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  • Last week Bj had the whole week off as his “staycation” of the summer. Of course if Bj decides to take a week off and stay in Oregon, it rains! Yay! Also he got our sick yuckies which really stunk. So the night before our camping trip (planned months in advance so we could reserve a yurt) we were on the fence about going. We had the lovely forecast of 80% chance of all day rain. With visions of cramped quarters and splish splashy potty runs in my head I was all, “we don’t have to go if you don’t…

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  • Last week Donna and I decided we could handle three kids at the tulip festival (this is where Donna interjects that it was my idea). We actually did pretty well. We went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, the one we hit up every year for wonderful color during this horribly grey time of year (yes some of you have snow, but you also get sun). We lucked out to because it was partly sunny which was wonderful, and so needed. You can’t see it here but William is saying to himself, “how fast can I get in one of…

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  • As mentioned yesterday Sarah and I spent Friday and Saturday with nothing but scrapbooking on the brain! Ok and maybe a little food too. While I was getting Tuesday down for her nap Friday Sarah loaded up her car and as soon as Tuesday was down we took off. We got to stay at the Nines which is so fabulous. I don’t know how we managed the top floor but the view was great: Here you can get a better idea of why it was difficult to take pictures from our room: And what a pretty room it was: I…

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