The first week of August, Ethan and I went down to Oregon to visit my family for a few days. I had not been down to Oregon since the end of May - a good 2 1/2 months and a far cry from my weekly visits for work last year.
Tuesday: Drove down and drove straight to my old hairdresser. I had not had an appointment with her since before we moved! I was desperate for a cut {read: my hair had not been cut since mid-February!} and due for a coloring. On a whim I called her the week before to see if she had any cancellations or a spare hour to do one or the other. What luck!! She had TWO cancellations. So I took the 2pm appointment on Tuesday and then Ethan and I barely made it out of WA by noon that day. Luckily, there was not major traffic hiccups so I made it to my appointment on time! My mom met us there and picked up Ethan and for the next two hours I sat back and let Terri work her magic. She colored it {adding back in some darker, golden blonde, as well as the usual platinum highlights} and chopped off a good 2-3 inches of dry, damaged ends. That night we went to Papa's Pizza for dinner and Ethan loved playing on the toys. Also, stayed up WAY too late playing the Indiana Jones game on the Wii.
Wednesday: Had lunch with Grandma Mary! I went and picked up stuff to make lunch and then we had chicken salad sandwiches, chips, grape tomatoes, lemonade and donuts. We ate our lunch leisurely (my mom, grandma and I) and then played Rummy. Yeah, Grandma beat us all!! It was really fun to get to spend the afternoon with her.
Thursday: Late in the afternoon I made the drive up to Girls Camp to visit my sister, Lizzy. This was her first year (excluding last year's Trek) that she was the solo Toftdahl sister there. It was also her 4th year. Anyway, I had had a request to help with some ideas for some of the stake adults and then got the ok to visit Thursday. I think my visit came with mixed reviews, but Lizzy loved having me there and that's what mattered the most to me! I was able to stay for flag ceremony and watched Lizzy help with 4th year news and it was also skit night, so that was fun.
Lizzy had something in lost and found and it was rumored she or a friend put it in there on purpose, just so she'd have to go up on stage. Her punishment? Butt-spelling her full name!
4th year news.
Skits. Lizzy's unit on the left and stake adults on the right.
Lizzy and I. You can see my new 'do here. Sorry for the bluriness - I had my camera set for a night portrait and then we took it under stage lights.
Friday: Packed up and went home - had to be sure to get home in time to pick Christine up from the airport! While I loaded everything up, my mom painted her toes so she could add some of my cute, new nail stickers. Then Ethan wanted in on the action, so he got one blue toenail with a yellow sun!
And this is Ethan getting ready to leave. He inherited some of Lizzy's old Build-a-Bears and ALL their accessories!
That night we picked Christine up from the airport and then headed to Klineline for a BBQ dinner with the Colemans. Told you we love that place!
And this is Ethan getting ready to leave. He inherited some of Lizzy's old Build-a-Bears and ALL their accessories!
That night we picked Christine up from the airport and then headed to Klineline for a BBQ dinner with the Colemans. Told you we love that place!
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