Wednesday, April 30, 2008

1st Grade Zoo Trip










It was amazing to see the Zoo all over again in NEW eyes! Camten and Trinity didn't remember any of the animals from past trips, and Trinity, especially, was full of wonder. She could have watched the Penguins all day... I think she wanted to bring one home! There were lots of cuddly, sleeping animals she wanted to touch, and she ran away from the big ones. The sand pit might have been the very best part, and hanging out there caused a hurry at the very end to see those bats!

Puppies for Sale!!!!

Two adorable, beautiful, bouncy, snufflin' puppies for sale!!

We call one Cent because she has a tiny stripe on her back like a piggy bank. She has huge paws and the gentlest, shyest nature... just like her papa. She hardly barks and stays close to her Mom, the kids or the doggy home. She LOVES the kids, of course.


We call the other one Sniff or Sniffers 'cause she has little snorts and sniffs and wiggles and wiggles! She jumps and runs with her ears flopping as she tumbles down the grassy field. She loves to tug on Trinity's twirly skirts and chases everything that moves. Her nose is speckled and she's mostly black... cute! She looks like she'll have her Moma's look and character, full of fun energy and absolutely gorgeous.
Both puppies already have registration papers as pure-bred Pitbulls, and their pedigree is available after they're officially named for only $25.
PUPPIES FOR SALE!!!

Swap Meet 2008


The Portland Swap Meet is HUGE!!!!!
People... guys... come from hundreds of miles away to set up booths at the Expo Center every April.
When the Expo Center is completely full, they fill up the parking lot around the Expo Center. To get there, everyone parks in fields and buses to the Center.

When the parking lot is full, they expand to the Portland International Raceway!
That's where the Armstrongs could be found for an entire Thursday, Friday and Saturday... rain and all!!!
We got two spots together on Pit Row. Jeremy set up a '74 Short box for sale and the beautiful '70 long box, freshly painted hugger orange with a mean motor. In between we had all kinds of things guys at swap meets like... a tack, dash consol, seat covers, gas caps, license plate cover, speaker, radiator fan, and even a Nascar quilted curtain. Well, that didn't sell.

On the second day we brought out the Go-Kart which turned into a memorable HIT! We road up and down Pit Row and down all the side alleys of more booths and around and around dodging the track monitors! They have a one-way policy and a low speed policy that we had to continually remind ourselves to follow carefully. Hahahaha
I fit in the Go-Kart great and had a BLAST giving the kids tons of rides. We were happy to sell it, though. We don't have a nice racetrack at our house and Go-Karts are bumpy rides on gravel roads and muddy fields!!! (Not to mention the HILL and running down to make sure young drivers get turned back around fast enough!)