Wedding Time

My Uncle Dan got married on the 1st up in Lake Oswego, to a wonderful woman named Joy. They make the greatest couple, and we loved being there to share in their special day. Here they are during their first dance. Zachary, not to be outdone, entertained everyone with his dance moves as well. He told the guys in the band that he wanted to hear some "rock and roll." Too funny!

Here's Zach and Andy, getting dizzy. :)
When the band was packing up, they guitarist let Zach check out his guitar. I think I have a budding musician on my hands!
Abby, getting into the groove too, and very pretty in pink!

Going on a hike...

My mom and I decided to try hiking with the kids last week. We figured Zach was at an age where he could make it on his own now and probably actually enjoy himself too! And Abby would just have to be at our mercy in the Baby Bjorn. :) We went up the McKenzie River to Sahalie Falls and took the trail around to the back side of the waterfall. It was so beautiful! We found a nice little picnic spot by the water, and Zach had a grand time throwing rocks in the water and getting dirty. Such a boy! It was a fun day. Zach was quite the trooper and decided that hiking was pretty fun! Says he wants to go again. Abby was great too. She seemed quite fascinated by the river and enjoyed looking around at all of the new sights. Here are some pictures of our day.

Beach Time!

These are some pictures from a family reunion (Andy's side) that was in early August. Sorry we're so late in getting them posted. We all had a great time, and Zach especially enjoyed getting to play with all of his cousins, build sand-castles, and eat Smores!! Doesn't get much better than that, right? :)

Old friends, new babies!

Seems there's been a baby boom with my group of friends! This is a picture of us all at a recent get-together with our spouses and little ones. (minus Zachary who was off picking blackberries!) It just amazes me sometimes how much our lives have changed. Doesn't seem that long ago that we were just a bunch of goofy high school kids with no cares in the world! I guess we've given birth to the next "bunch" now. Hopefully they will enjoy each other as much as their parents did and do. I feel pretty lucky to have had such wonderful friends for so many years.

The Family

We went to the Scandinavian Festival Friday night and had fun posing with the Scandinavian cut-out people. For some reason, we all wanted to pose with the one that was the opposite gender than us, so that is why it's mixed up. Oh well! Abby didn't pose, so I just added a different picture of her so she wouldn't feel left out.

I've been tagged.....8 random facts about me!

1) My favorite color is periwinkle. It just makes me happy!

2) I love to bake and have a secret desire to own my own bakery.

3) I have an obesession with sheets....only 100% cotton and at least 200 thread count!

4) My favorite movie is The Sound of Music, and when I was in Austria (many moons ago!) I went on The Sound of Music tour. Nerdy to some, but exciting to me!

5) When I was born, if I had been a boy my name would have been John. Weird.

6) I have a phobia of spiders that is at the insane level. I mean it, it's pretty ridiculous but I just can't help it!

7) I think we all have a responsibility to be "green" these days, and I'm trying to make changes, even if they're small, that will help our Earth. We have to take care of this planet and it really burns me when people don't think they need to do their part and that the whole thing is just propaganda. Grrrr! (I'm getting worked up....can you tell??)

8) I watch Days of Our Lives everyday. Sad, but true.

Ok, those are my eight! I'm supposed to now tag 8 other people, but I don't even know that many people that blog, and of the few that I do know, most have already done this. I think this is a testament to the fact that more of my friends and family need to start blogs! I had fun doing this though....thanks for the tag Brynne!!

Random pics

These are just some random pictures that I thought were cute of the kids and wanted to share. No big events go with them, just everyday life. We did however just get back from a family reunion at the beach and have lots of pictures from that to share, but I'm going to let Andy be in charge of that one....he's better at this blog stuff than I am!! :) So watch for those to come soon.

Up the River

We had a wedding to go to over the weekend up the McKenzie River. As luck would have it, Andy's aunt and uncle own a beautiful house right on the McKenzie that is about a 30 second drive to where the wedding was, and they let us stay there. Love it! My mom went with us to help out with the kids and watch them the evening of the wedding, which was a great help and also made for one of those rare "kid-free" nights. Again, love it! We all had a great time and enjoyed getting away, even if just for a little while.