i dare you not to smile back.

my parents finally captured scrap's famous smile on film.

remember me telling you about oregon scrappy & his adorable smile in this post?

put your hands up for hellgate.

danny and i were the only people in our family who hadn't done the hellgate river excursion yet, so mom booked us for a saturday run on the rogue river. leading up to the trip danny kept ripping on it and joking that we were going to be surrounded by those people screeching and putting their hands up as we did 360-spins on the river. but like most things, it ended up being really fun despite the temperatures going from sunshine and warm to rain as soon as the boat pulled away from the dock. our guide was hilarious - so funny that danny retained everything he said as evidenced by d citing all his new knowledge of the rogue and josephine county during dinner later that night.

mom telling danny stories in line.

wet rats. and yes, that's an awesome 80's floral windbreaker with shoulder pads. and thank god mom had it.

we sat in the front row and the other side of the row was drenched from spins. we lucked out. that's danny's single water drop.

wet and then air dryed bangs is an awesome look.

oh yeah. put your hands up! now we're those people.

time for spiiiiinnnssss.

gone country.

i love packing for oregon. it's pretty simple. shorts. t-shirts. jeans. a hat. a swimsuit. don't out think it. less is more. danny caught me trying on "outfits" while packing and just stood in the bedroom looking at me like, "really?" to go fishing?" good point. here's a look inside our weekend on the applegate river. 

mom's chalkboard and welcome message.

the homestead.

mom showing us around the garden. my dad being annoying with his camera.

super cool wooden windmill.

mom's wheelbarrow succulent garden.

scrappy keeping an eye on things from upstairs.

a rose bed. get it? duh. bed of roses. duh.

fresh ollalaberries ripe on the vine and ready for pickin' and eatin'.

us cruising around the local grower's market with mom.

mom always gets our goat's milk soap from this vendor. we got to pick out our scents this time.

authentic oregon hippie tie dye & jewelry anyone?

downtown grants pass deli lunch.

fresh raspberry lemonade.

mom's finger lickin' good homemade cookin'

ribs. fresh corn on the cob. broccoli salad. strawberry surprise. potatoes. cheesy bread. yuuuum.

can't beat the view from the porch.

one of the best parts of the weekend was getting to meet scrappy for the first time. my parents recently took scrappy in. he's about five and had a rough life, but that's over. he's now scrappy schramm and we all love him. he's so good and so sweet. it was love at first sight for danny & me, and we'd totally adopt him. what i didn't catch on film is scrappy's smile. when he sees you first thing in the morning or after you've just come home, he smiles. its hard to describe, but he really pulls his lips back and grins with his teeth. makes you laugh and melts your heart all at the same time. p.s. nice hair ting.

 ting & mom with their beer in front of her garden's hops (say it like in superbad)!

 scrappy's the best fetch player. one paw up means he is ready to go.

aaaaannnddd he's off!

cruising around the front yard.

the local slice shop, dorman's pizza parlor... $2 PBR's and horseshoes. 

a river runs through it.

having a home on the water - any water - is awesome. being able to walk out your front door and see, touch and smell the water is so tranquil and convenient. we're lucky to have that in oregon. we spent last sunday relaxing on my parent's stretch of the applegate. a different kind of sunday funday, but one we both could get used to.

riverfront...

...watching the ting fish.

dad decided to join him, obviously.

 me doing what i do... takin' pics.

and d, doing what he does... playing with his technology. ipad obsessed.

mr. scrappy watching danny fish.

fishing hat. fish on his shirt. you think this man likes to fish?

the great debate... avon's skin so soft, mosquito repellent or placebo? 

me and my bubble butt (holy crap) took over ting's pole and joined my dad.