Hey there

Hope you all had a great 4th of July! We did! We celebrated on Friday and Saturday. Friday we had a bbq,our parents, Joe's brother and his family, and my friend Michelle and her daughter all came. We ate and walked to the park for fireworks and a funnel cake!!! We almost missed the darn firworks because the line was so stinking long.
On the 4th we had a neighborhood bike parade early in the morning. This was the second year we had it and sooo many more people turned out! It was fun. We got a little bike trailer to pull Daniel in. He loved it! In the early afternoon we headed to Joe's brother's house. They were also having a neighborhood bike parade, but much larger than ours. There were people from one side of the street to the other with bikes. It was almost hard to ride your bikes. It was fun though. We had a bbq when we got back and fireworks in the evening. It was a long day for sure! We were all super tired today. Daniel napped for 3 1/2 hours. I took an hour nap too. But we did manage to take a bike ride back to the park before dinner. We need to start exercising for my brother's wedding so we are going to ride our bikes everyday. We will see if we do! :)
I was really bad with taking pictures yesterday, it was too hard to carry the camera around and watch Daniel. Here is one with his cute cousin Hanna.

And one that is not very good waiting to go on a bike ride after dinner last night.


Ok one more thing to share. While in Oregon at my cousin's house we had coleslaw, her 17 yr old son actually made it. It was really yummy! It's supposed to be the same as KFC coleslaw and I think it's pretty close. I made it on Friday and Saturday and it was a hit! I doubled the recipe. It can be a little runny, so the second time I made it I used half the amount of milk. A few family members asked for the recipe so I thought I'd just share it here.

Finely chop cabbage.(I used the bag of coleslaw mix and just chopped it a little more) Mix in large bowl the following:
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
2 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp minced onion

Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add coleslaw, mix and refrigerate

Enjoy!

final Oregon post

Day 7: Saturday - my grandma's ("Nagymama" in HUngarian) memorial
Saturday morning we woke up and left my cousin Chris' house and drove about 2 hours toward Salem, OR. We didn't go into Salem but right before we got there we turned at the Saintam SP? River. This was my grandpa's favorite fishing spot, at least one of his favorites. It was a little rainy on the drive over but it was just cloudy when we got there. We had lunch when we first got there and the guys went fishing of course. After we visited and such we decided to do what we came to do, spread both my grandparents ashes. It was very emotional for me, if you know me I'm a cry baby!! haha But seeing a bag with both their ashes was not pretty! My dad and uncle each did one grandparent. We said a prayer and talked about my grandparents and what great people they were. Also we would not be here if it wasn't for them escaping Hungary more than 50 years ago, really a neat story. So here are some pictures of the day.





This is all of us walking back to our cars, but just about here we saw a man fishing. When he first walked by he wasn't having any luck he said but this time he was pulling in a huge fish! We all thought my grandpa gave him good luck!

It was a great day and a great way to remember them both. They both loved Oregon and their wishes were always to have their ashes spread here. Some didn't agree with it but that's what they wanted.
Most of my family headed home but my Uncle Joe stayed with my family and the guys went fishing. They wanted to try their luck. But nothing! So we headed back towards my aunts' house. We made one stop, can't remember the name. It was really green and beautiful! The guys hiked to a spot to fish. Daniel, my mom and I stayed behind. Here are a few pictures.


The guys came back just in time, it starting to rain, so we headed home. We got back late and started packing for the drive the next day.

Day 8: Sunday
On the road again!!! We left my aunt's house at 5:30am. My brother's also left at this time but on a flight! We only stopped for gas and food. We made it home at 8:30 that night! We were beat! The next day we slept in and even took naps! We were sad to leave Oregon but happy to be in our own beds! Joe really loved Oregon, and we really want to go back again soon.

