McGlasson Family

Summer 2009 - Hanging w/ friends

2009-07-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

Our long weekend started us camping with the kids in the backyard with Beth and I. Bob wanted nothing to do with this. We then headed to Cannon Beach for the day on Friday. Hsekna and Bijana joined us for a BBQ Friday night. We snuck in a few fireworkds. We all last saw each other in Jamaica at Beth and Marty's wedding. Thebefore heading to the local parade.

We woke up and had a lovely breakfast with Theme, Carolyn, Mathew and Andrew .

Then we hit the local parade. It's rest time before a neighborhood swim. BBQ and fireworks tonight with friends and neighbors. I LOVE SUMMER IN OREGON!!!!!

PS - had a nice overnight visit with Brad visiting from Arizona. Darlene Schaefer - Coleman and Marcy Spence - McKey joined us as we had a lot of highschool chit chat to catch up on

Easter Brunch with Cousins

2009-04-12T20:40:00.000-07:00

Madison, Courtney, Grandma Jean (94) and Cailee

At the table is Cole, Cailee, Madison, Courtney and Carson

Dying Easter Eggs

2009-04-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Dying Easter Eggs at Grandma Sandra and Grandpa Reanous's house with Grandpa and Aunt Jen. This was all before the big hunt on the 5 acres with the cousin!!!!!

Short Sleeves

2009-04-12T20:28:00.001-07:00

The sun finally came out in Oregon.....we loved seeing the sun again and having some heat!!!!!

Making Birdhouses at Home Depot

2009-04-12T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here's the kids at Home Depot making birdhouses for our garden

The Cards are on the way to the Super Bowl

2009-01-18T19:20:00.001-08:00

The boys have a lot to cheer for when it comes to the Cardinals; big Super Bowl party here in 2 weeks. You can see Carson is still a big Wildcat fan, but has less to cheer about in this dept.

Grandpa Reanous & Grandma Sandra

2009-01-11T15:04:00.000-08:00

Grandma Sandra & Grandpa Reanous came up for three days at the end of December to watch the kiddo's while Bob and I worked. Here's Grandma Sandra with the quilt she made for Madison. Another pic of them before they opened their presents. Pic. #4 is the kids EXHAUSTED after a typical day but they got to fall asleep in our bed.

Formal Pics

2009-01-11T14:53:00.000-08:00

Bob, Jill, Madison & Carson on the Cruise Ship Dec 2008

Carson 5 1/2 yrs old, Madison a 7 yrs old, The Pac 10 picture is Carson in UofA, Madison in WSU, Cailee in OSU & Cole in UofO

Our Caribbean Tree w/ beach towel as our tree skirt

2008-12-27T17:27:00.001-08:00

We were too lazy to get out our 15 boxes of Christmas decor out as we arrived back from our Caribbean trip 10 days before Christmas. We just decided to have a Caribbean tree and make all our ornaments out of our beach pictures, hot glued our Jamaica seashells to ribbons as ornaments and found tropical ornaments and 'gaudy' pink and green garland with a beach towel, conch shell and straw hat at the base of our tree. Here's the Christmas 'Caribbean' tree that we made for our 2008 Christmas.

Our Christmas

2008-12-27T17:03:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas as it was just the four of us this year. The kids and I baked three batches of fudge and delivered to our neighbors as well as made several batches of cookies that we decorated for Santa on the 24th as Bob had to work.

On Christmas eve we opened a few presents and watch Chevy Chase Christmas Vacation now a tradition. We set out a plate of cookies for Santa and went to bed as we knew Santa would be arriving!!!!

We got the kids bike's for Christmas and Santa brought Madison an iPod. We had a nice Christmas turkey dinner w/ all the trimmings and stayed warm as there is still a foot of snow outside.

December 2008 Snow Storm 10" Snow

2008-12-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

When we returned from our Caribbean vacation we were treated to a winter storm. We actually got 8"-10" inches which is unheard of in Portland. The kids had fun sledding while mom and dad didn't have quite as much fun shoveling.

From 80 degree Carribean Weather to 20 degree Portland Weather

2008-12-21T13:33:00.000-08:00

Carribean Cruise

2008-12-21T13:06:00.000-08:00

Gabriella and Marty decided to marry on the Island of Jamaica so with her family and friends we decided to join and make this a family vacation. Jill's parents (Sandra and Reanous) joined for the 1 week Carribean Cruise that stopped in Labadee Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Caymon and lastly Cozumel before hitting Miami to fly home. Unfortunatley you don't see Bob in the wedding picture below on the beach as he was violently ill for 24 hours so poor soul didn't even get to look out the window and see the island of Jamaica.

Beth and Marty had a jewish with a rabbi on a private beach and was lovely. I was the maid of honor and had the pleasure (yeah right at 40!) of wearing a bathing suit vs. a bridesmaid dress :) It was a great time by all other than poor Bob.

On this trip we rock climbed and ice skated on the ship. It is the largest cruise liner on water w/ 4000 plus pasengers; Freedom of the Sea's.

Anyway a great vacation (other than a few hiccups) only to come home to a winter blizzard which Porltand doesn't often see. The kids missed a week of school due to vacation, school was cancelled a week and now they are off for 2 weeks. This morning we shoveded out of 10" of snow.

