Garth Greer Reunion 2009 - North Oregon Coast

We just got back from the 09 Garth Greer Reunion. This year we had it on the north Oregon coast in a town called Rockaway Beach. Anthony's sister Debby has lived in Oregon for years, and she put it on. The kids had never flown before and they were real excited to do so. Here's some pictures of them on the plane.

Here is a picture looking back at our beach from the end of a jetty.

Anthony's parents traveled with us. The first thing we did was stop off at the cheese factory in Tillamook and eat ice cream.

The oregon coast is beautiful country and home of such movie classics as Goonies!!!

This is a lighthouse that we visited.

We had lots of fun with all our cousins.

Olivia even had a bit of fun running on the beach.

The boys built many sand castles. We actually had a big family sand castle contest one night. Nathans below was one of the winners.

Thomas and Josh braved the cold waters as much as we would let them.

We spent time flying kites on the beach.

This is Anthony's money shot. The boys and him were out on the end of a jetty, and all three boys started yelling 'Killer Whales'. Three Killer Whales were making their way out of the bay into the open ocean. They were only about 25-30 feet from where the boys were sitting. That was a real cool experience for them. The Oregon cousins said they had not seen killer whales in 17 years of being there, so it is a pretty rare chance.

Here is a look down the coast the morning we were leaving (the clearest day of the whole trip). The inland bay in the background is the bay the killer whales were leaving, the same one family members had been kayaking in earlier the same day!!!!

We went on a train ride along the coast.

One of the best things we did was go on this hike to a waterfall. The trail was full of Salmon berry bushes, which were good to eat. The forest was really like a jungle to us AZ folk.

Some trouble makers have a hard time reading warning signs.

The last day we headed up the coast to Astoria and stopped off at an old army base, Fort Stevens. We had a picnic and enjoyed everything they had to show us.

Overall, the trip was tiring, but we had a good time seeing all our family and made many memories we will have forever.

The New Dog - MAX

This is Max, or as Nahan calls him, Super Puppy!!!! He is the newest edition to our family. We convinced Anthony that we deserve a puppy to play with and raise. He gave in after awhile and now we have Max. He is half pomeranian, half shitzu, and we love him. We don't know if he is the smartest dog in the world, but he doesn't bark outside (a big plus since we have had him sleeping outside)

Spring Soccer

We made it through another season of Soccer. Josh and Thomas both played at the same field this year, which made it easier on us. Anthony had to threaten to not Coach to get them at the same field, but whatever it takes. Thomas played in the 9-10 yo's league for the first time. He was put on a team that had a lot of church friends from other wards which was nice. They only lost one game and he learned a lot. His age is finally just a boys league instead of co-ed, so the intensity was raised a bit.



Anthony coached Josh's team this year. He feels more comfortable with the 7-8 yo's, and it was his 4th year coaching. Josh's team had 7 of 11 members being girls, which he laughed about at first. They did great, only losing 2 games (we know they don't keep score, but we do). Josh is getting better and better each season, learning to take it more serious. Nathan was too young to play, so he was one of dad's assistant coach's. He was a big help at practice, and only had to be asked to get off the playing field during games about a dozen times. Fall Soccer will be here before we know it and Nathan will be old enough to play. Having 3 boys in three different leagues is going to be hard.

Josh's Beary Good Reader Ceremony

The first graders at Frontier have a reading program called the Beary Good Reader. If they read a certain numbers of books throughout the year, they get prizes. The largest prize is for kids that read over 200-twenty minute time periods through out the year. Josh read 260+, so he got the big prize. Josh did it all on his own also, because we don't count reading to our kid like many of the other parents do. Josh also doesn't get to count his time reading scriptures with the family in the morning. So Josh's reading is all on his own, and we are very proud of him for doing so.

Nathan Graduated from Preschool

I know it has been awhile between posts. I am going to catch up.

Last month Nathan Graduated from Preschool - YIPPEE!!! He is so excited to be able to go to regular school with his older brothers next year. He had a great time in preschool this year. One of the kids has a dad who is a reporter for Channel 12, so their little ceremony was on the nightly news, which was pretty cool for a 4 year old.