Thanksgiving 2008

We arrived Wednesday afternoon, Mark and family showed up later that night. We did most of our usual cabin traditions, like a long nature walk, hacky sack (this years record was 9), and Letterman’s mom’s pie guess (Jeff and Jen tied with 1 correct guess each, Pecan and Peanut Butter). We also added a late [...]

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Nicks new video

Hey Nick put together a new video for YOU TUBE, check it, it’s cool:

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Halloween 2008

Well Halloween was very busy this year. We waited until late to hit Sauvies Island Pumpkin Patch, instead of going over the weekend, we went on a Monday afternoon. That was fabulous, no huge crowds, waits, or long walks to your car. Allie brought a friend, Mahala from school. The pumkin patch was also dry [...]

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Abbie turns three!

Abbie turned three on Sunday, grandma, grandpa, our friends Kim, Linda and Abby, Noah and even Uncle Tommy came to her party. The party was at our house, She wore her pirate costume from Halloween. Wendi made cupcakes and Nick ate approximately 12 of them. Abbie has already started talking about next years birthday……Thanks to [...]

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Beach trip with Kim & Linda

In August we spent a few days down at the beach, Nick’s friend Coleman (Coolio) came down with us, and Kim, Linda and Abby joined us over the weekend. The weather was very hot in town, in the 90’s, but the beach was freezing and fogged in. It took us two days to convince our [...]

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The many faces of Abbie

I found my long lost 50mm 1.4 lens so I took some shots of Abbie in natural light. She displays a wide variety of looks for the camera, including the famous ‘Grandma Eyes’ and ‘Crazy Eyes’. She said that ‘Blue Steel’ won’t be ready until Spring. Having the bottle in her hand really reminds me [...]

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Grandma’s Cabin

We visited the cabin in August, had great weather, we were able to take some nice walks in the forest. We found the biggest tree on Mt Hood. The cousins were there, we had a BB gun competition (don’t tell Marko), we shot balloons out of trees. I think Allysa won the contest and the grand [...]

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Beach Trip July 2008

Hey we spent four days at the beach house, we met Bill and Christal Graham, who were staying at the Daydreams cabin. The kids all played together and we enjoyed a great night on the beach watching the sun set and enjoying Smores at Nicks camp. Allie and I walked to the jetty the first [...]

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U of Portland Soccer Camp

Allie and her friends Abby and Rachael spent all week at the gorgeous University of Portland campus at their soccer camp. The weather was great, except for Friday, it was really hot. The girls spent the first two days at the younger camp but were promoted to the older girls camp for the last few [...]

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Jim Day Birthday Bash

Jim Day turned 60 and many friends and family turned out to wish him well. Jane, Emily and Jan all pitched in to organize a great party. Jan put together a fabulous ‘Memory Book’ for Jim, most everyone sent in pictures and wrote their favorite memories, creatively placed in a nice photo album. Joanna surprised [...]

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