Weekend with Michael

Michael came to town for Halloween weekend. It was a lot of fun for us to have him out here, especially since he was on his mission for the wedding and couldn't make it out for Bobby's baby blessing due to his ACL surgery. The sun was shining on his first day here so there was no real need to stand under the man's umbrella but what the heck.

I let Michael use my camera since he left his at our apartment. In the above picture Michael is trying to master the timer. He forgot to zoom out first though.

That's better

Michael walked straight up to some girls to ask for help with this shot.

The main reason of his trip was to come to the Sufjan Stevens concert with us. I was so happy when I found out that Sufjan would be touring out here I bought tickets right away. I told Michael about it and even though Sufjan would be in Salt Lake 3 days later, he decided it would be a good time to come out and visit us.

We had some time to kill before the concert so we went and got a bite to eat.

The Benson Bubblers. The drinking fountains downtown.

View from the balcony of all the hipsters walking in

On Saturday they sat in the rain to watch me play a couple of softball games. We won and lost. It also wouldn't be a Portland trip without going to Charlie's movie theater. Charlie was actually out of town but called ahead to let the other manager know we would be coming. We saw Matt Damon's movie, Hereafter, an interesting movie, but I'll stick with this version of the Plan of Salvation. After that it was back to the house to watch the end of one of the World Series games, and then to the church parking lot for the Trunk or Treat.

Michael came to my Sunday School class to meet the kids. It was a pretty typical, rowdy lesson with even a blow horn going off when I was writing something on the chalkboard. Is there any way that Bobby can skip being 13, 14, and 15 years old?

On Sunday afternoon we took a drive out to Multnomah Falls. Beautiful as always.

Jeri was in town for a day or two so she tagged along.

Mail Surprise

So I got the above item in the mail the other day and I was pretty excited. I mean, $1.00 coupons are pretty sweet, who wouldn't be excited. I flipped it over to open it from the back...


...and it started to get a little fishy. Why is my coupon only something a woman would want? If only a woman would enjoy, why am I receiving this in the mail? I figured I might as well still check it out...

...and there you have it. I bet some of you probably guessed what was inside, especially the women.

More of Bobby

Don't really have a title for this post because it is mostly just a few random photos we have taken at the house. It seems like we always remember to takes pictures on Sunday morning after we dress him for church. That is why we have so many pictures similar to the one below. He always has Mommy's cell phone for some reason too.

One of my favorite things to do with Bobby is make him laugh. If you do something funny and new he will usually let out a good chuckle. For some odd reason, I've noticed people have no problem repeating the exact same joke/funny face/sound when it comes to interacting with babies. Maybe it's because they'll usually laugh again. Can you imagine if a comedian repeated his joke right after telling the punch line? Anyways, Bobby will laugh hard the first time, and then a little less each time until about 6 times.

He has been loving the camera so we are both excited

A little bedtime story from Fortune.

Samantha's Birthday

Bobby's girlfriend became a one year old a couple of weeks ago. Yes, Bobby is a little young, being only 7 months old but that won't stop any boy of mine.

Bobby watching on

Samantha didn't totally know what was going on but she sure was happy.

I wish I could have video taped the advice that Ezra gave to Bobby right before this picture. Bobby was touching the princess wrapping in the photo. Ezra took it away from him and told him that he shouldn't like the wrapping paper, because it was princess stuff and it was pink, and those are for girls. Ezra is always really sweet to Bobby.

Grandpa Emmett Loves Me

Kind of a hard title to come up with. It's a true statement though, one beaten into my head since I was a little kid. My Grandpa Emmett passed away on September 27th with many from my family there for his last moments. We flew out that weekend for the funeral and it was good to be with family. I didn't take any pictures that weekend so all of the following are from my sister's camera.

She happened to take a picture of the guest list on the Portland temple page

The skis in the bouquet was a nice touch

He donated a lot of money to USU over the years

We piled snowflakes that the grandchildren made onto the coffin. Of course, the kind of snowflakes that come in a groomed, corduroy form, the way Grandpa would have wanted it.

Grandpa's site overlooks USU's Romney Stadium. I'm sure he enjoyed the Aggies wooping of the Cougars that day.

Bobby enjoyed the tease of riding in the car while not in his car seat. Someday.

It was an emotional weekend to say the least. I couldn't have asked for a better grandfather.

More September Fun

Bobby got a high chair

We went to a surprise party for Allison

Bobby acted super cute

I bought Kirby's Avalanche on the wii and remembered my younger days. Bobby will sit in my lap and pretty much love whatever I'm doing/watching

Bobby wore his first tie, and pretty much ate it the whole time he was wearing it

Jackie remembers to sit him up while I take pictures and I think he looks so much better when he does.

I played in a Tuesday night softball league and we start another fall league this Saturday.

Bobby had his first piano lesson