Feeding the Ducks

We (Steph, Lisa, and Grandpa Chris) went to take Phoenix to feed the ducks for the first time at a small (man made) lake in Albany last week. Steph went all out and bought 5 loaves of "cheap" bread from the Franz outlet store. There were a lot of ducks and geese, so they had no problem gobbling it all up! Phoenix thought is was a hoot watching all of the ducks fly over from the other side of the lake and land like sea planes, en mass, to eat the bread he'd already been throwing into the water. He even let some of the ducks and geese eat out of his hand. And, then as we finished off the last loaf, he shouted out "GO GUCKS!" (That's what he shouts out during Oregon Ducks football games... "Go Ducks" or as he says, "Go Gucks"!). I laughed out loud!

Picking Blackberries

Mormor (Phoenix's grandma, Lisa's mom) came to visit and help us unpack / organize, as we have moved to a much smaller house than we were living in and seem to be "stuck" trying to figure out where to put things!

She was of invaluable help and on the second to last day she was here, we (Mormor, Steph, Lisa, Phoenix, and Bobbi, Steph's mom) went to pick (thorn-less) blackberries at a u-pick farm. Here are some pictures... I also included photos of Phoenix leading his Mormor through a small hay maze at the same u-pick farm. We also visited the market and bought other fresh vegetables to take home. And, Lisa's mom bought us a nice bouquet of fresh flowers to grace our dining room table that we can now see and use!