Trip to Chicago

Our trip to Chicago was BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING!!! Here are some photos of our journey!

Mom downtown Chicago

Mom, Aunt Carol and I having wine at the art institute

The top of the John Hancock building

Me in "The Bean"

In the art institute

Drinks at the top of the John Hancock Building

Fair Week and FIRST Time Rodeo Visits

So the Umatilla County Fair and Farm City Pro Rodeo came and went and as always...it was a GREAT time! Ethan came down as it was our six month anniversary and he also attended the fair and the rodeo( it was his FIRST time!) We went on rides, ate fair food, visited all the booths, i judged the "Prettiest Baby Contest", and ended up at the rodeo!
Here are some pictures of our "day at the fair"!

I LOVE COWS!!!!

Ethan is ready to go on the rides!!!

Ethan loves bears....and we found some at the fair!

Reptile house!!

Happy Six Months :)

RODEO!!!

My MOST favorite part...the wild stallions!!
And ending the evening as a true HERMISTON GIRL in Chute 8, seeing old friends and having a GREAT time!!!

Christianson Family Camping Adventures

For Dad's birthday June 26th, we went camping at a BEAUTIFUL campground called Moonshine state park, right next to the Siletz River! It was GORGEOUS and full of laughter, swimming, Bennett catching crayfish from the river for dinner, walks and GOOD TIMES! There is NOTHING like being outside for 2 day solid to rejuvenate the soul :)

The dogs NOT enjoying being roped up in the campsite!

BEAUTIFUL river!

Mom, Dad and the dogs exploring!

Bennett diving for lures and crayfish! The dogs couldn't figure it out!

Collecting the crayfish




Mom sunning!

DINNER! Bennett pulled the crayfish right off the bottom of the river


Wore the dogs RIGHT out!

The catch

Woke up a LITTLE sunburned the next morning but still in a GREAT mood!

Surrounded by beauty

Love my parents!!


Crayfish dinner! Right out of the river!

The Last 915 SW 10th Street Christianson Family Sale

So Bennett and i ran a three day estate/yard sale at the Hermiston House June 8th, 9th, 10th.
We sold LOTS of stuff! Saw LOTS of friends, and had lots of laughs!

Bennett was making a sign to sell our spare refrigerator. He left for a second to find out of he was spelling it right, and i ran over and put "fridge" under the refrigerator word. He was not pleased ( hence his face). He said i ruined his sign...i laughed really really hard over this one:)


Ranger kept careful watch over everyone at the sale from inside the glass door. He missed being outside with Mom though, so i moved him outside with me in his cat tent ( he is NOT an outside cat, so he either goes out in his tent or on his leash and harness. I thought a leashed cat might be a little too much for our yard salers.

Someone wanted to know if he was for sale and i said "No he is PRICELESS!!"

Bennett cleaning off Dad's generator!

La Palma and the Dryer Sheet

So this blog is rapidly turning into Mollie's interesting and awkward moments.
Next moment came at dinner with Mom, Shannon, Angela and I. We were all at La Palma laughing, eating having a great time when all of a sudden in the middle of all of us eating i feel something in my pant leg.
I lean down to figure out what it is, and discover a dryer sheet STILL in my pant leg from pulling it out of the dryer ( keep in mind, i had also worked out in these black pants and didn't feel it then..only felt it at dinner)
I proceed to pull it out and saying nothing, hold it up in front of Shannon. I then say, look what i pulled out of my pants. She laughed hysterically as did Ang and Mom.
What can i say...God put me on this earth to be an entertainer:)

Sandwich Saga part 2

Many of you might recall my sandwich story from about a month ago. The sandwich war that was fought. Sandwich down. Well, on Tuesdsay another such story occurred. Once again for the board meeting i was asked to get sandwiches, so i did...but THIS time i was thinking ahead and asked the sandwiches to be cut ahead of time! So smart:)
With those plastic trays carrying the sandwiches, it's important to hold them from the bottom so the weight of the sandwiches doesn't detach the top of the tray and the sandwiches do not fall into peril.
As i was walking out to the car the top of the sandwich tray started to come apart from the bottom. I thought, no worries, i can attach it back together with a snap in the car. Since the top was off, i decided to help myself to one of the smaller sandwiches on the side ( since i myself was going in to a meeting and wouldn't be out for about an hour and a half). I enjoyed my tasty bit of sandwich and then tried to attach the top plastic part back to the bottom....it wouldn't fasten. It had to be on a FLAT surface to fasten together correctly. Problem. It would appear to the rest of the meeting that i had been into the sandwiches if i came back to the office with the top of the tray askew. I tried everything i could...sitting the tray awkwardly in my lap, sitting it on the passenger seat next to me...nothing worked. It would not fasten together....Finally i had to get out of my car and in the parking lot of Safeway..set the tray on the ground of the parking lot and fasten it. It fastened with a quick snap and i was on display for all of Hermiston, crouching on the ground fastening a sandwich tray together.
Sheesh. At least no sandwich wars were fought on this front...and i got to eat a tasty sandwich out of the deal:)

The Infamous Barf Story

So by now all my stories are kind of legendary. Random things happen to me, and they are usually hilarious. I am now going to share the latest story. The infamous barf story. SO i went to the beach last weekend with manfriend and my cousin and his girlfriend, and of course the fam was there! So anyway, great weekend, had a blast! Manfriend and i were driving back to Portland Sunday afternoon...and i started feeling NOT so great. By around Salem i was like barely holding it in....yikes. I am finally like..PULL OVER i'm going to spew. He like pulls over in this weird pullout field thing around Brooks. I like fall out of the car and am throwing up violently. He rolls down the window to be funny and throw some jokes in, i am not so amused. I am like ROLL UP THE WINDOW ( the reason i yelled to vehnemently was because when one throws up with that much force, one cannot always hold in flatulance that can come out...yes i was farting and barfing. And manfriend and i are still in early relatinoship phase. Not prime time to reveal this about myself) I consequently get barf on my sweats and my hoody...so attractive. I pull myself into the car, only to exit one more time to let some more fly. Manfriend is finding this hilarious by the way. So i'm feeling better the rest of the way to Portland...feeling great actually! Our plans had been to get Sushi before i headed back home, manfriend was like "Maybe sushi on a sick stomach..not such a great plan" I am like " I NEVER get good sushi, and i feel great! We are going" So we go, yes i walk into the restaurant with barf hoody on...i'm just so classy like that. We eat... A LOT....my meal included fried calamari...so delicious. About 20 minutes after we got back from sushi...stomach started to gurgle....not feeling great...and the great barf fest of 2009 starts again. But THIS time i made it to the bathroom....and the toilet. Fine fine...but when i was washing my hands some more came out....in the sink.....and they were whole pieces of calamari. I tried to unclog the drain by using bobby pins because i was so embarassed...couldn't do it. So manfriend had to like use a plunger on it and tons of drano...and i was mortified. Very embarassing......And then he sent me flowers the next day to make me feel better:) So apparently i didn't scare him off with barf fest 2009!