Rehearsal Dinner

On Thursday night we had a rehearsal and dinner. It was just wonderful to preview Tim and Heather's ceremony. It's definitely different being the groom's family. I had to work hard not to be too bossy :-) So, I ended up with a lot of pictures of Adalie sleeping. After the rehearsal we went to the vinticulture and enology building at the community college. It's a beautiful building and overlooks the blue mountains. We enjoyed a wonderful meal and watched lightning dance over the hills.

Seriously, too cute. This is Addi's rehearsal outfit

Aunt Cami holding sleeping Addi

Mom, Cami, Dad and Tim

Heather and Tim practicing getting married

Mom and Adalie

Addi's great-grandma (Nana)

Addi's great-grandpa (Pappy)

Meeting new people

We left for Walla Walla a week ago. Adalie is a great traveler and we only stopped once between here and Walla Walla (normally about a six hour drive). My sister and brother had not met Addi yet and they were delighted to see her. My family members kept walking up to each other saying, "I think you've had enough" and then swiping her. We were also able to spend some time with the Kaufman family. Emily (the mom) and I were best friends all growing up. They have two little ones with one on the way. We got to watch the movie Cars. William (2 1/2) is really really into Cars :-). We also enjoyed Anthony's amazing cooking. Hurray for egg rolls and stir-fry. Thanks Kaufmans.

Adalie and Auntie Cami

Tim, Heather (our new sister) and Addi

William

William and his mini-van

Sandy and Elysse

Yeah, she's a cutie

Such a smiley girl

It's all about the cheeks!

We ended up with some really cute pictures of Adalie, so I decided to post them before the rest of the pictures of our trip to Walla Walla.

Hmmm, Papa and the Paci

"What in the world are those?"

Fun trip to P-town

On August 2nd, Adalie and I went to visit our friend Jen Hunt up in Portland. We were excited to find out that we had several fun options of things to do. We first hopped on the MAX and headed to Hillsboro. It turns out that Hillsboro attempts to break a World Record every year. This year it was to have the most people playing the kazoo at the same time. We arrived just in time to participate. We got our instruments and listened to the man with the microphone. He let us know that we would be kazoo-ing the Do, Re, Me song from Sound of Music for FIVE MINUTES. The crowd gave a collective gasp, but we were committed. We all actually sounded pretty good. Though, by the time we were heading through the song for the third time, Jen and I were adding embellishments (which naturally much improved the song). After we finished, we headed back to Portland to head down to the riverfront. We went watch the Flutzeug. It's basically where each team has built a flying boat which they shove off of a pier. Whichever team goes the furthest wins. It's very funny - I'm bummed I don't have any pictures because there were sooo many people there.
We went and had a wonderful lunch and got to watch Jen's husband Brian playing Ultimate Frisbee. All in all it was a wonderful day - with the exception of it being way too short.
Adalie is a champ in the car and slept most of the day. This was the practice drive in preparation for driving to Walla Walla for my brother Tim's wedding.

Jen and I breaking a World Record on our kazoos.

Adalie joining in the fun on her kazoo

Adalie and I eating lunch

More

Yeah, so this is more fun now that I'm figuring it out a bit. Thanks to ShabbyPrincess for the fun paper and embellishments. :-)

Digital Scrapbooking

After seeing some of Katrina's newest creations, I was inspired to try my hand at digital scrapbooking. I used a free download-able software and then spent several hours trying to figure it out. The internet can be a remarkable time-sucker. It was fun working with it and now I have this fun page to show for it. I'm still at the very beginning of learning, but wanted to share my accomplishment.

Day at the beach

We got to head to the coast today for Addi's first trip to the beach. We drove over to the Amy's parents at their campsite and then at the beach. The day started off really cold, but then warmed up beautifully. It felt like a real vacation and was just what we needed. Thanks to Gretchen for letting me borrow her Moby Wrap - that thing is awesome.

The crew arond the picnic table

Yeah, it was sooo cold.

Papa holding Addi (whose little head is
all covered up.)

Macey discovered that throwing mud
was really, really fun.

Sandy, Nicole and Adalie (on Nicole's front).

Ethan, The Explorer

Ethan, The Explorer who had just
gotten dunked in the ocean when
Macey fell down and knocked him over.
He was not amused.

Adalie wondering why it was so very bright.

Ethan and Macey (after having their clothes changed
from being dunked in the ocean) discovered a great puddle.
They LOVED it.

Ethan delighted with a golf ball for most of the day.

Macey delighted in crawling around in the puddle.