Manzanita and more...

Since my last post, a lot has happened in our household. 

• We took our first camping trip of the year to Silver Falls State Park and survived!  Cora even got to try smores for the first time. 
•  Edie turned 1 on June 4th and just a few weeks before took her first ambulance rider to the ER due to an infection - ugh!  She's fine now...thankfully. We figure it's our first of many trips to the ER with two very busy little girls.  (On a side note, Cora thought riding in the ambulance was really fun!)
• I came down with a ridiculous case of Poison Oak that was awful for about three weeks and continues to haunt me.  It seems I'm quite allergic!  Thankfully, no one else got it. 
• Dave drove himself to the ER in the middle of the night for an emergency appendicectomy that ended up being (and still is) more complicated than normal because of the scar tissue left in his stomach from the car accident.  That was a few weeks ago and his incision is still healing....very slowly.  
• The Busse Family visited us from Montana and we headed out to Manzanita for some respite.  The girls LOVE the beach and played in the sand for hours.  We even had a bonfire on the beach, which was pretty cool. 
• Dave was in the hospital during final exams so he is currently trying to wrap up last term so he can start a new one this week.  Two more classes to go and he'll start applying for PA school.  Fantastic! 
• Cora is done with SPROUT Academy, her little "playschool" for the summer so we have her signed up for a few summer camps.  We've learned that Cora when she's bored is not a pretty sight.  Sounds a little bit like her mom.... :) 

We're looking forward to a fun summer of camping, enjoying the great weather in Portland (whenever it decides to arrive) and taking a few trips to see family and friends.  Cheers to summertime!