Phone Photos

Sometimes I'm just too lazy to haul my big camera around. So here are some photos from my phone of what we've been doing.

We visited the botanical gardens to find some caterpillar food. The caterpillar we have only wanted dogwood leaves.

Lily likes to find little "beds" around the house to snuggle in.

But when she's in a pinch the floor will do.

While Rory was on a campout I took the girls to a Mini Makers fair in Aggieville. There were lots of fun things to mess around with.

Madelyn has been really in to drawing princesses lately. It makes my heart so happy. I have to remember not to laugh in front of her.

Lily and her friend Linky. (Her name is really Lincoln but Linky is too cute to correct.)

There was a massive bubble wand demonstration. The girls were in heaven.

All hot and sweaty from chasing bubbles.

We ended the day with donuts. 

The Eclipse

I'm finally getting around to posting these pictures. We drove out into the middle of nowhere to try and find a spot that wasn't cloudy. We eventually found a break in the clouds and were able to pull off the highway and view the eclipse.

Rory's funky eclipse picture. It looks like there's a ghost man on the left.

He tried to get a picture with his phone but it didn't work so he used the big camera for the above picture.

Lily and I just hung out and ate.

Waiting....

Lily checking out totality.

Kansas half in shadow.

Oregon from Rory's Perspective

Here's some photos from Rory's phone:

Madelyn being weird in front of a ginormous plant.

Spider eating a bee in Grandpa's garden.

Madelyn practicing her photography skills.

The view from a walking trail we strolled along. 

Grandma Sherri made mini pizzas with the kids one night. A good time was had by all.

There's baby Bosco.

Family exploration at Sunset Beach.

That's it!

Oregon Visit

We got to fly out to the Oregon coast to visit Grandpa O'Connor and Grandma Sherri this past week. We all had lots of fun. Plus we got to see Kathleen and cousin Beck! The cousins sort of got along. Mostly Lily was cranky at Beck. Haha.

Madelyn discovered that she loved the beach and all things tide pool. She could have spent all day scrambling around the rocks and looking at all the cool things.

Lily preferred to stay on the beach and look for shells.

These two climbed pretty much every rock they could find.

Walking back up from the beach.

We visited the Shore Acres botanical garden. It was misty moisty and beautiful.

Rory with his head in a plant as usual.

The rose garden was especially beautiful. The rain drops made the roses look bedazzled. Madelyn said they all looked so special.

Happy Kathleen.

Beck loved smelling every single rose he could find.

At Grandpa's house Madelyn discovered he had these orange berries growing all over his yard. They were pretty tasty and the girls picked a lot of them.

We visited the beach every day we were there. I'm not sure why Lily looks so sad in this picture. She must need a pinch.

Beck was not well pleased with the beach that day. Or the fact that Uncle Rory carried him over the log instead of his pregnant mother.

Grandpa O'Connor showing off excellent balance.

This beach was less rocky but Madelyn still found ways to enjoy it.

She takes after a certain dad of hers.

They found all sorts of treasures.

Look at how much fun Kathleen was having! Hahaha. Beck was still having a hard time.

Rory found a big rock and climbed it.

Even Lily climbed a little!

Madelyn climbed everything in sight.

Carefully coming down.

Things are easier when Grandpa helps.

We visited this little zoo on the last day that let the kids feed some of the animals. They were in heaven.

Until this big deer came and ate all the food in one bite.

Lily adored the baby goats. There was a lot of squealing.

They got to pet various baby animals including this fox, an opossum, ferrets, a kangaroo and a bear named Bosco.

The last beach we visited was Sunset Bay and the sun actually came out!

The girls and Dad built a magnificent sand castle.

Madelyn thought it was really funny to run away from the waves.

It was a great trip! We loved getting to see family and getting to wear our cozy cold weather clothes.