Corvallis Trip

We went down to Corvallis last weekend to help build the new Wildcat Park and to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday. It was great fun. My parents are the best. Rob and I really have a great time hanging out with them.

So, the original Wildcat Park was built in 1989. I was eight years old and in second grade. I got to help build the park by washing tires, soaping screws, and sorting nails. I remember saving all my pennies and all us students covering the gym floor with all that we had saved.

Most of my fondest memories of elementary school were on that park. Katherine Acker, Jessica Hughes, and I would play fairy princesses in the towers. We would sit up in the towers and take turns describing our fairy princess dresses to one another. We actually played very little fairy princess because the descriptions took the whole recess long. But those dresses were sure something and in my imaginiative mind they were so real. I remember playing hot lava, where you couldn't touch the rocks and you had to stay on the wood playground. I remember sitting and sorting through the little rocks which occasionally had AGATES in them! These were worth big money or something. I used to collect those little agates and treasure them. I remember playing tag and chasing the boys who I had crushes on. Anyway, that park was really important to me and when I found out they were tearing it down, I got kinda sad. To help rebuild it was a great experience. I got to help build a rubber bridge which I'm sure will bring hours of enjoyment to many a kids. My dad and Rob worked to together on Saturday and built one of the towers, and my mom worked two days also.

My dad's birthday was so fun. My parents are so popular! There were about 50 people who came over to celebrate. We had strawberry shortcakes which were delicious and showed Jasper off. I repainted a sign that I made for my dad's garden years ago and gave it to him again for his birthday.

While visting we also played scrabble two times ( I won once and my mom won the other), went to the farmer's market with my mom, played croquet (which actually didn't turn out to be such a great idea because Jasper got hit in the head with a croquet ball), and hung out with Seth and Caroline. It was a great trip. We miss Corvallis alot.


Here's some photos from a hike we took at Peavy Arboretum:

Rob and streching Jasper

Rob and Pepper

Mama Sara and Jazz

Cool mossy tree and Big Leaf Maple

Cool hollow stump