Natalie Hemsley

Mar12

Early Spring Cleaning

We decided that today seemed like a good day to do some house deep cleaning. Nyla was the one that decided she wanted to clean. Funny the things kids think are fun at the time. She first started off trying to shake some water out of her sippy cup and then scrub the water with [...]

Jan1

The Hemsley’s 2010 and 2011!!

2010 sure did fly by! What a great year it was overall!! Here are some of our accomplishments that I couldn’t be any prouder of. -We survived our 3rd year in Oregon, huge accomplishment, haha. -Nyla started crawling in February, walking in May, and talking. -Nyla had a wonderful 1st bday party -Josh finally left [...]

Nov27

Christmas Tree Farm Adventure 2010

Today our little family went out to our usual tree farm that we just love, Sleighbells in Sherwood. Love the name, absolutely perfect! We normally like to go the day after Thanksgiving and go with my parents but they had to leave a little early this time. I knew the rain we have been having [...]

Oct17

Crazy weekend/Apple Festival!!

So this weekend has been a huge drag. It has been such a beautiful weekend but my husband has been doing this design competition Rails Rumble that he did last year. Last year it was a pain and then again this year has been horrible. Me and Nyla have been trying to get ourselves out [...]

Oct10

Pumpkins Galore!!

So this weekend has been pretty ugly in Oregon. Rain, rain, and more rain. It killed our apple orchard festival Saturday and it looked like it killed any plans for Sunday but luckily around noon it finally cleared up a bit. So we knew we just had to get out of the house. We decided [...]

Jul15

July trip to SoCal

I am gonna keep this nice and short cause knowing me I could write a whole story on here about our California Trip. We had an absolute blast on this trip to California. We made sure we saw some immediate family but we wanted to make sure we got to enjoy our vacation there and [...]

Jun30

Backyard fun!!

Today was a great day. The sun was out for good. There were finally no clouds to cover it. After Nyla’s nap we decided to hang out in the backyard instead of going out. I took out my picnic mat, watermelon, goldfish, sunblock, the camera and Nyla’s sippy cup. Nyla started off playing in the [...]

May4

We made it 2 years…

Monday May 3rd was mine and Josh’s 2 year Wedding Anniversary. Wow, I can’t believe it was 2 years ago when we had our wonderful wedding. Now 2 years later boy has my life changed. Who would have thought that me and Josh would pack our bags and make a big move away from all [...]

Apr5

Easter Time!!

It was Easter Sunday and we were off to Easter Sunday church service at West Salem Foursquare church in Salem. Such a tradition that I remember when I was little, always excited for Easter morning church. It was a great church service and Nyla and Isla were quit the little talkers during the service. After [...]