Monday, September 26, 2011

The benefits of having your dad work at Nike

Since my dad works with Nike we always get Nike stuff. That's pretty cool, but the coolest thing for me is the people we get to see. About 2 months ago we got to see Manchester United practice at Nike. That was cool. Cooler: Last week I got to see the US Women's Soccer Team practice at Nike. My soccer heros are on that team, so I freaked out and took a gazillion pictures. If it weren't for the fact that we don't have room on our computer there would be a lot of pictures with this post. They did autograph signing afterwards. I only got 5 due to the crowd, but I got most of the people I wanted: Alex Morgan, Shannon Box, Ali Krieger, Becky Sauerbrunn, and one of the goalies. I feel like a lamo because I cannot remember her name. So the balls they had were black, but so were their sharpies. I had my silver one. Guess what happened because of that. Every single person that signed mine made eye contact with me and asked me for my sharpie and said thank you. Made me feel super special. That sharpie is sacred now. :) Definitely the highlight of my year. They beat Canada in the game on Thursday too. But I knew they would, so no surprise. Yep. I will be talking about this for awhile. Poor Autumn. :) Everyone was there except Hope Solo, who is doing Dancing with the Stars. She did pretty good. 21 out of 30. Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Rachel Buehler, Lauren Cheney and all of them were so close I could have touched them. Yep. I totally freaked out.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Guess where I was...

Disneyland! It was so much fun to be there with my Uncle and Aunt, Grandparents, the Woodwards, and Dianna. We got to see Flynn Rider do his smolder (i asked). It was so awesome!! I got some more cute pictures coming up, but I won't do as many as I did for girls' camp. :)
So... here's a list of my fav rides:
Tower of Terror
Grizzly River Run
Splash Mountain
Shopping (i know, not a ride :)
Oh. And we also got to see Russell from UP. He still couldn't write his name. Lame. :)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

One of the many things I've been working on...

This is a slideshow I made of my cabin from Girls' Camp. It was really fun going through all of the pictures again and putting it to an awesome song. :) Enjoy!

You anchor me back down: Mindy Gledhill concert

The day before I left for China I went to a Mindy Gledhill concert with my mom, Chloe, Autumn and the Woodwards. My family really likes her music and Elise already has a few songs memorized. Jacob and Adam were convinced that they were they only guys there. They were probably right. :)

Monday, September 5, 2011

Baby Anna

The other day I was looking at pictures of the Starfish babies with Lilly-lu and Elise. Lilly-lu said, "I want to help babies in China like you." She wanted to help one that was 3 like her. So Anna became Lilly's starfish baby. :) She made a jar that she's putting money in to help "baby Anna". She goes around all day long talking about how "baby Anna" doesn't have a mom and dad and how they left her in China. It's so sweet to see how someone so young can understand a little. Lilly-lu loves "baby Anna" into pieces. She tells everyone she sees. So cute.
Anna is 3 and still can't walk. When I was there she spent a lot of time in a bouncer unless someone was holding her. She loved to play peek-a-boo and she has the cutest smile.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

It's Been 3 Years!

 As of today it's been 3 years since we moved to Forest Grove. 
3 years since I met Emilee, Hannah and Emma (we're the 4 on the right). Love you guys. :)
Forest Grove is such an awesome place. It's hard to believe it has only been 3 years. 

A Trip to the Coast

Since Grandma and Grandpa are here while Aunt Rachel and Chet are on their honeymoon we took a trip to the Oregon Coast. Our first stop was the Footbridge Trail. We finally found the bridge. This was one of the first places we went to after Dad had his stroke. Next was the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We sampled cheese and then after buying squeaky cheese we got ice cream. It was really fun.
 Chloe, Grandma, Brandon, Autumn, Lance, Elise, Grandpa, Lilly, Hannah, Luna, Me



Thursday, September 1, 2011

Aunt Rachel's Wedding

My Aunt Rachel got married this weekend. 
Everyone wore black and white.
Aunt Rachel and Chet wore bright colors. It was really fun.