Merry Christmas

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pumpkin carving

A couple weeks before halloween James and Jill invited us over for pumpkin carving and to make carmel apples. We always have a good time and this night was no exception. Our pumpkins didn't even make it to halloween before their faces were sunken in and they looked much scarier than our faces look in this photo. The apple were delicious and they too didn't last till halloween ... actually they didn't even last till the next day.

update ...

Update ... update ... update ... that is what I'm about to attempt. The past few months have flown by and I can't remember everything that has gone on in out exciting lives but I will do my best.

At the beginning of October I flew up to Washington to visit my mom, dad and sister for a few days. Brad drove south to do some much needed male bonding with his good friends. I had a great time and we were able to see a lot and do a lot thanks to good weather. The first day I was there my mom and I were able to go to the Portland Temple and go through a session. Kelsey {sister} waited for us outside and then humored me while I took some photos of her. We had a good time on our girls day out ... minus the driving home. Oregon doesn't have the best road signs but we made it ... eventually.

There is an old train bridge in Washougal {where my parents live} and since my dad shares in my joy of taking photographs we left my mom and sister home to go have some fun.

Later that day we went to visit a couple waterfalls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River. This was probably the neatest one of the two. This was featured in the movie 'Twilight' but we didn't see any vampires ... but we still had a good time.

The next day we packed up early and drove to the coast. On the agenda was Canon Beach and Astoria. When I was younger we had this movie on a beta tape called 'Goonies'. Haystack rock is shown here but what was more exciting to see was the sun. This was my parents  sixth trip to the beach and never once has it been sunny. I guess I'm good luck. 

This is a tower that sits up on the hill in Astoria. The plan was to climb the stairs to the top and see an amazing view ... however, the tower was closed because the stairs were being replaced. We settled for creative photos on the ground instead. We also drove by the famous 'Goonies' house but didn't take any photos.

Oh yes one more stop on our journey ... it's an old ship wreck. Yup that's about it an old ship wreck.

And while I was doing all of that Brad was doing all of this ...

They call it 'hunting' but I'm not so sure they even shot their guns. They did go fishing and race little motorcycles. There were also some entertaining videos involved and I will post some if I can it to work.