Old Friends

Old friends are the best, aren't they! Candi and Andy Beebe go way back...
Anyway, they called us to say they would be coming out Portland way and if we'd have time..."Do we have time?!" So, the next evening they came and spent the night. We had lots of laughs. It was fun catching up on our lives. The next morning, Andy and Vanessa and the kids came over. They hadn't seen the kids yet. Special times for sure.

Brittany, The Birthday Girl!

Brittany turns 17 today...how did this happen? It couldn't have been 17 whole years since I was rocking her to sleep in my arms? I think of you that have babies right now. Yeah, I remember the sleepless, endless nights...well, sort of. I mean, I remember them, but those memories have faded a lot. What us moms remember most...is just the rocking...not the "why" we were rocking...and rocking...and rocking. Just the rocking.
Happy Birthday, baby girl!



Going through Brittany's baby album, I came across this picture of cousins,Matt and Melissa with our Andy and Brittany. Aren't they all so cute! 1991 was the year. Yup, it's true!

More Fall Pics!

OK, so I couldn't stand it...I just had to share more of the fall pictures that I took the other day. Everytime I look at all the color around here, it just makes me smile. If you haven't figured it out...fall is my favorite season for this reason.

Happy 60th Anniversary!

Lamar's parents celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 20th. Mahlon and Darlene came up from California and Todd and Melissa came down from Washington. It was a great time together for all!

Autumn Color

Before we left for the beach, I looked around our place and thought how beautiful the colors of the season were. When we came back home this afternoon and drove up our driveway, I couldn't help but notice that the colors were just popping everywhere. How could it have gotten any better? After unpacking and before it got any darker, I had to try to capture something "on film". It was just too beautiful to pass up. I feel like I was given a gift. So, now I share it with you.

Family Time

Ahh, the beach. We were able to get two nights at Seaside to help ease Lamar into his 51st year. He has the week off. Andy had vacation and Brittany had Monday off from school, so we went for it! It was a great time to have all four of us together on a trip. It's been a long time since we've been able to do that!
When we left, the weather report said that we would be there in the middle of a big storm, so we weren't counting on any "sand time". But, to our surprise, the storm held off and we had lots of time for walks on the beach. Perfect!

Our grandchildren

This is my favorite picture of us with our grandbabes. And it was harder to get than you realize! Seems like Rile' would much rather continue to be the center of attention. She didn't want to stand still for one second to be in...what? another picture of... the baby?? Not again!!! She's so cute!



Hunter is 10 days old! Rile' tried to share a puzzle piece with her baby brother the other day, giving him his first (of many more to come most likely) owie from his big sister. Oh well...he's still smiling!


Rile' had fun trying on Brittany's hair accessories. She's stylin!