Oregon!

The kids and I just spent a long vacation in Oregon…first at Maria's house and then at my mom's and then back to Maria's. The kids were overall awesome (especially after Audrey cut TWO teeth!) and we had a blast. Thank you to Maria and Gary for having us crash their pad! I'll post pics of the first part of our trip now...

We spent a day at the Lake Oswego Farmer's Market where Gary's good friend from LA spotted the best picks of the season and incorporated them into an AMAZING gourmet dinner. It was strange not being in the kitchen but awesome to have someone so skilled do all the work! You can read the details of the meal over at Sean's blog here.

 Really wish I had brought my macro for these shots...

 This gal made the best crepes...

 But this guy made even better ice cream!

 Back at the house for some backyard shenanigans...

 One of the five courses...

Monterey!!!

Yikes! I don't know where to start with this post. Erin & I took a ridiculous amount of iPhone pics while in Monterey and I have a mashup of all of them posted below. Since I print this blog out as my photo album every year I am going to go ahead and post them all so I have them for memories. Feel free to step away from this page any time lol. This is definitely picture overload from an amazing trip. I loved Monterey, I loved spending time with the Merrills, I loved that the big kids picked up like they still lived across the street from one another, I loved watching the big kids cozy up in Skylar's room each night for "slumber" parties, I loved my time with Erin on our walks (sorry they were so long :)), I loved running on the beach, I loved our al fresco dining evening on their amazing deck, I loved our night at Clint Eastwood's joint, I loved watching Charleigh and Audrey interact with each other, I loved that Mike was able to join us for two nights, I loved it all. And can't wait to go back!

xoxoxoxoxo