It's been a while...

So here is my little monkey...er gorilla. We called
him a monkey because it was easier to say. This
year we ended up only going to the ward Halloween Party
because I was home alone and didn't want to go trick-or-
treating by myself...But we had fun nonetheless.
I didn't know gorillas rode bikes?!

Here he is at the party. He only got about 10 pieces of
candy but he was happy. So here is he diggin in.

This was several weeks ago when we went to Baskin Robins.
This is really his dad's cone...

Okay kid, it's my turn.

This is at our new favorite park. This is Jesse saying "ball!"
Balls are by far his favorite toys.

Isn't it cool???

Of course he had to pretend like he was a captain of a ship.
He also loves wheels!!

Mom had to go down the slide with him.(even though her bum didn't fit...)

This kinda freaked Jesse out because he thought he was
going to fall. But then he caught on..

Giving mama kisses through the bars (sanitary I know..)

And riding our car at the park too. It is such a neat park
with walk ways and water toys and grass...We both just love it!
And we have to take advantage of it while it is still sunny!

Here is Jesse and I at my 1st grade classroom.
He came to visit me after school one day. If you are familiar with
the board game...it is on the board in the background. It goes like this:
If the teacher is waiting on the students to be on task and listen, the
teacher gets the point. If they are quiet or do something worth
complimenting, then the students get a point. Look and see
who was winning for the day....

Sorry I have been so boring lately. I really have little excuse.
We are all healthy and Andy is starting a new job in a couple of weeks.
He is currently working at a restaurant as a chef and is enjoying it.
I am into my second week of 4th grade and am still deciding what I
want to teach. Jesse is saying new words by the dozen and is saying
a few sentences as well. He has begun to use his potty chair a little and
actually went to the bathroom for the first time last night (quite on accident though).
Anyway, hope this finds everyone well!

Radom pictures and updates

On the weekends I try to spend a little
time with my family, so we chose to go to silver creek
falls with mom and dad. It was a beautiful day for a hike
and Jesse loves being outdoors, anywhere.

He was laughing because I was going down the stairs pretty fast and purposely jumping around. He has such a cute smile :)

Every wednesday his aunt Kris watches him so that Grandma can get some errands done in town. He loves his aunt kris!

Making silly faces against the glass

One of his favorite foods are tomatoes, which he calls "Me-mas."
I am not sure where it came from but without fail he goes
straight for those plants when we go outside.

"Bike" is a new favorite word and he loves to ride his.











Bored....or maybe just hatching a scheme.

Going to the beach in Pacific City a couple of weeks ago

He LOVES the sand

At the carousel

He loves drinking fountains

Jesse is getting so big it is still hard for me to believe he is almost 2! He is adjusting to Oregon very well and he loves living with is grandma and grandpa. He gets to spend lots of time with grandma each day while I am doing my student teaching. Student teaching is going well, but it is exhausting. My weekends are never long enough, but I am learning A LOT! Jesse is constantly saying new words and some of his favorites are : bug, bird, rock, car, bike, eat, mee-ma (tomato), do-da (flower), drink (which sounds like dink), and clock.

Student Teaching

I have set aside a few moments tonight to tell everyone that I haven't gone into a hole never to come out. I am student teaching. For those of you who don't know what that entails, I just need to say that you should be glad you don't have to endure it. :) Well, I am actually making it out to sound terribly horrible but I am actually enjoying myself. I had one little girl tell me I was pretty yesterday and who doesn't love that? I come home each night barely able to remember my own name I am so tired and Jesse comes running at me with high hopes of playing and running and screaming. Here is a shout out to my awesome mom for watching him! He hardly even knows I am gone! :) So..if you don't hear from me until December, it is because I am doing nothing other than planning lessons, tying other kids shoes, yelling over others to listen to what I am saying, and trying to keep likes straight and voices off. Oh, and having loads of fun with my cute little first graders. Hope everyone is well! Until Later, Megan

Dahlia Festival

My mom and I went to the Dahlia festival in
Canby this weekend and it was amazing!
I can't believe that there are so many different
kinds of one flower and I am in awe of how
perfect these flowers are! I just put a few on, but
my mom has less restraint than I and put about 40 pictures on her blog. So if you want to see some AMAZING flower pictures (taken by both my mom and I) then go to Ridgeway Heights for a visual feast.

THE BEACH!!!!

This is a park in Linclon City (the coast) that has an AWESOME jungle gym. WE had fun
here and Jesse desperately needed to stretch his legs because of the hour drive. :)

He can never get enough of the swings

Here he found a train and kept on saying "toot toot"

When we finally got to the beach, he had a blast!
He let me bury him in the sand and he just sat there!
He wanted me to do it over and over again.

He thought it was pretty funny when i dug down
and found his toes in the sand

He was trying to escape!

Here he is destroying a sand castle
that I built. Anne wanted to build one and
even made a "jesse proof moat" around it,
but alas, the moat was forded and it was ruined.

















Getting some cuddle time in.

King of the beach

We got some truffles after wards (family tradition)
and he wanted one and shoved it all in his face. That's my boy

He found some taffy and wanted that
too. We need to cut back on the sugar...

Out and about

For those of you who don't know, Jesse LOVES
the water. He nows says "wawa" for water every
time he sees it, which is often since my dad has a
million sprinklers on times. Anyway, he also loves to
be outside, where he can run around without his
mother telling him no for something.

He is a big boy now and can climb on chairs. :)

"wawa". It was funny because when my dad says
water, with his accent it sounds like wata. (Just say
this outloud and it wont look so weird). So when
Jesse first learned to say water, he said "oota" to
imitate my dad's accent. :)

My little genius.

His favorite food: bananas

With his very loved papa.

Bike Riding

Minto Brown Park is one of my favorites to bike ride in. The trails are fairly easy and the blackberry picking in the fall is fabulous! Now that I have a bike trailer for Jesse it makes things so much easier! Here are a few pictures of us riding on a warm almost autumn night.

Scary picture of me, but here is most of our entourage.

Can we just ride again already?

Eating Blackberries

Helping himself to more blackberries

















Weeee!