The Month of July in Pictures

Ok, so I am way behind with keeping up with blogging this summer. Besides the trip to the PNW, we did a lot of summer time kind of activities.

Lake Lanier

Rachel and I went to the gym together and I started a new

program called Pinnacle .

Amy went home to Panama for a few weeks.

Rebecca and I went to Dave & Busters.

Lunch with Nana at the Great American Doll store.

Rebecca's doll got her ears pierced and glasses :).

And Nana bought the "Rebecca " doll for our Rebecca.

Anderson sunflower farm.

Rebecca got her ears pierced! She had been talking about it for

awhile and she did great!

More swimming.

Rebecca and I love musicals. The Fox Theater

had a sing- along for Mary Poppins, so she and I went to

see it. Raphael and Rachel went to see Spider-Man.

Life-- allergy shots, waiting rooms, shopping at Walmart.

We like to watch Shark Week each summer and it motivated us to

go the Georgia Aquarium for the afternoon.

After the Aquarium, we walked to the Hard Rock Café for dinner.

Fort Yargo Lake days.

Stone Mountain fun.

Sunshine and swimming!

I decided to get the girls cooking more. Rebecca went first and she

chose to make Crock pot garlic chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits and salad.

She did so great and the food was good too.

We did other little things too and had lots of lazy days at the house, but

that was pretty much our July.

We only have three days left of summer vacation. I can't believe how fast

the summer went by. I hate to see it go. I love summertime 🌞!

ALL -- WIn Shape Camp 2017

This year, both of the girls attended a Win Shape Camp. This was

Rebecca's first time at the day camp and she had a fun week.

They divide the kids up into teams and Rebecca ended up on  the Ocean team.

And her sub group was a Penguin.

The theme for camp this year was ALL.

Love the Lord with ALL your heart, ALL your soul,

ALL your mind and ALL your strength.

Mark 12:30

Fridays at camp are Chick-fil-A Friday Family Fun Day.

Rachel and I were able to go to camp with Rebecca.

Rebecca's camp ended with Tri-Angulation game.

It was crazy and fun and so hot outside.

When the games finished, we all had Chick-fil-A for

lunch and then time to go home.

The next week, it was Rachel's turn for camp.

This was her second year at Win Shape Camp at Young Harris.

The girls stay at the college campus for a week.

The campers are in groups and Rachel is in the Royalum group.

Rachel was so excited for camp this year. It helped a lot that she had gone last year and

knew what to expect.

We helped her unpack and make her bed.

I love college campuses... always so pretty. We

said goodbye and headed home for the week.

On the last day of camp, the girls all meet with their

leader and review the week. Each camper gets a

"paper plate award".  This year Rachel got the

"fire ball" award.  She really loved her leader and

her room mates.

The camp ended with a big group time, singing and then Chick-fil-A lunch.

So thankful our girls are able to go to camp, learn about God

and make new friends.

Second Stop -- Portland, Oregon

We left Washington state and drove down to Portland,OR.

We dropped off our stuff our Airbnb and headed out to see the city.

We started at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

I thought it might be fun to ride the tram from the hospital.

The tram was built to transport employees, but anyone can ride it.

Once at the bottom, we found a map of the area and started to walk

towards the waterfront.

One thing we figured out quickly is that Portland is a big time bike riding

kind of town. So many people on bikes, They have special lanes and street

lights just for bicycles.

We took the girls to the waterfront and showed them the restaurant,

McCormick and Schmidt. It was where Raphael and I had our first date.

Trying to figure out how the water fountain works.

We had dinner and walked back to the tram.

Most mornings on our trip, I got up early and went running. I loved our house in Portland.

It was in the "Hollywood" district and had some cute, old fashioned houses.

I enjoyed all the flowers in the neighborhood. It brought back memories of our

garden in Washington.

Found several of these little libraries. "leave a book, take a book".

We ate breakfast at The Screen Door. A very popular restaurant that serves

Southern food with a Northwest twist. Whatever they call it, we loved the food.

The almost hour wait was worth it.

We only had one full day in Oregon, so we decided to go see the Pacific Ocean.

We went to Cannon Beach.

The girls' first time seeing the Pacific. It was a little different than the Gulf of Mexico that they

are used to.  The water is cold and it was a cloudy and foggy day.

We walked the beach and went to check out Haystack Rock.

We finished with pizza and another quick look at the ocean.

Then it was time to go back to the house. We needed to pack up and

get ready to drive to Bend, OR the next morning.