Beautiful Oregon

So when the boys went up to Washington for their boys weekend, my Mom and I decided to go rent a condo on the coast. We found a really cute condo in Lincoln City that sits right on an inlet into the ocean. It was so nice to take in the scenery and to relax with my Mom. We went shopping at the outlets, relaxed and read on the deck, ate at our favorite fish restaurant there, saw tide pools, went to the OSU science center (never been there before but I have to say it was better than the aquarium), and watched movies.

Here are some pictures of the inlet from our condo. It was really peaceful to sit out there and read.

Thank you Mom & Dad for coming to visit us! We love and miss you!

So Rise and Shout, the Cougars Are Out!!

BYU Football played Washington Huskies this past weekend in Washington. A few years ago the men in my family started their annual "boys weekend" where they pick a sporting event to go to with all the boys. This is a time that they can be as loud and obnoxious at the game as they want to without their wife's elbowing them to be quiet and sit down. They also are able to eat whatever they want - triple decker ice creams for Mike, dessert and chips for Tyler, etc. This year was Ty's first time being able to attend due to basketball and work. He really loved it. For people that don't know, my family are HUGE BYU fans, almost to the extreme. We had a "BYU prayer rug" growing up (which was really a door mat) that we knelt on for family prayers, my Dad threw his back out celebrating a after a last minute made shot by to win a game, and I think there are several refs that can be blamed for an ulcer my Dad had. I know it may be extreme but we have had a lot of fun with it.

Anyway, each trip they come away with one line that makes the trip memorable. This year was no different. BYU was able to win by 1 point last Saturday to defeat Washington. With 2 seconds left BYU blocked Washington's kick. As you could guess, my family was going crazy! Mike actually jumped up several rows of bleachers, doing the splits, holding up arms to encourage the crowd to cheer. When he got down, Ty was starring at Mike asking how he got up there so fast. Mike's responded nonchalantly - "Yeah, I'm pretty agile for a fat guy." Classic Mike. It doesn't sound as funny as it was. Tyler does a great reenactment that has me crying with laughter.

For 2 days after, all I heard about was Mike and a second by second replay of every bad call the ref made by my Dad.

Thanks everyone for organizing this weekend.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Tyler's birthday was on Aug 25th and I am a bit late in posting this but I guess it's better late then never. I have a wonderful husband that dispite all my short comings loves me and I feel so blessed to have him as my husband. He is the opposite of me - he very even tempered, kind heart, forgiving, postive, social, etc - and he takes all my quirks in stride.

He isn't really into birthdays so we kept it really simple. In years past I have tried to plan something bigger for his birthday but he was never really into it so this year I decide to keep it simple. So the 2 of us went to Mac Grill for dinner at Bridgeport and then went to the Nelson's for pie and ice cream.

Love you, Tyler!

Here is Tyler, Dax, and Kailey right before they all blew out the candles.