Mangum Memories: May

· May was full of happy reunions for our small family. We were lucky enough to have my parents and sister Melanie come visit us and we were able to spend a weekend in Black Butte, Oregon with Cody's parents, his sister Brandi and her family, and Cody's brother Jay and his family.

Our trip with the Lambs consisted of:

-a trip to Riverside park to ride the carousel and see the giant globe

-Brunch at Word of Mouth- we enjoyed the creme brule French toast and the flying biscuit

-A picnic at the park complete with climbing and sliding with Madi

-The Iris Festival which is just down the road from us. We also enjoyed driving past all of the Iris fields this month

-Shopping and lunch at the Saturday Market

-Mother's Day celebration with my mom

-A trip to the Oregon Gardens

-Cody, Melanie, and I were able to attend a session at the Portland temple while Madi played with grandpa and grandma

-Swimming and breakfast at the Grand Hotel

No trip to grandma's or grandma coming to visit is complete without Madi getting new teeth. She now has two new canines on the top- number 13 and 14.

Our trip with the Mangums at Black Butte consisted of:

-Playing with cousins and visiting with family

-Swimming and Madi going down the waterslide with Cody

-A trip to Clear Lake where we walked around the lake, rented a boat, paddled around, and caught fish.

-The boys played a round of golf and we got to watch them play the 12th hole- the house we stayed on was just off the fairway

We also took a day trip to the coast and got dumped on by rain. We visited the Tillamook cheese factory where we sampled cheese and ate ice cream, and then we hiked to the Octopus tree.

Madi is growing fast and is learning to do many new things.

-Madi can open the fridge. Most of the time she gets her bottle or a piece of raw broccoli out and then closes the fridge.

-Madi loves playing with bubbles- we are on our second bubble machine, the first one was used so often that we wore it out

-Madi can play at the park all by herself- I don't have to follow her around everywhere and get to take a break and talk with the other moms

-Madi is good at putting things where they belong. She puts her toys away in the tub when it is time to clean up, she puts her bottle in the side pouch of my diaper bag, she likes to pretend to use a broom and dustpan, she picks up the tv remotes and puts them into the box.

It's hard to believe that one year ago yesterday we moved from Minnesota. I can't believe how time flies!

Week with the Lambs: