Monday, August 24, 2009

Grandma Camp - Day 2

Sunday at Grandma Camp is of course much more subdued.  Sleeping in until 8:00 am and a biscuit and eggs breakfast to start the day.  We had an enjoyable time at the Skyline Ward, sitting with Grandma and Auntie Alyssa in Sacrament meeting while Grandpa conducted. Then primary for Lydia with Auntie Alyssa as one of her teachers and Ellie off to meet new friends in her class.  After the block it was time to bake some cookies while waiting for Grandpa to come home.  After a nice big Sunday dinner of pork roast and mashed potatoes it was game time!

While Mousetrap has a compelling apparatus it lacks an interesting game play, so it was fun to set up but not really to play ... although it served the purpose of distraction while Grandpa finished the dishes prior to excursion to Great Grandma's for beading with the Great Aunties!

A highlight for Ellie was that the Aunties had scored several dresses at a garage sale that happened to be Ellie's size and a spontaneous fashion show erupted ...


And Grandpa learned that a fashion show with Ellie is more like a sporting event that a portrait sitting in terms of the camera work ... far more movement than I had anticipated (note the many blurred body parts and bodies)

Then it was time to be creative in the making of beaded jewelry ...


While Ellie was the first to be done, Lydia was also ready to wrap up long before Grandma and the Auntie Joannie had re-organized the beading supplies and we were ready to return home to Grandma's house and beds.

Another fun day at Grandma Camp 2009!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Grandma Camp - Day 1

Lydia and Ellie joined us on Saturday morning at the VF outlet in Centralia Washington to begin Grandma Camp 09.  We had a brief farewell to Mom and then after a pit stop to visit the restrooms and load up on snacks, we hit the road south back to Beaverton.


First on the agenda was to pick up Auntie Alyssa and then head straight to the Sunset Transit center to pick up the MAX into Portland ...


Then we transferred to the Streetcar ...


And soon found ourselves in biblioheaven!  


Also known as the Rose Room in Powell's Bookstore home of the largest selection of children's and young adult books in our known world...  Of course the challenge was - how many books can $15.00 buy?!!


Mission accomplished after much deliberation and debate ...


The purchases were made and we were back on the streets of Portland ...


A return trip on MAX ...


And then ... the resolve - the sun shall not set on any coinage remaining in the purses!!!


Another stop at the Bethany toy store to again engage in the battle of the balance ... what can I get for the remaining money?!


Whew!  mischief managed ... and then on to Grandmothers house we go to enjoy the purchases while waiting for dinner to be prepared.


After dinner there was just enough time to decorate handbags ...


Before a bubble bath in the big tub ...


Then settling down to an American Girl flick with Grandma ...


Quite a full day!

Eucker Family Reunion

We all gathered at our home in Beaverton as a family in August to enjoy some time together and to have some fun with Family Olympics ...
We first spent some time at the Portland Zoo ...
and especially enjoyed the Zoo Train ...
to Washington Park where we played ...