A Couple of Keegan Funnies

So the things that come out of this kids mouth are usually sweet and nice, but sometimes it is just down right loud. Then there are the times that he just keeps me laughing.

The other day he was wearing a pair of pants that are just too big in the waist. I have to roll the waistband just to keep them up. So at one point I noticed his pants were falling down and I told him "your drawers are falling down" he looked at me and replied "What?!? my drawers" he then turned and ran up the stairs to go push in his dresser drawers.

First thing this morning he asked me how old I was. I told him and he looked right at me and said "Wow, that's a lot"

It's kind of funny how he just says exactly what he is thinking even if I didn't want to be reminded of how old I was.

We'll just have to see what he comes up with tomorrow.

Cannon Beach

After what seemed like forever in the car we managed to get to the beach. Keegan was so excited. We got to a beach called Hug Point. It was really rocky but sounded really cool when the waves pulled the rocks back down the beach. We listened for a really long time, so long that we almost didn't notice the waves getting closer, we would have all had very wet feet.

Here was the cave on Hug Point

The rocky beach

The scenic viewpoint before you actually get to the beach

Keegan at Cannon Beach

All he did was run, and run, and run

Standing with Pa watching the waves

More running

With Pa and Grandma

Holding still for just a sec.

Winter beach attire, rubber boots are a must.

We ate dinner at a place on the beach called Mo's. The sun came out just in time to set.

We had a great time and were able to see a lot of fun stuff.

State Champion Spruce Tree

We decided to go to Cape Meares Lighthouse. So after the cheese factory we headed out on this little road to go to this lighthouse. Well as we get to the turn off we see that the gate is closed. We head up this little trail hoping that we will be able to see it. And as we are walking I remember that this is the lighthouse that was vandalized 1 week before and that is probably why it was closed. So no lighthouse but this trail was the trail to the BIG Spruce tree. Now I have never seen The Redwoods but this thing was the biggest tree I have ever seen.

Here is Keegan going under a tree root. It wasn't The BIG Spruce but a pretty big one anyway.

Tillamook Cheese Factory

On our way to the beach we stopped at the Tillamook Cheese Factory to take the tour and eat some yummy ice cream.

It was a little piece of cheesy heaven. At the end of the tour there were cheese samples. I have to admit that we all went through the line more than once.

Farmer Josh and Keegan the cow

The cheese slicing and packaging room.

Weighing the baby loafs, some of them seemed to be a bit on the light side. So they got an extra little slab on top.

One of the best parts of living this close to the Tillamook factory is that my favorite cheese is cheaper than the wal-mart brand. Yummy!

Multnomah Falls

On the same day as the zoo we also went to Multnomah Falls, since it wasn't raining we decided that we probably wouldn't find a better time to go, so off we went.

Keegan the tour guide showing the falls to the grandparents..

A visit to the zoo with Pa and Grandma

Paul and Tari flew in last Wednesday for a visit. The first place we headed to the Oregon Zoo.

Here is Pa and Keegan outside the gift shop.

Keegan having a good time outside the lion exhibit

Keegan the baby eagle.

Mount St. Helens

We decided that since Josh had a few days off we would do some sightseeing. Since Mount St. Helens is relatively close we headed up there. It is a nice drive and everything is of course sooo GREEN. We were only able to visit 2 of the 5 visitor centers/observation points since it is the off season but oh well.

Here is Keegan outside of the visitor center and museum. He was just happy to be out of the car. The museum was really neat. We all had a good time going through.

This is from the 2nd visitor station further up the canyon. This is the Toutle River Valley. This is one of the areas that was most damaged by the eruption. According to the museum, a mudslide/flood that reached

200 feet in height came rushing down this valley.

Back behind the mountains you can see is Mount St. Helens. ( do you see it?) lol It is a rainy cloudy day and it is snow covered. So while we can say we have BEEN TO Mount St. Helens, we can not say we have SEEN Mount St. Helens. We did drive further up the canyon hoping that the clouds that were covering the top 2/3 of the mountain would disperse. However, they did not.
We stopped at some overlook spot from which you could see the dam that was built to hopefully stop future flooding in the event that the mountain decided to mis-behave again. No picture of the dam but I did think this tree trunk looked cool. Oh well So even though we didn't actually get to see the whole mountain it was still a great day. The museum was really informative and had great pictures and a movie that you could watch, so it still felt like we were seeing it. I think Keegan was a little disappointed though. I'm pretty sure that he was thinking we would be seeing molten lava oozing down a mountain when we told him we were going to see a volcano. After me telling him that the snow covered mountain up ahead was the volcano he asked "mom, does it still work?" and "is it going to be erupted today?" I love the way his little mind works.


And here is the day it decided to snow here. It isn't really that much and it didn't stay too long. If you had been here to see the news that night you would have thought it was 2 feet not 2 inches.