Seattle

We stayed at Ozgur and Jipar's house in Seattle, it is only 5 miles away from my Aunt's house. We didn't get to spend much time with them on Friday and Saturday but Sunday morning we had a very nice breakfast. Thier daughter Sezi is growing up so fast. She is not yet two but speak Kyrgish, Turkish, a little Russian, and a little English. In a year she'll be speaking better English than her classmates in daycare. Brenden also discovered cats and thinks they are really cool. On our way to the airport we met up with Larissa's friend Amber. We haven't seen them in 2 year's and Jim got to meet Brady (A fellow BEAVER!!!) and we both got to meet Elle for the first time (pretty sad on our part). We ate at Lunchbox labratory which is a great place to get a burger in Ballard. Amber and Brady had very cool OSU jackets on that went well with Jim's OSU shirt. Happy times were had by all. :-)

Seattle Family Time

We met in Seattle at Aunt Kim's for a near-thanksgiving family get together. Brenden got to play with some of his family and Aaron's old cars. He especially enjoyed playing with his great-grandma. He refused to take a nap and was a zombie by the end of the day. He was sound asleep by the time we pulled away from the curb.

Halloween 2009

Brenden's second Halloween. He get's it a lot more this year than last. He stil doesn't think much of going to the neighbors, but he loves chocolate. We went trick or treating with Forrest and Maddie after seeing Idaho beat La. Tech and become bowl eligible. (Oregon State almost pulled it out against USC and Boise of course beat up San Jose State) We went around our neighborhood then went to visit the Aunty and Uncle Bob (Thomas). It was a nice evening.

Inauguration - Carter's Birthday

We had planned on going to Carter's Birhtday a while ago but it turns out that it was the same weekend as Uncle Duane's inauguration as University of Idaho president. Grandma was going to have to drive up to Moscow by herself and the swine flu was spreading and we didn'd have our shots yet, so to save a lot of worry we cancelled our flight and drove. We drove through Moscow and saw the inauguration (not a common event), then went to Brooke's house for Carter's birthday. It was a really short trip so we missed seeing ssome of the other Taylor's but we'd see them all in a couple weeks. Carter wanted an backhoe cake and that's what he got. It was really cool. It was our first time seeing baby Reese and Jim's first time seeing Taryn. Cousin Kelly (Backhoe cake icer extraordinaire) got engaged to Derek which is pretty cool. All in all it was a really good trip.

September Camping Part 2

After Cannon Beach we headed to Cultus lake with a stop in Corvallis. We loaded up on Orange and had a really nice dinner with Tracy and John. Cultus was really nice as usual. I am really glad that we had the trailer because I think Brenden's intent was to get as dirty as possible. The dirt wasn't quite good enough so he sat in the dog water bowl to make sure he could really cake on the mud. After a great couple of days at Cultus with Grandma Deb we went to Cousin Brenna's wedding to Bill Warburton. It was a very cool wedding. They make a great couple. We also saw Jim's Uncle Dennis which was a special treat as it had been about 20 years. Let's just say genetics are strong. We are so lucky to have such a great family.

September Camping Part 1

In September we took a week and went to the Oregon Coast. First we stopped in Haines at Jim's Aunt & Uncle's house. They live on a farm and Brenden loved it. He wasn't sure about hte horses but he loved playing with Martha's dog and loved tramping through the fields and through the gates. I'm just glad he didn't discover horse cookies. Then we went to Cannon Beach after a quick stop in Portland to see Uncle Chuck and Aunt Devin. Brenden loves the sand. Dad might be making a sand box next summer. We also braved Brenden's first ice cream cone.