Robert & Helene in Portland

Here are some photos of my cute boyfriend & I at the Oregon coast!
He has a very hard time keeping his eyes open in pictures, so I tried to pick a few in which they are not closed...

This is in on the beach in Lincoln City...I love this beach because you can drive right down onto the sand and park. Yeah, I think that's cool... The rocks we are standing on are full of tidepools with pink & green sea anemones & starfish! We went at the perfect time when the tide was low & scrambled about on the rocks spotting sea critters!

So, Robert is 23 & doesn't have his driver's license...this is due to the fact that he is from Toronto, Ontario where the public transit is amazing & most things are within walking distance anyway so it has never been necessary. I knew that he didn't have his official license, however, I was completely unaware of the fact that he actually doesn't know how to drive!! Finding this entirely amusing, I insisted that he drive my car around on the beach...he rolled his eyes many times, but I got my way! =]

See...he has beautiful eyes when he can actually keep them open in a picture... =]

We went to a funky 60's diner for lunch & got shakes & burgers & I took a million photos...& yes, in every one of them his eyes were closed except for this one, which is out of focus... =]

Ah...sand dunes, the ocean, the salty sea breeze & my cute Canadian...in Newport...what else could you want?



This is in a secret forest glade we found just off the beach were we could hear the ocean waves & there were these gorgeous blue Stellar jays that were our special guardian birds...

Watching the sun set over the ocean on top of a towering cliff outside of Depoe Bay...incredible!

Iceskating in Canada!
February 10, 2007

Shay & I went up to Canada & became iceskating stars! I haven't been since I was a kid & it was very scary...but pretty soon I was twirling & leaping like a pro! Shay too!

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
...oh, I mean, Byways Cafe, Portland, OR
February 4, 2007

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Canada!
February 15-17, 2007

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Oregon Coast
February 5, 2007

My best friend Shay, who I have known since Oakridge Elementary School, misses me sooo much she drove all up to Oregon to visit me! Yes, she is so cool! This is us in Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, & Newport on the stormy Oregon coast!

Oh, & I made her breakfast... =]

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VooDoo Doughnuts!

Shay & I went to VooDoo Doughnuts last week, which is Portland's tiny, totally random doughnut shop featuring the famous bacon (that's right bacon!) maple bars and tons of other weird doughnuts. They got in trouble with the health board a while back for their Nyquil & Pepto Bismal doughnuts...apparently you aren't supposed to put medicine in food...

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My Brother is Having a Baby!

So, I'm still really mad that he is having the first grandbaby...I mean, he could have given my some advanced notice and I would have gotten a move on!! But I'm going to be an aunt, so I forgive him! =]

Here are the cute couple!

Theo & Taylor

& their baby!!

My First Nephew! (we think)

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A Tribute to My Dad

who is insane but in an amusing way =]

My dad is crazy, but insanely funny. Oh the stories...I look back and can't believe we survived childhood! Anyway, here are some cute pictures of my Dad from last year on his trip to Myanmar (Burma) to help set up a wheelchair company.

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Christmas 2006

(or 2007 if ya ask my Dad =])

Okay, here are some of our Christmas pics!
My Dad & his wife Kristen took my sisters & I snow-shoeing. Of all the years I lived in Utah, that was my very first time! Here we are...the snow-shoeing beauties!

The Three Amigos

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Summer 2006

Alright, back again. I know you are all waiting with baited breath for more updates from me!

So here ya are:

Over the summer my Dad and sisters came up to visit me and we went camping out on the Oregon coast by Newport. We stayed in a yurt on the beach and had a marvelous time.

My Dad practiced his Indiana Jones moves with sea kelp.

Here we are buried in a sand dune.

Then I had to fight off Nessie! I know, I'm brave.

This is after I had some seagull problems...one got me!

We also spotted a gray whale feeding in kelp beds off Cape Foulweather. My first whale sighting ever!! My sisters named him Boqui (no, I don't know why =]).

Then we went up to the Ape Caves near Mt. St. Helens where my sister Elisa fell in love with a cougar.

After that, we met up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, etc. up in Seattle (well Lake Stevens for those of you who know Washington). Here are my two sisters and my two cousins proudly brandishing a crab they caught in my uncle's backyard in Bremerton.

Here is my aunt Kathy (my dad's baby sister) and I kayaking in a Puget Sound canal.

We had a blast!

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First Post
January 5, 2007

Hello y'all! Just trying this MySpace thing out to try and keep up with people. About me, I had an awesome time this last Christmas. I flew home to SLC and got to hang out with my cute sisters and fam and my oldest, bestest friend, Shay. We got lots of pics, which are to come... dun, dun, dun... Here is one for now which is of us kids from last Thanksgiving (2005) ...aren't we cute?