The Sheltered Life of an Oregon Grown Girl

One of the perks of living in Oregon is that it is against the law to pump our own gas! Truly it is.

I love it - don't have to get out of my car in the cold or rain, don't have to get dirty, smelly hands etc.

But one thing I did not think about was that I was sending my sweet daughter off to uncivilized Utah where you have to pump your own gas without giving her any instruction on the process.

This weekend, her best buddy, Hannah flew to Utah to spend the weekend. It worked out that Logan was going to be out of town on 10 day tour with the Young Ambassadors so Cali had a car at her disposal all weekend - not sure that is a good thing but Cali was excited!

Of course, no surprise, Logan left her the car with NO gas!! So before she could leave to pick up Hannah she needed to get gas in the car. She called me exclaiming "But I've never pumped gas before!!!"

I told her to grab one of her floormates and take them with her to the gas station - surely they knew how to pump gas and if nothing else just to smile really pretty and maybe the gas station attendant would help her!

Well here are some photos of Cali's first "Gas Pumping Experience" Not sure who thought to take the pictures but I love them for it!! Thanks. I grabbed them off of Cali's Facebook page!

TaiPan Treasures

I just had to show off the treasures I found at Tai Pan Trading in Utah during my visit there this past weekend!

Thanks to Emily for going with me as I couldn't get any of my family to go with me! I guess they have taken one too many trips there with me!!

My favorite find was this fun little serving piece. I am a little addicted to serving pieces and just couldn't resist this one! I only found one of them on display and it had a chip on it but thanks to Emily's Eagle Eyes she found another one high up on top of a shelf with no chip - it was mine!!

Isn't it cute and it's my color - green!!

I found a few more fun things for my Easter decor...

I loved the vintage Easter print and it even had my word on it - Easter Joys!

I added a few wreaths to my collection too.

A spring one...

and one that I can use anytime.... love the pears!

and I could resist adding a few things to my Valentine decor.

A fun vintage banner that I hung in our kitchen nook....

and I couldn't resist these fun heart tags. Not sure how I am going to use them but I hung a few of them on my kitchen window underneath the banner..

Good thing the closest Tai Pan Trading is in Utah!!! Danger!!!

Logan's Fan Club

Here are a few pictures of Logan's Fan Club. There were lots of cute college girls congratulating Logan after the show this weekend but his biggest fans are his family!

and his biggest #1 Fan - HIS MOTHER who got a little emotional at the end of the show. The show ends with a beautiful song from The Color Purple which got me going and then they sang I Am a Child of God and the fact that this was the last time we would see Logan perform as a Young Ambassador was all just a little too much!!

Although his father may fight me on being his biggest fan since he saw the show 3 times this week and I only saw it twice!

And then there are his two sisters who adore him!

And here are two of his youngest fans! Addie and Jacki. The girls watch the DVD of the YA's over and over again! Jacki knows the words to all the songs! After the show on Saturday night Jim helped Emily out to the car with all the girls and guess what was playing in the CD player - the Young Ambassador's!!