Flashback Friday - June 2016

I already blogged about saying goodbye to Utah here, Corbyn's family party here, and Corbyn's birthday here. This is the rest of June 2016, our first few weeks in Oregon.

We drove all day to get to Oregon on Thursday (June 9th). Rog and my dad had put together beds and big stuff like that, so we could go to sleep that night. But the next day the daunting task of unpacking all the boxes began. I started in the kitchen. Can you spot me hidden in that mess?!

That first day Rog took the kids to our nearest park to play while I worked. First of many visits to Pfeifer Park!

The kids took advantage of the situation and enjoyed a little more screen time than they'd normally get. We didn't have internet yet and they quickly used up all the data for the month (for my whole family). Oops! 🙈

There were lots of trips to Target and Lowe's those first couple weeks to get stuff we needed. Like curtain rods, curtains, etc.

I was so relieved when I got the kitchen in working order!

And I was rejoicing over the amount of counter space I now had. In our townhouse I only had room for a flour and sugar container out on our counter. Here I have rice, flour, wheat flour, sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar, and salt.

We don't have a pantry, but a great abundance of cupboards. So many that I was able to devote almost an entire cupboard to Mason jars!

Our first Sunday in Oregon was Stake Conference. Elder L. Whitney Clayton was there to call a new Stake Presidency. Our Bishop (Kevin Dickey) was called to be the new Stake President which was a bit unnerving. During the meeting I noticed that Logan was feeling a little warm and he took a nap even though it was much earlier than his normal nap time. He was not happy about being in a picture when we got home!

The next day Rog started his new job!

And I was back at Target getting more things we needed. Logan took a nap on the towels and rugs for our bathroom.

At some point this week we became suspicious that Logan might have an ear infection. He was still technically insured through Medicaid in Utah and our insurance through Rog's work wasn't going to start until July 1st. This made taking him to a doctor problematic. We knew there was a doctor (an anesthesiologist) in the ward because he helped us move in, so we called him to see if he had any ideas. He offered to come over and look at his ears (which is what we were hoping for). He was rusty at ear infections, but felt confident enough to say that they did look infected and prescribed some antibiotics for him. 

Portland had been abnormally warm when Rog and my dad were here unloading, but it cooled back down for us when we all got here. (Lucky because we didn't have an air conditioner yet and I would have died without one!) The kids had in their mind that it was summer and begged to play in the sprinkler even though it wasn't very warm.

Our second Sunday here was Father's Day. 

We got Rog a kid's lawn mower with a coupon for a real lawn mower.

Peyton had been sleeping on her mattress on the floor (which is how she was sleeping in Utah, but under Corbyn's loft bed). It felt worse without the loft bed on top, so a visit to IKEA was a top priority to get her bed frame.

She enjoyed helping put it together.

Yay for a big girl bed!

Rog let the kids help him stain the deck which wasn't his best idea, but they loved it.

I have a Great Uncle and Aunt (David and Mary Lou) who live on the other side of Portland. They had us over for dinner to get to know us a little better. We don't make it over to see them all that often (usually only when my parents are here visiting), but it's nice to know they are there. Logan quite enjoyed the treat we had for dessert.

Our neighbor behind us has a big backyard. When we moved in, he told us they often have a cow come visit them and pretty soon after we moved in we were excited to see it back there. There's a little gap in the fence that the kids can sneak through and they loved going over to see it.

It's hard to tell in these pictures, but it's there in the shade. We've been disappointed because after this visit, the cow didn't return the rest of the summer and it hasn't been a regular thing like we thought it would be.

I ordered our barstools from Target and was pretty excited to pick them up at the store when they arrived!

I also picked up a welcome mat while I was there. That felt like an important thing to have to make our house feel like home.

We ventured over to the library to get a library card and sign up for their summer reading programs. And we tried out the park across the street from the library while we were there.

We had a busy Saturday of projects and this was the only picture I took the whole day. Logan helped wash the car and thought the soapy washcloth was delicious. YUCK!

I decided I needed to do something to motivate me to make our summer fun because to this point it had just been a whole lot of moving. I came up with themes for each day. Monday was Make Something Monday. We made flags out of popsicle sticks to start things off.

That night we took the kids to the Visitors' Center of our new temple for FHE. It's small (the VC, not the temple), but it has some fun stuff for the kids to do there.

We also explored the temple grounds.

It's a beautiful temple on the outside and we're grateful to have one so close (about 30 minutes away), but the inside is pretty dated (especially the celestial room).

Tuesday was Time to Read Tuesday. We had just been to the library on Friday, but we went again to kick off this day. We started working on Everyday Reading's list of 100 books to read this summer with Caps for Sale.

Wednesday was Wet and Wild Wednesday. For our first Wednesday we went to the North Clackamas Aquatic Park during their preschool swim time. They open up just the kiddie pool areas during swim lessons and it was perfect for the kids that summer. It's also cheaper than open swim and in the morning (so not during Logan's nap which was important back then).

Rog had redeemed his coupon for a lawn mower and that night he mowed our lawn for the first time. 

Corbyn took a turn pushing the lawn mower.

And of course Peyton can never be left out of something if Corbyn is doing it.

Thursday was Thursday in the Kitchen. We made red (strawberries), white (bananas), and blue (blueberries) fruit kabobs this week.

I had ordered a small picnic table for the deck online and the kids were excited to try it out when it arrived. It was smaller than it looked online, but they enjoyed eating their lunches out there most days that summer. Our deck is perfectly shaded around lunchtime, but in full sunshine at dinnertime.

And finally Friday was Something Fun Friday. According to Instagram, we had other plans that fell through this day, so we played with the sprinkler, water balloons, and water toys in the backyard. It was warmer this day than when they played with the sprinkler earlier in the month.

And I'll finish this post off with this picture of a nude baby bum. Look at those leg rolls! This picture is killing me because he was so little then and now he's so big!

And that was our June 2016!