I haven't posted in awhile and I don't really have much to report so here is what much of my time goes to. Actually all four powers combined don't take up very much time but they are some of my favorite things. Looking at this post and seeing what is important and takes up my time I can't decide if it is one of the saddest things ever or most beautiful things ever. Beautiful, definitely beautiful.
2159-Number of miles driven
38-Number of straight hours it took to drive 2159 miles
341-Number of text messages
8-Number of strawberry milks
3086-Number of miles flown
5245-Total number miles traveled
47-Number of hours it took to travel 5245 miles
Here is the car that made it all happen.
I tried to take a picture of a really pretty sunset in Kentucky but my camera didn't pick up the color AT ALL. The camera did however pick up the bugs on the windshield.
Fortunately after the drive Tom and John had enough time to do some off roading. I didn't get any good pics of it because I was not going miss out by getting out of the car to take any. Once again my camera doesn't do the color any justice.
Lil Kim is due to be born in just 2 weeks and she is almost a month old. I can't believe people actually stay pregnant for the full 9 months like suckers. JK. Kimmie is doing very well and only sleeps 23 hours a day now.
Here Kimmie celebrates Oregons 39-7 victory over the previously #5 ranked Michigan. Kimmie was pretty excited she really likes the Ducks.
Tom jensen had a BBQ for Zundy while he was in town so Tyler, Jeff and I stopped by on our way to the beach.
So we got to the beach late Friday night and went out Saturday morning. It was cloudy in the early morning but got totally clear in the afternoon. The waves were good but came in a very rapid succession. Not good when you suck at surfing and are dragging a long board out. Overall it was fun and I did catch some good waves even if a few caught me. I didn't want to take my camera down on the beach while we surfed because there was no one to watch it and thought it would get all sandy and what not so not many pictures. What I did get were not very good so my solution was just make them look all weird. After a few hours of surfing I had 2 hours of forced lay out and burned myself something fierce. Oh well at least I have some color.
Jeff drove because he gets twice the gas mileage as the xterra but then we didn't think of the boards. Fortunately we only had to take them a few miles and it all worked out just fine.
So I haven't posted in a long time so I am just going to go through my camera and will just post whatever I got pictures of in August. I will try to get a brief description below each to walk everyone through the month thus far.
We went to the Pittock Mansion as a family (+Dylan), to kind of wrap up the family vacation. Then we did some things downtown.
I actually stole this first picture of Danielle because I like it and I can and because I never take pictures unless I am actually doing something so don't have a ton of her. We went to the gorge to enjoy the warm weather but that water was not exactly hot but we both got in anyway.
We did some more swimming but there were not many people around to take pics. Lucky there was a random guy there for these.
The next day the fam thought it sounded so cool they all wanted to go up too. So we all went up and I have a few more pics of us but not much more room for them. We climbed the rocks at Oneonta behind the waterfall and jumped in which was cool. Not easy but very worth it. Above is Dylan and Nathan jumping in. Seth did as well but the photographer missed it.
Above are 2 videos of me jumping in.
The first is Horsetail falls then Oneonta.
Next is Multnomah falls and to be honest I can't remember the name of the last falls. Not that it matters I am sure I couldn't spell it anyways.
By far the biggest event of August was the birth of Kimberly Grace. She was born almost 6 weeks early but is a beautiful 7 lb 6 oz baby. I held her but the camera was out of batteries so more pictures in the next post.
Tyler and I headed up to the Dew tour in Portland. We got there kind of late but did get to see the snowboarders rides some rails. Which is cool its not everyday you see that in downtown Portland especially in August.
I happened to have my camera while Susan I were in Downtown so thought I would get a few picts and here they are.
The Yoga Master busting a break dance move. Nice. It looks like it is raining but if you look closely we are at one of the fountains downtown.
RETRACTION from the last post:
We didn't fly anywhere for our vacation for other reasons than Chrissy couldn't fly. Chrissy could fly and it was not her fault.
While in Seattle we also made a visit to a few famous peoples
final resting place to pay our respects. The first was to Jimi Hendrix's grave. He is laid to rest in Renton Wa just south of Seattle. He has a whole memorial with the road circling it. You don't even have to get out of the car.
Next we visited the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee. They have a nice little grave but it is just mixed in with everyone else and not all by itself like Jimi's. The Lee's are on Capital Hill in Seattle. I actually would have really like to visit Kurt Cobain since he is really a part of Seattle but unfortunately after he was murdered he was cremated. There is a little memorial in Aberdeen where he was born but it was too far out of the way. I wish I would have gone before since I spent a fair amount of time right by there with Jamie in Shelton.
I have only been to a few graves so I thought I would throw these in since I was on the subject. The first is Jim Morrison's Grave. He was buried in Paris and the pictures are above. Below is Oscar Wilde's Grave. It is covered in kisses made by visitors.
