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Catching up!

Thought I'd post the rest of the Halloween pics and the other few I've taken since then!  Yesterday we went for a drive in the mountains, made it to some snow, but didn't get out, then came back home!  We made a stop at the Steamboat Creek Falls.

Love that picture of my boys!

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Today I went to a baby shower for my life-long friend Megan!  She's expecting baby Meara in December!  I didn't have time to make her a scrapbook album, so I made her a canvas for the baby's room.  I wish I'd had more time, but it turned out alright.

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Last weekend Christopher & I went for a drive in the mountains to look around.  He spotted this buck within a few miles of the house and we didn't end up seeing anything in the woods!

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And finally we have the rest of the Halloween pictures!  We took Gabe out trick-or-treating near Christopher's sister's house.  It's a good neighborhood and he got lots of candy and had tons of fun!  Matt & Stori always decorate the front yard and we always make sure to see it.  Matt does a great job!

There's Batman!

Batman with his Grandma Kathy!

 

Well I think that's it for now!  I'm caught up with photos!  Hope you had a great weekend!
 

Visit with Kasen!

Finally, here are the pictures of our visit to Redmond with Kasen!  He's such a cutie and I miss him already!

Gabe loves Kasen and wants to hold him and be by him all the time! 

Goofy self-portrait!

 

Gabe wanted to read Kasen a book!  So sweet!

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A few days prior to our trip to Redmond we had gone to Portland with Christopher.  Gabe and I spent quite a few hours in the hotel pool and hot tub while Christopher was at his meeting.  Here are a few pics!

Half of the time when I say 'strike a pose', this is what I get!

I also had the Flip video camera and I took video of Gabe in the pool.  He knows how to swim pretty good but hasn't been in the deep without an adult.  While I was out of the pool, he edged his way down to the 5ft. and I was taping him while he was talking and holding on to the side.  All of the sudden he lets go and bails out into the water.  He does okay and then starts panicking and goes under!  Luckily he was close enough to the edge I could grab his arm and pull him up!  The video was running the whole time!  I still need to download that!  Crazy kid!

Happy Halloween!

Gabe is going to be Batman!  This picture is from his school party on Thursday.  Thought I'd share a few clever Halloween snack ideas too!  I was really impressed with some of the stuff the class moms came up with!

Finger cookies with almonds as fingernails!  There was also blood oozing from under the fingernails and at the back of the finger!

I loved the display on this one!  The eyeballs are donut holes that had been dipped and decorated!  So clever!

Later today we're taking Gabe out to trick-or-treat!  Hope you all have a great Halloween!
 
 
 

Pumpkin Patch 2009!

While we were in Redmond last weekend my brother took us to a pumpkin patch over there.  It was a beautiful day!

Christopher pulled this wagon back from the parking lot.  Gabe with my parents dog Patty!

My huband LOVES the pumpkin patch! lol!

self -portrait in the direct sun!

Gabe & Kasen!

Still need to post pics of our visit with Kasen and our trip to Portland!

Family Photos!

Here are our best pics from the photo shoot yesterday!  We had a good time with some good friends!  Christopher isn't much for pictures, but he did pretty good!  I wore my hair down, which bugs the heck out of me, but it's all good!  Thanks Dawn, Arla & Gary for taking pictures!

I still need to edit the pics of Kasen and the pumpkin patch, so watch for those later this week!

We've been busy!

I recently did this layout for another challenge thru the Personal Scrapper message board.  I was emailed a layout, had to scraplift it or use it for inspiration for my own page.  Then my layout gets forwarded to the next person in line.  It's neat to see how the layouts change and are still similar at the end of the game!  Thanks Amy for hosting it again!

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Christopher had a meeting in Portland on Thursday morning, so Gabe and I went up with him Wed. afternoon.  Gabe didn't have school on Thurs. so him and I stayed at the hotel to swim and enjoy the hot tub while Christopher was at the meeting!  We had a great fun and I got some good pictures!  I'll share those later.

Thursday we had to drive right home and go to Gabe's school conference.  It went very good.  He's reading at 4th grade level!  My only concern is that his spelling words have seemed too easy for him all year.  I asked that he be more challenged in this area, so the Teacher is going to work on that.

He's been doing much better with all his talking!  The Teacher is very pleased at how far he has come in the last few weeks.

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Friday after work we headed to Redmond to see my brother, Kelly and Kasen.  We got in late, but still got to see Kasen before bed!  He's grown so much and is so cute!