More trip blogging

Day 4:Wednesday

This morning we checked out of our cabin and headed back to Lava Lake. Daniel woke up real early so on the short drive there he fell asleep. That was fine with me since it was early and cold out. The guys went out in the boat so I parked the truck and played on Joe's laptop for over an hour, enjoying the beautiful view too! Joe fished there for a few hours and headed back in. We decided to start to head towards my aunts' house in Bend. We took a different road and found snow!! It really wasn't all that cold but it's still there! They had more snow this year than years past so I guess that's why it's still there. We stopped and played for a little while.


We got into town and got a quick bit to eat. WHile sitting there I started to remember that my grandma used to live right around the corner. It has been over 10years since she lived at that house but I found it!! It was like she was still there. I have so many memories of both my grandparents from when we used to visit it was neat remembering them as we went to some of the places we went with them. Ok back to what I was saying. We found her old house and drove to my aunt and uncle's. We settled in and my aunt, Daniel and I went shopping! I found a few things. Shoes, a top and some things we needed. The great thing in Oregon is there in NO sales tax! So we headed back to the house for dinner and just relaxed. My parents flew in that night but we were too tired to wait up for them.

Day 5: Thursday
I didn't take any pictures today! :( Bummer! Both of my brother flew in today. My dad first picked up Eric. We then all went to downtown Bend to a candy shop where my cousin Andy works. It's really cool. I wanted my camera so badly but I left it at home. We left there and went back to the airport, not good planning if you ask me, to get my younger brother Jimmy. We all met back at the house and the guys decided to all go kayaking. I stayed behind with my mom, aunt and Daniel. After Daniel's nap we went shopping. We went to the Old Mill District. They have some really good stores. I found a ton of great sales. I got some cute stuff at GAP! Love that store, when I paid she asked if I was using my GAP card and I was, so I got an extra 25% off! I ran back for another pair of shorts! ANd nO sales tax!

Day 6: Friday
Today we drove North to my cousin Chrissie's house. Her and her husband live in a log cabin. It is the most beautiful house ever! I loved it! I could live in a log cabin like that! Their property is very nice and has a great view of the mountains, well except for the little house in the way. Someone moved in and built a 3 story house kind of blocking some of the view, but still a nice view! :) After chatting a little and getting a tour we decided to go fishing of course. We went not to far to Prineville Reservior. It was a little rainy out but cleared up for us. The clouds were awesome.


The girls headed back a little before dinner to get ready. The rest of the family was coming to her place for dinner. The guys came back and we had a BBQ. This is my favorite picture of Daniel from our trip!! Such a boy!

Did you notice he wore his shoes out while we where away?
Chris' husband is a cop and has a K-9 dog named Rocky. He is really a friendly dog. He did a little demonstration using their son Tylor. Tylor put on a sleeve and Brad had the dog attack him! Crazy!


Daniel getting into trouble!! Not sure what is all over his mouth!


A few more days to write about later! Good night!!

More of our trip

Day 2: Monday
Monday morning we left our motel at about 6:30 and headed into Oregon. It didn't take long to get into Oregon.

We took a super nice scenic route to get to our next stop, South Twin Lake. We were meeting my Uncle Joe there. We drove along the Rogue River, which is totally beautiful! We talked that we could live somewhere near it because it's amazing. I didn't really get any good pictures though.


Mt. Theilson
We got to the lake and meet my Uncle sometime after noon. We rented a cabin there for two nights. He was waiting for Joe to go fishing. We hadn't gotten his fishing license yet so we all went back into twon to get one. They went fishing in Uncle Joe's boat for a few hours before dinner. We went to bed pretty early again, we were all exhausted!
Day 3: Tuesday
We decided to all go fishing today. It was hard for me to stay behind yesterday because where we stayed was not baby friendly. So we headed to Lava Lake and found a spot for me and Daniel to hang out. Joe caught a fish shortly after we got there.



