut :) 

Craig was awesome on this trip... snoozing away :)

Found a real neat park with a giant tube slide

view from the top

My mom, my sis, and me

Hiking a huge sand hill at Pacific City... that is when I sincerely realized how out of shape I am! Phew... my kids were totally passing me up.  Then we all sprinted down to the water :)  Jeremy went so fast he almost lost his footing! It was pretty funny.

Alex's turn in the sand with Kate assisting

The girls - Jess, me, Crystal, Shelly, Hayley (mom was taking the pic)

Colton was climbing new heights!

Ella and her daddy Tyler soaking up the sun 

Attempting the airplane kite... it crash landed in the water, haha.

Mom and me :)

Watching the sea lions bark at each other @ Newport

We all took at turn down the huge slide :) Mom was going so fast on her first ride she didn't land on her feet!

Carson gets the award for the most times down!

This was a fun little contraption.  Our weight would fly us off our feet as we spun around.  We had contests on who could hold on the longest.

Jess and Me:  I won ;)

My dad and I: My dad - barely ;)

Father and son (tyler) - dad (Tyler's height was a disadvantage)

Logan went crabbing with his dad and Uncle Ez.  Caught more than crab :).  AND... they had a whale surface several times only 5 ft from their boat! Scary and amazing at the same time!

Alex and Brookie's search for some good seaweed.

 Lots of family time, lots of sand! Gotta love it :).  Now time to go vacuum it out of my van ;).