A Scrap of Life

It's that time again... the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival is in full bloom! The kids had Friday off from school and we had planned to leave as soon as I got off of work. It didn't quite happen that way. Brian missed our first two trips to the tulip festival - the first because he was at the Police Academy and the second because a big case came up at the last minute and he had to be there to serve the search warrant. What are the odds that another big case will come up and another search warrant will have to be served on the day we're planning on going? And in our little town, where hardly anything happens? But of course, that would be the case. This year we stuck it out and hoped he would get off in time to go with us. Thankfully he finally did and we were on our way. The weather was gorgeous and we really loved walking around the tulips. I took pics of the kids with their favorite tulip. Then we went to the kids favorite part... the rubber ducky races! (Bear with me ... I co...

Spring break came and with it the rain. Despite our gorgeous spring weather, the rain has finally caught up with us and it made our spring break wet and squishy. By the end of the week the weather cleared up a bit. We took advantage of it and took a road trip to the beach! Our first stop was on the way, at the Tillamook Forestry Center. We love this place! The kids love the scavenger hunt they have and all the neat things to see. This time the fire tower was open so we climbed up the flights and flights of stairs to get closer to the treetops. It was beautiful up there! The whole reason we headed towards Tillamook was for our next stop, the Tillamook Cheese factory! We LOVE the cheese factory and always get some yummy ice cream to munch while we watch them making the cheese. Then we go through the cheese-tasting line before making our way to the squeaky cheese cooler. We purchase our cheese curds and a 2-foot long pepperoni stick for Chase. Then we head up the road towards th...