Weekend at the Beach

In celebration of another successfully completed school year I took Jaime to the Beach for a long weekend (Sat-Mon). We stayed at Inn at Spanich Head and actually some great summer weather!


The water was not too cold, plus the sun was awesome and made everything seem that much warmer.


We didn't go swimming but got plenty wet running in the waves. I think that Jaime even enjoyed the beach as much as the outlet mall shopping! Ha!


Here's Jaime in front of the hotel. We've stayed here before and really like it a lot. The location, view, and everything are all top-notch!


Here's a shot from our balcony, the sunset on Sunday was spectacular, especially after a long day at the beach ... a little wine (Willamette Valley Riesling of cource), the sun going down and a beautiful day were the perfect ending to a fun and relaxing weekend!

Stephanie Graduates from NHS

Well it finally happend, my little sister finally graduated from good old Newberg High School and is all growed up. Jaime and I went back to my old stompin' grounds to watch the whole ceremony and tassel business.


Steph and the Jazz Band warmed up the crowd as we waited for the main event. The rain held off and it was actually sunny for a while (despite the torrential downpours that occurred up at our house just a dozen miles north).


The cheese was deep and oft used during the post-ceremony pics... here's all the "kids" showing off the big document. Who has the best expression? Miriam looks the most shocked at Steph's accomplishment but I'm definitely the most confused.


Congrats to Steph who finally made it ... out of the house. She has decided to become a Duck in Eugene next year. Oh well, I guess there was only enough suave and sophistication for one Beaver in the family anyways. Seriously though, I'm really proud to have her as a sister, she's gonna do great in whatever she decides to do, maybe even help bring a little more class to UO ;)

Tim's 30th B-Day Pig Roast

We were invited to help celebrate our friend Tim's 30th birthday at a pig roast put together by his wife and family. It thankfully didn't rain on us and everyone had a great time.


The boys having a brew and watching the pig sizzle. The cooking pit and spit contraption were really impressive. Twelve hours of constant turning over a final total of 200+ lbs of charcoal makes for one well roasted pig!


Once the pig was done and taken off the spit, Tim gave it something to chew on... soon we would be chewing on it! It tasted awesome and Tim's wife Kirstin did an amazing job on all the other food! The fresh cornbread was a personal favorite, I ate way too much!


Later that night Tim's brother handed out cigars in celebration of the big day. Jaime didn't want to try one, but she held mine while I got another drink. It was a great day, thanks to Tim and his family for inviting us and putting on a great pig roast!

Wine Tasting in Eola Hills

We went wine tasting with some friends in the Eola Hills area (Salem). It was a lot of fun and we brought home some great wines! Above is a picture at the first place we went to, the Stangeland Winery. We bought some of their Rose Sondag it was really good. The Gewurztraminer was also very good (we wish we would have bought some)!

Jerry was our bus driver, he did a great job! We were lucky enough to get invited along on this trip through our friend Michelle whose Mom and sister won a bus for a day in a silent auction. They decided to put together a wine tasting trip and boy are we glad they did!

Here's all the girls at the second winery, Witness Tree winery. The wines here were just okay, we were starting to get hungry...

Just a shot of us! Too bad it wasn't sunny :(

Here are Jaime and Kirstin at the fourth and last winery we went to (and our favorite), Willamette Valley! We bought a bunch of wines here, the Riesling was Jaime's new all time fav!

We all met back up at Tim and Kirstin's place for a little impromptu partay! The girls had a dance party while the boys played poker... there were rumors of a dance off and the electric slide occuring! We had a great day!

Kitchen cabinets are done!

Here's a few pictures of the kitchen now that we've finished the painting of the cabinets. A big improvement! I was a bit nervous about the colors before we started but Jaime and her Mom did an awesome job and I think it turned out great!

A lot of black here but with the new track lighting it looks great!

Kelly Turning 30!

We had a lot if fun in Corvallis helping Kelly through her big day (El Prez in the house). It was really good to see Ron too (home from Iraq)!

Corn Dog Day

National Corn Dog Day was awesome (of course)! Blake tried his best but was hurting by the end of the day. I somehow managed to pull off the triple double, but I was really feeling all ten of the dogs...

Here's the big board with everyone who attempted the triple double... a lot of talk early

Here's the newest and smallest dogg! Congrats to the proud new parents!