Friday, July 22, 2011

FIRST TOOTH!



After over a month of having her first loose tooth, it finally came out!. Her adult teeth had already started coming in. She had rows of teeth just like a shark.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Oregon Coast Trip 2





Jillian decided she wanted to climb the dune at pacific City twice! Once with mama, and then once with daddy.

Oregon Coast Trip!






We left Friday night for the Oregon coast. Spent all day Saturday seeing different sights, such as the Tillamook Cheese factory, Cape Mears lighthouse and Oceanside tunnel. Sunday was spent on the beach at Pacific City.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Swimming for Colin

I have decided to do something that may be part of my mid life crisis. I'm planning on swimming 1.1 miles across the Columbia River. The swim is on September 5th, 2011.

Oh yeah, one more thing; I have decided to swim for a cause. Three years ago one of my oldest friends, Jeff Holst, lost his 4 year old son in a drowning accident at a public pool. There were lifeguards and plenty of other people around at the time and after several attempts by different people they could not save his young life.

I can not imagine losing Jillian and yet somehow, Jeff and Jana were able to create a foundation called Colin's Hope in remembrance of their son. Colin's Hope teaches water safety to parents and children in order to help prevent the number one cause of death in children under 4. You can read more about it at www.colinshope.org.

I have arranged with Jeff to "swim" for the Colin's Hope foundation. A donation page has been set up on their website and you can connect to it at the link below. I usually don't ask much from people but this is important to me. Please help support me and Colin's Hope by donating what you can. It would be greatly appreciated.

John Toporowski

Link to donation page:
http://www.colinshope.org/Events/Group/Pledge.aspx?ID=fad3a665-8ffc-41fd-854e-1d50c8e48c34

Monday, July 4, 2011

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!



Little Miss Liberty

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Jillian's Putt


JIllian has been practicing her putting.

Grandma and Grandpa's visit






Grandma and Grandpa Texas just finished their month long trip to Oregon. Of course they forgot a camera and we were really bad at taking pictures. Here are a few that we did take.

Jillian's pre-K graduation.






Images from Jillian's pre-school graduation and end of the year party. The firemen came and let the kids use the hose to put out a "fire."

Moto mama


Julie sitting on a friend's Ducati that he is selling. She was scared to even sit on the thing.