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Music to My Ears
I am sitting upstairs in the huge home of Phil and Laina’s, just fiddling around on my computer. Justin is downstairs with Maisie playing the piano. Justin is playing these deep and loud keys flowing together to become a pretty song. I was beginning to worry where Maisie was while Justin was so into his piano playing. Just then I heard the random high pitch keys banging. It actually sounded quite pretty along with Justin’s playing and brought a smile to my face. I love my little family! *sorry if the piano terms I am using are incorrect. I am clueless when it comes to music*
Read MoreStaff Conference and Amsterdam
We had a great week at our annual staff conference! Here are a couple highlights (or at least pictures) from the week. I pretty much didn’t think about taking pictures till the last day. That is always how I am. So here are some pictures! You might notice that each picture from that last night of staff conference was taken by me! Go go gadget arm! 🙂 These are two girls I love!! In the middle is Chelsea, whose home Justin and I are staying in in Amsterdam! She however, is off to California for college! 🙁 Then on the right is Katherine! Katherine is one of our best friends who was on the team with us in Paris! Katherine and I always have SO much fun together and laugh at anything and everything we can, especially Justin!! Sarah! I always look forward to hanging out with Sarah at…
Read MoreWe Have Arrived!!!
So yes, we finally made it to Hungary!!! The journey was exhausting. Maisie did quite amazing if I do say so myself! Of course I did spill both a Sprite and a water everywhere as soon as we got on our long flight from Chicago to London, but that was really the only drama on the plane! Maisie slept great for the first three hours of the flight. Then yes, with a little help from Benadryl, she slept even longer!!! She is doing a great job getting on schedule!!! I am actually sitting next to her right now as she naps. She is such a little trooper! The biggest drama during our trip was when we finally arrived in London. (By the way, why does the English accent make everyone look and sound way cuter and smarter than maybe they really are?!!?) Anyways, we got to London and found that…
Read MoreFourth of July in America!
We had a very fun and very American Fourth of July! I had such a fun day. It was nice being in America on such an American holiday. For the last few years we have been in France during America’s Independence day and I must say, it just isn’t the same. I sort of just took it all in, knowing that it would most likely be my last celebration of this holiday in America… for a while at least. I loved every part of what we did, down to the hot dogs and snow cones. It was all just so much fun!!!!! And of course, here are some pictures from the day. I will start off with a picture from a little photo shoot of Maisie modeling the red, white, and blue dress that Mimi (Justin’s grandmother and Maisie’s great grandmother) bought for Maisie! We went to a park…
Read MoreMaisie Pictures and Video!
I need to catch everyone up with some pictures! I finally downloaded my pictures from my camera, so it is picture and video time! This picture of Justin and Maisie giving kisses was taken on our way back up to Portland. Somehow Maisie decided to smile for the camera! (yeah, it is a fake smile, but a smile nonetheless!) My best friend from high school had a baby and he is sooooo cute! Here is a little picture of us with our kids! CRAZY! I took this picture the other day because it was just so cute how Maisie was all teeny tiny, sitting in the doorway of this cute little coffee shop. How that brings me delight, I don’t know, but it does! I love this picture of Maisie for a few reasons. First of all, I think her hair looks so freakin’ cute! Secondly,…
Read MoreA Picture Story of So.Cal
Before we start the picture escapade, let me begin by saying that I am completely annoyed that I didn’t begin taking pictures until later on in our trip. What you won’t find is our amazing time in Thousand Oaks with CAI staff. You won’t find pictures of us staying at Steve and Linda Adam’s home or pictures of all of us (and their girls) watching American Idol. You won’t find pictures of our fun time with Linus and Sharon Morris and their daughter Katherine. You won’t find pictures of a little hang out sesh with Rita and the fam and Deb and her father in law. You also won’t find pictures of all the friends we visited. Such good friends that they were even in our wedding! You won’t find pictures of the kids that were in our youth group in Long Beach, that are now young adults doing amazing…
Read MoreBeach Day!
We have been spending lots of time in the basement due to Maisie being sick, so we thought it would be fun to take off to the beach for the day (yesterday)! We stopped at a restaurant called Camp 18 (totally not my favorite kind of food, but Justin loved it). It was his great grandfather’s favorite place to eat on his way to the beach, so it was also a bit sentimental for him. We took lots of pictures just outside the restaurant (and a couple in as well). Here are a few of our favorites. *Oh, and we were bummed not to get any pictures at the beach. It was too rainy and cold to take pictures! Brrrrrr! That is what we get for living in a cold and rainy place!* Still our little goo goo. Such a big girl. She colors. I love her!!! We were both…
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