State Fair

We went to the state fair to take Brody to see the Doodlebops. He had a great time, we got him a CD and a color book of the Doodlebops. We had such a good time that we went again on Wednesday. Brody went "Mutton Bustin" (he rode a sheep) It was the funniest thing I ever saw! I can't believe he wanted to do it, they gave him a first place ribbon and he proudly displays it in his room. Then he chased pigs with a bunch of kids and got a wood working kit to make a football stand. Dave will help him put that together tomorrow. Enjoy all the pictures. Love you all!

Marissa's Baptism

Today was Marissa's baptism. We had a wonderful time. Thanks to all who came to join us in "putting Jesus in her heart". That's what brody says. We took lots of pictures for you to enjoy.

Dave's brother Roger and his wife Traci flew in from Georgia and Our nephew Tyler came up from California. It was a great surprise to see Tyler we were not expecting to see him! He has grown so much since Christmas! He is now taller than me. :()

My grandpa and grandma Oldham came from McMinnville. My mom brought my neices and nephew too.

Love you all,
Kari

Oops. I missed some things

Brody took a ride on Joe's Moped

So, I forgot some things in the last blog. In July we had David's company picnic. We didn't win anything this year. :( We took our neighbor Korie with us so Brody would have someone to go on the toys with. He had a great time!

Brody went to Vacation Bible School the last week of July we missed Wednesday of course because of Joe and Kristin's fire. But he had so much fun! Joe and Kristen were the leaders of the 4 year olds and Gavin (Brody's friend) was there as well. It was their church that had the VBS.

It looks like the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but they have a suspect they keep questioning and are asking the neighborhood kids about this boy. Sooo... We'll see.

Brody and Korie on the
rock wall.


Waiting in Line.

8/5/08 Video of Marissa

What a week!

Here is the video of the fire across the street from us on July 30th. At the end you can see where someone tried to start our house on fire also. We found a burnt patch of grass and matches and remnants of a house for sale flier from down the street. In the last blog entry is a picture of Brody with Joe in his pool, that's who's house caught fire.

What a horrible experience for anyone to have to go through. I have never seen anything like it! So, after retrieving their dog and calling Joe and Kristin to let them know their house was on fire I started video taping. Brody wouldn't let me get any closer. Marissa was sleeping thank goodness. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. I had a couple sleepless nights not knowing if the arsonist was going to return to finish burning our house. Brody was pretty brave about the whole situation.

We bought a new car the next day. I didn't get much sleep so Dave and Brody went to Portland to purchase it. We bought a gold '04 Honda Odyssey (mini van) with only 17,000 miles on it. It has automatic doors and a dvd system. I love it! Brody and Dave love it too.

Marissa is still growing. She is "talking" away. She gets the biggest smile on her face when you start talking to her and smiling at her. She is sleeping about 7 hours a night! : )

Hope to see you all at Marissa's baptism on Sunday. : )

Kari