Grandma Belva's Surprise Party!

Darren's family threw a huge surprise party for his Grandma's 78th birthday. They thought that to throw a surprise party for an 80th birthday would be too obvious so they decided on 78 instead. It was a whole weekend long extravaganza and lots of family came into town. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet more members of Darren's family. On Friday we had the initial surprise and we hung out and played games and ate dinner. We also watched a video of Grandma Belva's life through the years with all of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The next day we had a family softball game and then we went back to Aunt Lisa's house for lunch and to hang out the rest of the day. Darren's cousin Jason had a slack line so we all tried slacklining and it was super hard! Jason also gave grandma clippers for her birthday present so she could cut his long hair because she hates it. The rest of the day we hung out, ate dinner, played lots of games and ended the night watching a movie outside with the projector. It was a very busy fun-filled weekend with lots of excitement! Here are some pictures...

Blackberry Picking

We have been very busy playing these last few days in Oregon. On Friday before we went to Darren's grandma's big surprise party we took Kylee blackberry picking. Blackberries grow like weeds here in Oregon, in fact they are weeds. We walked down to the end of his street and then up to an elementary school and just picked blackberries off of the random bushes. We got a lot of blackberries and Kylee really liked them! I would just pick off one of the little balls and she would roll it around on her tongue and laugh and laugh. It was really cute how much she liked them. I thought that her face would be stained but she drools too much so the stain just washed away. Anyway, she is really cute and it was fun picking and eating blackberries with her and Darren.