Saturday the guys went and rented a tractor to load up a bunch of rocks that my parents wanted to bring home.  Gabe, Mom and I stayed inside playing with Kasen!

Then we headed to the pumpkin patch!  Also got some good pictures there.  I'm short on time today, so I'll have to post more pictures later!

This afternoon we're headed to Dawn & Chucks.  We're all hoping to get some family pictures taken, if the weather holds out!  Have a good Sunday!  I'll be back later with more pics!
 
 

Photo Walk!

Thank you for the anniversary wishes!  We had a good date!  The movie Couples Retreat was so funny! 

We had a pretty laid back weekend.  Yesterday we were going to go in the mountains, drive around and I was going to take some pictures.  Well we got busy hauling firewood from a friends house and then decided to stay home.  So while Christopher was working in his shop, and Gabe was at my parents, I decided to grab the camera and go for a walk with the dogs.  We went down the driveway and back, up the hill behind our house and then cut cross country for our way home.  Here are some of the shots I got.

This is Christopher's dog Bullet.

This is Gabe's dog Jack.  He doesn't swim, he just walks in up to his shoulders!

This is my dog Miles.

See my reflection in his eyes?

When I got back home Christopher was working on his brothers wood splitter.  I like the sparks on this one.

Today I'm off work and home alone!  I've already cleaned house so now I'm going to make a scrapbook layout for a challenge and enjoy the quiet afternoon!   

It's our 10-year anniversary!

Here's my last layout from the weekend.  If I was really good, I'd be posting a picture from our wedding too!  But it's late and I don't feel like scanning one in!  Maybe another time!

10.9.09

Ten years!  Wow!  It would have been nice to do something big, go somewhere special, but that's not how we roll!  So we're going on a dinner date and to the movies to see Couples Retreat.  I tried to talk Christopher into getting tattoo's, but he just wasn't havin' it!:)

It's been a good 10 years!  Cheers to the next 10! 

Happy Anniversary Babe!
 

Layouts!

**I posted pictures from Seaside in the post below this one!**

I had a great time creating layouts this weekend!  I ended up with a few new favorites!  I was running out of light when I took the pictures, but hey, at least they're posted!  Enjoy!

I have one more that I'm saving for later in the week.  Thanks for looking!
 

Seaside!

I spent this last weekend with my girlfriends at Seaside to scrapbook the days away!  Aside from it being 4 hours away, we had great food, lots of laughs, comfy beds and we got lots of layouts done!  We only wish it could have lasted longer!

 

These pictures were taken from our balcony on the 6th floor.  There is one more hot tub down there that isn't in the picture.  The pools were heated, but we never got in them!  It was very odd to see people swimming outside at the Oregon coast in October!

We were really lucky we had such great weather all weekend.  It was sunny and blue skies.  I hear it rained at home while we were gone and a lot of the state had snow!

We quickly moved out the furniture and set up our scrap tables!  We sqeezed into the living room and it worked out perfect.  My table is the closest one...the one with the chocolate cake on it!  Arla made us a cake after we got all settled in!  

This was Saturday morning.  Dawn and I were watching some kites on the beach.  

You look great Dawn, my new skinny friend!  Love ya!

This kite was huge!  We watched the guy for quite awhile.  I'm sure that thing really gave him a workout!

When the wind would really pick up, the guy would fly thru the air for awhile! 

And sometimes he'd have to slide in the sand to slow it down.  Notice the sand castle at the bottom of the picture!  I'd like to take credit for it, but we were there to scrap!

Love the flags!  When we got close to sunset we decided to head to the beach for some pictures!

Our room is just to the right of the American Flag pole, 6th floor.

Beautiful place!

While Darla was setting up for our photo in the sand, I took this of Dawn & Wendy!  I love this picture!

And while Arla was trying to take a self-portrait, I had to show her how it's done!  I think she may still need another lesson!

Here's the picture that Arla & Darla wanted to get!  It turned out really cute!  It's looking a little off on my screen, but it's really good in person!  Darla printed one for each of us when we got back in the room and I had to make a layout with it when I ran across this paper!

After taking this shot I realized my camera was on the wrong setting, but I liked it anyway.

Love that one!

This was the balcony view when we got back up to the room!  Beautiful!

I went to bed at 2:30am Sunday morning.  This was the view of the moon at 7:30am when I got up.

As you can see by the flags, there was no wind on Sunday morning!  Another rare thing at the Oregon Coast!

When we loaded all up and walked out to the parking garage that afternoon, the air smelled like cotton candy!  It was a perfect ending to a great weekend!

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