Daniel and I made a friend, a friendly squirrel! We fed him Daniel's snacks.
Once we got hungry we left and went back to the cabin to meet my cousin Steve. We then headed to East Lake. it was a little cooler here. Steve was catching fish left and right, most were too small to keep. All three guys brought one home from here though.


We headed back to the cabin about dinner time and called it a night early again!! We are getting old, or maybe it's just that we have a baby!!
be back with more later!

Our vacation

We just got home a few days ago from a road trip to Oregon. We went to visit with my family and also to have a memorial for my grandma who passed away 6 months ago. We had a great time and the time flew by, we weren't ready to leave yet.
Day 1, Sunday 6/14 We left at 2AM and drove to San Francisco. We made it there by about 8AM. We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and stopped for a quick picture.



We stopped there for breakfast and got gas. We continued up the coast and headed for the Redwoods. Daniel was really good in the car. He slept a lot and was up some too!

We took Daniel's little train that he loves to push around, good thing we did, he used it the whole trip! This is him at a rest stop in Northern CA.

We made in to the Redwoods in the afternoon and pretty much just drove through it. It was a little rainy out. We did stop once and walked on a little trail to take pictures of course!


We stopped that night in Crescent City, near the Oregon border. We had already booked a room before we left. We got dinner and went straight to bed. It was a really long day but really a gorgeous drive!!
It's late so I promise to be back with more of our trip tomorrow!! Good night!

Happy Birthday to my baby boy!

I can't believe a year has gone by since our baby boy has been with us! It seems like yesterday that we brought him home! We have enjoyed each moment, well most! haha! Friday was his birthday but we had a party yesterday for him! We had a great turn out and lots of food and fun! Here are some pictures from the day! Thanks Michelle for photographing for me! I wouldn't have been able to get these without your help!

a quick post

The last few weekends we have begun to get ready for Daniel's party! I kept putting off his invitations because I wanted to make them. this weekend I finally had to sit down and make them. They are very simple! I made 21 of these Saturday and Sunday! I made them all pretty much like this one but I used different birthday ribbons that I had. They are in the mail and that's what counts!!

Doing these made me want to scrapbook but I just need to find some time!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just a quick post to say Happy Mother's Day! I hope all you mommy's out there in blogland had a great day! I had a great 1st Mother's Day! It started yesterday morning getting a break and going to get a mani& pedicure! It felt great, my toes can finally be out! :) Then we headed to Newport Beach to Fashion Island and ate there at the Cheesecake Factory, one of our fav's! It was sucha beautiful day out that we didn't want to come home yet so we went to one of my favorite beaches, COrona Del Mar. We walked around for a little while until it was too cold for the little guy. Today we had brunch out with my mom and family and dinner with dh's mom and family. it was a great weekend! Here are a few pictures from the weekend!


Daniel and his cousin Hanna! I thought it was cute he was holding her up!

And one of Daniel getting into trouble this week!


Have a great week!

Happy Belated Easter!

I'm a little late but I hope you had a great Easter! We had a great weekend! We celebrated Easter all weekend. My brother and I convinced my mom to do her Easter on Saturday to help us out, it makes it so much nicer to not be rushed to go somewhere else! We had a great meal! Daniel even had an Easter egg hunt. My mom hid a few eggs in the front yard, she couldn't resist. Then Sunday we went to my dh's moms side of the family at the park. They have a very large family and have to all meet at a park. We go almost every year. There were some fun games, including one where I was blind folded...my dad got some pictures will have to try and get them. We invited my parents along so they wouldn't have to be at home alone. It was a lot of fun but a very long day. Daniel did pretty good. Here are a few pictures I have gotten from my dad, I still need to download mine.:(




I actually scrapbooked last week and got 4 pages done! I was off last week so I squeezed in some time for a few pages. I would have liked to do more but that's all I could get in. I will post those soon!

Today was back to work! :( It was hard to wake up. I am already waiting for the weekend! Well I will be back sooner than last time with more pictures! Have a great week!