Never Mind! Rewind!

 As soon as our Oregon trip was over I started to go into full panic mode about home school. I couldn't sleep and was stressed to the max! Ultimately I decided to back out of that plan. I could not even handle the idea of figuring out curriculum and lesson plans for so many kids on so many subjects. Could. Not. Handle. It. I think we've decided to send them to school but know that the schools will likely shut down fairly quickly. Who knows! I'm not buying school supplies yet that's for sure. 

This past week consisted of a lot of work, painting, naps, and some parenting. Ha. On Thursday Corbin and Gabby were invited to go to roaring springs with friends so after day of painting (I actually finished the front faster than expected) I took Piper and Ryan out to get McDonald's happy meals and to the splash pad. I wanted to do something fun with them since they missed out. Tonight we checked off some of our summer checklist things. We had tin foil dinners and floated the ditch at DeMeyer Park. We also got snow cones. Check, check, check! 

Today I went to my friend Jaynee's baby shower. It was so fun to see my friends. We have not gotten together at all this summer, I think corona virus and everyone seems extra busy. It was fun to see my friends and fun to see Krista's beautiful work. She throws the most amazingly beautiful parties. Well that's it more work, painting, naps, and some parenting to do this week. Repeat! 

Before, although not a true before. The bottom was painted white here. Before it looked worse up close at least. Some chipped paint and all that. 

After. The top part was hard and scary! 

It feels really good to have the front done. I love it! 

Outing with the littles.

Clover got mites. Scott gave her a oil bath and we had to bleach their cage. Omg pets! 

Tin foil dinners! Yum! 

Floating time.

Jaynee's baby shower.

Oregon Coast

What a week! We had a great time at the Oregon coast this past week. We planned this trip with our friends back in early June I believe. It was kind of hard to plan a trip with covid because we weren't sure what would happen. Luckily we were able to go! The only bad part about covid for our trip was it closed the community pool our beach house had access to. That was a bummer but not that big of a deal because the kids played on the beach for hours each day. Before our trip I was able to completely finish the house section I was working on. I couldn't believe it! I was so excited to finish another section. I will start on the next section tomorrow. I'm hoping I can finish the front in the next week or so. It's looking so much better! I'm really happy so far. 

Tuesday was as busy day. I cooked all my meals for the trip and worked at Target and then came home and finished packing. We got up early Wednesday and left the house around 6am. We caravaned with the Millers. We stopped for lunch and then again in Portland. Kimberly's dad lives in Portland so we stopped and visited with him at a park for awhile. Poor Ryan got stung a few times by a wasp. I hate wasps! Luckily Kimberly, the prepared mom had some bandaids. Ryan is big on the power of the belief of bandaids. We got to the beach house in Lincoln City around 4:45 and check in was 4:30, pretty good! We just chilled for awhile and enjoyed the house. After dinner we walked down to the beach. The neighborhood we were staying in was so adorable. I'm obsessed! Almost everyone got in the ocean that night but me. It was freezing. No way. Ryan was already in his jammies and they were soaking wet by the time we left. 

On Thursday after breakfast we packed up a lunch and all of our things and headed down to the beach. We stayed there most of the day. The weather was perfect that day! The kids had so much fun. On Friday most of us headed down the road 20 minutes to check out Depot Bay. It's a cute little town with fun souvenir shops. We got some souvenirs, caramel popcorn, and clam chowder. I loved it. After lunch we headed down to the beach again for most of the day. We packed dinner down to the beach. It was windy and cooloer on Thursday but that didn't stop the kids from playing for hours. At about 8:00 when just a few kids were still in the ocean we decided time was up. I was standing on the beach with my warm leggings, pullover shirt, and jacket and was freezing. Those kids were nuts! We called it and made them come home. Saturday morning we got packed up and headed home. It was such a great trip. It was maybe a little short but better to leave wanting more I say. The house was perfect! It had a hot tub and two family rooms with TV's. It was so fun! I hope to go back again soon. I just love the Oregon coast. We had the best time. 

We almost had one tragedy. I brought my jean blanket down to the beach for us to sit on and through missteps it got left on the sidewalk all night! We didn't know it had gotten left until the next day. I was really sad of the thought of it being gone. I'd wanted a jean blanket forever and finally made one and have good memories of piecing the top with my friend Rachel and tying the top with my mom and sister. Luckily when we came back to the road it was still sitting on the side walk. Praise be! I was so happy. I would have been really sad to have lost that quilt. Phew! 

Now it's back to reality. I need to start figuring out some home school stuff. So far they have me scheduled about 24 hours a week at Target which is perfect. They also have me working 4-5 hour shifts as well. I like that a lot. 8 hour shifts are tough. Well that's all.

 

It's looking so good! 

We enjoyed some beautiful sunsets! 

Cute boys

Cannons and Millers at the beach

The kids had SO much fun! 

Bubbles!

Little nature walk

Just before we left group shot

Picture of the house.

Playing in the sand

Snack time.

Happy girl

Playing in the freezing Pacific

I hung out on the beach with the food and my book.

Blackberries

I love chatting with these guys! 

Starfish!

Running into the ocean the first night.

Our walk to the beach. It was on the CUTEST street ever.

Giant slug! 

Little nature walk on our way home.

Friday was a kite day! So windy!

Busy Week

This week was busy. I tried to paint as much as possible. I don't have a big window since it's July in Boise and we are having over 100 degree temperatures. I also need to parent sometimes. I also started working at Target. I worked 3, 7-8 hour shifts Tues, Thurs, Saturday. I'm glad I heard that Target didn't train well because I was prepared for that. On my first shift on Tuesday I was with someone for about 20 minutes and then I was on my own the rest of the day. Luckily there were always people around that I could ask questions when I needed to...which was a lot. I still have a lot of things to figure out. Like a lot. Hopefully I will learn all the things soon. I'm feeling good overall. I had to clean carts on Saturday and that was not my favorite. The time really flew the first day when I was on the cash register and I loved that. The other days felt longer but it still went faster than when I was a para at Centennial. We will see how it goes. I'm hopeful that it will be a good fit for me. 

Scott had to take the kids to the dentist and they only allowed one kid in at a time. He was in the car with the kids for 2 hours. Torture! 

I went and helped the teacher I worked with at Centennial paint her classroom. It was a fun hang. I like those kind of hang outs. Ha. 

I went to the river with a friend on Friday. I hadn't intended to get in but Corbin got in and immediately lost the tube and his flip flops. I decided to jump in and swim after them since they were in a slow spot. The good part of that was it helped me discover a great little stretch we could float. We will definitely be going back again.  

It's been so hot that Scott built his garden box in our bedroom one night. He worked really hard today and got things planted in his new boxes. 

We head out to the Oregon coast in 3 days! After all of this painting and now working at Target I am ready for a vaycay! 

Clark's girlfriend Sarah bought all the Cannon men Hawaiian outfits for Father's Day. Ha.

I just try to do small sections at a time.

For the record Hannah painted the lighter color. She's not as meticulous as me. Ha.

Floating the river.

This was a great slow spot.

There was also sand for the kids to play in. 

Waiting to see the dentist. 

Building the garden box in our room

The finished boxes. Scott has the wood pieces to try to shade his poor plants. The heat! 

It's supposed to be pretty chilly at the Oregon coast so we bought some matching hoodies. I could fit in the girls section XL size. They were a great price plus I got my target discount on top of that! We are ready to go to the Oregon coast.