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| That cute 4-yr-old face! |
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| Nora and I with the rest of the youth helping at the Food Bank. |
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| Molly, Gabe, and Brooke.To the coast for a Lemon reunion one last time with Ellen. |
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| Ellen enjoyed sitting in a chair by the beach for a while and needed a little help getting back up to the house we rented. |
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| At the Newport Visitor's Center where we could dress up in pioneer clothes. |
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Checking out the tide pools.
Molly, Brooke, Gabe, Nicholas, Shelly, Zach |
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| Nicholas and Yaquina Head lighthouse in Newport |
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| Hazel and Brooke |
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Upstairs view of the beach house we rented.
clockwise: Mike, Kate, Ellen, Chelsea, Molly, Aimee, Nicholas, Hazel, Gabe, Shelly |
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| Brooke, Sara, Carolyn, Aimee, Zach, Ellen, Chelsea, Abby, Nicholas, David, Hazel |
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| Tom, Gabe, Mike, Molly, Shelly |
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| Too wet and stormy to have a campfire outside so we made s'mores inside! |
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| Shelly and Zach win at foosball! |
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| Rick and Joe led some painting crafts |
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| Final paintings |
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| Game time! |
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| Braving the stormy weather to sit in the hot tub. |
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| Rick, Mike, Ellen, Sara |
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| Ellen with all her children and grandchildren. |
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| Sisters (Ellen and Carolyn) with most of the next 2 generations. |
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| Ellen always loved the beach. |
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| Back home - Brooke in basketball. |
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| Brooke and her dear friend, Paige, were on the same team. |
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| Brooke getting an award and nice words from her coaches. |
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Emma, Jaz, Allison, Lilly, Brooke
Alexia, Camilla, Paige, ... Sophia, Emma |
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| YAY!! |
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| Nicholas' Eagle Court of Honor! |
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| Warren (also an Eagle Scout) and David leading the Pledge of Allegiance |
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| My dad giving Nicholas his Eagle |
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| And new scarf |
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| Getting my Mother's Pin |
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| Father's Pin |
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| Nicholas moving his name up from Life Scout to EAGLE! |
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| So proud of him! |
Since my parents were in town for Nicholas' Court of Honor, they stayed with the kids for a few extra days while Mike and I headed to Cabo, Mexico for our 20th Anniversary.
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| We were gone 3 full days and 2 nights and did a lot of this... |
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We had to keep moving our chairs to stay in the shade!
The only bummer was this beach was "unswimmable" due to the strong undercurrent. |
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But an amazing view from our balcony!
That cute outdoor restaurant below us. |
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| We did try one zipline excursion at "Wild Canyon." |
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| Going tandem a couple times. |
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| Hiking up the canyon and crossing bridges to get to the next zip line. |
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| It was lots of fun! |
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| Even if we didn't get enough momentum to get the whole way across sometimes. We had to pull ourselves the rest of the way, hand over hand. |
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| Until a worker gave me a ride! |
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| The lobby of our hotel - no doors. |
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| And this fun outdoor bar. |
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We had a preschool field trip to the Portland Temple Visitor's Center.
The sister missionaries do a little story time and Gabe got to help out. |
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| Kylah Swift, Kinsley Crockett, Hyrum Crockett, Gabe, and Eleanor Jackson |
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| Brooke came with me to the Relief Society Birthday dinner. And they had this cute photo booth. |
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| Our Young Women Presidency: me, Kimberly Noel, Terri Nissinen, and April Merrill |
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Going to the temple on our actual 20th anniversary.
(Wearing the earrings I wore on our wedding day.) |
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| Spring Break - took the kids to the Temple Visitor's Center |
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| Then to Mod Pizza |
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| And bowling. |
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| And we got Lilly from Ellen permanently! |
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Meeting friends for a short hike.
Nikki and Kylah Swift, Gabe, Isabel Hill, Brooke, David |