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Carson Thanksgiving Program

2008-12-21T12:59:00.000-08:00

There's the big kinder in the red shirt and his feather hat!!!

Halloween with the Cousins

2008-12-21T12:55:00.000-08:00

Jackie, Dad, Rob, Cole and Cailee all came up to Portland for Halloween so the cousins could trick or treat together. Cole is the monster, Carson the skeleton, Madison is the witch with purple hair and Cailee is the witch with red hair.

Carson starting Kinder and Madison in 2nd Grade

2008-12-21T12:51:00.001-08:00

Carson (our little fella) started kinder and here he is w/ big sister starting 2nd grade. They go to Jackson school and we live 2 blocks so they get to walk to and from school each day.

Madison Ballet Recital

2008-12-21T12:22:00.001-08:00

Here's Madison in her ballet recital outfit. She takes Dance with her friend Elizabeth; they are cute ballerina's.

Soccer - Fall of 2008

2008-12-21T11:58:00.000-08:00

Fall kept us busy with the start of the school year, work, but mostly soccer!!!! Between both kids playing soccer this was a five day a week commitment between practices and games. The kids enjoyed their 10 week season and had fun playing with their friends. Each of them had great coaches and an excellent season :)

Mom and I in Italy; Rome, Tuscany, Pisa, Florence and Venice

2008-12-21T11:38:00.000-08:00

Mom and I had such a great time in Italy May of 2008 as she took me there for my big 40th!!!! YIKES... We went on a tour and spend 10 days, eating, drinking, shopping (leather and gold), touring and ending every night with either more wine or more gelatto.

Madison's 7th Birthday Party

2008-08-17T19:26:00.000-07:00

Madison and Holly both turn 7 on August 20th. Today they had a shared birthday party at Safari Sams with each of thier set of friends. This is the 2nd time Madison and Holly have shared a birthday party. You can see their fathers serving cake to twenty children :) Grandma Sandra and Grandpa Reanous, Aunt Jackie, Uncle Rob, cousin Cole and Cailee drove up from Springfield for the party.

Madison Gymnastics Camp

2008-08-10T13:58:00.000-07:00

Madison attended Gymnastics camp this week and had a performance for us Friday night. This was when Grandpa Jim visited from Arizona.

As Madison says, 'It was very fun and the routines were fun to learn'

Carson Basketball Camp

2008-08-10T13:43:00.000-07:00

Carson just finished two weeks of basketball camp through Parks & Rec. It was a 45 minute camp which he learned 'around the world', dribbling, defense and got to scrimmage at the end of his daily camp.

He had lots of fun!!!!

5th of July at The Grandparents w/ Cousins

2008-07-06T09:11:00.001-07:00

On the 5th of July we went to Grandma Sandra and Grandpa Reanous's house for a family BBQ, baseball game and fireworks. Grandmas Jeanne joined us as she's doing great at 93!!!! You can see pictures of slip and slide, baseball game and lots of laughs and giggles with the cousins

Madison lost her first tooth

2008-07-06T09:07:00.001-07:00

It was 4th of July at 10:30 PM watching fireworks that Madison pulled her first tooth out. We spend the 4th morning at our local parade where Madison marched in the 4th of July parade with the girl scout troops.

Madison at Soccer Camp

2008-06-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

Madison has spent this all this week at Soccer Camp. Here she is solo and a picture of her 2nd grade friends Peyton, Taylor and Sophie

My 40th Birthday Dinner in the Limo

2008-06-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday night (6/24) a limo showed up at our house at 5 PM. Madison kept it as a surprise for 2 weeks until at 4:30 Madison said, "We are going somewhere, but not in either of our cars" so I knew someone was picking us up. The kids loved the limo as the internal lights kept changing colors and Carson said it was like a 'bullet train' Bob and I shared a bottle of wine and the kids had 'happy hour sprite' as we were off to an Italian Restaurant Serratto's which was delicious. We then walked to a chocolate cafe for dessert.

We had lot's of fun and giggles as you can see from our crazy pictures.

Thanks Bob, Carson and Madison!!!!

Seatte & San Juan Islands

2008-06-22T14:21:00.000-07:00

On Sunday (6/15) the four of us left for Seattle to visit the Space Needle and visit Aunt Barbara and Uncle Pat before taking the ferry to the Islands. We caught the ferry in Anacortes and headed west for Orcas Island where we stayed at Rosario Resort. On this island we hiked, saw bald eagles & deer, swam and relaxed at Rosario Harbor. We even enjoyed our yummy sea salt carmels. After two days on Orcas, we headed to San Juan Island where we stayed at Roche Harbor Resort; an amazing resort that we highly recommend. On this island we sea kyaked, swam, visited lavendar farm, whale watching park, Lime Kiln Lighthouse, American camp and much much more. We didn't see any Orcas, but saw a black fox and again many bald eagles. After two days on San Juan Island, we took the ferry back to Anacortes, short trip to Seattle to see Cousins Madeline and Jacob then a long trip back to Portland.

Carson's 5th Birthday Party

2008-06-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, June 21st we celebrated Carson's 5th birthday with family and a dozen friends from preschool, the neighborhood and daycare.

We had a backyard water theme which included squirt guns (yes a sg fight) slip and slide and water balloon games and balloon fights. We also played games and got to break open a pinata. We had yummy cake shaped like a basketball and lots of laughs, neat presents and fun.