Photo Shoot

A while back, the girls had their pictures taken at The Picture People. There were so many great shots to choose from. My mom scanned these from our prints so now I can show off my beauties!

Birthday Celebration

We headed out to the Cheesecake Factory for my birthday dinner. So yummy! This is one of my favorite restaurants. I am a brand new cheesecake lover so it was my first taste of this incredibly yummy dessert. I had the original cheesecake with fresh strawberries and it was worth every calorie!!

Jaron got me this fabulous watch for my big 3-0! I love it!!

A different ending, please!

Do you ever watch movies and wish that you could change the ending? This happens to me a lot and I often find myself watching the movie again in hopes that I can change the ending just this once to see how things could be different.
I absolutely love period movies. Some of my favorites are Little Women, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Shakespeare in Love, Anne of Green Gables, and today I can add another...Becoming Jane. As I watch, I always wish I could have lived during that time. I can watch these movies over and over again (as Jaron will tell you). I think I have seen both Sense and Sensibility and Little Women well over 25 times each. Thankfully, both of those have wonderful endings.
Anyways, I watched Becoming Jane and was so saddened by the ending. (If you have not seen it and want to, please stop reading!) I so wanted Jane and Tom to end up together! I know it sometimes makes for a "better" movie if the characters do not end up together, but come on...on a rainy day when your kids are both napping and your husband is working a basketball game and tears are starting to fall, you just want that happy ending!

Orergon Travels

On Thursday morning we (all 4 of us, my parents, and my uncle) set off for Hermiston Oregon to visit my grandparents. We met up with my sister in Portland then we drove the 3 hours to Hermiston. We had a lovely time visiting and eating. On Saturday, my aunt and uncle drove over from Lebanon, Oregon to join us for a nice lunch out. Avery and Riley were excellent travelers and had a great time. Avery was so excited about flying in the airplane and staying in the hotel. Here are a few pics. Most of the pictures were taken by my sis and parents so there will be more to come.

On the airplane and ready to go after 5 hours of delays!

We stopped at "Cousins" for dinner on the way out to Hermiston. It was excellent food. Jaron said he had the best chicken fried steak. Now he is going to start his own food network tv show in search of the "best chicken fried steak" in the country.

Riley was such a great traveler. She was smiling all the time, of course!

On Saturday we all went to "Anthonys" for a special anniversary lunch for my grandparents' 55th wedding anniversary! Great food!

On the way back over to Portland to catch our flight we stopped to view Multnomah Falls. It was very beautiful!!

Here is Avery watching Charlotte's Web on Daddy's computer because of course we were delayed again on the flight home. Only 2 1/2 hours this time, though. :)

New Trick

Riley has discovered her tongue and loves to stick it out all the time.

Avery's new trick is mimicking lines from her favorite movies such as, "I hate you" (from Finding Nemo), "stupid dodo" (from Alice in Wonderland), and "you idiots!"(from 101 Dalmations). How nice.