A Visit From TAYLOR...

This is our niece Taylor, and she could not be any cuter!!! We don't get to see Jess, Ryan an Tay too often... so when we do... we take lots of pictures =)

Second round at the Lamb's =)

We spent Christmas day with the Lamb family this year. Tilly had an especially great first Christmas and she was very happy to receive so many new chew toys =)

Part one of the Lamb Christmas =)

Tilly and me hanging out in the kitchen.

















The famous "picture by the tree". Joel hates how many pictures I take... but hey when we are 70 our grand kids will like all the pictures I took =)

SNOW!!!

Ash




Joel














Snow on the beach.

Coaster Christmas Party

Joel and I sitting by the fireplace watching everyone dance. Coaster Construction is the company in Cannon Beach that Joel worked for. Joel hopes to go back to work for them when he is finshed with school.

The Lamb Family

Caylan snapped some family photos for us! Thanks Roses!




Me, Courtney and little Tilly




The Nelson's



One big happy family =)






Caylan volunteered to take some pictures for our family so I took her up on the offer. There were almost 400 pictures and SO many of them were awesome! I can't wait to print them out any hang them up! Thanks again Caylan Rose.

Beach Trip

Joel and his Papa.






















We rode our motorcycle to the beach last weekend and it took us FOUR HOURS to get home because of bad traffic. Talk about some sore bottoms. hahaha =)

Taylor comes to visit!!!

Joel playing with Tay in her new highchair.
















Getting ready for Church.


























Isn't she adorable!!!

Trip to Bend in August.

My Handsome daddy!!!













We got burnt laying out by the pool all weekend!!!













The cool pool and Beautiful house we stayed at!!!

NEW JOB!!!

So I am excited to say I will no longer be working at Umpqua Bank. I am the newest secretary for West Linn High School. YEAH!!!!! I am not going to miss dealing with rich cranky people wanting a better interest rate on their CD. Yet, I will miss my co-workers. I love the team at Umpqua but I have decided that I was not meant to be a banker, I am on this earth to be an educator! So anyway, God is good and I know that he is going to use me in great ways with these high school students! My first day of school is Tuesday! =)

7-7-08 ONE YEAR!

We spent out first anniversary at The Craftsman Bed & Breakfast in Pacific City. It was a beautiful room and the weather was awesome!













Joel and his anniversary present... a new surfboard!!!














People told us that the first year is the hardest and man were they telling the truth! It has been a challenge getting to know each other on such a different level and getting used to being around each other all the time, but it has been a great year. I may want to kick him sometimes but in the end, I know that we will grow old and gray together because what we have is real. Happy one year babe, I love you!

Toyota 4Runner

We traded in Joel's truck for a Toyota 4Runner!!!!

New Casa

The Front.


The Living Room.


The Dining room.


The Bathroom.


Our Room.


Backyard with a shed =)








So, it took me a month to get pictures posted of our new house but believe it or not it still isn't fully put together yet. Our spare room looks like we just moved in last week. Slowly but surely it is coming together!

Christian Surfer's Contest in Lincoln City last weekend.

The view from our tent.



Smiling in the sun.



Joel getting ready to surf.



Joel and his good friend Kainoa getting ready to surf the big waves :)



Best looking surfer I have ever seen!



Just call him fisherman Joel.






This weekend was a lot of fun for Joel. He got to camp and spend the whole weekend at the beach. I on the other hand enjoyed watching him surf but to say it lightly, I am NOT a camper. There were tons of bugs and it was not the best time ever. On Saturday a bit of an ordeal happened to me. Joel and I were out in a a kayak playing in the river when his friends arrived with their big dogs. (If you know me well you know I am scared of dogs) so continuing on... the dogs started swimming towards our boat so Joel paddled away as we knew the kayak would tip if the dog reached us. So, I freaked out and asked Joel to paddle me to the dock so I could jump out before the dog tipped us. Well to make a long story short, the dog beat me to the dock so I got scared jumped back into the kayak which made it tip over... my head slammed against the boat while by arms hit the dock with crazy force... then the icing on the cake, the 75 pound dog jumped on top of me while I was in complete freak out mode trying to get my head above the water. Yes, this event sounds funny, but it completly ruined my camping trip.