Happy Birthday Allyson! 
Byron had this great idea that all of us girls get together alone for a weekend. What a special treat it was. We went to the beaches in Oregon about a hundred miles from our Oregon children homes's. It was wonderful to have that time to visit and relax without any interruptions.
As we arrived in Seaside the street was full of these kind of bikes filled with teenagers driving all over. They were having so much fun and we decided we should try them out.
Seaside is a cute typical coast town with all kinds of fun shops to visit. We even went to the outlet mall and checked out a lot of fun stores. You can't get six woman together and expect us not to do some shopping.
Heather was our chauffeur. She drove us to many different coast towns. This pretty lighthouse was near Oceanside.. We visited Octopus Tree, and spent time on the beach writing love notes to our hubby's. We enjoyed the famous Tillamook Cheese Factory, especially their delicious ice cream.
It was Janessa's idea to make smores on the beach but their was a lot of wind so we enjoyed them from the fireplace. I love roasted marshmellows.
While we were gone Doug spent the day with Jared on Friday, on Saturday Mitchell and his girls went over to Jared's and helped Doug watch Jared's children while he was at school. That evening Doug went with Paul and their children to the Portland Children's Parade. He was able to enjoy time with his grandchildren which is great.
Jade was such a happy baby. We had so much fun playing with her.
Jade with her Uncle Mark, a precious moment.
As a grandmother some of the greatest moments come when holding a brand new grandbaby for the first time. Jade was so fun to cuddle with.
Jared loves his Jade the Lady. It is so fun to see them together and to hear of all the fun times that they share.
Jade looked so pretty in her blessing dress. Danielle always has her dressed so cute with fun hairstyles. That was a very special day. I'm so glad that we were able to share it with them.
Jade reminded me of Jared and how his tongue was always hanging out. Her smile can light up a room.
Heather loved every minute she could hold Jade and cuddle with her. Then she likes how she could give her back and let Daneille and Jared do the raising. 
Jade was really young when we went to Silver Falls. She was a hiker from a very early age. I was worried about Danielle hiking so soon after Jade's birth but I'm glad we were able to share this time together in such a beautiful place.
Jade is easily fascinated with things and she loved this bell at a fun pizza place that Janessa took us too. It was great. Janessa's girls are so cute with her.
The proud grandpa enjoying special moments with little Jade. Of course that comes with all kinds of sound affects and silly faces. He didn't scare Jade, she would just watch.
Jade and Bradley in Utah sharing some cousin time.
Jared sure does love Jade. They have many fun times together.
Tavis and Jade ready to set off for a new adventure!
Jade rarely touches the ground when her cousins are around. They carry her everywhere.
Some of the most precious moments are watching cousins, brothers, sisters, Mothers and Fathers, hold these precious little ones so recently from Heavenly Father. Hailey is enjoying her special moment and Jade seems to be perfectly content.
Danielle is a brave Mother to hold Jade with red licorice. She would do anything for her little girl. 
I am still learning about this posting and I lost these posts but they are so fun I thought I'd post them anywhere. Special moments to watch.
I was blessed to have the wonderful Mother that I've had. She taught us correct principles. She taught us to love unconditionally. From her I learned the importance of service and not expecting pay for helping others. I am so grateful that she taught me that principle and how to behave in the world. 
The day I went with Doug to meet his family, I had an instant feeling of connection with his Mother.
She would not like me to call her my Mother-in-Law so I will call her Mom since that is how I felt about her.
She was always available. She was an extremely busy woman but if she was needed by any of her children she would drop everything and go.
When Doug was going to have open-heart surgery I thought I could handle it on my own but his Mother, oldest Brother Ron, sister Kathy, and Jay came. They helped me through the roughest week I have ever gone through. They were the stability I needed and what Doug needed. Mom bought Doug a really nice recliner to come home to, he has absolutely loved that chair. After she went home and squared away things she came back again for Adam's baptism.
Every possible blessing, baptism, wedding, graduation, ect. Mom was there. Before Dad Adamson passed away he was there also.
She was known for her music. She was a great piano player and played at church, weddings, funerals, for all kinds of programs, performed with wonderful singing groups going from one Rest Home to another. She played in the General Relief Society Building, Joseph Smith Building and in the temple. Music was an important part of her life and we believe she is playing in heaven.
She loved the temple and was a Temple Worker for many, many years. Doug remembers his parents going to the temple real often when he was growing up. What a blessing that has been in their six children's lives.
She was a spiritual giant. My most spiritual talks have been with her. Sometimes I would feel the hairs on my arms stand on end, the spirit was so strong. You knew she had a testimony and she shared it with everyone she possibly could.
She was a wonderful example to me and our family.
The past couple of weeks have been crazy at work. So much has been going on with testing, computers, trying to weed out projects that I have been trying to get to all year, state testing, teachers needing pictures for cum files, Mothers Day projects, and special class projects, getting totals on curriculum we need for next year, ect.
Last week was Teacher Appreciation week and we had a delicious lunch and later a terrific Carmel Apple. That was wonderful.
Friday was DROP EVERYTHING AND READ Day! I had at least 6 projects that needed to be done NOW, plus checking out books constantly. The students loved the day. I love how much they read but by the afternoon I was exhausted and worked through lunch.
Our Principal brought in this huge box from a florist. She didn't really say anything about where it came from and I thought, "Wow the district is getting really fancy with their appreciation." Especially when there is no money. I opened up the box and their were these gorgeous roses inside. I took out the vase and was interrupted. I never had another minute to do anything else with it.
When I got it at home I put the flowers in the vase and loved all of the beautiful rose colors. Each color had a special memory I could think of when growing up. They are wonderful. I looked further in the box and found a box of chocolates. Doug and I had to try them and they are delicious! All the time I'm thinking I need to thank Lora, the District, someone. About an hour later, I remembered there was something I thought looked like a CD on the box lid, or a fancy invoice. When I looked again it was a very sweet Mother's Day card from Janessa, Heather, and Jared. Thank you so much!!!
I'm so glad I didn't throw the box away without seeing that card. It was a very pleasant, beautiful surprise at the end of a very, very busy wild day. Thank you so much
Ruthie F. in the elegant foyer. There was a bridge to walk over into the entrance of the hall.
Ruthie is a friend of our other Young Women who attended and she fits right in. She is eager to be involved.
Carol's favorite part of dances is not the dancing. She looked amazing and hid in the bathroom whenever they tried to pair the youth up. The number of boys and girls were about equal! I saw more boys without a girl but that could have been because the girls were hiding.
I thought the purpose of going to a dance is to meet guys?
She does love dancing with the group. Now a days they have so many interactive dances such as "Cotton-Eye Joe". I think that is wonderful. Most of the night the youth are on the dance floor.
The planning for this night started a year ago. It was a wonderful success. The youth from 3 Stakes had a wonderful time dancing and getting to know each other.
