Last Days of Summer

I can't believe it's already Fall...where did Summer go?!  Well, here are our final pictures of Summer 2011...it was a great one!

Parker loves to paint...so I bought some washable fingers paints earlier in the summer and let her go to town in our dishwasher.  She loved it!!

 We had to move outside eventually...but brought the paints, a swimsuit and the pool with.

 And finally ended the day at the pool the last day it was open.  We took advantage of the beautiful 85 degree weather!

Aaron graduated from NDSU and so did a few other of our good friends.  Annie got it hooked up to have a bar in town show the NDSU vs U of M game...she even got NDSU to sent a bunch of swag!  It was a great time...the bartender and her boyfriend were from Moorhead, MN even!

Some good friends of ours have a beautiful house out in wine country with a few horses.  They had a big BBQ the other day and needless to say Parker loves it out there!!

I think she thought the horses were cows...she kept "mooing" at them

Aaron being funny and putting her in one of the feeding buckets in the stalls

This last picture is just of Parker's curls...which we just love!

Eating...Tailgating...Camping

 The other day everyone from Aaron's office got tickets to attend a dinner called "One Field Meal" which was held out at a local farm out in wine country.  It's all about the Slow Food movement.  Needless to say it was amazing!!!!!  Oh so so good.  The weather was beautiful, wine and beer was flowing, great company...couldn't have asked for a better Sunday evening!

 

 This was our table...full of good friends and soon to be great food.

Parker and Jonathan enjoying giving each other high fives!  It was soo cute!

 Aaron & Parker...Dave & Jonathan..Matt & Cameron

 There was also a bluegrass band that was playing...Parker and Cameron LOVED it!  This is them just staring at the musicians...eventually they started dancing it up!

 The farm had this old Basset Hound dog that Parker fell in love with and constantly followed around...he would just lay down and Parker would lay on top of him...giving him hugs!

 There was this goat tied up waaaaay on the other side of a field...of course the boys had to go check it out and see if they could get close.  The goat did eventually warm up to them.

Eugene is extremely supportive of it's college sports...especially football!  Aaron's office has season tickets they split up among the employees...Aaron and I were in charge to throw the tailgate for the first home game of the season.  It was awesome!  And the Ducks won!

 Parker and her good friend Cameron...getting stoked for the game!

 Nothing like a Corn Hole competition!

 

Over Labor Day weekend we loaded up the car along and headed East with our good friends Annie and Mike.  We ended up at Timpanogas Lake, 5,300 feet of elevation with the best camp site ever...right on the lake!

 Mike was out swimming around (*Mike's idea of "swimming around" is going 5 miles!) so Aaron took the canoe out to be his support...Tilly, Mike's dog, sat on the shore and just watched...it was so cute!  Making sure Mikey was a-ok.

This picture CRACKS me up!!  It's like our own little modern family :-)  The boys were actually on their way out to mushroom and grouse hunt.

Swim Lessons!

Parker finished her very first session of swimming lessons!  The first day, she was a little hesitant of being in the pool...but by the end of the three week session she was loving it!!  We also had a couple other friends in the class which made it that much more fun!

 Our good friends Kristena and little Starra

 Parker loves going down the water slide with Daddy!

  

Lane County Fair

Awww yes, the good ol County Fair.  Every town has one and we of course, had to go to ours!  Parker totally dug it...especially the clown show and animals!

 Nope...not this year! 

 Seriously, Parker loved the horses!

Waldo Lake

This past weekend we went camping with our good friends Ali and Niall at Waldo Lake...which is where Aaron proposed to me!  It was so fun being back there and the weather was amazing!!

 Getting ready...

 Boating out to a little island we hung out on all day...Parker loves the kayak!

 This is the spot where Aaron proposed to me.

 Ok...Niall has an iPad so we had to test out the Constellation app!  Sure enough...it totally works!  Just hold it up to the sky and it tells you what you are looking at!

 

BBQ, Beach and The Bus

The other weekend we went to a neighboring town called Cottage Grove and went to the lake!  This was Parker's first time swimming in a lake.  At first she didn't really know what to think, but once we busted out the floatie, she was all in!

 Taking a lunch break...but all she wanted to do was go back in!

 Like I said, she loved the floatie...and loved watching our friend Mike dive into the water!

 Parker was a big help, as you can see, getting the air out of the floatie when it was time to go!

Pool time in the back yard!

Followed up by a BBQ with friends...I love summer!

Our friend Bill, gave Parker this bus...she LOVES it!!  And Aaron thought it would be a nice spot to take a little nap.  Parker decided to join him!

Summa Time!

Tis the season...it's blueberry time!!!!  This year Parker was old enough to partake, she is obsessed with blueberries...just like me!  We probably should've paid for more than we did because every blueberry I put in my bucket, Parker would take it out and eat it.  She had a blast, as did we!

Though the day did start off with Parker sleeping...

 Soon enough she was awake and ready to pick!

 Taking a break to do a little reading...