GREEN HORNET ATTACK!! 9/4-13/2012

Well, on Tuesday, September 4, we headed north to Corvallis, OR, but on the way north, we completely enjoyed the Oregon Coast we have grown to love.  It seems as though it is always beautiful on the Oregon Coast!

 

Sunsets are so gorgeous when you are on the coast!  Anyway, we headed inland at Florence and then headed north in Eugene, OR, stopping for the night in a K-Mart parking lot in Corvalis, OR.  On Wednesday, we did some shopping/errands and then headed up to Chehalis, WA.

Just south of Chehalis, WA and north of Toledo, WA we pulled off the freeway about 10 miles and checked into the Chehalis Thousand Trails Preserve, parking in a beautiful spacious site for a few days of laundry, reading, campfires and relaxing as we waited for Jed, Kate and Green Hornet.

 

They stopped by Friday, on their way south to visit our #4 son, Sean, and his family down near Portland.  We fed them a late lunch and they rested up a little before finishing the drive south.  It is hard to travel with little ones, so we were more than glad to provide a resting place for them....especially if they let us play with Green Hornet a little!!  Here's Kate and Green Hornet resting inside our trailer.

Isn't he a handsome little bugger?!!!!

A few days later, on Sunday, they came back and we settled them into a little cabin on the preserve and we parked next door to them.  It was the beginning of a few days of chillin' with grand child #12!  We love it when our kids take the time out of their busy lives to spend time with us. Is Good!!

Besides playing with Green Hornet, we did what the Cowleys do best when they get together, cook and eat!  Here's Jed putting together his tin foil dinner to put on the campfire.

The fire was burning down into a good bed of coals.

Here's Ann starting her tin foil meal.

And here's Wayne putting all 5 of our creations on the coals.  Makes your mouth water, doesn't it!!!

A watched pot never boils, but 9 minutes on each side only allows a little sitting by the campfire time before it is time to eat!!

While we waited we all took turns holding Green Hornet and watching his reactions to all the stimulus from his first campout in the woods.

He seemed to enjoy all the attention and the outdoorsy smells and sights!

A smiling baby always makes everyone else smile!

My turn!  No My Turn!!

Then, after dinner an evening was spent teaching Green Hornet his consonant sounds.  It is amazing how he is starting to mimic sounds and it seems like he is starting to try to communicate.  He is fun to watch!

What is almost as much fun, is watching Jed's reactions as Green Hornet trains his Daddy on how to entertain him!!

Then the next morning we are right back at it again.....waiting for our own turn with the little guy!  Must be nice to be so popular!!

One day Jed wanted to go pick black berries, er.... Kate told him she really would like a black berry pie, er.....Ann offered to make a pie, well anyway, we went black berry picking.

  The berries were thick and it took us little time to pick a gallon of them!  We kept a lookout for bears, but we only had one spectator.....

,,,a small fawn that kept an eye on us awhile as it tried to figure out what we were doing.

Then, when we brought the berries back, while Ann made the pie, Jed told his son stories about what a great pie maker his grandmother is!

Walllaaaa!!  Ready for the oven!!!

And, Ohhhhh, it was soooo good!  While the pie baked, Jed's barbequing skills came in to play.  He bbq'ed chicken and baked potatoes on the grill outside the cabin.

Green Hornet was busy watching his Daddy while his Mommy looked on lovingly.

The chef and his son!

Then in the soft lights of the cabin we ate from Jed's skills and then after dinner, we ate fresh black berry pie ala mode'.

Anyway, by Wednesday, September 12, we were all 10 pounds heavier and sorrowfully had to say good bye to Jed, Kate and Green Hornet.  They left in the morning, we moved our trailer back up on the hill to near where we were before they arrived, set up and spent the day relaxing, paying bills, doing laundry and reading.  Tomorrow or the next day, we will head back to the Oregon Coast to head south towards Medford.  Good Family, Good Times, Good Food!  Life is good!!!