Spring is in the Air

It was a beautiful weekend in Portland. The sun was out (something we look forward to more of as summer approaches) and we really had a great weekend.

Chelsea had Friday off of work so she spent the day in Eugene. She did a little shopping, had lunch with Amie then went to meet baby Madison Joyce Kunasek for the first time!

Baby Madison, 2 days old:


Cody and Chelsea spent the majority of the weekend working on the house but took a little break on Saturday afternoon. We drove up the Clackamas river and found a quiet spot along the river where Cody and Chelsea could relax and Roxy could play in the water. We BBQ'ed some chicken, had a few beers and enjoyed the fresh air.

This was a perfect picnic spot:




Roxy playing fetch with Dad:


Cody took a break from playing with the dog to cook dinner:


Since work on the inside of the house is coming to an end, we took advantage of the weather and started working on the outside. Neither Cody or Chelsea claim to know a whole lot about flowers, but we went to a nearby nursery to pick out flowers for the front yard. We know that basics like what a perennial vs. an annual flower is but thats about it. So, we read at LOTS of tags to figure out what we need!! As we picked out flowers, there was a lot of "yeah, the big red one", "I like the little pink ones", "What do you think about these orange ones with the big yellow one?"...you know, a lot of technical talk like that. We purchased our flowers and headed home to plant them.

Chelsea really enjoyed planting the flowers because her and Cody got to work on it as a team. A lot of time when we are working on the house, Cody is in one room and Chelsea is in another room, each working on separate projects alone. It was a fun day and a pretty good work-out too.