Depoe Bay Trip

We just got back from a very relaxing trip down to the Oregon coast. Tom's dad put us and his siblings up for a few days right within view of the water, and we all had a great time.


There wasn't quite enough room for all of us in his timeshare, so Tom and I stayed just up the road in a little cottage-like hotel. It was so nice to get away for a long weekend and do a whole lot of nothing.

This was the view from the condo's patio. We got to hear the waves crashing and birds calling 24/7.

John, Abby, and Merrill


All of the adults but me chose to go on a whale watching tour. I was SO very glad I had opted out. I stayed back and watched our 2 year old niece Lorena and got nauseated just when they told me about how much the boat had rocked when they'd gone out.



Jeremy, Abby, and Lorena at Agate Beach


Overlook by Beverly Beach. (Haha, I just noticed that this is the one picture of myself I posted on this blog and my baby bump is all covered up by my jacket)


Lighthouse next to Agate Beach


Lorena with her favorite uncle, John. They were inseparable - when we were getting packed up to leave, she kept making him pick her up or hold her hand, because she knew he was about to leave. It was adorable :)


panoramic view off one of the beaches in the area


Tom and Lorena. She had to keep getting on and off the bench at this lookout. She liked pushing on the bolts and pretending they were buttons. I said "beep" once when she did this, so she started going around pushing them and saying "beet!"





close ups on a squirrel and seagull. There was wildlife everywhere we went, which made for a nice soundtrack.


Beautiful sunset over the ocean. This was a great way to spend our last night in Oregon.

-Amy

Summer and Dan's wedding - 6/10/11

I'm horribly behind posting anything this year. My sister Summer got married to her sweetheart Daniel Gull on June 10th and I still haven't posted any of those pictures, so here we go.


They got married in the LDS Manti Temple in Utah. There were probably 30 or so people there at the ceremony, and a whole lot more at the luncheon and reception later that evening.


It was a whirlwind trip for me. Tom had finals that week so I had to make the trip by myself. It was stressful, but very nice to see all of my siblings. For the second time this year, we were all together in the same place at the same time.


We're all thrilled for them. Isn't she a beautiful bride?


Congratulations, Summer and Dan!

-Amy

Kool-Aid Party

Well, now that I'm a few weeks into the second trimester, I'm thrilled to report that my morning sickness has backed off to almost nothing. Though I've had more excitement than I wanted this past few weeks, the baby is doing great. I started feeling movement a few days ago, which was pretty exciting :)

Since I've been down more than I would like lately, I've been working on several different crafts to keep my hands occupied. I always have a few knitting projects I'm working on, and I've been doing some embroidery as well, but I decided to try something new last night.



I had some natural colored ivory yarn sitting in my knitting case waiting for me to do something with it, so I decided to try my hand at yarn dying for the first time. I found some directions online for dying yarn with kool-aid, so I had Tom run to the store and grab me a bunch of packets of kool-aid to make some red and yellow dyes. It wasn't nearly as messy a process as I thought it would be, though I had to send Tom back to the store for more kool-aid when I was halfway through the process because the color just wasn't as developed as I wanted it to be.



I didn't exactly get the colors I was expecting, but I'm rather proud of my new balls of yarn. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to make out of them.


-Amy