Cannon Beach on a Sunny Day

We all stopped by Cannon Beach on the way back to Beaverton.  The day was gorgeous, sunny, but not yet real warm.

Here's Avery on the beach.  We just like this pic of her.

Nick about to destroy the sand mountain he built.  I think he couldn't stand the thought of someone else destroying it after he left.

Avery, of course had to do what her cool older cousin did.

Here's the three cousins with a great view behind.

Trip to the Oregon Coast

The Tramutola's, Hernandez's, and Briscoe's took a trip to the Oregon Coast to enjoy some of the most beautiful areas of the state.  We went in to Astoria and saw the views from the column, which was closed due to new stairs being put in.  We also saw four deer while there, three just below the column and one in the backyard of the house we rented, just to welcome us there.  We also watched Goonies on Saturday night, which was filmed in Astoria.  We went to Fort Clatsop and stopped in Cannon Beach on the way home.

Here's the whole clan at the beach in Gearhart.  We stayed in a brand new house that was fabulous.  It was a bit cold at the beach that evening.  You can see we are all bundled up.

Hey, that's Mikey and Nicky and me at Fort Clatsop.  That's where Lewis & Clark spent their winter in Oregon after their Corps of Discovery traced a route to the Pacific.

Here's a rebuilt Fort Clatsop.  The original burned down a few years ago.

Here's Avery all dressed up like a frontiersman.  Isn't she cute.

Here's a pic of Avery and Mark.

A day at Fort Vancouver

On this day, we took a trip to tour Fort Vancouver, an old trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company.  The Fort is being re-built building by building following a fire many years ago.  Here is Pop Pop, Grammy and me in front of an old cannon.

Grandpa had to show me

 the way the people went potty in the old days.  He said this one was especially nice because it had two compartments and a roof.

Here I am with 

my family on a play structure in the area that was an Army base. The Army was actively there up until about ten years ago.

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue!!!!

A recreation of the Nina, one of Columbus' ships was in Portland, OR for a brief time and the family went down to see it.

The Nina was the favorite of Christopher Columbus.  It was quite small, and had about 25 crew when it sailed.  When it returned to Europe it had about 100 passengers, who all lived above deck.

Here's Avery and Mark posing for a quick picture.

Avery with Grandma and Grandpa on the front of the ship.

Avery Graduates Kindergarten

After a very successful year at Beaverton Christian, Avery has graduated with full honors from her family.  We are so very proud of her and all that she has accomplished this year.  She had a great time with Mrs. Muldoon and she will be missed next year.

Diploma in hand

Avery with Mrs. Muldoon

T-Ball is AWESOME!!!!

Avery is on the Bad News Dragons, a surprising bunch of infectious 5 & 6 year olds.

We have the best coach in the world.  Coach Charlie is Jack's dad and he is also the President of Beaverton Area Little League (B.A.L.L).  He is great with all the kids.  We've learned how to "go ape" to get ready and "go alligator" to keep our hand out in front of our face incase the ball pops up toward our chin.  And we also can do "scarecrow" to get ready to throw and we practice hitting the troll by our left foot when we follow through.  

It was pretty cold for some of our games (every Thursday evening and Saturday morning).  But we're now learning how to hit with the coach pitching to us.  I hit two of the four tries I had in the last game and didn't even need the T on those.  My mom and dad are very proud of me.

Enjoy the pictures.  That's Hallie, one of my bestest friends in the picture of me and my dad.

This is part of my team at the Opening Day Ceremonies.

Look at that form.

Look at me run.  I'm super fast.

That's Hallie, one of my best friends.  And, oh yeah, my dad too.

Maureen and Avery's trip to SoCal

In March, Maureen and Avery went down to visit the Tramutola clan.

They had lots of fun, saw the Easter bunny, went to Disneyland, Sea World, and saw the many cousins.

Cousins Ariana and Anastasia

Aren't I cool....

Yeah, I'm hangin' with Royalty.  Me and Snow White go way back.

Grammy and Pop Pop at California Adventure.  The Soaring was AWESOME!!!

Look what the Easter Bunny brought me.

That's my cousin Nicholas.  He's a great Baseball player.  He's pitching here.

There I am with Mikey and Nicky coloring Easter Eggs.

Driving the boys wild in my Easter dress.

Check out the loot I got from the Easter Egg hunt.