another believer

cousin olivia is off to college at oregon state!!! we had a fun dinner with the diaz family before olivia headed down to corvallis. gooooo beavs!!!

yay olivia!!! have fun at college!

fun with auntie jodi & cousin olivia

hamming it up

more hamming it up

family time

grammie's cousin patty & ken came to visit from northern california. we had a nice visit with them, as well as their daughter (cousin lisa from eugene) and lisa's daughter (cousin kelley, now living in portland). jackson LOVES cousin kelley.

family photo (L to R): lisa, patty, jess, linda, ken, lar, jackie, kelley

cousin lisa (from eugene) & lar

patty, linda (in her new scarf, made by patty) & ken

jackie drawing with his new art supplies from patty & ken

farmer's market

there was a star wars convention happening in the park?!
here's jackie & his dream girl- princess leia

this guy inspired jackson-
he now wants to be a stormtrooper for halloween.

the gang.

breakfast of champions...chili dog for grampie, kettlecorn for jackie

5 days in hong kong

hong kong city lights from the upper deck of the star ferry

i encountered the smallest & cutest dog ever at the rise building.

the sportswear team headed to work- all 46 of us!!!

we had an AWESOME dinner at yardbird. yum!!!

sunny view from the pool deck of the W Hotel

daddy daycare.

beaver roadtrip 2013!

while i was in hong kong, the rest of the family headed to corvallis for the big roadtrip 2013.

jackie, benny the beaver and some random fans

the roadtrip crew- 2013

thad, cap'n, misaki & maya at the game. go BEAVS!!!

tiny tailgaters: maya, jackie & misaki

back at the hotel pool for fun with nana

roadtrip kick off party 2013

a good time was had by all at the annual "beaver roadtrip kick off party 2013!" lots of hawaii & oregon friends turned up at grammie & grampie's new house to toast the beavs.

grammie, aka party hostess prepping for the big event

you know it!

invite

the morrow's came to party- all the way from eugene

collecting balloons to bring home

matchy matchy

lar & linda j looking festive

grampie handing out the annual roadtrip tee

grammie & patti p

unveiling the roadtrip tee- 2013

snuggles with nana

nana & lar yuckin' it up

hangin' with patti p

1st day of school- kindergarten b

ready for another great school year!!!