Bend 7.10

Doug, Olivia and I headed down to Bend for a few weeks with some of our favorite people: his parents, my parents, and the wonderful Haedrich family. Most of the pictures we took were of the kids (of course!). Here's some shots from the trip...

Strolling around the Bite of Bend.


Bathtime with Parker.

He wanted to wash her hair :)


Post-bath snuggle time with Budge.


Trucks and dirt!


4th of July fun!










Our kitchen visitor. Can you see him? We were going crazy trying to figure out where the chirping was coming from!

Captured!


Amazing views.










A HUGE thanks to Wayne & Chris for opening their wonderful home to us... we had the BEST time!!!

We're Back...

We spent the last few weeks in beautiful Bend, Oregon. I'm still downloading photos from our various cameras, but since it's been a few weeks since a blog update I wanted to post a new pic!

Photo Booth

Summertime...

and the livin's easy.

Sunday Funday

We continued Olivia's birthday celebration Sunday with some family time. Oh, how I love having my family visit! It was a nice morning, so I decided that it was the perfect time to bust out O's new kiddie pool.

She was definitely a fan.




Of course, the pool is MUCH better when you have someone to share it with.


We also took the boat out for the first time this summer.



O's current favorite thing is to crawl in between things in tiny spaces. Troublemaker.


Monkeying around in the back yard. (Thanks Anfuso's for the fabulous outfit :)

Olivia is ONE!!!

I can't believe that our baby girl turned one year old this past weekend. People tell you that the first year will fly, and while there were days in the beginning that seemed to drag on forever, I can honestly say that I cannot believe how quickly her first year passed us by. Olivia has enriched our lives in countless ways. She is our little bundle of joy, and brings us so much happiness every single day. It's been an amazing journey so far, and I know that it will just keep getting better :).

For her first birthday, we decided to have a backyard bash with our closest family and friends. We lucked out with a gorgeous day spent with our favorite people! I feel so fortunate that O has so many wonderful people who love her so deeply.

My very favorite pic of our adorable birthday girl.

My sister-in-law Erin is the BEST photographer!

The details...


Some fun pictures of the day...



















O with 'Aunt' Tami & 'Uncle' Guy... these two helped us build our amazing house and we just adore them!


I was so excited for Olivia's birthday cake. I make a layer cake (from scratch) and figured that she'd dive right into it. Instead, the poor thing was absolutely petrified of it.


Of course, the whole cake debacle is captured on film so that we'll be able to use it against her forever.


Happy birthday peanut! We love you so much.

After my actual birthday was pretty much a bust (sick kid, pouring rain, Doug had a final), my lovely husband kept promising that my "birthday weekend" would make up for it... and wow, did he ever come through! He definitely wins the husband of the year award.

The weekend began with three of my best girlfriends & their husbands appearing on Friday. I thought that was my birthday surprise, but then Saturday he continued on to surprise me with a fabulous birthday bash, complete with a visit from my parents and catered by my favorite place ever, Veraci Pizza. Needless to say, it was a fantastic weekend, and I feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. Thanks to all who traveled from near and far to celebrate with me. 30 has been pretty great so far!

Here are a few fun pics from the party and the rest of the weekend...