Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Call us crazy after 14 years!

A wild notion of mine to surprise Greg with a weekend at the beach, celebrating our 14th anniversary - this turned out to be the coldest days and nights of the winter! We camped in a yurt (year-round universal recreational tent) and walked our favorite beach at Cape Lookout State Park.









This is Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City, Oregon. This is where I want our beach home to be. We come here often and feel like we come home every time we're here.
What an absolutely beautiful sunset we had! A perfect ending to a perfect day!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

And baby makes 11!



We just found out that Ryan and Aimee are pregnant with baby #4! This baby makes 11 grandchildren for us! Shannon has 4, Teri has 3, and Ryan now with #4 on the way! It's so exciting, although Aimee is having a rough time of it with morning sickness that is lasting all day and night. Hopefully this will pass. Due date is August 25th. More to come as the months pass!

Monday, January 7, 2008

New Year's Eve Dance

It's the third annual hanger New Year's Eve party! This year my sister and brother-in-law and niece and nephew-in-law joined us for a great time. Greg and I are part of the group that puts on this dance and this year we had 96 party-goers. It was so much fun! We have live music from a very talented singer/piano player and lots of party stuff -horns, poppers, streamers and kazoos!! Lots of food, too!
Beth and Bryan are having quite the time - noisy bunch they were!!!
Adam had the most creative hat of the night- who would have thought this somewhat quiet young man would be such a party guy! We loved it!


Greg joined our friends, Dave (he's the piano player/singer in the red shirt) and Dennis (he owns the hanger we party in!) in back-up singing for a special song performed by Dave's wife, Vici! She sang "Santa Baby!"
Here's Beth bringing up the rear of the line dance group! She took some encouragement to get out on the dance floor but here she is (red blouse, black pants)! I'm second in line (on right hand side) and Amy is back by the hanger wall (short black dress!).
It's 12:30am and we're ready to call it a night! We're hoping to get all my family here next year! That would be so much fun!

Game On - Part II

Well, it is definitely "Game On!" for these boys! Andy gave Ryan a purple (not Ryan's favorite color) bear with not just one, but two doctor outfits! These pictures say it all! Ball's in your court, Ryan!!




Christmas-It's About Family


This Christmas was very special for us. There were 25 of us on Christmas Eve at my brother Joe's in Vancouver. On Christmas Day we gathered at Mom and Dad's for more food, fun, and family time. We are truly blessed to have the family we do!


The dishes must be done before we can open presents - here is the dish detail crew. Bryan forgot to read the dress code memo!!
Teresa and Andy, Lauryn and Ayden are opening their gifts - boy, there were lots of them!


Lauyrn and Meysa's shirts said it all: "Grandma and Santa have my list covered!"



Mom and Dad enjoyed their surprises too!