A little Oregon hiker humor...........and it is EXACTLY how I felt after this ride..........

Wow! An Oregon treasure/postcard. This ride rivaled my all time favorite ride in Colorado for beauty.

Don has been riding a lot and he's really good. This part of the trail was really steep and slippery and I didn't even consider riding it, but he kept going back and forth trying to get a good shot........

This is the pay-off for a hard ride..........and it was well worth it!

We just came back from a long weekend visiting my cousin in Cottage Grove, Oregon. There was an awesome gardening festival and his seed company, Territorial Seed, had a tomato taste-off contest. It was really fun and I got to be one of the judges. I tasted 50 tomatoes! We had an amazing time with them.......they are so warm and they make you feel so comfortable in their home. My cousin Tommy's wife, Julie, is an amazing cook and she spoiled us rotten with all her fresh recipes using ingredients straight out of their garden. She makes great veggie stuff too, as her daughter, Farren, is also a veg. (Yeah for me!!!)
This shot is a gorgeous mountain bike ride Don and I took. It is the Brice Creek trail and about 7 miles long through some drop-dead amazing country. Don is in this shot, but you'll have to double-click it to see his happy face.

Cassidy gives free design consultation to Nonnie and Poppy. ("This is where the chocolate goes; here is the spot for the candy; and the cookies and toys go over here...........")

Bates and Lois are in the middle of building their awesome new home! They are up there every day running errands for the builders, clearing brush and chopping logs for their new masonry stove that you can see in the middle of this shot. They come home exhausted but really excited too! Their great room is going to be really amazing with this stove. The company who makes them is out of Finland and they use beautiful soap stone which is the best for maintaining the heat. They look all natural, like you have a waterfall in your home. They also come with a pizza oven so Lois says, "Come on over! Pizza's in the oven!"

My awesome sunflowers are just bursting open everywhere!!

My first attempt at wine........20 lbs. of blackberries went into that! Should be ready around the time some of my girlfriends come up here for a visit next summer.....HINT HINT!!!!! (We'll be howlin' at the moon, eh???)

"That tickles!!!" giggles our little Sassafrass!!!

Words cannot describe this feeling........

Three absolute cuties!!!! Karen just sent this pic to me and I just have to share it with all of you!