a precious day!

today we celebrate our daughters coming into this world

and bringing into our lives immeasurable blessings!

happy happy birthday

cory

and brittni


we love you so!!!!!!!!!!!

we hope this is an amazing year for you both!


and a year ago today
jamie and matt got the call
that they were "matched" with a birthmother.

this was the beginning of their journey
to this amazing little soul.
you had our love and us from this day forward little boy!

what a precious, amazing day for celebration!!!!!!!!

trick or treat!

welcome!

the cutest stinkin little skunk ever!

batman to the rescue!

our very own pterodactyl

this little piggy's ready for bed?

we love m i c......k e y.....m o u s e!!!!!

this is it

bryan and i went this morning to this showing.

amazing.

genius.

emotional.

validation.

his whole being just responded with amazing creativity.

sharing love

please stop by annette's blog and share some words of comfort.

her brother passed away last night.

i just met her in person on this road trip after blogging with her for several years.....she's so giving with her love and caring....now she could use some from others.

Road Trip ~

"afoot and light hearted, i take to the open road....from this hour, freedom!"

~walt whitman 1856

willamette valley vinyards ~ salem oregon

house that bryan lived in when i dated him - eugene oregon
(it wasn't a tattoo business then! ) :-)

place i lived at in eugene oregon

gold beach, oregon

sweetwater inn ~ mendicino, calif

port orford, oregon

glass beach, fort bragg calif

meeting annette and joni!!!!!!!! wonderful time!

coronado island ~ san diego calif

my abundant treasure walk on coronado!

meeting little soren ~ portland oregon

meeting little trek ~ portland oregon

saturday market ~ portland oregon

wine tasting ~ willamette valley vinyards ~ salem oregon

"even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still

and watch the leaves turn!" ~elizabeth lawrence

lithia park ~ ashland oregon

reminder that this is breast cancer awareness month ~ the 3-day walk is soon!

ashland oregon

chestnut tree ~ lithia park ~ ashland oregon

my dear sweet husband getting some of these huge leaves for me!

lithia park ~ ashland oregon

lithia park

pismo beach ~pismo calif

carlsbad calif

pismo beach

garcia's mexican restaurant ~ carlsbad calif

yummy!

carlsbad

sweet coronado!!!

we are home from our two week road trip.

we had an amazing time....meeting new friends, seeing new places, relaxing, taking our time, playing, seeing family in oregon, eating good food, and finding treasures and taking LOTS of photos. i took 300 photos, but just wanted to share a few.

it was good to just have time to do whatever we wanted....we have been so busy with "stuff"....including bryan's retirement and the beautiful wedding for cassie and kyle....that going with no planned itinerary (except for modesto) was wonderful!

i missed you all...and hopefully i can get back at this blogging thing! :-)

xoxo

amazing daze!

we are home!....(for a minute!)

the wedding was amazing.

i have never in my life seen such color in the leaves as where cassie and kyle got married......it was like somebody spilled red, yellow, and orange paint EVERYWHERE!

everything turned out wonderfully!

i will post some photos when i have some

and i will write more when i can think straight! :-)

(but it may be a little while cuz bryan and i are going road trippin')

more later!

we're off

see you after the wedding!